Hydrometeorology Research Group

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2018

Seo, B.-C., W. F. Krajewski. F. Quintero, M. El Saadhani, R. Goska, L. K. Cunha, B. Dolan, D. B. Wolff, J. A. Smith, S. A. Rutledge, and W. A. Perersen, Comprehensive evaluation of the IFloodS radar rainfall products for hydrologic applications, J. of Hydrometeorology, 19, 1793-1813, 2018.

Liu, M., G. Vecchi, J. A. Smith, H. Murakami, R. Gudgel, and X. Yang, Towards dynamical seasonal forecast of Extratropical Transition in the North Atlantic, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 12602-12609, 2018.

Zhang, W., G. Villarini, G. A. Vecchi and J. A. Smith, Urbanization exacerbated the rainfall and flooding by Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Nature, 563, 384-388, 2018.

Armon, M., E. Dente, J. A. Smith, Y. Enzel, and E. Morin, Synoptic-scale control over modern rainfall and flood patterns in the Levant drylands with implications for past climates, J. of Hydrometeorology, 19, 1077 -1096, 2018.

Liu, M., G. Vecchi, H. Murakami, and J. A. Smith, Projection of landfalling TC rainfall in the Eastern United States under anthropogenic warming, J. of Climate, 31, 7269-7286, 2018.

Lu, P., N. Lin, K. Emanuel, D. Chavas and J. A. Smith, Assessing Hurricane Rainfall Mechanisms Using a Physics-Based Model: Hurricanes Isabel (2003) and Irene (2011), J. of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75, 2337-2358, 2018.

Smith, J. A., A. A. Cox, M. L. Baeck, Long Yang and P. Bates, Strange floods: the upper tail of flood peaks in the US, Water Resources Research, 54, 6510-6542, 2018.

Yang, L. and J. A. Smith, Sensitivity of extreme rainfall to atmospheric water vapor in the arid/semi-arid Southwestern US: Implications for PMP estimates, J. Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 123, 1638-1656, 2018.

2017

ten Veldhuis, M.-c., Z. Zhou, L. Yang, S. Liu and J. A. Smith, The role of storm dynamics in controlling urban flood response, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, hess-2017-197, 1-28, 2017.

Yang, L., J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, E. Morin, and D. Goodrich, Flash Flooding in Arid/Semi-arid Regions: Dissecting the 19 August 2014 Flood over Arizona, Southwestern United States, , J. of Hydrometeorology 18(12), 3110-4124, 2017.

Zhou, Z., J. A. Smith, L. Yang, M. L. Baeck, M. Chaney, M.-C. ten Veldhuis, and S. Liu, The Complexities of Urban Flood Response: Hydrologic Analyses for the Charlotte, North Carolina Metropolitan Region, Water Resources Research, 53(8), 7401-7425, 2017.

Mallakpour, I., G. Villarini, M. P. Jones and J. A. Smith, On the use of Cox regression to examine the temporal clustering of flooding and heavy precipitation across the Central United States, Global and Planetary Change, 155, 98-108, 2017.

Lu, P., J. A. Smith and N. Lin, Spatial characterization of flood magnitudes over the drainage network of the Delaware River basin, J. of Hydrometeorology, 18, 957-976, 2017.

Liu, M., G. Vecchi, J. A. Smith and H. Murakami, The present-day simulation and twenty-first-century projection of the climatology of extratropical transition in the North Atlantic, J. of Climate, 30, 2739 -2756, 2017.

Yang, L, J. A. Smith and M. Liu, Typhoon Nina and the August 1975 Flood in Central China, J. of Hydrometeorology, 18, 451 - 472, 2017.

2016

Wang, W., J. A. Smith, P. Ramamurthy, M. L. Baeck, E. Bou-Zeid and T. M. Scanlon, On the correlation of water vapor and CO2: application to flux partitioning of evaporation, Water Resources Research, 52, 9452-9469, 2016.

Liu, M. and J. A. Smith, Extreme rainfall from landfalling tropical cyclones in the Eastern United States: Hurricane Irene (2011), J. of Hydrometeorology, 17, 2883 - 2904, 2016.

Ryu, Y.-H., J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, L. K. Cunha, E. Bou-Zeid and W. F. Krajewski, The regional water cycle and heavy Spring rainfall in Iowa: Observational and modeling analyses from the IFloodS Campaign, J. of Hydrometeorology, 17, 2763-2784, 2016.

Yang, L., J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck and Y. Zhang, Flash flooding in small urban watersheds: storm event hydrologic response, Water Resources Research, 52(6), pp. 4571-4589, 2016.

Yang, L, J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, B. K. Smith, F. Tian and D. Niyogi, Structure and evolution of flash flood producing storms in a small urban watershed, J. of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 121, 3139-3152, 2016.

Smith, B. K., J. A. Smith and M. L. Baeck, Flash flood producing storm properties in a small urban watershed, J. of Hydrometeorology 17, 2631 - 2647, 2016.

Ryu, Y.-H., E. Bou-Zeid, Z.-H. Wang and J. A. Smith, Realistic representation of trees in an urban canopy model, Boundary Layer Meteorology, 159(2), 193-220, 2016.

Ryu, Y.-H., J. A. Smth, M. L. Baeck and E. Bou-Zeid, The influence of land-surface heterogeneities on heavy convective rainfall in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, Monthly Weather Review, 144, 553-573, 2016.

Schleiss, M. and J. A. Smith, A method to quantify the temporal intermittency of rainfall: the burstiness and memory of inter-amount times, J. of Hydrometeorology, 17, 421-436, 2016.

2015

Smith, J. A. and M. L. Baeck, Prophetic Vision, Vivid Imagination: The 1927 Mississippi River Flood, Water Resources Research, 51, 9964-9994, 2016.

Bates, N. S., J. A. Smith and G. Villarini, Flood response for the watersheds of the Fernow Experimental Forest in the central Appalachians, Water Resources Research, 51(6) 4431-4453 2015.

Yeung, J. K., J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck and G. Villarini, Lagrangian analyses of rainfall structure and evolution for organized thunderstorms in the urban corridor of the northeastern US, J. of Hydrometeorology, 16(4), 1575-1595, 2015.

Smith, B. K. and J. A. Smith, The flashiest watersheds in the contiguous United States, J. of Hydrometeorology, 16(6) 2365-2381, 2015.

Schleiss, M. and J. A. Smith, A method to estimate the 3D-time structure of the raindrop size distribution using radar and disdrometer data, J. of Hydrometeorology, 16(3), 1222-1242, 2015.

Wright, D. B., T. R. Knutson and J. A. Smith, Regional climate model projections of rainfall from landfalling tropical cyclones, Climate Dynamics, 45, 3365-3379 2015.

Cunha, L. K., J. A. Smith, W. F. Krajewski, M. L. Baeck, and B.-C. Seo, NEXRAD NWS polarization precipitation product evaluation for IFloodS, J. of Hydrometeorology, 16, 1676-1699, 2015.

Smith, B. K., J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck and A. J. Miller, Exploring storage and runoff generation processes for urban flooding through a physically-based hydrologic model, Water Resources Research, 51, 1552-1569, 2015.

Ryu, Y-H., J. A. Smith, and E. Bou-Zeid, On the climatology of precipitable water and water vapor flux in the mid-Atlantic region of the US, J. of Hydrometeorology, 16, 70-87, 2015.

2014

Ramamurthy, P., E. Bou-Zeid, J. A. Smith, Z. Wang, M. L. Baeck, N. Saliendra, J. Hom and C. Welty, Influence of sub-facet heterogeneity and material properties on the surface energy budget, J. of Applied Meteorology and Climate,, 53, 2114-2129, 2014.

Thorndahl, S., J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, and W. F. Krajewski, Analyses of the Temporal and Spatial Structure of Heavy Rainfall from a Catalog of High-Resolution Radar Rainfall fields, Atmospheric Research,, 144, 111-125, 2014.

Wright, D. B., J. A. Smith, and M. L. Baeck, Flood frequency analyses using radar rainfall fields and stochastic storm transposition, Water Resources Research, 50, 1592-1615, 2014.

Villarini, G., R. Goska, J. A. Smith and G. Vecchi, North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones and U. S. Flooding, Bull. of the Amer. Metero. Soc., 95, 1381-1388, 2014.

Yang, L., F. Tian, J.A. Smith, and H. Hu, Urban Signatures in the Spatial Clustering of Summer Heavy Rainfall Events over the Beijing Metropolitan Region, J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 119, 1203-1217, 2014.

Wright, D. B., J. A. Smith, G. Villarini, and M. L. Baeck, Long-term, high-resolution, radar rainfall records for urban hydrology, J. of the American Water Resources Associations, 50(3), 713-734, 2014.

Wright, D. B., J. A. Smith and M. L. Baeck, A critical examination of areal reduction factors, J. of Hydrological Engineering, 19(4), 769-776, 2014.

Seo, B.-C., W. F. Krajewski, and J. A. Smith, Four-Dimensional Reflectivity Data Comparison between Two Ground-Based Radars: Methodology and Statistical Analysis, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 59(7), 1320-1334, 2014.

Yang, L., J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, E. Bou-Zeid, S. M. Jessup, F. Tian, and H. Hu, Impact of Urbanization on Heavy Convective Precipitation under Strong Large-Scale Forcing: A Case Study over the Milwaukee-Lake Michigan Region, J. of Hydrometeorology, 15, 261-278, 2014.

Zhang, Yan, James A. Smith, Lifeng Luo, Zifa Wang and Mary Lynn Baeck, Urbanization and rainfall variability in the Being metropolitan region, J. of Hydrometeorology, 15(6), 2219-2235, 2014.

Wang, W. E., A. P. M. Michel, L. Wang, T. Tsai, M. L. Baeck, J. A. Smith, and G. Wysocki, A quantum cascade laser-based water vapor isotopes analyzer for environmental monitoring, AIP Review of Scientific Instruments, 85, 093103, 2014.

2013

Yang, L., J.A. Smith, D.B. Wright, M.L. Baeck, G. Villarini, F. Tian, and H. Hu, Urbanization and climate change: An examination of nonstationarities in flood frequency, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14(6), 2013, doi: JHM-D-12-095.1 , 2013.

Smith, J. A., M. L.Baeck, G. Villarini, D. B. Wright, W. F. Krajewski, Extreme Flood Response: The June 2008 Flooding in Iowa, J. of Hydrometeorology, 14, 1810-1825, 2013.

Smith, B. K. J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, G. Villarini, and D. B. Wright, The spectrum of storm event hydrologic response in urban watersheds, Water Resources Research, 49(5), 2649-2663, 2013.

Wright, D. B., J. A. Smith, G. Villarini, and M. L. Baeck, Estimating the frequency of extreme rainfall using weather radar and stochastic storm transposition, J. of Hydrology, 488, 150-165 2013.

Li, D., E. Bou-Zeid, M. L. Baeck, S. M. Jessup, and J. A. Smith, Modeling Land Surface Processes and Heavy Rainfall in Urban Environments: Sensitivity to Urban Surface Representations, J. of Hydrometeorology, 14, 1098-1118, 2013.

Villarini, G. and J. A. Smith, Flooding in Texas: Examination of temporal changes, and impacts of tropical cyclones and urbanization, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 49(4), 825-837, 2013.

Krajewski, W.F., A. Kruger, S. Singh, B.-C. Seo and J.A. Smith, Hydro-NEXRAD 2: Real time access to customized radar-rainfall for hydrologic applications, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 15(2), 580-590, 2013.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, B.K. Smith, and P. Sturdevant Rees, Hydrologic analyses of the 17-18 July 1996 flood in Chicago and the role of urbanization, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000462, in press 2013.

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith, A coupled energy transport and hydrological model for urban canopies evaluated using a wireless sensor network, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 139(675), 1643-1657, 2013.

Yang, L., G. Villarini, J. A. Smith, F. Tian, and H. Hu, Changes in Seasonal Extreme Rainfall in China over the period 1961-2006, International Journal of Climatology, 33(7), 1646-1657, 2013.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, R. Vitolo, and D.B. Stephenson, On the temporal clustering of US floods and its relationship to climate teleconnection patterns, International Journal of Climatology, 33(3), 629-640, 2013.

Villarini, G., and J.A. Smith, Spatial and temporal variability of cloud-to-ground lightning over the continental U.S. during the period 1995-2010, Atmospheric Research, 124, 137 - 148, 2013.

Czajkowski, J., G. Villarini, E. Michel-Kerjan, and J. A. Smith, Determining tropical cyclone inland flooding loss on a large scale through a new flood peak ratio methodology, Environmental Research Letters,, 8(4), 1-7, 2013.

2012

Wright, D.B., J.A. Smith, G. Villarini, and M.L. Baeck, The hydroclimatology of flash flooding in Atlanta, Water Resources Research, 48, W04524, doi:10.1029/2011WR011371, 2012.

Talbot, C., E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith, Nested mesoscale-large eddy simulations with WRF: performance tests in idealized and real cases, J. of Hydrometeorology, 13 (5), 1421-1441, 2012.

Smith, J. A., M. L.Baeck, G. Villarini, C. Welty, A. J. Miller, W. F. Krajewski, Analyses of a long-term high-resolution radar rainfall data set for the Baltimore metropolitan region, Water Resources Research, 48, W04504, doi:10.1029/2011WR010641, 2012.

Villarini, G., G.A. Vecchi, and J.A. Smith, U.S. landfalling and North Atlantic hurricanes: Statistical modeling of their frequencies and ratios, Monthly Weather Review,140(1), 44-65, 2012.

Villarini, G., and G.A. Vecchi, North Atlantic Power Dissipation Index (PDI) and Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE): Statistical modeling and sensitivity to sea surface temperature changes, Journal of Climate, 25(2), 625-637, 2012.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, F. Serinaldi, A.A. Ntelekos, and U. Schwarz, Analyses of extreme flooding in Austria over the period 1951 - 2006, Int. J. of Climatology 32, 1178 - 1192, 2012.

2011

Krajewski, W.F., B. Vignal, B.-C. Seo, and G. Villarini, Statistical model of the range dependent error in radar-rainfall estimates due to the vertical profile of reflectivity, Journal of Hydrology, 402(3-4), 306-316, 2011.

Krajewski, W.F., A. Kruger, J.A. Smith, R. Lawrence, C. Gunyon, R. Goska, B.-C. Seo, P. Domaszcynski, M.L. Baeck, M.K. Ramamurthy, J. Weber, A.A. Bradley, S.A. DelGreco, and M. Steiner, Towards better utilization of NEXRAD data in hydrology: An overview of Hydro-NEXRAD, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 13(2), 255-266, 2011.

Kruger, A., W.F. Krajewski, P. Domasczynski, and J.A. Smith, Hydro-NEXRAD: Metadata computation and use, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 13(2), 267-276, 2011.

Lavers, D.A., R.P. Allan, E.F. Wood, G. Villarini, D.J. Brayshaw, and A.J. Wade, Winter floods in Britain are connected to tropical atmospheric rivers, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L23803, doi:10.1029/2011GL049783, 2011.

Rosenzweig, B.R., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, and P.R. Jaffe, Monitoring nitrogen loading and retention in an urban stormwater detention pond, Journal of Environmental Quality, 40(2), 598-609, 2011.

Seo, B.-C., W.F. Krajewski, A. Kruger, P. Domaszczynski, J.A. Smith, and M. Steiner, Radar-Rainfall Estimation Algorithms of Hydro-NEXRAD, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 13(2), 277-291, 2011.

Smith, J.A. and T.C. Onstott, “Follow the Water\E2\80: Steve Squyres and the Mars Exploration Rovers, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 348, 446-452, 2011.

Smith, J.A., G. Villarini, and M.L. Baeck, Mixture distributions and the climatology of extreme rainfall and flooding in the Eastern US, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12(2), 294-309, 2011.

Smith, J.A., M.L. Baeck, G. Villarini, and W.F. Krajewski, The hydrology and hydrometeorology of flooding in the Delaware River Basin, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 11(4), 841-859, 2011.

Smith, J.A., M.L. Baeck, A.A. Ntelekos, G. Villarini, and M. Steiner, Extreme rainfall and flooding from orographic thunderstorms in the Central Appalachian, Water Resources Research, 47, W04514, doi:10.1029/2010WR010190, 2011.

Vecchi, G.A., M. Zhao, H. Wang, G. Villarini, A. Rosati, A. Kumar, I.M. Held, and R. Gudgel, Statistical-dynamical predictions of seasonal North Atlantic hurricane activity, Monthly Weather Review, 139(4), 1070-1082, 2011.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, and W.F. Krajewski Examining flood frequency distributions in the Midwest U.S., Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 47(3), 447-463, 2011.

Villarini, G., G.A. Vecchi, T.R. Knutson, M. Zhao, and J.A. Smith, North Atlantic tropical storm frequency response to anthropogenic forcing: Projections and sources of uncertainty, Journal of Climate, 24(13), 3224-3238, 2011.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, F. Serinaldi, and A.A. Ntelekos, Analyses of seasonal and annual maximum daily discharge records for Central Europe, Journal of Hydrology, 399(3-4), 299-312, 2011.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, A.A. Ntelekos, and U. Schwarz, Annual maximum and peaks-over-threshold analyses of daily rainfall accumulations for Austria, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D05103, doi:10.1029/2010JD015038, 2011.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, R. Vitolo, D.B. Stephenson, and W.F. Krajewski, On the frequency of heavy rainfall for the Midwest of the United States, Journal of Hydrology, 400(1-2), 103-120, 2011.

Villarini, G., G.A. Vecchi, T.R. Knutson, and J.A. Smith, Is the recorded increase in short duration North Atlantic tropical storms spurious?, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D10114, doi:10.1029/2010JD015493, 2011.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, T. Marchok, and G.A. Vecchi, Characterization of rainfall distribution and flooding associated with U.S. landfalling tropical cyclones: analyses of Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne (2004), Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D23116, doi:10.1029/2011JD016175, 2011.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, F. Napolitano, and M.L. Baeck, Hydrometeorological analyses of the December 2008 flood in Rome, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 56(7), 1150-1165, 2011.

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid, and J.A. Smith, A spatially analytical scheme for surface temperatures and conductive heat fluxes in urban canopy models, Boundary Layer Meteorology, 138(2), 171-193, 2011.

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid, S.K. Au, and J.A. Smith, Analyzing the sensitivity of WRF's single-layer urban canopy model to parameter uncertainty using advanced Monte Carlo simulation, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50(9), 1795-1814, 2011.

Yeung, G.K., J.A. Smith, G. Villarini, A.A. Ntelekos, M.L. Baeck, and W.F. Krajewski, Analyses of the warm season rainfall climatology of the Northeastern US using regional climate model simulations and radar rainfall fields, Advances in Water Resources, 34(2), 184-204, 2011.

2010

Lin, N., K. Emanuel, J. A. Smith and E. Vanmarcke, Risk assessment of hurricane storm surge for New York City, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 115, D18121, doi:1029/2009JD013630, 2010.

Javier, J.R.N., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, and G. Villarini, Flash flooding in the Philadelphia metropolitan region, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 15(1), 29-38, 2010.

Krajewski, W.F., Villarini, G., and J.A. Smith,Radar-rainfall uncertainties: Where are we after thirty years of effort?, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91(1), 87-94, 2010.

Lin, N., J.A. Smith, G. Villarini, T.P. Marchok, and M.L. Baeck, Modeling extreme rainfall, winds, and surge from Hurricane Isabel (2003), Weather and Forecasting, 25(5), 1342-1361, 2010.

Mandapaka, P., G. Villarini, B.-C. Seo, and W.F. Krajewski, Effect of radar-rainfall uncertainties on the spatial characterization of rainfall events, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, D17100, doi:10.1029/2009JD013366, 2010.

Meierdiercks, K. L., J. A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, and A. J. Miller, Analyses of urban drainage network structure and its impact on hydrologic response, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 46(5), 932-943, 2010.

Meierdiercks, K. L., J. A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, and A. J. Miller, Heterogeneity of hydrologic response in urban watersheds, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 46(6), 1221-1237, 2010.

Michel, A.P.M., P.Q. Liu, J.K. Yeung, P. Corrigan, M.L. Baeck, Z. Wang, T. Day, F. Moshary, C. F. Gmachl, and J.A., Smith, Quantum Cascade Laser Open-Path System for Remote Sensing of Trace Gases in Beijing, China, Optical Engineering, 49, 111125 DOI:10.1117/1, 2010.

Ntelekos, A. A., M. Oppenheimer, J. A. Smith, A. J. Miller, Urbanization, Climate Change and Flood Policy in the United States, Climatic Change, 103(3-4), 597-616, 2010.

Smith, J.A., M.L. Baeck, G. Villarini, and W.F. Krajewski,The hydrology and hydrometeorology of flooding in the Delaware River Basin, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 11(4), 841-859, 2010.

Villarini, G., and J.A. Smith, Flood peak distributions for the Eastern United States, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2009WR008395, 46, W06504, 2010.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, P. Sturdevant-Rees, and W.F. Krajewski,Radar analyses of extreme rainfall and flooding in urban drainage basins, Journal of Hydrology, 381(3-4), 266-286, 2010.

Villarini, G., W.F. Krajewski, A.A. Ntelekos, K.P. Georgakakos, and J.A. Smith,Towards probabilistic forecasting of flash floods: The combined effects of uncertainty in radar-rainfall and flash flood guidance, Journal of Hydrology, 394(1-2), 275-284, 2010.

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, and F. Napolitano,Nonstationary modeling of a long record of rainfall and temperature over Rome, Advances in Water Resources, 33(10), 1256-1267, 2010.

Villarini, G., G.A. Vecchi, and J.A. Smith, Modeling of the dependence of tropical storm counts in the North Atlantic Basin on climate indices, Monthly Weather Review, 138(7), 2681-2705, 2010.

Villarini, G., Evaluation of the research-version TMPA rainfall estimate at its finest spatial and temporal scales over the Rome metropolitan area, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49(12), 2591-2602, 2010.

2009

Smith, J. A., E. Hui, M. Steiner, M. L. Baeck, W. F. Krajewski, A. A. Ntelekos, Variability of Rainfall Rate and Raindrop Size Distributions in Heavy Rain, Water Resources Research, 45, W04430, doi:10.1029/2008WR006840, 2009.

Villarini, G. , W. F. Krajewski, J. A. Smith, New Paradigm for Statistical Validation of Satellite Precipitation Estimates: Application to a Large Sample of the TMPA 0.25-degree Three Hourly Estimates over Oklahoma, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114, D12106, doi:10.1029/2008JD011475, 2009 [abstract]

Villarini, G., J.A. Smith, F. Serinaldi, J. Bales, P.D. Bates, and W.F. Krajewski, Flood frequency analysis for nonstationary annual peak records in an urban drainage basin, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.05.003, Advances in Water Resources,2(8), 1255-1266, 2009.

Zhang, Y., J. A. Smith, A. A. Ntelekos, M. L. Baeck, W. F. Krajewski, and F. Moshary, Structure and Evolution of Precipitation along a Cold Front in the Northeastern US, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 10(5), 2009, DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1046.1, [pdf]

Villarini, G., F. Serinaldi, J.A. Smith, and W.F. Krajewski, On the stationarity of annual flood peaks in the Continental United States during the 20th Century, Water Resources Research ,W08417, doi:10.1029/2008WR007645, 2009

Ntelekos, A. A., J. A. Smith, L. Donner, J. D. Fast, W. I. Gustafson Jr., E. G. Chapman and W. F. Krajewski, The Effects of Aerosols on Intense Convective Precipitation in the Northeastern US, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 135(643), 1367-1391, 2009 [pdf]

Mandapaka, P.V., W.K. Krajewski, G.J. Ciach, G. Villarini, and J.A. Smith, Estimation of radar-rainfall error spatial correlation, Advances in Water Resources, 32(7), 1020-1030, 2009 [pdf]

2008

Ntelekos, A. A., J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, W. F. Krajewski, A. J. Miller, and R. Goska (2008), Extreme hydrometeorological events and the urban environment: Dissecting the 7 July 2004 thunderstorm over the Baltimore MD Metropolitan Region, Water Resources Research, 44, 2008. [abstract]

Rosenzweig, B. R., H. S. Moon, J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, and P. R. Jaffe, Variation in the instream dissolved inorganic nitrogen response between and within rainstorm events in an urban watershed, J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part A, A43(11),2008. [abstract]

2007

Smith, J. A., M. L. Baeck, K. L. Meierdiercks, A. J. Miller and W. F. Krajewski, Radar Rainfall Estimation for Flash Flood Forecasting in Small Urban Watersheds, Advances in Water Resources, 30, 2007. [abstract]

Ntelekos, A. A., J. A. Smith, and W. F. Krajewski, Climatological Analyses of Thunderstorms and Flash Floods in the Baltimore Metropolitan Region, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8(1), 2007. [full text]

Javier, J. R. N., J. A. Smith, K. L. Meierdiercks, M. L. Baeck, and A. J. Miller, Flash Flood Forecasting for Small Urban Watersheds in the Baltimore Metropolitan Region, Weather and Forecasting, 22(6), 2007.[abstract]

Javier, J. R. N., J. A. Smith, J. England, M. L. Baeck, M. Steiner and A.A. Ntelekos, Climatology of extreme rainfall and flooding from orographic thunderstorm systems in the upper Arkansas River basin, Water Resources Research, 43, 2007 [abstract]

2006

Slutzman, J. E. and J. A. Smith, Effects of flood control structures on flood response for Hurricane Floyd in the Brandywine Creek watershed, Pennsylvania, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, II(5), 2006. [abstract]

Nelson, P. A., J. A. Smith, and A. J. Miller. Evolution of Channel Morphology and Hydrologic Response in an Urbanizing Drainage Basin, Earth Surface Processes and Land Forms, 31(9), 2006. [abstract]

2005

Smith, J. A., A. Miller, M. L. Baeck, P. A. Nelson, G. T. Fisher, K. L. Meierdiercks, Extraordinary Flood Response of a Small Urban Watershed to Short-Duration Convective Rainfall, 2005: Journal of Hydrometeorology, 6(5). pp 599-617, [abstract]

Smith, J. A., P. Sturdevant-Rees, M. L. Baeck, and M. C. Larsen, 2005: Tropical Cyclones and the Flood Hydrology of Puerto Rico, Water Resources Research, 41, W06020, [abstract]

Hicks, N. S., J. A. Smith, A. J. Miller, and P. A. Nelson, 2005: Catastrophic flooding from an orographic thunderstorm in the central Appalachians, Water Resources Research, 41, W12428, [abstract]

Smith, J. A., M. L. Baeck, K. L. Meierdiercks, P. A. Nelson, A. J. Miller, and E. J. Holland, 2005: Field studies of the storm event hydrologic response in an urbanizing watershed, Water Resources Research, 41, W10413, [abstract]

Nelson, B. R., W. F. Krajewski, J. A. Smith, E. Habib, and G. Hoogenboom, 2005: Archival precipitation data set for the Mississippi River Basin: Evaluation, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L18403, [abstract]

2004

Steiner, M., J. A. Smith, and R. Uijlenhoet, 2004: A microphysical interpretation of radar reflectivity - rain rate relationships. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61(10), 1114-1131. [abstract]

Steiner, M., and J. A. Smith, 2004: Scale-dependence of radar rainfall rates -- An assessment based on raindrop spectra. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 5(6), 1171-1180. [abstract]

2003

Turner-Gillespie, D. F., J. A. Smith and P. D. Bates, 2003: Attenuating reaches and the regional flood response of an urban drainage basin, Advances in Water Resources, 26, [abstract]

Zhang, Y., and J. A. Smith, 2003: Space-time variability of rainfall and extreme flood response in the Menomonee River basin, Wisconsin, J. of Hydrometeorology, 4, [abstract]

Uijlenhoet, R., J. A. Smith, and M. Steiner, 2003: The microphysical structure of extreme precipitation as inferred from ground-based raindrop spectra. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60(10), 1220-1238. [abstract]

Nelson, B. R., W. F. Krajewski, A. Kruger, J. A. Smith and M. L. Baeck, 2003: Archival precipitation data sets for the Mississippi River basin: Development of a GIS-based data browser, Computers and Geoscience, 29 pp. 595-604. <

Nelson, B. R., W. F. Krajewski, A. Kruger, J. A. Smith and M. L. Baeck, 2003: Archival precipitation data set for the Mississippi River basin: Algorithm development, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (D22),[abstract]

Uijlenhoet, R., M. Steiner, and J. A. Smith, 2003: Variability of raindrop size distributions in a squall line and implications for radar rainfall estimation. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4(1), 43-61. [abstract]

Morrison, J. E.. and J. A. Smith, 2003: Stochastic modeling of flood peaks using the Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) distribution, Water Resources Research, 38(12), 41-1; 41-12,[abstract]

Giannoni F., J. A. Smith, Y. Zhang, and G. Roth,2003: Hydrologic modeling of extreme floods using radar rainfall estimates, Advances in Water Resources, 26, 195-203, [abstract]

2002

Krajeswki W. F. and J. A. Smith, 2002: Radar hydrology: rainfall estimation, Advances in Water Resources, 25, 1387 – 1394, .2002. [abstract]

Bradley, A. A., C. Peters-Lidard, B. R. Nelson, J. A. Smith, and C. B. Young, 2003: Rainagage network design using NEXRAD precipitation estimates, Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Smith, J. A., M. L. Baeck, J. E. Morrison, P. L. Sturdevant-Rees, D. F. Turner-Gillespie and P. D. Bates, 2002: The regional hydrology of extreme floods in an urbanizing drainage basin, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 3(3), [abstract]

Steiner, M., and J. A. Smith, 2002: Use of three-dimensional reflectivity structure for automated detection and removal of nonprecipitating echoes in radar data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 19(5), 673-686. [abstract]

Chung, W.-H. and J. A. Smith, 2002: Comparisons of flood routing by the Muskingum model and Advection-Diffusion equation with time-dependent coefficients, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, 14(2), 297 – 306,

Smith, J. A., M. L. Baeck<, Y. Zhang and C. A. Doswell, Jr Extreme rainfall and flooding from supercell thunderstorms,2002: Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2(5), 469 - 489, [abstract]

2001

Morrison, J. E. and J. A. Smith, 2001: Scaling properties of flood peaks, Extremes, 4(1), 5 - 23, [abstract]

Zhang, Y., J. A. Smith, and M. L. Baeck, 2001:, The hydrology and hydrometeorology of extreme floods in the Great Plains of eastern Nebraska, Advances in Water Resources, 24(9-10), [abstract]

Sturdevant-Rees, P. L., J. A. Smith, J. Morrison, and M. L. Baeck, 2001: Tropical storms and the flood hydrology of the Central Appalachians, Water Resources Research, 37(8), 2143-2168,[abstract]

2000

Bates,P.D., M.D. Stewart, A. Desitter, M.G. Anderson, J.-P. Renaud and J.A. Smith, 2000: Numerical simulation of floodplain hydrology, Water Resources Research, 36(9), 2517-2529,[abstract]

Steiner, M., and J. A. Smith, 2000: Reflectivity, rain rate, and kinetic energy flux relationships based on raindrop spectra. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39(11), 1923-1940. [abstract]

Smith, J. A., M. L. Baeck, J. L. Morrison, and P. Sturdevant Rees, 2000: Catastrophic rainfall and flooding in Texas, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 1(1), 5 - 25,[abstract]

Ogden, F.L., H.O. Sharif, S.U.S. Senarath, J.A. Smith, M.L. Baeck, and J.R. Richardson, 2000: Hydrologic Analysis of the Fort Collins, Colorado, Flash Flood of 1997, Journal of Hydrology 228 82-100, [abstract]

1999

Landel, G., J. A. Smth, M. L. Baeck, and M. Steiner, 1999: Radar studies of heavy convective rainfall in mountainous terrain, J. of Geophysical Research, 104(D24), 31,451 - 31,466,[abstract]

Ogden, F.L., J.R. Richardson, J.A. Smith, and M.E. Smith, 1999: Fort Collins Flood Dataset Created, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 80(23):257-258. [abstract]

Steiner, M., J. A. Smith, S. J. Burges, C. V. Alonso, and R. W. Darden, 1999: Effect of bias adjustment and rain gauge data quality control on radar rainfall estimation. Water Resources Research, 35(8), [abstract]

Young, C. B., B. R. Nelson, A. A. Bradley, J. A. Smith, C. Peters-Lidard, A. Kruger, and M. L. Baeck, 1999: An evaluation of NEXRAD precipitation estimates in complex terrain, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104(D16), 19691 - 19704, [abstract]

Anagnostou, E. N., W. F. Krajewski and J. A. Smith, 1999: Uncertainty quantification of mean-areal radar-rainfall estimates, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Rainfall, 16, 206 - 215. [abstract]

1998

Tapia, A., J. A. Smith, and M. Dixon,1998: Estimation of convective rainfall from lightning observations, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 37(11), 1497 - 1509, 1998, [abstract]

Baeck, M. L. and J. A. Smith,1998: Estimation of heavy rainfall by the WSR-88D, Weather and Forecasting, 13, 416 - 436, [abstract]

Steiner, M., and J. A. Smith, 1998: Convective versus stratiform rainfall: An ice-microphysical and kinematic conceptual model. Atmospheric Research, 47-48, 317-326.[abstract]

1997

Bauer-Messmer, B., J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, and W. Zhao, 1997: Heavy rainfall: contrasting two concurrent Great Plains thunderstorms, Weather and Forecasting, 12, 785 - 798. [abstract]

Zhao, W., J. A. Smith, and A. A. Bradley, 1997: Numerical simulation of a heavy rainfall event during the PRE-STORM experiment, Water Resources Research, 33(4), 783 - 799. [abstract]

Ciach, G. J., W. F. Krajewski, E. N Anagnostou, M. L. Baeck, J. A. Smith, J. R. McCollum, and A. Kruger, 1997: Radar rainfall estimation for ground validation studies of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 36(6), 735 - 747. [abstract]

1996

Smith, J. A., M. L. Baeck, M. Steiner, and A. J. Miller, 1996: Catastrophic rainfall from an upslope thunderstorm in the central Appalachians: The Rapidan storm of June 27, 1995. Water Resources Research, 32(10), 3099-3113. [abstract]

Smith, J. A., D.-J. Seo, M. L. Baeck, and M. D. Hudlow, 1996: An intercomparison study of NEXRAD precipitation estimates, Water Resources Research, 32(7), 2035 - 2045. [abstract]

Seo, D.-J. and J. A. Smith, 1996: Characterization of the climatological variation of mean areal rainfall through fractional coverage, Water Resources Research, 32(7), 2087 - 2095. [abstract]

Seo, D.-J. and J. A. Smith, On the relationship between catchment scale and climatological variability of surface-runoff volume, Water Resources Research, 32(3), 633 - 643. [abstract]

an, Y., E. F. Wood, M. L. Baeck, and J. A. Smith, 1996: Fractional coverage of rainfall over a grid: Analyses of NEXRAD data over the Southern Plains, Water Resources Research, 32(9), 2787 - 2908. [abstract]

Abdulla, F. A., D. P. Lettenamier, E. F. Wood, and J. A. Smith, 1996: Application of a macroscale hydrologic model to estimate the water balance of the Arkansas-Red River Basin, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(D3), 7449 - 7459.

1995

Baeck, M. L. and J. A. Smith, 1995: Climatological analysis of Manually Digitized Radar data for the United States, Water Resources Research, 31(12), 3033 - 3049. [abstract]

1994

Smith, J. A., A. A. Bradley, and M. L. Baeck, 1994: The space-time structure of extreme storm rainfall in the Southern Plains, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 33(12), 1402-1417. [abstract]

Bradley, A. A. and J. A. Smith, 1994: The hydrometeorological environment of extreme rainstorms in the southern plains of the United States, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 33(12), 1418 - 1432. [abstract]

Smith, J. A. and R. D. De Veaux, 1994: A stochastic model relating rainfall intensity to raindrop processes, Water Resources Research, 30(3), 651 - 664. [abstract]

Troch, P. A., J. A. Smith, E. F. Wood, and F. O. de Troch, 1994: Hydrologic controls of large floods in a small basin: central Appalachian case study, Journal of Hydrology, 156, 285 - 309.[abstract]

1993

Chung, W.-H., A. A. Aldama, and J. A. Smith, 1993: On the effects of downstream boundary conditions on diffusive flood routing, Advances in Water Resources, 16, 259 - 275.[abstract]

Smith, J. A. and W. F. Krajewski, 1993: A modeling study of rainfall rate - reflectivity relationships, Water Resources Research, 29(8), 2505 - 2514. [abstract]

Smith, J. A., 1993: A marked point process model of raindrop size distributions, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 32(2), 284 - 296. [abstract]

Smith, J. A., 1993: Conditional Yield operating rules for low flow management, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 119(3), 324 - 338.

1992

Smith, J. A., 1992: Representation of basin scale in flood peak distributions, Water Resources Research, 28(11), 2993 - 2999. [abstract]

Smith, J. A. and R. D. De Veaux, 1992: The temporal and spatial variability of rainfall power, Environmetrics, 3(1), 1 - 16.[abstract]

mith, J. A., G. N. Day, and M. D. Kane, 1992: A statistical framework for long-term streamflow forecasting, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 82 - 93.

Seo, D.-J. and J. A. Smith, 1992: Radar-based short-term rainfall prediction, Journal of Hydrology, 131, 341-367, 1992. [abstract]

Krajewski, W., M. Morrissey, J. Smith, and D. Rexroth, 1992: On the accuracy of the Area Threshold Method: a model-based simulation study, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 31(10), 1436 - 1445. [abstract]

1991

Smith, J. A., 1991: Long-range streamflow forecasing using nonparametric regression, Water Resources Bulletin, 27(1), 39 - 46.

Smith, J. A. and W. F. Krajewski,1991: Estimation of the mean field bias of radar rainfall estimates, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 30(4), 397 - 412, [abstract]

Krajewski, W.F. and J. A. Smith, 1991: On the estimation of climatological Z-R relationships, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 30(10), 1436-1445. [abstract]

Seo, D.-J. and J. A. Smith, 1991: Rainfall estimation using raingages and radar: A Bayesian approach, Journal of Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics, 5(1).

Seo, D.-J. and J. A. Smith, 1991: Rainfall estimation using raingages and radar: Case studies, Journal of Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics, 5(1), 15 - 33.

1990

Smith, J. A. and A. F. Karr, 1990: A statistical model of extreme storm rainfall, Journal of Geophysical Research, 95(D3), 2083 - 2092.

1989

Jacobson, R. B., A. J. Miller, and J. A. Smith, The role of catastrophic events in evolution of the central Appalachian landscape, 1989 Journal of Geomorphology, 2, 257-284.

Smith, J. A., 1989: Regional Flood frequency analysis using upper order statistics of the annual peak record, Water Resources Research, 25(2), 311 - 317.

Smith, J. A., 1989: Yield analysis for the Washington D. C. Metropolitan Area water supply system, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 115(2), 230 - 242.

Krajewski, W. F. and J. A. Smith, 1989: Sampling properties of parameter estimators of a space-time rainfall model, Water Resources Research, 25(9), 2067 - 2075.

1988

Smith, J. A., 1988: A model of daily municipal water use for short-term forecasting, Water Resources Research, 24(2), 201 - 206.

1987

Smith, J. A., 1987: Statistical modeling of daily rainfall occurrences, Water Resources Research, 23(5), 885 - 893.

Smith, J. A., 1987: Estimating the upper tail of flood frequency distributions, Water Resources Research, 23(8), 1657 - 1666.

Smith, J. A. and W. F. Krajewski, 1987: Statistical modeling of space-time rainfall using radar and rain gage observations, Water Resources Research, 23(10), 1893 - 1900.

1986

Smith, J. A. and A. F. Karr, 1986: Flood frequency analysis using the Cox regression model, Water Resources Research, 22(6), 890 - 896.

1985

Smith, J. A. and A. F. Karr, 1985: Parameter estimation for a model of space-time rainfall, Water Resources Research, 20(8), 1251 - 1257.

Smith, J. A. and A. F. Karr, 1985: Statistical inference for point process models of rainfall, Water Resources Research, 21(1), 73 -79.

1983

Smith, J. A. and A. F. Karr, 1983: A point process model of summer season rainfall occurrences, Water Resources Research, 19(1), 95 - 103.