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Luca Delle Monache

Project Scientist II
National Security Applications Program (NSAP)
303-497-2736
lucadmucar.edu

Current Projects

Wind Energy Forecasting, Ensemble-based Data Assimilation, Weather
Forecast Post-Processing

Research Areas

Numerical Weather Prediction at the Mesoscale, Predictability, Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation,
Air Pollution Meteorology, Dispersion Modeling, Urban Meteorology, Inverse Problems

Education

2002 — 2005 Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences
Atmospheric Science Programme, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Thesis: Ensemble-averaged, probabilistic, and Kalman-filtered ozone regional forecasts
Supervisor: Prof. Roland Stull

1999 — 2002 M.S. in Meteorology
Department of Meteorology, San José State University, California
Thesis: Aerosol property comparison within and above the ABL at the ARM SGP site
Supervisors: Prof. Kevin Perry and Prof. Robert Bornstein

1991 — 1997 Laurea (~M.S.) in Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy Thesis: Implementation of CALGRID photochemical model on parallel architecture Quadrics
Supervisor: Prof. Patrizia Mentrasti

Publications

1. Djalalova, I., Wilczak, J., McKeen, S., Grell, G., Peckham, S., Pagowski, M., Delle Monache, L., McQueen, J., Lee, P., Tang, Y., McHenry, J., Gong, W., Bouchet, V., Marthur, R., 2009. Ensemble and bias-correction techniques for probabilistic forecast of surface O3 and PM2.5 during the TEXAQS-II experiment of 2006. Accepted to appear in Atmospheric Environment
2. Delle Monache, L., Weil, J., Simpson, M., Leach, M., 2009. A new urban boundary layer and dispersion parameterization for the LLNL modeling system: tests with the Joint Urban 2003 data set. Atmospheric Environment, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.051."
3. Delle Monache, L., 2008. Ricostruzione di una sorgente atmosferica a partire da misure sottovento: un metodo basato su inferenza Bayesiana e Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling. In press, Rivista di Meteorologia (in Italian)
   
4. Delle Monache, L., Lundquist, J., Kosovic, B., Johannesson, G., Dyer, K., Aines, R., Chow, F., Belles, R., Hanley, W., Larsen, S., Loosmore, G., Nitao, J., Sugiyama, G., Vogt, P., 2008. Bayesian inference and Markov Chain Monte Carlo to reconstruct a contaminant source at continental scale. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 2600-2613
   
5. Pryor, S. C., Barthelmie, R. J., Schoof, J. T., Binkowski, F. S., Delle Monache, L., and Stull, R. B., 2008. Modeling the impact of sea-spry on particle concentrations in a coastal city. Science of the Total Environment, 391, 132-142
6. Delle Monache, L., Wilczak, J., McKeen, S., Grell, G., Pagowski, M., Peckham, S., Stull, R., McHenry, J., and McQueen,, J., 2008. A Kalman-filter bias correction of ozone deterministic, ensemble-averaged, and probabilistic forecasts. Tellus B, 60, 238-249
   
7. Monforti, F., Vitali, L., Pagnini, G., Lorenzini, R., Delle Monache, L., and Zanini, G., 2006. Testing Kernel density reconstruction in Lagrangian photochemical modelling. Atmospheric Environment, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv. 2006.07.046
8. Delle Monache, L., Hacker, J. P., Zhou, Y., Deng, X., and Stull, R. B., 2006. Probabilistic aspects of meteorological and ozone regional ensemble forecasts. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D24307, doi:10.1029/ 2005JD006917
   
9. Pagowski, M., Grell, G. A., Devenyi, D., Peckham, S. E., McKeen, S. A., Gong, W., Delle Monache, L., McHenry, J. N., McQueen, J., and Lee, P., 2006. Application of dynamic linear regression to improve the skill of ensemble-based deterministic ozone forecasts. Atmospheric Environment, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv. 2006.02.006
   
10. Delle Monache, L., Deng, X., Zhou, Y., and Stull, R. B., 2006. Ozone ensemble forecasts: 1. A new ensemble design. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D05307, doi:10.1029/2005JD006310
    
11. Delle Monache, L., Nipen, T., Deng, X., Zhou, Y., and Stull, R. B., 2006. Ozone ensemble forecasts: 2. A Kalman filter predictor bias-correction. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D05308, do1:10.1029/2005JD006311
    
12. Delle Monache, L., Perry, K. D., Cederwall, R. T., and Ogren, J. A., 2004. In situ aerosol profiles over the Southern Great Plains CART site. Part II: effects of mixing height on aerosol properties. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D06209, doi:10.1029/2003JD004024
    
13. Delle Monache, L., Stull, R. B., 2003. An ensemble air-quality forecast over Western Europe during an Ozone episode. Atmospheric Environment, 37, 3469-3474
14. Campanelli, M., Delle Monache, L., Malvestuto, V., and Olivieri, B., 2003. On the correlation between the depth of the boundary layer and the columnar aerosol size distribution. Atmospheric Environment, 37, 4483-4492

In preparation/submitted:

Chapter in Book

1. Delle Monache, L., 2009. Ensemble Predictions and Data Assimilation. Chapter in preparation for Air Quality Modeling IV: Advances and Updates, Ed. Zannetti, Pub. Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA), USA

Peer Reviewed Journals

1. Delle Monache, L., Kosovic, B., Cameron-Smith, P., Bergmann, D., Grant, K., Guilderson, T., 2009. Regional fossil fuel CO2 emissions verification using Bayesian inference, stochastic sampling, and WRF-CHEM. Manuscript in preparation for Geophysical Research Letters
2. Delle Monache, L., 2009. Previsioni di qualità dellària su scala regionale nella bassa troposfera: una combinazione di un nuovo approccio ensemble combinato con il filtro di Kalman. Manuscript in preparation for Rivista di Meteorologia (in Italian)
   
3. Kosovic, B., Belles, R., Delle Monache, L., Dyer, K., Glascoe, L., Hanley, W., Johannesson, G., Larsen, S., Loosmore, G., Lundquist, J., Mirin, A., Neuman, S., Nitao, J., Johannesson, G., Serban, R., Sugiyama, G., and Aines, R., 2008. Source term characterization for atmospheric releases using Bayesian inference via Markov Chain Monte Carlo methodology. Manuscript in preparation for Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology