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  1. A Benchmark Dataset for Tornado Detection and Prediction using Full-Resolution Polarimetric Weather Radar Data

    Article • Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, February 2025, American Meteorological Society

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  2. A Constrained Capon Adaptive Beamforming Technique for Phased-Array Weather Radars

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  3. Radar Outage Costs and the Value of Alternate Datasets

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, June 2024, American Meteorological Society

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  4. Impact of WSR-88D MESO-SAILS Usage on MRMS-Based Quantitative Precipitation Estimation

    Article • May 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  5. An integrated future US weather radar architecture for aviation

    Article • December 2023, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  6. A Deep Learning-based Velocity Dealiasing Algorithm Derived from the WSR-88D Open Radar Product Generator

    Article • Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, March 2023, American Meteorological Society

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  7. Extended Polarimetric Observations of Chaff Using the WSR-88D Weather Radar Network

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems, January 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  8. Science Applications of Phased Array Radars

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, October 2022, American Meteorological Society

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  9. A Primer on Phased Array Radar Technology for the Atmospheric Sciences

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, October 2022, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  10. Performance Estimation for Efficient Image Segmentation Training of Weather Radar Algorithms

    Article • September 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  11. Impact of WSR-88D Intra-Volume Low-Level Scans on Severe Weather Warning Performance

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, July 2022, American Meteorological Society

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  12. Overview of a Decade of Field Experiments with the Atmospheric Imaging Radar

    Article • March 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  13. Towards the Next Generation Operational Meteorological Radar

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, July 2021, American Meteorological Society

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  14. Analysis of Debris Signature Characteristics and Evolution in the 24 May 2016 Dodge City, Kansas, Tornadoes

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, December 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  15. Geospatial QPE Accuracy Dependence on Weather Radar Network Configurations

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, October 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  16. Weather Radar Network Benefit Model for Nontornadic Thunderstorm Wind Casualty Cost Reduction

    Article • Weather Climate and Society, September 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  17. The WSR-88D Inanimate Hydrometeor Class

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, May 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  18. Mobile Radar Observations of the Evolving Debris Field Compared with a Damage Survey of the Shawnee, Oklahoma, Tornado of 19 May 2013

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, May 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  19. Weather Radar Network Benefit Model for Flash Flood Casualty Reduction

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, April 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  20. An Ultra-Fast Scan C-band Polarimetric Atmospheric Imaging Radar (PAIR)

    Article • October 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  21. A Neural Network Approach for Waveform Generation and Selection with Multi-Mission Radar

    Article • April 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr James M Kurdzo, Dr John Y. N. Cho

  22. Estimating the Value of Weather Radars in Reducing Tornado Costs

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, March 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  23. High-Temporal Resolution Observations of the 27 May 2015 Canadian, Texas, Tornado Using the Atmospheric Imaging Radar

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, March 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  24. Analysis of the 16 May 2015 Tipton, Oklahoma, EF-3 Tornado at High Spatiotemporal Resolution Using the Atmospheric Imaging Radar

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, July 2018, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  25. Polarimetric Observations of Chaff Using the WSR-88D Network

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, May 2018, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  26. Quantification of radar QPE performance based on SENSR network design possibilities

    Article • April 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr John Y. N. Cho, Dr James M Kurdzo

  27. Ground-Based Radar Technologies for Tornado Observations

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  28. Observations of Severe Local Storms and Tornadoes with the Atmospheric Imaging Radar

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, May 2017, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  29. Observations of a Cold Front at High Spatiotemporal Resolution Using an X-Band Phased Array Imaging Radar

    Article • Atmosphere, February 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  30. Adaptive waveform design for multi-sector array isolation

    Article • September 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  31. High-Temporal Resolution Polarimetric X-Band Doppler Radar Observations of the 20 May 2013 Moore, Oklahoma, Tornado

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, July 2015, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  32. Meteorological data results from the Atmospheric Imaging Radar

    Article • May 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  33. A Pulse Compression Waveform for Improved-Sensitivity Weather Radar Observations

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, December 2014, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  34. A brief overview of weather radar technologies and instrumentation

    Article • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  35. Optimized NLFM pulse compression waveforms for high-sensitivity radar observations

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  36. Objective Optimization of Weather Radar Networks for Low-Level Coverage Using a Genetic Algorithm

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, June 2012, American Meteorological Society

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  37. On the use of genetic algorithms for optimization of a multi-band, Multi-Mission radar network

    Article • May 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr James M Kurdzo

  38. Millstone Hill ISR observations of upper atmospheric long-term changes: Height dependency

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr James M Kurdzo