David Kingsmill

Research Scientist III

About David

David Kingsmill is a research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and a lecturer in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a member of the research group led by John Cassano. Kingsmill focuses on analysis of observations to better understand mesoscale and microscale atmospheric processes over various regions of the globe.

Specialties

Mountain meteorology, cloud and precipitation microphysics, mesoscale meteorology, radar meteorology

Current Research

The Ross Island region of Antarctica is a topographically complex region with large variations in mesoscale high wind and precipitation features. The goal of this research is to increase the understanding of the three-dimensional structure of these mesoscale meteorology features. This research will leverage observations from the scanning X-band radar installed during the AWARE field campaign in 2016, and those from an EWR Radar Systems X-band scanning radar (E700XD) deployed during the 2019-20 field season. The specific science questions in this study are: 

  • What are the signatures of the mesoscale high wind features that are detectable by a scanning X-band, Doppler radar? How can they be used to aid in operational forecasting, and to increase lead time of high wind event warnings? How can greater lead time improve safety and logistics in the Ross Island region?
  • How does the orientation of the mesoscale high wind events affect the severity of the impacts of the high winds at logistically significant locations across the Ross Island region?
  • What is the distribution of precipitation across the Ross Island region? Are there local topographic features that result in banding of precipitation across the region?
  • What is the accuracy of AMPS in forecasting mesoscale precipitation and wind features across the Ross Island region during the main body season?

Source of support: NSF

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1991
M.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 1987
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 1984

Selected Publications

2016

Kingsmill, DE, POG Persson, S Haimov and MD Shupe (2016) Mountain waves and orographic precipitation in a northern Colorado winter storm QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 142 (695) doi: 10.1002/qj.2685
Kingsmill, DE, PJ Neiman and AB White (2016) Microphysics Regime Impacts on the Relationship between Orographic Rain and Orographic Forcing in the Coastal Mountains of Northern California JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY 17 (11) doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-16-0103.1

2015

Valenzuela, RA and DE Kingsmill (2015) Orographic Precipitation Forcing along the Coast of Northern California during a Landfalling Winter Storm MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 143 (9) doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00365.1
Dorsi, SW, MD Shupe, POG Persson, DE Kingsmill and LM Avallone (2015) Phase-Specific Characteristics of Wintertime Clouds across a Midlatitude Mountain Range MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 143 (10) doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0135.1

2013

Kingsmill, DE, PJ Neiman, BJ Moore, M Hughes, SE Yuter and FM Ralph (2013) Kinematic and Thermodynamic Structures of Sierra Barrier Jets and Overrunning Atmospheric Rivers during a Landfalling Winter Storm in Northern California MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 141 (6) doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00277.1
Mizukami, N, V Koren, M Smith, D Kingsmill, ZY Zhang, B Cosgrove and ZT Cui (2013) The Impact of Precipitation Type Discrimination on Hydrologic Simulation: Rain-Snow Partitioning Derived from HMT-West Radar-Detected Brightband Height versus Surface Temperature Data JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY 14 (4) doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-035.1
Minder, JR and DE Kingsmill (2013) Mesoscale Variations of the Atmospheric Snow Line over the Northern Sierra Nevada: Multiyear Statistics, Case Study, and Mechanisms JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 70 (3) doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0194.1
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Contact

david.kingsmill@colorado.edu
303-735-4333
ORCID
0000-0001-5824-8402