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  1. Emerging mobile lidar technology to study boundary-layer winds influenced by operating turbines

    Article • August 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Robert Banta

  2. Supplementary material to "Emerging mobile lidar technology to study boundary-layer winds influenced by operating turbines"

    Article • August 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Robert Banta

  3. Case study of a bore wind-ramp event from lidar measurements and HRRR simulations over ARM Southern Great Plains

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, January 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Robert Banta

  4. Measurements and Model Improvement: Insight into NWP Model Error Using Doppler Lidar and Other WFIP2 Measurement Systems

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, December 2023, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  5. Doppler lidar measurements of wind variability and LLJ Properties in Central Oklahoma during the August 2017 Land-Atmosphere Feedback Experiment.

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, May 2023, American Meteorological Society

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Robert Banta

  6. Model Evaluation by Measurements from Collocated Remote Sensors in Complex Terrain

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

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Robert Banta

  7. Comment on wes-2021-156

    Article • April 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Robert Banta

  8. Coupled Air Quality and Boundary-Layer Meteorology in Western U.S. Basins during Winter: Design and Rationale for a Comprehensive Study

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

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Robert Banta

  9. Doppler-Lidar Evaluation of HRRR-Model Skill at Simulating Summertime Wind Regimes in the Columbia River Basin during WFIP2

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, September 2021, American Meteorological Society

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  10. Revisiting the Surface Energy Imbalance

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, June 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  11. Spatial and temporal variability of ozone along the Colorado Front Range occurring over 2 days with contrasting wind flow

    Article • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, January 2021, University of California Press

    Robert Banta

  12. Evaluating the WFIP2 updates to the HRRR model using scanning Doppler lidar measurements in the complex terrain of the Columbia River Basin

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, July 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  13. Characterization of turbulence under different stability conditions using lidar scanning data

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, January 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Robert Banta

  14. Characterizing NWP Model Errors Using Doppler-Lidar Measurements of Recurrent Regional Diurnal Flows: Marine-Air Intrusions into the Columbia-River Basin

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

    Lisa Darby, Robert Banta, Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina

  15. Identification and Characterization of Persistent Cold Pool Events from Temperature and Wind Profilers in the Columbia River Basin

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

    Robert Banta

  16. Improving Wind Energy Forecasting through Numerical Weather Prediction Model Development

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, November 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  17. The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Observational Field Campaign

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, September 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  18. Spatial Variability of Winds and HRRR–NCEP Model Error Statistics at Three Doppler-Lidar Sites in the Wind-Energy Generation Region of the Columbia River Basin

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

    Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  19. A New Research Approach for Observing and Characterizing Land–Atmosphere Feedback

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, August 2018, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  20. Evaluating and Improving NWP Forecast Models for the Future: How the Needs of Offshore Wind Energy Can Point the Way

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, June 2018, American Meteorological Society

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Robert Banta

  21. Assessment of NWP Forecast Models in Simulating Offshore Winds through the Lower Boundary Layer by Measurements from a Ship-Based Scanning Doppler Lidar

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, October 2017, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  22. Evaluation of turbulence measurement techniques from a single Doppler lidar

    Article • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, August 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Robert Banta

  23. Properties of the offshore low level jet and rotor layer wind shear as measured by scanning Doppler Lidar

    Article • Wind Energy, December 2016, Wiley

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Robert Banta

  24. The POWER Experiment: Impact of Assimilation of a Network of Coastal Wind Profiling Radars on Simulating Offshore Winds in and above the Wind Turbine Layer

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, August 2016, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  25. A new formulation for rotor equivalent wind speed for wind resource assessment and wind power forecasting

    Article • Wind Energy, September 2015, Wiley

    Robert Banta

  26. 3D Volumetric Analysis of Wind Turbine Wake Properties in the Atmosphere Using High-Resolution Doppler Lidar

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, May 2015, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  27. Understanding high wintertime ozone pollution events in an oil- and natural gas-producing region of the western US

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", January 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  28. High winter ozone pollution from carbonyl photolysis in an oil and gas basin

    Article • Nature, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Banta

  29. A new look at methane and nonmethane hydrocarbon emissions from oil and natural gas operations in the Colorado Denver‐Julesburg Basin

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, June 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  30. Quantifying Wind Turbine Wake Characteristics from Scanning Remote Sensor Data

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

    Robert Banta

  31. Lidar Investigation of Atmosphere Effect on a Wind Turbine Wake

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, November 2013, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  32. Methane emissions estimate from airborne measurements over a western United States natural gas field

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, August 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  33. Wind Energy Meteorology: Insight into Wind Properties in the Turbine-Rotor Layer of the Atmosphere from High-Resolution Doppler Lidar

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, June 2013, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  34. Overview of the 2010 Carbonaceous Aerosols and Radiative Effects Study (CARES)

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", August 2012, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. William I Gustafson, Robert Banta

  35. Doppler Lidar–Based Wind-Profile Measurement System for Offshore Wind-Energy and Other Marine Boundary Layer Applications

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, February 2012, American Meteorological Society

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Robert Banta

  36. Turbulence Regimes and Turbulence Intermittency in the Stable Boundary Layer during CASES-99

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, January 2012, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  37. Comparison between the TOPAZ Airborne Ozone Lidar and In Situ Measurements during TexAQS 2006

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, October 2011, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  38. Development and Application of a Compact, Tunable, Solid-State Airborne Ozone Lidar System for Boundary Layer Profiling

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, October 2011, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  39. Dependence of daily peak O3 concentrations near Houston, Texas on environmental factors: Wind speed, temperature, and boundary-layer depth

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, January 2011, Elsevier

    Lisa Darby, Robert Banta

  40. Airborne lidar measurements of ozone flux downwind of Houston and Dallas

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  41. Convective venting and surface ozone in Houston during TexAQS 2006

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, August 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  42. Relationships of coastal nocturnal boundary layer winds and turbulence to Houston ozone concentrations during TexAQS 2006

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  43. Evolution and structure of a cold front in an Alpine valley as revealed by a Doppler lidar

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, April 2010, Wiley

    Lisa Darby, Robert Banta

  44. Long‐range transport of ozone from the Los Angeles Basin: A case study

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, March 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  45. Stable Boundary Layer Depth from High-Resolution Measurements of the Mean Wind Profile

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, January 2010, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  46. Regional and local background ozone in Houston during Texas Air Quality Study 2006

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Lisa Darby, Robert Banta

  47. Doppler Lidar Estimation of Mixing Height Using Turbulence, Shear, and Aerosol Profiles

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2009, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  48. Horizontal-Velocity and Variance Measurements in the Stable Boundary Layer Using Doppler Lidar: Sensitivity to Averaging Procedures

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, August 2008, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  49. Along-Valley Structure of Daytime Thermally Driven Flows in the Wipp Valley

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, March 2008, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  50. Stable-boundary-layer regimes from the perspective of the low-level jet

    Article • Acta Geophysica, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Banta

  51. The Very Stable Boundary Layer on Nights with Weak Low-Level Jets

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, September 2007, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  52. Boundary-layer anemometry by optical remote sensing for wind energy applications

    Article • Meteorologische Zeitschrift, August 2007, Schweizerbart

    Stefan Emeis, Robert Banta

  53. Ozone differences between near‐coastal and offshore sites in New England: Role of meteorology

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, August 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  54. Comparing the impact of meteorological variability on surface ozone during the NEAQS (2002) and ICARTT (2004) field campaigns

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  55. Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Neutral Atmospheric Surface Layer

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, January 2007, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  56. Turbulent Velocity-Variance Profiles in the Stable Boundary Layer Generated by a Nocturnal Low-Level Jet

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, November 2006, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  57. Nocturnal Low-Level Jet in a Mountain Basin Complex. Part II: Transport and Diffusion of Tracer under Stable Conditions

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, May 2006, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  58. A Bad Air Day in Houston

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, May 2005, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  59. Assimilating Coherent Doppler Lidar Measurements into a Model of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Part II: Sensitivity Analyses

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, December 2004, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  60. Observations of the Temporal Evolution and Spatial Structure of the Gap Flow in the Wipp Valley on 2 and 3 October 1999

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, November 2004, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  61. Nocturnal Low-Level Jet in a Mountain Basin Complex. Part I: Evolution and Effects on Local Flows

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology, October 2004, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  62. Assimilating Coherent Doppler Lidar Measurements into a Model of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Part I: Algorithm Development and Sensitivity to Measurement Error

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, September 2004, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  63. The Structure of the Near-Neutral Atmospheric Surface Layer

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, March 2004, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  64. Atmospheric Disturbances that Generate Intermittent Turbulence in Nocturnal Boundary Layers

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, February 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Banta

  65. Relationship between Low-Level Jet Properties and Turbulence Kinetic Energy in the Nocturnal Stable Boundary Layer

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, October 2003, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  66. Gap flow measurements during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme

    Article • Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, July 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Banta

  67. Mixing‐height differences between land use types: Dependence on wind speed

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  68. Urban–rural contrasts in mixing height and cloudiness over Nashville in 1999

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  69. Effect of petrochemical industrial emissions of reactive alkenes and NOxon tropospheric ozone formation in Houston, Texas

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Lisa Darby, Robert Banta

  70. A comparison of ground‐based Doppler lidar and airborne in situ wind observations above complex terrain

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, January 2003, Wiley

    Robert Banta

  71. Shear-Flow Instability in the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer as Observed by Doppler Lidar during CASES-99

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, January 2003, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  72. Regional contrast in morning transitions observed during the 1999 Southern Oxidants Study Nashville/Middle Tennessee Intensive

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2002, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  73. Comparisons between Mesoscale Model Terrain Sensitivity Studies and Doppler Lidar Measurements of the Sea Breeze at Monterey Bay

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, December 2002, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  74. Intermittent Turbulence Associated with a Density Current Passage in the Stable Boundary Layer

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, November 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Banta

  75. Nocturnal Low-Level Jet Characteristics Over Kansas During Cases-99

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, November 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Banta

  76. Vertical variations in O3 concentrations before and after a gust front passage

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2002, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  77. CASES-99: A Comprehensive Investigation of the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, April 2002, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  78. Gap flow in an Alpine valley during a shallow south föhn event: Observations, numerical simulations and hydraulic analogue

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, April 2002, Wiley

    Robert Banta

  79. Turbulence statistics of a Kelvin–Helmholtz billow event observed in the night-time boundary layer during the Cooperative Atmosphere–Surface Exchange Study field program

    Article • Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, October 2001, Elsevier

    Robert Banta

  80. High-Resolution Doppler Lidar for Boundary Layer and Cloud Research

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, March 2001, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  81. Multiscale Analysis of a Meso-βFrontal Passage in the Complex Terrain of the Colorado Front Range

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, September 1999, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  82. Wind-Flow Patterns in the Grand Canyon as Revealed by Doppler Lidar

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology, August 1999, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  83. A Comparison of Mixing Depths Observed by Ground-Based Wind Profilers and an Airborne Lidar

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, May 1999, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  84. Characterization of the Nashville urban plume on July 3 and July 18, 1995

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 1998, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  85. Daytime buildup and nighttime transport of urban ozone in the boundary layer during a stagnation episode

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 1998, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  86. Meteorological conditions during the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study Nashville/Middle Tennessee Field Intensive

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 1998, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  87. Ozone production during an urban air stagnation episode over Nashville, Tennessee

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 1998, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Robert Banta

  88. Daytime Photochemical Pollutant Transport over a Tributary Valley Lake in Southwestern British Columbia

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology, April 1998, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  89. The Multi-center Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, April 1998, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  90. Remote sensing of multi-level wind fields with high-energy airborne scanning coherent Doppler lidar

    Article • Optics Express, January 1998, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Robert Banta

  91. Elevated ozone layers and vertical down-mixing over the Lower Fraser Valley, BC

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, July 1997, Elsevier

    Robert Banta

  92. Nocturnal cleansing flows in a tributary valley

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, July 1997, Elsevier

    Robert Banta

  93. Synoptic variability related to boundary layer and surface features observed during Pacific '93

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, July 1997, Elsevier

    Robert Banta

  94. Implications of Small-Scale Flow Features to Modeling Dispersion over Complex Terrain

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology, March 1996, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  95. Sea Breezes Shallow and Deep on the California Coast

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, December 1995, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  96. Observations of a Terrain-Forced Mesoscale Vortex and Canyon Drainage Flows along the Front Range of Colorado

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, July 1995, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  97. Influence of soil moisture on simulations of katabatic flow

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Climatology, March 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Banta

  98. Influence of canyon-induced flows on flow and dispersion over adjacent plains

    Article • Theoretical and Applied Climatology, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Banta

  99. Two- and Three-Dimensional Simulations of the 9 January 1989 Severe Boulder Windstorm: Comparison with Observations

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, August 1994, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  100. Evolution of the Monterey Bay Sea-Breeze Layer As Observed by Pulsed Doppler Lidar

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, December 1993, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  101. Sampling Requirements for Drainage Flows that Transport Atmospheric Contaminants in Complex Terrain

    Article • Radiation Protection Dosimetry, December 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Robert Banta

  102. Smoke-Column Observations from Two Forest Fires Using Doppler Lidar and Doppler Radar

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology, November 1992, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  103. Sensitivity Studies on the Continentality of a Numerically Simulated Cumulonimbus

    Article • Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology, February 1987, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  104. Thunderstorm Genesis Zones in the Colorado Rocky Mountains as Determined by Traceback of Geosynchronous Satellite Images

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, February 1987, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  105. Daytime Boundary Layer Evolution over Mountainous Terrain. Part II: Numerical Studies of Upslope Flow Duration

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, June 1986, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  106. Late-Morning Jump in TKE in the Mixed Layer over a Mountain Basin

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, February 1985, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  107. Daytime Boundary-Layer Evolution over Mountainous Terrain. Part 1: Observations of the Dry Circulations

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, February 1984, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  108. An Analysis of the Structure of Local Wind Systems in a Broad Mountain Basin

    Article • November 1981, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  109. Vertical Wind Velocities from Superpressure Balloons: A Case Study using Eole Data

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, May 1976, American Meteorological Society

    Robert Banta

  110. Equations and approximations involved in computing vertical wind velocities from superpressure balloon data

    Article • Archives for Meteorology Geophysics and Bioclimatology Series A, March 1976, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Banta