Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Basara, J.B., and K.C. Crawford, 2002: Linear relationships between root-zone soil moisture and atmospheric processes in the planetary boundary layer. J. Geophys. Res. , 107 , (ACL 10) 1-18.

Basara, J. B., 2001:   Soil Moisture Observations for Flash Flood Research and Prediction.   In: E. Gruntfest and J. Handmer, eds., Coping with flash floods, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrect, 231-241.

Basara, J.B., and T. M. Crawford, 2000: Improved installation procedures for deep layer soil moisture measurements. J. of Atmos. and Oceanic Tech. , 17 , 879-884.

Fiebrich, C. A., J E. Martinez, J. A. Brotzge, and J. B. Basara, 2003: The Oklahoma Mesonet's skin temperature network. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech ., in press.

Illston, B. G. and J. B. Basara, 2003: Analysis of short term droughts in Oklahoma. EOS, Trans. , AGU, Vol. 84, No. 17, p.157-161

Illston, B.G., J.B. Basara, and K.C. Crawford, 2003: Soil Moisture
Observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet. GEWEX News, Vol 13, No. 3, p. 13-14.

Theses and Dissertations:

Basara, J.B., 1998; The relationship between soil moisture variation across Oklahoma and the Physical State of the near-surface atmosphere during the spring of 1997. M.S thesis, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 192 pp.

Basara, J. B., 2001;   The value of point-scale measurements of soil moisture in planetary boundary layer simulations. Ph. D. dissertation, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 230 pp.

Illston, B.G., 2002: Climatology and seasonal variation of soil moisture using the Oklahoma Mesonet. M.S. thesis, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 66 pp.

Conference Papers, Abstracts, Proceedings:

Basara, J.B., K.C. Crawford, R.L. Elliott, 1997: The effect of rainfall on near-surface soil moisture across Oklahoma: March-June 1997. EOS Trans. , AGU, 78 , 262.

Basara, J.B., K.C. Crawford, R.L. Elliott, 1998: In-situ measurements of soil moisture from the Oklahoma Mesonet: March-June 1997. Tenth Symp. on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation , Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 301-306.

Basara, J.B., and K.C. Crawford, 1998: Spatial and Temporal Variations of Soil Moisture Across Oklahoma During March - June 1997: An Analysis of In Situ Measurements from the Oklahoma Mesonet. GCIP Mississippi River Climate Conference Abstracts Volume , St. Louis, MO, 229.

Basara, J.B., D.S. Arndt, H.L. Johnson, J.G. Brotzge, and K.C. Crawford, 1998: An analysis of the drought of 1998 using the Oklahoma Mesonet. EOS Trans. , AGU, 79 , 258.

Basara, J.B., J.A. Brotzge, and K.C. Crawford, 1999: Investigating land-atmosphere interactions using the Oklahoma Mesonet. Third Symp. on Integrated Observing Systems , Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 120-123.

Basara, J.B., J.A. Brotzge, and K.C. Crawford, 1999: The influence of soil moisture on the atmosphere during the Summer of 1997. Fourteenth Conference. on Hydrology , Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 337-340.

Basara, J.B., J.M. Schneider, K.S. Humes, and D.K. Fisher, 1999: Mesoscale monitoring of soil moisture in the Southern Plains of the United States. Workshop on Land-surface Models and Applications to Mesoscale Models Preprint Volume , Boulder, CO, 81-84.

Basara, J.B., K.S. Humes, and K.C. Crawford, 2000: The spatial and temporal variability of soil moisture conditions at the Norman Mesonet site: Comparison with near-surface atmospheric conditions. Fifteenth Conference. on Hydrology , Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 111-114.

Basara, J. B., and K. C. Crawford, 2001: An Ensemble Approach to Simulating Surface Fluxes at the Norman Mesonet Site .   Eos Trans. AGU , 82 , Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract   H22I-04.

Basara, J. B., and K. C. Crawford, 2002:   Land-atmosphere interactions at the Norman Mesonet Site. Sixteenth Conference on Hydrology , Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., J13-J18.

Basara, J. B., K. C. Crawford, and M. B. Ek, 2002: Quantifying land-atmosphere interactions at the Norman Mesonet Site: A sensitivity analysis using the Oregon State University 1-D PBL model. Sixteenth Conference on Hydrology , Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., J77-J82.

Basara, J. B., R. A. McPherson, D. S. Arndt, B. G. Illston, M. J. Haugland, C. A. Fiebrich, and K. C. Crawford, 2002: The Oklahoma Mesonet: An infrastructure for quantifying land-atmosphere interactions, Mississippi River Climate and Hydrology Conference , New Orleans, LA, 17.

Basara, Jeffrey B. and Daniel R. Cheresnick and Peter K. Hall, Jr.   2003: The representativeness of skin temperature measurements at Oklahoma Mesonet sites.   Preprints, 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Cheresnick, D.R., and J. B. Basara, 2002: The Impact of Land-Atmosphere Interactions on the Benson, MN Tornado of 11 June 2001.   Twenty First   Conference on Severe Local Storms , San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 671-674.

Cheresnick, D.R., and J.B. Basara, 2002:   The Impact of Land-Atmosphere Interactions on the Benson, MN Tornado of 11 June 2001.   Sigma Xi Student Research Conference Poster Abstracts & Program, Galveston, TX , 63-64.

Humes, K.S., R.L. Elliott, J.B. Basara, K.C. Crawford, and T. Jackson, 1999: Comparison of soil moisture estimates from the Oklahoma Mesonet and passive microwave remote sensing. Fourteenth Conference. on Hydrology , Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 188- 191.

Illston, B.G., J.B., Basara, and K.C. Crawford. 2002: A soil moisture analysis of the drought of 1998 using the Oklahoma Mesonet. Preprints, 13th Symposium on Global Climate Change and Climate Variations; American Meteorological Society, Orlando, Florida, January 13-17, 248-250.

Illston, B.G., and J.B., Basara. 2002: A soil moisture analysis of drought conditions using the Oklahoma Mesonet. Preprints, 13th Conference on Applied Climatology; American Meteorological Society, Portland, Oregon, May 13-16.

Illston, B.G., and J.B. Basara. 2003: Climatology of soil moisture variables using the Oklahoma Mesonet. Preprints, 17th Conference on Hydrology; American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, California, February 9-13.

Illston, B.G., J. C. Caldwell, and S. G. Bodnar. 2004: Representativeness of Soil Moisture Conditions in Central Oklahoma During the Enhanced Drying Phase. Preprints, 18th Conference on Hydrology; American Meteorological Society, Seattle, Washington, January 11-15.

Illston, B.G., J. B. Basara, C. A. Fiebrich, J. M. Wolfinbarger, and G. D. McManus. 2004: Real-time Soil Moisture Information for Drought Monitoring and Assessment. Preprints, 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; American Meteorological Society, Seattle, Washington, January 11-15.

Kloesel, K., M.J. Laufersweiler, and B.G. Illston. 2002: Leveraging the internet to enhance the skills of entry level meteorology majors. Preprints, 1oth Symposium on IIPS; American Meteorological Society, Orlando, Florida, January 13-17.

Lou, L. A. Robock, K. E. Mitchell, P. R. Houser, E. F. Wood, J. C. Schaake, D. P. Lettenmaier, D. Lohmann, B. A. Cosgrove, Q. Duan, J. Sheffield, J. Meng, W. Higgins, R. T. Pinker, D. Tarpley, K. C. Crawford, and J. B. Basara, 2002: Validation of north American LDAS retrospective forcing with station observations and model experiments. Mississippi River Climate and Hydrology Conference , New Orleans, LA, 114-115.

Robock, A., L. Lou, K. E. Mitchell, P. R. Houser, E. F. Wood, J. C. Schaake, D. P. Lettenmaier, B. A. Cosgrove, Q. Duan, D. Lohmann, J. Sheffield, W. Higgins, R. T. Pinker, D. Tarpley, K. C. Crawford, and J. B. Basara, 2002: Evaluation of North American LDAS land surface models with observed surface fluxes, soil moisture, and soil temperature. Mississippi River Climate and Hydrology Conference , New Orleans, LA, 112-113.

Wood, V. T., R. A. Brown, and D. Cheresnick, 2002:  On the investigation of vertically integrated liquid (VIL) using WSR-88D's new volume coverage patterns. Preprints, 21st Conf. on Severe Local Storms , San Antonio, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 182-185.

Papers in Preparation:

Cheresnick, D.R., and J. B. Basara, 2002: The Impact of Land-Atmosphere Interactions on the Benson, MN Tornado of 11 June 2001.   Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , in review.

Robock, A., L. Luo, E. F. Wood, F. Wen, K. E. Mitchell, P. R. Houser, J. C. Schaake, D. Lohmann, B. Cosgrove, J. Sheffield, Q. Duan, W. Higgins, R. T. Pinker, D. Tarpley, J. B. Basara, and K. C. Crawford, 2003: Evaluation of the North American Land Data Assimilation System over the Southern Great Plains during the Warm Season . J. Geophys. Res. GCIP special issue , In review.

Sun, D., R. Pinker, and J. B. Basara, 2003: Land surface temperature estimation from the next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES M-Q. J. Applied Meteor., in review.