Recent Publications

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Masunga, H. (2015), Assessment of a Satellite-Based Atmospheric Budget Analysis Method Using CINDY2011/DYNAMO/AMIE and TOGA COARE Sounding Array Data, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2015-032.
Matrosov, S.Y. (2015), The Use of CloudSat Data to Evaluate Retrievals of Total Ice Content in Precipitating Cloud Systems from Ground-Based Operational Radar Measurements, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 54, 1663-1674, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0032.1.
Matus, A.V., T.S. L’Ecuyer, J.E. Kay, C. Hannay, and J.-F. Lamarque (2015), The Role of Clouds in Modulating Global Aerosol Direct Radiative Effects in Spaceborne Active Observations and the Community Earth System Model, J. Climate, 28, 2986-3003, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00426.1.
Matus, A.V., T.S. L’Ecuyer, J.E. Kay, C. Hannay, and J.-F. Lamarque (2015), The Role of Clouds in Modulating Global Aerosol Direct Radiative Effects in Spaceborne Active Observations and the Community Earth System Model, J. Climate, 28, 2986-3003, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00426.1.
Muhlbauer, A., T.P. Ackerman, R.P. Lawson, S. Xie, and Y. Zhang (2015), Evaluation of cloud-resolving model simulations of midlatitude cirrus with ARM and A-train observations, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 6597-6618, doi:10.1002/2014JD022570.
Mülmenstädt, J., O. Sourdeval, J. Delanoë, and J. Quaas (2015), Frequency of occurrence of rain from liquid-, mixed-, and ice-phase clouds derived from A-Train satellite retrievals, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 6502-6509, doi:10.1002/2015GL064604.
Mioche, G., O. Jourdan, M. Ceccaldi, and J. Delanoë (2015), Variability of mixed-phase clouds in the Arctic with a focus on the Svalbard region: a study based on spaceborne active remote sensing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 2445-2461, doi:10.5194/acp-15-2445-2015.
Naud, C.M., D.J. Posselt, and S.C. Van Den Heever (2015), A CloudSat–CALIPSO View of Cloud and Precipitation Properties across Cold Fronts over the Global Oceans, J. Climate, 28, 6743-6762, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0052.1.
Norin, L., A. Devasthale, T.S. L’Ecuyer, N.B. Wood, and M. Smalley (2015), Intercomparison of snowfall estimates derived from the CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar and the ground-based weather radar network over Sweden, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 5009-5021, doi:10.5194/amt-8-5009-2015.
Painemal, D., K.-M. Xu, A. Cheng, P. Minnis, and R. Palikonda (2015), Mean Structure and Diurnal Cycle of Southeast Atlantic Boundary Layer Clouds: Insights from Satellite Observations and Multiscale Modeling Framework Simulations, J. Climate, 28, 324-341, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00368.1.
Proud, S.R. (2015), Analysis of overshooting top detections by Meteosat Second Generation: a 5-year dataset, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 141, 909-915, doi:10.1002/qj.2410.
Saleeby, S.M., S.R. Herbener, S.C. Van Den Heever, and T. L’Ecuyer (2015), Impacts of Cloud Droplet–Nucleating Aerosols on Shallow Tropical Convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 1369-1385, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0153.1.
Seiki, T., C. Kodama, M. Satoh, T. Hashino, Y. Hagihara, and H. Okamoto (2015), Vertical grid spacing necessary for simulating tropical cirrus clouds with a high-resolution atmospheric general circulation model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 4150-4157, doi:10.1002/2015GL064282.
Sims, E.M., and G. Liu (2015), A Parameterization of the Probability of Snow–Rain Transition, J. Hydrometeorology, 16, 1466-1477, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-14-0211.1.
Smalley, M., and T. L’Ecuyer (2015), A Global Assessment of the Spatial Distribution of Precipitation Occurrence, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 54, 2179-2197, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0019.1.
Sohn, B.-J., M.-J. Choi, and J. Ryu (2015), Explaining darker deep convective clouds over the western Pacific than over tropical continental convective regions, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 4573-4585, doi:10.5194/amt-8-4573-2015.
Sourdeval, O., L.C.- Labonnote, B.A.J. Baranc, and G. Brogniezb (2016), A methodology for simultaneous retrieval of ice and liquid water cloud properties. Part I: Information content and case study, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., doi:10.1002/qj.2405.
Stein, T.H.M., D.J. Parker, B.R.J. Hogan, A.C.E. Birch, C.E. Holloway, D.G.M.S. Lister, D.J.H. Marshamb, and S.J. Woolnoughd (2015), The representation of the West African monsoon vertical cloud structure in the Met Office Unified Model: an evaluation with CloudSat, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 141, 3312-3324, doi:10.1002/qj.2614.
Stengel, M., S. Mieruch, M. Jerg, K.-G. Karlsson, R. Scheirer, B. Maddux, J.F. Meirink, C. Poulsen, R. Siddans, A. Walther, and R. Hollmann (2015), The Clouds Climate Change Initiative: Assessment of state-of-the-art cloud property retrieval schemes applied to AVHRR heritage measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, 162, 363-379, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2013.10.035.
Stephens, G.L., D. O’Brien, P.J. Webster, P. Pilewski, S. Kato, and J.-L. Li (2015), The albedo of Earth, Rev. Geophys., 53, 141-163, doi:10.1002/2014RG000449.