Selected Analysis References

  • Albers S. 1995: The LAPS wind analysis. Weather and Forecasting, 10, 342-352. Postscript

  • Albers S., J. McGinley, D. Birkenheuer, and J. Smart 1996: The Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS): Analyses of clouds, precipitation, and temperature. Weather and Forecasting, 11, 273-287. Postscript (as published), Postscript (updated since publication).

  • Birkenheuer, D., Shaw, B.L., Albers, S., and E. Szoke, 2001: Evaluation of local-scale forecasts for severe weather of July 20, 2000. Preprints, 14th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Html, PDF
  • McGinley, J., Albers, S., Birkenheuer, D., Shaw, B., Schultz P., 2000: The LAPS water in all phases analysis: the approach and impacts on numerical prediction. Presented at the 5th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling,, Adelaide, Australia, December 2000.

  • McGinley, J.A., 2001: Toward a surface data continuum: Use of the Kalman filter to create a continuous, quality controlled surface data set. Preprints, 18th Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc. PDF
  • Schultz, P. and S. Albers, 2001: The use of three-dimensional analyses of cloud attributes for diabatic initialization of mesoscale models. Preprints, 14th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Html, PDF
  • Smart, J., Mcginley, J., Albers, S., Birkenheuer, D., Early, S., Edwards, J., Stamus, P., and S. Wagoner, 2000: LAPS at the Air Force Weather Agency. FSL Forum, Feb 2000. Html
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