Published Manuscripts and Data

Claire Pettersen/Published Manuscripts and Data

*Denotes Current and Former Group Members

Submitted/In review

  • Anderson, J., Connelly, R. and 10 others (including Pettersen, C.): Exploring the Seasonality of Lake Enhanced Snow Events Across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Weather and Forecasting, submitted
  • King, F.*, Pettersen, C., Dolan, B., Shates, J.A.*, and Posselt, D.: Decoding Global Precipitation Processes and Particle Evolution Using Unsupervised Learning, Science Advances, submitted
  • Richter, J.*, Pettersen, C., Moisseev, D., Shates, J.A.*, and King, F.*: Macro- and Microphysical Properties of Atmospheric River Snowfall: Results from Two Instrument Sites, JAMC, in review
  • Xie, Y.*, King, F.*, Pettersen, C., Flanner, M.: Machine learning detection of melting layers from radar observations, JGR: Machine Learning and Computation, in review
  • Wagner, T.J., Richter, J.*, Mateling, M.E.*, Pettersen, C., and Kulie, M.S.: The Synoptic, Microphysical, and Radar Characteristics of Upper Great Lakes Snow Events, JGR: Atmospheres, in review
  • Wedum, A.E.*, Pettersen, C., Guy, H., Shupe, M.D., Gallagher, M.R., and Mattingly, K.S.: Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers on Snowfall Processes in Central Greenland, Geophysical Research Letters, in review
  • Hallar, A.G., McCubbin, I.B., and 16 others (including Pettersen, C.): Storm Peak Laboratory: A Research and Training Facility for the Atmospheric Sciences, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, in revisions
  • Shates, J.A.*, Pettersen, C., L’Ecuyer, T.S., and Kulie, M.S.: Ground-based radar perspectives on the satellite radar blind zone at the North Slope of Alaska, JGR: Atmospheres, in revisions

2025

  • Rendfrey, T.S.*, Bassis, J.N., Pettersen, C.: Do events of enhanced atmospheric moisture transport trigger tabular iceberg calving?, Journal of Glaciology, doi: 10.1017/jog.2024.94

2024

  • King, F.*, Pettersen, C., Dolan, B., Shates, J.A.*, and Posselt, D.: Primary Modes of Northern Hemisphere Snowfall Particle Size Distributions, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences,
    doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-24-0076.1
  • Dataset: Richter, J.* and Pettersen, C., Marquette, Michigan Snowfall Instrument Site: Micro Rain Radar Dataset, University of Michigan – Deep Blue Data, 2024, doi: 10.7302/4qdq-8184
  • Xie, Y.*, Pettersen, C., Flanner, M., and Shates, J.A.*: Ground-observed snow albedo changes during rain-on-snow events in northern Alaska, JGR: Atmospheres, 2024, doi: 10.1029/2024JD040975
  • Mateling, M.E.*, Pettersen, C., Mattingly, K.S., and Ringerud, S.: Merged and Gridded GPM and Atmospheric River Data Product, Earth and Space Science, doi: 10.1029/2023EA003333
  • King, F.*, Pettersen, C., and 20 others: A Comprehensive Northern Hemisphere Particle Microphysics Dataset from the Precipitation Imaging Package, Earth and Space Science, 2024, doi: 10.1029/2024EA003538
  • King, F.*, Pettersen, C., Fletcher, C.G., and Geiss, A.: Development of a full-scale connected U-Net for reflectivity inpainting in spaceborne radar blind zones, Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 2024, doi: 10.1175/AIES-D-23-0063.1
  • Rendfrey, T.S.*, Pettersen, C., Bassis, J.N., and Mateling, M.E.*: CloudSat observations reveal enhanced moisture transport events increase snowfall rate and frequency over Antarctic ice sheet basins, JGR: Atmospheres, 2024, doi: 10.1029/2023JD040556
  • Zhang, Y., Subba, T., Matthews, B.H., Pettersen, C., Brooks, S.D., and Steiner, A.L.: Effects of pollen on hydrometeors and precipitation in a convective system, JGR: Atmospheres, 2024, doi: 10.1029/2023JD039891

2023

  • Ward, J.L., Payne, A.E., and Pettersen, C.: Present-Day Regional Antarctic Sea Ice Response to Extratropical Cyclone Activity, JGR: Atmospheres, 2023, doi: 10.1029/2023JD038914
  • Dataset: Mateling, M.E.* and Pettersen, C., Merged and Gridded GPM and Atmospheric River Data Product , University of Michigan – Deep Blue Data, 2023, doi: 10.7302/7t62-s085
  • Dataset: King, F.* and Pettersen, C., A Comprehensive Northern Hemisphere Particle Microphysics Dataset from the Precipitation Imaging Package, University of Michigan – Deep Blue Data, 2023, doi: 10.7302/37yx-9q53
  • Mateling, M.E.*, Pettersen, C., Kulie, M.S., and L’Ecuyer, T.S.: Marine Cold-Air Outbreak Snowfall in the North Atlantic: A CloudSat Perspective, JGR: Atmospheres, 2023, doi: 10.1029/2022JD038053
  • Shates, J.A.*, Pettersen, C., L’Ecuyer, T.S., and Kulie, M.S.: Multi-year analysis of precipitation phase transition height at Marquette, Michigan, JGR: Atmospheres, 2023, doi: 10.1029/2022JD037132

2022

  • Helms, C.N., Munchak, S.J., Tokay, A., and Pettersen, C.: A Comparative Evaluation of Snowflake Particle Size and Shape Estimation Techniques used by the Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP), Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera (MASC), and Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2022, doi: 10.5194/amt-15-6545-2022
  • King, F.*, Duffy, G., Milani, L., Fletcher, C.G., Pettersen, C., and Ebell, K.: DeepPrecip: A deep neural network for precipitation retrievals, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2022, doi: 10.5194/amt-15-6035-2022
  • Cooper, S.J., L’Ecuyer, T.S. and 12 others (including Pettersen, C., and Shates, J.A.*): Exploring Snowfall Variability through the High-Latitude Measurement of Snowfall (HiLaMS) Field Campaign, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2022, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0007.1
  • Pettersen, C., Henderson, S.A., Mattingly, K.S., Bennartz, R., and Breeden, M.L.: The Critical Role of Euro-Atlantic Blocking in Promoting Precipitation in Central Greenland, JGR: Atmospheres, 2022, doi: 10.1029/2021JD035776
  • Tokay, A., von Lerber, A., Pettersen, C., Kulie, M.S., Moisseev, D.N., and Wolff, D.B.: Retrieval of Snow Water Equivalent by Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP) over Northern Great Lakes, Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology, 2022, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0216.1

2021

  • Guy, H., Brooks I.M. and 10 others (including Pettersen, C.): Controls on surface aerosol number concentrations and aerosol limited cloud regimes over the central Greenland Ice Sheet, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021, doi: 10.5194/acp-21-15351-2021
  • Mateling, M.E.*, Pettersen, C., Kulie, M.S., Mattingly, K.S., Henderson, S.A., and L’Ecuyer, T.S.: The influence of atmospheric rivers on cold-season precipitation in the upper Great Lakes region, JGR: Atmospheres, 2021, doi: 10.1029/2021JD034754
  • Shates, J.A.*, Pettersen, C., L’Ecuyer, T.S., Cooper, S.J., Kulie, M.S., and Wood, N.B.: High-latitude precipitation: Snowfall regimes at two distinct sites in Scandinavia, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2021, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0248.1
  • Pettersen, C., Bliven, L.F., Kulie, M.S., Wood, N.B., Shates, J.A.*, Mateling, M.E.*, Petersen, W.A., Ritzman, J., von Lerber, A., and Wolff, D.B.: The Precipitation Imaging Package: Phase partitioning capabilities, Remote Sensing, 2021, doi: 10.3390/rs13112183
  • Kulie, M.S., Pettersen C., and 17 others: Snowfall regimes in the Upper Great Lakes: Lessons learned from a multi-sensor snowfall observatory, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2021, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0128.1
  • Butterworth, B.J., Desai, A.R. and 25 others (including Pettersen, C.): Connecting Land-Atmosphere Interactions to Surface Heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD 2019, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2021, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0346.1

2020

  • McIlhattan, E.A.*, Pettersen, C., Wood, N.B., and L’Ecuyer, T.S.: Satellite Observations of Snowfall Regimes over the Greenland Ice Sheet, The Cryosphere, 2020, doi: 10.5194/tc-2019-223
  • Pettersen, C., Bliven, L.F., von Lerber, A., Wood, N.B., Kulie, M.S., Mateling, M.E.*, Moisseev, D.N., Munchak, S.J., Petersen, W.A., and Wolff, D.B.: The Precipitation Imaging Package: Assessment of microphysical and bulk characteristics of snow, Atmosphere, 2020, doi: 10.3390/atmos11080785
  • Mattingly, K.S., Mote, T.L., Fettweis, X., van As, D., Van Tricht, K., Lhermitte, S., Pettersen, C., and Fausto, R.S.: Strong Summer Atmospheric Rivers Trigger Greenland Ice Sheet Melt through Spatially Varying Surface Energy Balance and Cloud Regimes, Journal of Climate, 2020, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0835.1
  • Pettersen, C., Kulie, M.S., Bliven, L.F., Merrelli, A.J., Petersen, W.A., Wagner, T.J., Wolff, D.B., and Wood, N.B.: A composite analysis of snowfall modes from four winter seasons in Marquette, Michigan, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2020, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0099.1

2019 and prior

  • Bennartz, R., Fell, F., Pettersen, C., Shupe, M.D., and Schuettemeyer, D.: Spatial and temporal variability of snowfall over Greenland from CloudSat observations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019, doi: 10.5194/acp-2018-1045
  • Schirle, C.E.*, Cooper, S.J., Wolff, M.A., Pettersen, C., Wood, N.B., L’Ecuyer, T.S., Ilmo, T., Nygård, K.:Estimation of Snowfall Properties at a Mountainous Site in Norway Using Combined Radar and In Situ Microphysical Observations, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2019, doi: 10.1175/jamc-d-18-0281.1
  • Pettersen, C., Bennartz, R., Merrelli, A.J., Shupe, M.D., Turner, D.D., and Walden, V.P.: Precipitation regimes over central Greenland inferred from 5 years of ICECAPS observations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018, doi: 10.5194/acp-18-4715-2018
  • Dataset: Pettersen, C. and Merrelli, A.J.: Microwave radiometer snow categorization tool for Summit, Greenland, 2010 – 2015, 2018, doi: 10.18739/A2PN8XF6V
  • Aartsen, M.G. and 100+ others (including Pettersen, C.): The IceCube Neutrino Observatory: instrumentation and online systems, Journal of Instrumentation, 2017, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03012
  • Pettersen, C., Bennartz, R., Merrelli, A.J., Shupe, M.D., and Turner, D.D.: Microwave signatures of ice hydrometeors from ground-based observations above Summit, Greenland, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2016, doi: 10.5194/acp-16-4743-2016
  • Best, F.A., Adler, D.P., Pettersen, C., Revercomb, H.E., Gero, P.J., Taylor, J.K., and Knuteson, R.O.: Results from recent vacuum testing of an on-orbit absolute radiance standard (OARS) intended for the next generation of infrared remote sensing instruments, SPIE Remote Sensing, 2014, doi: 10.1117/12.2069338
  • Bennartz, R.B., Shupe, M.D., Turner, D.D., Walden, V.P., Steffen, K., Cox, C.J., Miller, N.B., and Pettersen, C.: July 2012 Greenland melt extent enhanced by low-level liquid clouds, Nature, 2013, doi: 10.1038/nature12002
  • Best, F.A., Adler, D.P., Pettersen C., Revercomb, H.E., Gero, P.J., Taylor, J.K., and Knuteson R.O., Perepezko JH.: On-orbit absolute radiance standard for the next generation of IR remote sensing instruments, International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2012, doi: 10.1364/FTS.2013.FW4D.5
  • Pettersen, C., Best, F.A., Adler, D.P., Revercomb, H.E., Gero, P.J., Taylor, J.K., Knuteson, R.O. and Perepezko, J.H.: On-Orbit Absolute Radiance Standard for Future IR Remote Sensing Instruments – Overview of Recent Technology Advancements, Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, 2011, doi: 10.1364/FTS.2011.JPDP3
  • Best, F.A., Adler, D.P., Pettersen, C., Revercomb, H.E. and Perepezko, J.H.: On-orbit absolute temperature calibration using multiple phase change materials: overview of recent technology advancements, Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Remote Sensing Technology, Techniques, and Applications III (Vol. 7857, p. 78570J), 2010, doi: 10.1117/12.869564
  • Pettersen, C. and Cooper, R.F.: “ Float-reaction between liquid bronze and magnesium aluminosilicate and ZnO-doped magnesium aluminosilicate glass–ceramic-forming glassmelts”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2008, doi: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2008.01.007
  • Achterberg, A. and 100+ others (including Pettersen, C.): First year performance of the IceCube neutrino telescope, Astroparticle Physics, 2006, doi: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.06.007
  • Veum, M, Pettersen, C., Mach, P., Crowell, P.A., and Huang, C.C.: Studies of a Free-Standing Liquid Crystal Film Using a Vibrating Drumhead Tensiometer, Physical Review E, 2000, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.R2192