Graeme Stephens

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
M/S 183‐701
Pasadena, CA 91109‐8099
United States

First Author Publications

Stephens, G., et al. (2024), Cloudsat And Calipso Within The A-Train: Ten Years of Actively Observing the Earth System, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0324.1.
Stephens, G., et al. (2016), The Super Greenhouse Effect in a Changing Climate, J. Climate, 29, 5469-5482, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0234.1.
Stephens, G., et al. (2015), The albedo of Earth, Rev. Geophys., 53, 141-163, doi:10.1002/2014RG000449.
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.
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.
Stephens, G., and N.B. Wood (2007), Properties of Tropical Convection Observed by Millimeter-Wave Radar Systems, Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 821-842, doi:10.1175/MWR3321.1.
Stephens, G., and C.D. Kummerow (2007), The Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation from Space: A Review, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3742-3765, doi:10.1175/2006JAS2375.1.
Stephens, G., and J. Haynes (2007), Near global observations of the warm rain coalescence process, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L20805, doi:10.1029/2007GL030259.
Stephens, G., et al. (2000), The Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV) Program, Bulletin of the American Meteorlogical Society, 81, 2915.

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Co-Authored Publications

Su, H., et al. (2017), Tightening of tropical ascent and high clouds key to precipitation change in a warmer climate, Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/ncomms15771.
Seinfeld, J.H., et al. (2016), COLLOQUIUM INTRODUCTION Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol−cloud interactions in the climate system, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 113, doi:10.1073/pnas.1514043113.
Behrangi, A., et al. (2014), An Update on the Oceanic Precipitation Rate and Its Zonal Distribution in Light of Advanced Observations from Space, J. Climate, 27, 3957-3965, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00679.1.
Behrangi, A., et al. (2014), What does CloudSat reveal about global land precipitation detection by other spaceborne sensors?, Water Resour. Res., 50, 4893-4905, doi:10.1002/2013WR014566.
Wood, K.P.N.B., et al. (2014), RESEARCH ARTICLE Estimating snow microphysical properties using collocated 10.1002/2013JD021303 multisensor observations, J. Geophys. Res..
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.
Jiang, J.H., et al. (2012), Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in CMIP5 climate models using NASA “A-Train” satellite observations, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D14105, doi:10.1029/2011JD017237.
Kato, S., et al. (2011), Improvements of top‐of‐atmosphere and surface irradiance computations with CALIPSO‐, CloudSat‐, and MODIS‐derived cloud and aerosol properties, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D19209, doi:10.1029/2011JD016050.
Su, H., et al. (2011), Comparison of regime‐sorted tropical cloud profiles observed by CloudSat with GEOS5 analyses and two general circulation model simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D09104, doi:10.1029/2010JD014971.
Luo, Z., et al. (2010), Use of A‐Train data to estimate convective buoyancy and entrainment rate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L09804, doi:10.1029/2010GL042904.
Luo, Z., et al. (2010), Use of A‐Train data to estimate convective buoyancy and entrainment rate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L09804, doi:10.1029/2010GL042904.
Austin, R., et al. (2009), Retrieval of ice cloud microphysical parameters using the CloudSat millimeter-wave radar and temperature, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00A23, doi:10.1029/2008JD010049.
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.
Haladay, T., and G. Stephens (2009), Characteristics of tropical thin cirrus clouds deduced from joint CloudSat and CALIPSO observations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00A25, doi:10.1029/2008JD010675.
Haynes, J., et al. (2009), Rainfall retrieval over the ocean with spaceborne W-band radar, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00A22, doi:10.1029/2008JD009973.
Luo, Z., et al. (2009), Terminal versus transient cumulus congestus: A CloudSat perspective, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L05808, doi:10.1029/2008GL036927.
Waliser, D.E., et al. (2009), Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00A21, doi:10.1029/2008JD010015.
Kahn, B., et al. (2008), Cloud type comparisons of AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO cloud height and amount, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 1231-1248, doi:10.5194/acp-8-1231-2008.
Luo, Z., et al. (2008), On the use of CloudSat and MODIS data for estimating hurricane intensity, 5, 13-16, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2007.905341.
Luo, Z., et al. (2008), CloudSat adding new insight into tropical penetrating convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L19819, doi:10.1029/2008GL035330.
Suzuki, K., and G. Stephens (2008), Global identification of warm cloud microphysical processes with combined use of A-Train observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08805, doi:10.1029/2008GL033590.
Vasilkov, ., et al. (2008), Evaluation of the OMI cloud pressures derived from rotational Raman scattering by comparisons with other satellite data and radiative transfer simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S19, doi:10.1029/2007JD008689.
Wang, Z., et al. (2008), Association of Antarctic polar stratospheric cloud formation on tropospheric cloud systems, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L13806, doi:10.1029/2008GL034209.
Cahalan, B., et al. (2005), The I3RC: Bringing Together the Most Advanced Radiative Transfer Tools for Cloudy Atmospheres, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1275-1293, doi:10.1175/BAMS-86-9-1275.
Diner, D.J., et al. (2004), Understanding Aerosols Paragon: An Integrated Approach for Characterizing Aerosol Climate Impacts and Environmental Interactions, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1491, doi:10.1175/BAMS-85-10-1491.
Wong, T., et al. (1993), The Radiative Budgets of a Tropical Mesoscale Convective System During EMEX-STEP-AMEX Experiment I: Observations, Jour. Geoph. Res., 98, 8683—8695.
Wong, T., et al. (1993), The Radiative Budgets of a Tropical Mesoscale Convective System During EMEX-STEP-AMEX Experiment I: Observations, Jour. Geoph. Res., 98, 8683—8695.
Wong, T., et al. (1993), The radiative budgets of a tropical mesoscale convective system during the EMEX-STEP-AMEX experiment: 2 model results, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 8695-8711 (manuscript in preparation).
Stackhouse, P.W., and G. Stephens (1991), A theoretical and observational study of the radiative properties of cirrus clouds: results from FIRE 1986, J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 2044-2059, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1991)048<2044:ATAOSO>2.0.CO;2.
Wong, T., et al. (1991), A Comparison of Cloud Radiation Fields Obtained by In situ Aircraft Measurements and a Numerical Simulation of a Tropical Mesoscale Convective System, J. Geophys. Res., In press.

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Graeme Stephens

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Aeronautics and
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