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2023

• Sokolowsky, G.A., S.W. Freeman, W. Jones, J. Kukulies, F. Senf, P.H. Marinescu, M. Heikenfeld, K. Brunner, E. Bruning. S. Collis, R. Jackson, G. Leung, N. Pfeifer, B. Raut, S. Saleeby, P. Stier, and S.C. van den Heever, 2023: tobac v1.5: Introducing fast 3D tracking, splits and mergers, and other enhancements for identifying and analylzing meteorological phenomena. In review. [PDF]
• Corey Amiot, C., T. Lang, B. van Diedenhoven, S.C. van den Heever, O.O. Sy, L. Carey, G.G. Mace, S.W.Freeman; G. A. Sokolowsky and S. Tanelli, 2023: Airborne Passive Microwave Retrievals of Cloud Liquid Water, Total Precipitable Water, and Near-Surface Wind Speed in the Maritime Tropics. In review
• Stier, P., S.C. van den Heever, M. Christensen, E. GRyspeerdt, G. Dagan, M. Bollasina, L. Donner, K. Emanuel, A.M.L. Ekman, G. Feingold, P. Field, P. Forster, J. Haywood, R. Kahn, I. Koren, C. Kummerow, T. L'Ecuyer, U. Lohmann, Y. Ming, G. Myhre, J. Quaas, D. Rosenfeld, B. Samset, A. Seifert, G. Stephens and W.-K. Tao, 2022: Multifaceted aerosol effects on precipitation. Accepted pending revision at Nat. Geo..
• Freeman, S.W., D.J. Posselt, J.S. Reid, and S.C. van den Heever, 2022: Dynamic and thermodynamic environmental modulation of tropical congestus and cumulonimbus in the Maritime Continent. Accepted pending revision at J. Atmos. Sci.
• Dolan, B., , P. Kollias, S. C. van den Heever, K. L. Rasmussen, M. Oue, E. Luke, K. Lamer, B. P. Treserras, Z.S. Haddad, G.L. Stephens, and V. Chandrasekar, 2023: Time resolved reflectivity measurements of convective clouds. Accepted pending revision at Geo. Res. Lett..
• Freeman, S.W., K. Brunner, W.K. Jones, J. Kukulies, F. Senf, P. Stier, and S.C. van den Heever, 2023: Advancing our Understanding of Cloud Processes and Their Role in the Earth System through Cloud Object Tracking. Available in EOR in Bull. Amer. Met. Soc. DOI 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0204.1. [PDF]
• Dolan, B., S.M. Saleeby, S.A. Rutledge, S.C. van den Heever and K. Van Valkenburg, 2023: A statistical framework for evaluating rain microphysics in model simulations and disdrometer observations. J. Geo. Res., 128, e2023JD038902. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD038902. [PDF]
• Reid, J.S., H.B. Maring, G.T. Narisma, S.C. van den Heever, L. DiGirolamo, R. Ferrare, P. Lawson, G.G. Mace, J. Simpas, S. Tanelli, L. Ziemba, B. van Diedenhoven, R. Bruintjes, A. Bucholtz, B. Cairns, M. Cambaliza, G. Chen, G. S. Diskin, J. H. Flynn, C. A. Hostetler, R.E. Holz, T. Lang, K.S. Schmidt, G. Smith, A. Sorooshian, E.J. Thompson, K.L. Thornhill, C. R. Trepte, J. Wang, S. Woods, S. Yoon, M. Alexandrov, S. Alvarez, C.G. Amiot, R. Bennett, M. Brooks, S.P. Burton, E. Cayanan, H. Chen, A. Collow, E.C. Crosbie, A. da Silva, J.P. Digangi, D.D. Flagg, S. Freeman, D. Fu; E. Fukada, M. Hilario; Y. Hong; S.M. Hristova-Veleva, R. Kuehn, R.S. Kowch, G.R. Leung, J. Loveridge, K. Meyer, R.M. Miller, M.J. Montes, J.N. Moum, A. Nenes, S.W. Nesbitt, M. Norgren, E.P. Nowottnick, R.M. Rauber, E.A. Reid, S. Rutledge, J.S. Schlosser, T.T. Sekiyama, M.A. Shook, G.A. Sokolowsky, S.A. Stamnes, T.Y. Tanaka, A.P. Wasilewski, P. Xian, Q. Xiao, Z. Xu and J.R. Zavaleta, 2023: The coupling between tropical meteorology, aerosol science, convection and the energy budget during the Clouds, Aerosol Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex). Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 104, E1179-E1209. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0285.1. [PDF]
• Leung, G.R., S.M. Saleeby, G.A. Sokolowsky, S.W. Freeman, and S.C. van den Heever, 2023: Aerosol-cloud impacts on aerosol detrainment and rainout in shallow maritime tropical clouds. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 5263-5278. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-5263-2023. [PDF]
• Leung, G.R., and S.C. van den Heever, 2023: Aerosol breezes drive cloud and precipitation increases. Nat. Commun. 14, 2508. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37722-3. [PDF]
• Falk, N.M., and S.C. van den Heever, 2022: Environmental modulation of mechanical and thermodynamic forcing from cold pool collisions. J. Atmos. Sci., 80, 375-395. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-22-0020.1. [PDF]

  2022

• Bukowski, J., and S.C. van den Heever, 2022: The impact of land surface properties on haboobs and dust lofting. J. Atmos. Sci.,, 79, 3195-3218. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-22-0001.1. [PDF]
• Leung, G., and S.C. van den Heever, 2022: Controls on the development and circulation of terminal versus transient congestus clouds and implications for midlevel aerosol transport. J. Atmos. Sci., 79, 3083-3101. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0314.1. [PDF]
• Saleeby, S.M., B. Dolan, J. Bukowski, K. Van Valkenburg, S.C. van den Heever, and S.A. Rutledge, 2022: Assessing rain drop breakup parameterizations using disdrometer observations. J. Atmos. Sci. ., 79, 2949-2963. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0335.1. [PDF]
• Crosbie, W., L.D. Ziemba, M.A. Shook, C.E. Robinson, E.L. Winstead, K.L. Thornhill, R.A. Braun, A.B. MacDonald, C. Stahl, A. Sorooshian, S.C. van den Heever, J. P. DiGangi, G.S. Diskin, S. Woods, P. Banaga, M. D. Brown, F. Gallo, M. Hilario, C.E. Jordan, G.R. Leung, R.H. Moore, K.J. Sanchez, T.J. Shingler, and E.B. wiggins, 2022: Measurement report: Closure analysis of aerosol-cloud composition in tropical maritime warm convection. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 13269-13302. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13269-2022. [PDF]
• Edwards, E.-L., J.S. Reid, P. Xian, S.P. Burton, A.L. Cook, E.W. Crosbie, M.A. Fenn, R.A. Ferrare, S.W. Freeman, J.W. Hair, D.B. Harper, C.A. Hostetler, C.E. Robinson, A.J. Scarino, M.A. Shook, G.A. Sokolowsky, S.C. van den Heever, E.L. Winstead, S. Woods, L.D. Ziemba and A. Sorooshian, 2022: Assessment of NAAPS-RA performance in Maritime Southeast Asia during CAMP2Ex. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 12961-12983. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12961-2022. [PDF]
• Sokolowsky, G.A., S.W. Freeman, and S.C. van den Heever, 2022: Sensitivities of maritime tropical trimodal convection to aerosols and boundary layer static stability. J. Atmos. Sci., 79, 2549-2570. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0260.1. [PDF]
• Tao, W.-K., T. Iguchi, S. Lang, X. Li, K. Mohr, T. Matsui, S.C. van den Heever, and S. Braun, 2022: Relating vertical velocity and cloud/precipitation properties: A numerical cloud ensemble modeling study of tropical convection. JAMES, 14, e2021MS002677. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002677. [PDF]
• Oue, M., S.M. Saleeby, P.J. Marinescu, P. Kollias, and S.C. van den Heever, 2022: Optimizing radar scan strategies for tracking isolated deep convection using observing system simulation experiments. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 4931-4950. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4931-2022. [PDF]
• Park, J.M., and S.C. van den Heever, 2022: Weakening of tropical sea breeze convective systems trhough interactions of aerosol, radiation and soil moisture. ACP , 22, 10527-10549. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10527-2022. [PDF]
• Drager, A.J., L.D. Grant, and S.C. van den Heever, 2022: A nonmonotonic precipitation response to changes in soil moisture in the presence of vegetation. J. Hydromet., 23, 1095-1111. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-21-0109.1 [PDF]
• Gettelman, A., A.J. Geer, R.J. Forbes, G.R. Carmichael, G. Feingold, D.J. Posselt, G.L. Stephens, S.C. van den Heever, A.C. Varble, and P. Zuidema, 2022: The future of Earth system prediction: Advances in model-data fusion. Sci. Adv., 8(14), eabn3488. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn3488. [PDF]
• Dagan, G., P. Stier, G. Spill, R. Herbert, M. Heikenfeld, S.C. van den Heever, and P.J. Marinescu, 2022: Boundary conditions representation can determine simulated aerosol effects on convective cloud fields. Commun Earth Environ, 3, 71. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00399-5. [PDF]
• Grant, L.D., S.C. van den Heever, Z.S. Haddad, J. Bukowki, P.J. Marinescu, R.L. Storer, D.J. Posselt, and G.L. Stephens, 2022: A linear relationship between vertical velocity and condensation processes in deep convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 79, 449-466. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0035.1. [PDF]

  2021

• Bukowski, J., and S.C. van den Heever, 2021: Direct radiative effects in haboobs. J. Geo. Rev., 126, e2021JD034814. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD034814. [PDF]
• Murakami, Y., C.D. Kummerow, and S.C. van den Heever, 2021: On the relation among satellite-observed liquid water path, cloud droplet number concentration and cloud-base rain rate and its implications for the autoconvection parameterization in stratocumulus clouds. J. Clim., 34, 8165-8180. DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0473.1. [PDF]
• Varble, A., S. Nesbitt, P. Salio, J. Hardin, P. Borque, P. DeMott, Z. Feng, T. Hill, A. Matthews, F. Mei, J. Marquis, N. Bharadwaj, R. Oktem, V. Castro, L. Goldberger, A. Hunzinger, K. Barry, S. Kreidenweis, G. McFarquhar, L. McMurdie, M. Pekour, H. Powers, D. Romps, C. Saulo, B. Schmid, J. Tomlinson, S. C. van den Heever, A. Zelenyuk, Z. Zhang, and E. Zipser, 2021: Utilizing a Storm-Generating Hotspot to Study Convective Cloud Transitions: The CACTI Experiment. Bull. Amer., Soc., 102, E1597-E1620. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0030.1. [PDF]
• Gettelman, A., G.R. Carmichael, G. Feingold, A.M. da Silva, and S.C. van den Heever, 2021: Confronting Future Models with Future Satellite Observations of Clouds and Aerosols. Bull. Amer. Soc., 102, E1557-E1562. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0029.1. [PDF]
• Igel, A.L., and S.C. van den Heever, 2021: Invigoration or enervation of convective clouds by aerosols? Geo. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL093804. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093804. [PDF]
• van den Heever, S.C., L.D. Grant, S.W. Freeman, P.J. Marinescu, J. Barnum, J. Bukowski, L. Casas, A.J. Drager, B. Fuchs, G.R. Herman, S.M. Hitchcock, P.C. Kennedy, E.R. Nielsen, J.M. Park, K. Rasmussen, M.N. Razin, R. Riesenberg, E.M. Riley Dellaripa, C.J. Slocum, B.A. Toms, and A. van den Heever, 2021: The Colorado State University Convective CLoud Outflows and UpDrafts Experiment (C3LOUD-Ex). Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 102, E1283-E1305. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0013.1. [PDF]
• Marinescu, P.J., S.C. van den Heever, M. Heikenfeld, A.I Barrett, C. Barthlott, C. Hoose, J. Fan, A.M. Fridlind, T. Matsui, A.K. Miltenberger, P. Stier, B Vie, B.A. White, and Y. Zhang, 2021: Impacts of varying concentrations of cloud condensation nuclei on deep convective cloud updrafts - A multimodel assessment. J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 1147-1172. [PDF]

  2020

• Marinescu, P.J., P.C. Kennedy, M.M. Bell, A.J. Drager, L.D. Grant, S.W. Freeman, and S.C. van den Heever, 2020: Updraft vertical velocity observations and uncertainties in High Plains supercells using radiosondes and radars. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 4435-4452. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0071.1. [PDF]
• Drager, A.J., L.D. Grant, and S.C. van den Heever, 2020: Cold pool responses to changes in soil moisture. JAMES, 12, e2019MS001922. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001922. [PDF]
• Grant, L.D., M.W. Moncrieff, T.P. Lane, and S.C. van den Heever, 2020: Shear-parallel tropical convective systems: Importance of cold pools and wind shear. Geo. Res. Lett, 47, e2020GL087720. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087720. [PDF]
• Toms, B.A., E.A. Barnes, E.D. Maloney, and S.C. van den Heever, 2020: The global teleconnection signature of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and its modulation by the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation. J. Geo. Res., 125, e2020JD032653. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032653. [PDF]
• Park, J. M., S.C. van den Heever, A.L. Igel, L.D. Grant, J.S. Johnson, S.M. Saleeby, S. D. Miller, and J.S. Reid, 2020: Environmental controls on tropical sea breeze convection and resulting aerosol redistribution. J. Geo. Res., 125, e2019JD031699. [PDF]
• Bukowski, J., and S.C. van den Heever, 2020: Convective distribution of dust over the Arabian Peninsula: the impact of model resolution. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 2967-2986. doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2967-2020. [PDF]
• Toms, B.A., S.C. van den Heever, E.M. Riley Dellaripa, S.M. Saleeby, and E.D. Maloney, 2020: The Boreal summer Madden-Julian Osciallation and moist convective morphology over the Maritime Continent. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 647-667. doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0029.1. [PDF]
• Stephens, G.L., S.C. van den Heever, Z.S. Haddad, D.J. Posselt, R.L. Storer, L.D. Grant, O.O. Sy, T.N. Rao, S. Tanelli, and E. Peral, 2020: A distributed small satellite approach for measuring convective transports in the Earth's atmosphere. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 58, 4-13. 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2918090. [PDF]
• Riley Dellaripa, E.M., E.D. Maloney, B.A. Toms, S.M. Saleeby, and S.C. van den Heever, 2020: Topographic effects on the Luzon diurnal cycle during the BSISO. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 3-30. doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0046.1. [PDF].

  2019

• Sauter, K., T.S. L'Ecuyer, S.C. van den Heever, C. Twohy, A. Heidinger, S. Wanzong, and N. Wood, 2019: The observed influence of tropical convection on the Saharan dust layer. J. Geo. Res., 124, 10,896-10,912. doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031365. [PDF]
• Heikenfeld, M., P.J. Marinescu, M. Christensen, D. Watson-Parris, F. Senf, S.C. van den Heever, and P. Stier, 2019: tobac v1.0: towards a flexible framework for tracking and analysis of clouds in diverse datasets. Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 4551-4570. doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4551-2019. [PDF]
• Marinescu, P.J., E.J.T. Levin, D. Collins, S.M. Kreidenweis, and Susan. C. van den Heever, 2019: Quantifying aerosol size distributions and their temporal variability in the Southern Great Plains, USA. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 11985-12006. doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11985-2019. [PDF]
• Miller, S.D., L. Grasso, Q. Bian, S. Kreidenweis, J. Dostalek, J. Solbrig, J. Bukowski, S. van den Heever, Y. Wang, X. Xu, J. Wang, A. Walker, T.-C. Wu, M. Zupanski, C. Chiu, and J. Reid, 2019: A Tale of Two Dust Storms: analysis of a complex dust event in the Middle East. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 5101-5118. doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5101-2019. [PDF]
• Saleeby, S.M., S.C. van den Heever, J.B. Bukowski, A.L. Walker, J.E. Solbrig, S.A. Atwood, Q. Bian, S.M. Kreidenweis, Y. Wang, J. Wang, S.D. Miller, 2019: The influence of simulated surface dust lofting and atmospheric loading on radiative forcing. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 10279-10301. DOI:10.5194/acp-19-10279-2019. [PDF]
• Freeman, S.W., A.L. Igel, and S.C. van den Heever, 2019: Relative sensitivities of rainfall prediction to fixed shape parameters and collection efficiencies. Q. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 145, 2181-2201. DOI:10.1002/qj.3550. [PDF]
• Nelson, E., T. L'Ecuyer, A. Igel, and S. van den Heever, 2019: An interactive online educational applet for multiple frequencies of radar observations. Bull. Amer. Soc., 747-752. DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0249.1. [PDF]
• Kalmus, P., B.H. Kahn, S.W. Freeman, and S.C. van den Heever, 2019: Trajectory-enhanced AIRS observations of environmental factors leading to tornadogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 1633-1653. [PDF]

  2018

• Jensen, E.J., S.C. van den Heever, and L.D. Grant, 2018: The lifecycles of ice crystals detrained from the tops of deep convection. J. Geo. Res., 123, 9624-9634. [PDF]
• Grant, L.D., and S.C. van den Heever, 2018: Cold pool - land surface interactions in a dry continental environment. JAMES,10, 1513-1526. [PDF]
• Grant, L.D., T.P. Lane, and S.C. van den Heever, 2018: The role of cold pools in tropical oceanic convective systems. J. Atmos Sci., 75, 2615-2634. [PDF]
• Naud, C.M., D.J. Posselt, and S.C. van den Heever, 2018: Reply to "Comments on 'A CloudSat-CALIPSO view of cloud and precipitation properties across cold fronts over the global oceans' ". J. Clim., 31, 2969-2975. [PDF]
• Igel, A.L., S.C. van den Heever, and J.S. Johnson, 2018: Meteorological and land surface properties impacting sea breeze extent and aerosol distribution in a dry environment. J. Geo. Res., 123, 22-37. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027339. [PDF]
• Riley Dellaripa, E.M., E.D. Maloney, and S.C. van den Heever, 2018: Wind-flux feedbacks and convective organization during the November 2011 MJO event in a high-resolution model." J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 57-84. [PDF]
• Clavner, M., L.D. Grasso, W.R. Cotton, and S.C. van den Heever, 2018: The response of a simulated mesoscale convective system to increased aerosol pollution. Part II: Derecho characteristics and intensity in reponse to increased pollution. Atmos. Res. , 199, 209-223.
• Clavner, M., W.R. Cotton, S.C. van den Heever, J.R. Pierce and S.M. Saleeby, 2018: The response of a simulated mesoscale convective system to increased aerosol pollution. Part I: Precipitation intensity, distribution and efficiency. Atmos. Res. , 199, 193-208.

  2017

• Marinescu, P.J., S.C. van den Heever, S.M. Saleeby, S.M. Kreidenweis, and P.J. DeMott, 2017: The microphysical roles of lower-tropospheric versus midtropospheric aerosol particles in mature-stage MCS precipitation. J. Atmos. Sci.,74,3657-3678. [PDF]
• Naud, C.M., D.J. Posselt, and S.C. van den Heever, 2017: Observed covariations of aerosol optical depth and cloud cover in extratropical cyclones. J. Geo. Res., 122, 10,338-10,356. [PDF]
• Twohy, C.H., B.G. Anderson, R.A. Ferrare, K.E. Sauter, T.S. L'Ecuyer, S.C. van den Heever, A.J. Hemsfield, S. Ismail, and G.S. Diskin, 2017: Saharan dust,convective lofting, aerosol enhancement zones, and potential impacts on ice nucleation in the tropical upper troposphere. J. Geo. Res., 122, 8833-8851. [PDF]
• Stolz, D.C., S.A. Rutledge, J. R. Pierce and S.C. van den Heever, 2017: A global lightning parameterization based on statistical relationships between environmental factors, aerosols and convective clouds in the TRMM climatology. J. Geo. Res., 122, 7461-7492. [PDF]
• Igel, A.L., and S.C. van den Heever, 2017: The role of the gamma function shape parameter in determining differences between condensation rates in bin and bulk microphysics schemes. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 4599-4609. [PDF]
• Drager, A.J., and S.C. van den Heever, 2017: Characterizing convective cold pools. J. Adv. Model. Earth. Syst., 9, 1091-1115. [PDF]
• Igel, A.L. and S.C. van den Heever, 2017: The importance of the shape of cloud droplet size distributions in shallow cumulus clouds. Part II: Bulk microphysics simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 259-273. [PDF]
• Igel, A.L. and S.C. van den Heever, 2017: The importance of the shape of cloud droplet size distributions in shallow cumulus clouds. Part I: Bin microphysics simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 249-258. [PDF]

  2016

• Naud, C.M., D.J. Posselt, and S.C. van den Heever, 2016: Aerosol optical depth distribution in extratropical cyclones over the northern hemisphere oceans. Geo. Res. Lett. 43, 10,504-10,511. [PDF]
• Herbener, S.R., S.M. Saleeby, S.C. van den Heever, and C.H. Twohy, 2016: Tropical storm redistribution of Saharan Dust to the Upper Troposphere and Ocean Surface. Geo. Res. Lett., 43, 10,463-10,471. [PDF]
• Saleeby, S.M., S.C. van den Heever, P.J. Marinescu, S.M. Kreidenweis, and P.J. DeMott, 2016: Aerosol indirect effects on the anvil characteristics of mesoscale convective systems. J. Geo. Res., 121, 10,880-10,901. [PDF]
• Marinescu, P.J., S.C. van den Heever, S.M. Saleeby and S.M. Kreidenweis, 2016: The microphysical contributions to and evolution of latent heating profiles in two MC3E MCSs. J. Geo. Res., 121, 7913-7935. [PDF]
• Nelson, E.L., T.S. L'Ecuyer, S.M. Saleeby, W. Berg, S.R. Herbener, and S.C. van den Heever, 2016: Toward an algorithm for estimating latent heat release in warm rain systems. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 33, 1309-1329. [PDF]
• Grant, L.D., and S.C. van den Heever, 2016: Cold pool dissipation. J. Geo. Res., 121, 1138-1155. [PDF]

  2015

• King, J.M., C.D. Kummerow, S.C. van den Heever, and M.R. Igel, 2015: Observed and Modeled Warm Rainfall Occurrence and Its Relationships with Cloud Macrophysical Properties. J. Atmos. Sci.,, 72, 4075-4090. [PDF]
• Reising, S.C., T.C. Gaier, C.D. Kummerow, V. Chandrasekar, S. T. Brown, S. Padmanabhan, B.H. Lim, S. C. van den Heever, T.S. L'Ecuyer, C. S. Ruf, Z.S. Haddad, Z.J. Luo, S. J. Munchak, G. Berg, T.C. Koch, and S.A. Boukabara, 2015: Overview of Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems (TEMPEST) cubesat constellation mission. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). 10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7167136. [PDF]
• Sheffield, A.M., S.M. Saleeby, and S.C. van den Heever, 2015: Aerosol-induced mechanisms for cumulus congestus growth. J. Geo. Res., 120, 8941-8952. [PDF]
• Naud, C.D., D.J. Posselt, and S.C. van den Heever, 2015: A CloudSat-CALIPSO view of cloud and precipitation properties across cold fronts over the global oceans. J. Clim., 28, 6743-6762. [PDF]
• Igel, M.R., and S.C. van den Heever, 2015: The relative influence of environmental characteristics on tropical deep convective morphology as observed by CloudSat. J. Geo. Res. , 120, 4304-4322. [PDF]
• Khain, A.P., K.D. Beheng, A. Heymsfield, A. Korolev, S.O. Krichak, Z. Levin, M. Pinsky, V. Phillips, T. Prabhakaran, A. Teller, S.C. van den Heever and J.-I. Yano, 2015: Representation of microphysical proesses in cloud-resolving models: spectral (bin) microphysics vs bulk-parameterization. Rev. of Geophysics, 53, 247-322. [PDF]
• Grant, L.D., and S.C. van den Heever, 2015: Cold pool and precipitation responses to aerosol loading: modulation by dry layers. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 1398-1408. [PDF]
• Saleeby, S.M., S.R. Herbener, S.C. van den Heever, and T.S. L'Ecuyer, 2015: Impacts of cloud droplet-nucleating aerosols on shallow tropical convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 1369-1385. [PDF]
• Igel, A.L., M.R. Igel, and S.C. van den Heever, 2015: Make it a double? Sobering results from simulations using single-moment microphysics schemes. J. Atmos. Sci.. 72, 910-925. [PDF]

  2014

• Igel, M.R., A.J. Drager, and S.C. van den Heever, 2014: A CloudSat cloud object partitioning technique and assessment and integration of deep convective anvil sensitivities to sea surface temperature. JGR, 119, 10515-10535. [PDF]
• Grant, L.D., and S.C. van den Heever, 2014: Aerosol-cloud-land surface interactions within tropical sea breeze convection. J. Geo. Res., 119, 8340-8361.[PDF]
• Grant, L.D., and S.C. van den Heever, 2014: Microphysical and dynamical characteristics of low-precipitation and classic supercells. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2604-2624. [PDF]
• Herbener, S.R., S.C. van den Heever, G.G. Carrio, S.M. Saleeby, and W.R. Cotton, 2014: Aerosol indirect effects on idealized tropical cyclone dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2040-2055. [PDF]
• Storer, R.L., S.C. van den Heever, and T.S. LEcuyer, 2014: Observations of aerosol-induced convective invigoration in the tropical East Atlantic. J. Geo. Res., 119, 3963-3975. [PDF]
• Igel, M.R., S.C. van den Heever, G.L. Stephens, and D.J. Posselt, 2014: Convective-scale responses of a large-domain, modeled tropical environment to surface warming. Q.J. Roy. Meteor. Sci., 140, 1333-1343.
• McGee, C.J. and S.C. van den Heever, 2014: Latent heating and mixing due to entrainment in tropical deep convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 816-832. [PDF]
• Igel, A.L., and S.C. van den Heever, 2014: The role of latent heating in warm frontogenesis. Q.J. Roy. Meteor. Sci., 140, 139-150.

  2013

• Saleeby, S.M., and S.C. van den Heever, 2013: Developments in the CSU-RAMS Aerosol Model: Emissions, Nucleation, Regeneration, Deposition, and Radiation. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.,, 52, 2601-2622. [PDF]
• Naud, C.M., J.F. Booth, D.J. Posselt, and S.C. van den Heever, 2013: Multiple satellite observations of cloud cover in extratropical cyclones. J. G. Res., 118, 9982-9996. [PDF]
• Adams-Selin, R.D., S.C. van den Heever, and R.H. Johnson, 2013: Sensitivity of Bow-Echo Simulation to Microphysical Parameterizations. Wx. and Forecasting, 28, 1188-1209. [PDF]
• Seigel, R.B., and S.C. van den Heever, 2013: Squall-line intensification via hydrometeor recirculation. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 2012-2031. [PDF]
• Igel, A.L., S.C. van den Heever, C.M. Naud, S.M. Saleeby, and D.J. Posselt, 2013: Sensitivity of warm frontal processes to cloud-nucleating aerosol concentrations. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 1768-1783. [PDF]
• Seigel, R.B., S.C. van den Heever, and S.M. Saleeby, 2013: Mineral dust indirect effects and cloud radiative feedbacks of a simulated idealized nocturnal squall line. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 4467-4485. [PDF]
• Adams-Selin, R.D., S.C. van den Heever, and R.H. Johnson, 2013: Impact of graupel parameterization schemes on idealized bow echo simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev.,141,1241-1262. [PDF]
• Storer, R.L., and S.C. van den Heever, 2013: Microphysical processes evident in aerosol forcing of tropical deep convective clouds. J. Atmos. Sci.,70,430-446.[PDF]

  2012

• Seigel, R.B., and S.C. van den Heever, 2012: Dust lofting and ingestion by supercell storms. J. Atmos. Sci.,69,1453-1473.[PDF]
• Seigel, R.B., and S.C. van den Heever, 2012: Simulated density currents beneath embedded stratified layers. J. Atmos. Sci.,69,2192-2200.[PDF]
• Naud, C.M., D.J. Posselt, and S.C. van den Heever, 2012: Observational analysis of cloud and precipitation in midlatitude cyclones: northern versus southern hemisphere warm fronts. J. Clim., 25, 5135-5151. [PDF]
• Posselt, D.J., S.C. van den Heever, G.L. Stephens, and M.R. Igel, 2012: Changes in the interaction between tropical convection, radiation and the large scale circulation in a warming environment. J. Clim., 25, 557-571. [PDF]

  2011

• van den Heever, S.C., G.L. Stephens, and N.B. Wood, 2011: Aerosol indirect effects on tropical convection characteristics under conditions of radiative-convective equilibrium. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 699-718. [PDF]
• Suzuki, K., G.L. Stephens, S.C. van den Heever, S.C., and T.Y. Nakajima, 2011: Diagnosis of the warm rain process in cloud-resolving models using joint CloudSat and MODIS observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 2655-2670.[PDF]

  2010

• Storer, R.L., S.C. van den Heever and G.L. Stephens, 2010: Modeling aerosol impacts on convective storms in different environments. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3904-3915.[PDF]
• Saleeby, S.M., S.C. W. Berg, S.C. van den Heever and T. LEcuyer, 2010: Impact of cloud-nucleating aerosols in cloud-resolving model simulations of warm-rain precipitation in the East China Sea. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3916-3930. [PDF]

  2009

• Twohy, C.H., S.M. Kreidenweis, T. Eidhammer, E.V. Browell, A.J. Heymsfield, A.R.Bansemer, B.E. Anderson, G. Chen, S. Ismail, P.J. DeMott and S.C. van den Heever, 2009: Saharan dust particles nucleate droplets in Eastern Atlantic clouds. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L01807, doi:10.1029/2008GL035846. [PDF]
• Wang, J., S.C. van den Heever and J.S. Reid, 2009: A conceptual model for the link between Central American biomass burning aerosols and severe weather over the south central United States. Environ. Res. Lett., 4, 015003, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/1/015003. [PDF]

  2008

• Stephens, G.L., S.C. van den Heever, and L. Pakula, 2008: Radiative-convective feedbacks in idealized states of radiative convective equilibrium. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 3899-3916. [PDF]
• Posselt, D.J., S.C. van den Heever, and G.L. Stephens, 2008: Trimodal cloudiness and tropical stable layers in simulations of radiative convective equilibrium. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08802, doi:10.1029/2007GL033029. [PDF]
• Berg, W., T. LEcuyer, and S.C. van den Heever, 2008: Evidence for the impact of aerosols on the onset and microphysical properties of rainfall from a combination of satellite observations and cloud-resolving model simulations. J. Geophy. Res., 113, D14S23, doi:10.1029/2007JD009649. [PDF]

  2007

• van den Heever, S.C., and W.R. Cotton, 2007: Urban aerosol impacts on downwind convective storms. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 46, 828-850. [PDF] (Highlighted in BAMS: van den Heever,S.C., and W.R. Cotton, 2005: Modeling the impacts of urban aerosol on convection and precipitation in Conference Notebook. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 86, 476).
• Carrio, G.G., S.C. van den Heever, and W.R. Cotton, 2007: Impacts of nucleating aerosol on anvil-cirrus clouds: A modeling study. Atmos. Res., 111-131. [PDF]

  2006

• van den Heever, S.C., G.G. Carrio, W.R. Cotton, P.J. DeMott, and A.J. Prenni, 2006: Impacts of nucleating aerosol on Florida storms. Part I: Mesoscale simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1752-1775. [PDF]

  Pre-2005

• van den Heever, S.C., and W.R. Cotton, 2004: The impact of hail size on simulated supercell storms. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1596-1609. [PDF]
• van den Heever, S.C., P.C. D'Abreton and P.D. Tyson, 1997: Numerical simulation of tropical-temperate troughs over southern Africa using the CSU RAMS model. South African Journal of Science, 93, 359-365.