Douglas J. Parker

Research interests

Publications

• Frequency of extreme Sahelian storms tripled since 1982 in satellite observations

  Nature · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22069

• Scale Interactions between the MJO and the Western Maritime Continent

  Journal of Climate · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-15-0557.1

• Statistical comparison of InSAR tropospheric correction techniques

  Remote Sensing of Environment · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.08.035

• Meteorology and dust in the central Sahara: Observations from Fennec supersite‐1 during the June 2011 Intensive Observation Period

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2013 · 10.1002/jgrd.50211

• Modeling soil moisture‐precipitation feedback in the Sahel: Importance of spatial scale versus convective parameterization

  Geophysical Research Letters · 2013 · 10.1002/2013gl058511

• The role of moist convection in the West African monsoon system: Insights from continental‐scale convection‐permitting simulations

  Geophysical Research Letters · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50347

• The importance of the representation of deep convection for modeled dust-generating winds over West Africa during summer

  Geophysical Research Letters · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1029/2011gl048368

• The AMMA field campaigns: multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region

  Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.486

• Dynamical mechanisms controlling the vertical redistribution of dust and the thermodynamic structure of the West Saharan atmospheric boundary layer during summer

  Atmospheric Science Letters · 2009 · 10.1002/asl.207

• Seasonal evolution of the West African heat low: a climatological perspective

  Climate Dynamics · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-009-0553-4

• Overview of the Dust and Biomass‐burning Experiment and African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Special Observing Period‐0

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1029/2008jd010077

• An observational case study of mesoscale atmospheric circulations induced by soil moisture

  Geophysical Research Letters · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1029/2007gl030572

• Airborne observations of the impact of a convective system on the planetary boundary layer thermodynamics and aerosol distribution in the inter‐tropical discontinuity region of the West African Monsoon

  Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 2007 · 10.1002/qj.97

• African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis: An International Research Project and Field Campaign

  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-87-12-1739

• The diurnal cycle of the West African monsoon circulation

  Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1256/qj.04.52

• Explaining Irrigation Technology Choices: A Microparameter Approach

  American Journal of Agricultural Economics · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.2307/1243862

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