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Mikhail Ovchinnikov
Regional and Cloud Modeling
Earth Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Biography
Mikhail Ovchinnikov's current research interests include a wide range of topics in cloud physics, as well as cloud-related aspects of remote sensing, radiation, and atmospheric dynamics. Dr. Ovchinnikov relies on a combination of numerical modeling, in situ, and remote observations in nearly all of his studies, which have three major thrusts: 1) studying individual aerosol and cloud processes, 2) retrieving cloud properties using remote sensors, and 3) developing, testing, and improving modules and parameterizations for atmospheric models from cloud to global scales. Finding new ways to evaluate these models and validate simulation results is always the top priority of these studies.
A unifying theme of several of his projects funded by the Deparment of Energy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the use of an "instrument simulator" concept, in which the model output is used to reconstruct what a specific observing system would detect. The synthetic measurements are then used to evaluate the model and to test retrieval algorithms.
Research Interests
- Cloud models and parameterizations
- Cloud-aerosol and cloud-radiation interactions
- Remote sensing
Education and Credentials
- Ph.D., Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma
- M.S., Applied Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Affiliations and Professional Service
- American Meteorological Society
- American Geophysical Union
- AMS Cloud Physics committee (2016-present)
- The Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES), Associate Editor (2011-present)
Awards and Recognitions
- Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, The University of Oklahoma, 1998
PNNL Publications
2024
- Ovchinnikov M., P. Ma, C.M. Kaul, K.G. Pressel, M. Huang, J. Shpund, and S. Tang. 2024. "Evaluation of Autoconversion Representation in E3SMv2 using an Ensemble of Large-Eddy Simulations of Low-Level Warm Clouds." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 16, no. 10:Art. No. e2024MS004280. PNNL-SA-194806. doi:10.1029/2024MS004280
- Wang A., M. Ovchinnikov, F. Yang, S. Schmalfuß, and R.A. Shaw. 2024. "Designing a Convection-Cloud Chamber for Collision-Coalescence Using Large-Eddy Simulation with Bin Microphysics." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 16, no. 1:Art. No. e2023MS003734. PNNL-SA-183698. doi:10.1029/2023MS003734
- Wang A., X. Yang, and M. Ovchinnikov. 2024. "An Investigation of LES Wall Modeling for Rayleigh-Bénard Convection via Interpretable and Physics-Aware Feedforward Neural Networks with DNS." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 81, no. 2:435-458. PNNL-SA-185473. doi:10.1175/JAS-D-23-0094.1
2023
- Anderson J.C., P. Beeler, M. Ovchinnikov, W. Cantrell, S.K. Krueger, R.A. Shaw, and F. Yang, et al. 2023. "Enhancements in cloud condensation nuclei activity from turbulent fluctuations in supersaturation." Geophysical Research Letters 50, no. 17:Art. No. e2022GL102635. PNNL-SA-177901. doi:10.1029/2022GL102635
- Lin G., L. Leung, J. Lee, B.E. Harrop, I. Baker, M. Branson, and S. Denning, et al. 2023. "Modeling land-atmosphere coupling at cloud-resolving scale within the Multiple Atmosphere Multiple Land (MAML) framework in SP-E3SM." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 15, no. 2:Art. No. e2022MS003101. PNNL-SA-181539. doi:10.1029/2022MS003101
- Shaw R.A., S. Thomas, P. Prabhakaran, W. Cantrell, M. Ovchinnikov, and F. Yang. 2023. "Fast and slow microphysics regimes in a minimalist model of cloudy Rayleigh-Benard convection." Physical Review Research 5, no. 4:Art. No. 043018. PNNL-SA-187048. doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.043018
- Thomas S., F. Yang, M. Ovchinnikov, W. Cantrell, and R.A. Shaw. 2023. "Scaling of turbulence and microphysics in a convection-cloud chamber of varying height." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 15, no. 2:Art. No. e2022MS003304. PNNL-SA-176086. doi:10.1029/2022MS003304
- Xiao H., M. Ovchinnikov, L.K. Berg, and J.H. Muelmenstaedt. 2023. "Evaluating shallow convection parameterization assumptions with a qt-w quadrant analysis." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 15, no. 8:e2022MS003526. PNNL-SA-179838. doi:10.1029/2022MS003526
- Yang F., F. Hoffmann, R.A. Shaw, M. Ovchinnikov, and A.M. Vogelmann. 2023. "An intercomparison of large-eddy simulations of a convection cloud chamber using haze-capable bin and Lagrangian cloud microphysics schemes." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 15, no. 5:Art. No. e2022MS003270. PNNL-SA-174791. doi:10.1029/2022MS003270
2022
- Geerts B., S. Giangrande, G. Mcfarquhar, L. Xue, S.J. Abel, J.M. Comstock, and S. Crewell, et al. 2022. "The COMBLE campaign: a study of marine boundary-layer clouds in Arctic cold-air outbreaks." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 103, no. 5:E1371-E1389. PNNL-SA-170594. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0044.1
- Hannah W., K.G. Pressel, M. Ovchinnikov, and G. Elsaesser. 2022. "Checkerboard Patterns in E3SMv2 and E3SM-MMFv2." Geoscientific Model Development 15, no. 15:6243-6257. PNNL-SA-172128. doi:10.5194/gmd-15-6243-2022
- Lin G., C.R. Jones, L. Leung, Z. Feng, and M. Ovchinnikov. 2022. "Mesoscale Convective Systems in a Superparameterized E3SM Simulation at High Resolution." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 14, no. 1:Art. No. e2021MS002660. PNNL-SA-164386. doi:10.1029/2021MS002660
- Ovchinnikov M., J.D. Fast, L.K. Berg, W.I. Gustafson, J. Chen, K. Sakaguchi, and H. Xiao. 2022. "Effects of Horizontal Resolution, Domain Size, Boundary Conditions, and Surface Heterogeneity on Coarse LES of a Convective Boundary Layer." Monthly Weather Review 150, no. 6:1397-1415. PNNL-SA-156347. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-21-0244.1
- Wu P., and M. Ovchinnikov. 2022. "Cloud morphology evolution in Arctic cold-air outbreak: two cases during COMBLE period." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 127, no. 10:Art. No. e2021JD035966. PNNL-SA-163827. doi:10.1029/2021JD035966
- Yang F., M. Ovchinnikov, S. Thomas, A. Khain, R. McGraw, R.A. Shaw, and A.M. Vogelmann. 2022. "Large-eddy simulations of a convection cloud chamber: Sensitivity to bin microphysics and advection." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 14, no. 5:Art. No. e2021MS002895. PNNL-SA-171137. doi:10.1029/2021MS002895
2020
- Kogan Y., and M. Ovchinnikov. 2020. "Formulation of autoconversion and drop spectra shape in shallow cumulus clouds." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 77, no. 2:711-722. PNNL-SA-143827. doi:10.1175/JAS-D-19-0134.1
2019
- 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
- Thomas S., M. Ovchinnikov, F. Yang, D. van der Voort, W. Cantrell, S.K. Krueger, and R.A. Shaw. 2019. "Scaling of an atmospheric model to simulate turbulence and cloud microphysics in the Pi Chamber." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 11, no. 7:1981-1994. PNNL-SA-142731. doi:10.1029/2019MS001670
2018
- Lin G., S.J. Ghan, M. Wang, P. Ma, R.C. Easter, M. Ovchinnikov, and J. Fan, et al. 2018. "Development and evaluation of an explicit treatment of aerosol processes at cloud scale within a multi-scale modeling framework (MMF)." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 10, no. 7:1663-1679. PNNL-SA-136107. doi:10.1029/2018MS001287
- 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
- Wong M., and M. Ovchinnikov. 2017. "A PDF-based parameterization of subgrid-scale hydrometeor transport in deep convection." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 74, no. 4:1293-1309. PNNL-SA-118057. doi:10.1175/JAS-D-16-0146.1
2016
- Chandrakar K.K., W. Cantrell, K. Chang, D. Ciochetto, D. Niedermeier, M. Ovchinnikov, and R.A. Shaw, et al. 2016. "Aerosol indirect effect from turbulence-induced broadening of droplet size distributions." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 113, no. 50:14,243-14,248. PNNL-SA-119793. doi:10.1073/pnas.1612686113
- Heiblum R.H., O. Altaratz, I. Koren, G. Feingold, A. Kostinkski, A.P. Khain, and M. Ovchinnikov, et al. 2016. "Characterization of cumulus cloud fields using trajectories in the center of gravity versus water mass phase space: 1. Cloud tracking and phase space description." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121, no. 11:6336-6355. PNNL-SA-112865. doi:10.1002/2015JD024186
- Heiblum R.H., O. Altaratz, I. Koren, G. Feingold, A. Kostinkski, A.P. Khain, and M. Ovchinnikov, et al. 2016. "Characterization of cumulus cloud fields using trajectories in the center of gravity versus water mass phase space: 2. Aerosol effects on warm convective clouds." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121, no. 11:6356-6373. PNNL-SA-112864. doi:10.1002/2015JD024193
- 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
- Kassianov E.I., L.K. Berg, M.S. Pekour, C.J. Flynn, J.M. Tomlinson, D. Chand, and J.E. Shilling, et al. 2015. "Airborne Aerosol In situ Measurements during TCAP: A Closure Study of Total Scattering." Atmosphere 6, no. 8:1069-1101. PNNL-SA-110601. doi:10.3390/atmos6081069
- 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
- Wong M., M. Ovchinnikov, and M. Wang. 2015. "Evaluation of Subgrid-scale Hydrometeor Transport Schemes using a High-resolution Cloud-resolving Model." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 72, no. 9:3715-3731. PNNL-SA-108267. doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0060.1
- Yang F., M. Ovchinnikov, and R.A. Shaw. 2015. "Long-lifetime ice particles in mixed-phase stratiform clouds: quasi-steady and recycled growth." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 120, no. 22:11,617-11,635. PNNL-SA-113366. doi:10.1002/2015JD023679
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
- Ovchinnikov M., A. Ackerman, A. Avramov, A. Cheng, J. Fan, A. Fridlind, and S.J. Ghan, et al. 2014. "Intercomparison of Large-eddy Simulations of Arctic Mixed-phase Clouds: Importance of Ice Size Distribution Assumptions." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 6, no. 1:223-248. PNNL-SA-99231. doi:10.1002/2013MS000282
- Yang F., M. Ovchinnikov, and R.A. Shaw. 2014. "Microphysical Consequences of the Spatial Distribution of Ice Nucleation in Mixed-Phase Stratiform Clouds." Geophysical Research Letters 41, no. 14:5280-5287. PNNL-SA-103506. doi:10.1002/2014GL060657
2013
- Kassianov E.I., D. Lane-Veron, L.K. Berg, M. Ovchinnikov, and P. Kollias. 2013. "Markovian Approach and its Applications in a Cloudy Atmosphere." In Light Scattering Reviews 7: Radiative Transfer and Optical Properties of Atmosphere and Underlying Surface, edited by AA Kokhanovsky. 69-107. New York, New York:Springer. PNNL-SA-80471.
- Khain A., T. Prabha, N. Benmoshe, G. Pandithurai, and M. Ovchinnikov. 2013. "The Mechanism of First Raindrops Formation in Deep Convective Clouds." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118, no. 16:9123-9140. PNNL-SA-92209. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50641
- Muehlbauer A.D., W.W. Grabowski, S.P. Malinowski, T.P. Ackerman, G. Bryan, Z. Lebo, and J. Milbrandt, et al. 2013. "Reexamination of the State of the Art Cloud Modeling Shows Real Improvements." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 94, no. 5:ES45-ES48. PNNL-SA-90397. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00188.1
- Ovchinnikov M., R.C. Easter, and W.I. Gustafson. 2013. "Untangling Dynamical and Microphysical Controls for the Structure of Stratocumulus." Geophysical Research Letters 40, no. 16:4432-4436. PNNL-SA-96521. doi:10.1002/grl.50810
- Yang F., M. Ovchinnikov, and R.A. Shaw. 2013. "Minimalist Model of Ice Microphysics in Mixed-phase Stratiform Clouds." Geophysical Research Letters 40, no. 14:3756-3760. PNNL-SA-95817. doi:10.1002/grl.50700
2012
- Chand D., R. Wood, S.J. Ghan, M. Wang, M. Ovchinnikov, P.J. Rasch, and S.D. Miller, et al. 2012. "Aerosol optical depth increase in partly cloudy conditions." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 117. PNNL-SA-86974. doi:10.1029/2012JD017894
- Kulkarni G.R., J. Fan, J.M. Comstock, X. Liu, and M. Ovchinnikov. 2012. "Laboratory Measurements and Model Sensitivity Studies of Dust Deposition Ice Nucleation." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12, no. 16:7295-7308. PNNL-SA-83107. doi:10.5194/acp-12-7295-2012
- 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
- Wang M., S.J. Ghan, X. Liu, T.L. Ecuyer, K. Zhang, H. Morrison, and M. Ovchinnikov, et al. 2012. "Constraining cloud lifetime effects of aerosols using A-Train satellite observations." Geophysical Research Letters 39. PNNL-SA-87618. doi:10.1029/2012GL052204
2011
- Fan J., S.J. Ghan, M. Ovchinnikov, X. Liu, P.J. Rasch, and A. Korolev. 2011. "Representation of Arctic Mixed-Phase clouds and the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen Process in Climate Models: Perspectives from a Cloud-Resolving Study." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 116. PNNL-SA-76847. doi:10.1029/2010JD015375
- Ghan S.J., H. Abdul-Razzak, A. Nenes, Y. Ming, X. Liu, M. Ovchinnikov, and B. Shipway, et al. 2011. "Droplet Nucleation: Physically-Based Parameterization and Comparative Evaluation." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 3. PNNL-SA-75461. doi:10.1029/2011MS000074
- Kassianov E.I., M. Ovchinnikov, L.K. Berg, and C.J. Flynn. 2011. "Aerosol Retrievals under Partly Cloudy Conditions: Challenges and Perspectives." In Polarimetric Detection, Characterization, and Remote Sensing: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, edited by MI Mishchenko, et al. 205-232. Dordrecht:Springer. PNNL-SA-77245.
- Kassianov E.I., M. Ovchinnikov, L.K. Berg, and C.J. Flynn. 2011. "CONVENTIONAL CLEAR-SKY AEROSOL RETRIEVALS: DO THEY WORK FOR CLOUDY DAYS?." Atti Della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti. Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali 89, no. 1:Article No. C1V89S1P047-1-4. PNWD-SA-9338. doi:10.1478/C1V89S1P047
- 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
- McFarquhar G., S.J. Ghan, J. Verlinde, A. Korolev, J.W. Strapp, B. Schmid, and J.M. Tomlinson, et al. 2011. "Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign: The Impact of Arctic Aerosols on Clouds." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 92, no. 2:183 - 201. PNNL-SA-70645. doi:10.1175/2010BAMS2935.1
- Morrison H., P. Zuidema, A. Ackerman, A. Avramov, G. de Boer, J. Fan, and A. Fridlind, et al. 2011. "Intercomparison of cloud model simulations of Arctic mixed-phase boundary layer clouds observed during SHEBA/FIRE-ACE." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 3. PNNL-SA-77793.
- Ovchinnikov M., A. Korolev, and J. Fan. 2011. "Effects of ice number concentration on dynamics of a shallow mixed-phase stratiform cloud." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 116. PNNL-SA-78113. doi:10.1029/2011JD015888
- Wang M., S.J. Ghan, M. Ovchinnikov, X. Liu, R.C. Easter, E.I. Kassianov, and Y. Qian, et al. 2011. "Aerosol Indirect effects in a multi-scale aerosol-climate model PNNL-MMF." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11, no. 11:5431-5455. PNWD-SA-9448. doi:10.5194/acp-11-5431-2011
- 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
2010
- Fan J., J.M. Comstock, and M. Ovchinnikov. 2010. "The cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei effects on tropical anvil characteristics and water vapor of the tropical tropopause layer." Environmental Research Letters 5, no. 4:Article No. 044005. PNNL-SA-73529. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/4/044005
- Fan J., J.M. Comstock, M. Ovchinnikov, S.A. McFarlane, G. McFarquhar, and G. Allen. 2010. "Tropical anvil characteristics and water vapor of the tropical tropopause layer: Impact of heterogeneous and homogeneous freezing parameterizations." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 115. PNNL-SA-67055. doi:10.1029/2009JD012696
- Kassianov E.I., M. Ovchinnikov, L.K. Berg, S.A. McFarlane, C.J. Flynn, R. Ferrare, and C.A. Hostetler, et al. 2010. "A New Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Depth from Reflectance Ratios on Partly Cloudy Days: Development and Evaluation." In 13th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, June 28-July 2, 2010, Portland, Oregon, Paper No. P2.18. Boston, Massachusetts:American Meteorological Society. PNNL-SA-72478.
- Kassianov E.I., M. Ovchinnikov, L.K. Berg, S.A. McFarlane, C.J. Flynn, R. Ferrare, and C.A. Hostetler, et al. 2010. "Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Depth in Vicinity of Broken Clouds from Reflectance Ratios: Case Study." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 3. PNNL-SA-70625. doi:10.5194/amt-3-1333-2010
- Ovchinnikov M., and R.C. Easter. 2010. "Modeling aerosol growth by aqueous chemistry in nonprecipitating stratiform cloud." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 115, no. D14210. PNNL-SA-64831. doi:10.1029/2009JD012816
- Zelenyuk A., D. Imre, M. Earle, R.C. Easter, A. Korolev, W.R. Leaitch, and P. Liu, et al. 2010. "In-Situ Characterization of Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Interstitial, and background Particles using Single Particle Mass Spectrometer, SPLAT II." Analytical Chemistry 82, no. 19:7943-7951. PNNL-SA-72950. doi:10.1021/ac1013892
2009
- Fan J., M. Ovtchinnikov, J.M. Comstock, S.A. McFarlane, and A. Khain. 2009. "Ice Formation in Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds: Insights from a 3-D Cloud-Resolving Model with Size-Resolved Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 114, no. D04205. PNNL-SA-60423. doi:10.1029/2008JD010782
- Kassianov E.I., M. Ovchinnikov, L.K. Berg, S.A. McFarlane, C.J. Flynn, R. Ferrare, and C.A. Hostetler. 2009. "The 3D Radiative Effects of Clouds in Aerosol Retrieval: Can we Remove Them?." In Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIV: Proceedings of the SPIE, edited by RH Picard, K Schafer, A Comeron, EI Kassianov and CJ Mertens, 7475, Article No. 74750I. Bellingham, Washington:SPIE. PNNL-SA-73334. doi:10.1117/12.830179
- Kassianov E.I., M. Ovtchinnikov, L.K. Berg, S.A. McFarlane, and C.J. Flynn. 2009. "A New Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Depth under Partly Cloudy Conditions with Multi-Spectral Measurements of Reflectance." In Proceedings of the International Radiation Symposium (IRS 2008): AIP Conference Proceedings, 1100, 263-266. Melville, New York:American Institute of Physics. PNNL-SA-61627. doi:10.1063/1.3116965
- Kassianov E.I., M. Ovtchinnikov, L.K. Berg, S.A. McFarlane, and C.J. Flynn. 2009. "Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Depth in Vicinity of Broken Clouds from Reflectance Ratios: Sensitivity Study." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 110, no. 14-16:1677-1689. PNNL-SA-63745.
- Ovtchinnikov M., and R.C. Easter. 2009. "Nonlinear Advection Algorithms Applied to Inter-related Tracers: Errors and Implications for Modeling Aerosol-Cloud Interactions." Monthly Weather Review 137, no. 2:632-644. PNNL-SA-60040. doi:10.1175/2008MWR2626.1
2008
- Kassianov E.I., and M. Ovtchinnikov. 2008. "On Reflectance Ratios and Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieval in the Presence of Cumulus Clouds." Geophysical Research Letters 35, no. 6:Art. No. L06807. PNWD-SA-8046. doi:10.1029/2008GL033231
- Kassianov E.I., M. Ovtchinnikov, L.K. Berg, S.A. McFarlane, and C.J. Flynn. 2008. "Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Depth in Vicinity of Broken Clouds from Reflectance Ratios: A Novel Approach." In Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIII, 7107, 71070V. Bellingham, Washington:SPIE. PNNL-SA-61953. doi:10.1117/12.801288
- Mechem D.B., Y.L. Kogan, M. Ovtchinnikov, A. Davis, K.F. Evans, and R.G. Ellingson. 2008. "Multi-dimensional Longwave Forcing of Boundary Layer Cloud Systems." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 65, no. 12:3963-3977. PNNL-SA-58465. doi:10.1175/2008JAS2733.1
2006
- Ovtchinnikov M., and R.T. Marchand. 2006. "Comparison of angular dependence of observed and simulated distributions of radiances over stratocumulus clouds." In 12th Conference on Cloud Physics and 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, July 10-14, 2006, Madison, Wisconsin, 3.1. Boston, Massachusetts:American Meteorological Society. PNWD-SA-7424.
- Ovtchinnikov M., T.P. Ackerman, R.T. Marchand, and M. Khairoutdinov. 2006. "Evaluation of the Multi-scale Modeling Framework Using Data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program." Journal of Climate 19, no. 9:1716-1729. PNNL-SA-43480. doi:10.1175/JCL13699.1
2005
- Kassianov E.I., C.N. Long, and M. Ovtchinnikov. 2005. "Cloud Sky Cover Versus Cloud Fraction: Whole-Sky Simulations and Observations." Journal of Applied Meteorology 44, no. 1:86-98. PNNL-SA-40264.
- Ovchinnikov M., and R.T. Marchand. 2005. "Measuring Up Virtual Clouds: A Comparison of Modeled and Observed Cloud Properties Using an Instrument Simulator Approach." In 5th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle (GEWEX), June 20-24, 2005, Costa Mesa, California. Silver Spring, Maryland:Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment. PNWD-SA-7017.
- Ovtchinnikov M., and S.J. Ghan. 2005. "Parallel Simulations of Aerosol Influence on Clouds Using Cloud-Resolving and Single-Column Models." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 110, no. D15:D15S10. PNNL-SA-41828. doi:10.1029/2004JD005088
2004
- Barker H.W., C. Pavloski, M. Ovtchinnikov, and E.E. Clothiaux. 2004. "Assessing a Cloud Optical Depth Retrieval Algorithm with Model-Generated Data and the Frozen Turbulence Assumption." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 61, no. 23:2951-2956. PNNL-SA-39859.
- Ovchinnikov M., T.P. Ackerman, R.T. Marchand, and M. Khairoutdinov. 2004. "Evaluation of the Multi-Scale Modeling Framework using Data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program." In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, edited by WW Grabowski. Geneva:International Commission on Clouds and Precipitation/World Meteorological Organization. PNNL-SA-41721.
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2003
- Kassianov E.I., T.P. Ackerman, R.T. Marchand, and M. Ovtchinnikov. 2003. "Satellite Multiangle Cumulus Geometry Retrieval: Case Study." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 108, no. D3:4117. PNNL-SA-37075. doi:10.1029/2002JD002350
- Kassianov E.I., T.P. Ackerman, R.T. Marchand, and M. Ovtchinnikov. 2003. "Stochastic Radiative Transfer in Multilayer Broken Clouds. Part II: Validation Tests." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 77, no. 4:395-416. PNNL-SA-36961.
2002
- Mechem D.B., M. Ovtchinnikov, Y.L. Kogan, A. Davis, R.F. Cahalan, E.E. Takara, and R.G. Ellingson. 2002. "Multi-Dimensional Broadband IR Radiative Forcing of Marine Stratocumulus in a Large Eddy Simulation Model." In AMS 11th Conference on Cloud Physics, Paper 7.1 (CD). Boston, Massachusetts:American Meteorological Society. PNNL-SA-37837.