Peter Blossey

Mailing Address

University of Washington

Atmospheric Sciences

Box 351640

Seattle, WA 98195-1640

Office

711 Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Bldg

Phone: 206-685-9526

Fax: 206-685-9302

Research Interests:

Cloud Modeling

Atmospheric Convection

Numerical Modeling

Turbulent Shear Flows

CV in pdf format

Recent Publications:

• J. C. Petch, P. N. Blossey and C. S. Bretherton. Differences in the lower troposphere in two- and three-dimensional cloud-resolving model simulations of deep convection. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., submitted 5/2008.
• P. N. Blossey and D. R. Durran 2008. Selective monotonicity preservation in scalar advection. J. Comput. Phys., vol. 227, pp. 5160-5183.
• C. S. Bretherton, P. N. Blossey and J. Uchida 2007. Cloud droplet sedimentation, entrainment efficiency, and subtropical stratocumulus albedo. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L03813, doi:10.1029/2006GL027648.
• P. N. Blossey, C. S. Bretherton, J. Cetrone and M. Khairoutdinov 2007. Cloud-resolving model simulations of KWAJEX: Model sensitivities and comparisons with satellite and radar observations. J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 64, pp. 1488-1508.
• C. S. Bretherton, P. N. Blossey and M. E. Peters 2006. Comparison of simple and cloud-resolving models of moist convection-radiation interaction with a mock-Walker circulation. Theor. Comp. Fluid. Dyn., vol. 20, pp. 421-442.
• C. S. Bretherton, P. N. Blossey and M. Khairoutdinov 2005. An energy-balance analysis of deep convective self-aggregation above uniform SST. J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 62, pp. 4273-4292. 
• R. Wood and P. N. Blossey 2005. Comments on: "On the parameterization of the autoconversion process. Part I: Analytical formulation of the Kessler-type parameterizations". J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 62, pp. 3003-3006.  
• Z. Kuang, P. N. Blossey and C. S. Bretherton 2005. A DARE approach for 3D cloud resolving simulations of large scale atmospheric circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L02809, doi:10.1029/2004GL021024.