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Alex Fierro
Alex Fierro
Research Scientist/Analyst, BP
Verified email at bp.com
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The impact of horizontal grid spacing on the microphysical and kinematic structures of strong tropical cyclones simulated with the WRF-ARW model
AO Fierro, RF Rogers, FD Marks, DS Nolan
Monthly Weather Review 137 (11), 3717-3743, 2009
1702009
Application of a lightning data assimilation technique in the WRF-ARW model at cloud-resolving scales for the tornado outbreak of 24 May 2011
AO Fierro, ER Mansell, CL Ziegler, DR MacGorman
Monthly Weather Review 140 (8), 2609-2627, 2012
1592012
The implementation of an explicit charging and discharge lightning scheme within the WRF-ARW model: Benchmark simulations of a continental squall line, a tropical cyclone, and …
AO Fierro, ER Mansell, DR MacGorman, CL Ziegler
Monthly Weather Review 141 (7), 2390-2415, 2013
1302013
On how hot towers fuel the Hadley cell: An observational and modeling study of line-organized convection in the equatorial trough from TOGA COARE
AO Fierro, J Simpson, MA LeMone, JM Straka, BF Smull
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 66 (9), 2730-2746, 2009
872009
Evolution of eyewall convective events as indicated by intracloud and cloud-to-ground lightning activity during the rapid intensification of hurricanes Rita and Katrina
AO Fierro, XM Shao, T Hamlin, JM Reisner, J Harlin
Monthly Weather Review 139 (5), 1492-1504, 2011
822011
Microphysics of maritime tropical convective updrafts at temperatures from− 20 to− 60
AJ Heymsfield, A Bansemer, G Heymsfield, AO Fierro
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 66 (12), 3530-3562, 2009
822009
Evaluation of a cloud-scale lightning data assimilation technique and a 3DVAR method for the analysis and short-term forecast of the 29 June 2012 derecho event
AO Fierro, J Gao, CL Ziegler, ER Mansell, DR MacGorman, SR Dembek
Monthly Weather Review 142 (1), 183-202, 2014
802014
Electrification and lightning in an idealized boundary-crossing supercell simulation of 2 June 1995
AO Fierro, MS Gilmore, ER Mansell, LJ Wicker, JM Straka
Monthly weather review 134 (11), 3149-3172, 2006
712006
High-resolution simulation of the electrification and lightning of Hurricane Rita during the period of rapid intensification
AO Fierro, JM Reisner
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 68 (3), 477-494, 2011
702011
Assimilation of flash extent data in the variational framework at convection-allowing scales: Proof-of-concept and evaluation for the short-term forecast of the 24 May 2011 …
AO Fierro, J Gao, CL Ziegler, KM Calhoun, ER Mansell, DR MacGorman
Monthly Weather Review 144 (11), 4373-4393, 2016
662016
Impact of storm-scale lightning data assimilation on WRF-ARW precipitation forecasts during the 2013 warm season over the contiguous United States
AO Fierro, AJ Clark, ER Mansell, DR MacGorman, SR Dembek, ...
Monthly Weather Review 143 (3), 757-777, 2015
552015
Australian east coast rainfall decline related to large scale climate drivers
MS Speer, LM Leslie, AO Fierro
Climate dynamics 36, 1419-1429, 2011
502011
A high-resolution simulation of microphysics and electrification in an idealized hurricane-like vortex
AO Fierro, L Leslie, E Mansell, J Straka, D MacGorman, C Ziegler
Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 98, 13-33, 2007
502007
Variational assimilation of radar data and GLM lightning-derived water vapor for the short-term forecasts of high-impact convective events.
AO Fierro, Y Wang, J Gao, ER Mansell
Monthly Weather Review 147, 4045-4069, 2019
482019
Links between central west Western Australian rainfall variability and large-scale climate drivers
AO Fierro, LM Leslie
Journal of climate 26 (7), 2222-2246, 2013
372013
Assimilation of radar radial velocity, reflectivity, and pseudo–water vapor for convective-scale NWP in a variational framework
A Lai, J Gao, SE Koch, Y Wang, S Pan, AO Fierro, C Cui, J Min
Monthly Weather Review 147 (8), 2877-2900, 2019
362019
Improving lightning and precipitation prediction of severe convection using lightning data assimilation with NCAR WRF‐RTFDDA
H Wang, Y Liu, WYY Cheng, T Zhao, M Xu, Y Liu, S Shen, KM Calhoun, ...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122 (22), 12,296-12,316, 2017
352017
Tropical oceanic hot towers: Need they be undilute to transport energy from the boundary layer to the upper troposphere effectively? An answer based on trajectory analysis of a …
AO Fierro, EJ Zipser, MA LeMone, JM Straka, JM Simpson
Journal of the atmospheric sciences 69 (1), 195-213, 2012
332012
Assimilation of GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper flash extent density data in GSI EnKF for the analysis and short-term forecast of a mesoscale convective system
R Kong, M Xue, AO Fierro, Y Jung, C Liu, ER Mansell, DR MacGorman
Monthly Weather Review 148 (5), 2111-2133, 2020
322020
Exploring the Assimilation of GLM Derived Water Vapor Mass in a Cycled 3DVAR Framework for the Short-term Forecasts of High Impact Convective Events
J Hu, AO Fierro, Y Wang, J Gao., ER Mansell
Monthly Weather Review 148 (3), 1005-1028, 2020
312020
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