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Seiki, T., C. Kodama, M. Satoh, T. Hashino, Y. Hagihara, and H. Okamoto (2015), Vertical grid spacing necessary for simulating tropical cirrus clouds with a high-resolution atmospheric general circulation model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 4150-4157, doi:10.1002/2015GL064282.
Sims, E.M., and G. Liu (2015), A Parameterization of the Probability of Snow–Rain Transition, J. Hydrometeorology, 16, 1466-1477, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-14-0211.1.
Smalley, M., and T. L’Ecuyer (2015), A Global Assessment of the Spatial Distribution of Precipitation Occurrence, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 54, 2179-2197, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0019.1.
Sohn, B.-J., M.-J. Choi, and J. Ryu (2015), Explaining darker deep convective clouds over the western Pacific than over tropical continental convective regions, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 4573-4585, doi:10.5194/amt-8-4573-2015.
Sourdeval, O., L.C.- Labonnote, B.A.J. Baranc, and G. Brogniezb (2016), A methodology for simultaneous retrieval of ice and liquid water cloud properties. Part I: Information content and case study, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., doi:10.1002/qj.2405.
Stein, T.H.M., D.J. Parker, B.R.J. Hogan, A.C.E. Birch, C.E. Holloway, D.G.M.S. Lister, D.J.H. Marshamb, and S.J. Woolnoughd (2015), The representation of the West African monsoon vertical cloud structure in the Met Office Unified Model: an evaluation with CloudSat, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 141, 3312-3324, doi:10.1002/qj.2614.
Stengel, M., S. Mieruch, M. Jerg, K.-G. Karlsson, R. Scheirer, B. Maddux, J.F. Meirink, C. Poulsen, R. Siddans, A. Walther, and R. Hollmann (2015), The Clouds Climate Change Initiative: Assessment of state-of-the-art cloud property retrieval schemes applied to AVHRR heritage measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, 162, 363-379, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2013.10.035.
Stephens, G.L., D. O’Brien, P.J. Webster, P. Pilewski, S. Kato, and J.-L. Li (2015), The albedo of Earth, Rev. Geophys., 53, 141-163, doi:10.1002/2014RG000449.
Stephens, G.L., and T. L'Ecuyer (2015), Invited critical review The Earth's energy balance, Atmos. Res., 166, 195-203, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.06.024.
Suzuki, K., G. Stephens, A. Bodas-Salcedo, M. Wang, J.-C. Golaz, T. Yokohata, and T. Koshiro (2015), Evaluation of the Warm Rain Formation Process in Global Models with Satellite Observations, J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 3996-4014, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0265.1.
Taylor, P.C., S. Kato, K.-M. Xu, and M. Cai (2015), Covariance between Arctic sea ice and clouds within atmospheric state regimes at the satellite footprint level, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 12,656-12,678, doi:10.1002/2015JD023520.
Terai, C.R., R. Wood, and T.L. Kubar (2015), Satellite estimates of precipitation susceptibility in low-level marine stratiform clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 8878-8889, doi:10.1002/2015JD023319.
Tompkins, A.M., and F. Di Giuseppe (2015), An Interpretation of Cloud Overlap Statistics, J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 2877-2889, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0278.1.
Tornow, F., H.W. Barkerb, and C. Domenecha (2015), On the use of simulated photon paths to co-register top-of-atmosphere radiances in EarthCARE radiative closure experiments, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 141, 3239-3251, doi:10.1002/qj.2606.
Tourville, N., G. Stephens, M. DeMaria, and D. Vane (2015), Remote Sensing Of Tropical Cyclones: Observations from CloudSat and A-Train Profilers, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 609-622, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00282.1.
Viale, M., and R. Garreaud (2015), Orographic effects of the subtropical and extratropical Andes on upwind precipitating clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 4962-4974, doi:10.1002/2014JD023014.
Vidot, J., A.J. Baran, and P. Brunel (2015), A new ice cloud parameterization for infrared radiative transfer simulation of cloudy radiances: Evaluation and optimization with IIR observations and ice cloud profile retrieval products, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 6937-6951, doi:10.1002/2015JD023462.
Virts, K.S., and R.A. Houze (2015), Clouds and Water Vapor in the Tropical Tropopause Transition Layer over Mesoscale Convective Systems, J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 4739-4753, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0122.1.
Wang, F., J. Guo, J. Zhang, J. Huang, M. Min, T. Chen, H. Liu, M. Deng, and X. Li (2015), Multi-sensor quantification of aerosol-induced variability in warm clouds over eastern China, Atmos. Environ., 113, 1-9, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.04.063.
Wang, Z., S.T. Siems, D. Belusic, M.J. Manton, and Y. Huang (2015), A Climatology of the Precipitation over the Southern Ocean as Observed at Macquarie Island, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 54, 2321-2337, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0211.1.