VAN DEN HEEVER
RESEARCH GROUP


Prof. Susan C. van den Heever
Department of Atmospheric Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
email: sue@atmos.colostate.edu

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Steve Saleeby
 
Biosketch: I have been a Research Associate in this department since Summer 2000. My primary interests in atmospheric science relate to numerical modeling of cloud microphysical processes, with particular emphasis on how aerosols affect precipitation production in various types of cloud systems ranging from supercells to winter orographic clouds to stratocumulus. I have been involved in a lot of development and refinement of the RAMS mesoscale model. Aside from work, I am involved in my church, I do a lot of running and racing (from the 400 meters up to the marathon), and I love to hike, camp, bike, and play most sports. More information on me and my research as well as RAMS related research tools can be found at my website.

Education: B.S. in Physics - 1997 - College of Charleston
M.S. in Atmospheric Science - 2000 - North Carolina State University
 
Peer-reviewed Publications:

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., (accepted pending revision).

Sheffield, A.M., S.C. van den Heever, and S.M. Saleeby, 2013: Growth of cumulus congestus clouds when impacted by aerosols. J. Atmos. Sci. (accepted pending revision).

Seigel, R.B., S.C. van den Heever, and S.M. Saleeby, 2013: Mineral dust indirect effects and cloud-radiation feedbacks of a simulated idealized noctural squall line. Atmos. Chem. Phys., (accepted pending revision).

Igel, A., S.C. van den Heever, C. Naud, S.M. Saleeby, and D. Posselt, 2013: Sensitivity of warm frontal processes to cloud-nucleating aerosol concentrations. J. Atmos. Sci., doi.10.1175/JAS-D-12-0170.1.

Saleeby, S.M., W.R. Cotton, D. Lowenthal, and J. Messina, 2013: Aerosol impacts on the microphysical growth processes of orographic snowfall. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0193.1.

Saleeby, S.M., W.R. Cotton, and J.Fuller, 2011: The cumulative impact of cloud droplet nucleating aerosols on orographic snowfall in Colorado. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 48, 903-922.

Lowenthal, D.H., R.D. Borys, W.R. Cotton, S.M. Saleeby, S.A. Cohn, and W.O.J. Brown, 2011: The altitude of snow growth by riming and vapor deposition in mixed-phase orographic clouds. Atmos. Environ., 45, 519-522.

Saleeby, S.M., W. Berg, T. LEcuyer, and S.C. van den Heever, 2010: Impact of cloud-nucleating aersosols in cloud-resolving model simulations of warm-rain precipitation in the East China Sea. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3916-3930.

Saleeby, S.M., W.R. Cotton, D. Lowenthal, R.D. Borys, and M.A. Wetzel, 2009: Influence of cloud condensation nuclei on orographic snowfall. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 48, 903-922.

Cheng, W.Y.Y, G.G. Carrio, W.R. Cotton, and S.M. Saleeby, 2009: Influence of atmospheric aerosols on the development of precipitating trade wind cumuli in a large eddy simulation. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08201, doi:10.1029/2008JD011011.

Lee, S.S., J.E. Penner, and S.M. Saleeby, 2009: Aerosol effects on liquid-water path of thin stratocumulus clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D07204, doi:10.1029/2008JD010513.

Rowe, A.K., S.A. Rutledge, T.J. Lang, P.E. Ciesielski, and S.M. Saleeby, 2008: Elevation-dependent trends in precipitating features observed by the NAME radar network. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 4962-4979.

Saleeby, S.M., and W.R. Cotton, 2008: A binned approach to cloud droplet riming implement in a bulk microphysics model. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 694-703.

Hindman, E.E., S.M. Saleeby, and O. Liechti, 2007: A meteorological system for planning and analyzing soaring flights in Colorado USA. Technical Soaring, 31, 68-78.

Zhang H., G. M. McFarquhar, S. M. Saleeby, W. R. Cotton, 2007: Impacts of Saharan dust as CCN on the evolution of an idealized tropical cyclone. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14812, doi:10.1029/2007GL029876.

Cotton, W.R., H. Zhang, G.M. McFarquhar, and S.M. Saleeby, 2007: Should we consider polluting hurricanes to reduce their intensity. J. Wea. Mod., 39, 70-73.

Saleeby, S.M., W.Y.Y. Cheng, and W.R. Cotton, 2007: New developments in the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System suitable for simulations of snowpack augmentation over complex terrain. J. Wea. Mod., 39, 37-49.

Saleeby, S.M., and W.R. Cotton, 2005: A large-droplet mode and prognostic number concentration of cloud droplets in the Colorado State University Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). Part II: Sensitivity to a Colorado winter snowfall event. J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 1912-1929.

Saleeby, S.M., and W.R. Cotton, 2004: Simulations of the North American monsoon system Part I: Model analysis of the 1993 monsoon season. J. Climate, 17, 1997-2018.

Saleeby, S.M., and W.R. Cotton, 2004: A large-droplet mode and prognostic number concentration of cloud droplets in the Colorado State University Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). Part I: Module descriptions and supercell test simulations. J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 182-195.

Koch, S.E., and S.M. Saleeby, 2001: An automated system for the analysis of gravity waves and other mesoscale phenomena. Wea. Forecasting, 16, 661-679.

 
Field Experience:

2007 Jan-Feb, "Inhibitation of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosols II (ISPA-2)", conducted at Storm Peak Lab, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

2010 Jan-Feb, "Inhibitation of Snowfall by Pollution Aerosols III (ISPA-3)", conducted at Storm Peak Lab, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

In both projects phases I made elevation dependent snow depth and SWE measurements, worked with the FSSP and 2DP cloud and ice probes, CPC, APS, and SMPS aerosol counters, snow and rime-ice collection, and realtime modeling of orographic snowfall events.

 
Last updated: 03/2013