Dr. Bruintjes works on the improvement of microphysical parameterization in numerical cloud- and mesoscale models, evaluating cloud seeding efforts with numerical models, on the development of new cloud seeding techniques, and developing linked atmospheric/hydrological models to simulate the full hydrological cycle.
Selected Publications:
Bruintjes, R.T., A.J. Heymsfield, and T.W. Krauss, 1987: An examination of double-plate ice crystals and the initiation of precipitation in summertime cumulus clouds. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 44, 1331--1349.
Krauss, T.W., R.T. Bruintjes, J. Verlinde, and A. Kahn, 1987: Microphysical and Radar observations of seeded and non-seeded continental cumulus clouds. Journal of Climatology and Applied Meteorology, 26, 585--606.
Steyn P.C.L. and R.T.Bruintjes, 1990: Convective cloud characteristics for the Bethlehem area. Water SA, 16, 115--118.
Bruintjes R.T., C.B.Archer and M. Zunkel, 1990: Daily and seasonal variations of the total amount of ozone over Pretoria between April 1964 and February 1972. S A Journal of Science, 86,
Bruintjes, R.T., T.L. Clark, and W.D. Hall, 1993: Evaluating and guiding weather modification efforts with advanced three-dimensional numerical models. Management of irrigation and drainage systems: Integrated perspectives, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 480--487.
Bruintjes, R.T., G.K. Mather, D.E. Terblanche, and F.E. Steffens, 1993: A new look at the potential of hygroscopic seeding in summertime convective clouds. Management of irrigation and drainage systems: Integrated perspectives, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 496--503.
Bruintjes R.T., T.L. Clark and W.D. Hall, 1994: Interactions between topographic airflow and cloud and precipitation development during the passage of a winterstorm in Arizona. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 51, 48--67.
Czys, R.R. and R.T. Bruintjes, 1994: A review of hygroscopic seeding experiments to enhance rainfall. Journal of Weather Modification, 26, 41--53.
Bruintjes, R.T., T.L. Clark and W.D. Hall, 1995: The dispersion of tracer plumes in mountainous regions in central Arizona: Comparisons between observations and modeling results. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 34, 971--988.
Thompson, G, R.T. Bruintjes, B. Brown, and F. Hage, 1995: Intercomparison of in-flight icing algorithms: Part I: WISP94 real-time icing prediction and evaluation program. Submitted to Journal of weather and forecasting.
Brown, B.G., G. Thompson, R.T. Bruintjes, R. Bullock, and T. Kane, 1995: Intercomparison of in-flight icing algorithms: Part II: Statistical verification results. Submitted to Journal of weather and forecasting.