Scott B. Capps

University of California, Los Angeles — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

13h-index583citations39works2.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations(13), Fire effects on ecosystems(12), Climate variability and models(11), Wind Energy Research and Development(8), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research(8)

Publications39 total

Sustained Wind Forecasts from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Model: Skill Assessment and Bias Mitigation
Atmosphere·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Hybrid Numerical Weather Prediction: Downscaling GraphCast AI Forecasts for Downslope Windstorms
Weather and Forecasting·2024· 6 cited
Correction to: El Nin˜o-Southern Oscillation impacts on winter winds over Southern California
Climate Dynamics·2024Open Access
Improving a WRF-Based High-Impact Weather Forecast System for a Northern California Power Utility
Atmosphere·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Improving a WRF-based High-Impact Weather Forecast System for a Northern California Power Utility
Preprints.org·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Modelling chamise fuel moisture content across California: a machine learning approach
International Journal of Wildland Fire·2021· 20 citedOpen Access
Seasonal variation of aerosol composition in Orange County, Southern California
Atmospheric Environment·2020· 19 cited
Santa Ana Winds: A Descriptive Climatology
Weather and Forecasting·2018· 43 citedOpen Access
Incorporating Python in Active Learning of Environmental Modeling
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2018
Machine Learning Applications in Weather-related Outage Forecasts
97th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting·2017
The Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index: Methodology and Operational Implementation
Weather and Forecasting·2016· 39 cited
Improving Medium-range Dry Lightning Forecasts for Southern California
2015
A Hybrid Dynamical–Statistical Downscaling Technique. Part I: Development and Validation of the Technique
Journal of Climate·2015· 112 citedOpen Access
Using High Resolution Model Data to Improve Lightning Forecasts across Southern California
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2014
Twenty-First-Century Precipitation Changes over the Los Angeles Region*
Journal of Climate·2014· 30 cited
The Construction and Examination of historical Fuel Moisture Parameters across Southern California
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts·2014
Developing and Validating a Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index
AGUFM·2014
DOE SBIR Phase II Final Technical Report - Assessing Climate Change Effects on Wind Energy
2014· 1 citedOpen Access
Downscaling near-surface wind over complex terrain using a physically-based statistical modeling approach
Climate Dynamics·2014· 25 cited
Contrasting controls on wildland fires in Southern California during periods with and without Santa Ana winds
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences·2014· 88 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Alex Hall(18), Tom Rolinski(6), Neil Berg(6), Fengpeng Sun(5), Charles S. Zender(4), Wei Zhuang(4), Robert G. Fovell(4), Xin Qu(4), Daniel Walton(3), Yufang Jin(3), James T. Randerson(3), Nicolas Faivre(3), Mimi Hughes(3), Hsin‐Yuan Huang(3), Rui Liu(3), David Walton(3), Brian J. D’Agostino(2), Steve Vanderburg(2), Alexandre Jousse(2), Marla Schwartz(2)