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Publications & Presentations

Selected radar publications

  • Dixon, M., and G. Wiener, 1993: TITAN: Thunderstorm identification, tracking, analysis, and nowcasting—A radar-based methodology. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 10, 785–797. doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1993)010<0785:TTITAA>2.0.CO;2.

  • Dixon, M., and U. Romatschke, 2022: Three-dimensional convective–stratiform echo-type classification and convectivity retrieval from radar reflectivity. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39, 1685–1704. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0018.1.

  • Dixon, M. J., and G. K. Mather, 1986: Programme for Atmospheric Water Supply—Phase 1, 1983–1986, Vol. 3. Water Research Commission Report 133/3/88, 55 pp.

  • Mather, G. K., M. J. Dixon, and J. M. de Jager, 1996: Assessing the potential for rain augmentation—The Nelspruit randomized convective cloud seeding experiment. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 35, 1465–1482. doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1465:ATPFRA>2.0.CO;2.

  • Romatschke, U., and M. J. Dixon, 2022: Vertically resolved convective–stratiform echo-type identification and convectivity retrieval for vertically pointing radars. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39, 1705–1716. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0019.1.

  • Romatschke, U., M. Dixon, C. Burghart, A. Karboski, J. Emmett, J. Sobtzak, E. Loew, G. Faria, A. Monaghan, D. Rowland, B. Crane, and K. Gelatt, 2025: Economical and effective upgrades to an airborne cloud radar with a dual pulsing scheme. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 63, 5107309. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2025.3601429.

  • Cornejo, I. C., A. K. Rowe, M. Dixon, and U. Romatschke, 2025: Specific attenuation-based rain-rate applicability to varying rainfall intensity in complex terrain. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 42, 889–907. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-24-0094.1.

  • Hubbert, J. C., G. Meymaris, U. Romatschke, S. Ellis, and M. Dixon, 2025: A new paradigm for automated ground clutter removal: Global regression filtering. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 42, 589–620. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-24-0029.1.

  • Romatschke, U., P. Romatschke, M. Hayman, and M. J. Dixon, 2025: Processing of Doppler spectra collected by an airborne cloud radar for the calculation of skewness, kurtosis, and other spectral parameters. Earth and Space Science, 12, e2024EA004105. doi:10.1029/2024EA004105.

  • Hubbert, J. C., G. Meymaris, U. Romatschke, and M. Dixon, 2021: Using a regression ground clutter filter to improve weather radar signal statistics: Theory and simulations. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38, 1353–1375. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0026.1.

  • Ellis, S. M., P. Tsai, C. Burghart, U. Romatschke, M. Dixon, J. Vivekanandan, J. Emmett, and E. Loew, 2019: Use of the Earth’s surface as a reference to correct airborne nadir-looking radar radial velocity measurements for platform motion. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 36, 1331–1342. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0019.1.

  • Hubbert, J. C., J. W. Wilson, T. M. Weckwerth, S. M. Ellis, M. Dixon, and E. Loew, 2018: S-Pol’s polarimetric data reveal detailed storm features (and insect behavior). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99, 2045–2060. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0317.1.

  • Wen, G., A. Protat, P. T. May, W. Moran, and M. Dixon, 2016: A cluster-based method for hydrometeor classification using polarimetric variables. Part II: Classification. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33, 45–60. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00084.1.

  • Hubbert, J. C., S. M. Ellis, M. Dixon, and G. Meymaris, 2010: Modeling, error analysis, and evaluation of dual-polarization variables obtained from simultaneous horizontal and vertical polarization transmit radar. Part I: Modeling and antenna errors. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 27, 1583–1598. doi:10.1175/2010JTECHA1336.1.

  • Hubbert, J. C., S. M. Ellis, M. Dixon, and G. Meymaris, 2010: Modeling, error analysis, and evaluation of dual-polarization variables obtained from simultaneous horizontal and vertical polarization transmit radar. Part II: Experimental data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 27, 1599–1607. doi:10.1175/2010JTECHA1337.1.

  • Hubbert, J. C., M. Dixon, S. M. Ellis, and G. Meymaris, 2009: Weather radar ground clutter. Part I: Identification, modeling, and simulation. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26, 1165–1180. doi:10.1175/2009JTECHA1159.1.

  • Hubbert, J. C., M. Dixon, and S. M. Ellis, 2009: Weather radar ground clutter. Part II: Real-time identification and filtering. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26, 1181–1197. doi:10.1175/2009JTECHA1160.1.

  • Wilson, J. W., N. A. Crook, C. K. Mueller, J. Sun, and M. Dixon, 1998: Nowcasting thunderstorms: A status report. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 79, 2079–2100. doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<2079:NTASR>2.0.CO;2.

Reports / Technical Notes

  • WMO Guide to Operational Weather Radar Best Practices. Volume IV: Weather Radar Siting, Configuration and Scan Strategies. WMO-No 1257