Thorwald Stein : Thorwald Stein - Research : UoR, Dept Of Meteorology

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Thorwald Stein - Research

(Last update: 27 October 2015)

Here, you'll find the relevant publications and presentations for the different projects I am involved in. Use the links on the left for more information on individual projects. Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information!

DYMECS and ground-based radars

This project studies the Dynamical and Microphysical Evolution of Convective Storms using high-resolution observations with the Chilbolton radar.

If you are inside the Reading University network (or have a Reading username and password), you can find presentations and quicklooks for this project here.

Publications

Nicol, J.C., Hogan, R.J., Stein, T.H.M., Hanley, K.E., Clark, P.A., Halliwell, C.E., Lean, H.W., and Plant, R.S., 2015: Convective updraught evaluation in high-resolution NWP simulations using single-Doppler radar measurements, Quart.J.Roy.Met.Soc., Vol.141, p.3177-3189.

Stein, T.H.M., Hogan, R.J., Clark, P.A., Halliwell, C.E., Hanley, K.E., Lean, H.W., Nicol, J.C., and Plant, R.S., 2015: The DYMECS Project: A Statistical Approach for the Evaluation of Convective Storms in High-Resolution NWP Models, Bull.Amer.Meteorol.Soc., Vol. 96, p.939-951.

Stein, T.H.M., Westbrook, C.D., and Nicol, J.C., 2015: Fractal geometry of aggregate snowflakes revealed by triple-wavelength radar measurements, Geophys.Res.Lett., Vol.42, p.176-183.

Hanley, K.E., Plant, R.S., Stein, T.H.M., Hogan, R.J., Nicol, J.C., Lean, H.W., Halliwell, C., and Clark, P.A., 2015: Mixing length controls on high resolution simulations of convective storms, Quart.J.Roy.Met.Soc., Vol.141, p.272-284.

Stein, T.H.M., Hogan, R.J., Hanley, K.E., Nicol, J.C., Lean, Plant, R.S., H.W., Clark, P.A., and Halliwell, C.E., 2014: The three-dimensional morphology of simulated and observed convective storms over southern England, Mon.Wea.Rev., Vol. 142, p.3264-3283.

Cascade and CloudSat

Visit the Cascade project website.

If you are inside the Reading University network (or have a Reading username and password), you can look at some of the work I'm doing by following this link.

Publications

Hawcroft, M., Dacre, H., Forbes, R., Hodges, K., Shaffrey, L., and Stein, T.H.M., 2016: Using satellite and reanalysis data to evaluate the representation of latent heating in extratropical cyclones in a climate model, Clim.Dyn., in press, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3204-6.

Stein, T.H.M., Parker, D.J., Hogan, R.J., Birch, C.E., Holloway, C.E., Lister, G.M.S., Marsham, J.H., and Woolnough, S.J., 2015: The representation of the West African monsoon vertical cloud structure in the Met Office Unified Model: an evaluation with CloudSat, Quart.J.Roy.Met.Soc., Vol.141, p.3312-3324.

Mann, J.A.L., Chiu, J.C., Hogan, R.J., O'Connor, E.J., l'Ecuyer, T.S.L., Stein, T.H.M., and Jefferson, A., 2014: Aerosol impacts on drizzle properties in warm clouds from ARM Mobile Facility maritime and continental deployments, J.Geophys.Res., Vol.119, p.4136-4148, doi:10.1002/2013JD021339.

Stein, T.H.M., Parker, D.J., Delanoë, J., Dixon, N.S., Hogan, R.J., Knippertz, P., Maidment, R.I., and Marsham, J.H., 2011: The vertical cloud structure of the West African monsoon: A 4 year climatology using CloudSat and CALIPSO, J.Geophys.Res., Vol.116, doi:10.1029/2011JD016029.

Delanoë, J., Hogan, R.J., Forbes, R.M., Bodas-Salcedo, A., and Stein, T.H.M., 2011: Evaluation of ice cloud representation in the ECMWF and UK Met Office models using CloudSat and CALIPSO data, Quart.J.Roy.Met.Soc., Vol.137, Issue 661, pp.2064-2078.

Stein, T.H.M., Delanoë, J., and Hogan, R.J., 2011: A comparison between four different retrieval methods for ice cloud properties using data from CloudSat, CALIPSO, and MODIS, J.Appl.Met.Clim., Vol.50, pp.1952-1969.

Presentations

Vertical cloud structures of Tropical Convection observed by CloudSat and CALIPSO, invited talk for the Royal Meteorological Society, 13 April 2011, at the meeting Tropical Convection: observations and modelling from individual clouds to Tropics-wide circulations. Access the abstract and a link to the presentation.

A comparison between four different retrieval methods for ice cloud properties using data from the CloudSat, CALIPSO, and MODIS satellites, presented for the American Meteorological Society, 30 June 2010, at the 13th Conference on Cloud Physics and 13th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation. Access the abstract and a link to the presentation.

PhD in Mathematics

Most of my research and teaching during my PhD is documented in my e-Portfolio at the University of Warwick.

Publications

Ball, R.C., Connaughton, C., Stein, T.H.M., Zaboronski, O., 2011: Instantaneous gelation in Smoluchowski's coagulation equation revisited, Phys.Rev.E, Vol.84, 011111.

Horvai, P., Nazarenko, S.V., and Stein, T.H.M., 2008: Coalescence of particles by differential sedimentation, J.Stat.Phys., Vol.130, No.6, p.1177-1195. DOI:10.1007/s10955-007-9466-y. Go to the Journal of Statistical Physics website.

Non peer-reviewed

Stein, T.H.M., Nazarenko, S.V., 2008: Nonlocal interactions in coagulating particle systems, deposited on arXiv.