Richard C. J. Somerville |
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University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography Distinguished Professor Emeritus |  |
Mailing AddressScripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive Mail Code 0224 La Jolla, California 92093-0224United States | Contact Information |
Qualifications
Ph.D., New York University, Meteorology, 1966.
B.S., Pennsylvania State University, Meteorology, 1961.
Expertise and Research Interests
Richard Somerville is a theoretical meteorologist whose research interests include geophysical fluid dynamics, thermal convection, computational methods, predictability, atmospheric modeling, numerical weather prediction, radiative transfer, cloud physics, and climate.
Other Expertise
Richard Somerville is a Coordinating Lead Author in Working Group I for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2007. See http://www.ipcc.ch.
He is also a team member of the National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Multi-Scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP). See http://kiwi.atmos.colostate.edu/cmmap/.
In addition to his work as a researcher, Richard Somerville is active in science education and outreach, beginning with advising graduate students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. See http://www.sio.ucsd.edu.
He is the author of an award-winning and critically acclaimed popular book, The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change. This book, written accessibly for the general public, covers leading global environmental issues such as stratospheric ozone loss and anthropogenic climate change, together with energy, population and policy implications.
He has also participated extensively in teacher professional development, given Congressional testimony, briefed U. N. climate change negotiators, and advised Federal agencies on education and outreach.
Richard Somerville comments frequently on climate and environmental issues for the print and broadcast media. He lectures widely to scientific, corporate and governmental audiences, and to the general public.
He is also a team member of the National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Multi-Scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP). See http://kiwi.atmos.colostate.edu/cmmap/.
In addition to his work as a researcher, Richard Somerville is active in science education and outreach, beginning with advising graduate students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. See http://www.sio.ucsd.edu.
He is the author of an award-winning and critically acclaimed popular book, The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change. This book, written accessibly for the general public, covers leading global environmental issues such as stratospheric ozone loss and anthropogenic climate change, together with energy, population and policy implications.
He has also participated extensively in teacher professional development, given Congressional testimony, briefed U. N. climate change negotiators, and advised Federal agencies on education and outreach.
Richard Somerville comments frequently on climate and environmental issues for the print and broadcast media. He lectures widely to scientific, corporate and governmental audiences, and to the general public.
Future Research
Richard Somerville's ongoing research projects are in climate and climate change. He works with a small group of collaborators to advance our theoretical understanding of key physical processes in the climate system. Their primary focus at present and in the immediate future is on the role of clouds, cloud-radiation interactions, and cloud feedbacks in climate. The research involves using measurements from field observational programs, together with single-column models and other theoretical tools, to test and improve the ways in which computer simulations of the global climate represent the effects of clouds. Specific areas of interest include stochastic approaches to cloud parameterizations, the effects of cloud microphysics on cloud radiative properties, the characteristics of clouds in polar regions, and the role of dust and other particles in influencing clouds and climate.
More information may be found in the following selected publications (1991 to 2007):
Shell, K. M., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2007: Direct radiative effect of mineral dust and volcanic aerosols in a simple aerosol climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D03205, doi:10.1029/2006JD007197.
Shell, K. M., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2007: Sensitivity of climate forcing and response to dust optical properties in an idealized model, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D03206, doi:10.1029/2006JD007198.
Rahmstorf, S., A. Cazenave, J. A. Church, J. E. Hansen, R. F. Keeling, D. E. Parker, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2007: Recent climate observations compared to projections. Science, 316, 709 (2007); published online 1 February 2007 (10.1126/science. 1136843).
Le Treut, H., R. Somerville, U. Cubasch, Y. Ding, C. Mauritzen, A. Mokssit, T. Peterson, and M. Prather, 2007: Historical Overview of Climate Change. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K. B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H. L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, R. B. Alley, T. Berntsen, N. L., Bindoff, Z. Chen, A. Chidthaisong, J. M. Gregory, G. C. Hegeri, M. Heimann, B. Hewitson, B. J. Hoskins, F. Joos, J. Jouzel, V. Kattsov, U. Lohmann, T. Matsuno, M. Molina, N. Nicholls, J. Overpeck, G. Raga, V. Ramaswamy, J. Ren, M. Rusticucci, R. Somerville, T. F. Stocker, P. Whetton, R. A. Wood and D. Wratt, 2007: Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group[ I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K. B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H. L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
IPCC, 2007: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K. B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H. L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
Iacobellis, S. F., and Richard C. J. Somerville, 2006: Evaluating parameterizations of the autoconversion process using a single-column model and ARM measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D02203, doi:10.1029/2005JD006296.
Xu, K.-M., M. Zhang, Z. A. Eitzen, S. J. Ghan, S. A. Klein, X. Wu, M. Branson, A. D. DelGenio, S. F. Iacobellis, M. Khairoutdinov, W. Lin, U. Lohmann, D. A. Randall, R. C. J. Somerville, Y. C. Sud, G. K. Walker, A. Wolf, S. Xie, J. J. Yio, and J. Zhang, 2005: Modeling springtime shallow frontal clouds with cloud-resolving and single-column models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D15S04, doi:10.1029/2004JD005153.
Xie, S., M. Zhang, M. Branson, R. T. Cederwall, A. D. Del Genio, Z. A. Eitzen, S. J. Ghan, S. F. Iacobellis, K. J. Johnson, M. Khairoutdinov, S. A. Klein, S. K. Krueger, W. Lin, U. Lohmann, M. A. Miller, D. A. Randall, R. C. J. Somerville, Y. C. Sud, G. K. Walker, A. Wolf, X. Wu, K.-M. Xu, J. J. Yio, G. Zhang, and J. Zhang, 2005: Simulations of midlatitude frontal clouds by SCMs and CRMs during the ARM March 2000 Cloud IOP. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D15S03, doi:10.1029/2004JD005119, 2005.
Shell, K. M., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2004: A generalized energy balance climate model with parameterized dynamics and diabatic heating. Journal of Climate, 18, pp. 1753-1772, doi: 10.1175/JCLI3373.1.
Lane-Veron, D. E., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2004: Stochastic theory of radiative transfer through generalized cloud fields. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D18113, doi:10.1029/2004JD004524.
Berque, J., D. Lubin, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2004: Infrared radiative properties of the Antarctic Plateau from AVHRR Data. Part I: Effect of the snow surface. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 43, pp. 350-362.
Iacobellis, S. F., G. M. McFarquhar, D. L. Mitchell, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2003: The sensitivity of radiative fluxes to parameterized cloud microphysics. Journal of Climate, 16, pp. 2979-2996.
Shell, K., R. Frouin, S. Nakamoto, and R. Somerville, 2003: Atmospheric response to solar radiation absorbed by phytoplankton. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, (D15), 4445, doi:10.1029/2003JD003440, 2003.
Iacobellis, S. F., G. M. McFarquhar, D. L. Mitchell, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2003: The sensitivity of radiative fluxes to parameterized cloud microphysics. Journal of Climate, 16, pp. 2979-2996.
McFarquhar, G. M., S. Iacobellis, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2003: SCM simulations of tropical ice clouds using observationally based parameterizations of microphysics. Journal of Climate, 16, pp. 1643-1664.
Lane, D. E., K. Goris, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2002: Radiative transfer through broken clouds: Observations and model validation. Journal of Climate, 15, pp. 2921-2933.
Xie, S., K-M. Xu, R. T. Cederwall, P. Bechtold, A. D. Del Genio, S. A. Klein, D. G. Cripe, S. J. Ghan, D. Gregory, S. F. Iacobellis, S. K. Krueger, U. Lohmann, J. C. Petch, D. A. Randall, L. D. Rotstayn, R. C. J. Somerville, Y. C. Sud, K. von Salzen, G. K. Walker, A. Wolf, J. J. Yio, G-J. Zhang, M. Zhang, 2002: Intercomparison and evaluation of cumulus parameterizations under summertime midlatitude continental conditions. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 128, pp. 1095-1136.
Lane, D. E., R. C. J. Somerville, and S. F. Iacobellis, 2001: Evaluation of a stochastic radiative transfer model using ground-based measurements. In IRS 2000: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, W. L. Smith and Yu. M. Timofeyev (Eds.) A. Deepak Publishing, Hampton, Virginia, pp. 245-248.
Iacobellis, S. F., R. C. J. Somerville, and D. E. Lane, 2001: SCM sensitivity to microphysics, radiation and convection algorithms. In IRS 2000: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, W. L. Smith and Yu. M. Timofeyev (Eds.) A. Deepak Publishing, Hampton, Virginia, pp. 1287-1290.
Lane, D. E., R. C. J. Somerville, and S. F. Iacobellis, 2000: Sensitivity of cloud and radiation parameterizations to changes in vertical resolution. Journal of Climate, 13, 915-922.
Iacobellis, S. F., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2000: Implications of microphysics for cloud-radiation parameterizations: Lessons from TOGA-COARE. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 161-183.
Somerville, R. C. J., 2000: Using single-column models to improve cloud-radiation parameterizations. General Circulation Model Development: Past, Present and Future, Academic Press, D. Randall (ed.), pp. 641-657.
Ghan, S. J., D. Randall, K. Xu, R. Cederwall, D. Cripe, J. Hack, S. Iacobellis, S. Klein, S. Krueger, U. Lohmann, J. Pedretti, A. Robock, L. Rotstayn, R. Somerville, G. Strenchikov, Y. Sud, G. Walker, S. Xie, J. Yio, and M. Zhang, 2000: A comparison of single-column model simulations of Summertime midlatitude continental convection. Journal of Geophysical Research, D. (Atmospheres), 105 (D2), 2091-2124.
Iacobellis, S. F., R. Frouin, and R. C. J. Somerville, 1999: Direct climate forcing by biomass burning aerosols: Impact of correlations between controlling variables. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 12,031-12,045.
Somerville, R. C. J., and S. F. Iacobellis, 1999: Single-column models, ARM observations, and GCM cloud-radiation schemes. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (B), 24,733-740.
Lubin, D., B Chen, D. H. Bromwich, R. C. J. Somerville, W.-H. Lee, and K. M. Hines, 1998: The impact of Antarctic cloud radiative properties on a GCM climate simulation. Journal of Climate, 11, 447-462.
Lee, W.-H., S. F. Iacobellis, and R.C. J. Somerville, 1997: Cloud-radiation forcings and feedbacks: General circulation model tests and observational validation. Journal of Climate, 10, 2479-2496.
Soloviev, G. I., V. D. Shapiro, R. C. J. Somerville and B. Shkoller, 1996: The tilting instability in a two-dimensional viscous fluid. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 53, 2671-2684.
Lee, W.-H., and R. C. J. Somerville, 1996: Effects of alternative cloud radiation parameterizations in a general circulation model. Annalae Geophysicae, 14, 107-114.
Byrne, R. N., R. C. J. Somerville and B. Subasilar, 1996: Broken-cloud enhancement of solar radiation absorption. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 53, 878-886.
Somerville, R. C. J., S. F. Iacobellis and W.-H. Lee, 1996: Effects of cloud-radiation schemes on climate model results. World Resource Review, 8, 321-333.
Randall, D. A., K.-M. Xu, R. C. J. Somerville and S. Iacobellis, 1996: Single-column models and cloud ensemble models as links between observations and climate models. Journal of Climate, 9, 1683-1697.
Razafimpanilo, H., R. Frouin, S. F. Iacobellis, and R. C. J. Somerville, 1995: Methodology for estimating burned area from AVHRR reflectance data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 54, 273-289.
Iacobellis, S. F., R. Frouin, H. Razafimpanilo and R. C. J. Somerville, 1994: North African savanna fires and atmospheric carbon dioxide. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, D4, 8321-8334.
Waliser, D. E., and R. C. J. Somerville, 1994: The preferred latitudes of the intertropical convergence zone. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 51, 1619-1639.
Malvagi, F., R. N. Byrne, G. C. Pomraning, and R. C. J. Somerville, 1993: Stochastic radiative transfer in a partially cloudy atmosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50, 2146-2158.
Chertock, B., R. Frouin and R. C. J. Somerville, 1991: Global monitoring of net solar irradiance at the ocean surface: Climatological variability and the 1982/1983 El Nino. Journal of Climate, 4, 639-650.
Iacobellis, S., and R. C. J. Somerville, 1991: Diagnostic modeling of the Indian monsoon onset. Part I: Model description and validation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48, 1948-1959.
Iacobellis, S., and R. C. J. Somerville, 1991: Diagnostic modeling of the Indian monsoon onset. Part II: Budget and sensitivity studies. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48, 1960-1971.
More information may be found in the following selected publications (1991 to 2007):
Shell, K. M., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2007: Direct radiative effect of mineral dust and volcanic aerosols in a simple aerosol climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D03205, doi:10.1029/2006JD007197.
Shell, K. M., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2007: Sensitivity of climate forcing and response to dust optical properties in an idealized model, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D03206, doi:10.1029/2006JD007198.
Rahmstorf, S., A. Cazenave, J. A. Church, J. E. Hansen, R. F. Keeling, D. E. Parker, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2007: Recent climate observations compared to projections. Science, 316, 709 (2007); published online 1 February 2007 (10.1126/science. 1136843).
Le Treut, H., R. Somerville, U. Cubasch, Y. Ding, C. Mauritzen, A. Mokssit, T. Peterson, and M. Prather, 2007: Historical Overview of Climate Change. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K. B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H. L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, R. B. Alley, T. Berntsen, N. L., Bindoff, Z. Chen, A. Chidthaisong, J. M. Gregory, G. C. Hegeri, M. Heimann, B. Hewitson, B. J. Hoskins, F. Joos, J. Jouzel, V. Kattsov, U. Lohmann, T. Matsuno, M. Molina, N. Nicholls, J. Overpeck, G. Raga, V. Ramaswamy, J. Ren, M. Rusticucci, R. Somerville, T. F. Stocker, P. Whetton, R. A. Wood and D. Wratt, 2007: Technical Summary. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group[ I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K. B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H. L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
IPCC, 2007: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K. B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H. L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
Iacobellis, S. F., and Richard C. J. Somerville, 2006: Evaluating parameterizations of the autoconversion process using a single-column model and ARM measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D02203, doi:10.1029/2005JD006296.
Xu, K.-M., M. Zhang, Z. A. Eitzen, S. J. Ghan, S. A. Klein, X. Wu, M. Branson, A. D. DelGenio, S. F. Iacobellis, M. Khairoutdinov, W. Lin, U. Lohmann, D. A. Randall, R. C. J. Somerville, Y. C. Sud, G. K. Walker, A. Wolf, S. Xie, J. J. Yio, and J. Zhang, 2005: Modeling springtime shallow frontal clouds with cloud-resolving and single-column models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D15S04, doi:10.1029/2004JD005153.
Xie, S., M. Zhang, M. Branson, R. T. Cederwall, A. D. Del Genio, Z. A. Eitzen, S. J. Ghan, S. F. Iacobellis, K. J. Johnson, M. Khairoutdinov, S. A. Klein, S. K. Krueger, W. Lin, U. Lohmann, M. A. Miller, D. A. Randall, R. C. J. Somerville, Y. C. Sud, G. K. Walker, A. Wolf, X. Wu, K.-M. Xu, J. J. Yio, G. Zhang, and J. Zhang, 2005: Simulations of midlatitude frontal clouds by SCMs and CRMs during the ARM March 2000 Cloud IOP. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D15S03, doi:10.1029/2004JD005119, 2005.
Shell, K. M., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2004: A generalized energy balance climate model with parameterized dynamics and diabatic heating. Journal of Climate, 18, pp. 1753-1772, doi: 10.1175/JCLI3373.1.
Lane-Veron, D. E., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2004: Stochastic theory of radiative transfer through generalized cloud fields. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D18113, doi:10.1029/2004JD004524.
Berque, J., D. Lubin, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2004: Infrared radiative properties of the Antarctic Plateau from AVHRR Data. Part I: Effect of the snow surface. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 43, pp. 350-362.
Iacobellis, S. F., G. M. McFarquhar, D. L. Mitchell, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2003: The sensitivity of radiative fluxes to parameterized cloud microphysics. Journal of Climate, 16, pp. 2979-2996.
Shell, K., R. Frouin, S. Nakamoto, and R. Somerville, 2003: Atmospheric response to solar radiation absorbed by phytoplankton. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, (D15), 4445, doi:10.1029/2003JD003440, 2003.
Iacobellis, S. F., G. M. McFarquhar, D. L. Mitchell, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2003: The sensitivity of radiative fluxes to parameterized cloud microphysics. Journal of Climate, 16, pp. 2979-2996.
McFarquhar, G. M., S. Iacobellis, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2003: SCM simulations of tropical ice clouds using observationally based parameterizations of microphysics. Journal of Climate, 16, pp. 1643-1664.
Lane, D. E., K. Goris, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2002: Radiative transfer through broken clouds: Observations and model validation. Journal of Climate, 15, pp. 2921-2933.
Xie, S., K-M. Xu, R. T. Cederwall, P. Bechtold, A. D. Del Genio, S. A. Klein, D. G. Cripe, S. J. Ghan, D. Gregory, S. F. Iacobellis, S. K. Krueger, U. Lohmann, J. C. Petch, D. A. Randall, L. D. Rotstayn, R. C. J. Somerville, Y. C. Sud, K. von Salzen, G. K. Walker, A. Wolf, J. J. Yio, G-J. Zhang, M. Zhang, 2002: Intercomparison and evaluation of cumulus parameterizations under summertime midlatitude continental conditions. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 128, pp. 1095-1136.
Lane, D. E., R. C. J. Somerville, and S. F. Iacobellis, 2001: Evaluation of a stochastic radiative transfer model using ground-based measurements. In IRS 2000: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, W. L. Smith and Yu. M. Timofeyev (Eds.) A. Deepak Publishing, Hampton, Virginia, pp. 245-248.
Iacobellis, S. F., R. C. J. Somerville, and D. E. Lane, 2001: SCM sensitivity to microphysics, radiation and convection algorithms. In IRS 2000: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, W. L. Smith and Yu. M. Timofeyev (Eds.) A. Deepak Publishing, Hampton, Virginia, pp. 1287-1290.
Lane, D. E., R. C. J. Somerville, and S. F. Iacobellis, 2000: Sensitivity of cloud and radiation parameterizations to changes in vertical resolution. Journal of Climate, 13, 915-922.
Iacobellis, S. F., and R. C. J. Somerville, 2000: Implications of microphysics for cloud-radiation parameterizations: Lessons from TOGA-COARE. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 161-183.
Somerville, R. C. J., 2000: Using single-column models to improve cloud-radiation parameterizations. General Circulation Model Development: Past, Present and Future, Academic Press, D. Randall (ed.), pp. 641-657.
Ghan, S. J., D. Randall, K. Xu, R. Cederwall, D. Cripe, J. Hack, S. Iacobellis, S. Klein, S. Krueger, U. Lohmann, J. Pedretti, A. Robock, L. Rotstayn, R. Somerville, G. Strenchikov, Y. Sud, G. Walker, S. Xie, J. Yio, and M. Zhang, 2000: A comparison of single-column model simulations of Summertime midlatitude continental convection. Journal of Geophysical Research, D. (Atmospheres), 105 (D2), 2091-2124.
Iacobellis, S. F., R. Frouin, and R. C. J. Somerville, 1999: Direct climate forcing by biomass burning aerosols: Impact of correlations between controlling variables. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 12,031-12,045.
Somerville, R. C. J., and S. F. Iacobellis, 1999: Single-column models, ARM observations, and GCM cloud-radiation schemes. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (B), 24,733-740.
Lubin, D., B Chen, D. H. Bromwich, R. C. J. Somerville, W.-H. Lee, and K. M. Hines, 1998: The impact of Antarctic cloud radiative properties on a GCM climate simulation. Journal of Climate, 11, 447-462.
Lee, W.-H., S. F. Iacobellis, and R.C. J. Somerville, 1997: Cloud-radiation forcings and feedbacks: General circulation model tests and observational validation. Journal of Climate, 10, 2479-2496.
Soloviev, G. I., V. D. Shapiro, R. C. J. Somerville and B. Shkoller, 1996: The tilting instability in a two-dimensional viscous fluid. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 53, 2671-2684.
Lee, W.-H., and R. C. J. Somerville, 1996: Effects of alternative cloud radiation parameterizations in a general circulation model. Annalae Geophysicae, 14, 107-114.
Byrne, R. N., R. C. J. Somerville and B. Subasilar, 1996: Broken-cloud enhancement of solar radiation absorption. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 53, 878-886.
Somerville, R. C. J., S. F. Iacobellis and W.-H. Lee, 1996: Effects of cloud-radiation schemes on climate model results. World Resource Review, 8, 321-333.
Randall, D. A., K.-M. Xu, R. C. J. Somerville and S. Iacobellis, 1996: Single-column models and cloud ensemble models as links between observations and climate models. Journal of Climate, 9, 1683-1697.
Razafimpanilo, H., R. Frouin, S. F. Iacobellis, and R. C. J. Somerville, 1995: Methodology for estimating burned area from AVHRR reflectance data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 54, 273-289.
Iacobellis, S. F., R. Frouin, H. Razafimpanilo and R. C. J. Somerville, 1994: North African savanna fires and atmospheric carbon dioxide. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, D4, 8321-8334.
Waliser, D. E., and R. C. J. Somerville, 1994: The preferred latitudes of the intertropical convergence zone. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 51, 1619-1639.
Malvagi, F., R. N. Byrne, G. C. Pomraning, and R. C. J. Somerville, 1993: Stochastic radiative transfer in a partially cloudy atmosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50, 2146-2158.
Chertock, B., R. Frouin and R. C. J. Somerville, 1991: Global monitoring of net solar irradiance at the ocean surface: Climatological variability and the 1982/1983 El Nino. Journal of Climate, 4, 639-650.
Iacobellis, S., and R. C. J. Somerville, 1991: Diagnostic modeling of the Indian monsoon onset. Part I: Model description and validation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48, 1948-1959.
Iacobellis, S., and R. C. J. Somerville, 1991: Diagnostic modeling of the Indian monsoon onset. Part II: Budget and sensitivity studies. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48, 1960-1971.
Keywords
COS Keywords:
Air - Sea Boundary Interactions, Climatology, Fluid Dynamics, Geophysics, Meteorology, Oceanography.Additional Terms:
Air-sea Interaction, Climate Modeling, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.Memberships
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
Honors and Awards
Fellow (elected 1987),
American Meteorological Society
Fellow (elected 1993),
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Listed in Who's Who in America,
Walter Orr Roberts Lectureship in Interdisciplinary Sciences (1999),
American Meteorological Society
Louis J. Battan Author's Award (2000),
American Meteorological Society
Distinguished Lecturer (2002-2003),
Sigma Xi
Previous Positions
2004-2007, Distinguished Professor,
University of California, San Diego,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1979-2007, Professor,
University of California, San Diego,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1974-1979, Head, Numerical Weather Prediction Section,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
1971-1974, Scientist,
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
1971-1974, Adjunct Professor,
Columbia University
1971-1974, Adjunct Professor,
New York University
1969-1971, Research Scientist,
New York University,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
1967-1969, Research Associate,
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA
1966-1967, Postdoctoral Fellow,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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