Publications

2024

  • Stephens B.A., V.E. Larson, R.K. Newsom, W.I. Gustafson, and G. Dikta. 2024. "Methods to evaluate subcolumn profiles based on two-point diagnostics." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 129, no. 20:Art. No. e2024JD040926. PNNL-SA-193873. doi:10.1029/2024JD040926

2023

  • Zhang S., C.J. Vogl, V.E. Larson, Q.M. Bui, H. Wan, P.J. Rasch, and C. Woodward. 2023. "Removing numerical pathologies in a turbulence parameterization through convergence testing." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 15, no. 5:Art. No. e2023MS003633. PNNL-SA-171844. doi:10.1029/2023MS003633

2022

  • Brunke M., L. Cutler, R. Urzua, A. Corral, E. Crosbie, J. Hair, and C.A. Hostetler, et al. 2022. "Aircraft Observations of Turbulence in Cloudy and Cloud-Free Boundary Layers Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean From ACTIVATE and Implications for the Earth System Model Evaluation and Development." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 127, no. 19:e2022JD036480. PNNL-SA-169729. doi:10.1029/2022JD036480
  • Ma P., B.E. Harrop, V.E. Larson, R. Neale, R. Neale, A. Gettelman, and H. Morrison, et al. 2022. "Better calibration of cloud parameterizations and subgrid effects increases the fidelity of E3SM Atmosphere Model version 1." Geoscientific Model Development 15, no. 7:2881-2916. PNNL-SA-166161. doi:10.5194/gmd-15-2881-2022
  • Wan H., K. Zhang, P.J. Rasch, V.E. Larson, X. Zeng, S. Zhang, and R. Dixon. 2022. "CondiDiag 1.0: A flexible online diagnostic tool for conditional sampling and budget analysis in the E3SM atmosphere model (EAM)." Geoscientific Model Development 15, no. 8:3205-3231. PNNL-SA-167080. doi:10.5194/gmd-15-3205-2022

2021

  • Zhang Z., Q. Song, D. Mechem, V.E. Larson, J. Wang, Y. Liu, and M.K. Witte, et al. 2021. "Vertical Dependence of Horizontal Variation of Cloud Microphysics: Observations from the ACE-ENA field campaign and implications for warm-rain simulation in climate models." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21, no. 4:3103-3121. PNNL-SA-155438. doi:10.5194/acp-21-3103-2021

2020

  • Wan H., C. Woodward, S. Zhang, C.J. Vogl, P. Stinis, D. Gardner, and P.J. Rasch, et al. 2020. "Improving time step convergence in an atmosphere model with simplified physics: the impacts of closure assumption and process coupling." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 12, no. 10:Article No. e2019MS001982. PNNL-SA-149970. doi:10.1029/2019MS001982

2019

  • Golaz J., P.M. Caldwell, L. Van Roekel, M.R. Petersen, Q. Tang, J. Wolfe, and G.W. Abeshu, et al. 2019. "The DOE E3SM coupled model version 1: Overview and evaluation at standard resolution." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 11, no. 7:2089-2129. PNNL-SA-141816. doi:10.1029/2018MS001603
  • Ovchinnikov M., S. Giangrande, V.E. Larson, A. Protat, and C.R. Williams. 2019. "Dependence of vertical alignment of cloud and precipitation properties on their effective fall speeds." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124, no. 4:2079-2093. PNNL-SA-140512. doi:10.1029/2018JD029346
  • Rasch P.J., S. Xie, P. Ma, W. Lin, H. Wang, Q. Tang, and S.M. Burrows, et al. 2019. "An Overview of the Atmospheric Component of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 11, no. 8:2377-2411. PNNL-SA-144927. doi:10.1029/2019MS001629
  • Zhang S., H. Wan, P.J. Rasch, B. Singh, V.E. Larson, and C. Woodward. 2019. "An objective and efficient method for assessing the impact of reduced-precision calculations on solution correctness." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 11, no. 10:3131-3147. PNNL-SA-145080. doi:10.1029/2019MS001817

2018

  • Qian Y., H. Wan, B. Yang, J. Golaz, B.E. Harrop, Z. Hou, and V.E. Larson, et al. 2018. "Parametric Sensitivity and Uncertainty Quantification in the Version 1 of E3SM Atmosphere Model Based on Short Perturbed Parameter Ensemble Simulations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123, no. 23:13046-13073. PNNL-SA-138521. doi:10.1029/2018JD028927
  • Zhang H., M. Wang, Z. Guo, C. Zhou, T. Zhou, Y. Qian, and V.E. Larson, et al. 2018. "Low-cloud feedback in CAM5-CLUBB: physical mechanisms and parameter sensitivity analysis." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 10, no. 11:2844-2864. PNNL-SA-139280. doi:10.1029/2018MS001423

2017

  • Neggers R.A., A. Ackerman, W.M. Angevine, E. Bazile, I. Beau, P. Blossey, and I. Boutle, et al. 2017. "Single-column model simulations of subtropical marine boundary-layer cloud transitions under weakening inversions." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 9, no. 6:2385-2412. PNNL-SA-129345. doi:10.1002/2017MS001064

2016

  • Ovchinnikov M., K. Lim, V.E. Larson, M. Wong, K. Thayer-Calder, and S.J. Ghan. 2016. "Vertical overlap of probability density functions of cloud and precipitation hydrometeors." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121, no. 21:12,966-12,984. PNNL-SA-117128. doi:10.1002/2016JD025158

2015

  • Guo Z., M. Wang, Y. Qian, V.E. Larson, S.J. Ghan, M. Ovchinnikov, and P. Bogenschutz, et al. 2015. "Parametric Behaviors of CLUBB in Simulations of Low Clouds in the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM)." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 7, no. 3:1005-1025. PNNL-SA-106629. doi:10.1002/2014MS000405
  • Storer R.L., B.M. Griffin, J. Hoft, J.K. Weber, E. Raut, V.E. Larson, and M. Wang, et al. 2015. "Parameterizing deep convection using the assumed probability density function method." Geoscientific Model Development 8, no. 1:1-19. PNNL-SA-107419. doi:10.5194/gmd-8-1-2015
  • Thayer-Calder K., A. Gettelman, A. Gettelman, C. Craig, S. Goldhaber, P. Bogenschutz, and C. Chen, et al. 2015. "A unified parameterization of clouds and turbulence using CLUBB and subcolumns in the Community Atmosphere Model." Geoscientific Model Development 8, no. 12:3801-3821. PNNL-SA-110648. doi:10.5194/gmd-8-3801-2015
  • Wang M., V.E. Larson, S.J. Ghan, M. Ovchinnikov, D. Schanen, H. Xiao, and X. Liu, et al. 2015. "A Multiscale Modeling Framework Model (Superparameterized CAM5) with a Higher-Order Turbulence Closure: Model Description and Low-Cloud Simulations." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 7, no. 2:484-509. PNNL-SA-104723. doi:10.1002/2014MS000375

2014

  • Guo Z., M. Wang, Y. Qian, V.E. Larson, S.J. Ghan, M. Ovchinnikov, and P. Bogenschutz, et al. 2014. "A Sensitivity Analysis of Cloud Properties to CLUBB Parameters in the Single-Column Community Atmosphere Model (SCAM5)." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 6, no. 3:829-858. PNNL-SA-101254. doi:10.1002/2014MS000315

2013

  • Zhang M., C.S. Bretherton, P. Blossey, P.A. Austin, J. Bacmeister, S. Bony, and F. Brient, et al. 2013. "CGILS: Results from the First Phase of an International Project to Understand the Physical Mechanisms of Low Cloud Feedbacks in Single Column Models." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 5, no. 4:826-842. PNNL-SA-89330. doi:10.1002/2013MS000246

2012

  • Larson V.E., D. Schanen, M. Wang, M. Ovchinnikov, and S.J. Ghan. 2012. "PDF parameterization of boundary layer clouds in models with horizontal grid spacings from 2 to 16 km." Monthly Weather Review 140, no. 1:285-306. PNWD-SA-9207. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-10-05059.1

2011

  • Larson V.E., B.J. Nielsen, J. Fan, and M. Ovchinnikov. 2011. "Parameterizing correlations between hydrometeor species in mixed-phase Arctic clouds." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 116. PNNL-SA-77762. doi:10.1029/2010JD015570
  • Wang M., S.J. Ghan, R.C. Easter, M. Ovchinnikov, X. Liu, E.I. Kassianov, and Y. Qian, et al. 2011. "The multi-scale aerosol-climate model PNNL-MMF: model description and evaluation." Geoscientific Model Development 4, no. 1:137-168. PNWD-SA-9245. doi:10.5194/gmd-4-137-2011