Robert Houze

Organization

University of Washington

Business Address

University of Washington
3017 NE 105th St
Seattle, WA 98125
United States

Website

Professor of Atmospheric Sciences

First Author Publications

Houze, R.A. (2012), CLOUDS, Rev. Geophys., 50, RG1001, doi:10.1029/2011RG000365.
Houze, R.A., et al. (2011), Anomalous Atmospheric Events Leading to the Summer 2010 Floods in Pakistan, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 291-298.
Houze, R.A. (2010), Clouds in Tropical Cyclones, Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 293-344, doi:10.1175/2009MWR2989.1.
Houze, R.A., et al. (2007), Monsoon convection in the Himalayan region as seen by the TRMM Precipitation Radar, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 133, 1389-1411, doi:10.1002/qj.106.
Houze, R.A. (2004), Mesoscale Convective Systems, Rev. Geophys., 42, RG4003, doi:10.1029/2004RG000150.
Houze, R.A., et al. (2004), Uncertainties in Oceanic Radar Rain Maps at Kwajalein and Implications for Satellite Validation, J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 1114-1132.

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Co-Authored Publications

Barnes, H.C., et al. (2015), Latent heating characteristics of the MJO computed from TRMM Observations, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 1322-1334, doi:10.1002/2014JD022530.
Virts, K.S., and R.A. Houze (2015), Clouds and Water Vapor in the Tropical Tropopause Transition Layer over Mesoscale Convective Systems, J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 4739-4753, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0122.1.
Zuluaga, M.D., and R.A. Houze (2015), Extreme Convection of the Near-Equatorial Americas, Africa, and Adjoining Oceans as seen by TRMM, Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 298-316, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-14-00109.1.
DeHart, J., et al. (2014), Quadrant Distribution of Tropical Cyclone Inner-Core Kinematics in Relation to Environmental Shear, J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2713-2732, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-13-0298.1.
Kumar, A., et al. (2014), Simulation of a Flash Flooding Storm at the Steep Edge of the Himalayas*, J. Hydrometeorology, 15, 212-228, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-12-0155.1.
Rasmussen, K.L., et al. (2014), Multiscale analysis of three consecutive years of anomalous flooding in Pakistan, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., doi:10.1002/qj.2433.
Rasmussen, K.L., et al. (2014), Severe convection and lightning in subtropical South America, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 7359-7366, doi:10.1002/2014GL061767.
Barnes, H.C., and R.A. Houze (2013), The precipitating cloud population of the Madden-Julian Oscillation over the Indian and west Pacific Oceans, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 6996-7023, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50375.
Rasmussen, K.L., et al. (2013), TRMM precipitation bias in extreme storms in South America, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 3457-3461, doi:10.1002/grl.50651.
Romatschke, U., and R.A. Houze (2013), Characteristics of Precipitating Convective Systems Accounting for the Summer Rainfall of Tropical and Subtropical South America, J. Hydrometeorology, 14, 25-46, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-12-060.1.
Viale, M., et al. (2013), Upstream Orographic Enhancement of a Narrow Cold-Frontal Rainband Approaching the Andes, Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 1708-1730, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00138.1.
Yuan, J., and R.A. Houze (2013), Deep Convective Systems Observed by A-Train in the Tropical Indo-Pacific Region Affected by the MJO, J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 465-486, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-057.1.
Zeng, X., et al. (2013), A Comparison of the Water Budgets between Clouds from AMMA and TWP-ICE, J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 487-503, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-050.1.
Zuluaga, M.D., and R.A. Houze (2013), Evolution of the Population of Precipitating Convective Systems over the Equatorial Indian Ocean in Active Phases of the Madden–Julian Oscillation, J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 2713-2725, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0311.1.
Hence, D.A., and R.A. Houze (2012), Vertical Structure of Tropical Cyclone Rainbands as Seen by the TRMM Precipitation Radar, J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2644-2661, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-0323.1.
Hence, D.A., and R.A. Houze (2012), Vertical Structure of Tropical Cyclones with Concentric Eyewalls as Seen by the TRMM Precipitation Radar, J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 1021-1036, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-0119.1.
Rasmussen, K.L.R., and R.A. Houze (2012), A Flash-Flooding Storm At The Steep Edge Of High Terrain: Disaster in the Himalayas, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 93, 1713-1724, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00236.1.
Cetrone, J., and R.A. Houze (2011), Leading and Trailing Anvil Clouds of West African Squall Lines, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1114-1123, doi:10.1175/2011JAS3580.1.
Hence, D.A., and R.A. Houze (2011), Vertical Structure of Hurricane Eyewalls as Seen by the TRMM Precipitation Radar, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1637-1652, doi:10.1175/2011JAS3578.1.
Rasmussen, K.L., and R.A. Houze (2011), Orogenic Convection in Subtropical South America as Seen by the TRMM Satellite, Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 2399-2420, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-10-05006.1.
Romatschke, U., and R.A. Houze (2011), Characteristics of Precipitating Convective Systems in the Premonsoon Season of South Asia, J. Hydrometeorology, 12, 157-180, doi:10.1175/2010JHM1311.1.
Romatschke, U., and R.A. Houze (2011), Characteristics of Precipitating Convective Systems in the South Asian Monsoon, J. Hydrometeorology, 12, 3-26, doi:10.1175/2010JHM1289.1.
Yuan, J., et al. (2011), Vertical Structures of Anvil Clouds of Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems Observed by CloudSat, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1653-1674, doi:10.1175/2011JAS3687.1.
Medina, S., et al. (2010), Summer monsoon convection in the Himalayan region: Terrain and land cover effects, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 136, 593-616.
Romatschke, U., and R.A. Houze (2010), Extreme Summer Convection in South America, J. Climate, 23, 3761-3791, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3465.1.
Romatschke, U., et al. (2010), Regional, Seasonal, and Diurnal Variations of Extreme Convection in the South Asian Region, J. Climate, 23, 419-439, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3140.1.
Yuan, J., and R.A. Houze (2010), Global Variability of Mesoscale Convective System Anvil Structure from A-Train Satellite Data, J. Climate, 23, 5864-5888, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3671.1.
Cetrone, J., and R.A. Houze (2009), Anvil clouds of tropical mesoscale convective systems in monsoon regions, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 135, 305-317, doi:10.1002/qj.389.
Hence, D.A., and R.A. Houze (2008), Kinematic structure of convective-scale elements in the rainbands of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005), J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15108, doi:10.1029/2007JD009429.
Tao, W., et al. (2007), The Fourth Trmm Latent Heating Workshop, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1255-1259, doi:10.1175/BAMS-88-8-1255.
Cetrone, J., and R.A. Houze (2006), Characteristics of Tropical Convection over the Ocean near Kwajalein, Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 834-853.
Schumacher, C., and R.A. Houze (2006), Stratiform precipitation production over sub-Saharan Africa and the tropical East Atlantic as observed by TRMM, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 132, 2235-2255, doi:10.1256/qj.05.121.
Yuter, S.E., et al. (2005), Physical Characterization of Tropical Oceanic Convection Observed in KWAJEX, J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 385-415.
Kim, M., et al. (2004), Validation of Maritime Rainfall Retrievals from the TRMM Microwave Radiometer, J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 847-859.
Schumacher, C., et al. (2004), The Tropical Dynamical Response to Latent Heating Estimates Derived from the TRMM Precipitation Radar, J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1341-1358.

Note: Only publications that have been uploaded to the ESD Publications database are listed here.

Robert Houze

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Aeronautics and
Space Administration