Ronald David Leeper

Works (20)

Updated: April 11th, 2023 10:13

2022 article

Characterizing US drought over the past 20 years using the US drought monitor

Leeper, R. D., Bilotta, R., Petersen, B., Stiles, C. J., Heim, R., Fuchs, B., … Ansari, S. (2022, April 25). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, Vol. 4.

By: R. Leeper, R. Bilotta*, B. Petersen*, C. Stiles*, R. Heim*, B. Fuchs*, O. Prat, M. Palecki*, S. Ansari*

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: May 10, 2022

2022 article

Examining spatiotemporal trends of drought in the conterminous United States using self-organizing maps

Moreno, C., Sugg, J., Runkle, J., Leeper, R. D., Perry, L. B., & Sugg, M. (2022, February 15). PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.

By: C. Moreno*, J. Sugg*, J. Runkle, R. Leeper, L. Perry* & M. Sugg*

author keywords: Drought; self-organizing maps; climatic extremes; spatial analysis; Drought; PDSI
Source: Web Of Science
Added: March 7, 2022

2021 journal article

An Investigation of NEXRAD-Based Quantitative Precipitation Estimates in Alaska

REMOTE SENSING, 13(16).

By: B. Nelson, O. Prat & R. Leeper

author keywords: NEXRAD; Alaska; precipitation
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 17, 2021

2021 journal article

Evaluation of Air and Soil Temperatures for Determining the Onset of Growing Season

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES, 126(8).

By: R. Leeper, J. Matthews, M. Cesarini* & J. Bell

author keywords: growing season; soil temperature; NDVI
Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 13, 2021

2021 journal article

Exploring the Use of Standardized Soil Moisture as a Drought Indicator

JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 60(8), 1021–1033.

By: R. Leeper, B. Petersen*, M. Palecki* & H. Diamond*

author keywords: Drought; Soil moisture; Surface observations; Agriculture; Decision support
Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 20, 2021

2021 journal article

Global Evaluation of Gridded Satellite Precipitation Products from the NOAA Climate Data Record Program

JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 22(9), 2291–2310.

By: O. Prat, B. Nelson*, E. Nickl* & R. Leeper

author keywords: Atmosphere; Climate records; Hydrometeorology; Precipitation; Rainfall; Remote sensing; Satellite observations
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 28, 2022

2021 journal article

Using Ancillary Information from Radar-Based Observations and Rain Gauges to Identify Error and Bias

JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 22(5), 1249–1258.

By: B. Nelson*, O. Prat & R. Leeper

author keywords: Precipitation; Radars; Radar observations
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 10, 2021

2020 review

A scoping review of drought impacts on health and society in North America

[Review of ]. CLIMATIC CHANGE, 162(3), 1177–1195.

By: M. Sugg*, J. Runkle, R. Leeper n, H. Bagli*, A. Golden*, L. Handwerger*, T. Magee*, C. Moreno* ...

author keywords: Drought impacts; North America; Scoping Review
Source: Web Of Science
Added: October 12, 2020

2020 journal article

Quality Control and Processing of Cooperative Observer Program Hourly Precipitation Data

JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 21(8), 1811–1825.

By: J. Lawrimore*, D. Wuertz*, A. Wilson*, S. Stevens, M. Menne*, B. Korzeniewski*, M. Palecki*, R. Leeper, T. Trunk*

Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 4, 2021

2020 journal article

Short-term effects of specific humidity and temperature on COVID-19 morbidity in select US cities

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 740.

By: J. Runkle, M. Sugg, R. Leeper, Y. Rao, J. Matthews & J. Rennie

author keywords: COVID-19 morbidity; Distributed lag non-linear model; Time-stratified case-crossover; Weather; Seasonality
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: September 14, 2020

2019 journal article

A Description and Evaluation of US Climate Reference Network Standardized Soil Moisture Dataset

JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 58(7), 1417–1428.

By: R. Leeper, J. Bell & M. Palecki*

author keywords: Drought; Hydrology; Soil moisture; Algorithms
Source: Web Of Science
Added: July 1, 2019

2019 journal article

Impacts of Small-Scale Urban Encroachment on Air Temperature Observations

JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 58(6), 1369–1380.

By: R. Leeper, J. Kochendorfer*, T. Henderson* & M. Palecki*

author keywords: Instrumentation; sensors; Surface observations; Urban meteorology
Source: Web Of Science
Added: July 1, 2019

2017 journal article

An Evaluation of the North American Regional Reanalysis Simulated Soil Moisture Conditions during the 2011-13 Drought Period

JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 18(2), 515–527.

By: R. Leeper, J. Bell, C. Vines* & M. Palecki*

Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

The quantification and correction of wind-induced precipitation measurement errors

HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, 21(4), 1973–1989.

By: J. Kochendorfer*, R. Rasmussen*, M. Wolff*, B. Baker*, M. Hall*, T. Meyers*, S. Landolt*, A. Jachcik* ...

Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Atmospheric sensitivity to roughness length in a regional atmospheric model over the Ohio-Tennessee River Valley

METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, 128(3), 315–330.

By: A. Quintanar*, R. Mahmood*, A. Suarez* & R. Leeper n

Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

The Relationship between the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and Southeastern New England Snowfall

MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, 144(4), 1355–1362.

By: P. Klotzbach*, E. Oliver*, R. Leeper & C. Schreck

author keywords: Snowfall; Snow; Atm/Ocean Structure/ Phenomena; Madden-Julian oscillation; Extratropical cyclones
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Evaluation of the 2012 Drought with a Newly Established National Soil Monitoring Network

VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL, 14(11).

By: J. Bell, R. Leeper, M. Palecki*, E. Coopersmith*, T. Wilson*, R. Bilotta*, S. Embler*

Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Evaporation from weighing precipitation gauges: impacts on automated gauge measurements and quality assurance methods

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, 8(6), 2291–2300.

By: R. Leeper & J. Kochendorfer*

Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Methods to Calculate Precipitation from Weighing-Bucket Gauges with Redundant Depth Measurements

JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY, 32(6), 1179–1190.

By: R. Leeper, M. Palecki* & E. Davis*

Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Observational Perspectives from US Climate Reference Network (USCRN) and Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) Network: Temperature and Precipitation Comparison

JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY, 32(4), 703–721.

By: R. Leeper, J. Rennie n & M. Palecki*

Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018