Land-surface Atmosphere Research Group

Publications
(graduate student advisees in bold-italic)

• Radell, D.B. and Rowe, C.M. (2009) Modeling the influence of a regional water table on surface energy fluxes in the Nebraska Sand Hills, Water Resources Research, submitted.


• Gilliland, E. K. and Rowe, C.M. (2009) A comparison of cumulus parameterization schemes in the WRF model, J. Hydromet., in preparation.


• Radell, D.B. and Rowe, C.M. (2008) An observational analysis and evaluation of land surface model accuracy in the Nebraska Sand Hills, J. Hydromet., 9:601-621, doi: 10.1175/2007JHM913.1.


• Feng, S., Oglesby, R. J., Rowe, C. M., Loope, D. B., and Hu, Q. (2008), Atlantic and Pacific SST influences on Medieval drought in North America simulated by the Community Atmospheric Model, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D11101, doi:10.1029/2007JD009347.


• Rowe, C.M., Loope, D.B., Oglesby, R.J., Van der Voo, R. and Broadwater, C.E. (2007) Inconsistencies between Pangean reconstructions and basic climate controls, Science, 318: 1284-1286. with Supplemental on-line material


• Sridhar, V., Loope, D.B., Swinehart, J.B., Mason, J.A., Oglesby, R.J. and Rowe, C.M. (2006) Large wind shift on the Great Plains during the Medieval Warm Period, Science, 313: 345-347. with Supplemental on-line material


• Loope, D.B., Steiner, M.B., Rowe, C.M. and Lancaster, N. (2004) Tropical westerlies over Pangean sand seas, Sedimentology, 51: 315-322.


• Chen, X., Chen, X., Rowe, C., Hu, Q. and Anderson, M. (2003) Geological and climatic controls on streamflows in the Nebraska Sand Hills, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 39: 217-228.


• Loope, D.B. and Rowe, C.M. (2003) Long-lived pluvial episodes during deposition of the Navajo Sandstone, Journal of Geology, 111: 223-232.


• Loope, D.B., Rowe, C.M. and Joeckel, R.M. (2001) Annual monsoon rains recorded by Jurassic dunes, Nature, 412(no. 6842): 64-66. with Supplemental on-line material


• Mote, T.L. and Rowe, C.M. (1996) A comparison of microwave radiometric data and modeled snowpack conditions for Dye 2, Greenland, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 59: 245-256.


• Rowe, C.M., Kuivinen, K.C. and Jordan, R. (1995) Simulation of summer snowmelt on the Greenland ice sheet using a one-dimensional model, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 100(D8): 16,265-16,273.


• Rowe, C.M., Anderson, M.R., Mote, T.L. and Kuivinen, K.C. (1995) Indications of melt in near-surface ice-core stratigraphy: Comparisons with passive microwave melt signals over the Greenland ice sheet, Annals of Glaciology, 21: 59-63.


• Rowe, C.M., Kuivinen, K. and Flores-Mendoza, F. (1994) Sensitivity of streamflow to climate change, Great Plains Research, 4: 27-49.


• Rowe, C.M. (1993) Geography (Fractals in Physical Geography), McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 190-193.


• Mote, T.L., Anderson, M.R., Kuivinen, K.C. and Rowe, C.M. (1993) Passive microwave-derived spatial and temporal variations of summer melt on the Greenland ice sheet. Annals of Glaciology, 17: 233-238.


• Rowe, C.M. (1993) Global land-surface albedo modelling, International Journal of Climatology, 13: 473-495.


• Rowe, C.M. (1993) Incorporating landscape heterogeneity in land surface albedo models, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 98(D3): 5037-5043.


• Rowe, C.M. (1991) Modeling land-surface albedos from vegetation canopy architecture. Physical Geography, 12: 93-114.
  
• Willmott, C.J., Rowe, C.M. and Mintz, Y. (1985) Climatology of the terrestrial seasonal water cycle. Journal of Climatology, 5: 589-606.


• Willmott, C.J., Ackleson, S.G., Davis, R.E., Feddema, J.J., Klink, K.M., Legates, D.R., O'Donnell, J. and Rowe, C.M. (1985) Statistics for the evaluation and comparison of models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 90(C5): 8995-9005.


• Willmott, C.J., Rowe, C.M. and Philpot, W.D. (1985) Small-scale climate maps: a sensitivity analysis of some common assumptions associated with grid point interpolation and contouring. The American Cartographer, 12: 5-16.


• Rowe, C.M. and Willmott, C.J. (1984) Solar irradiance on flat-plate collectors in urban environments. Solar Energy, 33: 343-351.


• Rowe, C.M. (1984) A method for determining the optimal orientation of flat-plate solar collectors. Proceedings, Fifteenth Annual Pittsburgh Modeling and Simulation Conference, 15: 221-226.

• Rowe, C.M. (1982) Simulation of shortwave irradiance on flat-plate solar collectors in urban environments. Publications in Climatology, 35(1).


• Willmott, C.J., Mather, J.R. and Rowe, C.M. (1981) Average monthly and annual surface air temperature and precipitation data for the world. Part 1. The eastern hemisphere. Part 2. The western hemisphere. Publications in Climatology, 34(1-2).


• Mather, J.R. and Rowe, C.M. (1979) The use of the climatic water balance to evaluate the validity of a precipitation record. University of Delaware Water Resources Center, Contribution No. 28. (also issued as part of Publications in Climatology, 32(1), 1979)

• Rowe, C.M. (1995) Review of “Climate-Biosphere Interactions. Biogenic Emissions and Environmental Effects of Climate Change”, by Richard G. Zepp, ed., in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 76: 256-257.


• Rowe, C.M. (1991) Review of “Air Pollution and Acid Rain: The Biological Impact”, by A. Wellburn, in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 72: 639-640.

• Rowe, C.M. and Grelson, E.F. (1995) A Comparison of Weather Conditions Affecting LC-130 Flight Training Operations in Greenland, prepared for Polar Ice Coring Office, UNL.