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2007
Kim, D.C., C. Loughner, M.A. Wetzel and W.R, Stockwell, 2007: A comparison of photolysis rate parameters estimated from measured and simulated actinic flux for wintertime conditions at Storm Peak Laboratory, Colorado. J. Atmos. Chem., doi:10.1007/210874-007-9061.2.


2006
Richardson, M.S., P.J. DeMott, S.M. Kreidenweis, D. Cziczo, E.J. Dunlea, J.L. Jimenez, D. Thomson, L. Ashbaugh, R.D. Borys, D. Westphal, G. Casuccio, T. Lersch, 2006: Measurements of heterogeneous ice nuclei in the western US in springtime and their relation to aerosol characteristics, accepted 2006 J Geophys. Res.


Vellore, R., D. Koracin, M. Wetzel, S, Chai, and Q. Wang, 2006: Challenges in mesoscale prediction of the nocturnal stratocumulus-topped marine boundary layer and implications for operational forecasting. Weather and Forecasting, in press.


2005
Billings, B.J., V. Grubišić, and R.D. Borys, 2005: Maintenance of a mountain valley cold pool: A numerical study. Monthly Weather Review, Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 2266-2274.


Cziczo, D., P. DeMott, D. Thomson, D. Murphy, S. Brooks, M. Richardson, S. Kreidenweis, E. Dunlea, and J. Jimenez, 2005: Single particle studies of aerosol/ice cloud interactions. Geophys. Res. Abs., 7, 03592, Sref-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU05-A-03592.

 

Hindman, E.E., R.D. Borys, D.H. Lowenthal, and N. Phillip, 2005: Long term, wintertime aerosol, cloud and precipitation measurements in the Northern Colorado Rocky     Mountains. Atmos. Res., 82, pp. 194-202.


Twohy, C.H., M.D. Petters, J.R. Snider, B. Stevens, W. Tahnk, M. Wetzel, L. Russell, and J.-L. Brenguier, 2005: Measurements of the indirect effect of aerosol particles on marine stratiform clouds: Microphysics. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D08203, doi:10.1029/2004JD005116.


Wetzel, M.A., and J.R. Slusser, 2005: Mesoscale distributions of ultraviolet spectral irradiance, actinic flux, and photolysis rates derived from multispectral satellite data and radiative transfer models. Optical Engineering, 44, No. 4, DOI:10.1117/1.1889467.


2004
Cziczo, D.J., P.J. DeMott, S.D. Brooks, A.J. Prenni, D.S. Thomson, D. Baumgardner, J.C. Wilson, S.M. Kreidenweis, and D.M. Murphy, 2004: Observations of organic species and atmospheric ice formation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, 12116, doi:10.1029/2004GL019822.


Cziczo, D.J., P.J. DeMott, S.D. Brooks, A.J. Prenni, D.S. Thomson, S.M. Kreidenweis, D.M. Murphy, 2004: Recent Field Studies and an Improved Understanding of Aerosol / Ice Cloud Interactions. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting, Abstract A54B-06, 2004.


Lowenthal, D.H., R.D. Borys, T.W. Choularton, K.N. Bower, M.J. Flynn, and M.W. Gallagher, 2004: Parameterization of the cloud droplet - sulfate relationship. Atmos. Environ., 38, 287-292.


Wetzel, M., M. Meyers, R. Borys, R. McAnelly, W. Cotton, A. Rossi, P. Frisbie, D. Nadler, D. Lowenthal, S. Cohn, and W. Brown, 2004: Mesoscale snowfall prediction and verification in mountainous terrain. Weather and Forecasting, 19, 806-828.

 

2003
Borys, R.D., D.H. Lowenthal, S.A. Cohn, and W.O.J. Brown, 2003: Mountaintop and radar measurements of anthropogenic aerosol effects on snow growth and snowfall rate. J. Geo. Phys. Res. Let., 30, No. 10, 1538, doi:10.1029/2002GL016855.


Cziczo, D.J., P.J. DeMott, A.J. Prenni, B. Jesse, S. Kreidenweis, P.K. Hudson, J. Schreiner, D.S. Thompson, C.S. Brock, and D.M. Murphy, 2003: A Method for Single Particle Mass Spectrometry of Ice Nuclei, Aero. Sci. Tech., 37, 460-470.


DeMott, P.J., D.J. Cziczo, A.J. Prenni, D.M. Murphy, S.M. Kreidenweis, D.S. Thomson, R. Borys, and D.C. Rogers, 2003: Measurements of the concentration and composition of nuclei for cirrus formation. Proc. Natnl. Acad. Sci., 100, No. 25, 14655-14660.


Evans, K.F., R.P. Lawson, P. Zmarzly, D. O'Connor, and W.J. Wiscombe, 2003: In situ cloud sensing with multiple scattering lidar: Simulations and demonstration. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 20, 1505-1522.


Lowenthal, D.H., and R.D. Borys, 2003: Parameterization of the cloud droplet – sulfate relationship. Atmos. Environ., 38, 287-292.


Meyers, M.P., J.S. Snook, D.A. Wesley, and G.S. Poulos, 2003: A Rocky Mountain Storm, Part II: The forest blowdown over the West Slope of the Northern Colorado Mountains - Observations, Analysis, and Modeling. Weather and Forecasting, 18, 662-674.


Stevens, B., D. H. Lenschow, G. Vali, H. Gerber, A. Bandy, B. Blomquist, J.-L. Brenguier, C. S. Bretherton, F. Burnet, T. Campos, S. Chai, I. Faloona, D. Friesen, S. Haimov, K. Laursen, D. K. Lilly, S. M. Loehrer, S. P. Malinowski, B. Morely, M. D. Petters, D. C. Rogers, L. Russell, V. Savcic-Jovcic, J. R. Snider, D. Straub, M. J. Szumowski, H. Takagi, D. C. Thorton, M. Tschudi, C. Twohy, M. Wetzel, and M. C. van Zanten, 2003: Dynamics and chemistry of marine stratocumulus – DYCOMS II. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 84, 579-593.

 

Wetzel, M.A., G.E. Shaw, J. Slusser, R.D. Borys and C. Cahill, 2003: Physical, chemical and ultraviolet radiative signatures of aerosol in central Alaska. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D14), 4418, doi:10.1029/2002JD003208, 2003.

 

Yuter, S., 2003: Observations of precipitation characteristics near and within the melting layer. Submitted, J. Atmos. Sci.


2002
Collett, Jr., J.L., A. Bator, D.E. Sherman, K.F. Moore, K.J. Hoag, B.B. Demoz, X. Rao, and J.E. Reilly, 2002: The chemical composition of fogs and intercepted clouds in the United States. Atmos. Res. 64, 29-40.


Gonzalez, A., J.C. Perez, F. Herrera, F. Rosa, M.A. Wetzel, R.D. Borys, and D.H. Lowenthal, 2002: Stratocumulus properties retrieval method from NOAA-AVHRR data based on the discretization of cloud parameters. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 23(4) 627-645.


Hindman, E.E., M.C. Meyer, S.D. Gedzelman, and T.J. Bandosz, 2002: Acidic cloud episodes in the northern Colorado Rockies: Inadvertent weather modification? J. Weather Modif. (ISBN 0739-1781), 34, 18-30.


Lowenthal, D.H., R.D. Borys, and M.A. Wetzel, 2002: Aerosol distributions and cloud interactions at a mountaintop laboratory. J. Geophys. Res., 107(D18), 4345, doi:10.1029/2001JD002046.


Perez, J.C., F. Herrera, F. Rosa, A. Gonzalez, M.A. Wetzel, R.D. Borys, and D.H. Lowenthal, 2002: Retrieval of Marine Stratus Cloud Droplet Size from NOAA-AVHRR Nighttime Imagery. Remote. Sens. Environ., 73, 31-45.


2001
Hindman, E.E., 2001: The cloud catchers. Weatherwise, 54, 30-36.


Wetzel, M.A., G. Vali, W. Thompson, S. Chai, T. Haack, M. Szumowski and R. Kelly, 2001: Evaluation of COAMPS forecasts using satellite retrievals and aircraft measurements. Weather and Forecasting, 16, 588-599.


2000
Borys, R.D., D.H. Lowenthal, and D.L. Mitchell, 2000: The relationships among cloud microphysics, chemistry and precipitation rate in cold mountain clouds. Atmos. Environ., 34, 2593-2602.


Lowenthal, D.H. and R.D. Borys, 2000: Sources of microphysical variation in marine stratiform clouds in the North Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27(10), 1491-1494.


Perez, J.C., F. Herrera, F. Rosa, A. Gonzales, M. Wetzel, R. Borys, and D. Lowenthal, 2000: Retrieval of marine stratus cloud droplet size from NOAA-AVHRR night imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 73, 31-45.


1999
Wetzel, M.A., and L.L. Stowe, 1999: Satellite-observed patterns in stratus cloud microphysics, aerosol optical thickness and shortwave radiative forcing. J. Geophysical Research, 104, 31286-31299.


Xu, G., D.E. Sherman, E. Andrews, K. Moore, D. Straub, K. Hoag, and J. Collett, Jr.,1999: The influence of chemical heterogeneity among cloud drop populations on processing of chemical species in winter clouds. Atmos. Res. 51, 119-140.


1998
Borys, R.D., D.H. Lowenthal, and M.A. Wetzel, 1998: Chemical and microphysical properties of marine stratiform cloud in the North Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res., 103(D17), 22,073-22,085.


Hindman, E.E., and R.D. Borys, 1998: Long-Term Cloud Droplet Measurements for Climate-Change Studies. World Res. Rev., 10, 569-576.


Wetzel, M., D. Dempsey, S. Nilsson, M. Ramamurthy, S. Koch, J. Moody, D. Knight, C. Murphy, D. Fulker, M. Marlino, M. Morgan, D. Yarger, D. Vietor, and G. Cox, 1998: Faculty workshop on using instructional technologies and satellite data for college-level education in the atmospheric and earth sciences. Bulletin, American Meteorological Society, 79, 2153-2160.


1997
Borys, R.D., and M.A. Wetzel, 1997: Storm Peak Laboratory: A research, teaching and service facility for the atmospheric sciences. Bull., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 2115-2123.


Lowenthal, D. H., R. D. Borys, and B. W. Mosher, 1997: Sources of Pollution Aerosol at Dye 3, Greenland, Atmos. Environ., 31, No. 22, 3707-3717.


1996
Borys, R.D., D.L. Lowenthal, and D.L. Mitchell, 1996: CCN regulation of snowfall rates. In: Nucleation and Atmos. Aeros. ed. M. Kulmala and P.E. Wagner, Pergamon, 808-811.


Currie, I., 1996: Ben Nevis Observatory: A vision for the millennium. Weather, 51, 360.


Hallett, J., 1996: The Cleaner Feldberg Cloud Experiment 1990. Book Review, Bulletin, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 2737-2738.
Wetzel, M.A., R.D. Borys, and L. Xu, 1996: Analysis methods for land-based fog droplet size and optical depth using satellite data. J. Applied Meteorology, 35, 810-829.


1995
Hindman, E.E., M.A. Campbell, and R.D. Borys, 1994: A 10-winter record of cloud-droplet physical and chemical properties at a mountaintop site in Colorado. J. Appl. Meteor., 33, 797-807.


Ramamurthy, M.K., C. Murphy, J. Moore, M. Wetzel, D. Knight, P. Ruscher, S. Mullen, R. DeSouza, D.S. Hawk, and D. Fulker, 1995: Teaching mesoscale meteorology in the age of the modernized Weather Service. Bulletin, American Meteorological Society, 76, 2463-2473.


Wetzel, M.A., and G.T. Bates, 1995: Comparison of Simulated Cloud Cover with Satellite Observations over the Western United States, J. Climate, 8, 296-314.


Wetzel, M., R. Borys, D. Lowenthal, and S. Brown, 1995: Meteorological support to the Earthwinds transglobal balloon project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 477-487.


Wetzel, M.A., 1995: Simulation of radiances for future AVHRR platforms with the AVIRIS spectral radiometer. Int. Jour. Remote Sensing, 16, 1167-1177.


1994
Borys, R.D., D. Del Vecchio, J.-L. Jaffrezo, J. Dibb and D.L. Mitchell, 1994: Assesssment of ice particle growth processes at Dye-3 Greenland. Atmos. Environ., 17/18, 2815-2824.


Hindman, E.E., M.A. Campbell and R. D. Borys, 1994: A 10-year record of cloud physical and chemical properties at a mountaintop site in Colorado. J. Appl. Meteor., 33, 797-807.

 

1993
Carter, E.J., and R.D. Borys, 1993: Aerosol-cloud chemical fractionation: Enrichment factor analysis of cloud water. J. Atmos. Chem., 17, 277-292.


Frisbie, P.R. and J. Hudson, 1993: Urban cloud condensation nuclei spectral flux. J. Appl. Meteor., 32, 666-676.


Hallett, J., M. Wetzel, and S. Rutledge, 1993: Field training in radar meteorology. Bulletin, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 17-22.


Hindman, E.E., 1993: An undergraduate field course in meteorology and atmospheric chemistry. Bull., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 661-667.


1992
Hindman, E.E., E.J. Carter, and R.D. Borys, 1992: Collecting supercooled droplets as a function of droplet size. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 9, No. 4, 337-353.


Lowenthal, D.H., R.D. Borys, J.C. Chow, R.K. Stevens, J.. Pinto and J.M. Ondov, 1993: A fine-particle sodium tracer for long-range transport of the Kuwaiti oil-fire smoke. Geophys. Res. Let., 20, 691-694.


Lowenthal, D.H., R.D. Borys, J.C. Chow and F. Rogers, 1992: Evidence for long-range transport of aerosol from the Kuwait Oil Fires to Hawaii. J. Geophys. Res., 92, No. D13, 14,573-14,580.


Mitchell, D.L., and R.D. Borys, 1992: A field instrument for examining in-cloud scavenging mechanisms by snow. 5th International Conference on Precipitation Scavenging and Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Processes, 15-19 July, Richland, Washington. Precipitation Scavenging Processes, 1, 239-253.


Warburton, J.A., and M.A. Wetzel, 1992: Field study of the potential for winter precipitation enhancement in the Australian Snowy Mountains. Atmospheric Research, 28, 327-363.


1991
Mitchell, D.L. and R.D. Borys, 1991: A field instrument for examining in-cloud scavenging mechanisms by snow. In: Precipitation Scavenging and Atmosphere-Surface Exchange, Vol. 1, S.E. Schwartz and W.G.N. Slinn, Coord., Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 239-253.


Wetzel, M.A., and T.H. Vonder Haar, 1991: Theoretical development and sensitivity tests of a stratus cloud droplet size retrieval method for AVHRR-K/L/M. Remote Sensing of Environment, 36, 105-119.


1990
Hallett, J., J.G. Hudson, and A. Schanot, 1990: Student training in facilities in atmospheric sciences: A teaching experiment. Bulletin, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 71, 1637-1641.


1989
Borys, R.D., 1989: Studies of ice nucleation by Arctic aerosol on AGASP-II. J. Atmos. Chem., 9, 169-185.


Miller, D.F., R.D. Borys, and R. Graw, 1989: Chemistry of summer cloud, precipitation and air at a Rocky Mountain-top location. In: Effects of Air Pollution on Western Forests, Air and Waste Management Assoc. Trans., R.K. Olson and A.S. Lefohn, eds., 105-116.


1988
Borys, R.D., E.E. Hindman, and P.J. DeMott, 1988: The chemical fractionation of atmospheric aerosol as a result of snow crystal formation and growth. J. Atmos. Chem., 7,213-239.


Franc, G.D., and P.J. DeMott, 1988: Activity of aerosolized Erwinia Carotovora cells as cloud condensation nuclei. Phytopathology, 78, 1570.


Uttal, T., R.M. Rauber, and L.O. Grant, 1988: Distributions of liquid, vapor, and ice in an orographic cloud from field observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 1110-1122.


1987
Hindman, E.E., 1987: A "Cloud-Gun" Primer. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 4, 736-741.


1986
Borys, R.D., D.H. Lowenthal, and K.A. Rahn, 1986: Contributions of smelters and other sources to pollution sulfate at a mountaintop site in northwestern Colorado. In: Acid Deposition in Colorado -- A Potential or Current Problem; Local versus Long-Distance Transport into the State. R. Piekle, ed., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 167-174.


Hindman, E.E., 1986: Characteristics of supercooled liquid water in clouds at mountaintop sites in the Colorado Rockies. J. Clim. Appl. Meteor., 25, 1271-1279.


Hindman, E.E., 1986: An atmospheric water balance over a mountain barrier. J. Clim. Appl. Meteor., 25, 180-183.


Rauber, R.M., L.O. Grant, F. Daxiong, and J.B. Snider, 1986: The characteristics and distribution of cloud water over the mountains of Northern Colorado during wintertime storms. Part I: Temporal variations. J. Clim. And Appl. Meteor., 25, 468-488.


Rauber, R.M., and L.O. Grant, 1986: The characteristics and distribution of cloud water over the mountains of Northern Colorado during wintertime storms. Part II: Spatial distribution and microphysical characteristics. J. Clim. And Appl. Meteor., 25, 489-504.


1984
Twomey, S., M. Piepgrass, and T.L. Wolfe, 1984: As assessment of the impact of pollution on global cloud albedo. Tellus, 36B, 356-366.


1983
Hindman, E.E., R.D. Borys, and P.J. DeMott, 1983: Hydrometeorological significance of rime ice deposits in the Colorado Rockies. Water Res. Bull., 19, 619-624.


Borys, R.D., K. Tan, and W.R. Cotton, 1983: Ultralight sounder: An airborne system for studying the planetary boundary layer. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 645, 338-345.


Borys, R.D., P.J. DeMott, and E.E. Hindman, 1983: The significance of snow crystal and mountain surface riming to the removal of atmospheric trace-constituents from cold clouds, Precipitation Scavenging, Dry Deposition and Resuspension, Vol. 1, Coord., H.R. Pruppacher, R.G. Semonin and W.G.N. Slinn, Elsevier, New York, 181-189.


1981
Borys, R.D., 1981: Modified Mee industries static thermal gradient diffusion cloud chamber. J. Rech. Atmos., 15, 267-269.


Borys, R.D. and K.A. Rahn, 1981: Long-range transport of cloud-active aerosol to Iceland. Atmos. Environ., 15, 1491-1501.


Borys, R.D., and K.A. Rahn, 1981: Coal-fired power plant emissions of cloud active aerosol. J. Colo-Wyom. Acad. Sci., 19, 34.

 


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