MANUELA LEHNER portrait
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Atmospheric Sciences

Research Keywords

  • Numerical modeling
  • Mountain Meteorology
  • Boundary-layer processes

Presentations

  • Lehner, M., C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, B. Adler, N. Kalthoff, and R. Rotunno, 2015: Downslope-windstorm-type flows and seiches in the Meteor Crater—responses of the nocturnal crater atmosphere to an impinging katabatic flow. 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Conference Paper, Presented, 09/01/2015.
  • Adler, B., N. Kalthoff, C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, and M. Lehner, 2015: Upstream conditions controlling downslope-windstorm-type flows in Arizona’s Meteor Crater. 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Conference Paper, Presented, 09/01/2015.
  • Haiden, T., C. D. Whiteman, and M. Lehner, 2015: Do current theories of downslope-windstorm- type flows apply to the Meteor Crater? 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Conference Paper, Presented, 09/01/2015.
  • Hills, M., D. Whiteman, S. Hoch, and M. Lehner, 2015: A parameter based approach to idealised numerical simulations of Meteor Crater downslope-windstorm-type flows. 33rd International Con- ference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Conference Paper, Presented, 09/01/2015.
  • Hoch, S. W., N. W. Cherukuru, R. Calhoun, C. D. Whiteman, M. Lehner, B. Adler, N. Kalthoff, and W. O. J. Brown, 2015: Lidar observations during METCRAX-II. 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Conference Paper, Presented, 09/01/2015.
  • Whiteman, C. D., M. Lehner, S. W. Hoch, M. O. G. Hills, N. Kalthoff, B. Adler, R. Rotunno, R. Vogt, I. Feigenwinter, M. Grudzielanek, J. Cermak, T. Haiden, N. W. Cherukuru, and R. Calhoun, 2015: The second Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX II): Introduction and overview of recent results. 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Conference Paper, Presented, 09/01/2015.
  • Kalthoff, N., B. Adler, M. Lehner, C. D. Whiteman, and S. W. Hoch, 2015: Katabatic drainage flow characteristics on a low-angle slope around Arizona’s Meteor Crater. Poster, 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Poster, Presented, 09/01/2015.
  • Maric, M., A. M. Grudzielanek, R. Vogt, J. Cermak, I. Feigenwinter, C. D. Whiteman, M. Lehner, and S. W. Hoch, 2015: Evaluation of infrared imaging for measuring near-ground flow dynamics at the Barringer Meteor Crater as part of METCRAX II. Poster, 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Poster, Presented, 09/01/2015.
  • Grudzielanek, A. M., R. Vogt, J. Cermak, I. Feigenwinter, M. Maric, C. D. Whiteman, M. Lehner, S. W. Hoch, M. G. Krausz, C. Bernhofer, and A. Pitacco, 2015: Infrared imaging for air flow anal- yses in the Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona, as part of METCRAX II. Poster, 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Poster, Presented, 09/01/2015.
  • Feigenwinter, I., R. Vogt, M. Müller, E. Parlow, M. Grudzielanek, M. Maric, C. D. Whiteman, M. Lehner, and S. W. Hoch, 2015: Visualization of high-resolution surface temperature data collected in the Barringer Meteor Crater during METCRAX II. Poster, 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Poster, Presented, 09/01/2015.
  • Lehner, M., C. D. Whiteman, and M. Dorninger, 2015: Model simulations of inversion buildup and cold-air outflow in a small Alpine sinkhole. Poster, 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August–04 September 2015. Poster, Presented, 08/31/2015.

Publications

  • Fernando, H. J., E. R. Pardyjak, S. Di Sabatino, F. K. Chow, S. F. J. De Wekker, S. W. Hoch, J. P. Hacker, J. C. Pace, T. G. Pratt, Z. Pu, W. J. Steenburgh, C. D. Whiteman, Y. Wang, D. Zajic, B. B. Balsley, R. Dimitrova, G. D. Emmitt, C. W. Higgins, J. C. R. Hunt, J. C. Knievel, D. Lawrence, Y. Liu, D. F. Nadeau, E. Kit, B. W. Blomquist, P. Conry, R. S. Coppersmith, E. Creegan, M. Felton, A. A. Grachev, N. Gunawardena, C. Hang, C. M. Hocut, G. Huynh, M. E. Jeglum, D. Jensen, V. Kulandaivelu, M. Lehner, L. S. Leo, D. Liberzon, J. D. Massey, K. McEnerney, S. Pal, T. Price, M. Sghiatti, Z. Silver, M. Thompson, H. Zhang, T. Zsedrovits, 2015: THE MATERHORN -Unraveling the Intricacies of Mountain Weather. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 1946-1967. Published, 11/2015.
  • Lehner, M., C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, D. Jensen, E. R. Pardyjak, L. S. Leo, S. Di Sabatino, H. J. S. Fernando, 2015: A case study of nocturnal boundary-layer evolution on a slope at the foot of a desert mountain. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 54, 732–751. Published, 04/2015.
  • Lehner, M., C. D.Whiteman, S.W. Hoch, E. T. Crosman, M. E. Jeglum, N.W. Cherukuru, R. Calhoun, B. Adler, N. Kalthoff, R. Rotunno, T. W. Horst, S. Semmer, W. O. J. Brown, S. P. Oncley, R. Vogt, A. M. Grudzielanek, J. Cermak, N. J. Fonteyne, C. Bernhofer, A. Pitacco, and P. Klein, 2015: The METCRAX II field experiment—A study of downslope windstorm-type flows in Arizona’s Meteor Crater. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., accepted. Accepted, 04/01/2015.
  • Cherukuru, N. W., R. Calhoun, M. Lehner, S. W. Hoch, and C. D. Whiteman, 2015: Instrument configuration for Dual Doppler Lidar co-planar scans: METCRAX II. J. Appl. Remote Sensing, 9, 096090. Published, 02/2015.
  • Lehner, M., and C. D. Whiteman, 2014: Physical Mechanisms of the Thermally Driven Cross-Basin Circulation. Quart. J. Royal Meteorol. Soc., 140, 895–907. Published, 04/2014.
  • Martínez Villagrasa, D., M. Lehner, C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, and J. Cuxart, 2013: The upslope-downslope flow transition on a basin sidewall. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 2715–2734. Published, 12/2013.
  • Lehner, M., and C. D. Whiteman, 2012: The Thermally Driven Cross-Basin Circulation in Idealized Basins under Varying Wind Donditions. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 51, 1026–1045. Published, 06/2012.
  • Adler, B., C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, M. Lehner, and N. Kalthoff, 2012: Warm-Air Intrusions in Arizona’s Meteor Crater. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 51, 1010–1025. Published, 06/2012.
  • Haiden, T., C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, and M. Lehner, 2011: A Mass-flux Model of Nocturnal Cold Air Intrusions into a Closed Basin. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 50, 933–943. Published, 05/2011.
  • Lehner, M., C. D. Whiteman, and S. W. Hoch, 2011: Diurnal Cycle of Cross-Basin Winds in Arizona’s Meteor Crater. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 50, 729–744. Published, 03/2011.
  • Whiteman, C. D., S. W. Hoch, M. Lehner, and T. Haiden, 2010: Nocturnal Cold Air Intrusions into a Closed Basin: Observational Evidence and Conceptual Model. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 49, 1894-1905. Published, 09/2010.