RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

 

Mizzi, A.P., 2008:  Climate Change Impacts to the Latin American Wind Energy Resource, Wind Expo LAWEA 2008, Guadalajara, Mexico.  Sponsored by the Latin American Wind Energy Association, to be presented November 5, 2008.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 2008:  Complying with Air Quality Laws and Regulations, Seminar on Environmental Compliance for Colorado Design Professionals, Denver, Colorado.  Sponsored by Halfmoon, LLC, July 117, 2008.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 2008:  Water Management Planning for CBM Development, Wyoming CBM Fair and Energy Exposition, Gillette, Wyoming.  Sponsored by Bulldog Industries, June 4, 2007.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 2004:  EPA’s New Source Review and Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement Reforms.  33 Colo. Law. 7, 105-12.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 2001:  Impact of the Supreme Court’s Holding in SWANCC v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tenth Circuit Case Law.  30 Colo. Law. 7, 109-12.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1999:  Overview and History of the Clean Air Act.  Presented to the University of Denver Environmental Policy Program, Denver, Colorado.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1999:  Recent Trends for Environmental Damages Under Continuing Tort and Trespass in Colorado.  29 Colo. Law. 7, 111-14 (2000).

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1999:  Review: Environmental Science Deskbook: A Comprehensive Guide, 28 Colo. Law. 10, 78-79.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1999: Nonpoint Source Controls and Stormwater Permits, Colorado Hazardous Waste Management Society Workshop on Emerging Water Issues, Denver, Colorado, October 12, 1999.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1996:  Caspian Sea Oil, Turmoil, and Caviar: Can They Provide A Basis for a Union of the Caspian States?, 7 Colo. J. Int’l Envtl. L. & Pol’y 483.

 

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Thesis and Dissertation.

Mizzi, A.P., 1994:  Spectral representation of the vertical coordinate in three-dimensional atmospheric models on tropical- and f-planes.  Ph.D. Dissertation for Applied Mathematics Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 254 pp.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1982:  A numerical investigation of the mesoscale atmospheric circulation in the Oregon coastal zone with a coupled atmosphere-ocean model.  M.S. Thesis for Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 114 pp.

 

External Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles.

(Note:  Asterisks refer to papers or presentations resulting from theses)

 

Kasahara, A., and A.P. Mizzi, 1996: Use of precipitation data for diabatic initialization to improve the tropical analysis of divergence and moisture.  Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 60, 143-156.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., J. Tribbia, and J. Curry, 1995:  Vertical spectral representation in primitive equation models of the atmosphere.  Monthly Weather Review, 123, 2426-2446.

 

Kasahara, A., A.P. Mizzi, and L.J. Donner, 1993:  Diabatic initialization for improvement in the tropical analysis of divergence and moisture using satellite radiometric imagery data.  Tellus, 46A, 242-264.

 

Kasahara, A., A.P. Mizzi, and L.J. Donner, 1992:  Impacts of cumulus initialization upon the spin-up of precipitation forecasts in the tropics.  Monthly Weather Review, 120, 1360-1380.

 

Kasahara, A., and A.P. Mizzi, 1992:  Estimates of tropical analysis differences in daily values produced by two operational centers.  Monthly Weather Review, 120, 279-302.

 

Mizzi, A.P., and A. Kasahara, 1989:  Intercomparison of daily variations of atmospheric variables including diabatic heating rates from the ECMWF, GFDL and GLA FGGE Level IIIb analyses.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 94, 14,717-14,748.

 

Kasahara, A., A.P. Mizzi, and U.C. Mohanty, 1987:  Comparison of global diabatic heating rates from FGGE Level IIIb analyses with satellite radiation imagery data.  Monthly Weather Review, 115, 2904-2935.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., and R. Pielke, 1984:  A numerical study of the mesoscale atmospheric circulation observed during a coastal upwelling event on August 23, 1972, Part I: Sensitivity studies.  Monthly Weather Review, 112, 76-90.

 

NCAR Technical Reports and Notes.

*Mizzi, A.P., 1994:  Spectral representation of the vertical coordinate in three-dimensional atmospheric models on tropical - and f-planes.  Cooperative Thesis NCAR/CT-149, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado.

 

Mizzi, A.P., and A. Kasahara, 1988:  The CCM as a diagnostic tool for calculation of a global diabatic heating rate.  Report of the Second Workshop on the Community Climate Model, D. Williamson (ed.), NCAR Technical Note, NCAR/TN-310+PROC, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, pp. 88-89.

 

Non-External Peer-Reviewed Publications.

Kasahara, A.P. Mizzi and L.J. Donner, 1994:  Use of precipitation data for diabatic initialization to improve the tropical analysis of divergence and moisture.  Tenth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Portland, Oregon, American Meteorological Society, 297-300.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., J. Tribbia and J. Curry, 1994:  Spectral representation of the vertical coordinate in three-dimensional atmospheric models on tropical - and f- planes.  Tenth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Portland, Oregon, American Meteorological Society, 175-178.

 

Mizzi, A.P. 1994:  Comparison of daily precipitation from the NCAR CCM1 and CCM2 with estimates of observed precipitation.  Tenth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Portland, Oregon, American Meteorological Society, 118-120.

 

Pal, P.K., A. Kasahara, and A.P. Mizzi, 1993: Interannual variability in circulations and energetics of a climate model over Asian summer monsoon region. Indian Space Research Organization Technical Report ISRO-SAC-TR-99-93, October, 1993, 48 pp.

 

Mizzi, A.P., A. Kasahara, and L.J. Donner, 1992:  Studies to control the convective precipitation overshoot following physical initialization to correct the spin-up problem.  Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, George Boer (ed.), WMO/TD #467, p. 1.30.

 

Kasahara, A., A.P. Mizzi, and L.J. Donner, 1992:  A unified approach to diabatic initialization for improvement in the analysis of divergence and moisture fields in the tropics.  Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, George Boer (ed.), WMO/TD #467, p. 1.32.

 

Mizzi, A.P., A. Kasahara, and L.J. Donner, 1991:  Controlling the precipitation divergence overshoot during the early part of a numerical forecast.  Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Denver, Colorado, American Meteorological Society, 369-372.

 

Kasahara, A., A.P. Mizzi, and L.J. Donner, 1991:  A unified approach to diabatic initialization for improvement in the analysis of divergence and moisture fields in the tropics.  Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Denver, Colorado, American Meteorological Society, 365-368.

 

Kasahara, A., A.P. Mizzi, and L.J. Donner, 1990:  Tropical initialization to        ameliorate the spin-up of precipitation forecasts. Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, George Boer (ed.), WMO/TD #396, p.1.12.

 

Kasahara, A., A.P. Mizzi, and L.J. Donner, 1990:  Tropical initialization to ameliorate the spin-up of precipitation forecasts.  Community Climate Model Progress Report, 48-49.

 

Kasahara, A., and A.P. Mizzi, 1990:  Estimates of global analysis difference in daily synoptic values produced by ECMWF, GFDL, GLA and NMC.  Community Climate Model Progress Report, 46-47.

 

Mizzi, A.P., A. Kasahara, and L. Donner, 1989:  Diabatic initialization for improved analysis of tropical divergence and moisture.  Nineteenth Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Antonio, Texas, American Meteorological Society, 607-610.

 

Mizzi, A.P., A. Kasahara, and L. Donner, 1989:  Initialization of cumulus convection for large-scale prediction in the tropics.  Eighteenth Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, California, American Meteorological Society, 184-185.

 

Kasahara, A., and A.P. Mizzi, 1989:  Estimates of analysis differences in daily synoptic values produced by the ECMWF, GFDL, GLA, and NMC.  Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, George Boer (ed.), WMO/TD #332, p. 2.4.

 

Kasahara, A., A.P. Mizzi, and L.J. Donner, 1989:  Impact of cumulus initialization upon the spin-up of precipitation forecasts in the tropics.  Proceedings of the International Symposium on Assimilation of Observations in Meteorology and Oceanography, Clermont--Ferrand, France, 9--13 July 1990.

 

Kasahara, A., and A.P. Mizzi, 1989:  Intercomparison of daily variations of FGGE Level IIIb analyses produced by the ECMWF, GFDL, GLA and NMC.  Proceedings of IAMAP 89, Reading, England, Abstracts-Vol. 2, p. 1115 (GW-41).

 

Mizzi, A.P., and A. Kasahara, 1988:  Comparison of global diabatic heating rates from the ECMWF, GFDL and GLA FGGE Level IIIb analyses.  Eighth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Baltimore, Maryland, American Meteorological Society, 416-423.

 

Mizzi, A.P., and A. Kasahara, 1988:  Intercomparison of Daily Variations of Atmospheric Variables, Including Diabatic Heating Rates, from the ECMWF, GFDL and GLA FGGE Level IIIb Analyses.  Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, George Boer (ed.), WMO/TD #263, p. 2.5.

 

Kasahara, A., A.P. Mizzi, and U.C. Mohanty, 1987:  Comparison of global diabatic heating rates from FGGE Level IIIb analyses with satellite radiation imagery data.  Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling,  G. J. Boer (ed.), Report #10, WMO/TD No. 200,  p. 2.7

 

Mizzi, A.P., and P.D. Thompson, 1985:  A Lagrangian variable-resolution method for integrating the barotropic vorticity equation.  Seventh Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Montreal, Canada, American Meteorological Society, 284-285.

 

Kasahara, A., and A. Mizzi, 1984:  Preliminary evaluation of diabatic heating distribution from FGGE Level IIIb analysis data.  Proceedings of the First National Workshop on the Global Weather Experiment, National Academy Press, Vol. 2, Part 1, 317-329.

 

Kasahara, A., and A. Mizzi, 1984:  Calculation of vertical velocity from the FGGE Level III analysis data.  GWE Newsletter, U.S. Committee for GARP, 7, 22-27.

 

Kasahara, A., and A. Mizzi, 1984:  Temporal variations of the divergence field in the ECMWF Level III-B analysis data. GWE Newsletter, U.S. Committee for GARP, 7, 15-21.

 

Kasahara, A., and A.P. Mizzi, 1983:  On the evaluation of the heating/cooling rate from the ECMWF Level III-B analysis data.  GWE Newsletter, U.S. Committee for GARP, FGGE Advisory Panel, 2, 12-17.

 

Kasahara, A., and A.P. Mizzi, 1983:  Diurnal variations of the divergence field in the ECMWF III-B analysis data.  GWE Newsletter, U.S. Committee for GARP, FGGE Advisory Panel, 2, 5‑11.

 

*McNider, R., A. Mizzi, and R. Pielke, 1982:  Numerical investigation of low level jets in coastal zones.  First International Conference on Meteorology and Air/Sea Interaction of the Coastal Zone.  The Hague, The Netherlands, May 10-14, 1982.

 

Seminars and Presentations.

*Mizzi, A.P., J. Tribbia and J. Curry, 1994:  Spectral representation of the vertical coordinate in atmospheric models.  Andre Robert Memorial Symposium, Montreal, Canada, 7 October 1994.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., 1994:  Spectral representation of the vertical coordinate in atmospheric models.  Climate and Global Dynamics Seminar, NCAR, Boulder Colorado, 13, September 1994.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., J. Tribbia and J. Curry, 1994:  Spectral representation of the vertical coordinate in three-dimensional atmospheric models on tropical - and f- planes.  Tenth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Portland, Oregon, American Meteorological Society, July.

 

Mizzi, A.P. 1994:  Comparison of daily precipitation from the NCAR CCM1 and CCM2 with estimates of observed precipitation.  Tenth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Portland, Oregon, American Meteorological Society, July (poster).

 

*Mizzi, A.P., 1994:  Overview of current research projects:  Tropical convective precipitation spin-up, Estimation of daily tropical precipitation from satellite data, Tropical surface flux spin-up and Vertical spectral representations.  Climate and Global Dynamics Research Report, Boulder, Colorado, 6 June 1994.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., 1994:  Spectral representation of the vertical coordinate in three-dimensional atmospheric models on tropical - and f-planes.  Applied Mathematics Dissertation Defense, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 4 April 1994.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., 1994:  Three dimensional spectral models of the atmosphere on equatorial b- and f-planes (Part II).  Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 10 March 1994.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., 1994:  Three dimensional spectral models of the atmosphere on equatorial b- and f-planes (Part I).  Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 24 February 1994.

 

Mizzi, A.P., and A. Kasahara, 1993:  Intercomparison of tropical precipitation from the NCAR GCM's and observations.  Climate and Global Dynamics Community Climate Model 2 Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, 28 June 1993.

 

Mizzi, A.P., A. Kasahara, and L.J. Donner, 1993:  Diabatic initialization for improved analysis of tropical divergence and moisture.  Tropical Meteorology Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 14 May 1993.

 

Mizzi, A.P., and A. Kasahara, 1993:  Estimates of daily tropical precipitation rates and their spatial distributions.  EOS Grant Review, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 5 May 1993.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1993:  Numerical quadrature with integrands having low-order derivative singularities,  Climate and Global Dynamics Research Report, Boulder, Colorado, 12 April 1993.

 

Mizzi, A.P., A. Kasahara, and C. Deininger, 1992:  Daily tropical precipitation estimates from satellite data.  NASA Site Review, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, 27 July 1992.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1992:  Atmospheric models and global change.  Nature Camp Foundation Ecology Workshop, Vesuvius, Virginia, 10-14 June 1992.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1992:  Principles of meteorology and global change. Nature Camp Foundation Ecology Workshop, Vesuvius, Virginia, 10-14 June 1992.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1992:  Examination of the tropical precipitation/divergence overshoot following physical initialization. Climate and Global Dynamics Division Seminar, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, 31 March 1992.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1992:  Use of satellite imagery during diabatic initialization. Climate and Global Dynamics Research Report, Boulder, Colorado, 2 March 1992.

 

Mizzi, A.P., A. Kasahara, and L.J. Donner, 1991:  Controlling the precipitation divergence overshoot during the early part of a numerical forecast.  Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Denver, Colorado, American Meteorological Society, 369-372.  October

 

Kasahara, A., and A.P. Mizzi, 1991:  Research on diabatic initialization.  1991 NASA Research Review, Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama.  May, 1991.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1991: Data differences between two analysis (NMC and ECMWF) systems during FGGE.  CPTEC, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.  January, 1991.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1991:  Impact of cumulus initialization on the precipitation spin-up problem.  University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. January, 1991.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., 1990:  Preliminary results from development of a fully spectral equatorial -plane model.  Ph.D. preliminary examination,  Boulder, Colorado.  December, 1990.

 

Kasahara, A., A.P. Mizzi, and L.J. Donner, 1990:  Tropical initialization to ameliorate the spin-up of precipitation forecasts.  Community Climate Model 1 Workshop III, Boulder, Colorado.  July, 1990.

 

Kasahara, A., and A.P. Mizzi, 1990:  Estimates of global analysis differences in daily synoptic values produced by ECMWF, GFDL, GLA and NMC.  Community Climate Model 1 Workshop III, Boulder, Colorado.  July, 1990.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1990:  Global warming facts and fiction.  Nature Camp Foundation Ecology Workshop.  Vesuvius, Virginia.  June, 1990.

 

Mizzi, A.P.,  1990:  General meteorology and weather forecasting.  Nature Camp Foundation Ecology Workshop.  Vesuvius, Virginia.  June, 1990.

 

Mizzi, A.P.,  A. Kasahara, and L. Donner, 1989:  Initialization of cumulus convection for large-scale prediction in the tropics.  18th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 16-19 May 1989, San Diego, California.

 

Mizzi, A.P., and A. Kasahara, 1988:  Comparison of global diabatic heating rates from the ECMWF, GFDL and GLA FGGE Level IIIb analyses.  Eighth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 22-26 February 1988, Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Mizzi, A., 1986:  Evaluation of diabatic heating rates during SOP I and SOP II of FGGE.  Climate and Global Dynamics Research Report, Boulder, Colorado, April, 1986.

 

Mizzi, A., and P.D. Thompson, 1985:  Lagrangian variable-resolution method for integrating the barotropic vorticity equation.  Presented at the Seventh Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, June 17-20, 1985, Montreal, Canada.

 

Mizzi, A., A. Kasahara, and R. Errico, 1985:  Diagnostic and semi-prognostic calculation of the diabatic heating rate from FGGE Level III analysis data during SOP I.  Presented at the Seventh Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, June 17-20, 1985, Montreal, Canada.

 

Mizzi, A., 1985:  Determining the optimal tropical diabatic heating rates from the FGGE analyses.  Climate and Global Dynamics Research Report, Boulder, Colorado, April, 1985.

 

*Mizzi, A., and R. Pielke, 1983:  Two interesting aspects of the mesoscale circulation in the Oregon coastal zone.  First Conference on Mesoscale Meteorology, Norman, Oklahoma, May 31-June 3, 1983.

 

Mizzi, A.P., 1983:  Application of Lagrangian integration method to wind forecasts.  Atmospheric Analysis and Prediction Research Report, Boulder, Colorado, March, 1983.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., 1982:  Numerical simulation of the mesoscale atmospheric circulation in the Oregon coastal zone with a coupled atmosphere ocean model.  NATO/ASI on Mesoscale Meteorology, Theory, Observation and Models, Gascogne, France, July 13-30, 1982.

 

*Mizzi, A.P., 1982:  Mesoscale air-sea interaction in the coastal upwelling zone.  Atmospheric Analysis and Prediction Research Report, Boulder, Colorado, 22 February 1982.