David Ovens

Research Meteorologist, Atmospheric Sciences

Areas of Interest

• Weather forecast modeling
• Mesoscale meteorology
• Weather graphics

Research work

• WRF Model Forecasts
• Weather Loops
• Research work

Selected publications

• Mass, C., & Ovens, D. (2024). The Meteorology of the August 2023 Maui Wildfire. Weather and Forecasting, 39(8), 1097-1115, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-23-0210.1.
• Mass, C., Ovens, D., Christy, J, & Conrick, R. (2024). The Pacific Northwest Heat Wave of 25-30 June 2021: Synoptic/Mesoscale Conditions and Climate Perspective. Weather and Forecasting, 39(2), 275-291, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-23-0154.1.
• Mass, C., Ovens, D., Conrick, R., & Saltenberger, J. (2021). The September 2020 Wildfires over the Pacific Northwest. Weather and Forecasting, 36(5),1843-1865, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-21-0028.1.
• Mass, C., & Ovens, D. (2021). The Synoptic and Mesoscale Evolution Accompanying the 2018 Camp Fire of Northern California. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(1), E168-E192, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0124.1.
• Conrick, R., Mass, C., Boomgard-Zagrodnik, J., & Ovens, D. (2021). The Influence of Wildfire Smoke on Cloud Microphysics during the September 2020 Pacific Northwest Wildfires. Weather and Forecasting, 36(4), 1519-1536, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-21-0044.1.
• Mass, C., & Ovens, D. (2019). The Northern California Wildfires of 8-9 October 2017: The Role of a Major Downslope Wind Event. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(2), 235-256, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0037.1.
• Mass, C. F., Albright, M., Ovens, D., Steed, R., Maciver, M., Grimit, E., Eckel, T., Lamb, B., Vaughan, J., Westrick, K., Storck, P., Colman, B., Hill, C., Maykut, N., Gilroy, M., Ferguson, S. A., Yetter, J., Sierchio, J. M., Bowman, C., Stender, R., Wilson, R., & Brown, W. (2003). Regional Environmental Prediction Over the Pacific Northwest, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84(10), 1353-1366, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-84-10-1353.
• Mass, C., Ovens, D., Westrick, K., & Colle, B. (2002). Does Increasing Horizontal Resolution Produce More Skillful Forecasts? Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 83(3), 407-430, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(2002)083%3C0407:DIHRPM%3E2.3.CO;2.
• Colle, B., Mass, C., & Ovens, D. (2001). Evaluation of the Timing and Strength of MM5 and Eta Surface Trough Passages over the Eastern Pacific. Weather and Forecasting, 16(5), 553-572.
• Albright, M., Reed, R., & Ovens, D. (1995). Origin and Structure of a Numerically Simulated Polar Low over Hudson Bay. Tellus. Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 47(5), 834-848, https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v47i5.11578.
• Battisti, D. and Ovens, D. (1995). The Dependence of the Low-Level Equatorial Easterly Jet on Hadley and Walker Circulations. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 52(22), 3911-3931.