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David Ovens
Research Meteorologist, Atmospheric Sciences
Areas of Interest
- Weather forecast modeling
- Mesoscale meteorology
- Weather graphics
Research work
Selected publications
- Mass, C., Ovens, D., Conrick, R., & Saltenberger, J. (2021). The September 2020 Wildfires over the Pacific Northwest. Weather and Forecasting, 36(5),1843-1865.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.