Publications

Publications and scholarly work

This page highlights Dr. Majdi’s peer-reviewed publications, submitted manuscripts, and in-preparation work across atmospheric science, artificial intelligence for weather applications, visibility and fog prediction, cloud microphysics, and aerosol research.

Publication overview

Main publication areas and access points.

Recent and in-progress work

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2026
Wooton, C., Chrit, M., Majdi, M., & Sykes, A. Accuracy Assessment of Atmospheric Large Eddy Simulations to Support Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Operations at GrandSKY, North Dakota. Atmosphere, 2026.
Majdi, M., Bestul, L. S., Delene, D. J., & Schneider, M. Development of a Machine Learning System to Emulate WRF Forecasts for Thunderstorm Nowcasting in Support of the North Dakota Cloud Modification Project. 106th AMS Annual Meeting, 2026.
Wooton, C. B., Chrit, M., Majdi, M., & Sykes, A. Quantifying the Impact of Meteodrone Observations on Low-Altitude Weather Forecasts to Support Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Operations over GrandSKY, North Dakota. 106th AMS Annual Meeting, 2026.
Delene, D. J., Nairy, C., Slad, C., Rickbeil, B., Wagner, S., & Majdi, M. Quantification of Chain Aggregate Morphology in Recent Field Campaigns. 106th AMS Annual Meeting, 2026.
Majdi, M., & Delene, D. J. A Regime-Specific, Physics-Informed Machine Learning Framework for Camera-Based Fog Detection and Visibility Estimation for Aviation Operations Involving Uncrewed Aircraft Systems. 106th AMS Annual Meeting, 2026.
Chrit, M., & Majdi, M. Toward Trustworthy Wind and Turbulence Predictions for Advanced Air Mobility: Investigating the Accuracy, Uncertainty Disentanglement, Reliability, Robustness, and Explainability of Bayesian Neural Networks. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 5(1), e240120, 2026.
2025
Bouslough, K. R., Majdi, M., & Delene, D. J. Withdrawn: Public Data to Build a Real-Time Cloud Ceiling and Visibility Estimation Deep Learning for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. 105th AMS Annual Meeting, 2025.
Delene, D. J., Skow, A., Rosolino, L., Majdi, M., & Nairy, C. Data in Delene et al. (2025) publication entitled “Cloud Microphysical Observations of Seeded Clouds during the Saudi Arabia Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Enhancement Campaign …”, 2025.
2024
Majdi, M., Nairy, C., & Delene, D. J. Classification of Ice Crystal Images from In-situ, High-resolution Cloud Probes Using a Convolutional Neural Network. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, A03-36, 2024.
Chrit, M., & Majdi, M. Operational Wind and Turbulence Nowcasting Capability for Advanced Air Mobility. Neural Computing and Applications, 36(18), 10637-10654, 2024.
Majdi, M., Delene, D., & Chrit, M. Automatic Fog Detection and Visibility Estimation from Camera Images Using Deep Learning Features for Aviation Operations Involving Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS). 104th Annual AMS Meeting, 104, 431686, 2024.
Chrit, M., & Majdi, M. Toward Trustworthy Wind and Turbulence Predictions for Advanced Air Mobility. 104th Annual AMS Meeting, 104, 428849, 2024.
Rosolino, L. S. Analyzing the Effects of Cloud Seeding on Hail Suppression During the North Dakota Cloud Modification Project. The University of North Dakota, 2024.
Majdi, M., Nairy, C., & Delene, D. An Evaluation of a Convolutional Neural Network for Classifying Images from In-situ, High-resolution Cloud Probes. 104th Annual AMS Meeting, 104, 431676, 2024.
Delene, D. J., Boe, B. A., Hibert, K., Willette, M. D., Majdi, M., Wehbe, Y., Detwiler, A., et al. Cloud Observations and Processes in Sea Breeze Induced Convection over South-West Saudi Arabia. 104th Annual AMS Meeting, 104, 434301, 2024.
Chrit, M., Majdi, M., Gufford, J. L., Askelson, M., Torgerson, L., Abbas, H., & Weber, S. Environmental Hazard Risk Assessment for Unmanned Aircraft System Operations. 104th Annual AMS Meeting, 104, 433466, 2024.
Wehbe, Y., Delene, D. J., Willette, M., Boe, B. A., Hibert, K., Albar, A., Gunturu, U., et al. The Saudi Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Enhancement Campaign (SARPEC): Outlook and Research Roadmap. 104th Annual AMS Meeting, 104, 431479, 2024.
2023
Chrit, M., & Majdi, M. Micro-Weather Information (Observations, Forecasts, and Communications) for Advanced Air Mobility Operations I. 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023.
Michael, D. W., Majdi, M., & Delene, D. J. Design Concept and Feasibility Analysis of a Fog Abatement Project Using Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles. 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, 2023.
Willette, M. D., Majdi, M., & Delene, D. J. Design Concept and Feasibility Analysis of a Fog Abatement Project Using Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles. American Meteorological Society Meeting Abstracts, 103, 12.3, 2023.

Selected peer-reviewed publications

Representative published work across AI applications and atmospheric science.

Chrit, M., & Majdi, M. Operational Wind and Turbulence Nowcasting Capability for Advanced Air Mobility. Neural Computing and Applications, 2024. DOI: 10.1007/s00521-024-09614-0
Chrit M., Majdi M. Improving Wind Speed Forecasting for Urban Air Mobility Using Coupled Simulations. Advances in Meteorology, 2022. DOI: 10.1155/2022/2629432
Chrit M., Majdi M. Using Objective Analysis for the Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Aerosol Products to Improve PM2.5 Predictions over Europe. Atmosphere, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/atmos13050763
Majdi, M., Sartelet, K., Turquety, S., & Kim, Y. Impact of the Mixing State on the Aerosol Optical Properties During Severe Wildfires Over the Euro-Mediterranean Region. Atmospheric Environment, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117042
Majdi, M., Sartelet, K., Lanzafame, G.M., et al. Precursors and Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosols from Wildfires in the Euro-Mediterranean Region. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019. DOI: 10.5194/acp-19-5543-2019
Majdi, M., Turquety, S., & Sartelet, K. Impact of Wildfires on Particulate Matter in the Euro-Mediterranean in 2007: Sensitivity to the Parameterization of Emissions in Air Quality Models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019. DOI: 10.5194/acp-19-785-2019
Chrit, M., Sartelet, K., Sciare, J., Majdi, M., et al. Modeling Organic Aerosol Concentrations and Properties During Winter 2014 in the Northwestern Mediterranean Region. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018. DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-18079-2018
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