Weather Forecasting Group

Keenan, T.D. 1977: Development of a high power acoustic radar. Remote Sensing Symposium, Sponsored by Royal Meteorological Society (Aust. Branch), Melbourne, 28-29 April 1977.

Keenan, T.D. and F. Woodcock, 1979: A combined analogic and synoptic pattern recognition approach to the prediction of tropical cyclone movement. International Conference on Tropical Cyclones, Perth, 25-29 November 1979.

Holland, G.J., T.D. Keenan and R.C. Sheets, 1979: Tropical cyclone Kerry: A case study. International Conference on Tropical Cyclones, Perth, 25-29 November 1979.

Holland, G.J. and T.D. Keenan, 1979: Forecasting tropical cyclone movement using time-averaged wind fields. International Conference on Tropical Cyclones, Perth, 25-29 November 1979.

Keenan, T.D. and G.J. Holland 1982: A diagnostic analysis of tropical cyclone forecasting in Australia. 14^th Technical Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, California, 7-11 June 1982.

Holland, G.J., T.D. Keenan and A.E. Guymer, 1984: The Australian monsoon: Definition and variability. Postprint volume: 15^th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, Florida, 9-13 January 1984. Published by American Meteorological Society, 398-402.

Keenan, T.D. 1984: Recent developments in the statistical forecasting of tropical cyclone movement in Australia. Postprint volume: 15^th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, Florida, 9-13 January 1984. Published by American Meteorological Society, 574-580.

Keenan, T.D. and L.R. Brody,1985: Investigations of synoptic scale modulations of convection during the Australian monsoon. Postprint volume: Second ABRMS Australian Conference on Tropical Meteorology, Perth, 11-12 July 1985.

*Keenan, T.D. 1986: The Bureau of Meteorology rainfall network. International Workshop on the Validation of Satellite Derived Precipitation Measurements, Washington, DC, 17-21 November 1986.

Davidson, N.E., G.J. Holland, J.L. McBride, T.D. Keenan and B.W. Gunn, 1987: The Australian monsoon experiment, AMEX. 3rd US-PRC Monsoon Workshop, Kunming, China, 16-23 June 1987.

*Keenan, T.D., G.J. Holland and M.J. Manton, 1988: TRMM ground truth in a monsoon environment: Darwin, Australia. Symposium on Tropical Precipitation Measurements, Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan, 28-30 October 1987.

Keenan, T.D., G.J. Holland and M.J. Manton, 1988: Tropical rainfall ground truth in a monsoon environment: Darwin, Australia. Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Canberra, 16-24 February 1988.

Martin, S.C., V. Kondratiev, T.D. Keenan and P. Meighen, 1988: The AMEX radar system. Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Canberra, 16-24 February 1988.

Meighen, P.J., T.D. Keenan and S.C. Martin, 1988: Three-dimensional digital radar observations of Australian tropical cyclones Jason and Irma. Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Canberra, 16-24 February 1988.

Keenan, T.D. 1988: Diurnal variations during the Australian monsoon experiment. International Conference on Tropical Meteorology, Brisbane, 4-8 July 1988.

Manton, M.J., T.D. Keenan, J. Simpson and G.J. Holland, 1988: Pre-TRMM ground station at Darwin in a monsoon environment. International Conference on Tropical Meteorology, Brisbane, 4-8 July 1988.

Simpson, J., G.J. Holland, T.D. Keenan and M.J. Manton, 1988: The proposed satellite tropical rainfall measuring mission: TRMM. International Conference on Tropical Meteorology, Brisbane, 4-8 July 1988.

Morton, B., T.D. Keenan, K. Ngugen and Xu Shu Zhang 1988: The island thunderstorm experiment (ITEX). International Conference on Tropical Meteorology, Brisbane, 4-8 July 1988.

Keenan, T.D. and R. Carbone, 1989: A preliminary morphology of convective systems in tropical northern Australia. 24^th Conference on Radar Meteorology , Tallahasee, Florida, 27-31 March 1989, 640-644.

Morton, B.R. and T.D. Keenan, 1989: The island thunderstorm experiment: Climatology and preliminary results. 18^th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, AMS, San Diego, 16-19 May 1989, 200-201.

Holland, G.J., T.D. Keenan and M.J. Manton, 1989: Observations from the maritime continent: Darwin, Australia. Western Pacific International Meeting and Workshop on TOGA COARE, Noumea, 24-30 May 1989.

Keenan, T.D. and R.E. Carbone, 1989: A preliminary morphology of precipitation systems for tropical Northern Australia. Western Pacific International Meeting and Workshop on TOGA COARE, Noumea, 24-30 May 1989.

*Keenan, T.D. 1989: Radar observations of tropical weather systems in Darwin. AMOS Remote Sensing Meeting, Aspendale, Victoria, 10 October 1989.

Keenan, T.D., J. Keeler, A. West, 1990: An Australian C Band meteorological Doppler Radar Development. Proceedings RADCON90 28-30 April 1990, Adelaide, Australia, 647-654.

Manton, M.J. and T.D. Keenan 1990: Application of Radar for Meteorological Analysis and Prediction, Proceedings BMRC Data Assimilation Systems, BMRC, 19-21 September 1990.

Hallet, J., T.D. Keenan and E. Williams 1990: Penetrative Velocities of High Level Tropical Convective Clouds. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 3-7, San Francisco, Calif.

Keenan. T.D., R.J. Potts and J. Wilson 1991: The Darwin Mesoscale and Nowcasting Experiment: Description and Preliminary Results. Preprints 25^th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, June 24-28, Paris, France.

Keenan, T.D and S.A. Rutledge 1991: Mesoscale Characteristics of a Monsoon Rainband. Preprints 25^th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, June 24-28, Paris, France.

Carter, D.A., W.L. Ecklund, J.R. McAfee, K.S. Gage, T.Keenan and M.Manton 1991: Results from the first Year of Observations using the Darwin VHF Wind Profiler. Preprints 25^th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, June 24-28, Paris, France.

Keenan, T. 1992: Radar observed characteristics of maritime continent thunderstorms. Australian Institute of Physics Tenth National Congress, Melbourne, 10-14 Feb., 1992

May, P.T. and T.D. Keenan, 1992: Profiler observations of the vertical wind within squall lines and tropical cyclone rainbands. Australian Institute of Physics Tenth National Congress, Melbourne, 10-14 Feb., 1992

Keenan, T.D. 1992: The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and the Australian Role. Radar Remote Sensing Conference, Applications and Benefits, 22-23 April 1992, Adelaide.

Simpson, J., T.D. Keenan, B. Ferrier, R.H. Simpson and G.J. Holland 1992: Cumulus in the Maritime Continent. 11^th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, August 17-21 1992.

Ecklund, W., K. Gage, D. Carter, T. Keenan and P. May 1992: Precipitation Measurements with wind-profiling radars. 11^th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, August 17-21 1992.

Manton, M.J. and T.D. Keenan 1992: AMEX and Related Studies in Darwin Australia. Proc. International Workshop on the Processing and Utilisation of the Rainfall Data Measured from Space, 16- 19 March , 1992 Tokyo.

*Keenan, T.D. 1992: The application of radar observations to severe weather forecasting and modelling, 4^th Annual BMRC Workshop on Numerical Modelling Topics, 26-29 October 1992, Melbourne, Australia.

Keenan, T. and G. Holland 1993: Atmospheric Response to Maritime Continent Convection. 4^th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, 29 March- 2 April 1993, Hobart, Tasmania,.

Keenan, T.D., B. Ferrier and J. Simpson 1993: Radar Observed Development and Structure of a Maritime Continent Thunderstorm. Preprints 26^th International Radar Meteorology Conference, 24-28 May Norman, Oklahoma.

Keenan, T., R. Carbone and S. Rutledge, 1995: The Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX), Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Program, Melbourne, Australia, 2-7 April 1995, 504-508.

Holland, G.J, Keenan, T.D., Carbone,R. and S. Rutledge, 1995: The Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment, ARM conference, San Diego, March 1995.

Keenan, T.D and K. Mori, 1995: Mesoscale Evolution of coastal monsoonal system, APOC-AMOS Joint Conference, Lorne, February 20-23, 1995.

Keenan, T.D., V. Kondratiev, G. Buis and R. Christmas, 1995: The Portable BMRC Automatic Weather Station, APOC-AMOS Joint Conference, Lorne, February 20-23, 1995.

Glowacki, T., T. Keenan, M. Whimpey and P. May, 1995: Determination of the mesoscale boundary layer airflow using multiple source data and statistical interpolation, APOC-AMOS Joint Conference, Lorne, February 20-23, 1995.

Beringer, J., Keenan,T. And N. Tapper, 1995: Evolution of Maritime Continent Island Thunderstorms under varying meteorological conditions, 2nd North Australian Remote Sensing and Geographic Systems Forum, Darwin, 18-20 July, 1995.

*Keenan, T., K.Glasson, F. Cummings, T. Bird. J. Keeler and J. Lutz, 1996: The BMRC/NCAR Polarimetric Radar System, Paper presented at Workshop on Development and Application of Multi-Parameter Radar, Japan Weather Association, Jan 24-25, Tsukuba, Japan.

Keenan, T., G. Holland, P. May, S. Rutledge, J. Wilson, R. Carbone, 1996: An overview of MCTEX and Initial Results, 3rd National AMOS Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 5-7 February, 1996.

Keenan, G. Holland, P. May, and T. Glowacki, 1996: The Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment(MCTEX): An Overview and Forecasting Applications. Fifth Australian Severe Thunderstorm Conference, 28 July- 2 August 1996, Avoca beach, NSW, Australia.

Keenan, T., R. Carbone, S. Rutledge, J. Wilson, G. Holland and P. May. 1996: The Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX): Overview and Initial Results., Proceedings 7th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Reading UK, 9-13 September 1996.

Keenan, T. and G. J. Holland, 1997: The Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX): A Study of Island Convection in a Monsoon Environment. First WMO International Workshop on Monsoon Studies (IWM-1), Denpasar, Bali Island, Indonesia, 24-28 February 1997.

Tapper, N., J. Beringer and T. Keenan, 1997: Measurements of Surface Energy Fluxes over the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia, during the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX), 5^th Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography., 7-11 April Pretoria South Africa, P4.53.

Beringer, J., N. Tapper, and T. Keenan 1997: Surface Heat Flux Measurements over the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia, during the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment(MCTEX), 22nd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 19-23 May, 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Saito, K., T. Keenan, G. J. Holland and K. Puri, 1997: Numerical Simulation of Tropical diurnal Thunderstorms over the Tiwi Islands, 22nd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 19-23 May, 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado.

May, P.T., T.D. Keenan, 1997: Thermodynamic and vertical velocity Structure of a Gust Front observed by a Wind Profiler/RASS during MCTEX. 22nd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 19-23 May, 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Carey, L. D., S.A. Rutledge, W.A. Petersen and T.D. Keenan: 1997: C-Band Polarimetric radar and Electrical Observations of a Maritime Continent Thunderstorm. 22nd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 19-23 May, 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Keenan, T., P.T. May, D. Zrnic, L. Carey and S. Rutledge, 1997:Tropical Rainfall Estimation During the Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment(MCTEX) Using a C-Band Polarimetric Radar. 22nd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 19-23 May, 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado.

May, P.T., T.D. Keenan, D.S. Zrnic and L. Carey, 1997: Polarimetric Measurements of Rain at a 5 cm Wavelength: Comparison with Rain Gauge Measurements. 28^th Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 127-128.

Maki, M., Y. Sasaki, K. Iwanami and T.D. Keenan, 1997: Micro-physical process in mid-latitude squall line observed by vertically pointing Doppler radar. 28^th Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 390-391.

Keenan, T.D., D. Zrnic, L. Carey, P. May and S. Rutledge, 1998: Sensitivity of C-Band Polarimetric Variables to Propagation and Backscatter Effects in Rain. 28^th Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. 13-14.

Carbone, R.E., T.D. Keenan, J.W. Wilson and J.M. Hacker, 1997: Boundary Layer Structures and the Role of Breezes in Forcing Deep Island Convection. 28^th Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 565-566.

Wilson, J.W,T.D. Keenan and R.E. Carbone, 1997: Hector Initiation: Is it a Breeze? 28^th Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 567-568.

Carey, L.D., S.A. Rutledge and T.D. Keenan, 1997: Correction of Attenuation and Differential Attenuation at S-and C-Band Using Differential Propagation Phase Shift. 28^th Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 25-26.

*Keenan, T., K. Saito, R.E. Carbone and J.W. Wilson, 1997: The Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX): Observed Lifecycle and Some Initial Model simulations., Proc 9^th BMRC Modelling Workshop, "Improving Short-range forecasting", BMRC Research Report, 64, 3-6.

Saito, K., T. Keenan, G. Holland and K. Puri, 1997: Numerical Simulation of Tropical Diurnal Thunderstorm observed in MCTEX. Second SRNWP-Workshop on Non-hydrostatic modelling, Deutscher Wetterdienst Offenbach am Main, Frankfurter Str 135 Germany, 27-29 October 1997.

Xudong, Sun, R.G Mein, T.D. Keenan, J. F. Elliott, 1998: Flood forecasting using cokriging and probability matching rainfall estimates: A Comparison. Fourth International Symposium on Hydrologic Applications of Weather Radar, 5-9 April, San Diego, CA.

Xudong Sun, T. Keenan and R.G Mein, 1998: Principal component analysis for geostatistical rainfall estimations of using radar and raingauge data. Fourth International Symposium on Hydrologic Applications of Weather Radar, 5-9 April, San Diego, CA.

Maki, M., T. Keenan, Y. Yasaki and K. Nakamura, 1998: Ground Truth Validation Studies at Darwin, Australia., COSPAR, Nagoya, Japan, July 12-19, 1998.

Saito, K., T. Keenan, G. Holland and K. Puri, 1998: Numerical Modelling of the Diurnal Evolution of the Tropical Thunderstorms observed during MCTEX., 19^th AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, 14-18 September, Minnesota, USA.

Keenan, T.D., J-T. Wang, P-L. Lin, T-C. Chen, Y-C Liou and A. Kankiewicz, 1998: Mesoscale Structure of Convective Weather Systems Observed during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX): A Preliminary Survey, IX Pacific Science Inter-Congress, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 15-21 November 1998.

Carbone, R.E., T.D. Keenan, J. Hacker and J. Wilson, 1999: Tropical Island Convection in the Absence of Significant Topography, Part I: Sea Breezes and Early Convection, 23^rd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 10-15 January 1999, Dallas, Texas.

Wilson, J.W., T.D. Keenan, R.E. Carbone, , 1999: Tropical Island Convection in the Absence of Significant Topography, Part II Evolution of Mesoscale Convective Systems. 23^rd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 10-15 January 1999, Dallas, Texas.

Keenan, T.D., J-T. Wang, P-L. Lin, T-C. Chen, Y-C. Liou, A. Kankiewicz, 1999: Mesoscale Structure of Convective Weather Systems Observed During the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX): A Preliminary Survey. 23^rd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 10-15 January 1999, Dallas, Texas

*Keenan, T.D and P. May, 1999: The Australian 5 cm wavelength radar and applications. PIERS 1999, March 1999, Tapei, Taiwan..

*May, P, and T.D. Keenan, 1999: The Use of Wind Profiler Radars for Studying Convective Storms. PIERS 1999, March 1999, Tapei, Taiwan.

Maki, M., T. Keenan, Y. Sasaki and K. Nakamura, 1999: Spatial Variability of Raindrop Size Distribution in Tropical Continental Squall Lines, 29^th AMS Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 July, Montreal, Canada.

Iwanami, K., M. Maki, R. Misumi, Y. Sasaki and T. Keenan, 1999: Multiple Doppler Radar Observations of Tropical Precipitation Systems in JATMEX, 29^th AMS Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 July, Montreal, Canada.

Testud, J., E. LeBouar and T. Keenan, 1999: The Rain Profiling Algorithm Applied to Polarimetric Weather Radar, 29^th AMS Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 July, Montreal, Canada.

Jameson, A.R., P. May and T. Keenan, 1999: A Comparison Between Polarimetric Radar and Wind Profiler Observations of Precipitation Near Cloud Base in Tropical Showers, 29^th AMS Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 July, Montreal, Canada.

May, P., A.R. Jameson, T.D. Keenan, P. Johnston and W. Ecklund, 1999: Combined Wind Profiler/Polarimetric Radar Studies of the Vertical Motion and Microphysical Characteristics of Sea Breeze Thunderstorms, 29^th AMS Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 July, Montreal, Canada.

Keenan, T., 1999: Hydrometeor Classification with a C-Band Polarimetric Radar, 29^th AMS Conf. On Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 July, Montreal, Canada

*Invited