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Tristan L'Ecuyer

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Work: (608) 890-2107

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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

1225 W. Dayton St.

Madison, WI 53706

United States

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First Author Publications:

L'Ecuyer, T., and J. H. Jiang (2016), Touring the atmosphere feature aboard the A-Train, J. Chem. Phys., 21, doi:10.1063/1.3463626.
L'Ecuyer, T., et al. (2015), The Observed State of the Energy Budget in the Early Twenty-First Century, J. Climate, 28, 8319-8346, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00556.1.
L'Ecuyer, T., et al. (2009), Global observations of aerosol impacts on precipitation occurrence in warm maritime clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D09211, doi:10.1029/2008JD011273.
L'Ecuyer, T., et al. (2008), Impact of clouds on atmospheric heating based on the R04 CloudSat fluxes and heating rates data set, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A15, doi:10.1029/2008JD009951.

Co-Authored Publications:

Redemann, J., et al. (2021), An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1507-1563, doi:10.5194/acp-21-1507-2021.
Sinclair, K., et al. (2021), Inference of Precipitation in Warm Stratiform Clouds Using Remotely Sensed Observations of the Cloud Top Droplet Size Distribution, Geophys. Res. Lett..
Dzambo, A., et al. (2020), Joint Cloud Water Path and Rain Water Path Retrievals from ORACLES Observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-2020-849.
Redemann, J., et al. (2020), An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in the Southeast Atlantic basin, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., doi:10.5194/acp-2020-449.
Dzambo, A., et al. (2019), The Observed Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Southeast Atlantic Stratocumulus from Airborne Radar during ORACLES 2016-17, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 58, 2197-2215, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0032.1.
Nelson, E. L., et al. (2019), On The Web An Interactive Online Educational Applet for Multiple Frequencies of Radar Observations, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 747-752, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0249.1.
Chang, K., et al. (2017), Information content of visible and midinfrared radiances for retrieving tropical ice cloud properties, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 4944-4966, doi:10.1002/2016JD026357.
Ham, S., et al. (2017), Cloud occurrences and cloud radiative effects (CREs) from CERES-CALIPSO-CloudSat-MODIS (CCCM) and CloudSat radar-lidar (RL) products, J. Geophys. Res., 122, doi:10.1002/2017JD026725.
Twohy, C., et al. (2017), Saharan dust, convective lofting, aerosol enhancement zones, and potential impacts on ice nucleation in the tropical upper troposphere, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 8833-8851, doi:10.1002/2017JD026933.
Christensen, M. W., et al. (2016), Datasets: Arctic Observation and Reanalysis Integrated System A New Data Product for Validation and Climate Study, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 907-915, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00273.1.
Kulie, M. S., et al. (2016), A Shallow Cumuliform Snowfall Census Using Spaceborne Radar, J. Hydrometeorology, 17, 1261-1279, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0123.1.
Nelson, E. L., et al. (2016), Toward an Algorithm for Estimating Latent Heat Release in Warm Rain Systems, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 33, 1309-1329, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0205.1.
Wong, S., et al. (2016), Responses of Tropical Ocean Clouds and Precipitation to the Large-Scale Circulation: Atmospheric-Water-Budget-Related Phase Space and Dynamical Regimes, J. Climate, 29, 7127-7143, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0712.1.
Johansson, E., et al. (2015), The vertical structure of cloud radiative heating over the Indian subcontinent during summer monsoon, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 11557-11570, doi:10.5194/acp-15-11557-2015.
Matus, A., et al. (2015), The Role of Clouds in Modulating Global Aerosol Direct Radiative Effects in Spaceborne Active Observations and the Community Earth System Model, J. Climate, 28, 2986-3003, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00426.1.
Matus, A., et al. (2015), The Role of Clouds in Modulating Global Aerosol Direct Radiative Effects in Spaceborne Active Observations and the Community Earth System Model, J. Climate, 28, 2986-3003, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00426.1.
Norin, L., et al. (2015), Intercomparison of snowfall estimates derived from the CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar and the ground-based weather radar network over Sweden, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 5009-5021, doi:10.5194/amt-8-5009-2015.
Saleeby, S. M., et al. (2015), Impacts of Cloud Droplet–Nucleating Aerosols on Shallow Tropical Convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 1369-1385, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0153.1.
Smalley, M., and T. L'Ecuyer (2015), A Global Assessment of the Spatial Distribution of Precipitation Occurrence, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 54, 2179-2197, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0019.1.
Stephens, G. L., and T. L'Ecuyer (2015), Invited critical review The Earth's energy balance, Atmos. Res., 166, 195-203, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.06.024.
Wood, N., et al. (2015), Microphysical Constraints on Millimeter-Wavelength Scattering Properties of Snow Particles, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 54, 909-931, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0137.1.
Mann, J. A. L., et al. (2014), Aerosol impacts on drizzle properties in warm clouds from ARM Mobile Facility maritime and continental deployments, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 4136-4148, doi:10.1002/2013JD021339.
Palerme, C., et al. (2014), How much snow falls on the Antarctic ice sheet?, The Cryosphere, 8, 1577-1587, doi:10.5194/tc-8-1577-2014.
Protat, A., et al. (2014), Reconciling Ground-Based and Space-Based Estimates of the Frequency of Occurrence and Radiative Effect of Clouds around Darwin, Australia, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 53, 456-478, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-13-072.1.
Smalley, M., et al. (2014), A Comparison of Precipitation Occurrence from the NCEP Stage IV QPE Product and the CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar, J. Hydrometeorology, 15, 444-458, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-13-048.1.
Storer, R. L., S. van den Heever, and T. L'Ecuyer (2014), Observations of aerosol-induced convective invigoration in the tropical east Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 3963-3975, doi:10.1002/2013JD020272.
Wood, N., et al. (2014), RESEARCH ARTICLE Estimating snow microphysical properties using collocated multisensor observations, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2013JD021303.
Wood, K. P. N. B., et al. (2014), RESEARCH ARTICLE Estimating snow microphysical properties using collocated 10.1002/2013JD021303 multisensor observations, J. Geophys. Res..
Haynes, J. M., et al. (2013), Radiative heating characteristics of Earth’s cloudy atmosphere from vertically resolved active sensors, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 624-630, doi:10.1002/grl.50145.
Henderson, D. S., et al. (2013), A Multisensor Perspective on the Radiative Impacts of Clouds and Aerosols, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 52, 853-871, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-12-025.1.
Kay, J. E., and T. L'Ecuyer (2013), Observational constraints on Arctic Ocean clouds and radiative fluxes during the early 21st century, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 7219-7236, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50489.
Li, J.-L. F., et al. (2013), Characterizing and understanding radiation budget biases in CMIP3/CMIP5 GCMs, contemporary GCM, and reanalysis, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 8166-8184, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50378.
Su, H., et al. (2013), Diagnosis of regime-dependent cloud simulation errors in CMIP5 models using “A-Train” satellite observations and reanalysis data, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 2762-2780, doi:10.1029/2012JD018575.
Wood, N., et al. (2013), Characterization of video disdrometer uncertainties and impacts on estimates of snowfall rate and radar reflectivity, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 3635-3648, doi:10.5194/amt-6-3635-2013.
Stephens, G. L., et al. (2012), An update on Earth’s energy balance in light of the latest global observations, Nature Geoscience, 5, 691-696, doi:10.1038/NGEO1580.
Stephens, G., et al. (2012), The Global Character of the Flux of Downward Longwave Radiation, J. Climate, 25, 2329-2340, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00262.1.
Wang, M., et al. (2012), Constraining cloud lifetime effects of aerosols using A-Train satellite observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L15709, doi:10.1029/2012GL052204.
Lebsock, M., T. L'Ecuyer, and G. L. Stephens (2011), Detecting the Ratio of Rain and Cloud Water in Low-Latitude Shallow Marine Clouds, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 50, 419-432, doi:10.1175/2010JAMC2494.1.
Lebsock, M., and T. L'Ecuyer (2011), The retrieval of warm rain from CloudSat, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D20209, doi:10.1029/2011JD016076.
Waliser, D. E., et al. (2011), The impact of precipitating ice and snow on the radiation balance in global climate models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L06802, doi:10.1029/2010GL046478.
Berg, W., T. L'Ecuyer, and J. M. Haynes (2010), NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE The Distribution of Rainfall over Oceans from Spaceborne Radars, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 49, 535, doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2330.1.
Greenwald, T., et al. (2010), Evaluation of midlatitude clouds in a large‐scale high‐resolution simulation using CloudSat observations, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D19203, doi:10.1029/2009JD013552.
Mitrescu, C., et al. (2010), CloudSat Precipitation Profiling Algorithm—Model Description, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 49, 991-1003, doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2181.1.
Mitrescu, C., et al. (2010), CloudSat Precipitation Profiling Algorithm—Model Description, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 49, 991-1003, doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2181.1.
Protat, A., et al. (2010), The Evaluation of CloudSat and CALIPSO Ice Microphysical Products Using Ground-Based Cloud Radar and Lidar Observations, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 27, 793, doi:10.1175/2009JTECHA1397.1.
Saleeby, S., et al. (2010), Impact of Cloud-Nucleating Aerosols in Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations of Warm-Rain Precipitation in the East China Sea, J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3916-3930, doi:10.1175/2010JAS3528.1.
Stephens, G. L., et al. (2010), Dreary state of precipitation in global models, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D24211, doi:10.1029/2010JD014532.
Ellis, T. D., et al. (2009), How often does it rain over the global oceans? The perspective from CloudSat, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03815, doi:10.1029/2008GL036728.
Haynes, J., et al. (2009), Rainfall retrieval over the ocean with spaceborne W-band radar, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00A22, doi:10.1029/2008JD009973.
Battaglia, A., et al. (2008), Identifying multiple-scattering-affected profiles in CloudSat observations over the oceans, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A17, doi:10.1029/2008JD009960.
Berg, W., T. L'Ecuyer, and S. van den Heever (2008), Evidence for the impact of aerosols on the onset and microphysical properties of rainfall from a combination of satellite observations and cloud-resolving model simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S23, doi:10.1029/2007JD009649.
Feldman, D., et al. (2008), Remote sensing of tropical tropopause layer radiation balance using A-train measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D21113, doi:10.1029/2008JD010158.
Kay, J. E., et al. (2008), The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08503, doi:10.1029/2008GL033451.
Mitrescu, C., et al. (2008), Near-Real-Time Applications of CloudSat Data, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 47, 1982-1994, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1794.1.
Stephens, G., et al. (2008), CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A18, doi:10.1029/2008JD009982.
Cooper, S. J., et al. (2006), Objective Assessment of the Information Content of Visible and Infrared Radiance Measurements for Cloud Microphysical Property Retrievals over the Global Oceans. Part II: Ice Clouds, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 45, 42-62.

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