Wolff, E. C. , R. J. Trapp, S. W. Nesbitt, M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, and J. Wurman, in press: On discrete convective updrafts and tornadoes in quasi-linear convective systems.  Wea. Forecasting, accepted in final form May 2025.

Coffer, B. E., M. D. Parker, M. C. Coniglio, and C. R. Homeyer, in press: Supercell environments using GridRad-Severe and the HRRR: Addressing discrepancies between prior tornado climatologies. Wea. Forecasting, accepted in final form April 2025.

Silcott, M. K., M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, J. Wurman, and C. C. Weiss, 2024: Structure of cold pools from PERiLS 2022-2023.  Mon. Wea. Rev., submitted December 2024.

Congratulations to Nick Goldacker on his successful Ph.D. dissertation defense on 11/1/2024! Nick will soon be starting as a post-doc at Purdue University!

Blind-Doskocil, L., R. J. Trapp, S. W. Nesbitt, K. A. Kosiba, J. Wurman, and M. D. Parker, 2024: Characteristics of Tornadic and Nontornadic QLCS Mesovortices Observed Using Radar and Pod Data from PERiLS.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Chalmers, Z. A., and M. D. Parker, 2024: Variability in High-Shear, Low-CAPE QLCS Environments in the Southeastern U.S.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Coffer, B. E., M. D. Parker and M. C. Coniglio, 2024: Supercell Environments Using Grid-Rad Severe and the HRRR: Addressing Discrepancies between Prior Tornado Climatologies.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Dixon, A. W., P. Skinner, L. J. Wicker, L. Orf, and B. E. Coffer, 2024: Ensemble Simulations of the Tornadic and Non-tornadic VORTEX2 Composite Environments: Characteristics at Different Horizontal Grid Spacing.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Flournoy, M. D., A. Wade, K. T. Halbert, B. T. Smith, R. Edwards, M. Wilson, B. E. Coffer, A. Lyza, L. E. Pounds, R. L. Miller, M. J. Hosek, W. L. Faletti Jr., T. Sandmael, M. C. Brown, A. Gleason, E. Thornton, B. R. Smith, I. Jernigan, W. Cui, M. Krocak, M. A. Wagner, C. J. Nixon, and M. Coniglio, 2024: Building a Comprehensive Database of Observed Supercells and Tornadoes.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Goldacker, N. A., and M. D. Parker, 2024: Impact of Storm-relative Flow vs. Environmental Horizontal Vorticity on Near-cloud Base Updrafts in Right-moving Supercells.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Kosiba, K. A., J. Wurman, P. Robinson, R. J. Trapp, M. D. Parker, S. W. Nesbitt, J. Aikins, and T. White, 2024: PERILS Vortex Climatology.   31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Melanson, S. D., M. D. Parker, P. Robinson, K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, J. Wurman, M. I. Biggerstaff, and A. E. Reinhart, 2024: Dual-Doppler Time Series of QLCS Mesovortices Observed During PERiLS.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Sherburn, K., and B. E. Coffer, 2024: Revisiting the Severe Hazards in Environments with Reduced Buoyancy (SHERB) Parameters.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Silcott, M. K., M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, C. C. Weiss, and J. Wurman, 2024: Properties of QLCS Cold Pools Observed during PERiLS.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Wolff, E. C.,  R. J. Trapp, S. W. Nesbitt, M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, and J. Wurman, 2024: Radar-Based Tools for Predicting Locations of Tornadogenesis within Quasi-Linear Convective Systems.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, October 21-25 2004, Virginia Beach, VA.

Congratulations to Sean Melanson on his successful M.S. thesis defense on 10/18/2024! Sean will soon be starting as a forecaster at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Caribou, ME!

Blind-Doskocil, L., R. J. Trapp, S. W. Nesbitt, M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, and J. Wurman, 2024: Characteristics of tornadic and nontornadic QLCS mesovortices observed using radar and pod data from PERiLS. Wea. Forecasting, submitted October 2024.

Kosiba, K. A., and co-authors (M. Parker is 5th author, B. Coffer is 11th author, M. Silcott is 23rd author), 2024: The Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS) Project.  Bull, Amer. Meteor. Soc, 105, E1768-E1799.

Werkema, A. D., M. D. Parker, and B. E. Coffer, 2024: Interactions between supercells in multistorm simulations.  Mon. Wea. Rev., submitted August 2024.

Fischer, J., J. M. L. Dahl, B. E. Coffer, J. L. Houser, P. M. Markowski, M. D. Parker,  C. C. Weiss, and A. Schueth, 2024: Supercell tornadogenesis: Recent progress in our state of understanding.  Bull, Amer. Meteor. Soc, 105, E1084-E1097.

Congratulations to Zach Chalmers on his successful M.S. thesis defense on 6/19/2024! Zach will soon be starting as a forecaster at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Morehead City, NC!

Parker, M.D., 2024: Mesoscale convective systems. Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, 3rd edition, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-96026-7.00103-X, 1-13.  Invited contribution.

Parker, M.D., 2024: Convective storm modeling. Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, 3rd edition, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-96026-7.00087-4, 1-10.  Invited contribution.

Campbell, T.  A. , G. M. Lackmann, M. J. Molina, and M. D. Parker, 2024: Severe convective storms in limited instability organized by pattern and distribution.  Wea. Forecasting, 39, 217-240.

Goldacker, N. A., and M. D. Parker, 2023: Assessing the comparative effects of storm-relative helicity components within right-moving supercell environments.  J. Atmos. Sci., 80, 2805-2822. 

Melanson, S. D., M. D. Parker, and coauthors, 2023: Preliminary dual-Doppler syntheses of a PERiLS QLCS mesovortex. PERiLS Science Workshop, 14-15 November 2023, Memphis, TN.

Silcott, M. K., M. D. Parker, and coauthors, 2023: A survey of PERiLS cold pools. PERiLS Science Workshop, 14-15 November 2023, Memphis, TN.

Parker, M. D., 2023: The Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS) field experiment. Mid-Atlantic Severe Weather Conference, 4 November 2023, Richmond, VA.

Melanson, S. D., M. D. Parker, and coauthors, 2023: Preliminary dual-Doppler syntheses of a PERiLS QLCS mesovortex. Meteorology Student Conference, Central Virginia AMS Chapter, 3 November 2023, Richmond, VA.

Congratulations to Miranda Silcott on her successful M.S. thesis defense on 9/22/2023! Miranda will soon be starting as a Research Associate working with the National Severe Storms Laboratory at CIWRO in Norman, OK!

Coffer, B.E. , M. D. Parker, J. M. Peters, and A. R. Wade, 2023: Supercell low-level mesocyclones: Origins of inflow and vorticity.  Mon Wea. Rev., 115, 2205-2232.

Peters, J. M., D. R. Chavas, C.-Y. Su, H. Morrison, and B. E. Coffer, 2023: An analytic formula for entraining CAPE in mid-latitude storm environments.  J. Atmos. Sci., 80, 2165-2186.

Blind-Doskocil L., R. J. Trapp, S. W. Nesbitt, K. A. Kosiba, J. Wurman, and M. D. Parker, 2023: Radar-based characteristics of tornadic and non-tornadic QLCS mesovortices during PERiLS. 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, 28 August-1 September 2023, Minneapolis, MN.

Kosiba, K. A., J,. Wurman, R. J. Trapp, M. D. Parker, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2023: The PERiLS Project: Tornado chasing in the Southeast. 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, 28 August-1 September 2023, Minneapolis, MN.

Syed, H. A. , D. T. Dawson II, F. Vendl, R. Tanamachi, and M. D. Parker, 2023: DSD characteristics and evolution of the leading stratiform region of a tornadic QLCS during PERiLS-2022 IOP #2 (30 March 2022). 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, 28 August-1 September 2023, Minneapolis, MN.

Chalmers, Z. A., M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, S. W Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, and J. Wurman, 2023: Evaluating the CAPE-shear parameter space of Southeastern US QLCS environments. 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, AMS, 17-21 July 2023, Madison, WI.

Goldacker, N. A., 2023: Dynamical processes perturbing right-moving supercell storm motions.  20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, AMS, 17-21 July 2023, Madison, WI.

Melanson, S. D., M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, and J. Wurman, 2023: Identification of mesovortexgenesis mechanisms in QLCSs using PERiLS radar data. 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, AMS, 17-21 July 2023, Madison, WI.

Silcott, M. K., M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, and J. Wurman, 2023: Structures of cold pools from PERiLS 2022 & 2023.  20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, AMS, 17-21 July 2023, Madison, WI.

Loeffler, S. D., M. R. Kumjian, P. M. Markowski, B. E. Coffer, and M. D. Parker, 2023: Investigating the relationship between polarimetric radar signatures of hydrometeor size sorting and tornadic potential in simulated supercells.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 151, 1863-1884.

Parker, M. D., 2023:  How well must surface vorticity be organized for tornadogenesis?  J. Atmos Sci., 80, 1433-1448.

Coffer, B.E. , M. D. Parker, J. M. Peters, and A. R. Wade, 2023: Supercell low-level mesocyclones: Origins of inflow and vorticity. 11th European Conference on Severe Storms, 8-12 May 2023, Bucharest, Romania.

Kumjian, M, K. Lombardo, B. Coffer, and J. Dahl, 2023: What is a Mesocyclone?  11th European Conference on Severe Storms, 8-12 May 2023, Bucharest, Romania.  Awarded best poster!

Kosiba, K. A., J,. Wurman, R. J. Trapp, M. D. Parker, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2023: Overview of the PERiLS (Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms) project. 11th European Conference on Severe Storms, 8-12 May 2023, Bucharest, Romania.

CSG is out in the field for the PERiLS (Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms) project in February-May 2023!

Peters, J. M., B. E. Coffer, M. D. Parker, C. J. Nowotarski, J. P. Mulholland, C. J. Nixon, and J. T. Allen, 2023:  Disentangling the influences of storm-relative flow and horizontal streamwise vorticity on low-level mesocyclones in supercells.   J. Atmos. Sci., 80, 129-149. 

Parker, M. D., 2022: Cold pools, nocturnal MCSs, and self organization.  Cold Pool Workshop, Max Planck Society, 7-9 December 2020, Kreuth, Germany.

Coffer, B. E., M. D. Parker, and C. Davenport, 2022: How quickly do supercell low-level mesocyclones respond to changes in their environment? 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Coffer, B. E., M. D. Parker, and J. M. Peters, 2022: Environmental versus storm-generated SRH contributions to low-level mesocyclones.  30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Goldacker, N., and M. D. Parker, 2022: Assessing the comparative effects of storm-relative helicity components within right-moving supercell environments. 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Silcott, M. K., M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, and J. Wurman, 2022: Structures of cold pools from PERiLS 2022. 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Werkema, A. D., and M. D. Parker, 2022: Mutual influences of adjacent supercells in multistorm simulations. 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Loeffler, S., M. Kumjian, P. Markowski, B. E. Coffer, and M. D. Parker, 2022: Role of precipitation distribution and KDP foot location in the forward flank on low-level circulation. 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Peters, J. M., B. E. Coffer, M. D. Parker, C. J. Nowotarski, J. P. Mulholland, C. J. Nixon#, and J. T. Allen, 2022: Disentangling the influences of storm-relative flow, updraft width, and horizontal streamwise vorticity on low-level supercell mesocyclones. 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Parker, M. D., 2022: Is a coherent vorticity source required for tornadogenesis? 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Parker, M. D., K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, and J. Wurman, 2022: The influence of pre-QLCS precipitation on environmental stability in HSLC environments: a first look from PERiLS. 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Coniglio, M. C., M. D. Parker, and R. E. Jewell, 2022: Insights into supercells and their environments through field-project soundings and comparison to SPC mesoanalysis.  30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Kosiba, K. A., J,. Wurman, R. J. Trapp, M. D. Parker, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2022: The PERiLS (Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms) Southeastern tornado study. 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 24-28 October 2022, Santa Fe, NM.

Kosiba, K., J,. Wurman, J. Trapp, S. Nesbitt, and M. D. Parker, 2022: Radar deployments in the PERiLS (Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms) Southeastern tornado study. 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, 29 August-2 September 2022, Locarno, Switzerland.

Congratulations to Adam Werkema on his successful M.S. thesis defense on 7/25/2022! Adam will soon be starting as a Research Associate working with the Transportation Applications Team at CIWRO in Norman, OK!

Lovell, L. T., and M. D. Parker, 2022: Simulated QLCS vortices in a high-shear low-CAPE environment.  Wea. Forecasting, 37, 989-1012.

CSG is out in the field for the PERiLS (Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms) project in March-April 2022!

Coffer, B. E., and M. D. Parker, 2022: Infrasound signals in simulated nontornadic and pre-tornadic supercells.  J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 151, 939-954.

Coffer, B. E., and M. D. Parker, 2022: Infrasound signals in simulated nontornadic and pre-tornadic supercells.  19th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 102nd Annual Meeting of the AMS, 23 – 27 January 2022, held virtually.

Parker, M. D., 2022: Nocturnal MCSs from PRE-STORM to PECAN.  Richard H. Johnson Symposium, 102nd Annual Meeting of the AMS, 23 – 27 January 2022, held virtually.

Peters, J. M., B. E. Coffer, M. D. Parker, C. J. Nowotarski, C. J. Nixon, and J. T. Allen, 2022:  Controls on the width and rotation of low-level mesocyclones on simulated supercells.  19th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 102nd Annual Meeting of the AMS, 23 – 27 January 2022, held virtually.