Publications
Cui, Y., S. Chen, L. Xue, D. Muñoz-Esparza, J.A. Sauer, L. Hu, J.D. Albertson, Q. Li. “Local cloud
enhancement associated with urban morphology: evidence from observations and idealized
large-eddy simulations”. Nature Communications, 17, 2378 (2026)
Muñoz‐Esparza, D., J.A. Sauer, and B. Kosović. “Explicit modeling of near‐surface ABL turbulence
at sub‐meter grid spacings via one‐way LES‐to‐LES nesting”. JGR Atmospheres, 130(24), 2025
Raluy-López, E., D. Muñoz-Esparza, and J.P. Montávez. “A local terrain smoothing approach for
stabilizing microscale and high-resolution mesoscale simulations: A case study using
FastEddy® (v3.0) and WRF (v4.6.0)”. Geoscientific Model Development (2025)
Lin, Y., and B. Zhou. “A theory for the spurious pressure waves in compressible large
eddy simulations of shallow cumulus clouds”. Geophysical Research Letters, 52 (2025)
Muñoz-Esparza, D., J. Sauer, P.A. Jimenez, J. Boehnert, D. Hahn, and M. Steiner.
“Multiscale Weather Forecasting Sensitivities to Urban Characteristics and Atmospheric
Conditions During a Cold Front Passage Over the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex”.
Urban Climate, 60 (102334) 2025
Sanchez Gomez, M., D. Muñoz-Esparza, J.A. Sauer. “Implementation and Validation
of a Generalized Actuator Disk Parameterization for Wind Turbine Simulations
Within the FastEddy Model”. Wind Energy (2024)
Welch, B.M.; Horel, J.D.; Sauer, J.A. “Application of the NCAR FastEddy®
Microscale Model to a Lake Breeze Front”. Atmosphere 15, no.7 (2024) 809
Muñoz-Esparza, D., C. Becker, J.A. Sauer, D.J. Gagne II, J. Schreck, B. Kosović.
“On the application of an observations-based machine learning parameterization
of surface layer fluxes within an atmospheric large-eddy simulation model”.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 127 (2022)
Muñoz-Esparza, D., J.A. Sauer, A.A. Jensen, L. Xue, W.W. Grabowski. “The FastEddy®
resident-GPU accelerated large-eddy simulation framework: Moist Dynamics Extension,
Validation and Sensitivities of Modeling Non-Precipitating Shallow Cumulus Clouds”.
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 14 (2022)
Muñoz-Esparza, D., H.H. Shin, J.A. M. Sauer, M. Steiner, P. Hawbecker, J. Boehnert,
J.O. Pinto, B. Kosovic, R.D. Sharman. “Efficient GPU modeling of street-scale
weather effects in support of aerial operations in the urban environment”.
AGU Advances, vol. 2 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1029/2021AV000432
Shin, H.H., D. Muñoz-Esparza, J.A. Sauer, and M. Steiner. “Large-eddy simulations
of stability-varying atmospheric boundary layer flow over isolated buildings”.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 78 (2021) 1487–1501
Muñoz-Esparza, D., J.A. Sauer, H.H. Shin, R. Sharman, B. Kosović, S. Meech,
C. García-Sánchez, M. Steiner, J. Knievel, J. Pinto, S. Swerdlin. “Inclusion of
building-resolving capabilities into the FastEddy® GPU-LES model using an immersed
body force method”. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 12 (2020)
Sauer, J., and D. Muñoz-Esparza. “The FastEddy® resident-GPU accelerated large-eddy
simulation framework: model formulation, dynamical-core validation and performance
benchmarks”. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 12 (2020)