M.S. Thesis:

• Kleist, D.T., 2003: Application and interpretation of adjoint-derived forecast sensitivity gradients. M.S. thesis, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 129 pp. [Available from Memorial Library, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706] (Request electronic copy via e-mail)

Conference Presentations:

• Kleist, D.T., J. C. Derber, D. Parrish, R. Treadon, and W.-S. Wu, 2005: Experiments with the NCEP gridpoint statistical interpolation system, Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, 9-13 January 2005, San Diego, CA. (abstract)
• Morgan, M.C., D.T. Kleist, H.M. Kim, and J.R. Hughes, 2004: Applications and interpretation of adjoint-derived sensitivities in synoptic case studies, Sixth Workshop on Adjoint A;;lications in Dynamic Meteorology,23-38 May 2004, Basilicata, Italy
  
• Morgan, M.C., and D.T. Kleist, 2004: Construction of an Ensemble of Forecasts Using Adjoint Derived Forecast Sensitivities, Twentieth Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and Sixteenth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction,11-15 January 2004, Seattle, WA (abstract ; extended abstract-pdf)
  
• Morgan, M.C., and D.T. Kleist, 2003: Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis - A Practical diagnostic in a Synoptician's Tool Chest, Twelfth Cyclone Workshop, 21-26 September 2003, Val Morin, Quebec, Canada (abstract)
  
• Kleist, D.T., and M.C. Morgan, 2003: Synoptic and Dynamical Interpretations of Adjoint-Derived Sensitivity Structure and Evolution, Fourteenth Conference on Atmospheric and Ocean Fluid Dynamics, 9-13 June 2003, San Antonio, TX (abstract ; extended abstract-pdf)
• Kleist, D.T., and M.C. Morgan, 2003: Sensitivity Diagnosis of the 24-25 January 2000 Storm, Tenth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 23-27 June 2003, Portland, OR (abstract ; extended abstract-pdf)
• Morgan, M.C., D.T. Kleist, and G.A. Postel, 2002: Use of Adjoint-Derived Forecast Sensitivities to Characterize Forecast Uncertainty, Nineteenth Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 12-16 August 2002, San Antonio, TX (pdf)
• Kleist, D.T., and M.C. Morgan, 2002: Synoptic Interpretation of Adjoint-Derived Forecast Sensitivities, Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, 13-17 January 2002, Orlando, FL (pdf)
• Kleist, D.T., M.C. Morgan and G.A. Postel, 2002: Use of Adjoint-Derived Forecast Sensitivities in Constructing and Ensemble of Forecasts, Sixteenth Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmosphere Science, 13-17 January 2002, Orlando, FL (pdf)
• Morgan, M., K. La Casse, D. Kleist, H. M. Kim, J. Mclay, D. Posselt, J. Mecikalski, C. Velden, and D. Stettner, 2001: Evaluating the Potential Impact of the Assimilation of Satellite Derived Products on a Mesoscale Forecast of PACific Landfalling JETs Experiment (PACJET) IOP 10, Eleventh Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 15-18 October 2001, Madison, WI (pdf)
• Kleist, D.T., H.M. Kim and M.C. Morgan, 2001: Analysis of the Mesoscale Precipitation Band Associated with the 24-25 January 2000 Storm, Ninth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 30 July-2 August 2001, Fort Lauderdale, FL (pdf)
• Mecikalski, J. R., C. Velden, M. Morgan, D. Kleist, D. Stettner, K. Goodstein, H. M. Kim, and B. Baum, 2001: Assimilating Satellite Wind, Moisture, and Temperature for Numerical Forecast Improvements during the PACific Landfalling JETs (PACJET) Experiment, Eighteenth Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and 14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 30 July-2 August 2001, Fort Lauderdale, FL (pdf)

Other Presentations:

• Kleist, D.T., S. Decker and J. McClay, 2003:  Weather Forecasting - Behind the Scenes, University of Wisconsin Chaos and Complex Systems Seminar, 11 March 2003 (abstract)