Reference List -- Stratocumulus & Marine Boundary Layer, LES

Simulating the Transition from Drizzling Marine Stratocumulus to Boundary Layer Cumulus with a Mesoscale Model. David B. Mechem and Yefim L. Kogan, MWR, 131 (2003), 2342–2360.

Turbulence, Condensation, and Liquid Water Transport in Numerically Simulated Nonprecipitating Stratocumulus Clouds. Shouping Wang, Qing Wang, and Graham Feingold, JAS, 60 (2003), 262–278.

Large Eddy Simulation of an Inhomogeneous Atmospheric Boundary Layer under Neutral Conditions. Ching-Long Lin and John W. Glendening, JAS, 59 (2002), 2479-2497.

Vertical Transports by Plumes within the Moderately Convective Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer. Richard A. Mason, Hampton N. Shirer, Robert Wells, and George S. Young, JAS, 59 (2002), 1337-1355.

Forecasting Warm-Season Burnoff of Low Clouds at the San Francisco International Airport Using Linear Regression and a Neural Network. Andrew R. Dean and Brian H. Fiedler, JAM, 41 (2002), 629-639.

Variability of Optical Depth and Effective Radius in Marine Stratocumulus Clouds. M. Szczodrak, P. H. Austin, and P. B. Krummel, JAS, 58 (2001), 2912-2926.

Diurnal Variability of the Marine Boundary Layer during ASTEX. Paul E. Ciesielski, Wayne H. Schubert, and Richard H. Johnson, JAS, 58 (2001), 2355-2376.

Shortwave Flux from Satellite-Measured Radiance: A Theoretical Study over Marine Boundary Layer Clouds. L. H. Chambers, B. A. Wielicki, and N. G. Loeb, JAM, 40 (2001), 2144-2161.

SST Sensitivities in Multiday TOGA COARE Cloud-Resolving Simulations. Alexandre A. Costa, William R. Cotton, Robert L. Walko, Roger A.  Pielke Sr., and Hongli Jiang, JAS, 58 (2001), 253-268.    (x)

Summertime Marine Refractivity Conditions along Coastal California. Tracy Haack and Stephen D. Burk, JAM, 40 (2001), 673-688.

Evaluation of COAMPS Forecasts of Coastal Stratus Using Satellite Microphysical Retrievals and Aircraft Measurements. Melanie A. Wetzel, William T. Thompson, Gabor Vali, Steven K. Chai, Tracy Haack, Marcin J. Szumowski, and Robert Kelly, WF, 16 (2001), 588-599.    (R)

Boundary Layer Height and Entrainment Zone Thickness Measured by Lidars and Wind-Profiling Radars. Stephen A. Cohn and Wayne M. Angevine, JAM, 39 (2000), 1233-1247.

Large-Scale Structure of the June-July 1996 Marine Boundary Layer along California and Oregon. C. E. Dorman, T. Holt, D. P. Rogers, and K. Edwards, MWR, 128 (2000), 1632-1652.

Top-Hat Representation of Turbulence Statistics in Cloud-Topped Boundary Layers: A Large Eddy Simulation Study. Shouping Wang and Bjorn Stevens, JAS, 57 (2000), 423-441.

Small-Scale Processes and Entrainment in a Stratocumulus Marine Boundary Layer. David E. Stevens, John B. Bell, Ann S. Almgren, Vince E. Beckner, and Charles A. Rendleman, JAS, 57 (2000), 567-581.

Large Eddy Simulation of Shallow Cumulus Convection during BOMEX: Sensitivity to Microphysics and Radiation. Hongli Jiang and William R. Cotton, JAS, 57 (2000), 582-594.

Radiative Properties of Boundary Layer Clouds: Droplet Effective Radius versus Number Concentration. Jean-Louis Brenguier, Hanna Pawlowska, Lothar Schuller, Rene Preusker, Jurgen Fischer, and Yves Fouquart, JAS, 57 (2000), 803-821.

A Large Eddy Simulation Study of a Quasi-Steady, Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Branko Kosovi and Judith A. Curry, JAS, 57 (2000), 1052-1068.

The Monterey Area Ship Track Experiment.  (special issue): JAS, 57 (16), 2000,

Entrainment Rate, Cloud Fraction, and Liquid Water Path of PBL Stratocumulus Clouds. Chin-Hoh  Moeng, JAS, 57 (2000), 3627-3643.

Nonhydrostatic, Mesobeta-Scale Model Simulations of Cloud Ceiling and Visibility for an East Coast Winter Precipitation Event. Mark T. Stoelinga and Thomas T. Warner, JAM, 38 (1999), 385-404.    (C&V simulation experiment)

An Extreme Cold-Air Outbreak over the Labrador Sea: Roll Vortices and Air-Sea Interaction. Ian A. Renfrew and G. W. K. Moore, MWR, 127 (1999), 2379-2394.

LES Model Sensitivities to Domains, Grids, and Large-Eddy Timescales. Ernest Agee and Alexander  Gluhovsky, JAS, 56 (1999), 599-604.

Entrainment Parameterization in Convective Boundary Layers. Margreet C. vanZanten, Peter G.  Duynkerke, and Joannes W. M. Cuijpers, JAS, 56 (1999), 813-828.

On Subgrid Models and Filter Operations in Large Eddy Simulations. P. J. Mason and A. R. Brown, JAS, 56 (1999),  2101-2114.

A Large Eddy Simulation Model with Explicit Microphysics: Validation against Aircraft Observations of a Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer. Marat F. Khairoutdinov and Yefim L. Kogan, JAS, 56 (1999), 2115-2131.

Roll and Cell Convection in Wintertime Arctic Cold-Air Outbreaks. Burghard Brummer, JAS, 56 (1999), 2613-2636.

Transcritical Flows in the Coastal Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer. A. M. Rogerson, JAS, 56 (1999),  2761-2779.

An Observational and Numerical Study of a Sheared, Convective Boundary Layer. Part I: Phoenix II Observations, Statistical Description, and Visualization. Jeanne M. Schneider and Douglas K. Lilly, JAS, 56 (1999), 3059-3078.

Mesoscale Simulation of Supercritical, Subcritical, and Transcritical Flow along Coastal Topography. Stephen D. Burk, Tracy Haack, and R. M. Samelson, JAS, 56 (1999), 2780-2795.   (P)

Large-Scale Heat and Moisture Budgets over the ASTEX Region. Paul E. Ciesielski, Wayne H. Schubert, and Richard H. Johnson, JAS, 56 (1999), 3241-3261.

Models of Coastally Trapped Disturbances. William C. Skamarock, Richard Rotunno, and Joseph B. Klemp, JAS, 56 (1999), 3349-3365.

Large-Eddy Simulations of Radiatively Driven Convection: Sensitivities to the Representation of Small Scales. Bjorn Stevens, Chin-Hoh Moeng, and Peter P. Sullivan, JAS, 56 (1999), 3963-3984.

LES in the Surface Layer: Surface Fluxes, Scaling, and SGS Modeling. J. C. Wyngaard, L. J. Peltier, and S.  Khanna, JAS, 55 (1998), 1733-1754.

Simultaneous Observations of Aerosol and Cloud Droplet Size Spectra in Marine Stratocumulus. Richard J. Vong and David S. Covert, JAS, 55 (1998), 2180-2192.

Diurnal Cloud and Thermodynamic Variations in the Stratocumulus Transition Regime: A Case Study Using In Situ and Remote Sensors. Mark A. Miller, Michael P. Jensen, and Eugene E. Clothiaux, JAS, 55 (1998), 2294-2310.

Large-Eddy Simulations of Strongly Precipitating, Shallow, Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layers. Bjorn Stevens, William R. Cotton, Graham Feingold, and Chin-Hoh Moeng, JAS, 55 (1998), 3616-3638.

Moisture Transport, Lower-Tropospheric Stability, and Decoupling of Cloud-Topped Boundary Layers. Christopher S. Bretherton and Matthew C. Wyant, JAS, 54 (1997), 148-167.

Numerical Simulations and a Conceptual Model of the Stratocumulus to Trade Cumulus Transition. Matthew C. Wyant, Christopher S. Bretherton, Hugh A. Rand, and David E. Stevens, JAS, 54 (1997),168-192.

Scale Invariance in Liquid Water Distributions in Marine Stratocumulus. Part II: Multifractal Properties and Intermittency Issues. Alexander Marshak, Anthony Davis, Warren Wiscombe, and Robert  Cahalan, JAS, 54 (1997), 1423-1444.

Aircraft Observations of Boundary Layer Rolls off the Coast of California. Ian M. Brooks and David P.  Rogers, JAS, 54 (1997), 1834-1849.

Observed Lagrangian Transition of Stratocumulus into Cumulus during ASTEX: Mean State and Turbulence Structure. Stephan R. de Roode and Peter G. Duynkerke, JAS, 54 (1997), 2157-2173.

Droplet Spectral Broadening in Marine Stratus. James G. Hudson and Seong Soo Yum, JAS, 54 (1997), 2642-2654.

The Influence of Mesoscale Orography on a Coastal Jet and Rainband. James D. Doyle, MWR, 125 (1997), 1465-1488.

Boundary Layer Mass, Water, and Heat Budgets in Wintertime Cold-Air Outbreaks from the Arctic Sea Ice. Burghard Brummer, MWR, 125 (1997), 1824-1837.   (P)

A Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Simulation of the 10-11 June 1994 Coastally Trapped Wind Reversal. William T. Thompson, Tracy Haack, James D. Doyle, and Stephen D. Burk, MWR, 125 (1997), 3211-3230.   (P)

An Automated, Observations-Based System for Short-Term Prediction of Ceiling and Visibility. Robert L. Vislocky and J. Michael Fritsch, WF, 12 (1997), 31-43.

Stratus and Fog Products Using GOES-8-9 3.9-m Data. Thomas F. Lee, F. Joseph Turk, and Kim  Richardson, WF, 12 (1997), 664-677.    (P)