Peer-Reviewed and Submitted (*) Articles
Hayden,
K.
L.,
D.
M.
L.
Sills,
J. R. Brook, S.-M. Li, , P. Makar, M. Z.
Markovic, P. Liu, K. G. Anlauf, J. M. O’Brien, Q. Li, and R. McLaren,
2011: Aircraft study of the impact of lake-breeze circulations on trace
gases and particles during BAQS-Met 2007. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 10173-10192. [ACP Abstract / PDF]
McGuire,
M.
L.,
C.-H.
Jeong,
J.
G.
Slowik, R. Y.-W. Chang, J. C. Corbin, G. Lu,
C. Mihele, P. J. G. Rehbein, D. M. L. Sills, J. P. D. Abbatt, J. R.
Brook, and G. J. Evans, 2011: Elucidating determinants of aerosol
composition through particle-type-based receptor modeling. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 8133-8155. [ACP Abstract / PDF]
Sills,
D.
M.
L.,
J.
R.
Brook,
I.
Levy,
P.
A.
Makar, J. Zhang, and P. A. Taylor,
2011: Lake breezes in the southern Great Lakes region and their
influence during BAQS-Met 2007.
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 7955-7973. [ACP Abstract / PDF]
Taylor,
N.
M.,
D.
M.
L.
Sills,
J.
M.
Hanesiak,
J.
A.
Milbrandt,
C.
D. Smith, G.
S. Strong, S. H. Skone, P. J. McCarthy, and J. C. Brimelow, 2011: The
Understanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers
Experiment (UNSTABLE) 2008. Bull.
Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 92,
739-763.
[AMS abstract] [PDF]
Makar,
P.
A.,
J.
Zhang,
W.
Gong,
C.
Stroud,
D.
Sills,
K.
L.
Hayden,
J.
Brook, I. Levy, C. Mihele, M. D. Moran, D. W. Tarasick, and H. He,
2010: Mass tracking for chemical
analysis: the causes of ozone formation in southern Ontario during
BAQS-Met 2007. Atmos. Chem.
Phys., 10,
11151-11173. [ACP Abstract / PDF]
Levy,
I.,
P.
A.
Makar,
D.
Sills,
J.
Zhang,
K.
L.
Hayden,
C.
Mihele,
J.
Narayan, M. D. Moran, S. Sjostedt, and J. Brook, 2010: Unraveling the
complex
local-scale flows influencing ozone patterns in the southern Great
Lakes of North America, Atmos. Chem.
Phys., 10,
10895-10915. [ACP Abstract / PDF]
Makar,
P.
A.,
W.
Gong,
C. Mooney, J. Zhang, D. Davignon, M. Samaali, M. D. Moran,
H. He, D. W. Tarasick, D. Sills, and J. Chen, 2010:
Dynamic adjustment of climatological ozone boundary conditions for
air-quality forecasts. Atmos. Chem.
Phys., 10, 8997-9015. [ACP Abstract / PDF]
Sills,
D.
M.
L.,
2009:
On
the
MSC
Forecasters
Forums
and
the
Future
Role
of
the Human Forecaster. Bull. Amer. Meteorol.
Soc., 90, 619-627. [AMS Abstract] [PDF]
Sills, D. M. L., J. W. Wilson, P. I. Joe, D. W. Burgess, R. M. Webb, N. I. Fox, 2004: The 3 November tornadic event during Sydney 2000: storm evolution and the role of low-level boundaries. Weather and Forecasting, 19, 22-42. [AMS abstract] [PDF]
Fox, N. I., R. Webb, J. Bally, M. W. Sleigh, C. E. Pierce, D. M. L. Sills, P. I. Joe, J. Wilson and C. G. Collier, 2004: The impact of advanced nowcasting systems on severe weather warning during the Sydney 2000 forecast demonstration project: 3 November 2000. Weather and Forecasting, 19, 97-114. [AMS abstract] [PDF]
King, P. W. S., M. Leduc, D. M. L. Sills, N. R. Donaldson, D. R. Hudak, P. I. Joe, B. P. Murphy, 2003: Lake breezes in Southern Ontario and their relation to tornado climatology. Weather and Forecasting, 18, 795-807. [AMS abstract] [PDF]
Keenan, T., P. Joe, J. Wilson, C. Collier, B. Golding, D. Burgess, P. May, C. Pierce, J. Bally, A. Crook, A. Seed, D. Sills, L. Berry, R. Potts, I. Bell, N. Fox, E. Ebert, M. Eilts, K. O'Loughlin, R. Webb, R. Carbone, K. Browning, R. Roberts and C. Mueller, 2003: 2000 World Weather Research Programme Forecast Demonstration Project: overview and current status. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 84, 1041-1054. [AMS abstract] [PDF]
Hastie, D. R., J. Narayan, C. Schiller, H. Niki, P. B. Shepson, D. M. L. Sills, P. A. Taylor, Wm. J. Moroz, J. W. Drummond, N. Reid, R. Taylor, P. B. Roussel and O. T. Melo, 1999: Observational evidence for the impact of lake breeze circulation on ozone concentrations in southern Ontario. Atmospheric Environment, 33, 323-335. [Elsevier abstract] [PDF]
Non Peer-Reviewed Articles
Sills,
D.
M.
L.,
2009:
On
the
MSC
Forecasters
Forums
and
the
Future
Role
of
the Human Forecaster. CMOS Bulletin SCMO, 37,
147-151. [Abridged version of 2009 BAMS paper of same name]
Taylor, N., D. Sills, J. Hanesiak, J. Milbrandt, P. McCarthy, C. Smith and G. Strong, 2007: The UNderstanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE): a report following the first science workshop, 18-19 April 2007, Edmonton, Alberta. CMOS Bulletin SCMO, 35, 20-28. [PDF]
Bensimon,
D.
R.,
S.
Desormeaux,
M.
Gaudette,
L.
Lefaivre,
D.
M.
L.
Sills,
G.
Simard
and J.-F. Voros, 2005: The Third MSC Forecasters' Forum:
Overview and Recommendations. CMOS
Bulletin SCMO, 33, 87-88.
Sills, D., 2004: In Memoriam - Brian Patrick Murphy (1958-2004). CMOS Bulletin SCMO, 32, 178. [JPG]
Sills, D., M. Leduc, P. King and I. Ruddick, 2004: Meeting Summary: the 12th Annual Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop. CMOS Bulletin SCMO, 32, 23.
Alexander, L., X. Sun, D. Sills and P. Taylor, 2003: An analysis of the tornado outbreak of Nov 10/11, 2002 in the United States. CMOS Bulletin SCMO, 31, 48-57.
Schneider, R. and D. Sills, 2000: Tornadoes strike southern Ontario - 17 July 2000.CMOS Bulletin SCMO, 28, 139-142.
King, P., D. Sills, D. Hudak, P. Joe, N. Donaldson, P. Taylor, X. Qiu, P. Rodriguez, M. Leduc, R. Synergy, and P. Stalker, 1999: ELBOW: An experiment to study the effects of lake breezes on weather in southern Ontario. CMOS Bulletin SCMO, 27, 35-41. [HTML]
PhD Dissertation
Sills,
D.
M.
L.,
1998:
Lake
and
land
breezes
in
southwestern
Ontario:
observations,
analyses
and
numerical modelling. PhD dissertation,
CRESS, York University, 338 pp. [PDF] (large document!)
Technical Notes and Reports
Sills, D. M. L., 2008: Forecasting For the Future: A Discussion of Issues Related to the MSC Forecasters Forum Series. Meteorological Research Division Technical Note #2008-001. Environment Canada, 25 pp. [PDF]
Bensimon,
D.,
S.
Desormeaux,
M.
Gaudette,
L.
Lefaivre,
D.
Sills,
G.
Simard
and
J.-F.
Voros,
2005: Report on the Third Annual Forecasters Forum.
Environment Canada, 40 pp.
Sills,
D.
M.
L.,
2005:
The
Research
Support
Desk
Initiative
at
the
Ontario
Storm
Prediction
Centre. Meteorological Research Branch Technical Note
#-2005-001. Environment Canada, 30 pp.
Alexander,
L.,
D.
M.
L.
Sills
and
P.
A.
Taylor,
2003:
ELBOW
2001:
Final
Data
Report. York University, 77 pp, available from the authors.
Keenan, T., P. Joe, J. Wilson, C. Collier, B. Golding, D. Burgess, P. May, C. Pierce, J. Bally, A. Crook, A. Seed, D. Sills, L. Berry, R. Potts, I. Bell, N. Fox, E. Ebert, M. Eilts, K. O'Loughlin, R. Webb, R. Carbone, K. Browning, R. Roberts and C. Mueller, 2002: 2000 World Weather Research Programme Forecast Demonstration Project: overview and current status. BMRC Research Report, No 85, Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 1289K Melbourne, Australia, 3001, 28 pp.
Sills, D. M. L., X. Qiu and P. A. Taylor, 1997: SOMOS II: Southern Ontario Oxidant Study - Meteorological Modelling. Final report to the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy, 117 pp. [HTML]
Sills, D. M. L. and P. A. Taylor, 1996: SOMOS: Southern Ontario Oxidant Study - Mesoscale Meteorological Analysis, Model Testing and Evaluation. Final report to the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy, 108 pp.
Sills, D. M. L., P. A. Taylor and J. R. Salmon, 1994: SOMOS: Southern Ontario Oxidant Study - Meteorological Measurements. Final data report to the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy, 87 pp.
Conference Proceedings, Preprints and Extended Abstracts
Makar,
P.
A.,
J.
Zhang,
W.
Gong,
M.
D.
Moran,
C.
Stroud,
S.
Gong,
S. Gravel,
J. Brook, K. Hayden, C. Mihele, S. Ménard, D. Talbot, H. Landry,
M. Sassi, A. Kallaur, D. Sills, J. Abbatt, and J. Slowik, 2010:
High-resolution air-quality modelling of the Windsor-Detroit area using
two models: comparisons to BAQS-Met data. Air Pollution Modelling and
its Application XX. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series -- C:
Environmental Security, Eds. D. G. Steyn and S. T. Rao, 69-73. [PDF]
Sills,
D.,
N.
Driedger,
B.
Greaves,
E.
Hung
and
R.
Paterson,
2009:
iCAST:
a
Prototype
Thunderstorm Nowcasting System Focused on
Optimization of the Human-Machine Mix. Proceedings, 2nd World Weather
Research Programme Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range
Forecasting, Whistler, British Columbia, Environment Canada DVD-ROM
Paper 2.9. [PDF]
Sills,
D.
M.
L.,
and
N.
M.
Taylor,
2008:
The
Research
Support
Desk
(RSD)
initiative
at Environment Canada: Linking severe weather researchers
and forecasters in a real-time operational setting. Preprints,
24th AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah,
GA, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Paper 9A.1. [PDF]
[Recording]
Taylor, N. M., D. M. L. Sills, J. Hanesiak, J. A. Milbrandt, C. D. Smith, G. Strong, S. Skone, P. J. McCarthy, and J. Brimelow, 2008: The Understanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE): Overview and preliminary results. Preprints, 24th AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Paper 18.7. [PDF] [Recording]
Flagg,
D.,
J.
Brook,
D.
Sills,
P.
Makar,
P.
Taylor,
G.
Harris,
R.
McLaren,
and
P. King, 2007: Lake breezes in southern Ontario: observations, models
and impacts air quality. Preprints, 29th NATO/SPS International
Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application,
24-28 September 2007, Aveiro, Portugal.
Erfani,
A.,
J.
Mailhot,
S.
Gravel,
M.
Desgagné,
P.
King,
D.
Sills,
N.
Mclennan
and
D. Jacob, 2005: The high resolution limited area version
of the Global Environmental Multiscale model and its potential
operational applications. Preprints, 11th Conference on Mesoscale
Processes, Albuquerque, NM, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., CD-ROM Paper 1M.4
[PDF]
Sills,
D.,
B.
Greaves,
N.
Driedger
and
R.
Paterson,
2005:
Development
And
Use
Of
A
Prototype Nowcasting System Focused On Optimization Of The
Human-Machine Mix. Proceedings, World Weather
Research Programme Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range
Forecasting, Toulouse, France, Meteo France, DVD-ROM
Paper 7.27. [PDF]
Sills, D. M. L, S. J. Scriver and P. W. S. King, 2004: The Tornadoes in Ontario Project (TOP). Preprints, 22nd AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms,Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., CD-ROM Paper 7B.5. [PDF]
Boodoo, S., D. Hudak, N. Donaldson, R. Paterson and D. Sills, 2003: Summer Severe Weather Occurrence in Southern Ontario – A Climatological Perspective. Preprints, 31st International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 621-624. [PDF]
Sills, D., P. Taylor, P. King, W. Hocking and I. Nichols, 2002: ELBOW 2001 - studying the relationship between lake breezes and severe weather: project overview and preliminary results. Preprints, 21st Severe Local Storms Conference, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 611-614. [PDF]
King, P., B. Murphy, A. Erfani and D. Sills, 2002: The Use of the GEM forecast model at very high resolution during ELBOW 2001. Preprints, 21st Severe Local Storms Conference, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., J125-J128. [PDF]
Murphy, B. P., A. Ashton, P. King and D. Sills, 2002: An Experiment in Subjective Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting: Forecasts and Verification during the ELBOW 2001 Field Study. Preprints, 16th AMS Conference on Hydrology , Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 130-135. [PDF]
Sills, D., J. Wilson, C. Mueller, N. Fox, D. Burgess, P. Joe, P. Dunda, R. Webb, 2001: Meteorological aspects of the 3 November 2000 severe storms in Sydney, Australia. Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Munich, Germany, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 495-497.
Burgess, D. W., P. Joe, R. Potts, T. Keenan, P. May, D. Mitchell, B. Conway, A. Treloar, D. Sills and D. Hudak, 2001: Severe storm detection algorithms for the S2000 Project. Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology,Munich, Germany, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 483-485.
Fox N., E. Mitchell, P. Dunda, J. Bally, G. Freeman, C. Pierce, M. Sleigh, D. Sills and T. Keenan, 2001: Assessing the impact of advanced nowcasting systems on severe weather warning dissemination. Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Munich, Germany, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 498-499.
Greaves, B., R. Trafford, N. Driedger, R. Paterson, D. Sills, D. Hudak, and N. Donaldson, 2001: The AURORA Nowcasting Platform – Extending the Concept of a Modifiable Database for Short Range Forecasting. Preprints, 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Albuquerque, NM, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 236-239.
Sills, D. M. L. and P. W. S. King, 2000: Landspouts at lake breeze fronts in southern Ontario. Preprints, 20th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 243-246. [HTML]
Sills, D., N. Donaldson, N. Driedger, B. Greaves, D. Hudak, P. King, R. Paterson, R. Trafford and C. Banic, 1999: Developments for improved nowcasting in Canada. Extended abstracts, 6th Workshop on Operational Meteorology, Halifax, NS, Atmos. Env. Serv. / Can. Meteorol. Ocean. Soc., 110-111.
Sills, D. and P. King, 1999: Observations and MC2 modelling of severe thunderstorms initiated at lake breeze fronts. Extended abstracts, 6th Workshop on Operational Meteorology, Halifax, NS, Atmos. Env. Serv. / Can. Meteorol. Ocean. Soc., 212-218.
King, P. and D. M. L. Sills, 1998: The 1997 ELBOW Project: an experiment to study the Effects of Lake Breezes On Weather in southern Ontario. Preprints, 19th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 317-320.
Sills,
D.
M.
L.
and
P.
King,
1998:
The
1997
ELBOW
Project:
high-resolution
modelling
of
lake breezes in a
pre-storm environment. Preprints, 19th Conference on Severe Local
Storms, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 26-29. [HTML]
Sills, D. M. L. and Wm. Moroz, 1996: Lake breeze circulations resulting in elevated ozone concentrations at Hastings, Ontario. Proceedings, Air and Waste Management Assoc. Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.
Sills, D. M. L. and P.A. Taylor, 1996: Lake breezes and their impact on ground-level ozone transport over southwestern Ontario and southeastern Michigan. Air Pollution Modelling and its Application XI. NATO Challenges of Modern Society Vol. 21, Eds. S.E. Gryning and F.A. Schiermeier, 63-69.
Tangirala, R.S. and D. M. L. Sills, 1995: Application of a mesoscale model to investigate lake breeze effects on high ozone and oxidant episodes in southern Ontario. Preprints, 11th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Charlotte, NC, 158-159.
Conference / Workshop Presentations and Lectures
Makar,
P.,
J.
Brook, D. Sills, K. Hayden, C. Stroud, M. Moran, J. Zhang, W.
Gong, S. Gong, C. Mihele, Q. Li, and D. Davignon, 2011: The Border Air
Quality and Meteorology Study (BAQS-Met): Overview, Comparisons between
Observations and Models, and Lessons Learned. Abstracts, 45th
Congress of
the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, June 5-9,
Victoria, BC.
Sills,
D.,
2011:
Storm damage survey training 2011. Storm Damage Survey
Training Workshop, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D., 2011: Decision making in the forecasting environment.
OSPC Change of Season Workshops, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2011:
Tornado-producing storms: conceptual models and
forecasting/nowcasting.
OSPC Change of Season Workshops, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2011:
Convective nowcasting techniques and 2011 RSD plans.
OSPC Change of Season Workshops, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2011:
Tools for wind damage classification, rating and reporting.
Presentation to MSC Technical Transfer Advisory Committee (TTAC),
Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
J.
Brook,
I.
Levy,
P.
Makar,
J.
Zhang,
P.
Taylor,
K. Hayden and L. Elliott, 2011: Lake breezes in
the lower Great Lakes during BAQS-Met 2007. Abstracts,
19th International Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop,
Mar 21-23, Ithaca, NY. [PPS]
Sills, D., N. Driedger, B. Greaves, E. Hung, R. Paterson, and W. Burrows, 2010: iCAST: A severe storm nowcasting prototype focused on optimization of the human-machine mix. Preprints, 25th AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, Oct 11-14, Denver, CO. [Abstract] [Recording]
Driedger, N., B. Greaves, E. Hung, R. Paterson, and David Sills, 2010: Progress on the Use of Meteorological Object Representations For Convective Storm Warnings – an iCAST Update. Abstracts, 44th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, May 31 - June 4, Ottawa, ON.
Sills, D., N. Driedger, and E. Hung, 2010: Comparing GEM 15 km, GEM-LAM 2.5 km and RUC 13 km Model Simulations of Mesoscale Features over Southern Ontario. Abstracts, 18th International Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Mar 22-24, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2010:
Storm damage survey training 2010. Storm Damage Survey
Training Workshop, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2010:
The
Research
Support
Desk
Initiative
at
Environment
Canada.
Invited
presentation
to
visiting
delegates
of
the Chinese Meteorological
Agency.
January 20, Toronto, ON.
Taylor,
N.
M.,
D.
M.
L.
Sills,
J.
Hanesiak,
J.
A.
Milbrandt,
C.
D.
Smith,
G. Strong, S. Skone, P. J. McCarthy, and J. C. Brimelow, 2009: The
Understanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers
Experiment (UNSTABLE) 2008: Preliminary Results. College of DuPage
Severe Weather Symposium, 5-7 November, Downers Grove, IL.
Sills,
D.,
2009:
Overview
of
Environment
Canada
participation
in
VORTEX-2.
Invited
presentation
for
Assistant
Deputy
Minister Brian Gray. July 13,
Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
J.
Brook,
K.
Hayden,
P.
Makar,
P.
Taylor
and
L.
Hill,
2009:
Lake
Breezes in SW Ontario and Their Influence During BAQS-Met 2007. Abstracts,
43rd
Congress
of
the
Canadian
Meteorological
and
Oceanographic
Society,
31 May - 4 June, Halifax, NS. [PPS]
Sills,
D.,
N.
Taylor,
C.
Smith,
G.
Strong
and
J.
Hanesiak,
2009:
Mesonet
Observations
during
the UNSTABLE 2008 Pilot. Abstracts, 43rd
Congress of
the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 31
May - 4 June, Halifax, NS. [PPS]
Sills,
D.,
N.
Driedger
and
E.
Hung,
2009:
Comparing
GEM
Regional,
GEM-LAM
2.5
and
RUC
Model Simulations of Mesoscale Features over Southern Ontario.
Abstracts, 43rd Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and
Oceanographic Society, 31 May - 4 June, Halifax, NS. [PPS]
Sills,
D.,
2009:
The
MSC
Forecasters
Forums
and
the
Future
Role
of
the
Human
Forecaster.
Abstracts, 43rd Congress of the Canadian Meteorological
and Oceanographic Society, 31 May - 4 June, Halifax, NS. [PPS]
Sills,
D.,
2009:
Damage
survey
training
and
2009
RSD
plans.
OSPC
Change
of
Season
Workshops,
April 22nd and 24th, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2009:
Damage
survey
training
2009.
Annual
Damage
Survey
Training
Workshop,
April
9th,
Toronto,
ON.
Sills, D., 2009: Testing Convective Nowcasting Techniques on the RSD. Invited Presentation, Spring Workshop, April 8th, Buffalo, NY.
Wong,
S.,
Q.
Li
and
D.
Sills,
2009:
Lake
Environment
Influences
on
Air
Quality
in
Southern Ontario Case Study: Sept 2-3 2008. Abstracts,
2009 National Air Quality Conferences: Air Quality Forecasting and
Mapping, March 2-5, Addison, TX.
Sills, D. M. L., and N. M. Taylor, 2009: The Research Support Desk (RSD) initiative at Environment Canada: Linking severe weather researchers and forecasters in a real-time operational setting. Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate Research Seminar, March 3, Toronto, ON. [PPS]
Sills,
D.,
J.
Brook
and
P.
Taylor,
2008:
Lake
Breezes
in
Southwestern
Ontario
and
Their
Influence During BAQS-Met 2007. Invited Presentation,
AGU Fall Meeting, December 15-19, San Francisco, CA. [PPS]
Brook,
J.
R..,
P.
Makar,
D.
Sills,
R.
McLaren
and
K.
Hayden,
2008:
Motivation,
Design
and Highlights of the 2007 Border Air Quality and Meteorology
Study. Invited Presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, December
15-19, San Francisco, CA.
Stroud,
C.,
P.
Makar,
W.
Gong,
J.
Zhang,
J.
Brook,
K.
Hayden,
D.
Sills,
J.
Murphy, G. Evans and R. McLaren, 2008: Chemical Processing of Secondary
Aerosol Components in Lake-Breeze Circulations: High Resolution Air
Quality
Modelling Results from the BAQS-Met Study. Abstracts, AGU Fall
Meeting,
December 15-19, San Francisco, CA.
Makar,
P.
A.,
J.
Zhang,
W.
Gong,
C.
Stroud,
M.
D.
Moran,
S.
Gravel,
J. Brook,
K. Hayden, D. Sills, S. Gong and R. McLaren, 2008: BAQS-Met Air-Quality
Modelling Using AURAMS: Overview, Main Pollution Events, and Initial
Model Evaluation. Abstracts, AGU Fall Meeting, December 15-19, San
Francisco, CA.
Hayden,
K.
L.,
S.
Li,
D.
Sills,
J.
R.
Brook,
P.
Liu,
C.
Stroud,
S. Sharma, P.
Makar, G. Lu, K. G. Anlauf, W. Strapp and J. M. O'Brien, 2008: Aircraft
measurements of trace gases and particles during BAQS-Met. Abstracts,
AGU
Fall
Meeting,
December
15-19,
San
Francisco,
CA.
Sills, D., 2008: BAQS-Met update: Quality control and analysis of surface mesonet data. BAQS-Met Data Workshop, November 5, Toronto, ON.
Wong,
S.,
Q.
Li
and
D.
Sills,
2008:
Lake
Environment
Influences
on
Air
Quality
in
Southern Ontario Case Study: Sept 2-3 2008. Abstracts,
17th International Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop,
Oct 8-10, Ann Arbor, MI.
Taylor, N. M., D. Sills, J. Hanesiak, J. Milbrandt, C. Smith, G. Strong, J. Brimelow, and P. McCarthy, 2008: The Understanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE): an update on scheduled field activities in 2008. PASPC Spring Workshop, Winnipeg, MB.
Sills, D., 2008: Storm damage survey training 2008. Storm Damage Survey Training Workshop, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D., 2008: Testing convective nowcasting techniques on the RSD. OSPC Change of Season Workshops, Toronto, ON.
Joe, P., I. Zawadzki, C. Landry, D. Sills and G. Isaac, 2008: Nowcasting systems in Canada. Japan Meteorological Agency International Hazardous Winds Workshop, January 8, Tokyo, Japan.
Newark,
M.,
J.
Anderson,
D.
Sills,
P.
King,
D.
Etkin
and
P.
Joe,
2008:
Tornado
climatology in Canada. Japan Meteorological Agency International
Hazardous Winds Workshop, January 8, Tokyo, Japan.
Sills,
D.,
P.
Taylor,
T.
Stapf,
B.
Drummond,
and
T.
Bukhman,
2007:
BAQS-Met
Meteorological
Data
Summary. First BAQS-Met Data
Workshop, December 7, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2007:
Severe
Thunderstorms
-
Basics
to
Bleeding
Edge.
Guest
lecture,
Cloud
Physics
and
Radar
Meteorology Course, Dept. of Earth and Space Science and Engineering,
November 21, Toronto, ON.
King,
P.,
M.
Leduc,
I.
Ruddick
and
D.
Sills,
2007:
The
Woodstock
Tornado
Revisited
in
View of Current Conceptual Models. Abstracts, 41st
Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,
St. John's, NL.
Sills,
D.
and
N.
Taylor,
2007:
The
UNderstanding
Severe
Thunderstorms
and
Alberta
Boundary
Layers
Experiment
(UNSTABLE): testing of mesonet
instrumentation. Abstracts, 41st Congress of
the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, St. John's,
NL.
Taylor, N. and D. Sills, 2007: The UNderstanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE): project overview. Abstracts, 41st Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, St. John's, NL.
Taylor,
N.
and
D.
Sills,
2007:
UNSTABLE
science
question
1:
ABL
processes
-
water
vapour
and convergence boundaries – part 1. First UNSTABLE
Science Workshop, April 18-19, Edmonton, AB.
Sills,
D.
and
N.
Taylor,
2007:
UNSTABLE
science
question
1:
ABL
processes
-
water
vapour
and convergence boundaries – part
2. First UNSTABLE Science Workshop, April 18-19, Edmonton,
AB.
Sills,
D.,
2007:
Damaging
wind
phenomena,
classification,
and
surveying
techniques.
Ontario
Storm
Damage
Surveying
Workshop,
Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2007:
Damaging
wind
phenomena,
classification,
and
surveying
techniques.
OSPC
Change
of
Season
Workshops,
Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2007:
Tornado-producing
storms:
conceptual
models
and
forecasting/nowcasting.
OSPC
Change
of
Season
Workshops,
Toronto,
ON.
Sills,
D.,
2007:
The
Research
Support
Desk
at
the
OSPC:
update
for
2007.
OSPC
Change
of Season Workshops, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2007:
Advances
in
mesoscale
analysis
and
nowcasting
related
to
summer
severe
weather.
Cloud
Physics and Severe
Weather Research Section Symposium, Toronto, ON.
Taylor, N. and D. Sills, 2007: UNderstanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE). Drought Research Initiative (DRI) Workshop #2, Winnipeg, MB.
Lin, H, Q. Li, D. Sills, J. Brook, L.
Alexander and P. King, 2007: Lake Breeze Effects on Air Quality in the
Southern Ontario. Abstracts, Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry,
San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteorol.
Soc.
Sills,
D.,
2006:
BAQS-Met:
How
we
got
here.
BAQS-Met
Science
and Planning Workshop, Toronto, ON.
Erfani,
E.,
J.
Mailhot,
A.
Methot,
S.
Gravel,
M.
Desgagne,
A.
Plante,
D.
Sills,
P.
King and A. Ashton, 2006: The 2.5
km horizontal resolution limited area version of the Global
Environmental Multiscale model over southern Ontario and Quebec.
Abstracts, 15th International Great Lakes Operational Meteorology
Workshop, Oct 25-27, Niagara Falls, ON.
Mengesha,
Y.,
D.
Rodgers
and
D.
Sills,
2006:
Mesoscale
patterns
associated
with
MCS
of
17
July 2006 in southern Ontario. Abstracts, 15th
International Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Oct
25-27, Niagara Falls, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2006:
Bow-echo
tornadoes:
new
insights
from
the
wilds
of
Ontario,
Abstracts,
15th
International
Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop,
Oct 25-27,
Niagara Falls, ON.
Lin, H, Q. Li, D. Sills, J. Brook, L. Alexander and P. King, 2006: Lake Breeze Effects on Air Quality in the Southern Ontario. Abstracts, Fourth Canadian Workshop on Air Quality, Banff, AB, Env. Canada.
Sills, D., N. Driedger, B. Greaves, P. King, M. Leduc and R. Paterson, 2006: The Research Support Desk (RSD) Initiative at Environment Canada: Recent Results and Future Plans. Abstracts, 40th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Toronto, ON.
Alexander,
L.
and
D.
Sills,
2006:
ELBOW
2001:
Generation
of
a
Low-Level
Mesoscale
Boundary
Inventory.
Abstracts,
40th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic
Society, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
2006:
Damaging
wind
phenomena,
classification,
and
surveying
techniques.
Ontario Storm Damage Surveying Workshops,
Toronto,
ON.
Sills,
D.,
2006:
Tornado-producing
storms:
conceptual
models
and
forecasting/nowcasting.
OSPC Change
of Season Workshops, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.,
S.
Khodayar
and
P.
Taylor,
2006:
Lake
breezes
and
air
quality
during
ELBOW
2001. BAQS-Met Planning
Workshop, Toronto, ON.
Sills,
D.
and
P.
King,
2006:
MRD
use
of
GEM
2.5:
past,
present
and
future. GEM
2.5
Workshop, Dorval, PQ.
Sills, D., B. Greaves, N. Driedger and R. Paterson, 2005: Development and use of a prototype nowcasting system focused on optimization of the human-machine mix. Provincial Flood Forecasting and Flood Warning Committee Meeting, Sept. 21, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D., 2005: The Research Support Desk at the Ontario Storm Prediction Centre. Abstracts, 14th International Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Sept. 14-16, Grand Rapids, MI.
Bensimon, D., D. Sills, S. Desormeaux, M. Gaudette, L. Lefaivre, G. Simard and J.-F. Voros, 2005: The Third MSC Forecasters Forum: overview and recommendations. Abstracts, 39th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, May 31 - June 3, Vancouver, BC.
Greaves, B., D. Sills, N. Driedger, J. Reid, E. Bradbury, R. Paterson and B. Brodie, 2005: Using enhanced graphic production for decision support. Abstracts, 39th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, May 31 - June 3, Vancouver, BC.
Sills,
D.,
2005:
The
Research
Support
Desk
at
the
Ontario
Storm
Prediction
Centre.
Abstracts, 39th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and
Oceanographic Society, May 31 - June 3, Vancouver, BC.
Sills, D., 2005:
Boundary-related convective nowcasting techniques / RSD in 2005. OSPC
Change of Season Workshops, Apr 19 and
21, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D. and P.
Joe, 2005: Nowcasting and the human-machine mix.
Third Annual MSC Forecasters Forum, February 15-17,
Montreal, PQ.
Ford, R. P., D.
Sills and P. King, 2004: BAQSmet - An intensive meteorological field
study in the Detroit-Windsor region. Abstracts, 13th International
Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Buffalo, NY.
Sills, D., 2004:
Lake breezes in southwestern Ontario: impacts on air
quality and severe weather. Rowan Williams Davies
& Irwin Inc., Guelph, ON
Sills, D., 2004:
Lake breezes and pollutant transport in the Windsor-Detroit area.
Border Air Quality Study - Meteorological Measurements Science
Workshop, June 9-10, Toronto, ON.
Alexander, L. and D. Sills, 2004: ELBOW 2001: Analysis of low-level boundaries in southwestern Ontario. Abstracts, 38th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Edmonton, AB.
Sills, D. M. L. and S. J. Scriver, 2004: The Tornadoes in Ontario Project (TOP). Abstracts, 38th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Edmonton, AB.
Kochtubajda, B., D. R. Hudak, D. M. L. Sills, S. Boodoo and M. Lapalme, 2004: The Edmonton Severe Thunderstorm of 7 August 2003. Abstracts, 38th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Edmonton, AB.
Sills, D., 2004: The Future Role of the Operational Forecaster from a Research Perspective. Science-Operations Connections Forum, February 24-26, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D., 2003: The detection of lake breeze fronts during ELBOW 2001 using a variety of observational platforms. Abstracts, 12th International Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, London, ON.
Firanski, B. and D. Sills, 2003: A comparative case study of lake breeze convective precursors during ELBOW 2001. Abstracts, 37th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Ottawa, ON.
Sills, D. and L. Hill, 2003: ELBOW 2001: The detection of lake breeze fronts using a variety of observational platforms. Abstracts, 37th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Ottawa, ON.
Sills, D. , J. Wilson, P. Joe, D. Burgess, R. Webb, and N. Fox, 2003: Thunder down under: a tornadic supercell in Sydney, Australia, and the role of low-level boundaries. Abstracts, 37th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Ottawa, ON.
Sills, D. M. L., 2002: Thunder down under: a tornadic supercell in Sydney, Australia, and the role of low-level boundaries. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, York University, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D. M. L., P. Taylor, P. King, W. Hocking, and I. Nichols, 2002: ELBOW 2001 - studying the relationship between lake breezes and severe weather: overview and latest results. Abstracts, 11th International Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Traverse City, MI.
Sills, D. M. L., P. Taylor, P. King, W. Hocking, A. Schaafsma, I. Nichols, L. Alexander and B. Firanski, 2002: The Effects of Lake Breezes On Weather (ELBOW) 2001: project overview and preliminary results. Abstracts, 36th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Rimouski, PQ.
King, P., B. Murphy, A. Erfani and D. Sills, 2002: The Use of the GEM forecast model at very high resolution during ELBOW 2001. Abstracts, 36th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Rimouski, PQ.
Sills, D. M. L., 2002: ELBOW 2001 overview and status / preliminary Sydney 2000 results. NWSFO Buffalo spring workshop, Buffalo, NY.
Firanski, B., D. Sills, D. Hudak, N. Donaldson and P. Taylor, 2002: Radar observations of lake breeze induced summer convective storms. Abstracts, EGS XXVII General Assembly, April 21-26, Nice, France.
Sills, D. M. L., P. Taylor, P. King, W. Hocking, I. Nichols and A. Schaafsma, 2001: ELBOW 2001: The Effects of Lake Breezes On Weather Project, Abstracts, 35th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Winnipeg, MB.
King, P., D. Sills, P. Taylor, L. Alexander and B. Firanski, 2001: ELBOW 2001: The Effects of Lake Breezes On Weather. Abstracts, 10th International Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Cleveland, OH.
Sills, D., 2000: Lake breezes and the tornadoes of 17 July 2000. Abstracts, 8th Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D. M. L. and P. W. S. King, 1999: Observations and modelling of a lake breeze initiated severe thunderstorm during ELBOW 97. Abstracts, 8th Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI.
Qiu,
X.,
D.
Sills,
and
P.
Taylor,
1999:
Simulation
of
an
intense
local
storm
triggered
by lake breeze
convergence. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 1, No. 2, 422.
Qi,
Y.,
X.
Qiu,
D.
Sills
and
P.
Taylor,
1998:
Lake
breeze
modelling
with
MC2.
Abstracts, 32nd Congress of the Canadian
Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Dartmouth, NS.
Sills, D. M. L., 1997: Lake breeze triggered thunderstorms: do they pose a significant severe weather threat? Abstracts, 31st Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Saskatoon, SK.
King, P. W. S. and D. M. L. Sills, 1997: Some aspects of tornado climatology in southern Ontario. Abstracts, 31st Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Saskatoon, SK.
Sills, D. M. L., 1997: Severe weather events during the ELBOW experiment. Abstracts, 6th Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D. M. L., 1996: A revised lake breeze index. Abstracts, 30th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D. M. L. and P.A. Taylor, 1996: Using MC2 to model lake breezes in southwestern Ontario and southeastern Michigan and their impact on boundary layer ozone transport. Abstracts, 30th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D. M. L. and Wm. J. Moroz, 1996: Lake breeze circulations resulting in elevated ozone concentrations at Hastings, Ontario. Abstracts, 30th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D. M. L. and P.A. Taylor, 1995: Lake breezes in southwestern Ontario with implications for the transport of ground-level ozone. Abstracts, 29th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Kelowna, BC.
Sills, D. M. L., 1995: Mesoscale modelling of lake and land breezes in southwestern Ontario. Environment and Energy Conference of Ontario, Toronto, ON.
Sills, D. M. L., P.A. Taylor and J.R. Salmon, 1994: Surface mesonet data for the 1993 Southern Ontario Oxidant Study. Abstracts, 28th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Ottawa, ON.
Sills, D. M. L. and P.A. Taylor, 1994: Observations of lake and land breezes in southwestern Ontario. Environment and Energy Conference of Ontario, Toronto, ON.
Other Media
Sills,
D.
and
M.
Leduc,
2007:
Mesocyclone
Algorithm
Update
March
2007.
K-Stream
online
tutorial
[EC internal link]
Sills, D. and K. Hobelman, 2004: Storm Damage Survey – 17 July 2004 – Sheppardton. Web document [HTML (summary)]
Sills, D. and K. Hobelman, 2004: Storm Damage Survey – 13 July 2003 – Exeter area. Web document [HTML (summary)]
Sills, D., 2003: Storm Damage Survey – 7 August 2003 – Florence. Web document [HTML (summary)]
Sills, D., 2003: Storm Damage Survey – 1 May 2003 – Tecumseh. Web document [HTML (summary)]
Sills, D., I. Ruddick, A. Myatt, and J. Sheremeto, 2002: Ontario severe weather summary. Statement disseminated via circuit on 1 Oct 2002. [HTML]
Sills, D., 2002: Storm damage survey – 10 September 2002 – Ril Lake (Baysville). Web document [HTML (summary)]
Sills, D., 2002: Storm damage survey – 29 July 2002 – King Region. Web document [HTML (summary)]
Sills, D., 2002: Storm damage survey – 22 July 2002 – Aurora, New Tecumseth. Web document [HTML (summary)]
Sills, D., 2001: A short guide to conducting damage surveys. Web document [HTML]
Sills, D., 2001: Tornado verification and classification (needs updating – see TOP article in Publications List). Web document [HTML]
Sills, D. M. L., X. Qiu and P. King, 2000: The Lake Breeze Forecast Utility. HTML Training Document.Web version available internally.
Sills, D., 2000: Storm damage survey – 5 May 2000 - Madoc. Web document [HTML]
Sills, D., 2000: Storm damage survey – 9 May 2000 – southern Essex County. Web document [HTML]
Sills, D., and P. Campbell, 2000: Storm damage survey – 17 July 2000 - Guelph. Web document [HTML]
Sills, D., 2000: Storm damage survey – 17 July 2000 - Melduf. Web document [HTML]
Sills, D., P. King, and C. Floyd, 1999: Storm damage survey - 2 June 1999 – Purple Valley. Web document, available internally.
Sills, D., 1999: Storm damage survey – June 7, 1999 - Toronto. Web document, available internally.
Sills, D., and X. Qiu, 1999: Storm damage survey – July 3, 1999 - Duncan. Web document, currently offline.
Sills, D., M. Payne, and P. Pilon, 1999: Storm damage survey – August 4, 1999 – Flamborough / Burlington. Web document, available internally.
Sills, D., 1999: Storm damage survey – August 4, 1999 – Clear Creek. Web document, available internally.
Payne,
M.
and
D.
Sills,
1999:
Storm
damage
survey
–
August
4,
1999
–
Hamilton.
Web document, available
internally.