VAN DEN HEEVER
RESEARCH GROUP


Department of Atmospheric Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
email: sue@atmos.colostate.edu

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PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES

    2012

  • Igel, A.L., and S.C. van den Heever, 2012: The role of latent heating in warm frontogenesis. In review at Q.J.Roy.Meteor.Sci.
  • Igel, A.L., S.C. van den Heever, C.M. Naud, S.M. Saleeby, and D.J. Posselt, 2012: Sensitivity of warm frontal processes to cloud-nucleating aerosol concentrations. In review at J. Atmos. Sci.
  • Sheffield, A.M., S.C. van den Heever, and S.M. Saleeby, 2012: Growth of cumulus congestus clouds when impacted by aerosols. In review at J. Atmos. Sci.
  • Adams-Selin, R.D., S.C. van den Heever, and R.H. Johnson, 2012: Quantitative evaluation of bow echo microphysical sensitivity. In review at Wx. and Forecasting.
  • Seigel, R.B., and S.C. van den Heever, 2012: New microphysical mechanism for mid-level squall line updraft invigoration. In review at J. Atmos. Sci.
  • Igel, M.R., S.C. van den Heever, G.L. Stephens, and D.J. Posselt, 2012: Convective-scale responses of a large-domain, modeled tropical environment to surface warming. In review at Q.J.Roy.Meteor.Sci..
  • Storer, R.L., and S.C. van den Heever, 2012: Microphyiscal processes evident in aerosol forcing of tropical deep convection. Accepted pending revision at J. Atmos. Sci..
  • Adams-Selin, R.D., S.C. van den Heever, and R.H. Johnson, 2012: Impact of microphysics parameterization graupel class in idealized bow echo simulations. Accepted pending revision at Mon. Wea. Rev..
  • Seigel, R.B., and S.C. van den Heever, 2012: Mineral dust pathways into 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. Available in the Early Online Release of J. Clim.[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 convection under differing storm environments. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3904-3915.[PDF]
  • Saleeby, S.M., S.C. W. Berg, S.C. van den Heever and T. L'Ecuyer, 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 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: Trimode cloudiness and tropical stable layers at 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 active and passive satellite sensors. 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]
  • 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]

    2005

  • 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.

    2004

  • 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.