PERSONNEL |
Senior Research Associate Phone: 970-491-2347 Office: ATS 321 Email: rick.taft [at] colostate.edu |
1983 | B.S. | Chemistry | Clarkson University |
1987 | M.S. | Mathematics | Colorado State University |
1990 | B.S. | Computer Science | Colorado State University |
Schubert, W. H., and R. K. Taft, 2022: Tropical cyclone rapid intensification and the excitation of inertia-gravity waves on the edges of an evolving potential vorticity structure. Front. Earth Sci., 10, 1038351, 18 pp. [ DOI ]
Schubert, W. H., R. K. Taft, and C. J. Slocum, 2022: Baroclinic effects on the distribution of tropical cyclone eye subsidence. Front. Earth Sci., 10, 1062465, 18 pp. [ DOI ]
Schubert, W. H., R. K. Taft, and C. J. Slocum, 2022: The simplest family of tropical cyclone models. Meteorology, Submitted.
Slocum, C. J., R. K. Taft, J. P. Kossin, and W. H. Schubert, 2022: Barotropic instability during eyewall replacement. Meteorology, In Process.
Gonzalez, A. O., G. Mora Rojas, W. H. Schubert, and R. K. Taft, 2017: Transient aspects of the Hadley circulation forced by an idealized off-equatorial ITCZ. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 9(1), 668-690. [ DOI ]
Schubert, W. H., C. J. Slocum, and R. K. Taft, 2017: Basic concepts involved in tropical cyclone boundary layer shocks. arXiv:1709.00101 [physics.ao-ph], 29 pp. [ DOI ]
Fine, C. M., R. H. Johnson, P. E. Ciesielski, and R. K. Taft, 2016: The role of topographically induced vortices in tropical cyclone formation over the Indian Ocean. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144(12), 4827-4847. [ DOI ]
Gonzalez, A. O., C. J. Slocum, R. K. Taft, and W. H. Schubert, 2016: Dynamics of the ITCZ boundary layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 73(4), 1577-1592. [ DOI ]
Schubert, W. H., C. J. Slocum, and R. K. Taft, 2016: Forced, balanced model of tropical cyclone intensification. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 94(2), 119-135. [ DOI ]
Ciesielski, P. E., R. H. Johnson, K. Yoneyama, and R. K. Taft, 2014: Mitigation of Sri Lanka island effects in Colombo sounding data and its impact on DYNAMO analyses. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 92(4), 385-405. [ DOI ]
Slocum, C. J., G. J. Williams, R. K. Taft, and W. H. Schubert, 2014: Tropical cyclone boundary layer shocks. arXiv:1405.7939 [physics.ao-ph], 19 pp. [ DOI ]
Williams, G. J., R. K. Taft, B. D. McNoldy, and W. H. Schubert, 2013: Shock-like structures in the tropical cyclone boundary layer. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 5(2), 338-353. [ DOI ]
Musgrave, K. D., R. K. Taft, J. L. Vigh, B. D. McNoldy, and W. H. Schubert, 2012: Time evolution of the intensity and size of tropical cyclones. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 4(3), M08001, 15 pp. [ DOI ]
Hendricks, E. A., W. H. Schubert, R. K. Taft, H. Wang, and J. P. Kossin, 2009: Life cycles of hurricane-like vorticity rings. J. Atmos. Sci., 66(3), 705-722. [ DOI ]
Schubert, W. H., R. K. Taft, and L. G. Silvers, 2009: Shallow water quasi-geostrophic theory on the sphere. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 1(2), Art. 2, 17 pp. [ DOI ]
Johnson, R. H., P. E. Ciesielski, B. D. McNoldy, P. J. Rogers, and R. K. Taft, 2007: Multiscale variability of the flow during the North American Monsoon Experiment. J. Clim., 20(9), 1628-1648. [ DOI ]
Schubert, W., E. Ruprecht, R. Hertenstein, R. Nieto Ferreira, R. Taft, C. Rozoff, P. Ciesielski, and H.-C. Kuo, 2004: English translations of twenty-one of Ertel's papers on geophysical fluid dynamics. Meteorol. Zeitschrift, 13(6), 527-576. [ DOI ]
Schubert, W. H., M. T. Montgomery, R. K. Taft, T. A. Guinn, S. R. Fulton, J. P. Kossin, J. P. Edwards, 1999: Polygonal eyewalls, asymmetric eye contraction, and potential vorticity mixing in hurricanes. J. Atmos. Sci., 56(9), 1197-1223. [ DOI ]
Taft, R. K., W. H. Schubert, and G. D. Taylor, 1987: A Comparison of Two Multi-Grid Methods for Solving the Poisson Problem. Atmospheric Science Report No. 415, Colorado State University, 36 pp. [ Online ]