Research

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Research Interests:

• Mountain weather and climate
• Regional climate dynamics
• Meoscale dynamics and modeling
• Lake-effect snow
• Hydrometeorology

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[ORCID: 0000-0001-7182-7898]

[ResearcherID: K-5813-2017]

Publications

(* indicates student author from Minder research group)

In Preparation:

Letcher, T.W., P. Naple*, J.R. Minder, In preparation: Understanding and improving snow processess in Noah-MP over the northeast United States via a new state-of-the-art surface observation network .

Submitted / Under Review / In Revision:

Gowan, T.M., W.J. Steenburgh, J.R. Minder, Under review: Orographic effects on landfalling lake-effect systems.

Accepted / In Press:

Chimborazo, O., J.R. Minder, M. Vuille, Mechanisms of elevation-dependent warming over the Ecuadorian Andes: results from a regional climate model, Journal of Climate.

Published (Peer-Reviewed):

Gowan, T.M., W.J. Steenburgh, J.R. Minder, 2021: Downstream evolution and coastal-to-inland transition of landfalling lake-effect systems, Monthly Weather Review, 149, 1023-1040.

Wallace, B.*, J.R. Minder, 2021: The impact of snow loss and soil moisture on convective precipitation over the Rocky Mountains under climate warming, Climate Dynamics.

Rojas, Y.*, J.R. Minder, L.S. Campbell, A.K. Massmann, R.D. Garreaud, 2021: Assessment of GPM IMERG satellite precipitation estimation and its dependence on microphysical rain regimes over the mountains of south-central Chile, Atmospheric Research, 253.

Lance, S., J. Zhang, J. Schwab. P. Casson, R. Brandt, D. Fitzjarrald, M. Schwab, S. Lu, S.P. Chen, J. Yun, J. Freedman, B. Shrestha, Q. Min, M. Beauharnois, B. Crandall, E. Joseph, M. Brewer*, J. Minder , D. Orlowski, A. Christiansen, A. Carlton, M. Barth, 2020: Overview of the CPOC Pilot Study at Whiteface Mountain, NY: Cloud Processing of Organics within Clouds, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101, E1820-E1841.

Brotzge, J., J. Wang, C.D. Thorncroft, E. Joseph, N. Bain, N. Bassill, N. Farruggio, J.M. Freedman, K. Hemker Jr., D. Johnston, E. Kane, S. McKim, S.D. Miller, J.R. Minder , P. Naple, S. Perez, J. Schwab, M.J. Schwab, and J. Sicker, 2020: A technical overview of the New York State Mesonet Standard Network, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 37, 1827-1845.

Minder, J.R., W.M. Bartolini*, C. Spence, N.R. Hedstrom, P.D. Blanken, J.D. Lenters, 2020: Characterizing and constraining uncertainty associated with surface and boundary layer turbulent fluxes in simulations of lake-effect snowfall, Weather and Forecasting, 35, 467-488.

Fults, S.L., A.K. Massmann*, A. Montecinos, E. Andrews, D.E. Kingsmill, J.R. Minder, R.D. Garreaud, J.R. Snider, 2019: Wintertime aerosol measurements during the Chilean Coastal Orographic Precipitation Experiment, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19 , 12377-12396.

Xia, G., L. Zhou, J.R. Minder, R.G. Fovell, P.A. Jimenez, 2019: Simulating Impacts of Real-World Wind Farms on Land Surface Temperature Using the WRF Model: Physical Mechanisms, Climate Dynamics, 53 , 1723-1793.

Letcher, T.W.*, J.R. Minder, 2018: The simulated impact of the snow albedo feedback on the large-scale mountain-plain circulation east of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75, 755-774.

Minder, J.R., T.W. Letcher*, C. Liu, 2018: The character and causes of elevation-dependent warming in high-resolution simulations of Rocky Mountain climate change, Journal of Climate, 31, 2093-2113.

Xia, G., M.C. Cervarich, S.B. Roy, L. Zhou, J.R. Minder, P.A. Jimenez, J.M. Freedman, 2017: Simulating impacts of real-world wind farms on land surface temperature using WRF model: validation with MODIS observations. Monthly Weather Review, 145, 4813-4836.

Massmann, A.K.*, J.R. Minder, R.D. Garreaud, D.E. Kingsmill, R.A. Valenzuela, A. Montecinos, S.L. Fults, J.R. Snider, 2017: The Chilean Coastal Orographic Precipitation Experiment: Observing the influence of microphysical rain regime on coastal orographic precipitation. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18, 2723-2743.

Kristovich, DAR, RD Clark, J Frame, B Geerts, KR Knupp, KA Kosiba, NF Laird, ND Metz, JR Minder, T D Sikora, WJ Steenburgh, SM Steiger, J Wurman, GS Young, 2017: The Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems Field Campaign. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98, 315-332.

Letcher, TW*, JR Minder, 2017: The simulated response of diurnal mountain winds to regionally enhanced warming caused by the snow albedo feedback. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 74, 49-67.

Welsh, D, B Geerts, JR Minder, WJ Steenburgh, PT Bergmaier, X Jing, LS Campbell, 2016: Understanding heavy lake-effect snowfall: the vertical structure of radar reflectivity in a deep snowband over and downwind of Lake Ontario. Monthly Weather Review, 144 , 4221-4244.

Minder, JR, TW Letcher*, SM Skiles, 2016: An evaluation of high-resolution regional climate model simulations of snow cover and albedo over the Rocky Mountains, with implications for the simulated snow-albedo feedback. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 121 , 9069-9088.

Campbell, L, WJ Steenburgh, PG Veals, TW Letcher*, JR Minder, 2016: Lake-Effect Mode and Precipitation Enhancement over the Tug Hill Plateau during OWLeS IOP2b. Monthly Weather Review, 144 , 1729-1748.

Minder, JR, TW Letcher*, LS Campbell, PG Veals, WJ Steenburgh, 2015: The evolution of lake-effect convection during landfall and orographic uplift as observed by profiling radars. Monthly Weather Review, 143 (11), 4422-4442.

Letcher, TW*, JR Minder, 2015: Characterization of the simulated regional snow albedo feedback using a regional climate model over complex terrain. Journal of Climate, 28 (19), 7576-7595.

Theriault, JM, JA Milbrandt, J Doyle, JR Minder, G Thompson, N Sarkadi, I Geresdi, 2015: Impact of melting snow on the valley flow field and precipitation transition. Atmospheric Research , 156 , 111-124.

Nugent, AD, RB Smith, JR Minder, 2014: Wind speed control of Tropical orographic convection. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71 , 2695-2712.

Minder, JR, RB Smith, AD Nugent, 2013: The dynamics of ascent-forced orographic convection in the Tropics: Results from Dominica. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 70 , 4067-4088.

Minder, JR, DE Kingsmill, 2013: Mesoscale variations of the atmospheric snowline over the northern Sierra Nevada: multi-year statistics, case study, and mechanisms. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 70 , 916-938.

Smith, RB, JR Minder, AD Nugent, DJ Kirshbaum, T Storelvmo, R Warren, N Lareau, A James, and J French, 2012: Orographic Precipitation in the Tropics: The Dominica experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 1567-1579.

Minder, JR, DR Durran, GH Roe, 2011: Mesoscale Controls on the Mountainside Snow-line. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 68, 2107-2127.

Lundquist, JD, JR Minder, PJ Neiman, E Sukovich, 2010: Relationships between barrier jet heights, orographic precipitation gradients, and streamflow in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 11, 1141-1156.

Minder, JR, PW Mote, JD Lundquist, 2010: Surface temperature lapse rates over complex terrain: Lessons from the Cascade Mountains . Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 115 , D14122.

Minder, JR, 2010: The sensitivity of mountain snowpack accumulation to climate warming. Journal of Climate, 23 , 2634-2650.

Minder, JR, GH Roe, DR Montgomery, 2009: Spatial patterns of rainfall and shallow landslide susceptibility . Water Resources Research, 45, W04419.

Minder, JR, DR Durran, GH Roe, AM Anders, 2008: The climatology of small-scale orographic precipitation over the Olympic mountains: Patterns and processes. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorlogical Society , 131, 817-839.

Anders, AM, GH Roe, DR Durran, JR Minder, 2007: Small-scale spatial gradients in climatological precipitation on the Olympic Peninsula. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8, 1068-1081.

McAdoo, BC, M Capone, and JR Minder, 2004: Seafloor geomorphology of convergent margins: Implications for Cascadia seismic hazard. Tectonics, 23.

Published (non-peer reviewed):

Prein, A.F., R. Rasmussen, Castro, C.L., Dai, A., Minder, J.R., 2020: Special Issue: Advances in convection-permitting climate modeling , Climate Dynamics, 55, 1-2.

Minder, JR , GH Roe 2011: Orographic Precipitation , in: The Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice, and Glaciers. Edited by V.P. Singh, P. Singh, and U.K. Haritashya, Springer Press.

Minder, JR, 2010: On the Climatology of Orographic Precipitation in the Mid-Latitudes. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Washington Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences.

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