I. By our group and Collaborators:

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• Stein, U. (1992). Physical mechanisms of cyclogenesis in the eastern Mediterranean. Ph.D. thesis, Tel-Aviv University.
• P. Alpert and M. Tsidulko:"Project WIND- Numerical Simulations with Tel-Aviv PSU/NCAR model at Tel-Aviv Univ." in " Mesoscale Modelling of the Atmosphere" (eds. Pilke and Pearce), METEOROLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS, V.25, AMS, Boston, 81-95, 1994.
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• P. Alpert, U. Stein and M. Tsidulko, " Role of Sea Fluxes and Topography in Eastern Mediterranean Cyclogenesis" , The Global Atmosphere-Ocean System,Vol. 3 ,55-79, 1995.
• P. Alpert, M. Tsidulko, S. Krichak, and U. Stein, " A multi- Stage Evolution of an ALPEX Cyclone", TELLUS, Vol. 48A,209-220,1996.
• P. Alpert, S. O. Krichak, T. N. Krishnamurti, U. Stein and M. Tsidulko, " The relative roles of lateral boundaries, initial conditions, and topography in mesoscale simulations of lee cyclogenesis" J. APPL. METEOR.,Vol. 35, 1091-1099, 1996.
• S.O. Krichak, P. Alpert and T.N. Krishnamurti, "Red Sea trough/cyclone development numerical investigation", METEOR. and ATMOS. PHYS., Vol. 63, 159-170, 1997.
• S. O. Krichak and P. Alpert, "Role of the Large-Scale Moist Dynamics in Nov 1-5 1994 hazardous Mediterranean Weather, J. Geophy. Res., Vol. 103, No. D16, 19453-19468, 1998.
• P. Alpert, M. Tzidulko and D. Izigsohn, "A shallow short- lived meso-beta cyclone over the gulf of Antalya, eastern Mediterranean", Tellus, Vol. 51A, 249-262, 1999.
• Tsidulko,M. (1997).Anumerical investigation of synergic contributions to lee cyclogenesis. Ph.D. thesis, Tel-Aviv University.
• Tsidulko, M., and Alpert, P.( 2001). Synergism of upper-level potential vorticity and mountains in Genoa lee cyclogenesis: A numerical study. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 78(3/4), 261-285.
• Alpert, P., Niyogi, D., Pielke, R. A. Sr., et al. (2006). Evidence for carbon dioxide and moisture interactions from the leaf cell up to global scales: Perspective on humancaused climate change. Global and Planetary Change, 54, 202-208.
• Carmona, I. (2004). The effect of aerosols on errors in weather and climate predictions. Ph.D. thesis, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
• Krichak, S. O., and Alpert, P. (2002).Afractional approach to the factor separation method. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2243-2252.
• Sholokhman, T., and Alpert, P. (2007). Factor separation in atmospheric modeling: A review. In Air, Water and Soil Quality Modeling for Risk and Impact Assessment (Eds. A. Ebel and T. L. Davitashvili), Berlin: Springer, pp. 165-180.

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• C. Ramis, R. Romero, " A first numerical simulation of the development and structure of the sea breeze in the Island of Mallorca", Ann. Geophysicae, Vol. 13, 981-994, 1995.
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• R. Romero, C. Ramis, S. Alonso, C. A. Doswell III, D. J. Stensrud, " Mesoscale Model Simulations of Three Heavy Precipitation Events in the Western Mediterranean Region", Mon. Wea. Rev., , 126, 1859-1881, 1998.
• Ramis, R., R. Romero, V. Homar, S. Alonso, and M. Alarcon, "Diagnosis and numerical simulation of a torrential precipitation event in Catalonia (Spain)". Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 69, 1-21, 1998.
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• Freitas, E. D., Silva Dias, P. L., Carvalho, V. S. B., et al. (2009). Factors involved in the formation and development of severe weather conditions over the megacity of Sao Paulo. Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, Modeling and Forecasting in Urban Area, Poster Session, 10-14 Jaunary 2009.
• Fita, L., Romero, R., and Ramis, C. (2006). Intercomparison of intense cyclogenesis events over the Mediterranean basin based on baroclinic and diabatic influences. Adv. Geosci., 7, 333-342.
• Gabusi, V., Pisoni, E., and Volta, M. (2008). Factors separation in air quality simulations, Ecological Modeling, 28, 383-392.
• Hacker, J. P., Rostkier-Edelstein, D. (2008). PBL state estimation with surface observations, a column model, and an ensemble filter: probabilistic evaluation under various mesoscale regimes. 12th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), 20-24 January, 2008, New Orleans, USA.
• Herot, A.-J., Francois, L., Brewer, S., and Munhoven, G. (2009). Impacts of land surface properties and atmospheric CO2 on the Last Glacial Maximum climate: a factor separation analysis. Clim. Past, 5, 183-202.
• Homar, V., Romero, R., Stensrud, D. J., Ramis, C., and Alonso, S. (2003). Numerical diagnosis of a small, quasi-tropical cyclone over the Western Mediterranean: Dynamical vs. boundary factors. Quart. J. R. Meteor. Soc., 129, 1469-1490.
• Horvath, K., Fita, L., Romero, R., and Ivancan-Picek, B. (2006) A numerical study of the first phase of a deep Mediterranean cyclone: Cyclogenesis in the lee of the Atlas mountains. Meteor. Zeitschrift, 15, 133-146.
• Horvath, K., Fita, L., Romero, R., Ivancan-Picek, B., and Stiperski, I. (2006). Cyclogenesis in the lee of the Atlas mountains: A factor separation numerical study. Adv. Geosci., 7, 327-331.
• Jahn, A., Claussen, M., Ganopolski, A., and Brovkin, V. (2005) Quantifying the effect of vegetation dynamics on the climate of the Last Glacial Maximum. Clim. Past Discuss., 1, 1-16.
• Lynn, B. H., Healy, R., and Druyan, L. M. (2009). Quantifying the sensitivity of simulated climate change to model configuration. Clim. Change, 92, 275-298.
• Lynn, B. H., Stauffer, D. R., Wetzel, P. J., et al. (2001). Improved simulation of Florida summer convection using the PLACE land model and a 1.5-order turbulence parameterization coupled to the Penn State-NCAR Mesoscale Model. Mon. Wea. Rev.,129(6),1441-1461.
• Otto, J., Raddatz, T., Claussen, M., Brovkin, V., and Gayler, V. (2009). Separation of atmosphere- ocean-vegetation feedbacks and synergies for mid-Holocene climate. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36(9), L09701.
• Pielke, R.A. Sr. (2002). Model sensitivity analyses. In Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling, 2nd Edition, San Diego, CA: Academic Press, p. 469.
• Ramis, C., Romero, R., Homar, V., and Alonso, S. (2001). Lluvias torrenciales. Investigation y Ciencia, 296, 60-68.
• Romero, R. (2008). A method for quantifying the impacts and interactions of potential vorticity anomalies in extratropical cyclones. Quart. J. R. Meteor. Soc., 134, 385-402.
• Romero, R., Doswell III, C. A., and Ramis, C. (2000). Mesoscale numerical study of two cases of long-lived quasistationary convective systems over eastern Spain. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 3731-3751.
• Rostkier-Edelstein, D., Hacker, J. P. (2009). Probabilistic nowcasting of PBL profiles with surface observations and an ensemble filter. In Proceedings of the 23rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/19th, Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Omaha, NE, 1-5 June 2009.
• Rostkier-Edelstein, Dorita, Joshua P. Hacker, (2010) The Roles of Surface-Observation Ensemble Assimilation and Model Complexity for Nowcasting of PBL Profiles, A Factor Separation Analysis. Wea. Forecasting, 25, 1670-1690.
• Rostkier-Edelstein, Dorita, Joshua P. Hacker, (2013) Impact of Flow Dependence, Column Covariance, and Forecast Model Type on Surface-Observation Assimilation for Probabilistic PBL Profile Nowcasts. Wea. Forecasting, 28, 29-54.
• Rozoff, C. M., Cotton,W. R, and Adegoke, J. O. (2003). Simulation of St. Louis, Missouri land use impacts on thunderstorms. J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 716-738.
• Sotillo,M. G., Ramis, C., Romero, R., Alonso, S., and Homar, V. (2003). Role of orography in the spatial distribution of precipitation over the Spanish Mediterranean zone. Clim. Res., 23, 247-261.
• Takle, E., Segal, M., and Pan, Z. (2006-2009). Evaluating effects of climate changes on Midwest agroecosystems using a climate-crop coupled model, project DOE/NICCR Midwestern Center.
• van den Heever, S. C., Carrio, G.G., Cotton, W. R., DeMott, P. J., and Prenni, A. J. (2006). Impacts of nucleating aerosol on Florida storms. Part I: Mesoscale simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 1752-1775.
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