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Department of Meteorology
Penn State University
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Research Interests:


Prof. Stauffer's research interests include all areas of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP), including probabilistic weather and model ensembles, four-dimensional data assimilation (e.g., nudging, adjoint methods, variational methods, ensemble Kalman filters, hybrid data assimilation methods), physical parameterizations and coupled models (e.g., boundary layer, land-surface, parameterized versus explicit convection), and process studies (e.g., boundary layer and land-surface processes, land-surface and convective boundary layer heterogeneity, stable boundary layer phenomena, meteorological modeling for air-quality and transport and dispersion applications, shallow and deep convection, terrain-forced circulations, coastal-zone meteorology, cold-air damming, tropical cyclones).


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Teaching Interests:


Numerical weather prediction, atmospheric dynamics, data assimilation and objective analysis

Selected Publications:


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Stauffer, D.R., A. Deng, G.K. Hunter, A.M. Gibbs, A.R. Zielonka, K. Tinklepaugh, and J. Dobek, 2007: NWP goes to war ..., Preprints, 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, June 25-29, Park City, UT, 13 pp.


Stauffer, D.R., G.K. Hunter, A. Deng, J.R. Zielonka, K. Tinklepaugh, P. Hayes and C. Kiley, 2007: On the role of atmospheric data assimilation and model resolution on model forecast accuracy for the Torino Winter Olympics, Preprints, 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, June 25-29, Park City, UT, 7 pp.


Deng, A., D.R. Stauffer, and G.K. Hunter, 2007: A comparison of high-resolution mesoscale forecasts using MM5 and WRF-ARW, Preprints, 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, June 25-29, Park City, UT, 7 pp.


Deng, A., D.R. Stauffer, J. Dudhia, T.L. Otte, and G.K. Hunter, 2007: Update on analysis nudging FDDA in WRF-ARW, Preprints, WRF Users' Workshop, Boulder, CO, June 13, 9 pp.


Stauffer, D.R., 2006: The RRNPS Profiler System – an update on the use of RRNPS in the battlefield, sidebar within the above Papers of Note summary. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., July 2006, p. 879.


Schroeder, A.J., D.R. Stauffer, N.L. Seaman, A. Deng, A.M. Gibbs, G.K. Hunter and G.S. Young, 2006: Evaluation of a high-resolution, rapidly relocatable meteorological nowcasting and prediction system. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1237-1265.


Schroeder, A.J., D.R. Stauffer, N.L. Seaman, A. Deng, A.M. Gibbs, G.K. Hunter and G.S. Young, 2006: Unleashing an automated mobile weather prediction system, summary of Schroeder et al. 2006 from Mon. Wea. Rev., written by Prof. Stauffer and appearing in Papers of Note, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., July 2006, 878-880.


Deng, A. and D.R. Stauffer, 2006: On improving 4-km mesoscale model simulations. J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 361-381.


Desai, A.R., K.J. Davis, C.J. Senff, S. Ismail, E.V. Browell, D.R. Stauffer. and B.P. Reen, 2006: A case study on the effects of heterogeneous soil moisture on mesoscale boundary layer structure in the southern Great Plains, USA. Part I: Simple prognostic model. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 119, 195-238.


Reen, B.P., D.R. Stauffer, K.J. Davis and A.R. Desai, A.R., 2006: A case study on the effects of heterogeneous soil moisture on mesoscale boundary layer structure in the southern Great Plains, USA. Part II: Mesoscale modeling. Boundary Layer Meteorol., 120, 275-314.


Stauffer, D. R., A. Deng, A. M. Gibbs, G. K. Hunter, G. S. Young, A. J. Schroeder and N. L. Seaman, 2004: An automated Humvee-operated meteorological nowcast-prediction system for the U. S. Army (MMS-Profiler). Invited paper. Mesoscale and CFD Modeling for Military Applications, workshop sponsored by U. S. Army High Performance Computing Research Center, Jackson State University, 25-26 May, 7 pp.


Deng, A., N. L. Seaman, G. K. Hunter and D. R. Stauffer, 2004: Evaluation of interregional transport using the MM5-SCIPUFF system. J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 1864-1886.


Leidner, S.M., D.R. Stauffer and N.L. Seaman, 2001: Improving California coastal zone numerical weather prediction by dynamic initialization of the marine layer. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 275-294.


Lynn, B.H., D.R. Stauffer, P.J. Wetzel, W.-K. Tao, P. Alpert, N. Perlin, R.D. Baker, R. Munoz, A. Boone and Y. Jia, 2001: Improved simulation of Florida summertime convection using the PLACE land-surface model and a 1.5-order turbulence parameterization coupled to the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 1441-1461.


Otte, T.L. N.L. Seaman and D.R. Stauffer, 2001: A heuristic study on the importance of anisotropic error distributions in data assimilation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 766-783.


Stauffer, D.R, R.C. Munoz and N.L. Seaman, 2001: On the importance of saturation effects in the turbulence scheme of a mesoscale model. Preprints, Ninth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, AMS, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 30 July – 2 August, 1-5.


Stauffer, D.R., N.L. Seaman, G.K. Hunter, S.M. Leidner, A.M. Lario-Gibbs and S. Tanrikulu, 2000: A field-coherence technique for meteorological field-program design for air-quality studies. Part I: Description and interpretation. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 297-316.


Tanrikulu, S., D.R. Stauffer, N.L. Seaman, and A.J. Ranzieri, 2000: A field-coherence technique for meteorological field-program design for air-quality studies. Part II: Evaluation in the San Joaquin Valley. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 317-334.


Grell, G.A., J. Dudhia and D.R. Stauffer, 1995: A description of the fifth-generation Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model (MM5). NCAR Tech. Note, NCAR/TN-398+STR, 122 pp.


Seaman, N.L., D.R. Stauffer and A.M. Lario-Gibbs, 1995: A Multi-Scale Four Dimensional Data Assimilation System Applied in the San Joaquin Valley During SARMAP: Part I: Modeling Design and Basic Performance Characteristics. J. Appl. Meteor., 34, 1739-1761.


Stauffer, D.R. and N.L. Seaman, 1994: Multiscale four-dimensional data assimilation. J. Appl. Meteor., 33, 416-434
Stauffer, D.R. and J.-W. Bao, 1993: Optimal determination of nudging coefficients using the adjoint equations. Tellus, 45A, 358-369.


Stauffer, D.R., N.L. Seaman, T.T. Warner and A.M. Lario, 1993: Application of an atmospheric simulation model to diagnose air pollution transport in the Grand Canyon region of Arizona. Chemical Engineering Communications, 121, 9-26.


Stauffer, D. R., N. L. Seaman and F. S. Binkowski, 1991: Use of four-dimensional data assimilation in a limited-area mesoscale model. Part II: Effects of data assimilation within the planetary boundary layer. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 734-754.


Stauffer, D. R. and N. L. Seaman, 1990: Use of four-dimensional data assimilation in a limited-area mesoscale model. Part I: Experiments with synoptic-scale data. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 1250-1277.


Stauffer, D.R. and T.T. Warner, 1987: A numerical study of Appalachian cold-air damming and coastal frontogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 799-821.



David R. Stauffer, Ph.D.


Department of Meteorology
621 Walker Building
University Park, PA 16802
Telephone: (814) 863-3932
E-mail: stauffer@meteo.psu.edu

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