Gary M Lackmann

Analyzing Atmospheric River Reforecasts: Self-Organizing Error Patterns and Synoptic-Scale Settings

Easthom, G., Lackmann, G. M., Molina, M. J., DeHaan, L., & Cordeira, J. M. (2025, June 10). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 40, pp. 1241–1264.

Author Correction: Climate change exacerbates compound flooding from recent tropical cyclones

Grimley, L. E., Beatty, K. E. H., Sebastian, A., Bunya, S., & Lackmann, G. M. (2025, October 6). Npj Natural Hazards., Vol. 10.

Author Correction: Climate change exacerbates compound flooding from recent tropical cyclones

Grimley, L. E., Hollinger-Beatty, K. E., Sebastian, A., Bunya, S., & Lackmann, G. M. (2025, April 2). Npj Natural Hazards., Vol. 4.

How Will Precipitation Characteristics Associated with Tropical Cyclones in Diverse Synoptic Environments in the Southeast United States Respond to Climate Change?

Beatty, K. E. H., Lackmann, G. M., & Bowden, J. H. (2025, May 15). Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 26, pp. 857–875.

Archive: Effect of transient vortex interactions on the size and strength of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Keaveney, C., Lackmann, G., & Dowling, T. (2024, June 22). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Vol. 6.

Climate change exacerbates compound flooding from recent tropical cyclones

Npj Natural Hazards, 1(1).

Effect of transient vortex interactions on the size and strength of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

Icarus, 420, 116196.

A Machine Learning Tutorial for Operational Meteorology. Part II: Neural Networks and Deep Learning

Weather and Forecasting, 38(8), 1271–1293.

Advantages to Writing Shorter Articles

Weather and Forecasting, 38(3), 389–390.

An Iterative Approach toward Development of Ensemble Visualization Techniques for High-Impact Winter Weather Hazards: Part I: Product Development

Radford, J. T., Lackmann, G. M., Goodwin, J., Correia, J., & Harnos, K. (2023, August 17). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 104, pp. E1630–E1648.

An Iterative Approach toward Development of Ensemble Visualization Techniques for High-Impact Winter Weather Hazards: Part II: Product Evaluation

Radford, J. T., Lackmann, G. M., Goodwin, J., Correia, J., & Harnos, K. (2023, July 13). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 104, pp. E1649–E1669.

Assessing Variations in the Predictive Skill of Ensemble Snowband Forecasts with Object-Oriented Verification and Self-Organizing Maps

Radford, J. T., & Lackmann, G. M. (2023, July 12). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 38, pp. 1673–1693.

Changes in Tropical Cyclones Undergoing Extratropical Transition in a Warming Climate: Quasi‐Idealized Numerical Experiments of North Atlantic Landfalling Events

Geophysical Research Letters, 50(8).

High-resolution quasi-idealized experiments for future and present-day based upon composites from a decades-long set of recurving landfalling (RCL) North Atlantic ET cases

(Version 5) [Data set].

Improving High-Resolution Ensemble Forecast (HREF) System Mesoscale Snowband Forecasts with Random Forests

Radford, J. T., & Lackmann, G. M. (2023, July 11). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 38, pp. 1695–1706.

Severe Convective Storms in Limited Instability Organized by Pattern and Distribution

Campbell, T. A., Lackmann, G. M., Molina, M. J., & Parker, M. D. (2023, December 26). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 39, pp. 217–240.

High-resolution climate simulations using the Model for Prediction Across Scales - Atmosphere (MPAS-A; version 5.1)

(Version 4) [Data set].

Illustration of an object‐based approach to identify structural differences in tropical cyclone wind fields

Zick, S., Matyas, C., Lackmann, G., Tang, J., & Bennett, B. (2022, May 29). Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. 7.

Model Projections of Increased Severity of Heat Waves in Eastern Europe

Geophysical Research Letters, 49(22).

The Evolving Role of Humans in Weather Prediction and Communication

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(8), E1720–E1746.

The Response of Tropical Cyclone Intensity to Temperature Profile Change

Done, J. M., Lackmann, G. M., & Prein, A. F. (2022, January 4).

The response of tropical cyclone intensity to changes in environmental temperature

Done, J. M., Lackmann, G. M., & Prein, A. F. (2022, July 1). Weather and Climate Dynamics.

Persistent Anomaly Changes in High-Resolution Climate Simulations

Lackmann, G. M., Miller, R. L., Robinson, W. A., & Michaelis, A. C. (2021, April 14). Journal of Climate, Vol. 7, pp. 5425–5442.

Storm-Scale Dynamical Changes of Extratropical Transition Events in Present-Day and Future High-Resolution Global Simulations

Michaelis, A. C., & Lackmann, G. M. (2021, March 29). Journal of Climate, Vol. 6.

The National Weather Service–North Carolina State University Internship Course: Impacts and Success over a Generation

Green, T. A., Leins, D., Lackmann, G. M., Morrow, J., & Blaes, J. (2021, June 18). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 11.

The Response of Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones to Climate Change: Quasi-Idealized Numerical Experiments

Jung, C., & Lackmann, G. M. (2021, February 26). Journal of Climate, Vol. 6.

The Sensitivity of Persistent Geopotential Anomalies to the Climate of a Moist Channel Model

Tierney, G., Robinson, W. A., Lackmann, G., & Miller, R. (2021, April 2). Journal of Climate, Vol. 6, pp. 5093–5108.

Data availability principles and practice

Weather and Forecasting, 35(6), 2217–2220.

North Carolina Climate Science Report

https://ncics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NC_Climate_Science_Report_FullReport_Final_revised_September2020.pdf

Stating the Significance of Our Work

Weather, Climate, and Society, 12(4), 645.

A New Variable-Threshold Persistent Anomaly Index: Northern Hemisphere Anomalies in the ERA-Interim Reanalysis

Miller, R. L., Lackmann, G. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2019, October 4). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 148, pp. 43–62.

An Evaluation of Snowband Predictability in the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh

Radford, J. T., Lackmann, G. M., & Baxter, M. A. (2019, August 14). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 34, pp. 1477–1494.

Broadening the Scope and Impact of Weather and Forecasting

Weather and Forecasting, 35(1), 3–3.

Climatological Changes in the Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones in High-Resolution Global Simulations

Michaelis, A. C., & Lackmann, G. M. (2019, September 19). Journal of Climate, Vol. 32, pp. 8733–8753.

Evaluation of a Unique Approach to High-Resolution Climate Modelling using the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) version 5.1

Michaelis, A. C., Lackmann, G. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2019, April 3). Geoscientific Model Development Discussions.

Evaluation of a unique approach to high-resolution climate modeling using the Model for Prediction Across Scales – Atmosphere (MPAS-A) version 5.1

Michaelis, A. C., Lackmann, G. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2019, August 26). Geoscientific Model Development, Vol. 12, pp. 3725–3743.

Extratropical Transition of Hurricane Irene (2011) in a Changing Climate

Jung, C., & Lackmann, G. M. (2019, May 13). Journal of Climate, Vol. 32, pp. 4847–4871.

Hydrometeor Lofting and Mesoscale Snowbands

Lackmann, G. M., & Thompson, G. (2019, August 14). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 147, pp. 3879–3899.

A Case Study on Power Outage Impacts from Future Hurricane Sandy Scenarios

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 57(1), 51–79.

Changes in Winter North Atlantic Extratropical Cyclones in High-Resolution Regional Pseudo–Global Warming Simulations

Michaelis, A. C., Willison, J., Lackmann, G. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2017, June 8). Journal of Climate, Vol. 30, pp. 6905–6925.

Rapid Evolution of Cool Season, Low-CAPE Severe Thunderstorm Environments

Weather and Forecasting, 32(2), 763–779.

Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology Lab Manual: Visual Exercises to Complement Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology

Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society.

The South Carolina Flood of October 2015: Moisture Transport Analysis and the Role of Hurricane Joaquin

Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(11), 2973–2990.

Composite Environments of Severe and Nonsevere High-Shear, Low-CAPE Convective Events

Weather and Forecasting, 31(6), 1899–1927.

North Atlantic Storm-Track Sensitivity to Warming Increases with Model Resolution

Willison, J., Robinson, W. A., & Lackmann, G. M. (2015, March 24). Journal of Climate, Vol. 28, pp. 4513–4524.

Changes in U.S. East Coast Cyclone Dynamics with Climate Change

Marciano, C. G., Lackmann, G. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2014, October 28). Journal of Climate, Vol. 28, pp. 468–484.

Hurricane Sandy before 1900 and after 2100

Lackmann, G. M. (2014, September 17). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 96, pp. 547–560.

Verification of Quantitative Precipitation Reforecasts over the Southeastern United States

Baxter, M. A., Lackmann, G. M., Mahoney, K. M., Workoff, T. E., & Hamill, T. M. (2014, June 19). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 29, pp. 1199–1207.

Atlantic Hurricanes and Climate Change. Part I: Experimental Design and Isolation of Thermodynamic Effects

Mallard, M. S., Lackmann, G. M., Aiyyer, A., & Hill, K. (2013, January 8). Journal of Climate, Vol. 26, pp. 4876–4893.

Atlantic Hurricanes and Climate Change. Part II: Role of Thermodynamic Changes in Decreased Hurricane Frequency

Mallard, M. S., Lackmann, G. M., & Aiyyer, A. (2013, July 8). Journal of Climate, Vol. 26, pp. 8513–8528.

Modeling the Impacts of the Large-Scale Atmospheric Environment on Inland Flooding during the Landfall of Hurricane Floyd (1999)

Advances in Meteorology, 2013, 1–16.

Numerical modeling of a historic storm: Simulating the Blizzard of 1888

Geophysical Research Letters, 40(15), 4092–4097.

The Importance of Resolving Mesoscale Latent Heating in the North Atlantic Storm Track

Willison, J., Robinson, W. A., & Lackmann, G. M. (2013, January 25). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 70, pp. 2234–2250.

The South-Central U.S. Flood of May 2010: Present and Future*

Lackmann, G. M. (2013, January 16). Journal of Climate, Vol. 26, pp. 4688–4709.

Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology

In AMS/U. Chicago Press (p. 345). Amer. Meteor. Soc./U. Chicago Press.

The Impact of Future Climate Change on TC Intensity and Structure: A Downscaling Approach

Hill, K. A., & Lackmann, G. M. (2011, February 25). Journal of Climate, Vol. 24, pp. 4644–4661.

The Sensitivity of Momentum Transport and Severe Surface Winds to Environmental Moisture in Idealized Simulations of a Mesoscale Convective System

Monthly Weather Review, 139(5), 1352–1369.

Using Operational and Experimental Observations in Geoscience Education

Etherton, B. J., Arms, S. C., Oolman, L. D., Lackmann, G. M., & Ramamurthy, M. K. (2010, November 18). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 92, pp. 477–480.

A Collaborative Approach to Study Northwest Flow Snow in The Southern Appalachians

Keighton, S., Lee, L., Holloway, B., Hotz, D., Zubrick, S., Hovis, J., … Etherton, B. (2009, March 23). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 90, pp. 979–991.

Influence of Environmental Humidity on Tropical Cyclone Size

Hill, K. A., & Lackmann, G. M. (2009, April 14). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 137, pp. 3294–3315.

Sensitivity of Simulated Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity to Horizontal Resolution

Gentry, M. S., & Lackmann, G. M. (2009, October 6). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 138, pp. 688–704.

The Role of Momentum Transport in the Motion of a Quasi-Idealized Mesoscale Convective System

Mahoney, K. M., Lackmann, G. M., & Parker, M. D. (2009, May 15). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 137, pp. 3316–3338.

Analysis of Idealized Tropical Cyclone Simulations Using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model: Sensitivity to Turbulence Parameterization and Grid Spacing

Hill, K. A., & Lackmann, G. M. (2008, February 13). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 137, pp. 745–765.

Potential Vorticity (PV) Thinking in Operations: The Utility of Nonconservation

Brennan, M. J., Lackmann, G. M., & Mahoney, K. M. (2008, February 1). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 23, pp. 168–182.

The influence of the Gulf Stream induced SST gradients on the US East Coast winter storm of 24–25 January 2000

Jacobs, N. A., Raman, S., Lackmann, G. M., & Childs, P. P. (2008, October 23). International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, pp. 6145–6174.

Models as Educational Tools

Orf, L., Lackmann, G., Herbster, C., Krueger, A., Cutrim, E., Whitaker, T., … Voss, M. (2007, July 1). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 88, pp. 1101–1104.

The Effect of Upstream Convection on Downstream Precipitation

Mahoney, K. M., & Lackmann, G. M. (2007, April 1). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 22, pp. 255–277.

Development and evaluation of a forecasting system for fungal disease in turfgrass

Palmieri, R., Tredway, L., Niyogi, D., & Lackmann, G. M. (2006, December 1). Meteorological Applications, Vol. 13, pp. 405–416.

Observational Diagnosis and Model Forecast Evaluation of Unforecasted Incipient Precipitation during the 24–25 January 2000 East Coast Cyclone

Brennan, M. J., & Lackmann, G. M. (2006, August 1). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 134, pp. 2033–2054.

The Future of Humans in an Increasingly Automated Forecast Process

Stuart, N. A., Market, P. S., Telfeyan, B., Lackmann, G. M., Carey, K., Brooks, H. E., … Reeves, K. (2006, November 1). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 87, pp. 1497–1502.

The Sensitivity of Numerical Forecasts to Convective Parameterization: A Case Study of the 17 February 2004 East Coast Cyclone

Mahoney, K. M., & Lackmann, G. M. (2006, August 1). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 21, pp. 465–488.

EXPANDING HORIZONS WITH AN NWS INTERNSHIP COURSE

Brennan, M. J., Keeter, K., Riordan, A. J., & Lackmann, G. M. (2005, October 1). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 86, pp. 1407–1409.

Modeling and predicting complex space–time structures and patterns of coastal wind fields

Fuentes, M., Chen, L., Davis, J. M., & Lackmann, G. M. (2005, June 27). Environmetrics, Vol. 16, pp. 449–464.

The Combined Effects of Gulf Stream–Induced Baroclinicity and Upper-Level Vorticity on U.S. East Coast Extratropical Cyclogenesis

Jacobs, N. A., Lackmann, G. M., & Raman, S. (2005, August 1). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 133, pp. 2494–2501.

The Influence of Incipient Latent Heat Release on the Precipitation Distribution of the 24–25 January 2000 U.S. East Coast Cyclone

Brennan, M. J., & Lackmann, G. M. (2005, July 1). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 133, pp. 1913–1937.

An Investigation of the Influence of Latent Heat Release on Cold-Frontal Motion

Reeves, H. D., & Lackmann, G. M. (2004, December 1). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 132, pp. 2864–2881.

NOWCAST

Brennan, M., Lackmann, G., Koch, S., Keeter, K., Businger, S., & Lee, L. (2004, July 1). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 85, pp. 935–939.

The Importance of the Precipitation Mass Sink in Tropical Cyclones and Other Heavily Precipitating Systems

Lackmann, G. M., & Yablonsky, R. M. (2004, July 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 61, pp. 1674–1692.

An Analysis of the Impact of a Split-Front Rainband on Appalachian Cold-Air Damming

Brennan, M. J., Lackmann, G. M., & Koch, S. E. (2003, September 24). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 18, pp. 712–731.

An Objective Climatology, Classification Scheme, and Assessment of Sensible Weather Impacts for Appalachian Cold-Air Damming

Bailey, C. M., Hartfield, G., Lackmann, G. M., Keeter, K., & Sharp, S. (2003, August 1). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 18, pp. 641–661.

Cold-Frontal Potential Vorticity Maxima, the Low-Level Jet, and Moisture Transport in Extratropical Cyclones

Lackmann, G. M. (2002, January 1). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 130, pp. 59–74.

Model Representation of Freezing and Melting Precipitation: Implications for Winter Weather Forecasting

Lackmann, G. M., Keeter, K., Lee, L. G., & Ek, M. B. (2002, October 1). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 17, pp. 1016–1033.

NWP biases in freezing rain forecasts

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 83(9), 1274–1275.

Weather Research for Trading Profits

The Risk Desk, 2(3).

Analysis of a Surprise Western New York Snowstorm

Lackmann, G. M. (2001, February 1). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 16, pp. 99–116.

An Analysis of Hurricane Opal’s Forecast Track Errors Using Quasigeostrophic Potential Vorticity Inversion

Henderson, J. M., Lackmann, G. M., & Gyakum, J. R. (1999, March 1). Monthly Weather Review.

Energetics of an Intensifying Jet Streak during the Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic (ERICA)

Lackmann, G. M., Keyser, D., & Bosart, L. F. (1999, December 1). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 127, pp. 2777–2795.

Heavy Cold-Season Precipitation in the Northwestern United States: Synoptic Climatology and an Analysis of the Flood of 17–18 January 1986

Lackmann, G. M., & Gyakum, J. R. (1999, October 1). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 14, pp. 687–700.

Moisture Transport Diagnosis of a Wintertime Precipitation Event in the Mackenzie River Basin

Lackmann, G. M., Gyakum, J. R., & Benoit, R. (1998, March 1). Monthly Weather Review.

A Characteristic Life Cycle of Upper-Tropospheric Cyclogenetic Precursors during the Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic (ERICA)

Lackmann, G. M., Keyser, D., & Bosart, L. F. (1997, November 1). Monthly Weather Review.

Planetary- and Synoptic-Scale Characteristics of Explosive Wintertime Cyclogenesis Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean

Lackmann, G. M., Bosart, L. F., & Keyser, D. (1996, December 1). Monthly Weather Review.

The synoptic‐ and planetary‐scale signatures of precipitating systems over the Mackenzie River Basin

Lackmann, G. M., & Gyakum, J. R. (1996, December 1). ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN.

Life Cycles of Mobile Upper Troughs and Maritime Cyclones during ERICA

(Ph.D. Dissertation). Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York.

Postlandfall Tropical Cyclone Reintensification in a Weakly Baroclinic Environment: A Case Study of Hurricane David (September 1979)

Bosart, L. F., & Lackmann, G. M. (1995, November 1). Monthly Weather Review.

A Satellite-Derived Classification Scheme for Rapid Maritime Cyclogenesis

Evans, M. S., Keyser, D., Bosart, L. F., & Lackmann, G. M. (1994, July 1). Monthly Weather Review.

Snowstorms over the Puget Sound Lowlands

Ferber, G. K., Mass, C. F., Lackmann, G. M., & Patnoe, M. W. (1993, December 1). Weather and Forecasting.

Atmospheric Structure and Momentum Balance during a Gap-Wind Event in Shelikof Strait, Alaska

Lackmann, G. M., & Overland, J. E. (1989, August 1). Monthly Weather Review.

Offshore-Directed Winds in the Vicinity of Prince William Sound, Alaska

Macklin, S. A., Lackmann, G. M., & Gray, J. (1988, June 1). Monthly Weather Review.

A Machine Learning Tutorial for Operational Meteorology. Part I: Traditional Machine Learning

NOAA Institutional Repository, Vol. 8.