Recent SCM Results:

• Journal Articles

  • Iacobellis, S. F., G. M. McFarquhar, D. L. Mitchell, and R. C. J. Somerville: The sensitivity of radiative fluxes to parameterized cloud microphysics. J. Climate, 16, 2979-2996. Abstract Article (pdf)
  • McFarquhar, G. M., S. Iacobellis, and R. C. J. Somerville: SCM simulations of tropical ice clouds using observationally based parameterizations of microphysics. J. Climate, 16, 1643-1664. Abstract Article (pdf)
  • Xie, S., and co-authors, 2002: Intercomparison and evaluation of cumulus parameterizations under summertime midlatitude continental conditions. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 128, 1095-1135.
  • Lane, D. E., R. C. J. Somerville, and S. F. Iacobellis: 2000: Sensitivity of cloud and radiation parameterizations to changes in vertical resolution. J. Climate, 13, 915-922. Abstract Article(pdf)
  • Iacobellis, S. F., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2000: Implications of microphysics for cloud-radiation paramterizations: Lessons from TOGA-COARE. J. Atmos. Sci, 57, 161-183. Abstract Article (pdf)
  • Ghan, S. J., and co-authors, 2000: A comparison of single column model simulations of summertime midlatitude continental convection. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 2091-2124. Abstract
  • Somerville, R. C. J., and S. F. Iacobellis, 1999: Single-column models, ARM observations, and GCM cloud-radiation schemes. Phys. Chem. Earth (B), 24, No. 6, 733-740. Abstract
  • Lee, W.-H., S. F. Iacobellis, and R. C. J. Somerville, 1997: Cloud radiation forcings and feedbacks: General circulation model tests and observational validation. J. Climate, 10, 2479-2496. Abstract
  • Somerville, R. C. J., S. F. Iacobellis, and W.-H. Lee, 1996: Effects of cloud-radiation schemes on climate model results. World Resource Review, 8, 321-333. Abstract
  • Randall, D. A., K.-M. Xu, R. C. J. Somerville, and S. F. Iacobellis, 1996: Single-column models and cloud ensemble models as links between observations and climate models. J. Climate, 9, 1683-1697. Abstract

• Conference Proceedings/Preprints
• Fourteenth ARM Science Team Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, March 22-26, 2004
• Evaluating prognostic parameterizations using ARM data at the three major ARM sites. Abstract
• Fifteenth Symposium on Global Changes and Climate Variations, Seattle, WA, January 12-16, 2004
• Evaluating new cloud-radiation and hydrologic cycle parameterizations. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Thirteenth ARM Science Team Meeting, Broomfield, CO, March 31 - April 3, 2003
• Clouds, Cloud Physics, and Cloud-Radiation Interactions: New Data and Models. Abstract
• Fourteenth Symposium on Global Changes and Climate Variations, Long Beach, CA, February 9-13, 2003
• Sensitivity of cloud-radiation interactions to cloud microphysics. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Development of a stochastic cloud-radiation parameterization. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Eleventh Conference on Cloud Physics, Ogden, UT, June 3-7, 2002
• Sensitivity of radiative fluxes and heating rates to cloud microphysics using a single-column model and ARM data. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Parameterizations of solar single-scattering radiative properties for tropical ice clouds. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Twelfth ARM Science Team Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, April 8-12, 2002
• Sensitivity of radiative fluxes and heating rates to cloud microphysics. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Sensitivities of SCMs to new parameterizations of cloud-radiative interactions. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Thirteenth Symposium on Glabal Change and Climate Variations, Orlando, FL, January 13-17, 2002
• Examining model sensitivities to cloud microphysics using a single-column model, NCEP forecasts and ARM data. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, CA, May 14-18, 2001
• Single-column model studies for improving the representation of Antarctic cloud cover. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Eleventh ARM Science Team Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 19-23, 2001
• Sensitivities of SCMs to new parameterizations of cloud-radiative interactions.
• Twelfth Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, Albuquerque, NM, January 14-18, 2001
• Sensitivities of SCM models to improved parameterizations of cloud-radiative interactions for tropical cirrus.
• Simulation of radiative transfer through broken cloud fields using a stochastic approach.
• Evaluation of cloud and radiation parameterizations using a long-term data set produced by a single-column model forced with NCEP GSM data.
• International Radiation Symposium 2000: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation.
• SCM Sensitivity to microphysics, radiation and convection algorithms. PDF
• Evaluation of a stochastic radiative transfer model using ground-based measurements.
• Tenth ARM Science Team Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 13-17, 2000
• SCM sensitivity to microphysics, radiation and convection algorithms. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Evaluation of stochastic radiative transfer model using ground-based measurements. Extended Abstract (pdf)
• Eleventh Symposium on Global Change Studies, Long Beach, CA, January 9-14, 2000
• Analysis of forcing methods for single-column models. Preprint (postscript)
• Validation of a stochastic radiative transfer model. Preprint (pdf)
• Evaluation of cloud-radiation sensitivities to alternative cloud and convection schemes. Preprint (postscript)
• Tenth Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, Madison, WI, June 28-July2, 1999
• Testing cloud radiation schemes with single-column models and ARM observations. Preprint (postscript)
• Ninth ARM Science Team Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 22-26, 1999
• Testing cloud-radiation schemes with single-column models and ARM observations Preprint (pdf)
• An intercomparison of single-column model simulations of summertime midlatitude continental convection Preprint (pdf)
• Tenth Symposium on Global Change Studies, Dallas, TX, January 10-15, 1999
• Investigations of cloud-radiation interactions. Preprint (pdf)
• Sensitivity of cloud-radiation interactions to various cloud parameterizations using a single-column model and observations from the ARM Program. Preprint (postscript)
• Eight ARM Science Team Meeting, Tucson, AZ, March 23-27, 1998
• Analysis of cloud-radiation interactions using ARM observations and a single-column model Preprint (pdf)
• Single-column model sensitivity to changes in horizontal and vertical resolution Preprint (pdf)
• Seventh ARM Science Team Meeting, San Antonio, TX. March 3-7, 1997
• Single-column modeling, general circulation model parameterizations and ARM data Preprint (pdf)
• Experimental Climate Prediction Center
• Near real-time forecasts using SCM cloud microphysics
• Other Results
• Presentation at LLNL SCM Workshop Jan 1997
• Tests of Prof. Zhang's Constrained Variational Forcing Data
• Sensitivity of SCM Results to Cloud Parameterization
• Presentation at IAMAS-IAPSO, Melbourne, Australia, July 1-9, 1997

Support

• Department of Energy Grant DE-FG03-97-ER62338
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Grant NA77RJ0453
• National Science Foundation Grants ATM-9612764 and ATM-9814151
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant NAG5-8292
• University of California Campus Laboratory Collaboration Program

Related SCM Links:

• LLNL SCM Home Page
• Prof. Zhang's Constrained Variational Forcing Data
• Colorado State Univ. SCM Home Page
• Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program
  • Southern Great Plains (SGP) Site
  • Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Site
  • North Slope of Alaska (NSA) Site
  • ARM Data Archive
  • Available ARM Data at CSU
  • GOES Cloud and Radiation Products For ARM (NASA Langley)
• TOGA-COARE Home Page/Data Index
  • Available TOGA-COARE Data at CSU
• MONsoon EXperiment 1979 (MONEX-79)

Other Links:

• Climate Research Division Home Page
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography Home Page
• University of California, San Diego Home Page