Vita

William J Capehart, Ph.D.

Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Program
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
501 East Saint Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 · USA
Phone: +1 (605) 394-1994
Email: William.Capehart@sdsmt.edu

Research & Education Interests

Climate Resiliency; Land-Atmosphere Interactions; Hydrometeorology; Regional Climate Modeling; Natural Hazards; Climate Resiliency; Numerical Weather Prediction; Boundary-Layer Meteorology; Scientific Visualization; High-Performance Computing; Quantitative Skills Education in Geosciences and Engineering

Professional Preparation

Ph.D. in Meteorology May 1997
The Pennsylvania State University at University Park
Dissertation, "Issues regarding the remote sensing and modeling of soil moisture for meteorological applications," Dr. Toby N. Carlson, Advisor

M.S. in Meteorology May 1992
The Pennsylvania State University at University Park
Thesis, "Construction of a meteorologically driven substratum hydrology model," Dr. Toby N. Carlson, Advisor

B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Climatology Track May 1989
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Appointments

2015-Present Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota USA

2014-Present Program Director, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota USA

2003-2014 Associate Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota USA

2011 Senior Research Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales AUSTRALIA

2010-2011 Interim Department Chair of Atmospheric Sciences
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota USA

1997-2003 Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota USA

1996-1997 Post-Doctoral Scholar in Meteorology
The Pennsylvania State University at University Park
State College, Pennsylvania USA

1990-1996 Graduate Research Assistant in Meteorology
The Pennsylvania State University at University Park
State College, Pennsylvania USA

1989-1990 Graduate Teaching Assistant in Meteorology
The Pennsylvania State University at University Park
State College, Pennsylvania USA

1988-1989 Undergraduate Research Assistant
NOAA/NESDIS National Climatic Data Center
(For Rutgers University and Columbia University)
Asheville, North Carolina USA

1987-1989 Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant
Atmospheric Sciences Program
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Awards & Honors

2006 Commendation, NATO Subgroup 2 on Artillery and Ballistics and Battlespace Meteorological Working Group, subgroup on Atmospheric Modeling for support in the KerMETFire field program.

2005 Soil and Water Conservation Society Award: Best Research Article, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Professional Society Memberships

American Meteorological Society, National and Black Hills Chapters

American Society of Civil Engineers (Environment & Water Resources Institute)

American Society of Engineering Education

American Geophysical Union

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Sigma Xi

Scholarly Contribution

Refereed Papers

Giovannettone, J., F. Vahedifard, G. Macey, M. Barbato, W. Capehart, A. Ganguly, M. Hall, J. Helgeson, S. Li, T. Wu, G. Yan, A. AghaKouchak, 2023: Equitable Infrastructure: Achieving restorative justice through resilient systems. PNAS Nexus, 3 (5), pgae157. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae157

Claggett, N., A. Surovek, and W. Capehart, 2017: A Bio-inspired examination of the role of material and environment in the development of multi-functional structural forms, Journal of Structural Engineering. 44 (7), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0002043

Wang, S.-Y., K. Hakala, R.R. Gillies, and W.J. Capehart, 2014: The Pacific Quasi-Decadal Oscillation (QDO): An important precursor towards anticipating major flood events in the Missouri River Basin? *Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi: 10.1002/2013GL059042

Zimmerman, P.R., M. Price, C. Peng, W.J. Capehart, K. Updegraff, P. Kozak, L. Vierling, E. Baker, F. Kopp, G. Duke and C. Das, 2005: C-Lock (Patent Pending): a system for estimating and certifying carbon emission reduction credits for the sequestration of soil carbon on agricultural land. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 10 (2), 307-331.

Updegraff, K., P.R. Zimmerman, M. Price, W.J. Capehart, 2005: C-Lock: an online to standardize the estimation of agricultural carbon sequestration credits. Fuel Processing Technology, 86 (14-15), 1695-1704.

Das, C., W.J. Capehart, H.V. Mott, P.R. Zimmerman and T.E. Schumacher, 2004: Assessing regional impacts of CRP-type grass buffer strips on sediment load reduction from cultivated lands. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 59 (4), 134-142. Winner: 2005 SWCS Best Research Article Award for Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Wang, J., M.R. Hjelmfelt, W.J. Capehart, and R.D. Farley, 2003: Coupled model simulation of snowfall events over the Black Hills. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42 (6), 775–796.

Crawford, T. M., D. J. Stensrud, T. N. Carlson, and W. J. Capehart, 2000: Using a soil hydrology model to obtain regionally averaged soil moisture values, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 1(4), 353-363.

Capehart, W.J., and T.N. Carlson, 1997: Decoupling of surface and near-surface soil water content: a remote sensing perspective. Water Resources Research, 33 (6), 1383-1395.

Carlson, T.N., W.J. Capehart, and R.R. Gillies, 1995: A new look at the simplified method for remote sensing of daily evaporation. Remote Sensing of Environment, 54 (2), 161-167.

Capehart, W.J., and T.N. Carlson, 1994: Estimating near-surface moisture availability using a meteorologically driven soil-water profile model. Journal of Hydrology, 160 (1-4), 1-20.

Smith, C.B., M.N. Lakhtakia, W.J. Capehart, and T.N. Carlson, 1994: Initialization of soil-water content in regional scale atmospheric prediction models. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 75 (4), 585-593.

Book Chapters

Giovannetone, J.P., W.J. Capehart, N. Lin, 2023: "state of the science in meteorological/hydrological extremes," in [Impacts of Future Weather and Climate Extremes on United States Infrastructure]{.underline}: Assessing and Prioritizing Adaptation Actions, ASCE, doi: 10.1061/9780784415863.ch2

Zimmerman, P.R., K. Updegraff, W.J. Capehart, M. Price, and L.A. Vierling, 2005: C-Lock-A Method to Maximize Carbon Sequestration Value to Agro-forestry Producers and Purchasers. In: GreenTrading™ Markets: Developing the Second Wave, Peter C. Fusaro and Marion Yuen, Eds., GreenTrading, Inc., New York City, NY, 131-150.

Non-Refereed Papers and Reports

P. Haines, J. Smith, M. Hjelmfelt, W. Capehart, and J. Cogan, 2015: Potential Technologies for Assessing Risk Associated with a Mesoscale Forecast, US Army Research Laboratory technical Report, ARL-TN-0708, October 2015.

M. Hjelmfelt, W. Capehart, and R. Farley, 2014: Technical Report for the CI v0.3b Rule Set, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, November 2014.

Hjelmfelt, M., W. Capehart, and R. Farley, 2014: Training Evaluation for the CI v0.3b, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, November 2014.

Hjelmfelt, M., W. Capehart, and R. Farley, 2014: Training Evaluation for the CI v0.3b, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, November 2014.

Farley, R., W. Capehart, and M. Hjelmfelt, 2014: CI V0.3b Software [Fortran 90/C], SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, December 2014.

Capehart, W., D. Kliche, M. Hjelmfelt, and R. Farley, 2014: Confidence Index, Version 0.3b, Software Test Report, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, December 2014.

Hjelmfelt, M., Capehart, W., D. Kliche, and R. Farley, 2014: Confidence Index, Version 0.3b, Software Test Procedure Document, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, November 2014.

Capehart, W., 2014: Confidence Index, Version 0.3b, Software Test Requirements Document, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, October 2014.

Hjelmfelt, M., and W. Capehart, 2014: Assessment of Confidence Index Estimate of METGM Error and Strategic Plan, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, November 2014.

Capehart, W., and J. Brewer, 2014: Methodologies for improving WAC-produced METGM data and below the boundary layer, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, October 2014.

Capehart, W., 2014: Criteria selection between multiple sources of meteorological messages in fire control systems, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, October 2014.

Capehart, W., M. Hjelmfelt, K. Carroll and J. Brewer, 2014: Initialization criteria in field prognostic atmospheric models, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, October 2014.

Capehart, W., 2014: Recommendations regarding future modifications to the STANAG 6022 data format, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, October 2014.

Capehart, W., 2014: Recommendations regarding joint CI- and ballistics-related requirements for the S4 METGM, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, October 2014.

Capehart, W., 2014: Recommendations regarding joint CI- and ballistics-related requirements for the S4 METGM, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, October 2014.

Capehart, W., 2014: Assessment of NCOMET height errors from vertical interpolation, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, October 2014.

Capehart, W.J., 2012: Confidence Index, Version 0.3a, Requirements Definitions Document, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.1.2, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, September 2012.

Capehart, W.J., and M.R. Hjelmfelt 2012: Confidence Index, Version 0.2b, Software Test Report, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.1.2, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, September 2012.

Capehart, W.J., 2012: Confidence Index, Version 0.2b, Training Evaluation Technical Report, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.1.2, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, August 2012.

Kliche, D.V., M.R. Hjelmfelt, W.J. Capehart, 2012: Confidence Index, Version 0.2b, Training Evaluation Technical Report, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.1.2, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, August 2012. (Peer Reviewed by NATO-MILMET, 2012)

Capehart, W.J., 2012: Confidence Index, Version 0.2b, Requirements Definitions Document, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.1.2, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, March 2012.

Kliche, D.V., M.R. Hjelmfelt, W.J. Capehart and R.D. Farley, 2012: Confidence Index, Version 0.2b, Software Testing Report, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.1.2, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, February 2012.

Capehart, W.J., and D.V. Kliche, 2012: Software: The METGM Visualization Toolkit and Users Guide, Version 2.0, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.3.4, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, February 2012.

Capehart, W.J., and M.R. Hjelmfelt 2011: Requirements to Optimize Benefits for Data Assimilation in NATO Armaments Meteorological Kernel (NAMK), Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.3.2.3, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, November 2011.

Capehart, W.J., and M.R. Hjelmfelt 2011: Role of Sea and Land Features in Numerical Weather Prediction Forecasts, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.3.2.2, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, November 2011.

Capehart, W.J., and M.R. Hjelmfelt 2011: Extracting Forecast Model Data into a METGM, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.2.2.1, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, November 2011.

Capehart, W.J., and M.R. Hjelmfelt 2011: Transferring Surface Characteristics between NATO Armaments Meteorological Kernel (NAMK) and Terrain Elevation Data Manager/Global Land User Data Manager (TEDM/GLUM), Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.2.3.1 and 3.2.3.2, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, October 2011.

Capehart, W.J., 2011: Report on the Sensitivity of Met Features to Precision and Levels as expressed in the STANAG 6022 METGM Product Subtask Technical Report for SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, September 2011.

Capehart, W.J., 2011: Sensitivity of Meteorological Features to Precision and Levels in the STANAG 6022 METGM Product, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.2.1.1, 3.2.1.2 and 3.2.1.3, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, August 2011.

Capehart, W.J., 2011: Confidence Index, Version 0.2a, Requirements Definitions Document, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Tasks 3.1.2, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0010, NATO-PFP Unclassified, July 2011.

Kliche, D.V., M.R. Hjelmfelt, L. Phillips, and W.J. Capehart, 2010: Confidence Index Evaluation and Optimization, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Task MOD 1 3.1.2, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, October 2010. (Peer Reviewed by NATO-MILMET, 2012)

Phillips, L., D. Kliche, R. Farley, M. Hjelmfelt, and W. Capehart, 2010: New Rules for Confidence Index for NAMK: CI v0.2, Subtask Technical Report for SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, September 2010. (Peer Reviewed by NATO-MILMET, 2012)

Phillips, L., D. Kliche, M. Hjelmfelt, and W. Capehart, 2010a: Application of Confidence Index to different geographical areas and a different meteorological model, Subtask Technical, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, August 2010.

Capehart, W.J., and D.V. Kliche, 2009: Software: The METGM Visualization Toolkit and Users Guide, Subtask Technical Report for Contract Task 3.1.4, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, June 2009.

Franks, C.L., J.R. Wetenkamp, Jr., W.J. Capehart, M.R. Hjelmfelt, 2009: Data Assimilation and Data Reduction in the NATO Armaments Meteorological Kernel (NAMK), Subtask Technical Report for Contract Task 3.3.2.1, SDSM&T-ARDEC Contract W15QKN-06-D-0006, Task Order 0007, NATO-PFP Unclassified, December 2007.

Das, C., D.D. Nebelsick, WJ Capehart, and H.V. Mott, 2002: The Potential impacts of CRP-type Carbon sequestration on the reduction of South Dakota's sediment loading to the Missouri River: A Preliminary Assessment, Report to the Office of the Governor, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD. June 2002.

Grants and Contracts

As Principal Investigator

2010 - 2013: Advanced Atmospheric Sciences Technology and Applications to Support NAMK Project (W15QKN-06-D-0006 Task 0010), US Army-ARDEC, $506,590.

2007 – 2010: Advanced Atmospheric Sciences Technology and Applications to Support NAMK and NAGIK Projects (W15QKN-06-D-0006 Task 0007), US Army-ARDEC, $573,151.

2004 – 2006: Collaborative Research: The role of continental wetland systems in regional climate: a coupled model and climate modeling approach. NSF-ATM, $50,000

2003 - 2004: Collaborative Research: Investigating the role of prairie wetlands on the Northern Great Plains pre-storm environment. SD NASA-EPSCOR, $9,965.

2003: The 7th Annual Northern Plains Convective Workshop on Analysis, Interpretation and Forecast Application. NOAA-COMET, $6846.

1998 – 2002: Scaling Issues in the direct use of satellite data in mesoscale model land-surface parameterizations. NSF-ATM. $185,000.

As Co-Principal Investigator

2016-2017: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Effective Drought Adaptation Management, Intertribal Buffalo Council, $212,279, w/ S. Kenner, V. Gadhamshetty, M. Price.

2015-2018: RET Site: Sustainable Development-Research Experience for Teachers, NSF-543,466, w/ S. Huang (Lead PI), J. Benning, D. Dolan, A. Filipova, V. Gadhamshety, R. Sani, C. Shearer, R. Winter.

2015-2019: Collaborative Research: SI2-SSI: Big Weather Web: A common and sustainable big data infrastructure in support of weather prediction research and education in universities, NSF, $2,000,000, w/ C. Maltzahn (Lead PI), G. Mullendore, R. Fovell, R. Schumacher, S. Greybush, M. Ramamurthy, A. Evans, B. Ancell.

2014-2018: Novel Design of Integrated Structural and Mechanical Systems Using Lessons from Nature, NSF, $299,723, w/ A. Surovek (Lead PI), K Shabazi, M Langerman

2013: Great Plains Region Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU), USGS, $410,000, w/ S. Kenner.

2006: Atmospheric Sciences Technology and Applications to Support NAMK and NAGIK (W15QKN-06-D-0006 Task 0004), US Army-ARDEC, $224,925 w/ M.R. Hjelmfelt (Lead PI)

2005: Atmospheric Sciences Technology and Applications to Support NAMK (W15QKN-05-P-0636), US Army-ARDEC, $102,897 w/ M.R. Hjelmfelt (Lead PI)

2007 – 2011: Land cover dynamics, regional hydrometeorology, and the vulnerability of rain-fed agriculture to climate change under scenarios of extensive cultivation of biofuel feedstocks, NASA EPSCOR, $738,000 w/ E.G. Duke (Lead PI).

2006 - 2011: Evaluating the effects of institutional change on regional hydrometeorology: Assessing the vulnerability of the Eurasian semi-arid grain belt. NASA, $599,719 w/ G.M. Henebry (Lead PI)

2004 – 2008: Collaborative Research: Effects of non-uniform surface conditions on lake-effect systems. NSF-ATM, $399,221 w/ M.R. Hjelmfelt (Lead PI)

2004: Modeling Climate-Wetland Interactions in the Northern Plains. SD Centre for Biocomplexity Studies, $103,793 w/ W.C. Johnson (Lead PI)

2003 – 2005: The Northern Rockies and Great Plains Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership. DOE, $1,997,889 w/ S.M. Capablo (Lead PI)

2001 – 2004: Leaf area index of fire chronosequences of the Black Hills and Southern Siberia: A comparison. NASA EPSCOR, $492,000 w/ L.A. Vierling (Lead PI)

1998 –2002: Improved representation of snow and its subgrid distribution for a global model systems. NOAA/NASA GCIP. $32,100 w/ C.A. Schlosser (Lead PI)

1997: The Upper Missouri River Basin Pilot Project. NASA, $800,000. w/ P.L. Smith (Lead PI)

Conferences and Presentations

Capehart, W., D. Clabo, M. Geza-Nisrani and L. Kunza, 2022: Climate change guidance for remediation and resiliency. Black Hills Defense & Industry Symposium. Rapid City, SD, 14-16 March 2022.

Tye, M., J. Giovannettone, W.J. Capehart, 2021: AGU Town Hall #92, Prioritizing Actions to Adapt America's Infrastructure for Climate Change, Presenter: Hydrology and Climate Change. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 15 December 2021.

[Capehart, W]{.underline}, A. AghaKouchak, N. Lin, J Giovannettone, 2021: "What does climate change have to do with engineering and design," ASCE Forecasting of Weather and Climate Extremes Webinar, ASCE Career by Design Program, 07 Sep 2021.

Capehart, W., D. Clabo, B. Lingwall, M. Geza Nisrani, L Kunza, K Graunke: 2021: Projected climate change impacts on rainfall return, wildland fire fuel loading and return flood frequency over the Northern Great Plains. 34^th^ Conf on Climate Variability and Change, 10-15 January 2021, "Virtual."

Capehart, W., H. Sieverding, L. Graunke, L. Kunza, 2020: Projected Trends of Great Plains Extreme Rainfall Return Intervals Using CMIP5 LOCA Ensembles, 33^rd^ Conference on Climate Variability and Change, 12-16 January 2020, Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

Tye, M., J. Giovannettone, A. Aghakouchak, A. Barros, E. Beighley, W. Capehart, E. Douglas, N. Fehrenbacher, R. Fields, A. Ganguly, J. Huang, L. Katz, D. Llewellyn, B. Lord, K. MacClune, R. Olsen, A. Pinson, T. Shi. C. Samaras, B. Skahill, and F. Vahedifard, 2020: Towards Infrastructure Standards for a Changing Climate, 15th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice, 12-16 January 2020, Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

Tye, M., W. Capehart, J. Giovannettone, and N. Lin, 2020: Towards Infrastructure Standards for a Changing Climate -- Hydrometeorology, 15th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice, 12-16 January 2020, Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society.

Tye, M., J. Giovannettone, A. Aghakouchak, A. Barros, E. Beighley, W. Capehart, E. Douglas, N. Fehrenbacher, R. Fields, A. Ganguly, J. Huang, L. Katz, D. Llewellyn, B. Lord, K. MacClune, R. Olsen, A. Pinson, T. Shi. C. Samaras, B. Skahill, and F. Vahedifard, 2019: Prioritizing Actions to Adapt America's Infrastructure for Climate Change, 2019 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 9-13 December 2019, San Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union.

Capehart, W., 2018: [Invited] Tools of the Trade: NCAR Command Language, 17^th^ Annual AMS Student Conference, 06-08 January 2018, Austin, TX, American Meteorological Society.

Zabawa, S., and W. Capehart, W., 2018: Comparing Feature-Based vs Ensemble-Based Tools to Estimate and Communicate Weather Forecast Risk and Uncertainty, 17^th^ Annual AMS Student Conference, 06-08 January 2018, Austin, TX, American Meteorological Society.

Kern, M., W. Capehart, and K. Tyle, 2018: Using of a University Consortium Ensemble to Assess Forecast Risk and Confidence, 25^th^ Conference on Probability and Statistics, 07-11 January 2018, Austin TX, American Meteorological Society.

Leeper, C., W. Capehart, and T. Phillips, 2018: Using Forecast Ensembles to Assess Boundary Layer Uncertainty and Characteristics, 25^th^ Conference on Probability and Statistics, 07-11 January 2018, Austin TX, American Meteorological Society.

Capehart, W., A. Gettinger, B. Lingwall, P.A. Norton, C. Bruyère, M. Tye, and A. Jaye, 2018: Using Multi-Physics and Multi-Model Regional Climate Model Ensembles to Assess Climate Resiliency in the Great Plains, 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change, 07-11 January 2018, Austin TX , American Meteorological Society.

Capehart, W., B. Lingwall, C. Bruyère, M. Tye, and A. Jaye, 2017: Impacts on Northern Great Plains Infrastructure from Climate Change using Multi-Member Regional Climate Modeling Ensembles, 31th Conference on Hydrology, 22-26 January 2016, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society.

Capehart, W., 2017: Impacts on Northern Great Plains Infrastructure from Climate Change using Multi-Member Regional Climate Modeling Ensembles, 31th Conference on Hydrology, 22-26 January 2016, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society.

Capehart, W., M. Kern and A. Penning, 2017: Comparison of Forecast Ensemble Spread to a Weather Feature Based Confidence Index, 28^th^ Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and 24^th^ Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 22-26 January 2016, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society.

Penning, A., M. Kern and W. Capehart, 2017: Linking ensemble spread to forecast risk and confidence, 16^th^ Annual AMS Student Conference, 21-22 January 2017, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society.

Leeper, C., W. Capehart, K. Shahbazi, and A. Surovek, 2017: Downscaling Global Forecasts to Local Sites for Bio-inspired Building Design, 16^th^ Annual AMS Student Conference, 21-22 January 2017, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society.

Troop, C.H., D.P. Todey, W. Capehart, 2016: Changes in water balance in the corn belt over the past 30 years. 30th Conference on Hydrology, 10-14 January 2016, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

Barrett, L., and W. Capehart, 2016: Sensitivity of Black Hills hydrology to land-use change using WRF-Hydro. 2016 Western South Dakota Hydrology Meeting. 07 April 2016, Rapid City, SD, US Geological Survey.

Troop, C.H., D.P. Todey, W. Capehart, 2016: Changes in water balance in the corn belt over the past 30 years. 30th Conference on Hydrology, 10-14 January 2016, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

Gabbert, T., T. Matsui, W. Capehart, C. Ichoku, C. Gatabe, 2015: Investigating the Impacts of Surface Temperature Anomalies due to Burned Area Albedo in Northern sub-Saharan Africa, 2015 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2015, San Francisco, CA., American Geophysical Union.

Barrett, B. M., and W. J. Capehart, 2015: Applicability of WRF-Hydro to western South Dakota, 2015 Western Dakota Hydrology Meeting, 15 April 2015, Rapid City, SD, US Geological Survey.

Wegiel, J., C. Peters-Lidard, M. B. Ek, F. Chen, J. D. Cetola, J. B. Eylander, S. Benjamin, S. V. Kumar, S. Rugg, M. Barlage, M. Tewari, T. G. Smirnova, E. D. Hunt, B. Cosgrove, P. Xie, J. Pleim, G. Grell, J. Geiger, D. Mocko, K. R. Arsenault, Y. Tian, S. Wang, Y. Liu, G. S. Nearing, S. Rheingrover, K. W. Harrison, B. Narapusetty, H. Beaudoing, M. Rodell, S. Yatheendradas, R. H. Reichle, R. Koster, J. L. Foster, M. Shaw, X. Liu, G. Miguez-Macho, M. Clark, A. Dugger, D. J. Gochis, W. Yu, S. Fan, J. Dong, J. McCreight, W. J. Capehart, D. M. Lawrence, A. Sharma, P. Lin, G. Y. Niu, S. L. Jones, M. Harrold, and P. Lawton, 2015: Bridging the "valley of death" and accelerating the transition of research to operations -- A common set of standards, benchmarks, test and evaluation procedures and metrics for the land surface modeling community, 29th Conference on Hydrology, 04-08 January 2015, Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological Society.

Gerber, B. M., and W. J. Capehart, 2015: Verification and assessment of the SDSM&T Real-Time WRF Forecasting System under different initialization and data assimilation schemes, Eugenia Kalnay Symposium, 04-08 January 2015, Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological Society.

Gabbert, T., C. Ichoku, T. Matsui, L. Ellison, and W. Capehart, 2014: Satellite-derived fire emissions input into the NASA Unified Weather Research and Forecasting Model, 14th Annual WRF Users Workshop, 23-27 June 2014, Boulder, CO, National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Wang, S.-Y., K. Hakala, R. R. Gillies, and W. J. Capehart, 2014: An important climate precursor towards anticipating major flood events in the Missouri River Basin, 21st Conference on Applied Climatology, 09-13 June 2014, Westminster, CO, American Meteorological Society.

Walter, E. R., A. J. French, W. J. Capehart, and D. Clabo, 2014: An Analysis of dryline structure and propagation influenced by the Black Hills, 2014 Western Dakota Hydrology Meeting, US Geological Survey, Rapid City, SD, 09 April 2014

Gerber, B. M., and W. J. Capehart, 2014: Verification of a null snowfall event using the SDSM&T real-time WRF forecasting system. 14th Annual WRF Users Workshop, 23-27 June 2014, Boulder, CO National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Gerber, B. M., and W. J. Capehart, 2014: Verification of a heavy precipitation event using the SDSMT Real-Time WRF forecasting system, 2014 Western Dakota Hydrology Meeting, 09 April 2014, Rapid City, SD, US Geological Survey.

Walker, E., A. French, W. Capehart, and D. Clabo, 2014: An analysis of dryline structure and propagation influenced by the Black Hills, 20^th^ Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and 22th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction. 02-06 February 2014, Atlanta, GA, American Meteorological Society.

Capehart, W., M. Hjelmfelt, R. Farley, and D. Kliche, 2013: Strategic Plan for the S4 Confidence Index Technology, Presented at the S4 14th Program Review, 12-15 September 2013, Oslo, NOR, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., R. Farley, M. Hjelmfelt and D. Kliche, 2013: Confidence Index (CI) implantation and progress, Presented at the S4 13th Program Review, 21-22 February 2013, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., M. Hjelmfelt, and R. Farley, 2013: Development of a third-generation rules set for Confidence Index (CI), Presented at the S4 13th Program Review, 21-22 February 2013, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., M. Hjelmfelt, and R. Farley, 2013: Methodology for improving WAC-produced METGM data at and below the boundary layer, Presented at the S4 13th Program Review, 21-22 February 2013, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., D. V. Kliche, M. Hjelmfelt, R. Farley, G. Kierstead, P. Pick, and P. A. Haines, 2013: A confidence index for numerical weather prediction forecasts, Presented at the Special Symposium on Advancing Weather and Climate Forecasts, 07-09 January 2013, Austin, TX, American Meteorological Society.

Capehart, W., M. Hjelmfelt, D. Kliche, and R. Farley, 2012: Development of a third-generation rules set for forecast Confidence Index (CI), Presented at the S4 12th Program Review, 12-19 September 2012, Bourges, FRA, US Army/NATO.

Kliche, D., R. Farley, W. Capehart and M. Hjelmfelt, 2012: Confidence Index (CI) implantation and progress, Presented at the S4 12th Program Review, 12-19 September 2012, Bourges, FRA, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., R. Farley, M. Hjelmfelt, D. Kliche and J. Brewer, 2012: Final report on a methodology for improving WAC produced METGM data at and below the boundary layer, Presented at the S4 10th Program Review, 12-19 September 2012, Bourges, FRA, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W, 2012: Recommendations for NATO STANAG 6022 for Confidence Index (CI) and other applications, Presented at the S4 11th Program Review, 22-29 February 2012, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W. and G. Collin, 2012: Determination of error in height for NCOMET generated METGMs in absence of a hybrid coordinate relationship, Presented at the S4 11th Program Review, 22-29 February 2012, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., R. Farley, M. Hjelmfelt, 2012: Criteria for using mixed sets of measured and forecast data in fire control systems, Presented at the S4 11th Program Review, 22-29 February 2012, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., R. Farley, M. Hjelmfelt, D. Kliche and J. Brewer, 2012: Initialization criteria for a field prognostic atmospheric model, Presented at the S4 11th Program Review, 22-29 February 2012, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., D. D'Amico, P. Norton, J. Stamm, V. Kovalskyy and G. Henebry, 2012: Impacts of Alternative Land Management on Northern Great Plains Hydroclimate, 26^th^ Conference on Hydrology, 22-26 January 2012, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

Berg, G., D. Kliche, W. Capehart and R. Rebenitsch, 2012: Wind farm forecasting with WRF, 26^th^ Conference on Hydrology, 22-26 January 2012, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

Capehart, W., and D. Kliche, 2011: Expansion of the METGM Visualization Toolkit to accommodate STANAG 6022, Edition 2, Presented at the S4 10th Program Review, 14-21 September 2011, Amsterdam, NLD, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., and G. Collin, 2011: Determination of error in height for NCOMET-generated METGMs in the absence of a hybrid coordinate relationship, Presented at the S4 10th Program Review, 14-21 September 2011, Amsterdam, NLD, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., R. Farley, M. Hjelmfelt, and D. Kliche, 2011: Recommended improvements to the default S4 METGM configuration from February 2008 S4PR3, Presented at the S4 10th Program Review, 14-21 September 2011, Amsterdam, NLD, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., J. Brewer, R. Farley, M. Hjelmfelt, and D. Kliche, 2011: Initialization criteria for field prognostic atmospheric model, Presented at the S4 10th Program Review, 14-21 September 2011, Amsterdam, NLD, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., R. Farley, M. Hjelmfelt, and D. Kliche, 2011: Initialization criteria for using mixed sets of measured and forecast data in fire control systems, Presented at the S4 10th Program Review, 14-21 September 2011, Amsterdam, NLD, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., R. Farley, M. Hjelmfelt, D. Kliche and J. Brewer, 2011: Methodology for improving WAC produced METGM data at and below the boundary layer, Presented at the S4 10th Program Review, 14-21 September 2011, Amsterdam, NLD, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., R. Farley, D. Kliche, and M. Hjelmfelt, 2011: C-Fortran Code Implementation of Canadian CI v0.2 Perl Code, Presented at the S4 10th Program Review, 14-21 September 2011, Amsterdam, NLD, US Army/NATO.

Hjelmfelt, M., D. Kliche, W. Capehart, and R. Farley, 2011: Development of a third-generation rules set for CI (Confidence Index), Presented at the S4 10th Program Review, 14-21 September 2011, Amsterdam, NLD, US Army/NATO.

Brewer, J. and W. Capehart, 2011: Improving representation of low-level meteorological fields in forecasts and analyses, Presented at the 12^th^ WRF User's Workshop, 25-29 June 2011, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

D'Amico, D., W. Capehart, C. Wright, and G. Henebry, 2011: Downscaling in WRF from regional climate to storm scales for different vegetation and boundary condition sources, Presented at the 12^th^ WRF User's Workshop, 25-29 June 2011, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

Capehart, W., P. Norton, J. Stamm, 2011: Representing Great Plains prairie wetland feedbacks in WRF, Presented at the 12^th^ WRF User's Workshop, 25-29 June 2011, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

Capehart, W., M. Hjelmfelt, D. Kliche and R. Farley, 2011: SDSM&T S4 MET (Meteorological) Technology Support, Presented at the S4 9th Program Review, 23 February-02 March 2011, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., and D. Kliche, 2011: SDSM&T S4 Information Technology Support, Presented at the S4 9th Program Review, 23 February-02 March 2011, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Hjelmfelt, M., D. Kliche, W. Capehart, and R. Farley, 2011: SDSM&T CI (Confidence Index) Research, Presented at the S4 9th Program Review, 23 February-02 March 2011, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Capehart, W., 2010: Representing low-level meteorology from METGM analyses. Special joint NATO LG3/SG2 Battlespace Meteorological Working Group (BMWG/MILMET), 02 November 2010, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, NATO-LG3/SG2-BMWG/MILMET.

Capehart, W., P. Stauffer, G. Henebry, C. Wright, 2010: Impacts of fractional vegetation type on Great Plains weather and climate. Presented at the Joint 62th Annual Rocky Mountain Geological Society of America and 2010 Western Hydrology Conference, 22 April 2010 Rapid City, SD, USGS.

Meyer, J.D.D., M.R. Hjelmfelt, W.J. Capehart, 2010: Improving Lake-Effect Snow Forecasting through High Resolution MODIS Derived Ice Fields, Presented at the 11^th^ WRF User's Workshop, 21-25 June 2010, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

Phillips, L, D. Kliche, M. Hjelmfelt, W. Capehart, 2010: Testing and application of a forecast Confidence Index in a variety of regions and with two different models. Presented at the 11^th^ WRF User's Workshop, June 21-25, 2010, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

Stauffer, P., W. Capehart, C. Wright, G. Henebry, 2010: Influence of vegetation cover estimates on the simulation of the Northern Great Plains regional climate. Presented at the 11^th^ WRF User's Workshop, June 21-25, 2010, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

Capehart, W.J., Hjelmfelt, K. Carroll, J. Brewer, 2010: Necessary Requirements & Characteristics of Assimilated Data to Improve Prognostic Forecast Model Performance. Presented at the S4 7th Program Review, 17-24 February 2010, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Hjelmfelt, M.R., Kliche, D. V., L. Phillips, and W.J. Capehart, 2010: Second Generation CI Rules Set and Correlation of Resulting CI to Model Skill, Presented at the S4 7th Program Review, 17-24 February 2010, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Hjelmfelt, M, D Kliche, L. Phillips, W. Capehart, G Kierstead, P. Pick, 2009: SDSM&T-Canadian Confidence Index (CI) research, Presented at the S4 6th Program Review, Ottawa, CAN, US Army/NATO.

Axford, T., M.R. Hjelmfelt, W.J. Capehart, and D.A.R. Kristovitch, 2009: Numerical simulation of impacts of the Great Lakes on cold frontal passages. 13^th^ Conf. on Mesoscale Processes, 17-20 August 2009, Salt Lake City, UT, American Meteorological Society.

George, J.T., M.R. Hjelmfelt, W.J. Capehart, and D.A.R. Kristovitch, 2009: Simulation of environmental conditions conducive to the formation of lake-to-lake bands. 13^th^ Conf. on Mesoscale Processes, 17-20 August 2009, Salt Lake City, UT, American Meteorological Society.

Stauffer, P., W. Capehart, C. Wright, and G. Henebry, 2009: Impact of vegetation cover estimates on regional climate forecasts. Presented at the 10^th^ WRF User's Workshop, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

Carroll, K., W. Capehart, and M. Hjelmfelt, 2009: High resolution modeling in WRF to determine the impact of terrain resolution on low-level winds in complex terrain. Presented at the 10^th^ WRF User's Workshop, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

Stauffer, P., W. Capehart, C. Wright, and G. Henebry, 2009: Impact of vegetation cover estimates on regional climate forecasts. Presented at the 2009 Western Hydrology Conference, Rapid City, SD, USGS.

Capehart, W.J., M.R., Hjelmfelt, K.M. Carroll, , 2009: Update on prognostic forecasting and analysis methods in NAMK, Presented at the S4 5th Program Review, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Kliche, D.V, W.J. Capehart, M.R., Hjelmfelt, G.N. Kierstead, P. Pick, 2009: Update on Confidence Interval evaluation and optimization, Presented at the S4 5th Program Review, Picatinny, NJ, US Army/NATO.

Axford, T., M.R. Hjelmfelt, and W.R. Capehart, 2008: Understanding frontal passage over the Great Lakes. 9^th^ Annual WRF User's Workshop, June 23-27, 2008, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

George, J.T., M.R. Hjelmfelt, and W.J. Capehart, 2008: WRF simulations of environmental conditions conducive to the formation of lake-to-lake bands. 9^th^ Annual WRF User's Workshop, June 23-27, 2008, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

Carroll, K.M. and W.J. Capehart, 2008: Sensitivity of medium-range forecasts in WRF to sea surface temperatures. 9^th^ Annual WRF User's Workshop, June 23-27, 2008, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

Capehart, W.J., E.A. Liske, K.M. Carroll, 2008: Sensitivity of WRF regional climate simulations to lateral boundary conditions. 9^th^ Annual WRF User's Workshop, June 23-27, 2008, Boulder, CO, NCAR.

Capehart, W.J, G.M. Henebry, K.M. de Beurs, 2007: Exploring the Consequences of Changing Land Surface Phenology on Regional Hydrometeorology in the Eurasian Semi-Arid Grain Belt, 2007 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10–14 December 2007.

Capehart, W.J. Hjelmfelt, M.R., 2007: Impacts of various height frameworks within NAMK and DMK, 2nd S4 Integrated Program Review, Ft Sill, OK, 24-28 September 2007.

Henebry, G.M., W.J. Capehart, E. Lioubimtseva, and K.M. de Beurs, 2007: Land surface phenologies, land cover / land use change, and regional hydrometeorology in the Eurasian semi-arid grain belt, NEESPI/LCLUC Science Team Dry Lands Meeting, Urumqi, China, 16-21 September 2007.

Kristovich, D.A.R., M.L. Spinar, M.R. Hjelmfelt, and W.J. Capehart, 2007: Mesoscale variations in surface heat fluxes over Lake Erie pack ice, 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Waterville Valley, NH, 6-9 August 2007.

Capehart, W.J., M.R. Hjelmfelt, and D.A.R. Kristovich, 2007: Representing satellite-derived lake ice characteristics in WRF-ARW. 8th WRF Users's Workshop, Boulder, CO, 11-15 June 2007.

Wetenkamp Jr., J.R., W.J. Capehart and M.R. Hjelmfelt, 2007: Sensitivity of short range numerical weather prediction to data availability during NAME, 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Park City, UT, 25-29 June 2007.

Franks, C.L., W.J. Capehart and M.R. Hjelmfelt, 2007: Impact of abridged atmospheric data in mesoscale modeling, 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Park City, UT, 25-29 June 2007.

Schumacher, T.E., W.J. Capehart, and M.J. Lindstrom, 2006: [Invited] Improving conservation management for severe storms. Planning for Extremes Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, 01-03 November 2006, Soil and Water Conservation Society.

Capehart, W.J., M.R. Hjelmfelt, C.L. Franks, and J.R. Wetenkamp, 2006: Data assimilation and data reduction in NAMK/DMK. 11th NAMK Project Review, Hamburg, Germany, 06-08 September 2006, NATO.

Capehart, W.J. and M.R. Hjelmfelt, 2006: Static data sources for NAMK/DMK through GLUM. 11th NAMK Project Review, Hamburg, Germany, 06-08 September 2006, NATO.

Capehart, W J., 2006: Status of independent METGM evaluations. 11th NAMK Project Review, Hamburg, Germany, 06-08 September 2006, NATO.

Capehart, W.J. and J.A. Taylor, 2006: Regional Wetland Impacts on Northern Great Plains Climate. 2006 AGU/SEG/NABS/SPD/AAS Joint Assembly, Baltimore, MD, 23-26 May 2006, American Geophysical Union.

Henebry, G.M., E. Lioubimtseva, W.J. Capehart, and K.M. de Beurs, 2006: Evaluating the effects of institutional change on regional hydrometeorology: Assessing the vulnerability of the Eurasian semi-arid grain belt. First NEESPI Science Team Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 22-24 February 2006.

Capehart, W J., 2006: NAMK/MM5 data assimilation tests. 10th NAMK Project Review, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, 08-09 February 2006, NATO.

Capehart, W.J., 2006: Analysis of WAC METGMs in CoMETfire and way forward for KerMETfire. 10th NAMK Project Review, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, 08-09 February 2006, NATO.

Capehart, W.J., and J.A. Taylor, 2005: Modeling prairie wetland weather and climate feedbacks in the Northern Great Plains. 2005 AGU/SEG/NABS/SPD/AAS Joint Assembly, New Orleans, LA, 23-27 May 2005, American Geophysical Union.

Capehart, W.J., M.R. Hjelmfelt, D.P. Todey, M.J. Bunkers, K.W. Harding, and P.N. Schumacher, 2005: A Proposed Framework for Collaborative Regional Numerical Weather Prediction. 2005 GPN-MIDnet Annual Conference, Kansas City, KS, 08-10 June 2005, Great Plains Network. Invited.

Hjelmfelt, M.R., W.J. Capehart, Y. Rodriguez, D.A.R. Kristovich, and R.B. Hoevet, 2004: Influences of upwind lakes on the wintertime lake-effect boundary layer. 16th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Portland, ME, 09-13 August 2004, American Meteorological Society, P3.3.

Fitzpatrick, K.L., M.R. Hjelmfelt, W.J. Capehart, and D.A.R. Kristovich, 2004: Numerically simulated interactions between a precipitating synoptic system and lake-effect snowbands over Lake Michigan. 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Seattle, WA, 11-15 January 2004, American Meteorological Society, P2.16.

Dreher, J.G., M.R. Hjelmfelt, W.J. Capehart, and D.A.R. Kristovich, 2004: The influence of Lake Michigan on a wintertime cold front. 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Seattle, WA, 11-15 January 2004, American Meteorological Society, P1.22.

Dreher, J.G., K.L. Fitzpatrick, M.R. Hjelmfelt, W.J. Capehart, D.A.R. Kristovich, and J.J. Schroeder, 2004a: Interactions of the winter lake-effected boundary layer with synoptic systems. 16th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Portland, ME, 09-13 August 2004, American Meteorological Society, 11.7.

Capehart, W.J., K.A. Lalonde, K. McCarville, and P.K. Kozak, 2004: Seeing complex systems as they really are and should be: Moving from 2-D to 3-D viewing perspectives For teaching and research. Workshop on Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations: Using Images, Animations, and Models Effectively, Northfield, MN, 26-28 February 2004, NAGT/DLESE On the Cutting Edge Workshops. Invited

Capehart, W.J., K.A. Lalonde, K. McCarville, and P.K. Kozak, 2004: Immersive visualization in interdisciplinary research and education (Invited Talk). Workshop on Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations: Using Images, Animations, and Models Effectively, Northfield, MN, 26-28 February 2004, NAGT/DLESE On the Cutting Edge Workshops. Invited.

Capehart, W.J., M.R. Hjelmfelt, R.D. Farley, K.W. Harding, D.P. Todey, and J.L. Elsen, 2004: The role of prairie wetland extent on the pre-storm environment of the Northern Great Plains. 18th Conference on Hydrology, Seattle, WA, 11-15 January 2004, American Meteorological Society, JP4.12.

Lalonde, K.A., W.J. Capehart, and P.K. Kozak, 2003: Advanced visualization for science problems. South Dakota Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Rapid City, SD, 04 April 2003

Kozak, P.K., P.R. Zimmerman, C. Peng, M.H. Price, L.A. Vierling, W.J. Capehart, G. Duke, and E.E. Baker, 2003: C-Lock: The South Dakota Carbon Sequestration Project. South Dakota Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Rapid City, SD, 04 April 2003

Hjelmfelt, M.R., W.J. Capehart, and D.A.R. Kristovich, 2003: Numerical simulation of convective evolution across Lake Michigan during a widespread lake-effect snow event. 10th Conf. On Mesoscale Processes, Portland, OR, 23-27 June 2003, American Meteorological Society, 14.7.

Capehart, W.J., D.M. Mocko, and C.A. Schlosser, 2003: Comparisons of GCM output and observational data and terrain characteristics in forcing cold-season processes in complex terrain. GEWEX Americas Prediction Project (GAPP) 2003 PI Meeting, Seattle, WA, 21-23 June 2003, NOAA Office of Global Programs

Capehart, W.J., Lalonde, K.A., Kozak, P.K., McCarville, K., 2002: Spinning-up Visualization in Science: SDSM&T Examples, Ambitions and Lessons, SD EPSCoR Conference, Sioux Falls, 25 October 2002.

Capehart, W.J. and C.A. Schlosser, 2002: Simulating a snowmelt period using coupled SVAT, Surface hydrology and groundwater models: Representing snowmelt in complex terrain. Mississippi River and Hydrology Conference, New Orleans, LA, 13-17 May 2002

Capehart, W.J., M.R. Hjelmfelt, and J. Tao, 2001: Representing small-scale wetlands in regional scale models. 2001 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston, MA, 29 May - 2 June 2001

Schlosser, C.A., D.M. Mocko, and W.J. Capehart, 2001: The representation of snow in regional and global prediction systems. 2001 GCIP PI Meeting, Potomac, MD, 01-04 May 2001

Schlosser, C.A., W.J. Capehart, and D.M. Mocko, 2001: Assessing the importance of snowmelt in distributed hydrologic simulations. 12th Conference on Global Change and Climate Variations, Albuquerque, NM, 14-19 January 2001, American Meteorological Society

Capehart, W.J., R.D. Farley, M.R. Hjelmfelt, A.D. Davis, S.J. Kenner, F. Zheng, C.A. Naus, C.J. Johnson, and J. Wang, 2000: A coupled atmospheric-hydrologic model for Black Hills hydrology studies. In Hydrology of the Black Hills: Proceedings of the 1999 Conference on the Hydrology of the Black Hills, Ed: M.L. Strobel, A.D. Davis, J.F. Sawyer, C.J. Webb, C.A., Naus, P.H. Rahn, 23-28.

Naus, C.A., and W.J. Capehart, 2000: Applications of remote sensing to the study of evapotranspiration in the Black Hills. In Hydrology of the Black Hills: Proceedings of the 1999 Conference on the Hydrology of the Black Hills, Ed: M.L. Strobel, A.D. Davis, J.F. Sawyer, C.J. Webb, C.A., Naus, P.H. Rahn, 29-33.

Meng, F. and W.J. Capehart, 2000: Data harvesting for extended regional land-surface modeling studies. In Hydrology of the Black Hills: Proceedings of the 1999 Conference on the Hydrology of the Black Hills, Ed: M.L. Strobel, A.D. Davis, J.F. Sawyer, C.J. Webb, C.A., Naus, P.H. Rahn, 35-39.

Davis, A.D., W.J. Capehart, M.R. Hjelmfelt, S.J. Kenner, C.S. Johnson, C.A. Naus, 2000: Coupling of a ground-water model to atmospheric and surface-water models in the complex terrain of the Black Hills. In Hydrology of the Black Hills: Proceedings of the 1999 Conference on the Hydrology of the Black Hills, Ed: M.L. Strobel, A.D. Davis, J.F. Sawyer, C.J. Webb, C.A., Naus, P.H. Rahn, 65-72.

Capehart, W.J., M.R. Hjelmfelt, R.D., Farley, A.D. Davis, S.J. Kenner, and Q. Hu, 1999: Coupled atmospheric and hydrologic modeling within the Upper Missouri River Basin. 1999 GCIP Principal Investigators Meeting, College Park, MD, 17-18 May 1999.

Wang, J., M.R. Hjelmfelt, W.J. Capehart, S.J. Kenner and A.D. Davis, 1999: Coupled atmospheric-hydrologic simulation of a flash flood event: Part 1. Atmospheric numerical simulation. 14^th^ Conference on Hydrology, Dallas, TX, 10-15 January 1999.

Capehart, W.J., N.M. Radziwill and C.A. Naus, 1999: The NCAR Land Surface Model examined in the context of PILPs 2(D) and a regional atmospheric prediction model. 14^th^ Conference on Hydrology, Dallas, TX, 10-15 January 1999.

Capehart, W.J., M.R. Hjelmfelt, R.G. Derickson, S.K. Kenner and A.D. Davis, 1998: A coupled atmospheric-hydrologic modeling system for use in the Northern Great Plains. AMS 78^th^ Annual Meeting, Special Section on Hydrology, Phoenix, AZ, 11-16 January 1998, 317-319.

Capehart, W.J., M.R. Hjelmfelt, R.G. Derickson, S.J. Kenner, and A.D. Davis, 1997: A coupled atmospheric-hydrologic modeling system for use in the Northern Great Plains. 1997 American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December 1997.

Capehart, W.J., and R.R. Gillies, 1996: The remote sensing of soil moisture and surface fluxes at various scales using remotely observed surface temperature and a vegetative index. 1996 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 20-24 May 1996.

Carlson, T.N., R.R. Gillies and W.J. Capehart, 1995: A new look at remote measurement of soil water content and the surface energy fluxes using thermal infrared. 1995 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Firenze, Italy, 10-14 July 1995, 748-750.

Capehart, W.J., and T.N. Carlson, 1995: Effects of rapid differential surface soil drying on regional soil moisture detection using thermal infrared remote sensing and soil moisture modeling. 1995 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 30 May - 02 June 1995.

Capehart, W.J., and T.N. Carlson, 1994: Estimation of surface moisture availability using a hydrologic budget model aided by surface satellite observations and a soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer scheme (SVAT). 21rst Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteor., San Diego, CA, 7-11 March 1994, J39-J42.

Capehart, W.J. and T.N. Carlson, 1992: Development of a meteorologically driven substrate hydrology model. European Geophysical Society XVII General Assembly, Edinburgh, UK, 6-12 April 1992.

Brotak E.A., W.J. Capehart and D.M. Walston, 1989: A statistical and synoptic analysis of the southeastern drought 1984- 1988. 6th Conference On Applied Climatology, Charleston, SC, 7-10 March 1989.

Teaching & Advising

Graduate Students Advised

Meng, Fanguang – MS – Atmospheric Sciences, 2000

Zheng, Fawen – PhD – Atmospheric Environmental and Water Resources, 2001

Tao, Jin – MS – Atmospheric Sciences, 2002

Das, Chandan – PhD – Atmospheric Environmental and Water Resources, 2005

Lalonde, Karl – PhD – Atmospheric Environmental and Water Resources, 2005

Franks, Christopher – MS – Atmospheric Sciences, 2007

Liske, Edward – MS – Atmospheric Sciences, 2008

Carroll, Kathleen – MS – Atmospheric Sciences, 2010

Stauffer, Phillip – MS – Atmospheric Sciences, 2010

D'Amico, Daniel – MS – Atmospheric Sciences, 2012

McKemy, Daniel – MS – Atmospheric Sciences, 2012

Gerber, Brianne – MS – Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, 2015

Norton, Parker – PhD – Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, 2016

Gabbert, Trisha – MS – Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, 2016

Barrett, Lucas – MS – Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, 2016

Troop, Cody – MS – Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, 2017

Clabo, Darren – PhD – Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, 2017

Cooper, Kevin– PhD – Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, 2017

Leeper, Clint– MS – Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, 2018

Sarah, Zabawa – MS - Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, 2019

Kern, Mitchell – MS – Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, 2023

Kelsey, Vicki – MS - Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Current

Eylander, John – PhD - Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Current

Coursework Experience & Expertise

Applied Numerical Methods (Undergraduate)

Introduction to Meteorology Laboratory (Undergraduate)

Introductory Climatology (Undergraduate)

Synoptic Meteorology and Weather Analysis (Undergraduate)

Scientific Programming in Atmospheric Sciences (Undergraduate and Graduate)

Satellite Land Surface Remote Sensing and Image Processing (Graduate)

Scaling Methods and Analysis in Geosciences (Graduate)

Boundary Layer Meteorology and Turbulence (Graduate)

Numerical Weather Prediction (Graduate)

WRF (NWP) Education and Training w/ High Performance Computing (Graduate)

Environmental Systems Modeling (Graduate)

Climate Resiliency in Engineering(Undergraduate and Graduate)

Recent Professional Activities

Member, ASCE Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate (CACC), Subcommittee of Future Weather and Climate Extremes

Member, Weather and Research Forecast Model Working Group #14 (Land Surface Modeling)

Member, South Dakota NASA Steering Committee for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

Program Director, SDSM&T Atmospheric Sciences Program

Atmospheric Sciences Cooperative Education Representative and Supervisor

Interim Chair, SDSM&T Atmospheric Sciences Department

Coordinator SDSM&T Atmospheric Sciences Undergraduate Program

Coordinator SDSM&T Atmospheric and Environmental Ph.D. Program.

Co-Primary Investigator for the SDSM&T Black Hills Center for Advanced Visualization

Collaborator with the SDSM&T Advanced Materials Processing Center

Participating Faculty Researcher in South Dakota Center for Biocomplexity in the Northern Great Plains

Creation of a community high-performance computing network and laboratory at the department level

Chair of the SDSM&T Committee for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research