Bjorn Stevens Publications

Bjorn Stevens ... Publications

For a complete list of my publications, please see my vitae. Clicking on the links below often takes you to the publishers website for the article, if it is in print already. Unless otherwise noted, articles are copyrighted by the journals in which they are published, and are made available here for noncommercial use courtesy of the publisher. Articles published in American Meteorological Society Journals are subject to the AMS disclaimer, which is similar to disclaimers maintained by other publishers. Please read before downloading any articles. I also maintain an errata for my published work, if you find errrors please notify me so that I can update this list.

1996-2000 | 2001-2005 | 2006 | Submitted-InPress | Reviews | Errata

Selected Review Articles

Atmospheric Moist Convection, Annu. Earth Planet. Sci. 32, 605-643. (corrigenda)

Bulk boundary layer concepts for simplified models of tropical dynamics, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dyn., 20, 279–304.

Cloud Controlling Factors -- Low Clouds, Enrst Strüngmann Forum, (in press).

Submitted and InPress Articles

Mellado, Juan Pedro, Bjorn Stevens, Heiko Schmidt and Norbert Petters 2008: Buoyancy reversal in cloud-top mixed layers. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., submitted.
Seifert, A. and B. Stevens, 2008: Towards a theory of the precipitation efficiency of shallow cumulus clouds, J. Atmos. Sci., submitted.
Zhang, Yunyan, Bjorn Stevens, Brian Medeiros and Michael Ghil, 2008: Low-cloud fraction, lower-tropospheric stability and large-scale divergence, J. Climate, submitted.
Wu, C-M., B. Stevens and A. Arakawa, 2008: What controls the transition from shallow to deep convection? J. Atmos. Sci., in press.
Robert Pincus and Bjorn Stevens, 2008: Monte Carlo spectra integration: A consistent approximation for radiative transfer in large eddy simulations, J. Adv. Modeling Earth Sys., in press.
Nuijens, Louise., Bjorn Stevens and A. Pier Siebesma, 2008: The environment of precipitating shallow convection, J. Atmos. Sci., in press.
Stevens, Bjorn and Jean-Louis Brenguier, 2008: Cloud Controlling Factors -- Low Clouds, Ernst Strüngmann Forum Contribution to Perturbed Clouds in the Climate System, Heintzenberg and Charslon Eds., in press.
Stevens, Bjorn and Axel Seifert, 2008: Understanding macrophysical outcomes of microphysical choices in simulations of shallow cumulus convection, J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, in press.
Ackerman, Andrew S., Margreet C. vanZanten, Bjorn Stevens, Verica Savic-Jovcic and co-authors, 2008: Large-Eddy Simulations of a Drizzling, Stratocumulus-Topped Marine Boundary Layer, Mon. Weather Rev., in press.

2006-present

Medeiros, B., B. Stevens, I. M. Held, M. Zhao, D. L. Williamson, J. G. Olson and C. S. Bretherton, 2008: Aquaplanets, climate sensitivity, and low clouds, J. Clim., 21, 4974-4991.
Verica Savic-Jovcic and Bjorn Stevens, 2008: The structure and mesoscale organization of precipitating stratocumulus, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 1587-1605.
Douglas K. Lilly and Bjorn Stevens, 2008: Validation of a mixed layer closure. I: Theoretical Tests, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 47-55.
Hsin-Yuan Huang, Bjorn Stevens and Steven A. Margulis, 2008: Application of dynamic subgrid-scale models for large-eddy simulation of the daytime convective boundary layer over heterogeneous surfaces, Boundary Layer Meteorol., 126, 327-348.
Xue, H., G. Feingold and B. Stevens, 2008: Aerosol Effects on Clouds, Precipitation, and the Organization of Shallow Cumulus Convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 392-406.
Rauber, R. M., Bjorn Stevens and co-authors, 2007: Rain in (shallow) cumulus over the ocean--The RICO campaign, Bull. of the American Meteorol. Soc., 88, 1912–1928.
Rauber, R. M., Bjorn Stevens and co-authors, 2007: Electronic Supplement to Rain in (shallow) cumulus over the ocean--The RICO campaign, Bull. of the American Meteorol. Soc., 88, S12-S18.
Rauber, R. M., and co-authors, 2007: In the driver's seat--RICO and education, Bull. of the American Meteorol. Soc., 88, 1929-1937.
Neggers, R.A.J., Bjorn Stevens and J. David Neelin, 2007: Variance scaling in shallow cumulus topped mixed layers. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 133, 1629--1641.
Lenschow, Donald H., Verica Savic-Jovcic and Bjorn Stevens, 2007: Divergence and Vorticity from Aircraft Air Motion Measurements, J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 24, 2062-2072.
Neggers, Roel, J. David Neelin and Bjorn Stevens, 2007: Impact mechanisms of shallow cumulus convection on tropical climate dynamics, J. Clim., 20, 2623-2642.
Stevens, Bjorn, 2007: On the Growth of Layers of Non-precipitating Cumulus Convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 2916-2931.
Stevens, Bjorn, Anton Beljaars, Simona Bordoni, Christopher Holloway, Martin Koehler, Steven Krueger, Verica Savic-Jovcic and Yunyan Zhang, 2007: On the structure of the lower troposphere in the summertime stratocumulus regime of the northeast Pacific, Mon. Weath. Rev, 135, 985–1005.
Neggers, Roel, Bjorn Stevens and J. David Neelin, 2006: A simple equilibrium model for shallow cumulus convection, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dyn., 20, 305–322.
Bordoni, Simona and Bjorn Stevens, 2006: Principal component analysis of the summertime winds over the Gulf of California: a gulf surge index, Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 3393–3412.
Stevens, Bjorn, 2006: Bulk boundary layer concepts for simplified models of tropical dynamics, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dyn., 20, 279–304.
Petters, Markus D., Jefferson R. Snider, Bjorn Stevens, Gabor Vali, Ian Faloona and Lynn Russell, 2006: Accumulation Mode Aerosol, Pockets of Open Cells, and Particle Nucleation in the Remote Subtropical Pacific Marine Boundary Layer. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D02206.

2001-2005

Zhu, Ping, Christopher S. Bretherton, Martin Koehler, Anning Cheng, Andreas Chlond, Quanzhen Geng, Phil Austin, Jean-Christophe Golaz, Geert Lendering, Adrian Lock and Bjorn Stevens, 2005: Intercomparison and interpretation of single column model simulations of a nocturnal stratocumulus topped marine boundary layer, Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 2741--2758.
VanZanten, Margreet C., and Bjorn Stevens, 2005: Observations of the structure of heavily precipitating marine stratocumulus, J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 4327–4342.
Bellon, Gilles and Bjorn Stevens, 2005: On Bulk models of shallow cumulus convection, J. Atmos. Sci. 62, 3286-3302.
Faloona, I., D. Lenschow, T. Campos, B. Stevens, M. van Zanten, B. Blomquist, D. Thornton, A. Bandy, and H. Gerber, 2005: Observations of Entrainment in Eastern Pacific Marine Stratocumulus Using Three Conserved Scalars. J. Atmos. Sci, 62, 3268--3285.
Hinkelman, Laura M., Bjorn Stevens and K. Franklin Evans, 2005: A large-eddy simulation study of anisotropy in fair-weather cumulus cloud fields,J. Atmos. Sci. 62, 2155-2171.
Medeiros, Brian and Alex Hall and Bjorn Stevens, 2005: What controls the mean depth of the PBL? J. Climate, 18, 2877-2892 [pdf].
Moeng, C-H., P.P. Sullivan and Bjorn Stevens, 2005: Where is the interface of the stratocumulus-topped PBL? J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2640-2645.
Stevens, Bjorn, 2005: Atmospheric Moist Convection, Annu. Earth Planet. Sci. 32, 605-643. (corrigenda)
Stevens, Bjorn, Gabor Vali, Kimberly Comstock, Margreet C. van Zanten, Philip H. Austin, Christopher S. Bretherton and Donald H. Lenschow, 2005: Pockets of Open Cells (POCs) and Drizzle in Marine Stratocumulus, Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 86, 51-57.
Stevens, B., Y. Zhang, and M. Ghil, 2005: Stochastic effects in the representation of stratocumulus-topped mixed layers. Proc. ECMWF Workshop on Representation of Sub-grid Processes Using Stochastic-Dynamic Models, June 2005, Shinfield Park, Reading, UK.
Stevens, Bjorn and Co-Authors 2005: Evaluation of Large-Eddy Simulations via Observations of Nocturnal Marine Stratocumulus,Mon. Weather Review, 133, 1443–1462.
Twohy, Cynthia H., Markus D. Petters, Jefferson R. Snider, Bjorn Stevens, William Tahnk, Melanie Wetzel, Lynn Russell, Frederic Burnet: Evaluation of the Aerosol Indirect Effect in Marine Stratocumulus Clouds: Droplet Number, Size, Liquid Water Path and Radiative Impact, 2005: J. Geophys. Res. 110, D08203.
vanZanten, M.C., B. Stevens, G. Vali and D. Lenschow 2005: Observations of Drizzle in Nocturnal Marine Stratocumulus. J. Atmos. Sci. 62, 88-106.
Zhang, Yunyan, Bjorn Stevens, and Michael Ghil 2005: On the Diurnal Cycle and Susceptibility to Aerosol Concentration in a Stratocumulus-Topped Mixed Layer. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 131, 1567-1584.
Bordoni, Simona and Paul E. Cieseilski, Richard H. Johnson, Brian D. McNoldy and Bjorn Stevens: The low-level circulation of the North American Monsoon as seen by QuikSCAT,Geophys. Res. Letters, 31, L10109.
Moeng, Chin-Hoh, Bjorn Stevens and Peter Sullivan, 2004: Chapter 5, Large Eddy Simulations of Cloud Topped Mixed Layers in Atmospheric Turbulence and Mesoscale Meteorology, Cambridge University Press.
Stevens, Bjorn, et al., 2003: Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus -- DYCOMS-II, 2003: Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 84, 579-593.
Stevens, Bjorn et al., 2003: Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus -- DYCOMS-II, 2003: Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Electronic Supplement.
Stevens, Bjorn, D.H. Lenshow and I Faloona et al., 2003: On Entrainment Rates in Nocturnal Marine Stratocumulus. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 84, 3469--3492.
Siebesma, A. Pier, Christopher S. Bretherton, Andrew Brown, Andreas Chlond, Joan Cuxart, Peter G. Duynkerke, Hongli Jiang, Marat Khairoutdinov, David Lewellen, Chin-Hoh Moeng, Enrique Sanchez, Bjorn Stevens and David E. Stevens, 2003: A Large Eddy Simulation Intercomparison Study of Shallow Cumulus Convection J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 1201--1219.
de Roode, Stephan, Harm Jonker, Peter G. Duynkerke and Bjorn Stevens, 2003: Countergradient fluxes of conserved variables in the clear convective and stratocumulus-topped boundary layer. The role of the entrainment flux, Bound. Layer Meteorol., 60, 1201--1219.
Stevens, Bjorn, Jianjun Duan, James C. McWilliams, Matthias Munnich, and J. David Neelin, 2002: Entrainment, Rayleigh Friction and Boundary Layer Winds over the Tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 15, 30--44.
Stevens, Bjorn, 2002: Entrainment in Stratocumulus Topped Mixed Layers, Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc.,128, 2663-2690.
Stevens, Bjorn and Don Lenschow, 2001: Observations, Experiments and Large-Eddy Simulation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , 82, 283-294.
Stevens, Bjorn, and 11 others 2001: Simulations of trade-wind cumuli under a strong inversion, J. Atmos. Sci , 58, 1870--1891.

1996-2000

Walko, R.L, W.R. Cotton, G. Feingold and B. Stevens, 2000: Efficient computation of vapor and heat diffusion between hydrometeors in a numerical model. Atmos. Res., 53, 171-183.
Stevens, Bjorn, 2000: Quasi-steady analysis of a PBL model with an eddy-diffusivity profile and non-local fluxes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 824-836.
Stevens, Bjorn, C.-H. Moeng, and P.P. Sullivan, 2000: Entrainment and subgrid lengthscales in large-eddy simulations of atmospheric boundary layer flows. Developments in Geophysical Turbulence: Selected Contributions to the IUTAM meeting. , R. Kerr and Y. Kimura Editors, Kluwer, Amsterdam.
Stevens, Bjorn, 2000: Cloud-transitions and decoupling in shear-free stratocumulus topped boundary layers. Geophysical Research Letters , 27:2557-2560.
Stevens, Bjorn, Chin-Hoh Moeng, and Peter P. Sullivan, 1999: Large-eddy simulations of radiatively driven convection: sensitivities to the representation of small scales. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3963-3984.
Moeng, Chin-Hoh, Peter P. Sullivan and Bjorn Stevens. 1999: Including Radiative Effects in an Entrainment Rate Formula for Buoyancy-Driven PBLs. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, No. 8, pp. 1031–1049.
Stevens, Bjorn, William R. Cotton, Graham Feingold and C.-H. Moeng, 1998: Large-Eddy Simulations of Strongly Precipitating, Shallow Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layers J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3616-3638.
Stevens, Bjorn, Robert L. Walko, William R. Cotton and Graham Feingold. 1996: The Spurious Production of Cloud-Edge Supersaturations by Eulerian Models. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, No. 5, pp. 1034–1041.
Sullivan, Peter P., Chin-Hoh Moeng, Bjorn Stevens, Donald H. Lenschow and Shane D. Mayor. 1998: Structure of the Entrainment Zone Capping the Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, No. 19, pp. 3042–3064.
Feingold, Graham, W.R. Cotton, Bjorn Stevens and A.S. Frisch. 1996: The Relationship between Drop In-Cloud Residence Time and Drizzle Production in Numerically Simulated Stratocumulus Clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, No. 8, pp. 1108–1122.
Stevens, Bjorn, Graham Feingold, William R. Cotton and Robert L. Walko. 1996: Elements of the Microphysical Structure of Numerically Simulated Nonprecipitating Stratocumulus. J. Atmos. Sci.,, 53, No. 7, pp. 980–1006.