refereed journal papers

Clements, C. B., K. Hiers, J. O’brien, and S. Strenfel,  2009: Fire-atmosphere interactions in a long-leaf pine forest. To be submitted to Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

Clements, C. B., 2009: Thermodynamic structure of a grass fire plume. International Journal of Wildland Fire. Submitted

Day, B.M., B. Rappengluck, C. B. Clements, S.C. Tucker, and W.A. Brewer, 2009:  Nocturnal Boundary Layer Characteristics  and Land Breeze Development in Houston, Texas during TexAQS II.     Atmospheric Environment. Accepted.

Sun, J., S. Oncley, B. Stephens, A. Watt, S. Burns, T. Campos, S. Aulenbach, D. H. Lenschow, M. Tschudi, R. Monson,   J. Hu, D. Schimel, W. J. Sacks, S. de Wekker, C.T. Lai, B. Lamb, D. Ojima, P.Z. Ellsworth,L.S. L. Sternberg, S. Zhong, C. Clements and D. Anderson, 2009: A Multi-scale Investigation of Ecosphere-Atmosphere CO₂ Exchange over Mountains. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Submitted.

Whiteman, C. D., A. Muschinski, S. Zhong, D. Fritts, S. W. Hoch, M.  Hahnenberger, W. Yao, V. Hohreiter, M. Behn, Y. Cheon, C. B. Clements,  T. W. Horst, W. O. J. Brown, and S. P. Oncley, 2008: METCRAX 2006 - Meteorological experiments in Arizona's Meteor Crater. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 1665-1680. PDF

Clements, C. B., S. Zhong, X. Bian, W. E. Heilman, and D. W. Byun, 2008: First observations of turbulence generated by grass fires, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D22102, doi:10.1029/2008JD010014.PDF

Zhong, S., J. Li, C.B. Clements, S. DeWekker, and X. Bian, 2008: A note on the forcing mechanisms for 

Washoe Zephyr - a daytime downslope wind phenomenon in the Great Basin east of the Sierra Nevada. 

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol. 47(1). pp. 339–350.PDF

Clements, C. B., S. Zhong, S. Goodrick, J. Li, X. Bian, B.E. Potter, W. E. Heilman, J.J. Charney, R. Perna, M. Jang, D. Lee, M.Patel,S. Street and G. Aumann, 2007: Observing the Dynamics of Wildland Grass Fires: FireFlux- A Field Validation Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 88(9),1369-1382.*Article Featured on Cover PDF

Zhong, S., H. In, and C. Clements, 2007: Impact of turbulence, land surface, and radiation parameterizations on simulated boundary layer properties in a coastal environment, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D13110, doi:10. 1029/ 2006 JD008274. PDF

Clements, C. B., B.E. Potter, S. Zhong, 2006: In situ Measurements of Water Vapor, Heat and CO₂ Fluxes within a prescribed Grass Fire. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 15(3), 299-306. PDF

Whiteman, C. D., B. Pospichal, S. Eisenbach P. Weihs, C. B. Clements, R. Steinacker, E. Mursch-Radlgruber, and M. Dorninger, 2004: Inversion breakup in small Rocky Mountain and Alpine basins. J. Appl. Meteor., 43 (8), 1069-1082. PDF

Clements, C. B., C. D. Whiteman, J. D. Horel, 2003: Cold-air-pool structure and evolution in a mountain basin: Peter Sinks, Utah. J. Appl. Meteor., 42 (6), 752-768. PDF

Clements, C. B., 1999: Mountain and Valley Winds of Lee Vining Canyon, Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 31(3), pp. 293-302. PDF

papers in preparation

Clements, C. B. and S. Zhong, 2009: Measurements of CO₂ Emissions and Fluxes from Tall-Grass Prairies during Prescribed Burns. (In Preparation)

Clements, C. B. et al. 2009: Thermally-Driven Wind Systems and Ozone Transport in Yosemite National Park, California. (In Preparation)

thesis and dissertation

Clements, C. B.  2007: Experimental Studies of Fire-Atmosphere Interactions during Grass Fires. University of Houston Ph.D. Dissertation, 142 pp.

Clements, C. B. 2001: Cold Air Pool Evolution and Dynamics in a Mountain Basin. University of Utah M.S. Thesis, 100 pp.

selected conference papers

Day, B.M., C. B. Clements and B. Rappenglueck. Nocturnal boundary layer evolution in Houston during the TEXAQSII campaign, 10^th Conference on atmospheric chemistry, New Orleans, LA 21-24 January, 2008.

Clements, C. B., B. Rappenglück, R. Perna, B. Day, M. Patel, B. Lefer, and G. Morris. Evolution and Structure of the Urban Boundary Layer in Houston, 10^th Conference on atmospheric chemistry, New Orleans, LA 21-24 January, 2008.

Rappenglueck, B., S. Alvarez, R. Boudreaux, M. Buhr, D. Byun, F. Y. Cheng, C. Clements, J. Flynn, R. Fuller, L. Kauffman, B. Lefer, M. Leuchner, W. Luke, B. McEvoy-Day, G. Morris, F. Ngan, L. Pedemonte, R. Perna, M. Shauck, and G. Zanin The Vertical Mixing Experiment during TexAQS II, 10^th Conference on atmospheric chemistry, New Orleans, LA 21-24 January, 2008.

Lefer,B., B. Rappenglueck, J. H. Flynn, W. T. Luke, and C. B. Clements Photochemical and meteorological conditions during the 2006 TexAQS II Radical and Aerosol Measurement Project (TRAMP), 10^th Conference on atmospheric chemistry, New Orleans, LA 21-24 January, 2008.

Clements, C.B., S. Zhong, W.E. Heilman, X. Bian, 2007: Thermodynamic Structure of a Grass Fire Plume, Eos Trans. AGU,  88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A53A-0911

Day, B. M., C.B. Clements, B. Rappenglueck, 2007: Observations of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer and Morning Transitional Periods in Houston, Texas during the TexAQS II Campaign, Eos Trans. AGU,  88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., A51B-0348

Clements, C.B., 2007:An overview of the FireFlux experiment, 7^th Conference on fire and forest meteorology, Bar Harbor, ME, October 22-26, 2007

Keifer, C., C.B. Clements, B.Potter, 2007: Plume moisture enhancement observed during FireFlux, 7^th Conference on fire and forest meteorology, Bar Harbor, ME, October 22-26, 2007

Clements, C.B., S. Zhong, W.E. Heilman, X. Bian, and S. Goodrick,2007: Turbulent kinetic energy and fire-induced winds observed during FireFlux, 7^th Conference on fire and forest meteorology, Bar Harbor, ME, October 22-26, 2007

Day, B. M., C.B. Clements, B. Rappenglueck, 2007: Nocturnal Boundary Layer Evolution in Houston during the TexAQS II Campaign. AMS, Seventh symposium of the urban environment, San Diego, CA 9-13 September, 2007.

Clements, C. B., Zhong, S.,W. Yao, C.D.Whiteman,T.Horst, 2007: Slope flows observed during METCRAX. Preprints, International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Chambéry, France, 4-8 June, 2007. 

Clements, C. B. and S. Zhong, 2007: Plume Energetics and Dynamics of Grass Fires, 2^nd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, Destin, FL March 27-29 2007.

Clements, C. B., Zhong, S., Li, J., Goodrick, S., Bian, X., Heilman, W., Charney, J., Potter, B., Aumann, G., 2006: Turbulence and Dynamics of Wildland Grass Fires: The FireFlux Experiment, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A11E-05

Clements C. B. , S. Zhong, S. Goodrick, X. Bian, B. Potter, W. Heilman, J. Charney, R. Perna, M.Jang, D. Lee, M. Patel, S. Street, S. Krueger, J. Li, and G. Aumann, 2006: Observing the Dynamics of Wildland Grass Fires: FireFlux-A Field Validation Experiment. 3^rd international Fire ecology and Management Congress, November 13-17

Zhong, S., C. B. Clements, J. Li, X. Bian, and  S. DeWekker, 2006: Washoe Zephyr- a daytime downslope wind in the lee of the Sierra Nevada. Preprints,12^th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, August 28- Sept. 1, Santa Fe, NM.

Clements, C. B., B.E. Potter, S. Zhong, 2005: In-situ Measurements of Water Vapor, Heat and CO₂ Fluxes using a micrometeorological tower and tethered balloon system within a prescribed Prairie Fire. Preprints, Joint Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology/19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting 25-27 October 2005 Canmore, AB, Canada.

Clements, C. B. and Shiyuan Zhong, 2005: Daytime down-canyon winds in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California. Preprints, 28^th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Zadar, Croatia, May 23-27, 2005.

Clements, C. B., S. Zhong, S-B. Kim, S. Kim, J.D. Burley, 2004: High-altitude ozone concentrations in Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada. Preprints 13^th Joint Conference on Applications on Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Association, Vancouver, B.C., 22-27 August 2004, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Clements, C. B., S. Zhong, J.D. Burley, 2004: Thermally-driven wind systems and high-altitude ozone concentrations in Yosemite National Park. Preprints,11^th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, 21-25 June 2004, Bartlett, NH, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Clements, C. B., and Shiyuan Zhong, 2004: The role of the Topographic Amplification Factor in the breakup of nocturnal inversions in Yosemite Valley, Sierra Nevada. Preprints, 11^th Conference on Mountain Meteorology,  21-25 June 2004, Bartlett, NH, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Grimmond C. S. B, H.-B. Su, B. Offerle, B. Crawford, S.Scott, S. Zhong, and C. Clements, 2004: Variability of sensible heat   fluxes in a surburban area of Oklahoma City.  Preprints, The Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone.,  Seattle, WA, 12-14 January 2004, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Whiteman, C.D., C. B. Clements, J. D. Horel, 2002: Turbulent and Radiative Flux Divergences in Cold Pools that form within a High Elevation Basin. Preprints, 15th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence, 15-19 July 2002, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

McMeeking, G. R., C.D. Whiteman, S. Powell, C. B. Clements, 2002: Terrain and Ambient wind effects on the warming footprint of a wind machine.  Preprints, 24th Conference on Forest and Agricultural Meteorology, Norfork, Virgina, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Clements, C. B., C. D. Whiteman, J. D. Horel, 2000: Observations of a Cold Air Pool in a Remote Mountain Basin. Preprints, Ninth Conference on Mountain  Meteorology, Aspen, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Aug. 7-11, 2000.

Clements, C. B., 1998:  Some Observations of Mountain and Valley Winds in the Sierra Nevada. Preprints, Eighth Conference on Mountain Meteorology, Flagstaff, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc. 1998.

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