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PUBLICATIONS--REFEREED

Blanchard, D. O. and R. E. Lopez, 1985: Spatial patterns of convection in south Florida. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 1282-1299.

Blanchard, D.O., 1986: "Ash devils" near Mt. Saint Helens. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 67, 535-536.

Blanchard, D.O. and K.W. Howard, 1986: The Denver hailstorm of 13 June 1984.Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 67, 1123-1132.

Blanchard, D.O., 1990: Mesoscale convective patterns of the southern High Plains. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 71, 994-1005.

Blanchard, D.O., 1991: Response to "Comments on `Mesoscale convective patterns of the southern high plains'." Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 72.,390-391.

Blanchard, D.O., 1998: Assessing the vertical distribution of convective available potential energy. Wea. Forecasting, 13, 870-877.

Blanchard, D.O., W.R. Cotton, and J.M. Brown, 1998: Mesoscale circulation growth under conditions of weak inertial instability. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 118-140.

Lopez, R.E., D.O. Blanchard, D. Rosenfeld, W.L. Hiscox, and M.J. Casey, 1984: Population characteristics, development processes, and structure of radar echoes in south Florida. Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 56-75.

Lopez, R.E., P.T. Gannon, Sr., D.O. Blanchard, and C.C. Balch, 1984: Synoptic and regional circulation parameters associated with the degree of convective shower activity in south Florida. Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 686-703.

Lopez, R.E., D. Atlas, D. Rosenfeld, J L. Thomas, D.O. Blanchard, and R.L. Holle, 1989: Estimation of areal rainfall using the radar echo area time integral. J. Appl. Meteor., 28, 1162-1175.

McCaul E.W. and D.O. Blanchard, 1990: A low-precipitation cumulonimbus along the dryline in Colorado. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 2768-2773.

Markowski, P.M., J.M. Straka, E.N. Rasmussen, and D.O. Blanchard, 1998: Variability of storm-relative helicity during VORTEX. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2959-2971.

Rasmussen, E. N., and D. O. Blanchard, 1998: A baseline climatology of sounding-derived supercell and tornado forecast parameters. Wea. Forecasting, 13,, 1148-1164.

Rasmussen, E. N., S. Richardson, J.M. Straka, P.M. Markowski, and D.O. Blanchard, 1998: The association of significant tornadoes with a baroclinic boundary on 2 June 1995. Mon. Wea. Rev.128, 174-191.

Sanders, F. and D.O. Blanchard, 1993: The origin of a severe thunderstorm in Kansas on 10 May 1985. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121. 133-149.

Watson, A.I. and D.O. Blanchard, 1984: The relationship between total area divergence and convective precipitation in south Florida. Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 673-685.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Blanchard, D.O., 2006: A cool season severe weather episode in northern Arizona. Preprints 23nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO., Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Blanchard, D.O., and B.A. Klimowski, 2004: Supercell evolution in environments with unusual hodographs. Preprints 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA., Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Blanchard, D.O., 2002: Evolution of a mesoscale convective vortex over northern Arizona. Preprints, 21st Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 58-61.

Blanchard, D.O., 2000: Forecasting severe weather along the Mogollon Rim Convergence Zone. Preprints, 20th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Orlando, FL., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 563-566.

Blanchard, D.O. and J.M. Straka, 1998: Some possible mechanisms for tornadogenesis failure. Preprints, 19th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Minneapolis, MN., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 116-119.

Blanchard, D.O., and W.R. Cotton, 1994: Jet-induced inertial instability and upscale growth of mesoscale convective systems. Preprints, 6th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Portland, OR, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 369-372.

Dowell, D.C., H.B. Bluestein, D.O. Blanchard, and D.P. Jorgensen, 1993: Airborne Doppler analysis of an Oklahoma supercell. Preprints, 26th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 212-214.

Watson, A.I., D.O. Blanchard, D.P. Jorgensen, and D.W. Burgess, 1993: The kinematic structure of a supercell thunderstorm seen by airborne Doppler radar. Preprints, 26th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 209-211.

Blanchard, D.O. 1992: Evolution of a mesoscale convective complex: The role of inertial instability. Preprints, 5th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 341-346.

Blanchard, D.O., 1992: Analysis of a tornadic supercell using airborne Doppler radar.Preprints, International Conference on Precipitation Processes, Montreal, QB, 777-780.

Sanders, F. and D.O. Blanchard, 1990: The origin of a severe thunderstorm in Kansas on 10 May 1985. Preprints, 16th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Kannanaskis, AB, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Blanchard, D. O., 1987: Relationships between radar echo patterns within mesoscale convective systems and the large-scale forcing. Extended Abstracts, 3rd Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Vancouver, BC, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102.

Cunning, J. B. and D. O. Blanchard, 1987: Mesoscale interactions in the development of a large squall line system. Extended Abstracts, 3rd Conference on Mesoscale Processes. Vancouver, BC, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 36.

Blanchard, D.O. and A.I. Watson, 1986: Modes of mesoscale convection observed during the PRE-STORM program. Preprints, 23rd Conference on Radar Meteorology, Snowmass, CO., Amer. Meteor. Soc., J155-J158.

Blanchard, D.O. and R.E. Lopez, 1984: Spatial and temporal variations of the convective field pattern in south Florida and its relationship to the synoptic flow. Preprints, 15th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 493-499.

Lopez, R.E., J.L. Thomas, D.O. Blanchard, and R.L. Holle, 1983: Estimation of rainfall over an extended region using only measurements of the area covered by radar echoes. Preprints, 21st Conference on Radar Meteorology, Edmonton, AB, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 681-686.

Watson, A.I., R.L. Holle, and D.O. Blanchard, 1983: The relationship between total area divergence and convective precipitation in south Florida and Illinois. Preprints, 9th Conference on Aerospace and Aeronautical Meteorology, Omaha, NE, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 106-111.

Blanchard, D. O. and R. E. Lopez, 1982: The effects of surface features on the convective field pattern in south Florida as a function of synoptic flow regime. Abstracts, 14th Technical Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Lopez, R.E., P.T. Gannon, Sr., and D.O. Blanchard, 1982: Synoptic and regional scale influences in the development of convective rainfall patterns in south Florida. Abstracts, 14th Technical Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Maier, M., D. Blanchard, and A. Barnston, 1982: Surface rainfall-lightning relationships for south Florida thunderstorms. Abstracts, 1982 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Lopez, R.E., P.T. Gannon, Sr., and D.O. Blanchard, 1980: Convective rainfall patterns in south Florida. Abstracts, 13th Technical Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

MISCELLANEOUS NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Blanchard, D. O., 1995: Jet-induced inertial instabilities and the growth of mesoscale convective systems. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 191 pp. (Also available asDept. of Atmospheric Science Report #571, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 191 pp.)

Blanchard, D. O. and R. E. Lopez, 1984: Variations of the convective field pattern in south Florida and its relationship to the synoptic flow. NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL ESG-4. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Boulder, Colorado, 80303, 77 pp.

Blanchard, D.O., 1983: Variations of the convective field pattern in south Florida and its relationship to the synoptic flow. M. S. Thesis, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 81 pp.

Lopez, R.E., D.O. Blanchard, D. Rosenfeld, M.J. Casey, and W.L. Hiscox, 1981:FACE-2 data reductions and analysis (prior to disclosure of the treatment decisions): Part III, S- and C-band radar observations in support of FACE-2.NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL OWRM-7, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Boulder, Colorado 80303, 267 pp.

Watson, A.I., J. Cunning, R. Holle, P. Gannon, and D. Blanchard, 1981:Low-level convergence and the prediction of convective precipitation in south Florida. Technical Report No. 4, NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories, Office of Weather Research and Modification, Boulder, Colorado and Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. (National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va., AD-A097 553/2), 228 pp.

Maier, M. and D. Blanchard, 1979: Meteorological conditions associated with faults on the FPL Fort Myers-Ranch 240 kV transmission line. Final report prepared for the Florida Power and Light Company, Miami, Florida.