keywords
- cloud microphysics, cloud radiation, cloud dynamics, mixed-phase clouds, cloud - boundary layer interactions, Arctic processes, remote sensor retrievals
- Contact Info
Shupe, Matthew D Research Associate
Positions
- Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Research Areas
- Arctic Meteorology
- Arctic Sciences
- Atmosphere: Composition & Disturbance
- Atmospheric Models
- Atmospheric Physics
- Atmospheric Radiation
- Atmospheric Remote Sensing
- Atmospheric Sciences
- Atmospheric Structure and Dynamics
- Boundary Layers
- Climate Change
- Climatology
- Cloud Physics
- Clouds
- Computer Programming Languages
- Data Analysis
- Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layers
- Meteorology
- Mixed Layer Processes
- Polar Sciences
- Precipitation
- Radiation Heat Transfer
Research
Publications
selected publications
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chapter
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Cloud Property Retrievals in the ARM Program.
Meteorological Monographs- American Meteorological Society.
2016
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The ARM North Slope of Alaska (NSA) Sites.
Meteorological Monographs- American Meteorological Society.
2016
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Cloud Property Retrievals in the ARM Program.
Meteorological Monographs- American Meteorological Society.
2016
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conference proceeding
- Mesoscale Structure of Arctic Cyclones and Their Impacts on Sea Ice: Observations from Past Field Campaigns 2018
- Multi-Sensor Identification of Polar Mixed Phase Clouds 2017
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Cloud particle size measurements in Arctic clouds using lidar and radar data.
2265-+.
2007
- Arctic cloud forcing determined by lidar cloud measurements and broadband surface radiometers. Esa Sp. 573-576. 2004
- Ground radar-based ice cloud microphysical retrievals during the crystal-face field campaign. 67-69. 2003
- Mixed-phase cloud retrievals using Doppler radar spectra. 645-648. 2003
- Turbulence observations in layer clouds. 189-192. 2003
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The retrieval of stratus cloud droplet effective radius with cloud radars.
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
835-842.
2000
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journal article
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Annual cycle observations of aerosols capable of ice formation in central Arctic clouds.
Nature Communications.
2022
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Toward a more realistic representation of surface albedo in NASA CERES-derived surface radiative fluxes: A comparison with the MOSAiC field campaign.
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.
2022
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Sensitivity of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover to the Summer Surface Scattering Layer.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2022
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The COMBLE Campaign: A Study of Marine Boundary Layer Clouds in Arctic Cold-Air Outbreaks.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
E1371-E1389.
2022
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High temporal resolution estimates of Arctic snowfall rates emphasizing gauge and radar-based retrievals from the MOSAiC expedition.
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.
2022
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Insights on sources and formation mechanisms of liquid-bearing clouds over MOSAiC examined from a Lagrangian framework.
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.
2022
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Overview of the MOSAiC expedition-Atmosphere INTRODUCTION.
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.
2022
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Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Physical oceanography INTRODUCTION.
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.
2022
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Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice.
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.
2022
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Relating snowfall observations to Greenland ice sheet mass changes: an atmospheric circulation perspective.
The Cryosphere.
435-450.
2022
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Snowfall and snow accumulation during the MOSAiC winter and spring seasons.
The Cryosphere.
2373-2402.
2022
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Controls on surface aerosol particle number concentrations and aerosol-limited cloud regimes over the central Greenland Ice Sheet.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
15351-15374.
2021
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Liquid Containing Clouds at the North Slope of Alaska Demonstrate Sensitivity to Local Industrial Aerosol Emissions.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2021
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Unmanned Aerial System measurements of surface albedo for the melting season during the MOSAiC expedition
2021
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Assessing the vertical structure of Arctic aerosols using balloon-borne measurements.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
1737-1757.
2021
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Assessing the vertical structure of Arctic aerosols using tethered-balloon-borne measurements
2021
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Properties of Arctic liquid and mixed-phase clouds from shipborne Cloudnet observations during ACSE 2014.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
14983-15002.
2020
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The MOSAiC expedition: A year drifting with the Arctic sea ice
2020
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Warm Temperature Extremes Across Greenland Connected to Clouds.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2020
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Low-level mixed-phase clouds in a complex Arctic environment.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
3459-3481.
2020
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Radiative Influence of Horizontally Oriented Ice Crystals over Summit, Greenland.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
12141-12156.
2019
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A modelling study of the continuous ice formation in an autumnal Arctic mixed-phase cloud case.
Atmospheric Research.
77-85.
2019
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A Case Study of Airmass Transformation and Cloud Formation at Summit, Greenland.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
3095-3113.
2019
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Atmospheric observations made at Oliktok Point, Alaska, as part of the Profiling at Oliktok Point to Enhance YOPP Experiments (POPEYE) campaign.
Earth System Science Data.
1349-1362.
2019
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Formation of Arctic Stratocumuli Through Atmospheric Radiative Cooling.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
9644-9664.
2019
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Polar Ocean Observations: A Critical Gap in the Observing System and Its Effect on Environmental Predictions From Hours to a Season.
Frontiers in Marine Science.
2019
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Spatial and temporal variability of snowfall over Greenland from CloudSat observations.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
8101-8121.
2019
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Can liquid cloud microphysical processes be used for vertically pointing cloud radar calibration?.
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.
3151-3171.
2019
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Supercooled liquid fogs over the central Greenland Ice Sheet.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
7467-7485.
2019
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The Arctic Cloud Puzzle: Using ACLOUD/PASCAL Multiplatform Observations to Unravel the Role of Clouds and Aerosol Particles in Arctic Amplification.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
841-872.
2019
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Arctic Summer Airmass Transformation, Surface Inversions, and the Surface Energy Budget.
Journal of Climate.
769-789.
2019
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The relative impact of cloud condensation nuclei and ice nucleating particle concentrations on phase partitioning in Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus clouds.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
17047-17059.
2018
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How Well Are Clouds Simulated over Greenland in Climate Models? Consequences for the Surface Cloud Radiative Effect over the Ice Sheet.
Journal of Climate.
9293-9312.
2018
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Impact of Atmospheric Circulation on Temperature, Clouds, and Radiation at Summit Station, Greenland, with Self-Organizing Maps.
Journal of Climate.
8895-8915.
2018
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Role of air-mass transformations in exchange between the Arctic and mid-latitudes.
Nature Geoscience.
805-812.
2018
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Observed aerosol suppression of cloud ice in low-level Arctic mixed-phase clouds.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
13345-13361.
2018
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A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW Development of an Operational ARM Unmanned Aerial Capability for Atmospheric Research in Arctic Alaska.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
1197-1212.
2018
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Process-Based Model Evaluation Using Surface Energy Budget Observations in Central Greenland.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
4777-4796.
2018
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Precipitation regimes over central Greenland inferred from 5 years of ICECAPS observations.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
4715-4735.
2018
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Characteristic Atmospheric Radiative Heating Rate Profiles in Arctic Clouds as Observed at Barrow, Alaska.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
953-968.
2018
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Improved cloud-phase determination of low-level liquid and mixed-phase clouds by enhanced polarimetric lidar.
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.
835-859.
2018
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MULTI-SENSOR MEASUREMENTS OF MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS ABOVE GREENLAND.
EPJ Web of Conferences.
2018
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PROPERTIES OF HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED ICE CRYSTALS OBSERVED BY POLARIZATION LIDAR OVER SUMMIT, GREENLAND.
EPJ Web of Conferences.
2018
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The Turbulent Structure of the Arctic Summer Boundary Layer During The Arctic Summer Cloud-Ocean Study.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
9685-9704.
2017
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Greenland Clouds Observed in CALIPSO-GOCCP: Comparison with Ground-Based Summit Observations.
Journal of Climate.
6065-6083.
2017
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Linking atmospheric synoptic transport, cloud phase, surface energy fluxes, and sea-ice growth: observations of midwinter SHEBA conditions.
Climate Dynamics.
1341-1364.
2017
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Cloud vertical distribution from combined surface and space radar-lidar observations at two Arctic atmospheric observatories.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
5973-5989.
2017
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Cloud-Atmospheric Boundary Layer-Surface Interactions on the Greenland Ice Sheet during the July 2012 Extreme Melt Event.
Journal of Climate.
3237-3252.
2017
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Surface energy budget responses to radiative forcing at Summit, Greenland.
The Cryosphere.
497-516.
2017
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Atmospheric Conditions during the Arctic Clouds in Summer Experiment (ACSE): Contrasting Open Water and Sea Ice Surfaces during Melt and Freeze-Up Seasons.
Journal of Climate.
8721-8744.
2016
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Understanding Rapid Changes in Phase Partitioning between Cloud Liquid and Ice in Stratiform Mixed-Phase Clouds: An Arctic Case Study.
Monthly Weather Review.
4805-4826.
2016
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The Role of Springtime Arctic Clouds in Determining Autumn Sea Ice Extent.
Journal of Climate.
6581-6596.
2016
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International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere: An International Polar Year Legacy Consortium.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
1033-1056.
2016
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Microwave signatures of ice hydrometeors from ground-based observations above Summit, Greenland.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
4743-4756.
2016
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Mountain waves and orographic precipitation in a northern Colorado winter storm.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
836-853.
2016
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Humidity trends imply increased sensitivity to clouds in a warming Arctic.
Nature Communications.
2015
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Phase-Specific Characteristics of Wintertime Clouds across a Midlatitude Mountain Range.
Monthly Weather Review.
4181-4197.
2015
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Cloud Radiative Forcing at Summit, Greenland.
Journal of Climate.
6267-6280.
2015
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The annual cycle of snowfall at Summit, Greenland.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
6654-6668.
2015
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Warm-air advection, air mass transformation and fog causes rapid ice melt.
Geophysical Research Letters.
5594-5602.
2015
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Deriving Arctic Cloud Microphysics at Barrow, Alaska: Algorithms, Results, and Radiative Closure.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
1675-1689.
2015
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STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2014.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
S1-S267.
2015
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The role of ice nuclei recycling in the maintenance of cloud ice in Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
10631-10643.
2015
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Downwelling longwave flux over Summit, Greenland, 2010-2012: Analysis of surface-based observations and evaluation of ERA-Interim using wavelets.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
12317-12337.
2014
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Continental heat anomalies and the extreme melting of the Greenland ice surface in 2012 and 1889.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
6520-6536.
2014
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Cloud Microphysical Properties Retrieved from Downwelling Infrared Radiance Measurements Made at Eureka, Nunavut, Canada (2006-09).
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
772-791.
2014
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Intercomparison of large-eddy simulations of Arctic mixed-phase clouds: Importance of ice size distribution assumptions.
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.
223-248.
2014
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The Sensitivity of Springtime Arctic Mixed-Phase Stratocumulus Clouds to Surface-Layer and Cloud-Top Inversion-Layer Moisture Sources.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
574-595.
2014
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Characteristic nature of vertical motions observed in Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
3461-3478.
2014
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Global Hawk dropsonde observations of the Arctic atmosphere obtained during the Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers (WISPAR) field campaign.
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.
3917-3926.
2014
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Near-surface meteorology during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS): evaluation of reanalyses and global climate models.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
427-445.
2014
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The Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS): overview and experimental design.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
2823-2869.
2014
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The thermodynamic structure of summer Arctic stratocumulus and the dynamic coupling to the surface.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
12573-12592.
2014
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Enhanced Radar Backscattering due to Oriented Ice Particles at 95 GHz during StormVEx.
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
2336-2351.
2013
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Polarization Lidar at Summit, Greenland, for the Detection of Cloud Phase and Particle Orientation.
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
1635-1655.
2013
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July 2012 Greenland melt extent enhanced by low-level liquid clouds.
Nature.
83-86.
2013
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HIGH AND DRY New Observations of Tropospheric and Cloud Properties above the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
169-+.
2013
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Surface-based inversions above central Greenland.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
495-506.
2013
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Cloud and boundary layer interactions over the Arctic sea ice in late summer.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
9379-9399.
2013
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Observations of Ice Crystal Habits with a Scanning Polarimetric W-Band Radar at Slant Linear Depolarization Ratio Mode.
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
989-1008.
2012
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Toward understanding of differences in current cloud retrievals of ARM ground-based measurements.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
2012
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A Characterization of the Present-Day Arctic Atmosphere in CCSM4.
Journal of Climate.
2676-2695.
2012
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On the Relationship between Thermodynamic Structure and Cloud Top, and Its Climate Significance in the Arctic.
Journal of Climate.
2374-2393.
2012
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A FIRE-ACE/SHEBA Case Study of Mixed-Phase Arctic Boundary Layer Clouds: Entrainment Rate Limitations on Rapid Primary Ice Nucleation Processes.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
365-389.
2012
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Evaluation of turbulent dissipation rate retrievals from Doppler Cloud Radar.
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.
1375-1385.
2012
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Meteorological conditions in the central Arctic summer during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS).
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
6863-6889.
2012
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Modelling atmospheric structure, cloud and their response to CCN in the central Arctic: ASCOS case studies.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
3419-3435.
2012
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Resilience of persistent Arctic mixed-phase clouds.
Nature Geoscience.
11-17.
2012
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A transitioning Arctic surface energy budget: the impacts of solar zenith angle, surface albedo and cloud radiative forcing.
Climate Dynamics.
1643-1660.
2011
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Modeling of the cloud and radiation processes observed during SHEBA.
Atmospheric Research.
911-927.
2011
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Clouds at Arctic Atmospheric Observatories. Part I: Occurrence and Macrophysical Properties.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
626-644.
2011
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Clouds at Arctic Atmospheric Observatories. Part II: Thermodynamic Phase Characteristics.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
645-661.
2011
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INDIRECT AND SEMI-DIRECT AEROSOL CAMPAIGN The Impact of Arctic Aerosols on Clouds.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
183-201.
2011
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Evidence of liquid dependent ice nucleation in high-latitude stratiform clouds from surface remote sensors.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2011
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An Arctic CCN-limited cloud-aerosol regime.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
165-173.
2011
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Cloud condensation nuclei as a modulator of ice processes in Arctic mixed-phase clouds.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
8003-8015.
2011
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Moisture and dynamical interactions maintaining decoupled Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus in the presence of a humidity inversion.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
10127-10148.
2011
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Detection of supercooled liquid in mixed-phase clouds using radar Doppler spectra.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
2010
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A 10 year climatology of Arctic cloud fraction and radiative forcing at Barrow, Alaska.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
2010
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Investigation of Microphysical Parameterizations of Snow and Ice in Arctic Clouds during M-PACE through Model-Observation Comparisons.
Monthly Weather Review.
3110-3128.
2009
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Arctic Mixed-Phase Stratiform Cloud Properties from Multiple Years of Surface-Based Measurements at Two High-Latitude Locations.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
2874-2887.
2009
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Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. I: Single-layer cloud.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
979-1002.
2009
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Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. II: Multilayer cloud.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
1003-1019.
2009
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A FOCUS ON MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS The Status of Ground-Based Observational Methods.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
1549-+.
2008
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How well do regional climate models reproduce radiation and clouds in the Arctic? An evaluation of ARCMIP simulations.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
2405-2422.
2008
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On deriving vertical air motions from cloud radar Doppler spectra.
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
547-557.
2008
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Vertical motions in arctic mixed-phase stratiform clouds.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
1304-1322.
2008
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Snowfall retrievals using millimeter-wavelength cloud radars.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
769-777.
2008
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A ground-based multisensor cloud phase classifier.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2007
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Retrieval of effective radius and liquid water path from ground-based instruments: A case study at Barrow, Alaska.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
2007
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An intercomparison of microphysical retrieval algorithms for upper-tropospheric ice clouds.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
191-+.
2007
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The mixed-phase Arctic cloud experiment.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
205-221.
2007
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Rainfall profiling using atmospheric radiation measurement program vertically pointing 8-mm wavelength radars.
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
1478-1491.
2006
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Cloud property estimates from zenith spectral measurements of scattered sunlight between 0.9 and 1.7 mu m.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
2006
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Arctic mixed-phase cloud properties derived from surface-based sensors at SHEBA.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
697-711.
2006
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Arctic cloud microphysics retrievals from surface-based remote sensors at SHEBA.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
1544-1562.
2005
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Possible roles of ice nucleation mode and ice nuclei depletion in the extended lifetime of Arctic mixed-phase clouds.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2005
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A new double-moment microphysics parameterization for application in cloud and climate models. Part II: Single-column modeling of arctic clouds.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
1678-1693.
2005
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Lidar and triple-wavelength Doppler radar measurements of the melting layer: A revised model for dark- and brightband phenomena.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
301-312.
2005
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An arctic springtime mixed-phase cloudy boundary layer observed during SHEBA.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
160-176.
2005
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Characteristics and radiative effects of diamond dust over the western Arctic Ocean region.
Journal of Climate.
2953-2960.
2004
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Deriving mixed-phase cloud properties from Doppler radar spectra.
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
660-670.
2004
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Cloud radiative forcing of the Arctic surface: The influence of cloud properties, surface albedo, and solar zenith angle.
Journal of Climate.
616-628.
2004
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Ice cloud optical thickness and extinction estimates from radar measurements.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
1584-1597.
2003
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Modeling clouds observed at SHEBA using a bulk microphysics parameterization implemented into a single-column model.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
2003
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Analysis of two independent methods for retrieving liquid water profiles in spring and summer Arctic boundary clouds.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
2003
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Radiative and microphysical properties of Arctic stratus clouds from multiangle downwelling infrared radiances.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
2002
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An annual cycle of Arctic surface cloud forcing at SHEBA.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.
2002
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Validation of TOVS Path-P data during SHEBA.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.
2002
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An annual cycle of Arctic cloud characteristics observed by radar and lidar at SHEBA.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.
2002
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Improving IR cloud phase determination with 20 microns spectral observations.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2002
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Surface heat budget of the Arctic Ocean.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
255-275.
2002
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Analysis of integrated cloud liquid and precipitable water vapor retrievals from microwave radiometers during the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean project.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
32019-32030.
2001
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Airborne studies of cloud structures over the Arctic Ocean and comparisons with retrievals from ship-based remote sensing measurements.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
15029-15044.
2001
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Cloud coverage and height during FIRE ACE derived from AVHRR data.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
15215-15232.
2001
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Cloud water contents and hydrometeor sizes during the FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
15015-15028.
2001
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Modeling with explicit spectral water and ice microphysics of a two-layer cloud system of altostratus and cirrus observed during the FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
15099-15112.
2001
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Annual cycle observations of aerosols capable of ice formation in central Arctic clouds.
Nature Communications.
2022
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