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Publications

2025

This is a link to the online abstract for Bowman et al. 2025. Bowman, K. P., and Coauthors, 2025. The Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) Project, Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., accepted, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0177.1.
This is a link to the online abstract for Howar et al. 2025. Howar, L. V., and Coauthors, 2025. Conditions necessary for chlorine activation in the midlatitude summer lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 130, e2025JD043786, doi: 10.1029/2025JD043786.
This is a link to the online abstract for Itterly et al. 2025. Itterly, K. F., K. M. Bedka, C. R. Homeyer, and K. Khlopenkov, 2025. Quantifying tropopause-overshooting volume from satellite and radar observations during the DCOTSS 2021 and 2022 campaigns, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 130, e2024JD042418, doi: 10.1029/2024JD042418.
This is a link to the online abstract for Kim et al. 2025. Kim, S.-H., R. Ueyama, R. Atlas, J. Dean-Day, P. Bui, J. B. Smith, A. Podglajen, and C. R. Homeyer, 2025. Atmospheric turbulence in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere from airborne observations during the DCOTSS field campaign, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 130, e2025JD044556, doi: 10.1029/2025JD044556.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Li et al. 2025. Li, Y., and Coauthors, 2025. Enhanced radiative cooling by large aerosol particles from wildfire-driven thunderstorms, Science Advances, 11, eadw6526, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adw6526.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Lin et al. 2025. Lin, L., X. Liu, X. Zhao, Y. Shan, Z. Ke, K. Lyu, and K. P. Bowman, 2025. Ice nucleation by volcanic ash greatly alters cirrus cloud properties, Science Advances, 11, eads0572, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ads0572.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Murphy et al. 2025. Murphy, D. M., and Coauthors, 2025. Perchlorate in stratospheric aerosol particles, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 122, e2512783122, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2512783122.
This is a link to the online abstract for Shen et al. 2025. Shen, X., and Coauthors, 2025. Stratospheric aerosol perturbation by tropospheric biomass burning and deep convection, Nature Geoscience, 18, 1109–1116, doi: 10.1038/s41561-025-01821-1.
This is a link to the online abstract for Smith et al. 2025. Smith, W. P., and Coauthors, 2025. Transport by Asian summer monsoon convection to the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere during ACCLIP (2022), J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 130, e2024JD042732, doi: 10.1029/2024JD042732.

2024

This is a link to the online abstract for Bissell et al. 2024. Bissell, D. P., E. M. Murillo, and G. L. Mullendore, 2024. Comparing distributions of overshooting convection in HRRR forecasts to observations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 129, e2023JD039973, doi: 10.1029/2023JD039973.
This is a link to the online abstract for Gordon et al., 2024. Gordon, A. E., and Coauthors, 2024. Airborne observations of upper troposphere and lower stratosphere composition change in active convection producing above-anvil cirrus plumes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 7591–7608, doi: 10.5194/acp-24-7591-2024.
This is a link to the online abstract for Hare et al. 2024. Hare, J. S., D. M. Wilmouth, J. B. Smith, J. E. Klobas, D. W. Toohey, R. A. Hannun, J. V. Pittman, and J. G. Anderson, 2024. Method for the production of a compact source of atomic line spectra in the vacuum ultraviolet, Appl. Opt., 63, 3685–3694, doi: 10.1364/AO.520905.
This is a link to the online abstract for Homeyer et al. 2024. Homeyer, C. R., and Coauthors, 2024. Stratospheric hydration processes in tropopause-overshooting convection revealed by tracer-tracer correlations from the DCOTSS field campaign, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 129, e2024JD041340, doi: 10.1029/2024JD041340.
This is a link to the online abstract for Jacquot et al. 2024. Jacquot, J. L., and Coauthors, 2024. SA new airborne single particle mass spectrometer: PALMS-NG, Aerosol Science and Technology, 129, e2024JD041340, doi: 10.1080/02786826.2024.2331549.
This is a link to the online abstract for Ray et al., 2024. Ray, E. A., and Coauthors, 2024. Age of air from in situ trace gas measurements: insights from a new technique, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 12425–12445, doi: 10.5194/acp-24-12425-2024.
This is a link to the online abstract for Sayres et al. 2024. Sayres, D. S., J. B. Smith, D. M. Wilmouth, A. Pandey, C. R. Homeyer, K. P. Bowman, and J. G. Anderson, 2024. Using the NAMA as a natural integrator to quantify the convective contribution to lower stratospheric water vapor over North America, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 129, e2024JD041641, doi: 10.1029/2024JD041641.
This is a link to the online abstract for Smith et al., 2024. Smith, K., and Coauthors, 2024. Chloromethanes in the North American troposphere and lower stratosphere over the past two decades. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2024GL108710, doi: 10.1029/2024GL108710.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Tinney et al., 2024. Tinney, E. N., C. R. Homeyer, K. M. Bedka, and B. R. Scarino, 2024. The response of tropopause-overshooting convection over North America to climate change, J. Climate, 37, 6183–6200, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0745.1.
This is a link to the online abstract for Wharton et al. 2024. Wharton, S., and Coauthors, 2024. The BIRDIES experiment: Measuring Beryllium Isotopes to Resolve Dynamics in the Stratosphere, Atmosphere, 15, 1502, doi: 10.3390/atmos15121502.

2023

This is a link to the online abstract for Chang et al. 2023. Chang, K.-W., K. P. Bowman, and A. D. Rapp, 2023. Transport and confinement of plumes from tropopause-overshooting convection over the contiguous United States during the warm season, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 128, e2022JD037020, doi: 10.1029/2022JD037020.
This is a link to the online abstract for Homeyer et al., 2023. Homeyer, C. R., and Coauthors, 2023. Extreme altitudes of stratospheric hydration by midlatitude convection observed during the DCOTSS field campaign. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL104914, doi: 10.1029/2023GL104914.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Jellis et al. 2023. Jellis, D. R., K. P. Bowman, and A. D. Rapp, 2023. Lifetimes of overshooting convective events using high-frequency gridded radar composites, Mon. Wea. Rev., 151, 1979–1992, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-23-0032.1.
This is a link to the online abstract for Li et al., 2023a. Li, Y., and Coauthors, 2023a. A novel, cost-effective analytical method for measuring high-resolution vertical profiles of stratospheric trace gases using a gas chromatograph coupled with an electron capture detector, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 2851–2863, doi: 10.5194/amt-16-2851-2023.
This is a link to the online abstract for Li et al., 2023b. Li, Y., and Coauthors, 2023b. In situ measurements of perturbations to stratospheric aerosol and modeled ozone and radiative impacts following the 2021 La Soufriere eruption, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 15351–15364, doi: 10.5194/acp-23-15351-2023.
This is a link to the online abstract for Li et al., 2023c. Li, Y., and Coauthors, 2023c. Predicting real refractive index of organic aerosols from elemental composition, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL103446, doi: 10.1029/2023GL103446.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Liu et al. 2023. Liu, C., L. Jorgensdottir, P. Walter, G. Morris, J. Flynn, and P. Kucera, 2023. On the detection of icing conditions at altitude in conjunction with mesoscale convective complexes using balloon sondes, Mon. Wea. Rev., 151, 2397–2412, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-23-0062.1.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Murphy et al. 2023. Murphy, D. M., and Coauthors, 2023. IMetals from spacecraft reentry in stratospheric aerosol particles, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 120, e2313374120, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2313374120.
This is a link to DCOTSS Data. NASA, 2023a. Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere, NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center, doi: 10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/DCOTSS/DATA001.
This is a link to DCOTSS Airborne Data. NASA, 2023b. Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Airborne Data Products, NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center, doi: 10.5067/ASDC/DCOTSS-Aircraft-Data_1.
This is a link to DCOTSS Report Data. NASA, 2023c. Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Balloon Data Products, NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center, doi: 10.5067/ASDC/DCOTSS-Balloon-Data_1.
This is a link to DCOTSS Model Output. NASA, 2023d. Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Model Output, NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center, doi: 10.5067/ASDC/DCOTSS-Model-Output_1.
This is a link to DCOTSS Radar and Satellite Data. NASA, 2023e. Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Radar and Satellite (Remote Sensing) Data Products, NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center, doi: 10.5067/ASDC/DCOTSS-Radar-Satellite-Data_1.
This is a link to DCOTSS Report Data. NASA, 2023f. Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Reports, NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center, doi: 10.5067/ASDC/DCOTSS-Reports_1.
This is a link to the online abstract for Pandey et al. 2023. Pandey, A., F. Lamraoui, J. B. Smith, C. E. Clapp, D. S. Sayres, and Z. Kuang, 2023. Sensitivity of deep convection and cross-tropopause water transport to microphysical parameterizations in WRF, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 128, e2022JD037053, doi: 10.1029/2022JD037053.
This is a link to the online abstract for Ueyama et al. 2023. Ueyama, R., M. Schoeberl, E. Jensen, L. Pfister, M. Park, and J.-M. Ryoo, 2023. Convective impact on the global lower stratospheric water vapor budget, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 128, e2022JD037135, doi: 10.1029/2022JD037135.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Wilmouth et al. 2023. Wilmouth, D. M., F. F. Østerstrøm, J. B. Smith, J. G. Anderson, and R. J. Salawitch, 2023. Impact of the Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption on stratospheric composition, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 120, e2301994120, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2301994120.

2022

This is a link to the online abstract for Liu et al., 2022. Liu, C., J. Alexander, J. Richter, and J. Bacmeister, 2022. Using TRMM latent heat as a source to estimate convection induced gravity wave momentum flux in the lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 127, e2021JD035785, doi: 10.1029/2021JD035785.
This is a link to the online abstract for Pfister et al. 2022. Pfister, L., Ueyama, R., Jensen, E. J., and M. R. Schoeberl, 2022. Deep convective cloud top altitudes at high temporal and spatial resolution. Earth and Space Science, 9, e2022EA002475, doi: 10.1029/2022EA002475.
This image is a link to the GridRad Algorithm Description document. Homeyer, C. R., and K. P. Bowman, 2022. Algorithm Description Document for Version 4.2 of the Three-Dimensional Gridded NEXRAD WSR-88D Radar (GridRad) Dataset, Technical Report.
This is a link to the online abstract for Murillo and Homeyer, 2022. Murillo, E. M., and C. R. Homeyer, 2022. What Determines Above-Anvil Cirrus Plume Infrared Temperature? J. Atmos. Sci., 79, 3181–3194, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-22-0080.1.
This is a link to the online abstract for Gordon and Homeyer, 2022. Gordon, A. E., and C. R. Homeyer, 2022. Sensitivities of Cross-Tropopause Transport in Midlatitude Overshooting Convection to the Lower Stratosphere Environment, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 127, e2022JD036713, doi: 10.1029/2022JD036713.

2021

This is a link to the online abstract for Khlopenkov et al., 2022. Khlopenkov, K. V., Bedka, K. M., Cooney, J. W., and K. Itterly, 2021. Recent advances in detection of overshooting cloud tops from longwave infrared satellite imagery. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 127, e2020JD034359, doi: 10.1029/2020JD034359.
This is a link to the online abstract for Li et al., 2022. Li, Y., Dykema, J., Deshler, T., & Keutsch, F. (2021). Composition dependence of stratospheric aerosol shortwave radiative forcing in northern midlatitudes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL094427, doi: 10.1029/2021GL094427.
This is a link to Smith, 2021. Smith, J. B., 2021. Convective hydration of the stratosphere: Cirrus plumes above superstorm anvils are visible manifestations of a hydraulic jump. Science, 373, 1194–1195, doi: 10.1126/science.abl8740.
This is a link to Change et al., 2021. Chang, K., Bowman, K. P., Siu, L. W., and A. D. Rapp, 2021. Convective Forcing of the North American Monsoon Anticyclone at Intraseasonal and Interannual Time Scales. J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 2941–2956, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-21-0009.1.
This is a link to Homeyer and Bowman, 2021. Homeyer, C. R., and K. P. Bowman, 2021. A 22-Year Evaluation of Convection Reaching the Stratosphere over the United States. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, doi: 10.1029/2021JD034808.
This is a link to Clapp et al., 2021. Clapp, C. E., Smith, J. B., Bedka, K. M., and J. G. Anderson, 2021. Identifying outflow regions of North American monsoon anticyclone-mediated meridional transport of convectively influenced air masses in the lower stratosphere. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, e2021JD034644, doi: 10.1029/2021JD034644.
This is a link to Cooney et al., 2021. Cooney, J. W., Bedka, K. M., Bowman, K. P., Khlopenkov, K. V., and K. Itterly, 2021. Comparing tropopause-penetrating convection identifications derived from NEXRAD and GOES over the contiguous United States. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, e2020JD034319, doi: 10.1029/2020JD034319.

2020

This image is a link to the online abstract for Siu and Bowman, 2020. Siu, L. W., and K. P. Bowman, 2020. Unsteady Vortex Behavior in the Asian Monsoon Anticyclone, J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 4067–4088, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-19-0349.1.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Starzec et al., 2020. Starzec, M., Mullendore, G., and C. Homeyer, 2020. Retrievals of Convective Detrainment Heights Using Ground-Based Radar Observations. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 125, e2020JD032637, doi: 10.1029/2019JD031164.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Wang et al., 2020. Wang, D., Jensen, M. P., D'lorio, J. A., Jozef, G., Giangrande, S. E., Johnson, K. L., Luo, Z. J., Starzec, M., and G. L. Mullendore, 2020. An Observational Comparison of Level of Neutral Buoyancy and Level of Maximum Detrainment in Tropical Deep Convective Clouds. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 125, e2020JD032637, doi: 10.1029/2020JD032637.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Liu et al., 2020. Liu, C., C. Liu, and L. Hayden, 2020. Climatology and Detection of Overshooting Convection From 4 Years of GPM Precipitation Radar and Passive Microwave Observations, J. Geophys. Res., 125, e2019JD032003, doi: 10.1029/2019JD032003.

2019

This is a link to Clapp et al., 2019. Clapp, C. E., and J. G. Anderson, 2019. Modeling the effect of potential nitric acid removal during convective injection of water vapor over the Central United States on the chemical composition of the lower stratosphere. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 124,, 9743–9770, doi: 10.1029/2018JD029703.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Feng et al., 2019. Feng, Z., R.A. Houze, L.R. Leung, F. Song, J.C. Hardin, J. Wang, W.I. Gustafson, and C.R. Homeyer, 2019. Spatiotemporal characteristics and large-scale environments of mesoscale convective systems east of the Rocky Mountains, J. Climate, 32, 7303–7328, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0137.1.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Siu and Bowman, 2019. Siu, L. W.*, and K. P. Bowman, 2019. Forcing of the upper-tropospheric monsoon anticyclones, J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 1937–1954, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-18-0340.1.

2018

This image is a link to the online abstract for Bedka et al. 2018. Bedka, K., E.M. Murillo, C.R. Homeyer, B. Scarino, and H. Mersiovsky, 2018. The above-anvil cirrus plume: An important severe weather indicator in visible and infrared satellite imagery, Weather and Forecasting, 33, 1159–1181, doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-18-0040.1.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Liu and Liu, 2018. Liu, N., and C. Liu, 2018: Synoptic environments and characteristics of convection reaching the tropopause over Northeast China, Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 745–759, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-17-0245.1.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Cooney et al. 2018. Cooney, J. W., K. P. Bowman, C. R. Homeyer, and T. M. Fenske, 2018. Ten-year analysis of tropopause-overshooting convection using GridRad data, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 329–343, doi: 10.1002/2017JD0277181.

2017

This is a link to the online abstract for Smith et al. 2018.. Smith, J. B., D. M. Wilmouth, K. M. Bedka, K. P. Bowman, C. R. Homeyer, J. A. Dykema, M. R. Sargent, C. E. Clapp, S. S. Leroy, D. S. Sayres, J. M. Dean-Day, T. P. Bui and J. G. Anderson, 2017. A case study of convectively sourced water vapor observed in the overworld stratosphere over the United States, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 9529–9554, doi: 10.1002/2017JD026831.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Anderson et al. 2017. Anderson, J. G., D. K. Weisenstein, K. P. Bowman, C. R. Homeyer, J. B. Smith, D. M. Wilmouth, D. S. Sayres, J. E. Klobas, S. S. Leroy, J. A. Dykema, and S. C. Wofsy, 2017. Stratospheric ozone over the United States in summer linked to observations of convection and temperature via chlorine and bromine catalysis, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 114, E4905–E4913, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1619318114.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Homeyer et al. 2017. Homeyer, C. R., J. D. McAuliffe, and K. M. Bedka, 2017: On the development of above-anvil cirrus plumes in extratropical convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 1617–1633, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0269.1.

2016

This image is a link to the online abstract for Bedka and Khlopenkov, 2016. Bedka, K.M. and K. Khlopenkov, 2016. A probabilistic multispectral pattern recognition method for detection of overshooting cloud tops using passive satellite imager observations, J. Appl. Meteor. and Climatol., 55, 1985–2005, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0249.1.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Liu and Liu, 2016. Liu, N., and C. Liu, 2016. Global distribution of deep convection reaching tropopause in one-year GPM observations, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi: 10.1002/2015JD024430.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Solomon et al. 2016. Solomon, D. L., K. P. Bowman, and C. R. Homeyer, 2016. Tropopause-penetrating convection from three-dimensional gridded NEXRAD data, J. Appl. Meteor. and Climatol., 55, 465–478, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0190.1.

2011

This image is a link to the online abstract for Homeyer et al 2011. Homeyer, C. R., K. P. Bowman, L. L. Pan, M. A. Zondlo, and J. F. Bresch, 2011: Convective injection into stratospheric intrusions, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D23304, doi: 10.1029/2011JD016724.