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Arthur Witt

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Phased Array Radar & Meteorological Analysis Studies Team (PAMST)

Job Title:Meteorologist

Affiliation:Federal

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Phone:(405) 325-6573

Arthur is a research meteorologist in the Phased Array Radar and Meteorological Analysis Studies Team. His primary areas of research include radar-based identification of large hail and algorithm development and testing for the WSR-88D.

Education
Degree (Ph.D, M.S, B.A, etc.) Major Subject University or College Name Year (YYYY) (optional)
M.S. Meteorology University of Oklahoma 1984
B.S. Atmospheric Science University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 1981
Research Interests
  • Hail and hailstorms
  • Radar algorithm development and testing
  • Phased Array Radar
Selected Publications

Witt, A., D. W. Burgess, A. Seimon, J. T. Allen, J. C. Snyder, H. B. Bluestein, 2018: Rapid-Scan Radar Observations of an Oklahoma Tornadic Hailstorm Producing Giant Hail. Weather and Forecasting, 33, 1263–1282, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-18-0003.1

Witt, A., M. D. Eilts, G. J. Stumpf, J. T. Johnson, E. D. Mitchell, K. W. Thomas, 1998: An enhanced hail detection algorithm for the WSR-88D. Weather and Forecasting, 13(2), 286–303.

Witt, A., M. D. Eilts, G. J. Stumpf, E. D. Mitchell, J. T. Johnson, K. W. Thomas, 1998: Evaluating the performance of WSR-88D severe storm detection algorithms. Weather and Forecasting, 13(2), 513–518.

Marzban, C., A. Witt, 2001: A Bayesian neural network for severe-hail size prediction. Weather and Forecasting, 16, 600–610.

Brooks, H. E., A. Witt, M. D. Eilts, 1997: Verification of public weather forecasts available via the media. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77, 2167–2177.

Witt, A., S. P. Nelson, 1991: The use of single-Doppler radar for estimating maximum hailstone size. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 30, 425–431, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1991)030<0425:TUOSDR>2.0.CO;2