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Marine boundary layer cloud regimes and POC formation in an LES coupled to a bulk aerosol scheme. A. H. Berner, C. S. Bretherton, R. Wood, and A. Muhlbauer, Submitted to Atmos. Chem. Phys., June 2013.
The seasonal cycle of planetary boundary layer depth determined using COSMIC radio occultation data. K.-M. Chan and R. Wood. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res., May 2013.
Microphysical Process Rates and Global Aerosol-Cloud Interactions. A. Gettelman, H. Morrison, C. R. Terai, and R. Wood. Submitted to Atmos. Chem. Phys., April 2013.
Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Interactions in the Southeastern Pacific: The VOCALS Program. C. R. Mechoso, R. Wood, R. Weller, C. S. Bretherton, A. D. Clarke, H. Coe , C. Fairall, J. T. Farrar, G. Feingold, R. Garreaud, C. Grados, J. C. McWilliams , S. P. de Szoeke, S. E. Yuter, and P. Zuidema. Submitted to Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, December 2012.
Defining success and limits of field experiments to test geoengineering by marine cloud brightening. R. Wood and T. P. Ackerman. Submitted to Climatic Change, October 2012.
Aerosol cloud-mediated radiative forcing: highly uncertain and opposite effects from shallow and deep clouds. D. Rosenfeld, R. Wood, L. Donner, S. Sherwood. WCRP Position Paper. In Press.
How often is the stratocumulus-topped boundary layer well-mixed? An observational perspective. P. Caldwell, J. Norris, C. Jones, R. Wood, S. A. Klein, C. S. Bretherton, Submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett., April 2012.

2013

Development and impact of hooks of large droplet concentration on remote southeast Pacific stratocumulus. R. C. George, R. Wood, C. S. Bretherton and G. Painter. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 6305-6328, doi:10.5194/acp-13-6305-2013, 2013.
How forecasts expressing uncertainty are perceived by UK students. J. A. Peachey, D. M. Schultz, R. Morss, P. J. Roebber, R. Wood. Weather, 67, 176-181, 2013.
Aircraft observations of cold pools under marine stratocumulus. C. R. Terai and R. Wood, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc, 13, 11023-11069, 2013.
Community Modeling and Long-Term Predictions of the Integrated Water Cycle. Topic Lead and Coauthor, Report from a DoE Workshop, September 2012.
Impacts of aerosol particles on the microphysical and radiative properties of stratocumulus clouds over the southeast Pacific Ocean. C. H. Twohy, J. R. Anderson, D. W. Toohey, M. Andrejczuk, A. Adams, M. Lytle, R. C. George, R. Wood, P. Saide, S. Spak, P. Zuidema, and D. Leon, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 2541–2562, 2013.

2012

Precipitation driving of droplet concentration variability in marine low clouds. R. Wood, D. Leon, M. Lebsock, J. Snider, A. D. Clarke. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res., June 2012.

Organic carbon and non-refractory aerosol over the remote Southeast Pacific: oceanic and combustion sources. L. M .Shank, A.D. Clarke ,S. Howell, S. Freitag, V. Brekhovskikh, V. Kapustin, C. McNaughton, T. Campos, and R. Wood. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 557-576, doi:10.5194/acp-12-557-2012, 2012.
Marine Cloud Brightening. J. Latham, K. Bower, T. Choularton, H. Coe, P. Connolly , G. Cooper ,T. Craft, J. Foster, A. Gadian, L. Galbraith, H. Iacovides, D. Johnston, B. Launder, B. Leslie, J. Meyer, A. Neukermans, B. Ormond, B. Parkes, P. J. Rasch, J. Rush, S. Salter, T. Stevenson, H. Wang, Q. Wang, and R. Wood. Phil Trans Roy. Soc. A, 2012, 370, 4217-4262, doi: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0086.

Large-eddy simulation of mesoscale dynamics and entrainment around a pocket of open cells observed in VOCALS RF06. A. H. Berner, C. S. Bretherton, and R. Wood. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 10525-10540, 2011.

Southeast Pacific atmospheric composition and variability sampled along 20S during VOCALS-REx. G. Allen, Coe, H., Clarke, A., Bretherton, C., Wood, R., Abel, S. J., Barrett, P., Brown, P., George, R., Freitag, S., McNaughton, C., Howell, S., Shank, L., Kapustin, V., Brekhovskikh, V., Kleinman, L., Lee, Y.-N., Springston, S., Toniazzo, T., Krejci, R., Fochesatto, J., Shaw, G., Krecl, P., Brooks, B., McMeeking, G., Bower, K. N., Williams, P. I., Crosier, J., Crawford, I., Connolly, P., Allan, J. D., Covert, D., Bandy, A. R., Russell, L. M., Trembath, J., Bart, M., McQuaid, J. B., Wang, J., and Chand, D., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 5237-5262, doi:10.5194/acp-11-5237-2011, 2011.

2010

Southeast Pacific stratocumulus clouds, precipitation and boundary layer structure sampled along 20S during VOCALS-REx. C. S. Bretherton, R. Wood, R. C. George, D. Leon, G. Allen, and X. Zheng, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 10639-10654, 2010.
Source Attribution of Climatically Important Aerosol Properties measured at Paposo (Chile) during VOCALS. D. Chand, D.A. Hegg, R. Wood, G.E. Shaw, D. Wallace and D. S. Covert, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 10789-10801, 2010.
Subseasonal variability of low cloud radiative properties over the southeast Pacific Ocean. R. C. George and R. Wood. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 4047-4063, doi:10.5194/acp-10-4047-2010, 2010.
The PreVOCA Experiment: Modeling the lower troposphere in the Southeast Pacific. Wyant, M. C., R. Wood, C.S. Bretherton, C. R. Mechoso, J. Bacmeister, M. A. Balmaseda, B. Barrett, F. Codron, P. Earnshaw, J. Fast, A. Hall, C. Hannay, J. W. Kaiser, H. Kitagawa, S. A. Klein, M. Koehler, J. Manganello, H.-L. Pan, S. Wang, and Y. Wang. Atmos. Chem. Phys.,10, 4757-4774, doi:10.5194/acp-10-4757-2010, 2010.
Modelling microphysical and meteorological controls on precipitation and cloud cellular structures in Southeast Pacific stratocumulus. H. Wang, G. Feingold, R. Wood, and J. Kazil, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 6347-6362, doi:10.5194/acp-10-6347-2010, 2010.

2009

Understanding the importance of microphysics and macrophysics for warm rain in marine low clouds: Part I. Satellite observations. T. Kubar, D. L. Hartmann, and R. Wood. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 2953-2972, 2009.
Understanding the importance of microphysics and macrophysics for warm rain in marine low clouds: Part II. Heuristic models of rain formation. R. Wood, T. Kubar, D. L. Hartmann. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 2973-2990, 2009.
The diurnal cycle of surface divergence over the global oceans. R. Wood, M. Köhler, R. Bennartz, C. O'Dell, Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 135, 1484-1493, 2009
A test of the simulation of tropical convective cloudiness by a cloud-resolving model. Lopez, M. A., D. L. Hartmann, P. N. Blossey, R. Wood, C. S. Bretherton, and T. L. Kubar, J. Climate., 22, 2834-2849, 2009.
Satellite-derived direct radiative effect of aerosols dependent on cloud cover. D. Chand, R. Wood, T. Anderson, S. K. Satheesh, R. J. Charlson. Nature Geosciences, 2, 181-184.
Observational strategies from the micro to meso scale. Brenguier, J.-L. and R. Wood. From the Strüngmann Forum Report, Clouds in the Perturbed Climate System: Their Relationship to Energy Balance, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Precipitation. Edited by Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson. 2009. MIT Press ISBN 978-0-262-01287-4
Current Understanding and quantification of clouds in the changing climate system and strategies for reducing critical uncertainties. Johannes Quaas, Rapporteur, S. Bony, W. D. Collins, L. Donner, A. Illingworth, A. Jones, U. Lohmann, M. Satoh, S. E. Schwartz, W-K. Tao, and R. Wood. From the Strüngmann Forum Report, Clouds in the Perturbed Climate System: Their Relationship to Energy Balance, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Precipitation. Edited by Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson. 2009. MIT Press ISBN 978-0-262-01287-4

2008  

Midlatitude cyclone compositing to constrain climate model behavior using satellite observations. Field, P. R., A. Gettelman, R. Neale, R. Wood, P. J. Rasch and H. Morrison. J. Clim., 21, 5887-5903.
Studying the vertical variation of cloud droplet effective radius using ship and spaceborne remote sensing data. Chen, R., R. Wood, Z. Li, R. Ferraro, and F-L Chang. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A02, doi:10.1029/2007JD009596, 2008
Quantifying above-cloud aerosol using spaceborne lidar for improved understanding of cloudy-sky direct climate forcing. Chand, D., T. L. Anderson, R. Wood, R. J. Charlson, Y. Hu, Z. Liu, M. Vaughan. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D13206, doi:10.1029/2007JD009433, 2008.
Open cellular structure in marine stratocumulus sheets. Wood, R., K. K. Comstock, C. S. Bretherton, C. Cornish, J. Tomlinson, D. R. Collins, and C. Fairall. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D12207, doi:10.1029/2007JD009371, 2008.
Dynamic effects on tropical mean cloud radiative forcing and radiation budget. Yuan, J., D. L. Hartmann, and R. Wood. J. Clim., 21, 2337-2351, 2008.
Timescale analysis of aerosol sensitivity during homogeneous freezing and implications for upper tropospheric water vapor budgets. Kay, J. E., and R. Wood. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L10809, doi:10.1029/2007GL032628, 2008

2007  

Radiative and convective driving of tropical high clouds.
Kubar, T. L., D. L. Hartmann, and R. Wood. J. Clim., 20, 5510-5526, 2007.
The three dimensional structure and kinematics of drizzling stratocumulus.
Comstock, K. K., S. E. Yuter, R. Wood, and C. S. Bretherton. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3767-3784, 2007.
Cancellation of aerosol indirect effects in marine stratocumulus through cloud thinning.
R. Wood, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 2657-2669, 2007.
The VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS).
Wood R., C. R. Mechoso, C. S. Bretherton, B. Huebert, R. Weller. Clivar Variations, 5, No 1, 2007.
Precipitation and cloud structure in midlatitude cyclones.
Field, P. R. and R. Wood, J. Clim., 20, 233-254, 2007.
 
 Cyclones dataset available online

BAMS Nowcast Papers of Note summary


2006

Relationships between optical depth, liquid water path, droplet concentration, and effective radius in adiabatic layer cloud.
R. Wood., personal note.
The rate of loss of cloud droplets by coalescence in warm clouds.
R. Wood, J.Geophys. Res., 111, D21205, doi:10.1029/2006JD007553, 2006.
On therelationship between stratiform low cloud cover and lower tropospheric stability.
Wood, R., and C. S. Bretherton, J. Clim.,19, 6425-6432, 2006.
A characterization of tropical transient activity in the CAM3 atmospheric hydrologic cycle.
Rasch, P. J., Stevens, M. J., Ricciardulli, L., Dai, A., Negri, A., Wood, R., Boville, B. A., Eaton, B., and Hack, J. J., J. Clim., 19, 2222-2242, 2006.
Spatial variability of liquid water path in marine low cloud: The importance of mesoscale cellular convection.
Wood, R., and Hartmann, D. L., J.Clim., 19,1748-1764, 2006.
Parameterization of the autoconversion process. Part II: Generalization of the Sundqvist-type parameterizations.
Liu, Y., Daum,P. H., McGraw, R., and Wood, R., J. Atmos. Sci., 63,1103-1109, 2006.

2005

Mixed-layer budget analysis of the diurnal cycle of entrainment in SE Pacific stratocumulus.
Caldwell , P., Bretherton, C.S., and Wood, R. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3775-3791, 2005.
Integrated EPIC Stratocumulus dataset available online


Comments on: ``On the parameterization of the autoconversion process. Part I: Analytical formulation of the Kessler-type parameterizations''
Wood, R., and Blossey, P., J. Atmos. Sci, 62, 3003-3006, 2005.
Drizzle in stratiform boundary layer clouds. Part I: Vertical and horizontal structure
Wood, R. J. Atmos. Sci.,62, 3011-3033, 2005.
Drizzle in stratiform boundary layer clouds. Part II: Microphysical aspects
Wood, R. J. Atmos. Sci.,62, 3034-3050, 2005.
Pockets of Open Cells (POCs) and Drizzle in Marine Stratocumulus
Stevens, B., G. Vali, K. Comstock, R. Wood, M. VanZanten, P.H. Austin, C.S.Bretherton, D.H. Lenschow Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 86, 51-57, 2005

2004

Reflectivity and rain rate in and below drizzling stratocumulus
Comstock, K. K., Wood, R., Yuter, S. E., and Bretherton, C. S. Quart. J.Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 130,2891-2919, 2004.
Boundary layer depth, entrainment and decoupling in the cloud-capped subtropical and tropical marine boundary layer
Wood, R., and Bretherton, C. S. J. Clim., 17,3576-3588, 2004.
The EPIC 2001 Stratocumulus Study
Bretherton, C. S., Uttal, T., Fairall, C. W., Yuter, S. E., Weller, R. A.,Baumgardner, D., Comstock, K., Wood, R. Bull. Am. Meteorol.Soc., 85, 967-977, 2004.

2003

 Ice particle interarrival times measured with a fast FSSP.
Field, P. R., Wood, R., Hirst, E., Greenaway, R., Kaye, P., Brown, P. R. A., and Smith, J. A. J.Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 20,249-261, 2003.
 

2002

 Diurnal cycle of liquid water path over the subtropical and tropical oceans
.
Wood, R., C. S. Bretherton, andD. L. Hartmann, Geophys. Res. Lett. 10.1029/2002GL015371, 2002
 
  Diurnal cycle dataset available for download

 
 Autoconversion rate bias in stratiform boundary layer cloud parameterizations.
Wood, R., Field, P. R. and W. R. Cotton, Atmos.Res., 65, 109-128, 2002.
 Comparison of probability density functions for total specific humidity and saturation deficit humidity, and consequences for cloud parameterization.
Price, J. D., and R. Wood, Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 128,2059-2072, 2002
 How important is the spectral ripening effect in stratiform boundary layer clouds?
Studies using simple trajectory analysis.
Wood, R., S. Irons, and P. R. Jonas, J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2681-2693, 2002

2001

 Liquid water path variability in unbroken marine stratocumulus clouds.
Wood, R., and J. P. Taylor, Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 127,2635-2662, 2001
 Small-scale and mesoscale variabilityof scalars in cloudy boundary layers: One-dimensional probability density functions.
Larson, V. E., Wood, R., Field, P. R., Golaz, J-C., Vonder Haar, T. H., and Cotton,W. R., J. Atmos. Sci.:58, 1978-1994, 2001.
 Systematic biases in the microphysics and thermodynamics of numerical models
that ignore subgrid-scale variability.
Larson, V. E., Wood, R., Field, P. R., Golaz, J-C., Vonder Haar, T. H., and Cotton,W. R., J. Atmos. Sci.:58, 1117-1128, 2001.

Modification of the aerosol size distribution within exhaust plumes produced by diesel-powered ships. Osborne, S. R., D. W. Johnson, K. N. Bower, R. Wood, 2001: J. Geophys. Res., 106, 9827-9842, 2001

2000

 Parametrization of the effect of drizzle upon the droplet effective radius in stratocumulus clouds.
Wood, R., Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc.: 126, 3309-3325, 2000.
Rejected comment on a paper by Davis et al. (1999) which suggests that enhancedsmall scale variability in LWC can actually be an artifact of the measurementtechnique. Wood, R. and Field, P. R.
 Some impact of pollutants on the development and optical properties of stratocumulus clouds.
Ghosh, S.,Jonas, P. R., and Wood, R., Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc.: 126,2851-2872, 2000.
 Relationships between Total Water,Condensed Water, and Cloud Fraction
in Stratiform Clouds Examined Using Aircraft Data.
Wood, R. and Field, P. R.,J. Atmos. Sci.: 57, 1888-1905,2000.
 Soluble ion chemistry of theatmospheric aerosol and SO2 concentrations over the eastern North Atlanticduring ACE2
M. O. Andreae, W. Elbert, R. Gabriel, D. W. Johnson,S. Osborne, R. Wood, Tellus: 52B, 1066-1087, 2000.
 Boundary layer and aerosol evolution during the third Lagrangian experiment of ACE-2.
Wood, R., D. W. Johnson, S. R. Osborne, M. O. Andreae,B. Bandy, T. S. Bates, C. O'Dowd, P. Glantz, K. Noone, P. K. Quinn, J. Rudolph, K. Suhre, Tellus, 52B, 401-422, 2000.
An overview of the Lagrangian experiments undertaken during the second Aerosol Characterisation Experiment . Johnson D. W., S. R. Osborne, R.Wood, B. Bandy, M. O. Andreae, C. O'Dowd, P. Glantz, K. Noone, J. Rudolph, T.S. Bates P. K. Quinn, 2000:. Tellus, 52B, 290-320, 2000
Chemistry and aerosols in the marine boundary layer: 1-D modelling of three ACE-2 Lagrangian experiments. Suhre, K., V. Crassier,C. Mari, R. Rosset, D. W. Johnson, S. R. Osborne, R.Wood, M. O. Andreae, B. Bandy, T. S. Bates, S. Businger, C. Gerbig, F. Raes and J.Rudolph,  Atmos. Environ., 34, 5079-5094, 2000
 

1997-1999

 Aircraft observations of sea-breeze frontal structure.
Wood, R., Stromberg, I. M., and Jonas,P. R., Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc.: 125, 1959-1996, 1999.
 The effect of drizzle on the redistribution of aerosol in the boundary layer: Estimation of the scale of the effect during ACE-2 using aircraft data.
Wood, R., Johnson, D. W. and Osborne, S. R. J. Aerosol. Sci.:29, Suppl. 1, S1097-1098, 1998.

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