John R. Mecikalski

University of Alabama in Huntsville — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

33h-index4.9kcitations166works4.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations(91), Climate variability and models(55), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds(40), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(26), Fire effects on ecosystems(19)

Publications166 total

Evaporative Stress Index as a flash drought tool in the southeastern U.S.
Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies·2026Open Access
Observed impacts of aerosol concentration on maritime tropical convection within constrained environments using airborne radiometer, radar, lidar, and dropsondes
Atmospheric chemistry and physics·2025Open Access
A novel analytical deep-convection updraught model and how it compares against observations
2025Open Access
Use of Satellite, Surface Observations and Numerical Weather Prediction Model Data to Improve Cloud Base Height and Cloud Base Vertical Velocity Estimation
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres·2024Open Access
Characterization of Reflectance Signatures Within Above Anvil Cirrus Plumes in GOES‐16 Infrared and Visible Imagery
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres·2024· 3 cited
Observed impacts of aerosol concentration on maritime tropical convection within constrained environments using airborne radiometer, radar, lidar, and dropsondes
2024Open Access
Supplementary material to "Observed impacts of aerosol concentration on maritime tropical convection within constrained environments using airborne radiometer, radar, lidar, and dropsondes"
2024Open Access
A brief history of the thermal IR-based Two-Source Energy Balance (TSEB) model – diagnosing evapotranspiration from plant to global scales
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology·2024· 35 citedOpen Access
Convection Initiation Forecasting Using Synthetic Satellite Imagery from the Warn-on-Forecast System
Journal of Operational Meteorology·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Mesoscale Influences of Land Use, Topography, Antecedent Rainfall, and Atmospheric Conditions on Summertime Convective Storm Initiation under Weak Synoptic-Scale Forcing
Weather and Forecasting·2023· 1 cited
Signatures of Oceanic Wind Events in Convection-Resolving WRF Model Simulations
Weather and Forecasting·2023
Examining the Role of the Land Surface on Convection Using High‐Resolution Model Forecasts Over the Southeastern United States
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
GOES-16 simulated BTs over the Southeastern US.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2022Open Access
GOES-16 simulated BTs over the Southeastern US.
2022· 1 citedOpen Access
A Polarimetric Radar Operator and Application for Convective Storm Simulation
Atmosphere·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Nowcasting thunderstorm hazards using machine learning: the impact of data sources on performance
Natural hazards and earth system sciences·2022· 40 citedOpen Access
Impact of Real‐Time Satellite‐Derived Green Vegetation Fraction on National Water Model Fluxes in Humid Alabama Watersheds
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association·2022· 1 cited
Random Forest Classification of Inundation Following Hurricane Florence (2018) via L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar and Ancillary Datasets
Remote Sensing·2021· 7 citedOpen Access
Classification of GLM Flashes Using Random Forests
Earth and Space Science·2021· 11 citedOpen Access
Advanced Baseline Imager Cloud-Top Trajectories and Properties of Electrified Snowfall Flash Initiation
Weather and Forecasting·2021· 5 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Martha C. Anderson(14), Kristopher M. Bedka(10), Christopher Hain(9), William P. Kustas(8), John M. Norman(8), George R. Diak(5), Christopher P. Jewett(5), Wayne M. MacKenzie(5), Jason M. Apke(5), Jason A. Otkin(4), Xuanli Li(4), Carmelo Cammalleri(3), Agustin Pimstein(3), Feng Gao(3), Wade T. Crow(3), Marianne Koenig(3), Wayne F. Feltz(3), Cameron R. Homeyer(3), Vikalp Mishra(3), J. F. Cruise(3)