Publications of Joel Norris

Please email me at
jnorris@ucsd.edu to request reprints or preprints of these articles.


2012

Norman G. L., S. Kato, W. Su, T. Wong, F. G. Rose, D. R. Doelling, J. R. Norris, X. Huang, 2012: Advances in understanding top-of-atmosphere radiation variability from satellite observations. Surveys in Geophysics, doi:10.1007/s10712-012-9175-1.


2010

Clement, A. C., R. Burgman, and J. R. Norris, 2010: Response to Comment on "Observational and model evidence for positive low-level cloud feedback". Science, 329, 277.

Gordon, N. D., and J. R. Norris, 2010: Cluster analysis of midlatitude oceanic cloud regimes: mean properties and temperature sensitivity. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 6435-6459.

Mauger, G. S., and J. R. Norris, 2010: Assessing the impact of meteorological history on subtropical cloud fraction. J. Climate, 23, 2926-2940.

Dwyer, J. G., J. R. Norris, and C. Ruckstuhl, 2010: Do climate models reproduce observed solar dimming and brightening over China and Japan? J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 115, D00K08, doi:10.1029/2009JD012945.

Ruckstuhl, C., J. R. Norris, and R. Philipona, 2010: Is there evidence for an aerosol indirect effect during the recent aerosol optical depth decline in Europe? J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 115, D04204, doi:10.1029/2009JD012867.


2009

Clement, A. C., R. Burgman, and J. R. Norris, 2009: Observational and model evidence for positive low-level cloud feedback. Science, 325, 460-464.

Norris, J. R., and M. Wild, 2009: Trends in aerosol radiative effects over China and Japan inferred from observed cloud cover, solar "dimming," and solar "brightening". J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 114, D00D15, doi:10.1029/2008JD011378.

Ruckstuhl, C., and J. R. Norris, 2009: How do aerosol histories affect solar "dimming" and "brightening" over Europe?: IPCC-AR4 models versus observations J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 114, D00D04, doi:10.1029/2008JD011066.

Norris, J. R., and A. Slingo 2009: Trends in observed cloudiness and Earth's radiation budget: what do we not know and what do we need to know? in Clouds in the Perturbed Climate System, edited by J. Heintzenberg and R. J. Charlson, MIT Press, 17-36. Winner of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) 2009 Choice Award (Also available in French)


2008

Norris, J. R., 2008: Observed interdecadal changes in cloudiness: real or spurious? in Climate Variability and Extremes During the Past 100 Years, edited by S. Broennimann et al., Springer, 169-178.


2007

Mauger, G. S., and J. R. Norris, 2007: Meteorological bias in satellite estimates of aerosol-cloud relationships. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L16824, doi:10.1029/2007GL029952.

Norris, J. R., and M. Wild, 2007: Trends in aerosol radiative effects over Europe inferred from observed cloud cover, solar "dimming," and solar "brightening". J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 112, D08214, doi:10.1029/2006JD007794.

Mansbach, D. K., and J. R. Norris, 2007: Low-level cloud variability over the equatorial cold tongue in observations and models. J. Climate, 20, 1555-1570.


2006

Alexander, M., J. Yin, G. Branstator, A. Capotondi, C. Cassou, R. Cullather, Y.-O. Kwon, J. Norris, J. Scott, I. Wainer, 2006: Extratropical atmosphere-ocean variability in CCSM3. J. Climate, 19, 2496-2525.


2005

Pepin, N. C., and J. R. Norris, 2005: An examination of the differences between surface and free-air temperature trend at high-elevation sites: relationships with cloud cover, snow cover, and wind. J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 110, D24112, doi:10.1029/2005JD006150.

Norris, J. R., and S. F. Iacobellis, 2005: North Pacific cloud feedbacks inferred from synoptic-scale dynamic and thermodynamic relationships. J. Climate, 18, 4862-4878.

Norris, J. R., 2005: Trends in upper-level cloud cover and surface divergence over the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean between 1952 and 1997. J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 110, D21110, doi:10.1029/2005JD006183.

Weaver, C. P., J. R. Norris, N. D. Gordon, and S. A. Klein, 2005: Dynamical controls on sub-global climate model grid-scale cloud variability for Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) case 4. J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 110, D15S05, doi:10.1029/2004JD005022.

Gordon, N. D., J. R. Norris, C. P. Weaver, and S. A. Klein, 2005: Cluster analysis of cloud regimes and characteristic dynamics of midlatitude synoptic systems in observations and a model. J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 110, D15S17, doi:10.1029/2004JD005027.

Kim, B.-G., S. A. Klein, and J. R. Norris, 2005: Continental liquid water cloud variability and its parameterization using Atmospheric Radiation Measurement data. J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 110, D15S08, doi:10.1029/2004JD005122.

Norris, J. R., 2005: Multidecadal changes in near-global cloud cover and estimated cloud cover radiative forcing. J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 110, D08206, doi:10.1029/2004JD005600.


2003

Miller, A. J., M. A. Alexander, G. J. Boer, F. Chai, K. Denman, D. J. Erickson, R. Frouin, A. J. Gabric, E. A. Laws, M. R. Lewis, Z. Liu, R. Murtugudde, S. Nakamoto, D. J. Neilson, J. R. Norris, J. C. Ohlmann, R. I. Perry, N. Schneider, K. M. Shell, and A. Timmermann, 2003: Potential feedbacks between Pacific Ocean ecosystems and interdecadal climate variations. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84, 617-633.


2001

Norris, J. R., 2001: Has Northern Indian Ocean cloud cover changed due to increasing anthropogenic aerosol? Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3271-3274.

Norris, J. R., and C. P. Weaver, 2001: Improved techniques for evaluating GCM cloudiness applied to the NCAR CCM3. J. Climate, 14, 2540-2550.


2000

Norris, J. R., 2000: What can cloud observations tell us about climate variability? Space Science Reviews, 94, 375-380.

Norris, J. R., 2000: Interannual and interdecadal variability in the storm track, cloudiness, and sea surface temperature over the summertime North Pacific. J. Climate, 13, 422-430.

Norris, J. R., and S. A. Klein, 2000: Low cloud type over the ocean from surface observations. Part III: relationship to vertical motion and the regional surface synoptic environment. J. Climate, 13, 245-256.


1999

Norris, J. R., 1999: On trends and possible artifacts in global ocean cloud cover between 1952 and 1995. J. Climate, 12, 1864-1870.


1998

Norris, J. R., Y. Zhang, and J. M. Wallace, 1998: Role of low clouds in summertime atmosphere-ocean interactions over the North Pacific. J. Climate, 11, 2482-2490.

Zhang, Y., J. R. Norris, and J. M. Wallace, 1998: Seasonality of large scale atmosphere-ocean interaction over the North Pacific. J. Climate, 11, 2473-2481.

Norris, J. R., 1998: Low cloud type over the ocean from surface observations. Part II: geographical and seasonal variations. J. Climate, 11, 383-403.

Norris, J. R., 1998: Low cloud type over the ocean from surface observations. Part I: relationship to surface meteorology and the vertical distribution of temperature and moisture. J. Climate, 11, 369-382.


1995

Klein, S. A., D. L. Hartmann, and J. R. Norris, 1995: On the relationships among low-cloud structure, sea surface temperature, and atmospheric circulation in the summertime northeast Pacific. J. Climate, 8, 1140-1155.

Norris, J. R., and C. B. Leovy, 1995: Comments on "Trends in global marine cloudiness and anthropogenic sulphur". J. Climate, 8, 2109-2110.


1994

Norris, J. R., and C. B. Leovy, 1994: Interannual variability in stratiform cloudiness and sea surface temperature. J. Climate, 7, 1915-1925.