Steven Sherwood

Role: ARC Laureate Fellow | Deputy Director

Field of Research: Physical Meteorology and Atmospheric Climate Dynamics



I study how the various processes in the atmosphere conspire to establish climate, how these processes might be expected to control the way climate changes, and how the atmosphere will ultimately interact with the oceans and other components of Earth. Clouds and water vapour in particular remain poorly understood in many respects, but are very important not only in bringing rain locally, but also to global climate. Tropospheric convection (disturbed weather) is a key process by which the atmosphere transports water and energy and in the process creates clouds -- but is a turbulent phenomenon for which we have no basic theory and which observations cannot yet fully characterise.



I lead a research group that applies basic physics and mathematics to complex problems by a combination of simple theoretical ideas and hypotheses and directed analyses of observations. Depending on requirements we use simple or advanced statistical techniques, bridging the gaps between these (where needed) by using state-of-the-art climate models as research tools. One practical goal of the work is to figure out how these models might be improved, as they are ultimately necessary for regional predictions of weather and climate. A more academic goal is just to unlock the secrets of our atmosphere.





Education



1987 B.S. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA



1989 M.S. Eng. Physics/Fluid Mechanics, University of California San Diego, USA



1995 Ph.D. Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA





Previous Employment



2001-2008 Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics (Asst. /Assoc. Prof. 2001-2006)



1998-2000 Goddard Space Flight Center /USRA /GEST, MD, USA

Research Scientist, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics branch



1996-1997 Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Computer Science and School of Earth Sciences





Publications

Commentary/Perspective/General Interest

Sherwood, S. C. and Q. Fu, A Drier Future?Science, Feb. 2014, Vol. 343, 737-739.

Rosenfeld, D., S. Sherwood, R. Wood and L. Donner, Climate Effects of Aerosol-Cloud InteractionsScience, Jan. 2014, Vol. 343, 379-380.

Sherwood, S. C., Science controversies past and present. Physics Today, October, 2011, 39-44.

Sherwood, S. C., T. Kjellstrom and D. Green, Heat Stress in a Warming World. Australasian Science, December, 2010, 18-20.

Dessler, A. E. and S. C. Sherwood, A matter of humidity. Science, Vol. 323, 2009, 1020-1021.

Sherwood, S. C. and Water Vapour Doubles Global Warming. Australasian Science, August, 2009, 25-27.

Sherwood, S. C. and 30 other workshop participants, Southeast Australian Rainfall Workshop - Summary. Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Vol. 22, October 2009, pp. 128-9.

Also, I have written several articles for The Conversation, a science information site.

Book

Saul, Ben, Steven Sherwood, Jane McAdam, Tim Stephens and James Slezak, Climate Change and Australia: Warming to the Global Challenge, 2012, Federation Press. publisher's site

Peer- reviewed Journal Articles

Morrison, H., J. Peters, K. K. Chandakar and S. C. Sherwood, Influences of environmental relative humidity and horizontal scale of sub-cloud ascent on deep convective initiation, submitted to JAS, 2021.

Muller, C., D. Yang, G. Craig, T. Cronin, B. Fildier, J. O. Haerter, C. Hohenegger, B.Mapes, D. Randall, S. Shamekh, and S. Sherwood, Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms, submitted to ARFM, 2021

Morrison, H., J. M. Peters and S. C. Sherwood, Comparing growth rates of simulated moist and dry convective thermals, J. Atmos. Sci. submitted 2021

Hwong, Y. L., S. Song, S. C. Sherwood, A. J. Stirling, C. Rio, R. Roehrig, C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, D. Fuchs, P. Maher, and L. Touzé-Peiffer, Characterizing Convection Schemes Using Their Responses to Imposed Tendency Perturbations, submitted to JAMES. ESSor manuscript

Lutzko, N. J., S. C. Sherwood and M. Zhao, Precipitation Efficiency and Climate Sensitivity. Submitted to Geophys. Mon., 2020.

Dutta, D., S. C. Sherwood, K. J. Meissner, A. Sen Gupta, D. J. Lunt, G. J. L. Tourte, R. Colman, S. Narsey, D. Fuchs, and J. R. Brown, A multimodel investigation of atmospheric mechanisms for driving Arctic amplification in warmer climates. Submitted to J. Climate, 2020.

Yeung, N., S. C. Sherwood, A. Protat and T. Lane, A doppler radar study of tropical convective draft heights over Darwin, Australia. Submitted to Mon. Wea. Rev., 2020.

Nishant, N. and S. C. Sherwood, How strongly are mean and extreme precipitation coupled? submitted to GRL, 2020.

Di Luca, A., D. Argueso, S. Sherwood and J. P. Evans, Evaluating precipitation errors using the1environmentally conditioned intensity-frequency decomposition method. Submitted to JAMES, 2020.

Schlund, M., A. Lauer, P. Gentine, S. C. Sherwood and V. Eyring, Emergent constraints on equilibrium climate sensitivity in CMIP5: Do they hold for CMIP6?, Earth Sys. Dyn., 2020, Vol. 11, 1233–1258. Journal site

Sherwood, S. C., M. J. Webb, J. D. Annan, K. C. Armour, P. M. Forster, J. C. Hargreaves, G. Hegerl, S. A. Klein, K. D. Marvel, E. J. Rohling, M. Watanabe, T. Andrews, P. Braconnot, C. S. Bretherton, G. L. Foster, Z. Hausfather, A. S. von der Heydt, R. Knutti, T. Mauritsen, J. R. Norris, C. Proistosescu, M. Rugenstein, G. A. Schmidt, K. B. Tokarska, and M. D. Zelinka, An assessment of Earth's climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence, Rev. Geophys., 2020, Reprint, Published version

Prasad, A. A., S. C. Sherwood and H. Brogniez, Using Megha-Tropiques satellite data to constrain humidity in regional convective simulations: A northern Australian test case, QJRMS, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3816, Preprint

Gross, M., L. Alexander, M. Donat and S. Sherwood, Amplified warming of seasonal cold extremes relative to the mean in the Northern Hemisphere extratropics, Earth Sys. Dyn., 2020, esd-2019-36.

Nishant, N., S. Sherwood and O. Geoffroy, Aerosol-induced modification of organised convection and top-of-atmosphere radiation, Nature Clim. and Atmos. Sci., 2019, Vol. 2, Art. No. 33. Journal site preprint

Herger, N., G. Abramowitz, S. Sherwood, R. Knutti, O. Angelil and S. A. Sisson, Ensemble optimisation, multiple constraints and overconfidence: a case study with future Australian precipitation change, Clim. Dyn., 2019, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-019-04690-8. Journal site

Maher, P. et al., Model Hierarchies for Understanding Atmospheric Circulation, Rev. Geophys.,10.1029/2018RG000607 . Publisher, Reprint

Bao, J. and S. C. Sherwood, The role of convective self-aggregation in instantaneous vs. daily extreme precipitation, JAMES 2019, Vol. 11, 19-33. DOI: 10.1029/2018MS001503 Publisher (open access)

Prasad, A. A., S. C. Sherwood, M. J. Reeder and T. P. Lane, Rapidly evolving cirrus clouds modulated by convectively-generated gravity waves, JGR, Vol. 124, 10.1029/2019JD030538.

Colin, M., S. C. Sherwood, O. Geoffroy, S. Bony and D. Fuchs, Identifying the sources of convective memory in cloud-resolving simulations, J. Atmos. Sci., 2019, Vol. 76, 947-962. Reprint

Eyring, V., et al., Taking climate model evaluation to the next level, Nat. Clim. Change, 2019, Vol. 9, 102-110. Journal site

Sherwood, S. C., How important is humidity in heat stress?, J. Geophys. Res., 2018, 123, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028969 Reprint

Bao, J., S. C. Sherwood, L. V. Alexander and J. P. Evans, Comments on "Temperature-extreme precipitation scaling: a two-way causality?", Intern. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.5665/ Journal site

Hernandez-Deckers, D. and S. C. Sherwood, On the role of entrainment in the fate of cumulus thermals, J. Atmos. Sci., 2018, published online, Journal site Reprint

Sherwood, S. C., V. Dixit and C. Salomez, The global warming potential of near-surface emitted water vapour, Environ. Res. Lett., 2018, Vol. 13, 104006. Journal site

Dixit, V., O. Geoffroy and S. C. Sherwood, Control of ITCZ width by low-level radiative heating from upper-level clouds in aquaplanet simulations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2018, 10.1029/2018GL078292 Share link.

Maher, P., G. K. Vallis, S. C. Sherwood, M. J. Webb and P. G. Sansom, The Impact of Parameterized Convection on Climatological Precipitation in Atmospheric Global Climate Models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2018, Vol. 45, 3728-3736. Reprint Journal site

Tsushima, Y. et al., The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Diagnostic Codes Catalogue - metrics, diagnostics and methodologies to evaluate, understand and improve the representation of clouds and cloud feedbacks in climate models, Geophys. Mod. Devel., 2017, Vol. 10, 4285-4305. Journal site

Dixit, V., S. C. Sherwood, O. Geoffroy and D. Mantsis, The role of nonlinear drying above the boundary layer in the mid-Holocene African monsoon, J. Climate, 2018, Vol. 31, 233-249. Journal site Reprint

Bao, J., S. C. Sherwood, M. Colin and V. Dixit, The robust relationship between extreme precipitation and convective organization in idealized numerical modeling simulations, JAMES, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/2017MS001125. Wiley site Reprint. This paper was highlighted by the editor.

Goldie, J., L. Alexander, S. C. Lewis, S. C. Sherwood and H. Bambrick, Changes in relative fit of human heat stress indices to cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal hospitalizations across five Australian urban populations, International J. Biometeorology, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s00484-017-1451-9, Journal site

Nishant, N. and S. C. Sherwood, A Cloud-Resolving Model Study of Aerosol-Cloud Correlation in a Pristine Maritime Environment, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2017, Vol. 44, 5774-5781, 10.1002/2017GL073267. Reprint Journal site

Goldie, J., L. Alexander, S. C. Lewis and S. C. Sherwood, Comparative evaluation of human heat stress indices on selected hospital admissions in Sydney, Australia, Aus. New Zealand J. Pub. Health, 2017, 10.1111/1753-6405.12692. Journal site

Mantsis, D., S. C. Sherwood and R. J. Allen, Natural Variations of Tropical Width and Recent Trends. Geophy. Res. Lett., 2017, 14057260, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL072097. Reprint

Geoffroy, O., S. C. Sherwood and D. Fuchs, On the role of the stratiform cloud scheme in the inter-model spread of cloud feedback. J. Adv. Model. Earth Sys., 2017, DOI: 10.1002/2016MS000846. Journal site supplemental figures

Bao, J., S. C. Sherwood, L. V. Alexander and J. P. Evans, Future increases in extreme precipitation exceed observed scaling rates. Nat. Clim. Change, Jan. 2017. Springer Share link supplemental information

Stevens, B., S. C. Sherwood, S. Bony and M. J. Webb, Prospects for narrowing bounds on Earth's equilibrium climate sensitivity. Earth's Future, 2016, doi: 10.1002/2016EF000376. Journal site

Gettelman, A. and S. C. Sherwood, Processes responsible for cloud feedback. Curr Clim Change Rep, 2016, doi:10.1007/s40641-016-0052-8. Journal site

Hernandez-Deckers, D. and S. C. Sherwood, A numerical investigation of cumulus thermals. J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 73, 2016, 4117-4135. Reprint

Fuchs, D. and S. Sherwood, Practical approximations to seasonal fluctuation-dissipation operators given a limited sample. J. Atmos. Sci., 2016, Vol. 73, 2529-2945. Reprint

Nishant, N., S. Sherwood and O. Geoffroy, Radiative driving of shallow return flows from the ITCZ. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., Vol. 8, 2016, doi:10.1002/2015MS000606. Reprint

Gilmore, J. B., J. P. Evans, S. C. Sherwood, M. Ekstrom and F. Ji, Extreme precipitation in WRF during the Newcastle East Coast Low of 2007. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 2015, DOI 10.1007/s00704-015-1551-6, Reprint

Maher, P. and S. Sherwood, Skill in simulating Australian precipitation at the tropical edge. J. Climate, Vol. 29, 2016, 1477-1496. Reprint

Pepler, A. S., Di Luca, A., Ji, F., L. V. Alexander, J. P. Evans and S. C. Sherwood, Projected changes in east Australian midlatitude cyclones during the 21st century, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 43, 2016, 334-340.

Pepler, A. S., L. V. Alexander, J. P. Evans and S. C. Sherwood, Zonal winds and southeast Australian rainfall in global and regional climate models, Clim. Dyn., online 28 March 2015, 10.1007/s00382-015-2573-6.

Goldie, J., S. C. Sherwood, D. Green and L. Alexander, Temperature and humidity effects on hospital morbidity in Darwin, Australia, Annals of Global Health, Vol. 81, 2015, 333-341.Reprint

Webb, M. et al., The impact of parameterized convection on cloud feedback, Phil. Trans. A, Vol. 373, 2015, doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0414. Preprint

Bony, S., B. Stevens, D. M. W. Frierson, C. Jakob, M. Kageyama, R. Pincus, T. G. Shepherd, S. C. Sherwood, A. P. Siebesma, A. H. Sobel, M. Watanabe, and M. J. Webb, Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity, Nature Geosci., Vol. 8, 2015, 261-268. Journal site

Sherwood, S. C. and N. Nishant, Atmospheric changes through 2012 as shown by iteratively homogenised radiosonde temperature and wind data (IUKv2), Env. Res. Lett., Vol. 10, 2015, 054007. Journal site

Schmidt, G. A. and S. C. Sherwood, A practical philosophy of complex climate modelling, Euro. J. Phil. Sci., 09 Dec. 2014, DOI 10.1007/s13194-014-0102-9. Reprint

Fuchs, D., S. C. Sherwood and D. Hernandez-Deckers, An Exploration of Multivariate Fluctuation Dissipation Operators and Their Response to Sea Surface Temperature, J. Climate, Vol. 72, 2015, 472-486. Reprint

Sherwood, S. C., S. Bony, O. Boucher, C. Bretherton, P. M. Forster, J. M. Gregory and B. Stevens, Adjustments in the forcing-feedback framework for understanding climate change, Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Feb. 2015, Vol. 96, 217-228.. Journal site

Pepler, A. S., A. Di Luca, F. Ji, L. V. Alexander, J. P. Evans and S. C. Sherwood, Impact of Identification Method on the Inferred Characteristics and Variability of Australian East Coast Lows, Mon. Wea. Rev., Vol. 143, 2015, 864-877.

Maher, P. and S. C. Sherwood, Disentangling the multiple sources of large-scale variability in Australian wintertime precipitation. J. Climate, Vol. 27, 2014, 6377-6392. Reprint

Sherwood, S. C., S. Bony and J-L. Dufresne, Spread in model climate sensitivity traced to atmospheric convective mixing, Nature, Vol. 505, 2014, 37 42. April. preprint Nature site

Explainer in The Conversation Corrigendum: Scale in Fig. 1b should be divided by 2.

Sherwood, S. C. Where do winds come from? Nature Education Knowledge, Vol. 4(2), 2013, pg. 5, Nature site

Bony, S., G. Bellon, D. Klocke, S. Sherwood, S. Fermepin and S. Denvil, Robust direct effect of carbon dioxide on tropical circulation and regional precipitation, Nature Geosci., 2013, Online 21 April. Reprint

Sherwood, S. C., D. Hernandez-Deckers, M. Colin and F. Robinson, Slippery thermals and the cumulus entrainment paradox, J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 70, 2013, 2426 2442. preprint publisher site

Robinson, F., S. C. Sherwood and M. Patterson, A numerical modeling study of the propagation of idealized sea-breeze density currents, J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 70, 2013, 653-668. Reprint

Sherwood, S. C. and C. Risi, The HDO/H2O relationship in tropospheric water vapor in an idealized "last-saturation" model, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 117, 2013, D19205. Reprint

Sherwood, S. C., M. J. Alexander, A. R. Brown, N. A. McFarlane, E. P. Gerber, G. Feingold, A. A. Scaife and W. W. Grabowski, Climate Processes: Clouds, Aerosols and Dynamics, in Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Modelling and Prediction Priorities, 2013, 73-103. Reprint

Rosenfeld, D., R. Wood, L. Donner and S. Sherwood, Aerosol cloud-mediated radiative forcing: highly uncertain and opposite effects from shallow and deep clouds, in Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Modelling and Prediction Priorities, 2013, 105-149. Reprint

Allen, R. J., S. C. Sherwood, J. R. Norris and C. Zender, Recent Northern Hemisphere tropical expansion primarily driven by black carbon and tropospheric ozone, Nature, Vol. 485, 2012, 350-355.

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Allen, R. J., S. C. Sherwood, J. R. Norris and C. Zender, The equilibrium response to idealized thermal forcings in a comprehensive GCM: implications for recent tropical expansion, Atm. Chem. Phys., Vol. 12, 2012, 4795-4816.

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Young, P. J., K. H. Rosenlof, S. Solomon, S. C. Sherwood, Q. Fu and J. F. Lamarque, Changes in stratospheric temperatures and their implications for changes in the Brewer-Dobson circulation, 1979-2005, J. Climate, Vol. 25, 2012, 1759-1772.

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Thorne, P. W. et al., A quantification of uncertainties in historical tropical tropospheric temperature trends from radiosondes, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 116, 2011, D12116.

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Chae, J. H., Wu, D. L., Read, W. G., and Sherwood, S. C., The role of tropical deep convective clouds on temperature, water vapor, and dehydration in the tropical tropopause layer (TTL), Atmos. Chem. Phys., Vol. 11, 2011, 3811-3821.

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Robinson, F. J., S. C. Sherwood, D. Gerstle, C. Liu and D. J. Kirshbaum, Exploring the land-ocean contrast in convective vigor using islands, J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 68, 2011, 602-618.

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Allen, R. J. and S. C. Sherwood, The impact of natural versus anthropogenic aerosols on atmospheric circulation in the Community Atmosphere Model. Climate Dynamics, Vol. 36, 2011, 1959-1978.

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Willett, K. M. and S. C. Sherwood, Exceedance of heat index thresholds for 15 regions under a warming climate using the wet bulb globe temperature, International Journal of Climatology , 2010, online, DOI: 10.1002/joc.2257.

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Sherwood, S. C. and M. Huber, An adaptability limit to global warming due to heat stress, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 107, 2010, 9552-9555, doi:10.107/pnas.0913352107.

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Allen, R. J. and S. C. Sherwood, The aerosol-cloud semi-direct effect and land-sea temperature contrast in a GCM. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 37, 2010, L07702.

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Sherwood, S. C., W. Ingram, Y. Tsushima, M. Satoh, M. Roberts, P. L. Vidale and P. A. O'Gorman, Relative humidity changes in a warmer climate. J. Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, 2010, D09104.

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Chae, J-H. and S. C. Sherwood, Insights into cloud-top height and dynamics from the seasonal cycle of cloud top heights observed by MISR in the West Pacific region, J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 67, 2010, 248-261.

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Sherwood, S. C., R. Roca, T. M. Weckwerth and N. G. Andronova, Tropospheric water vapor, convection and climate. Reviews of Geophysics,48, 2010, RG2001, doi:10.1029/2009RG00030.

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Sherwood, S. C., Direct versus indirect effects of tropospheric humidity changes on the hydrologic cycle, Environmental Res. Lett., Vol. 5, 2010, 025206.

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Sherwood, S. C., H. A Titchner, P. W. Thorne and M. McCarthy, How do we tell which estimates of past climate change are correct? International Journal of Climatology, online, 2009, DOI: 10.1002/joc.1825.

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Liu, C. and E. J. Zipser and D. J. Cecil and S. W. Nesbitt and S. Sherwood, A cloud and precipitation feature database from nine years of TRMM observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol. 47, 2008, 2712-2728. Reprint

Santer, B. et al., Consistency of modelled and observed temperature trends in the tropical troposphere, Intl. J. Climatol., Vol. 28, 2008, 1703-1722.

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Allen, R. J. and S. C. Sherwood, Warming maximum in the tropical upper troposphere deduced from thermal wind observations. Nature Geosci., Vol. 65, 2008, 399-403.

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S. C. Sherwood, C. L. Meyer, R. J. Allen, and H. A. Titchner, Robust tropospheric warming revealed by iteratively homogenized radiosonde data. Journal of Climate, Vol. 21, 2008, 5336-5352.

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F. Bennhold and S. C. Sherwood, Erroneous relationships among humidity and cloud forcing variables in three global climate models. Journal of Climate, Vol. 21, 2008, 4190-4206

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Robinson, F. J, S. C. Sherwood and Y. Li, Resonant response of deep convection to surface hot spots. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 65, 2008, 276-286.

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Chae, J-H. and S. C. Sherwood, The annual temperature cycle of the tropical tropopause: A simple model study, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 112, 2007, D19111.

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Allen, R. J. and S. C. Sherwood, Utility of radiosonde wind data in representing climatological variations of tropospheric temperature and baroclinicity in the western tropical Pacific, Journal of Climate, Vol. 20, 2007, 5229-5243.

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Sherwood, S. C., Simultaneous detection of climate change and observing biases in a network with incomplete sampling. Journal of Climate, Vol. 20, 2007, 4047-4062.

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Sherwood, S. C., E. R. Kursinski and W. G. Read, A distribution law for free tropospheric relative humidity. Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, 2006, 6267-6277.

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Sherwood, S. C. and C. L. Meyer, The general circulation and robust relative humidity. Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, 2006, 6278-6290.

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Sherwood, S. C., Discounting and uncertainty---A non-economist's view. Climatic Change, Vol. 80, 2007, 205-212; DOI 10.1007/s10584-006-9164-9.

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Robinson, F. J. and S. C. Sherwood, Modeling the Impact of Convective Entrainment on the Tropical Tropopause. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 63, 2006, 1013-1027.

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Sherwood, S. C., V. T. J. Phillips and J. S. Wettlaufer, Small ice crystals and the climatology of lightning, Geophysical Research Letters 33, 2006, L05804, doi:10.1029/2005GL025242

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Sherwood, S. C., J. R. Lanzante and C. L. Meyer, Radiosonde daytime biases and late 20th century warming, Science, Vol. 309, 2005, pp. 1556-1559.

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Sherwood, S. C., Detection of faceted crystals in deep convective clouds via the antisolar peak. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 110, 2005, Art. No. D14205.

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Phillips, V. T. J., S. C. Sherwood, C. Andronache, A. Bansemer, W. C. Conant, P. J. Demott, R. C. Flagan, A. Heysmfield, H. Jonsson, M. Poellot, T. A. Rissman, J. H. Seinfeld, T. Vanreken, V. Varutbangkul and J. C. Wilson, Anvil glaciation in a deep cumulus updraft over florida simulated with an explicit microphysics model. Part I: The impact of various nucleation processes. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. 131, 2005, pp. 2019-2046.

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Wu, D. L., W. G. Read, A. E. Dessler, S. C. Sherwood, and J. H. Jiang, UARS MLS cloud ice measurements and implications for H2O transport near the tropopause. J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 62, 2005, pp. 518-530.

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Dessler, A. E. and S. C. Sherwood, Effect of convection on the summertime extratropical lower stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research,Vol. 109, D23301, 2004, doi:10.1029/2004JD005209.

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Sherwood, S. C., P. Minnis, and M. McGill, Deep convective cloud top heights and their thermodynamic control during CRYSTAL-FACE. Journal of Geophysical Research,Vol. 109, No. D20, 2004, D20119.

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Sherwood, S. C., P. Minnis, M. McGill, and J. C. Chae, Underestimation of deep convective cloud tops by thermal imagery. Geophysical Research Letters, 2004, doi:10.1029/2004GL019699.

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Dessler, A.E. and S.C. Sherwood, A model of HDO in the tropical tropopause layer. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 3, 2003, pp. 4489-4501.

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Sherwood, S.C. and A. E. Dessler, Convective mixing near the tropical tropopause: insights from seasonal variations. J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 60, No. 21, 2003, pp. 2674-2685.

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Sherwood, S.C., T. Horinouchi and H.A. Zeleznik, Convective impact on temperatures observed near the tropical tropopause. J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 60, No. 15, 2003, pp. 1847-1856.

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Sherwood, S.C. A microphysical connection among biomass burning, cumulus clouds, and stratospheric moisture. Science, Vol. 295, No. 5558, 2002, pp. 1272-1275. Important corrigenda

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Sherwood, S.C. Aerosols and ice particle size in tropical cumulonimbus. Journal of Climate, Vol. 15, No. 9, 2002, pp 1051-1063. Important corrigenda

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--- . Climate signal mapping and an application to atmospheric tides. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 27, No. 21, 2000, pp. 3525-3528.

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--- . Climate signals from station arrays with missing data, and an application to winds. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, No. D24, 2001, pp. 29,489-29,500.

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Sherwood, S.C. and Dessler, A.E. A model for transport across the tropical tropopause. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 58, No. 4, 2001, pp. 765-779.

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Sherwood, S.C. On moist stability. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 128, No. 12, 2000, pp. 4139--4142.

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Sherwood, S.C. and Dessler, A.E. On the control of stratospheric humidity. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 27, No. 16, 2000, pp. 2513-2516.

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Dessler, A.E. and Sherwood, S.C. Simulations of tropical upper tropospheric humidity. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 105, No. D15, 2000, pp. 20,155-20,164.

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Sherwood, S.C. A "stratospheric drain" over the maritime continent. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 27, No. 5, 2000, pp. 677-680.

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--- . Convective precursors and predictability in the tropical Western Pacific. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 127, No. 12, 1999, pp 2977-2991.

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--- and Wahrlich, R. Observed evolution of tropical deep convective events and their environment. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 127, No. 8, 1999, pp 1777-1795.

view abstract / reprint

--- . Feedbacks in a simple prognostic tropical climate model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 56, No. 7, 1999, pp 2178-2200*.

view abstract / reprint

--- . On moistening of the tropical troposphere by cirrus clouds. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 104, No. D10, 1999, pp 11949-11960.

view abstract / reprint

--- . Maintenance of the free-tropospheric tropical water vapor distribution, Part I: Clear regime budget. Journal of Climate, Vol. 9, No. 11, 1996, pp 2903-2918.*

view abstract / reprint

--- . Maintenance of the free-tropospheric tropical water vapor distribution, Part II: Simulation by large-scale advection. Journal of Climate, Vol. 9, No. 11, 1996, pp 2919-2934.*

view abstract / reprint

--- . The maintenance of the tropical water vapor distribution, PhD Dissertation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1995.

--- , Ramanathan, V., Barnett, T.P., Tyree, M.K. and Roeckner, E. Response of an atmospheric general circulation model to radiative forcing of tropical clouds. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 99, 1993, pp 20,829-20,845. reprint

* These contain material from Sherwood, 1995 (hopefully improved.)

Selected conference abstracts

Sherwood, S.C., A method for climate-signal estimation from incomplete data. AMS 15th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, May 2000, Asheville, NC.

Long abstract (pdf)

Sherwood, Steven and Jones, Eric. Learning relationships among noisy variables using a Bayesian network. Joint session of 14th Conference on Probability and Statistics and 1st Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 78th AMS annual meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, January 1998.

Long abstract (postscript)