Aaron Boone boone@cnrm.meteo.fr CNRM/GMME/MC2 Visitor/Student

PRESENT POSITION

Duties and Responsibilities:
He is currently supporting research for Météo-France at the Centre National de Recherche Météorologique (CNRM). He is supporting the development and testing of the soil-vegetation atmosphere transfer (SVAT) model Interactions between the Soil Biosphere Atmosphere (ISBA) with an emphasis on heat and water transfer at the surface and within the soil, snow and soil ice.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Meteorology and Hydrology, Paul Sabatier University, 2000.
Disertation: Modélisation des processus hydrologiques dans le schéma de surface ISBA: Inclusion d'un réservoir hydrologique, du gel et modélisation de la neige (Modeling hydrological processes in the land-surface scheme ISBA: Inclusion of a hydrological reservoir, soil ice and a snow pack model). Three modifications and options were introduced into the ISBA scheme related to the model hydrology. Soil ice was implemented for cold-climate applications. The snow pack model was modified primarily for hydrological applications, but also as an option for atmospheric model applications.

M.S., Meteorology, Florida State University, 1992.
Thesis: Clear Air Radar Analysis of the Convective Planetary Boundary Layer. Analyzed single-Doppler radar clear air data in the pre-storm planetary boundary layer. Used the Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) analysis technique to determine the kinematic properties of the pre-storm environment at the NASA-Kennedy Space Center, FL. Developed a non-linear least squares technique used to detect low level convergence zones within the Doppler wind field prior to thunderstorm development.

B.S., Meteorology, Northern Illinois University, 1988

PRECEDING POSITIONS

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Honors and Awards

Publications

Baker, R. D., B. Lynn, A. Boone, W.-K. Tao, and J. Simpson, 2001: The influence of soil moisture, coastline curvature, and land-breeze circulations on sea-breeze initialized precipitation. J. of Hydrometeor., 2, 193-211.

Boone, A. and P. J. Wetzel, 1996: Issues related to low resolution modeling of soil moisture: Experience with the PLACE model. Global and Plan. Change, 13, 161-181.

Boone, A. and P. J. Wetzel, 1999: A simple method for modeling sub-grid soil texture variability for use in an atmospheric climate model. J. of the Meteor. Soc. of Japan, 77, 317-333.

Boone, A., J.-C. Calvet and J. Noilhan, 1999: The inclusion of a root zone soil layer in a land surface scheme using the force-restore method. J. of Appl. Meteor., 38, 1611-1630.

Boone, A., V. Masson, T. Meyers, and J. Noilhan, 2000: The influence of the inclusion of soil freezing on simulations by a soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer scheme. J. of Appl. Meteor., 39, 1544-1569.

Boone, A., P. Etchevers, 2001: An inter-comparison of three snow schemes of varying complexity coupled to the same land-surface models: Local scale evaluation at an Alpine site. J. of Hydrometeor., 2, 374-394.

Boone, A., F. Habets, J. Noilhan, 2001: The Rhone-AGGregation Experiment. GEWEX News, WCRP, 11(3), 3-5.

Boone, A. F. Habets, and J. Noilhan, 2002: The Rhone-Aggregation Experiment. French Science and Technology, 42, 9.

Boone, A. F. Habets, J. Noilhan, D. Clark, P. Dirmeyer, S. Fox, Y. Gusev, I. Haddeland, R. Koster, D. Lohmann, S. Mahanama, K. Mitchell, O. Nasonova, G.-Y. Niu, A. Pitman, J. Polcher, A. B. Shmakin, K. Tanaka, B. van den Hurk, S. V\'erant, D. Verseghy and P. Viterbo, 2003: The Rhone-Aggregation Land Surface Scheme Intercomparison Project: An Overview. J. Climate, (submitted).

Chen, T. H., A. Henderson-Sellers, P. C. D. Milly, A. J. Pitman, A. C. M. Beljaars, J. Polcher, F. Abramopoulos,A. Boone, S. Chang, F. Chen, Y. Dai, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, L. Duemenil, M. Ek, J. R. Garratt, N. Gedney, Y. M. Gusev, J. Kim, R. Koster, E. Kowalczyk, K. Laval, J. Lean, D. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, J.-F. Mahfouf, H.-T. Mengelkamp, K. Mitchell, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, A. Robock, C. Rosenweig, J. Schaake, C. A. Schlosser, J.-P. Schulz, Y. Shao, A. B. Shmakin, D. L. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, E. F. Wood, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang, and Q. Zeng, 1996: Cabauw experimental results from the project for intercomparison of landsurface schemes (PILPS). J. Climate, 10, 1194-1215

Habets, F., A. Boone, and J. Noilhan, 2002: Simulation of a Scandinavian basin using the diffusion transfer version of ISBA. Global and Plan. Change, (accepted).

Kumar, P., M. Jasinski, P. J. Wetzel, M. Karyampudi, A. Boone, and E. Engman, 1995: Implementation of PLACE Land Surface Hydrology in MM5. MM5 Mesoscale Modeling Ssystem Users' Workshop, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, pp. 121-124.

Liang, X., E. F. Wood, D. Lettenmaier, D. Lohmann, A. Boone, S. Chang, F. Chen, Y. Dai, C. Desborough, Q. Duan, M. Ek, Y. Gusev, F. Habets, P. Irannejad, R. Koster, O. Nasanova, J. Noilhan, J. Schaake, A. Schlosser, Y. Shao, A. Shmakin, D. Verseghy, J. Wang, K. Warrach, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang and Q. Zeng, 1998: The Porject for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS) Phase-2c Red-Arkansas River Basin experiment: 2. spatial and temporal analysis of energy fluxes. Global and Plan. Change, 19, 137-159.

Lohmann, D., X. Liang, E. F. Wood, D. Lettenmaier, A. Boone, S. Chang, F. Chen, Y. Dai, C. Desborough, Q. Duan, M. Ek, Y. Gusev, F. Habets, P. Irannejad, R. Koster, O. Nasanova, J. Noilhan, J. Schaake, A. Schlosser, Y. Shao, A. Shmakin, D. Verseghy, J. Wang, K. Warrach, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang and Q. Zeng, 1998: The Porject for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS) Phase-2c Red-Arkansas River Basin experiment: 3. spatial and temporal analysis of water fluxes. Global and Plan. Change, 19, 161--179.

Luo, L., A. Robock, K. Y. Vinnikov, C. A. Schlosser, Slater, A. G., N. A. Speranskaya, A. Boone, H. Braden, F. Chen, P. M. Cox, P. de Rosnay, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, Y.-J. Dai, Q. Duan, J. Entin, P. Etchevers, A. Henderson-Sellers, N. Gedney, Ye. M. Gusev, F. Habets, J. Kim, V. Koren, E. A. Kowalczyk, K. Mitchell, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, A. J. Pitman, S. Schaake, A. B. Shmakin, T. G. Smirnova, D. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang, Q. Zeng, 2002: Effects of frozen soil on soil temperature, spring infiltration, and runoff: Results from the PILPS 2(d) Experiment at Valdai, Russia. J. Hydrometeor., (accepted).

Lynn, B. H., D. Stauffer, P. Wetzel, W.-K. Tao, P. Alpert, N. Perlin, D. Baker, R. Munoz, A. Boone and Y. Jia, 2000: 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, 1441-1461.

Mohr, K. I., J. Famiglietti, A. Boone, and P. Starks, 2000: Modeling soil moisture and surface flux variability with an untuned land surface scheme: A case study from the Southern Great Plains 1997 Hydrology Experiment. J. Hydrometeor., 1, 154-169.

Mohr, K. I., J. Famiglietti, and A. Boone, 2000: The effect of field-scale sub-grid variability of soil moisture on the simulation of soil moisture and heat fluxes for a mesoscale watershed: A case study from the Southern Great Plains 1997 Hydrology Experiment. In Land Surface Hydrology, Meteorology, and Climate: Observations and Modeling, V. Lakshmi, J. Albertson, and J. Schaake, Eds., American Geophysical Union, 161-176.

Noilhan, J., A. Boone, and P. Etchevers, 2001: Application of Climate Change Scenarios to the Rhone basin. Proceeding of the ECLAT 2 Toulouse workshop Report No. 4, 25-27 October, 58--74.

Pitman, A. J., A. Henderson-Sellers, F. Abramopoulos, R. Avvisar, G. Bonan, A. Boone, J. G. Cogley, R. E. Dickinson, M. Ek, D. Entekhabi, J. Famiglietti, J. R. Garratt, M. Frech, A. Hahmann, R. Koster, E. Kowalczyk, K. Laval, L. Lean, T. J. Lee, D. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, J-F. Mahfouf, L. Mahrt, C. Milly, K. Mitchell, N. de Noblet, J. Noilhan, H. Pan, R. Pielke, A. Robock, C. Rosenzwig, S. W. Running, A. Schlosser, R. Scott, M. Suarez, S. Thompson, D. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, E. Wood, Y. Xue, Z-L. Yang, L. Zhang, 1993: Results from the off-line Control Simulation Phase of the Project for Intercomparison of Landsurface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS), GEWEX Tech. Note, IGPO Publ. Series, 7, 47 pp.

Pitman, A. J., A. Henderson-Sellers, F. Abramopoulos, A. Boone, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, J. R. Garratt, N. Gedney, A. Hahmann, R. Koster, E. Kowalczyk, K. Laval, D. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, J-F. Mahfouf, J. Noilhan, J. Polcher, W. Qu, A. Robock, C. Rosenzweig, C. A. Schlosser, A. B. Shmakin, J. Smith, M. Suarez, D. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, E. Wood, Y. Xue, Z-L. Yang, 1996: Results from the off-line control simulation phase 1(c) of the project for intercomparison of land-surface parameterization schemes (PILPS). Climate Dynamics, 15, 673-684.

Slater, A. G., C. A. Schlosser, C. E. Desborough, A. J. Pitman, A. Henderson-Sellers, A. Robock, K. Ya. Vinnikov, K. Mitchell, A. Boone, H. Braden, F. Chen, P. M. Cox, P. de Rosnay, R. E. Dickinson, Y.-J. Dai, Q. Duan, J. Entin, P. Etchevers, N. Gedney, Ye. M. Gusev, F. Habets, J. Kim, V. Koren, E. A. Kowalczyk, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, S. Schaake, A. B. Shmakin, T. G. Smirnova, D. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang, Q. Zeng, 2001: The Representation of Snow in Land Surface Schemes: Results from PILPS 2(d). J. Hydrometeor., 2, 7-25.

Schlosser, C. A., A. G. Slater, A. Robock, A. J. Pitman, K. Y. Vinnkov, A. Henderson-Sellers, N. A. Speranskaya, K. Mitchell, A. Boone, H. Braden, F. Chen, P. Cox, P. de Rosnay, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, Y.-J. Dai, Q. Duan, J. Entin, P. Etchevers, N. Gedney, Y. M. Gusev, F. Habets, J. Kim, V. Koren, E. Kowalczyk, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, J. Schaake, A. B. Shmakin, T. G. Smirnova, D. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, and Z.-L. Yang, 1999 : Simulations of a boreal grassland hydrology at Valdai, Russia: PILPS Phase 2(d). Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 301-321.

Weiqing, Q., A. Henderson-Sellers, A. J. Pitman, T. H. Chen, F. Abramopoulos, A. C. M. Beljaars, A. Boone, S. Chang, F. Chen, Y. Dai, C. E. Desborough, R. E. Dickinson, L. Dumenil, M. Ek, J. R. Garratt, N. Gedney, Y. M. Gusev, J. Kim, R. Koster, E. A .Kowalczyk, K. Laval, J. Lean, D .Lettenmaier, X. Liang, J.-F. Mahfouf, H.-T. Mengelkamp, P. C. D. Milly, K. Mitchell, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, J. Polcher, A. Robock, C. Rosenzweig, J. Schaake, C. A. Schlosser, J.-P. Schulz, A. B. Shmakin, D. L. Verseghy, P. Wetzel, E. F. Wood, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yan and Q. Zeng, 1996: Sensitivity of latent heat flux from PILPS land-surface schemes to perterbations of surface air temperature. (submitted to J. Atmos. Sci.).

Wetzel, P. J. and A. Boone, 1995: A parameterization for Land-Atmosphere-Cloud-Exchange (PLACE): Documentation and testing of a detailed process model of the partly cloudy boundary layer over heterogeneous land. J. Climate, 8, 1810-1837.

Wetzel, P., S. Argentini and A. Boone, 1996: The role of the land surface in controlling daytime cloud amount: Two case studies in the GCIP-SW area. J. of Geophys. Res., 101, 7359-7370.

Wetzel, P. J., X. Liang, P. Irannejad, A. Boone, J. Noilhan, Y. Shao, C. Skelly, Y. Xue and Z. L. Yang, 1996: Modeling vadose zone liquid water fluxes: Infiltration, runoff, drainage, interflow. Global and Plan. Change, 13, 57-71.

Wood, E. F., D. Lettenmaier, X. Liang, D. Lohmann, A. Boone, S. Chang, F. Chen, Y. Dai, C. Desborough, Q. Duan, M. Ek, Y. Gusev, F. Habets, P. Irannejad, R. Koster, O. Nasanova, J. Noilhan, J. Schaake, A. Schlosser, Y. Shao, A. Shmakin, D. Verseghy, J. Wang, K. Warrach, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L. Yang and Q. Zeng, 1998: The Porject for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS) Phase-2c Red-Arkansas River Basin experiment: 3. experiment description and summary intercomparisons. Global and Plan. Change, 19, 115-139.