Email: cdavis@ucar.edu
Phone: 303-497-8990
Postal Address: P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000
Shipping Address: 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000

Professional Interests

If it is mesoscale and it rotates, I am interested in it. This includes hurricanes, but also mesoscale convective systems with rotation. I am especially intruiged by the interplay between high frequency convective motions and low frequency rotational structures. I also am interested in how models simulate these behaviors. Moreover, I am pursuing new ways to evaluate mesoscale models for a variety of problems.

Recent Publications

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Musgrave, K. D., Davis, C. A., Montgomery, M. T., 2008: Numerical simulations of the formation of Hurricane Gabrielle (2001). Monthly Weather Review, 136, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2110.1, 3151-3167.

Davis, C. A., Snyder, C. S., Didlake, A. C., 2008: A vortex-based perspective of eastern Pacific tropical cyclone formation. Monthly Weather Review, 136, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2319.1, 2461-2477.

Trier, S. B., Chen, F., Manning, K. W., Lemone, M. A., Davis, C. A., 2008: Sensitivity of the PBL and precipitation in 12-day simulations of warm-season convection using different land surface models and soil wetness conditions. Monthly Weather Review, 136, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2289.1, 2321-2343.

Weisman, M. L., Davis, C. A., Wang, W., Manning, K., 2008: Experiences with 0-36h explicit convective forecasts with the WRF-ARW model. Weather and Forecasting, 23, doi: 10.1175/2007WAF2007005.1, 407-437.

Davis, C. A., Wang, W., Chen, S., Chen, Y., Corbosiero, K., DeMaria, M., Dudhia, J., Holland, G., Klemp, J., Michalakes, J., Reeves, H., Rotunno, R., Xiao, Q., 2008: Prediction of landfalling hurricanes with the advanced hurricane WRF model. Monthly Weather Review, 136, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2085.1, 1990-2005.


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