Publications

  • Ganson, S. M., 2023: GWG Projector©: First steps toward an operational polarimetric forward operator. 40th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Minneapolis, MN, Amer. Met. Soc., 164.
  • Ganson, S. M., 2012: Investigations of polarimetric radar characteristics using advanced T-matrix computations. M.S. thesis, School of Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma, 73 pp.
  • Ganson, S., J. T. Johnson, 2008: Challenges of displaying dynamic weather content in interactive mapping solutions. 88th Annual Conf, New Orleans, LA, Amer. Met. Soc.
  • Ganson, S. M., M. R. Kumjian, 2015: Quantifying the relationship between the ZDR arc signature and low-level vertical wind shear. 37th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK, Amer. Met. Soc., 13B.6.
  • Guy, N., S. M. Ganson, 2019: Research to operations: Establishing a next generation hail size estimation algorithm. 39th Intl. Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Nara, Japan, Amer. Met. Soc., 7A-04.
  • Kumjian, M. R., A.V. Ryzhkov, J. Krause, J.C. Picca, and S. M. Ganson, 2011: Hail size discrimination for polarimetric WSR-88D radars. Extended Abstracts, 27th Conf. on Interactive Information Processing Systems, Seattle, WA, Amer. Met. Soc., 14.2.
  • Kumjian, M. R., A. V. Ryzhkov, S. Ganson, A. Khain, 2011: Quantification of errors in polarimetric radar variables simulated from bulk microphysics parameterizations. 35th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Met. Soc., 8A.6.
  • Kumjian, M., J. Picca, S. Ganson, A. Ryzhkov, D. Zrnić: Three-body scattering signatures in polarimetric radar data. NSSL Tech. Note, 12pp.
  • Kumjian, M. R., S. M. Ganson, and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2012: Freezing of raindrops in deep convective updrafts: Polarimetric and microphysical model. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 3471–3490.
  • Kumjian, M. R., S. M. Ganson, A. V. Ryzhkov, 2010: Polarimetric characteristics of freezing drops: Theoretical model and observations. 6th Eur. Conf. On Radar Meteorology and Hydrology, Sibiu, Romania, https://www.erad2010.com/pdf/oral/friday/micro/07_ERAD2010_0159.pdf.
  • Kumjian, M. R., S. M. Ganson, J. Krause, J. C. Picca, and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2010: Polarimetric radar characteristics of large hail. 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Met. Soc., 11.2.
  • Porter, C. W., S. Ganson, W. Ladwig, B. Clarke, 2011: Implementation of a hydrometeor classification algorithm for consumer-oriented dual-polarization radar products. Extended Abstracts, 27th Conf. on Interactive Information Processing Systems, Seattle, WA, Amer. Met. Soc., 14.6.
  • Ryzhkov, A., D. Zrnic, J. Krause, M. Kumjian, S. Ganson: Discrimination between large and small hail. NSSL Tech. Note, 18pp.
  • Ryzhkov, A. V., M. R. Kumjian, S. M. Ganson, A. P. Khain, 2013a: Polarimetric radar characteristics of melting hail. Part I: Theoretical simulations using spectral microphysical modeling. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 2849–2870.
  • Ryzhkov, A. V., M. R. Kumjian, S. M. Ganson, and P. Zhang, 2013b: Polarimetric radar characteristics of melting hail. Part II: Practical implications. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 2871–2886, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-13-074.1.
  • Ryzhkov, A. V., S. Ganson, A. Khain, M. Pinsky, and A. Pokrovsky, 2009: Polarimetric characteristics of melting hail at S and C bands. Preprints, 34th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Williamsburg, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 4A.6. [Available online at http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/155571.pdf.]
  • Ryzhkov, A. V., S. Ganson, M. Kumjian, R. Kaltenboeck, 2012: Polarimetric characteristics of dry and melting hail at different radar wavelengths. Preprints, 7th Eur. Conf. on Radar Meteorology and Hydrology, Toulouse, France.
  • VandenHeuvel, D., C. Goering, C. Barrere, S. Ganson, W. Ladwig, M. Eilts, and B. Shaw, 2011: SWARM: A highly-scalable WMS and tile-based weather image solution. 27 th Conf. on Interactive Information Processing Systems, Seattle, WA, Amer. Met. Soc., 12A.4.