An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in the Southeast Atlantic …

J Redemann, R Wood, P Zuidema… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Southern Africa produces almost a third of the Earth's biomass burning (BB) aerosol
particles, yet the fate of these particles and their influence on regional and global climate is …

Albedo susceptibility of northeastern Pacific stratocumulus: the role of covarying meteorological conditions

J Zhang, X Zhou, T Goren… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Quantification of the radiative adjustment of marine low clouds to aerosol perturbations,
regionally and globally, remains the largest source of uncertainty in assessing current and …

Deconvolution of boundary layer depth and aerosol constraints on cloud water path in subtropical stratocumulus decks

A Possner, R Eastman, F Bender… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
The liquid water path (LWP) adjustment due to aerosol–cloud interactions in marine
stratocumulus remains a considerable source of uncertainty for climate sensitivity estimates …

Simulating aerosol lifecycle impacts on the subtropical stratocumulus‐to‐cumulus transition using large‐eddy simulations

E Erfani, P Blossey, R Wood… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Observed stratocumulus to cumulus transitions (SCTs) and their sensitivity to aerosols are
studied using a large‐eddy simulation (LES) model that simulates the aerosol lifecycle …

The competing effects of stability and humidity on subtropical stratocumulus entrainment and cloud evolution from a Lagrangian perspective

R Eastman, R Wood - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
The evolution of subtropical stratocumulus clouds and the boundary layer is studied on daily
time scales from the Lagrangian perspective, following the flow. Measures of humidity above …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental and internal controls on Lagrangian transitions from closed cell mesoscale cellular convection over subtropical oceans

R Eastman, IL McCoy, R Wood - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Classifications of mesoscale cellular convection (MCC) for marine boundary layer clouds
are produced using a supervised neural network algorithm applied to MODIS daytime liquid …

[HTML][HTML] Lagrangian evolution of the Northeast Pacific marine boundary layer structure and cloud during CSET

J Mohrmann, CS Bretherton, IL McCoy… - Monthly Weather …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Lagrangian Evolution of the Northeast Pacific Marine Boundary Layer Structure and Cloud
during CSET in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 147 Issue 12 (2019) Jump to Content …

Realism of Lagrangian large eddy simulations driven by reanalysis meteorology: Tracking a pocket of open cells under a biomass burning aerosol layer

J Kazil, MW Christensen, SJ Abel… - Journal of Advances …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An approach to drive Lagrangian large eddy simulation (LES) of boundary layer clouds with
reanalysis data is presented and evaluated using satellite (Spinning Enhanced Visible and …

Deeper, Precipitating PBLs Associated With Optically Thin Veil Clouds in the Sc‐Cu Transition.

R Wood, HH Tseng - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract: Variability and vertical structure of optically thin veil clouds over the stratocumulus
to cumulus transition (SCT) are investigated using spaceborne satellite observations …

Using stable isotopes in water vapor to diagnose relationships between lower‐tropospheric stability, mixing, and low‐cloud cover near the island of Hawaii

J Galewsky - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In situ measurements of water vapor isotopic composition from Mauna Loa, Hawaii, are
merged with soundings from Hilo to show an inverse relationship between the estimated …