Robert Pincus: Scientific Publications

Submitted, in press | 2005 - present | pre-2005 | Book chapters, etc.

Submitted and in press

Computational cost and accuracy in calculating three-dimensional radiative transfer: Results for new implementations of Monte Carlo and SHDOM
Robert Pincus and K. Franklin Evans
To appear in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (last revision Apr 2009).

Multi-year evaluations of a cloud model using ARM data
Peter W. Henderson and Robert Pincus
To appear in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (last revision Apr 2009).

Articles from 2005-present

Monte Carlo spectral integration: A consistent approximation for radiative transfer in large eddy simulations
Robert Pincus and Bjorn Stevens
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, June 2009.

Impact of a new radiation package, McRad, in the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System
Jean-Jacques Morcrette, Howard W. Barker, Jason S. Cole, Michael J. Iacono, and Robert Pincus
Monthly Weather Review, December 2008.

The Monte Carlo Independent Column Approximation: An Assessment using Several Global Atmospheric Models
H. W. Barker and co-authors
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, July 2008.

Evaluating the present-day simulation of clouds, precipitation, and radiation in climate models
Robert Pincus, Crispian P. Batstone, Robert J. Patrick Hofmann, Karl E. Taylor and Peter J. Glecker
Journal of Geophysical Research, July 2008.

Using stochastically-generated subcolumns to represent cloud structure in a large-scale model
Robert Pincus, Richard Hemler, and Stephan A. Klein
Monthly Weather Review, December 2006.

The I3RC: Bringing together the most advanced radiative transfer tools for cloudy atmospheres
Robert F. Cahalan and co-authors
Bulletin of the Atmospheric Meteorological Society, September 2005

The accuracy of determining three-dimensional radiative transfer effects in cumulus clouds using ground-based profiling instruments
Robert Pincus, Cécile Hannay, and K. Franklin Evans
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, July 2005

Overlap assumptions for assumed probability distribution function cloud schemes in large scale models
Robert Pincus, Cécile Hannay, Stephen A. Klein, Kuan-Man Xu, and Richard Hemler
Journal of Geophysical Research, June 2005

Comparing clouds and their seasonal variations in 10 atmospheric general circulation models with satellite measurements
M. H. Zhang and co-authors
Journal of Geophysical Research, May 2005

How might a statistical cloud scheme be coupled to a mass-flux convection scheme?
Stephen A. Klein, Robert Pincus, Cécile Hannay, and Kuan-Man Xu
Journal of Geophysical Research, April 2005

Articles from 2004 and before

The use of cloud radar observations for model evaluation: A probabilistic approach
Christian Jakob, Robert Pincus, Cécile Hannay, and Kuan-Man Xu
Journal of Geophysical Research, February 2004.

A fast, flexible, approximate technique for computing radiative transfer in inhomogeneous cloud fields
Robert Pincus, Howard W. Barker, and Jean-Jacques Morcrette
Journal of Geophysical Research, July 2003.

Wine, place, and identity in a changing climate
Robert Pincus
Gastronomica, Spring 2003

Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS
Michael D. King, W. Paul Menzel, Yoram J. Kaufman, Didier Tanré, Bo-Cai Gao, Steven Platnick, Steven A. Ackerman, Lorraine A. Remer, Robert Pincus, and Paul A. Hubanks
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, February 2003

Unresolved spatial variabilty and process rates in large scale models
Robert Pincus and Stephen A. Klein
Journal of Geophysical Research, November 2000.

Albedo bias and the horizontal variability of clouds in subtropical marine boundary layers: observations from ships and satellites
Robert Pincus, Sally A. McFarlane, and Stephen A. Klein
Journal of Geophysical Research, March 1999.

What controls stratocumulus radiative properties? Lagrangian observations of cloud evolution
Robert Pincus, Marcia B. Baker, and Christopher S. Bretherton
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, September 1997.

Cloudiness and marine boundary layer dynamics in the ASTEX Lagrangian experiments. Part I: Synoptic setting and vertical structure
C. S. Bretherton and R. Pincus
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, August 1995

Precipitation in stratocumulus clouds: observational and modeling results
P. H. Austin, Y. Wang, R. Pincus, and V. Kujala
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, July 1995

Uncertainty in cloud optical depth estimates made from satellite radiance measurements
Robert Pincus, Malgorzata Szczodrak, Jiujing Gu, and Philip Austin
Journal of Climate, May 1995

Effect of precipitation on the albedo susceptibility of clouds in the marine boundary layer
Robert Pincus and Marcia B. Baker
Nature, November 1994.

Book chapters and the like

Book review: A first course in atmospheric radiation, by Grant Petty
Robert Pincus
Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, September 2004

Radiation in the atmosphere: Foundations
Robert Pincus and Steven A. Ackerman
Pages 301-342 in Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water: Dynamics, Climate, Physical Weather Systems, and Measurements, T. D. Potter and B. Colman, Eds. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ.