Binod Pokharel

Binod Pokharel

Publications

Climate Services

Drought-busting ‘miracles’ in the Colorado River Basin may become less frequent and less powerful under climate warming.
Pokharel, B., K. Jagannathan, S. Wang, et al., 2022:

Atmospheric Research

On the climate anomalies accompanying the 2020 extreme monsoonal precipitation in Nepal.
Sharma, S., K. Hamal, B. Pokharel, et al., 2022

Geophysical Research Letter

Climate change and drought amplify the potential for uncontrollable fires in Nepal.
Pokharel, B., S. Wang, S. Sharma, et al., 2022
Atmospheric Pollution Research

Atmospheric Pollution Research

An episode of transboundary air pollution in the central Himalayas during agricultural residue burning season in North India.

International Journal of Climatology

Historical trend of probable maximum precipitation in Utah and associated weather types
Weather and Climate Extremes

Weather and Climate Extremes

Simulating the storm environment responsible for Nepal’s first observed tornado.

J. Geophys. Res. Atmos

Crucial roles of eastward propagating environments in the summer MCS initiation over the U.S. Great Plains
Atmospheric Research

Atmospheric Research

Development of hydrologically-based cloud seeding suspension criteria in the Western United States.

Atmospheric Research

Changing pattern of drought and associated atmospheric circulation in central Himalaya.

Atmos. Res., 258, 105623

Particulate matter variability in Kathmandu based on in-situ measurements, remote sensing, and reanalysis data

Atmos. Res., 248, 105239

Historical and Future cloud seeding conditions in Utah, USA.
Pokharel, B., S. Wang, H. Gu, M. LaPlante, J. Serago, R. Gillies, J. Meyer,S. Beall, and K. Ikeda, 2021
Climate

Climate

On Tanzania’s precipitation climatology, variability, and future projection.
International Journal of Climatology

International Journal of Climatology

The east-east division of changing precipitation in Nepal.
Climate Dynamics

Climate Dynamics

Climate of the weakly-forced yet high impact convective storms throughout the Ohio River Valley and Mid-Atlantic United States.
Atmos. Res.

Atmos. Res.

The impact of ground-based glaciogenic seeding on a shallow stratiform cloud over the Sierra Madre in Wyoming: a multi-sensor case study of the 3 March 2012

Climate Prediction S&T Digest, Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin

Diagnosing the atypical extreme precipitation events under weakly forced synoptic setting: The West Virginia flood (June 2016) and beyond.
Pokharel, B., S. Wang, Y.H. Lin, L. Zhao, and R. Gillies, 2018
Atmosphere

Atmosphere

Profiling radar observations and numerical simulations of a persistent downslope windstorm and rotor on the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming.
Atmos. Res.

Atmos. Res.

A multi-sensor study of the impact of ground-based glaciogenic seeding on clouds and precipitation over mountains in Wyoming. Part II: Seeding impact analysis.
J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.

J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.

A case study of cloud radar observations and Large Eddy Simulations of the impact of ground-based glaciogenic seeding on a very shallow stratiform orographic cloud.
Atmos. Res.

Atmos. Res.

A multi-sensor study of the impact of ground-based glaciogenic seeding on clouds and precipitation over mountains in Wyoming. Part I: Project description
Mon. Wea. Rev.

Mon. Wea. Rev.

Role of a Low-Level Jet and Turbulence on Winter Orographic Snowfall
Mon. Wea. Rev.

Mon. Wea. Rev.

Blowing snow as a natural glaciogenic cloud seeding mechanism.
J. Geophys. Res.

J. Geophys. Res.

The impact of ground-based glaciogenic seeding on clouds and precipitation over mountains: a case study of a shallow orographic cloud with large supercooled droplets.
J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.

J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.

Dual-Polarization Radar Data Analysis of the Impact of Ground-Based Glaciogenic Seeding on Winter Orographic Clouds. Part I: Mostly Stratiform Clouds.
Mon. Wea. Rev.

Mon. Wea. Rev.

Snow growth and transport patterns in orographic storms as estimated from airborne vertical-plane dual-Doppler radar data.
Atmos. Res.

Atmos. Res.

The impact of ground-based glaciogenic seeding on clouds and precipitation over mountains: a multi-sensor case study of shallow precipitating orographic cumuli.

J. Weather Mod

The impact of glaciogenic seeding on snowfall from shallow orographic clouds over the Medicine Bow Mountains in Wyoming.
J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.

J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.

The impact of ground-based glaciogenic seeding on orographic clouds and precipitation: a multi-sensor case study.
J. Weather Mod.

J. Weather Mod.

The AgI seeding cloud impact investigation (ASCII) campaign 2013: Overview and preliminary results.
J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.

J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.

Evaluation of collocated measurements of radar reflectivity and particle sizes in ice clouds.
 Proc. IPCC

Proc. IPCC

Trajectories and Microphysics within Wintertime Mountain Wave Clouds: Implications for Aerosol Size Distribution.
Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols

Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols

Freshly-Formed Atmospheric Aerosol Particles: Connections to Precipitation.

Journal of Hydrology and Meteorology

Precipitation Study of Makalu Area.
Pokharel, B., S. Marahatta, L. Adhikari, and A. B. Shrestha, 2005

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