Publications in VIVO

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Banta, Robert

Research Associate

Positions

Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

Publications

selected publications

conference proceeding
- DOPPLER LIDAR IN THE WIND FORECAST IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. EPJ Web of Conferences. 2015
- LIDAR UNCERTAINTY MEASUREMENT EXPERIMENT (LUMEX) - UNDERSTANDING SAMPLING ERRORS. EPJ Web of Conferences. 2015
- USING OZONE LIDAR TO INVESTIGATE SOURCES OF HIGH OZONE CONCENTRATIONS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. EPJ Web of Conferences. 2015
- Winter ozone photochemistry in an oil and gas producing mountain basin. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2014
- Evolution and new advances in Doppler lidar for atmospheric studies. Proceedings of SPIE. 2008
- Doppler lidar measurements of the Great Plains low-level jet: Applications to wind energy. IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science. 2008
- Remote sensing of the nocturnal boundary layer for Wind Energy applications. IOP Conference Series : Earth and Environmental Science. 2008
- Development and application of lidar technology for environmental studies. Proceedings of SPIE. 2006
- Horizontal-velocity and variance measurements in the stable boundary layer using Doppler lidar: Sensitivity to averaging procedures. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 1307-1327. 2006
- Analysis techniques for boundary-layer atmospheric gravity waves. 497-500. 2002
- Dependence of regional mixing-height differences on boundary-layer wind speed. 659-659. 2002
- Formation, evolution and decay of a shear flow instability in the stable nocturnal boundary layer. 325-328. 2002
- Nocturnal LLJ evolution and its relationship to turbulence and fluxes. 503-503. 2002
- Sensitivity of wind and temperature retrievals from 4DVAR to prescribed eddy viscosity profiles. 259-262. 2002
- Turbulence in a shear-driven nocturnal surface layer during the CASES'99 experiment. 273-276. 2002
- Along-valley structure of daytime valley flows in the Wipptal. 81-84. 2002
- Down-basin drainage jet observed during VTMX: Large-scale controls and effects on local-scale flows. 1-1. 2002
- Radar observations of downslope flow at Mount Washington. 412-415. 2002
- Relationship between tracer behavior in downtown Salt Lake City and basin-scale wind flow. 12-15. 2002
- The interaction of down-valley and canyon flows and their effect on mean vertical motions in the Salt Lake valley. 2-5. 2002
- 3-D distribution of ozone during the major pollution event of 30 August 2000 during TexAQS 2000. 267-269. 2002
- Horizontal and vertical distribution of ozone in the Houston area during the 8/29 9/6/2000 pollution episode. 270-273. 2002
- Relationship between mean wind direction and ozone trends at Laporte, Texas. 278-281. 2002
- Lidar applications in regional air quality studies. 1029-1031. 2001
- Turbulence statistics of a Kelvin-Helmholtz billow event observed in the night-time boundary layer during the Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study field program. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 189-204. 2000
- Daytime buildup and nighttime transport of ozone during a stagnation period of the 1995 Nashville Southern Oxidants Study. 78-81. 1998
- Near-shore marine boundary layer wind variability measured by a pulsed Doppler lidar. 152-156. 1998
- Daytime evolution of surface layer winds and wind stress along the Oregon coast during upwelling conditions. 316-317. 1997
- Estimation of TKE and momentum flux profiles from Doppler lidar scans during LIFT. 11-12. 1997
- Intra-regional variability of mixing height during the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study near Nashville, Tennessee. 550-550. 1997
- Lidars in Flat Terrain (LIFT) project overview. 5-6. 1997
- On the estimation of CBL mixing height from surface flux and turbulence measurements. 21-21. 1997
- Sampling effects on 3D wind field retrievals using 4D variational assimilation. 374-375. 1997
- Spatial-variability and representativeness considerations for siting instrumented masts and towers near coastlines. 320-321. 1997
- The high Resolution Doppler Lidar: A new tool for boundary layer research. 15-16. 1997
- Vertical velocity statistics in the convective boundary layer measured by the NOAA/ETL High Resolution Doppler Lidar. 19-20. 1997
- Dispersion model development for open burn open detonation sources. 610-616. 1996
- Relationship between nocturnal flows and the transport of atmospheric pollutants in complex terrain. 450-454. 1996
- Doppler lidar probing of maritime boundary layer wind fields. 1119-1119. 1995
- Two scales of sea breeze at Monterey Bay, California as observed by pulsed Doppler lidar. 169-170. 1994
- LIDAR STUDIES OF DYNAMICS AND CHEMISTRY IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE. 875-875. 1993
- A DECADE OF ATMOSPHERIC STUDIES USING A PULSED CO2 DOPPLER LIDAR. 929-931. 1992
- THE ROLE OF MOUNTAIN FLOWS IN MAKING CLOUDS. 229-283. 1988
- SIMULATIONS OF THE DAYTIME MOUNTAIN UPSLOPE CIRCULATION AS A PRECURSOR TO CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT. 146-148. 1987
- A BOUNDARY-LAYER MODEL FOR FLOW OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 563-563. 1981
journal article
- Model Evaluation by Measurements from Collocated Remote Sensors in Complex Terrain. Weather and Forecasting. 1829-1853. 2022
- Doppler Lidar Evaluation of HRRR Model Skill at Simulating Summertime Wind Regimes in the Columbia River Basin during WFIP2. Weather and Forecasting. 1961-1983. 2021
- Coupled Air Quality and Boundary-Layer Meteorology in Western US Basins during Winter: Design and Rationale for a Comprehensive Study. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. E2012-E2033. 2021
- Revisiting the Surface Energy Imbalance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2021
- Spatial and temporal variability of ozone along the Colorado Front Range occurring over 2 days with contrasting wind flow. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 2021
- Evaluating the WFIP2 updates to the HRRR model using scanning Doppler lidar measurements in the complex terrain of the Columbia River Basin. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 2020
- Characterizing NWP Model Errors Using Doppler-Lidar Measurements of Recurrent Regional Diurnal Flows: Marine-Air Intrusions into the Columbia River Basin. Monthly Weather Review. 929-953. 2020
- Characterization of turbulence under different stability conditions using lidar scanning data. Journal of Physics : Conference Series. 2020
- Identification and Characterization of Persistent Cold Pool Events from Temperature and Wind Profilers in the Columbia River Basin. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 2533-2551. 2019
- Improving Wind Energy Forecasting through Numerical Weather Prediction Model Development. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 2201-2220. 2019
- The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Observational Field Campaign. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1701-1723. 2019
- Spatial Variability of Winds and HRRR-NCEP Model Error Statistics at Three Doppler-Lidar Sites in the Wind-Energy Generation Region of the Columbia River Basin. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 1633-1656. 2019
- A NEW RESEARCH APPROACH FOR OBSERVING AND CHARACTERIZING LAND-ATMOSPHERE FEEDBACK. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1639-1667. 2018
- EVALUATING AND IMPROVING NWP FORECAST MODELS FOR THE FUTURE How the Needs of Offshore Wind Energy Can Point the Way. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1155-1176. 2018
- Assessment of NWP Forecast Models in Simulating Offshore Winds through the Lower Boundary Layer by Measurements from a Ship-Based Scanning Doppler Lidar. Monthly Weather Review. 4277-4301. 2017
- Evaluation of turbulence measurement techniques from a single Doppler lidar. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 3021-3039. 2017
- Properties of the offshore low level jet and rotor layer wind shear as measured by scanning Doppler Lidar. Wind Energy. 987-1002. 2017
- A new formulation for rotor equivalent wind speed for wind resource assessment and wind power forecasting. Wind Energy. 1439-1452. 2016
- The POWER Experiment: Impact of Assimilation of a Network of Coastal Wind Profiling Radars on Simulating Offshore Winds in and above the Wind Turbine Layer. Weather and Forecasting. 1071-1091. 2016
- 3D Volumetric Analysis of Wind Turbine Wake Properties in the Atmosphere Using High-Resolution Doppler Lidar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 904-914. 2015
- Understanding high wintertime ozone pollution events in an oil- and natural gas-producing region of the western US. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 411-429. 2015
- High winter ozone pollution from carbonyl photolysis in an oil and gas basin. Nature. 351-+. 2014
- A new look at methane and nonmethane hydrocarbon emissions from oil and natural gas operations in the Colorado Denver-Julesburg Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 6836-6852. 2014
- Quantifying Wind Turbine Wake Characteristics from Scanning Remote Sensor Data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 765-787. 2014
- Lidar Investigation of Atmosphere Effect on a Wind Turbine Wake. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 2554-2570. 2013
- Methane emissions estimate from airborne measurements over a western United States natural gas field. Geophysical Research Letters. 4393-4397. 2013
- WIND ENERGY METEOROLOGY: Insight into Wind Properties in the Turbine-Rotor Layer of the Atmosphere from High-Resolution Doppler Lidar. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 883-902. 2013
- Doppler Lidar-Based Wind-Profile Measurement System for Offshore Wind-Energy and Other Marine Boundary Layer Applications. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 327-349. 2012
- Overview of the 2010 Carbonaceous Aerosols and Radiative Effects Study (CARES). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 7647-7687. 2012
- Turbulence Regimes and Turbulence Intermittency in the Stable Boundary Layer during CASES-99. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 338-351. 2012
- Comparison between the TOPAZ Airborne Ozone Lidar and In Situ Measurements during TexAQS 2006. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 1243-1257. 2011
- Development and Application of a Compact, Tunable, Solid-State Airborne Ozone Lidar System for Boundary Layer Profiling. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 1258-1272. 2011
- Dependence of daily peak O-3 concentrations near Houston, Texas on environmental factors: Wind speed, temperature, and boundary-layer depth. Atmospheric Environment. 162-173. 2011
- Airborne lidar measurements of ozone flux downwind of Houston and Dallas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
- Convective venting and surface ozone in Houston during TexAQS 2006. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
- Relationships of coastal nocturnal boundary layer winds and turbulence to Houston ozone concentrations during TexAQS 2006. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2010
- Evolution and structure of a cold front in an Alpine valley as revealed by a Doppler lidar. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 962-977. 2010
- Long-range transport of ozone from the Los Angeles Basin: A case study. Geophysical Research Letters. 2010
- Stable Boundary Layer Depth from High-Resolution Measurements of the Mean Wind Profile. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 20-35. 2010
- Regional and local background ozone in Houston during Texas Air Quality Study 2006. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2009
- Doppler Lidar Estimation of Mixing Height Using Turbulence, Shear, and Aerosol Profiles. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 673-688. 2009
- Along-valley structure of daytime thermally driven flows in the Wipp Valley. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 733-751. 2008
- Stable-boundary-layer regimes from the perspective of the low-level jet. Acta Geophysica. 58-87. 2008
- The very stable boundary layer on nights with weak low-level jets. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 3068-3090. 2007
- Ozone differences between near-coastal and offshore sites in New England: Role of meteorology. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2007
- Comparing the impact of meteorological variability on surface ozone during the NEAQS (2002) and ICARTT (2004) field campaigns. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2007
- Boundary-layer anemometry by optical remote sensing for Wind energy applications. Meteorologische Zeitschrift. 337-347. 2007
- Numerical and experimental investigation of the neutral atmospheric surface layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 137-156. 2007
- Turbulent velocity-variance profiles in the stable boundary layer generated by a nocturnal low-level jet. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2700-2719. 2006
- Nocturnal low-level jet in a mountain basin complex. Part II: Transport and diffusion of tracer under stable conditions. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 740-753. 2006
- A bad air day in Houston. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 657-+. 2005
- Assimilating coherent Doppler lidar measurements into a model of the atmospheric boundary layer. part II: Sensitivity analyses. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 1809-1824. 2004
- Observations of the temporal evolution and spatial structure of the gap flow in the Wipp Valley on 2 and 3 October 1999. Monthly Weather Review. 2684-2697. 2004
- Nocturnal low-level jet in a mountain basin complex. part I: Evolution and effects on local flows. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 1348-1365. 2004
- The structure of the near-neutral atmospheric surface layer (vol 61, pg 699, 2004). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2400-2400. 2004
- Assimilating coherent Doppler lidar measurements into a model of the atmospheric boundary layer. Part I: Algorithm development and sensitivity to measurement error. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 1328-1345. 2004
- Gap flow measurements during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 99-119. 2004
- The structure of the near-neutral atmospheric surface layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 699-714. 2004
- Atmospheric disturbances that generate intermittent turbulence in nocturnal boundary layers. Boundary-Layer Meteorology: an international journal of physical and biological processes in the atmospheric boundary layer. 255-279. 2004
- Relationship between low-level jet properties and turbulence kinetic energy in the nocturnal stable boundary layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2549-2555. 2003
- Mixing-height differences between land use types: Dependence on wind speed. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2003
- Effect of petrochemical industrial emissions of reactive alkenes and NOx on tropospheric ozone formation in Houston, Texas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2003
- Regional contrast in morning transitions observed during the 1999 Southern Oxidants Study Nashville/Middle Tennessee intensive (vol 107, 2002). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2003
- Urban-rural contrasts in mixing height and cloudiness over Nashville in 1999. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2003
- A comparison of ground-based Doppler lidar and airborne in situ wind observations above complex terrain. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 693-713. 2003
- Shear-flow instability in the stable nocturnal boundary layer as observed by Doppler lidar during CASES-99. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 16-33. 2003
- Regional contrast in morning transitions observed during the 1999 Southern Oxidants Study Nashville Middle Tennessee Intensive. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2002
- Comparisons between mesoscale model terrain sensitivity studies and Doppler lidar measurements of the sea breeze at Monterey Bay. Monthly Weather Review. 2813-2838. 2002
- Intermittent turbulence associated with a density current passage in the stable boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology: an international journal of physical and biological processes in the atmospheric boundary layer. 199-219. 2002
- Nocturnal low-level jet characteristics over Kansas during CASES-99. Boundary-Layer Meteorology: an international journal of physical and biological processes in the atmospheric boundary layer. 221-252. 2002
- Vertical variations in O-3 concentrations before and after a gust front passage. Journal of Geophysical Research. 2002
- CASES-99: A comprehensive investigation of the stable nocturnal boundary layer. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 555-581. 2002
- Gap flow in an Alpine valley during a shallow south fohn event: Observations, numerical simulations and hydraulic analogue. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 1173-1210. 2002
- High-resolution Doppler lidar for boundary layer and cloud research. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 376-393. 2001
- Multiscale analysis of a meso-beta frontal passage in the complex terrain of the Colorado front range. Monthly Weather Review. 2062-2081. 1999
- Wind-flow patterns in the Grand Canyon as revealed by Doppler lidar. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 1069-1083. 1999
- A comparison of mixing depths observed by ground-based wind profilers and an airborne lidar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 584-590. 1999
- Characterization of the Nashville urban plume on July 3 and July 18, 1995. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 28129-28148. 1998
- Daytime buildup and nighttime transport of urban ozone in the boundary layer during a stagnation episode. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 22519-22544. 1998
- Meteorological conditions during the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study Nashville Middle Tennessee Field Intensive. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 22225-22243. 1998
- Ozone production during an urban air stagnation episode over Nashville, Tennessee. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 22555-22568. 1998
- Daytime photochemical pollutant transport over a tributary valley lake in southwestern British Columbia. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 393-404. 1998
- The Multi-center Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 581-599. 1998
- Remote sensing of multi-level wind fields with high-energy airborne scanning coherent Doppler lidar. Optics Express. 40-50. 1998
- Elevated ozone layers and vertical down-mixing over the Lower Fraser Valley, BC. Atmospheric Environment. 2135-2146. 1997
- Nocturnal cleansing flows in a tributary valley. Atmospheric Environment. 2147-2162. 1997
- Synoptic variability related to boundary layer and surface features observed during Pacific '93. Atmospheric Environment. 2163-2173. 1997
- Implications of small-scale flow features to modeling dispersion over complex terrain. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 330-342. 1996
- SEA BREEZES SHALLOW AND DEEP ON THE CALIFORNIA COAST. Monthly Weather Review. 3614-3622. 1995
- OBSERVATIONS OF A TERRAIN-FORCED MESOSCALE VORTEX AND CANYON DRAINAGE FLOWS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO. Monthly Weather Review. 2029-2050. 1995
- INFLUENCE OF CANYON-INDUCED FLOWS ON FLOW AND DISPERSION OVER ADJACENT PLAINS. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 27-42. 1995
- INFLUENCE OF SOIL-MOISTURE ON SIMULATIONS OF KATABATIC FLOW. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 85-94. 1995
- 2-DIMENSIONAL AND 3-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS OF THE 9 JANUARY 1989 SEVERE BOULDER WINDSTORM - COMPARISON WITH OBSERVATIONS. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 2317-2343. 1994
- EVOLUTION OF THE MONTEREY BAY SEA-BREEZE LAYER AS OBSERVED BY PULSED DOPPLER LIDAR. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 3959-3982. 1993
- SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS FOR DRAINAGE FLOWS THAT TRANSPORT ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINANTS IN COMPLEX TERRAIN. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 243-248. 1993
- SMOKE-COLUMN OBSERVATIONS FROM 2 FOREST-FIRES USING DOPPLER LIDAR AND DOPPLER RADAR. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 1328-1349. 1992
- THE LAND SEA BREEZE EXPERIMENT (LASBEX). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 656-664. 1990
- THUNDERSTORM-PRODUCING TERRAIN FEATURES. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 272-277. 1988
- SENSITIVITY STUDIES ON THE CONTINENTALITY OF A NUMERICALLY SIMULATED CUMULONIMBUS. Journal of Climatology & Applied Meteorology. 275-286. 1987
- THUNDERSTORM GENESIS ZONES IN THE COLORADO ROCKY-MOUNTAINS AS DETERMINED BY TRACEBACK OF GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE IMAGES. Monthly Weather Review. 463-476. 1987
- DAYTIME BOUNDARY-LAYER EVOLUTION OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN .2. NUMERICAL-STUDIES OF UPSLOPE FLOW DURATION. Monthly Weather Review. 1112-1130. 1986
- LATE-MORNING JUMP IN TKE IN THE MIXED LAYER OVER A MOUNTAIN BASIN. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 407-411. 1985
- DAYTIME BOUNDARY-LAYER EVOLUTION OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN .1. OBSERVATIONS OF THE DRY CIRCULATIONS. Monthly Weather Review. 340-356. 1984
- AN ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURE OF LOCAL WIND SYSTEMS IN A BROAD MOUNTAIN BASIN. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 1255-1266. 1981
- EQUATIONS AND APPROXIMATIONS INVOLVED IN COMPUTING VERTICAL WIND VELOCITIES FROM SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON DATA. Archives for Meteorology, Geophysics and Bioclimatology, Series A. 19-30. 1976
- VERTICAL WIND VELOCITIES FROM SUPERPRESSURE BALLOONS - CASE-STUDY USING EOLE DATA. Monthly Weather Review. 628-640. 1976

Background

awards and honors

Editor's Award, The, conferred by American Meteorological Society, 2020
Fellow, conferred by American Meteorological Society, 2010