Robert Houze

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University of Washington

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University of Washington

3017 NE 105th St

Seattle, WA 98125

United States

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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences

First Author Publications:

Houze, R. (2012), CLOUDS, Rev. Geophys., 50, RG1001, doi:10.1029/2011RG000365.
Houze, R., et al. (2011), Anomalous Atmospheric Events Leading to the Summer 2010 Floods in Pakistan, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 291-298.
Houze, R. (2010), Clouds in Tropical Cyclones, Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 293-344, doi:10.1175/2009MWR2989.1.
Houze, R., D. C. Wilton, and B. F. Smull (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. (2004), Mesoscale Convective Systems, Rev. Geophys., 42, RG4003, doi:10.1029/2004RG000150.
Houze, R., et al. (2004), Uncertainties in Oceanic Radar Rain Maps at Kwajalein and Implications for Satellite Validation, J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 1114-1132.

Co-Authored Publications:

Barnes, H. C., M. D. Zuluaga, and R. Houze (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. 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. 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., R. Houze, and R. Rogers (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., M. D. Zuluaga, and R. Houze (2014), Severe convection and lightning in subtropical South America, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 7359-7366, doi:10.1002/2014GL061767.
Barnes, H. C., and R. 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. 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., R. Houze, and K. L. Rasmussen (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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Houze (2011), Characteristics of Precipitating Convective Systems in the South Asian Monsoon, J. Hydrometeorology, 12, 3-26, doi:10.1175/2010JHM1289.1.
Romatschke, U., and R. Houze (2011), Characteristics of Precipitating Convective Systems in the Premonsoon Season of South Asia, J. Hydrometeorology, 12, 157-180, doi:10.1175/2010JHM1311.1.
Yuan, J., R. Houze, and A. Heymsfield (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. Houze (2010), Extreme Summer Convection in South America, J. Climate, 23, 3761-3791, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3465.1.
Romatschke, U., S. Medina, and R. Houze (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. 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. 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. 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., R. Houze, and E. Smith (2007), The Fourth Trmm Latent Heating Workshop, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1255-1259, doi:10.1175/BAMS-88-8-1255.
Cetrone, J., and R. Houze (2006), Characteristics of Tropical Convection over the Ocean near Kwajalein, Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 834-853.
Schumacher, C., and R. 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., J. A. Weinman, and R. Houze (2004), Validation of Maritime Rainfall Retrievals from the TRMM Microwave Radiometer, J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 847-859.
Schumacher, C., R. Houze, and I. Kraucunas (2004), The Tropical Dynamical Response to Latent Heating Estimates Derived from the TRMM Precipitation Radar, J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1341-1358.

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