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Petar Bukovcic

Petar Bukovcic

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Research
Scientist II

petar.bukovcic@ou.edu
petar.bukovcic@noaa.gov
National Weather Center 4447

Education

  • PhD, Meteorology 2017, University of Oklahoma
  • MS, Meteorology 2009, University of Oklahoma
  • BS, Meteorology 2005, University of Belgrade

Affiliated CIWRO Team

  • RRDD-DRARSR

About

Petar Bukovcic is a research scientist at CIWRO, University of Oklahoma. Some of his professional interests are quantitative precipitation/snow estimation, hydrometeor classification, now-casting, and microphysics retrievals with polarimetric radar; in-situ precipitation measurements and microphysics retrievals; winter precipitation analysis using weather radar and other sensors, studies of liquid-ice transitions, freezing rain, ice pellets, and snow; and novel methods of analyzing and displaying polarimetric radar observations.

Research Focus

  • Polarimetric measurements of snow
  • Ice and rain microphysics retrievals
  • Polarimetric measurements of snow in cold season stratiform rain
  • Precipitation (mainly snow) now-casting
  • Polarimetric measurements of extreme rain

CIWRO Research Themes

  • Weather Research and Observations
Honors and awards
  • Journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Editor’s award for the best reviewer in 2021
Publications
  • Junho, H., G. Zhang, P. Bukovčić, D. B. Parsons, F. Xu, J. Gao, J. T. Carlin, and J. C. Snyder, 2023: Improving Polarimetric Radar-based Drop Size Distribution Retrieval and Rain Estimation using Deep Neural Network. J. Hydrometeor., in press. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-22-0166.1
  • Ryzhkov, A., Zhang, P., Bukovčić, P., Zhang, J., Cocks, S., 2022: Polarimetric radar quantitative precipitation estimation. Remote Sens., 14, 1695.
  • Dunnavan, E. L., Carlin, J. T., Hu, J., Bukovčić, P., Ryzhkov, A. V., McFarquhar, G. M., Finlon, J. A., Matrosov, S. Y., and Delene, D. J., 2022: Radar Retrieval Evaluation and Investigation of Dendritic Growth Layer Polarimetric Signatures in a Winter Storm, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 61(11), 1685-1711. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0220.1.
  • Bukovčić, P., Ryzhkov, A. V., & Carlin, J. T., 2021: Polarimetric Radar Relations for Estimation of Visibility in Aggregated Snow, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38(4), 805-822. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0088.1
  • Bukovčić, P., A. Ryzhkov, and D. Zrnić, 2020: Polarimetric Relations for Snow Estimation—Radar Verification. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 59, 991–1009. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0140.1.
  • Zhang, G., V. N. Mahale, B. J. Putnam, Y. Qi, Q. Cao, A. D. Byrd, P. Bukovčić, D. S. Zrnic, J. Gao, M. Xue, Y. Jung, H. D. Reeves, P. L. Heinselman, A. Ryzhkov, R. D. Palmer, P. Zhang, M. Weber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. M. III, Y. Zhang, J. Zhang, J. Vivekanandan, Y. Al-Rashid, R. L. Ice, D. S. Berkowitz, C.Tong, C. Fulton, and R. J. Doviak, 2019: Current status and future challenges of weather radar polarimetry: Bridging the gap between radar meteorology/hydrology/engineering and numerical weather prediction. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 36, 571-588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-019-8172-4.
  • Bukovčić, P., A. Ryzhkov, D. Zrnić, and G. Zhang, 2018: Polarimetric Radar Relations for Quantification of Snow Based on Disdrometer Data. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 57, 103–120, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0090.1.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. Zrnić, and G. Zhang, 2017: Winter Precipitation Liquid–Ice Phase Transitions Revealed with Polarimetric Radar and 2DVD Observations in Central Oklahoma. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 56, 1345–1363, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0239.1
  • Bukovčić, P., D. Zrnić, and G. Zhang, 2015: Convective–stratiform separation using video disdrometer observations in central Oklahoma—The Bayesian approach. Atmos. Res., 155, 176– 191, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.12.002
Conference presentations
  • Rosenow, A., P. Bukovčić, H. D. Reeves, and M. E. Baldwin, 2024: Towards a Radar-based Gridded Snowfall Intensity Analysis, oral presentation, 104 th AMS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 28 January – 1 February 2024.
  • Ho, J., G. Zhang, Z. Li, P. Bukovčić, J. Gao, A. V. Ryzhkov, J. T. Carlin, and J. C. Snyder, 2024: Quantitative Error Analysis of Polarimetric Phased Array Weather Radar Measurements, poster presentation, 104 th AMS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 28 January – 1 February 2024.
  • Bukovčić, P., A. Ryzhkov, and D. Zrnić, 2023: Optimized Radar Relations for Snow Estimation, oral presentation, 4 th International Summer Snowfall Workshop, Leipzig, Germany, 11–13 September 2023.
  • Bukovčić, P., A. Ryzhkov, and D. Zrnić, 2023: Optimized Polarimetric Radar Relations for Snow Estimation, oral presentation, 40 th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Minneapolis MN, USA, 28 August – 01 September 2023.
  • Bukovčić, P., and J. Krause, 2023: Path-CVP (pCVP) – Polarimetric radar data snapshot along the predefined path based on Columnar Vertical Profiles, poster, 40 th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Minneapolis MN, USA, 28 August – 01 September 2023.
  • Oue, M., A. Ryzhkov, S. Matrosov, P. Bukovčić, and P. Kolias, 2023: Synthesis of Polarimetric and Dual-Frequency Radar Observations of Winter Storms for Estimating Ice Water Content, oral presentation, 40 th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Minneapolis MN, USA, 28 August – 01 September 2023.
  • Ho, J., G. Zhang, P. Bukovčić, J. Gao, A. Ryzhkov, J. Carlin, and J. C. Snyder, 2023: U-net Based Retrieval of Precipitation Microphysics from Polarimetric Weather Radar Data, oral presentation, 40 th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Minneapolis MN, USA, 28 August – 01 September 2023.
  • Bukovčić, P., A. Ryzhkov, and D. Zrnić, 2023: Polarimetric Radar Estimates in Heavy Snow, oral presentation, 14 th International Conference on Precipitation, Norman OK, USA, 5-9 June 2023.
  • Bukovčić, P., 2023: An Overview of Solid Precipitation, oral presentation, 14th International Conference on Precipitation – Pre-conference Early Career Scientist and Student Virtual Workshop, Norman OK, USA, 24 May 2023.
  • Bukovčić, P., A. Ryzhkov, and D. Zrnić, 2022: Polarimetric radar QPE in heavy snow, oral presentation, 11th ERAD, Locarno, Switzerland, 30 August 2022.
  • Dunnavan, E., P. Bukovčić, A. Ryzhkov, J. Carlin, and J. Hu, 2022: Improved dual-polarization radar retrievals of bulk ice microphysical parameters, poster, 11th ERAD, Locarno, Switzerland, 29 Aug. – 2 Sep. 2022.
  • Schvartzman, D., E. Dunnovan, J. Carlin, A. Ryzhkov, H. Bluestein, P. Bukovčić, and T. Y. Yu, 2022: Analysis of observations from the rapid X-Band Polarimetric Radar (RaXPol) during the IMPACTS 2022 deployments, NASA IMPACTS Science Team Meeting, Boulder CO, 28 Jul 2022.
  • Bukovčić, P., A. Ryzhkov, and D. Zrnic, 2021: Polarimetric radar estimation of heavy snow, NOAA/OU – KNU workshop 2021 on Advancement of Observation and Meteorological Processes, online meeting, Kyungpook National University, 19-20 October 2021, Daegu, South Korea.
  • Bukovčić, P., A. Ryzhkov, and D. Zrnic, 2021: Polarimetric radar snow estimation in two extreme events, 3 rd International Summer Snowfall Workshop, 31 August - 3 September 2021, online meeting, Reading, England.
  • Bukovčić, P., Ryzhkov, A. V., and Carlin, J. T., 2020: Polarimetric radar estimation of extinction coefficient/visibility in snow, The 6th International workshop on ICE-POP 2018, online meeting, Kyungpook National University, 4- 6 November 2020, Daegu, South Korea.
  • Bukovčić, P., 2020: Polarimetric radar QPE in aggregated snow, Precipitation and Flash Flood Prediction from Minutes to Days, online meeting, University of Bonn, 5-7 October 2020, Germany. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMRMqQMok1I.
  • Bukovčić, P., Ryzhkov, A. V., and Carlin, J. T., 2020: Polarimetric radar estimation of extinction coefficient/visibility in aggregated snow, NOAA/OU – KNU workshop 2020 on Microphysical processes and Radar Observations, online meeting, Kyungpook National University, 23-24 September 2020, Daegu, South Korea.
  • Hanft W., J. Zhang, P. Bukovčić, A. Ryzhkov, S. Cocks, S. Martinaitis, and K. Howard, 2020: Dual-Polarization Radar Snow QPE in MRMS. In 100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2020 January 15, AMS.
  • Bukovčić P., A. Ryzhkov, and D. Zrnic, 2019: Validation of Polarimetric Relations for Snow Estimation on Radar Data. 39th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology, Nara, Japan, 16-20 September, 2019, AMS.
  • Kim K., A. Ryzhkov, P. Bukovčić, W. Bang, and G. Lee, 2019: Polarimetric Retrieval of Precipitation Rate in Cold Season using Datafrom ICE-POP 2018. 39th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology, Nara, Japan, 16-20 September, 2019, AMS.
  • Hanft W., J. Zhang, P. Bukovčić, A. Ryzhkov, S. Cocks, S. Martinaitis, and K. Howard, 2019: Dual-Polarization Radar Snow QPE in MRMS. 39th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology, Nara, Japan, 16-20 September, 2019, AMS.
  • Bukovčić, P., A. Ryzhkov, and D. Zrnic, 2019: Verification and validation of polarimetric relations for snow estimation, 2 nd International Summer Snowfall Workshop - Connecting models and observations, 27-30 August 2019, Hyytiälä, Finland.
  • Ryzhkov, A., Bukovčić, P., Murphy, A., Zhang, P., & McFarquhar, G: Ice microphysical retrievals using polarimetric radar data. In 10th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, 1–6 July, Netherlands, # 40, 2018. https://projects.knmi.nl/erad2018/ERAD2018_extended_abstract_040.pdf
  • Ryzhkov A. .V, T. Schuur, P. Zhang, E. Griffin, P. Bukovčić, A. Murphy, and D. Zrnic: Novel Approaches for Studying Ice Microphysics in Stratiform Clouds with Dual-Polarization Radars, 38th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology, Chicago, IL, August 28-September 1, 2017.
  • Bukovčić, P., A. Ryzhkov, D. Zrnic, and G. Zhang: Polarimetric Radar Relations for Snow Estimation Based on Disdrometer Data, 38th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology, Chicago, IL, August 28-September 1, 2017.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. Zrnic, G. Zhang, and A. Ryzhkov: Snow Variability in Oklahoma and Colorado Characterized by 2D-Video Disdrometer and Dual- polarization Radar, 37 th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK, September 14-18, 2015.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. Zrnic, and G. Zhang, Convective-Stratiform Separation Reviled by Video Disdrometer and Polarimetric Radar Observations – The Bayesian Approach, ISEC, Kyoto, Japan, October 3-5, 2013.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. Zrnic, and G. Zhang, Convective-Stratiform Classification Characterized by 2D-Video Disdrometer and Polarimetric Radar Observations – The Fuzzy Logic Approach, ISERC, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 18-22, 2013.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. Zrnic, and G. Zhang: Convective Versus Stratiform Rain Microphysics Characterized by Video Disdrometer and Polarimetric Radar Observations – The Fuzzy Logic Approach, USNC-URSI, Boulder, CO, 9-12 January 2013.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. Zrnic, and G. Zhang: Retrieval and Application of Raindrop Size Distributions From Polarimetric Radar and Disdrometer Data for Sub-synoptic Scale Systems, Croatian-USA Workshop on Mesometeorology, Ekopark Kras Resort near Zagreb, Croatia, 18-20 Jun, 2012.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. Zrnic, and G. Zhang: A Winter Storm Transition Revealed With Polarimetric Radar and 2DVD Observations, USNC-URSI, Boulder, CO, 4-7 January 2012.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. S. Zrnic, and G. Zhang: Convective versus stratiform rain microphysics characterized by video disdrometer and polarimetric radar observations, USNC-URSI, Boulder, CO, 5-8 January 2011.
  • Kerr, C., G. Zhang, and P. Bukovčić: Radar-disdrometer comparison to study precipitation microphysics, AMS annual meeting, Student conference, Seattle, WA, Jan. 2011.
  • Zhang, G., Q. Cao, P. Bukovčić, S. Luchs, Precipitation microphysics characterized by polarimetric radar and video disdrometer measurements, Issues with Polarimetric Phased Array Radar in Weather Measurements, 13th Cloud Physics Conference, AMS, Portland, OR, June 28 – July 2, 2010.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. Zrnic, G. Zhang, Q. Cao: Retrieval and application of raindrop size distributions from polarimetric radar data, URSI- National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, 6-9 January 2010.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. S. Zrnic and G. Zhang: Spatial structure and time evolution of raindrop size distributions revealed from disdrometer and polarimetric radar observations, 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Williamsburg, VA, 5-9 October 2009.
  • Bukovčić, P., D. Zrnic, and G. Zrnic: A study of precipitation microphysics using S- and X- band polarimetric radar measurements, 13th Conference on IOAS, AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 2009.


 

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