Publications by Surabi Menon

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2008

Akbari, H., S. Menon and A. Rosenfeld, 2008: Global cooling: Increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO2. Climatic Change, In Press

Klein, S., R. McCoy, H Morrison, A Ackerman, A Avramov, G de Boer, M Chen, J Cole, A Del Genio, M Falk, M Foster, A Fridlind, J-C Golaz, T Hasino, J. Harrington, C Hoose, M Khairoutdinov, V Larson, X Liu, Y Luo, G. McFarquhar, S Menon, R Neggers, S Park, M Poellot, J Schmidt, et al. 2008: Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-phase Arctic cloud experiment. Part I: Single layer cloud. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. , In Review.

Koch, D., S. Menon, A.D. Del Genio, S. Warren, R. Ruedy, I. Alienov, G. Schmidt, 2008: Distinguishing aerosol impacts on climate over the past century. J. Climate , In Review

Menon, S., N. Unger, D. Koch, J. Francis, T.J. Garrett, I. Sednev, D. Shindell, D. Streets 2008: Aerosol climate effects and air quality impacts from 1980 to 2030. Envt. Res. Lettr., 3, 024004

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  • Menon, S., A.D. Del Genio, Y. J. Kaufman, D. Koch, R. Bennartz, N. Loeb, and D. Orlikowski, 2008: Analyzing signatures of aerosol-cloud interactions with satellite retrievals and the GISS GCM to constrain the aerosol indirect effect. J. Geophys. Res., 113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009442

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  • Novakov, T. T.W. Kirchstetter, S. Menon and J Aguiar, 2008: Response of California temperature to regional anthropogenic aerosol changes. Geophys. Res. Lettr., doi:10.1029/2008GL034894, In Press.

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  • Quinn, P.K., T.S. Bates, E. Baum, N. Doubleday, A.M. Fiore, M. Flanner, A. Fridlind, T.J. Garrett, D. Koch, S. Menon, D. Shindell, A. Stohl, and S.G. Warren, 2008: Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: Their climate impact and possible mitigation strategies. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 1723-1735.

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  • Sednev, I., S. Menon, and G. McFarquhar: 2008: Simulating mixed-phase Arctic stratus clouds: Sensitivity to ice initiation mechanisms. Atmos. Chem. Phys.Discuss., 8, 11755-11819.

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  • 2007

    Denman, K., G. Brasseur et al. 2007: Couplings between changes in the climate system and biogeochemistry . In Climate Change, 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change {Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.. Avery, M. Tigor and H. Miller (eds)} Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY USA. Contributing author to the IPCC report.

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  • Hansen, J., Mki. Sato, R. Ruedy, L. Nazarenko, A. Lacis, K. Lo, G.A. Schmidt, G. Russell, I. Aleinov, M. Bauer, S. Bauer, E. Baum, N. Bell, B. Cairns, V. Canuto, M. Chandler, Y. Cheng, A. Cohen, A. Del Geno, G. Faluvegi, E. Fleming, A. Friend, T. Hall, C. Jackman, J. Jonas, M. Kelley, N. Kiang, D. Koch, G. Labow, J. Lerner, S. Menon, R.L. Miller, T. Novakov, V. Oinas, Ja. Perlwitz, Ju. Perlwitz, D. Rind, A. Romanou, D. Shindell, P. Stone, S. Sun, D. Streets, N. Tausnev, D. Thresher, M. Yao, and S. Zhang 2007. Dangerous human-made interference with climate: A GISS modelE study. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 2287-2312

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  • Hansen, J., M. Sato, R. Ruedy, P. Kharecha, A. Lacis, R.L. Miller, L. Nazarenko, K. Lo, G.A. Schmidt, G. Russell, I. Aleinov, S. Bauer, E. Baum, B. Cairns, V. Canuto, M. Chandler, Y. Cheng, A. Cohen, A. Del Genio, G. Faluvegi , E. Fleming, A. Friend, T. Hall, C. Jackman, J. Jonas, M. Kelley, N.Y. Kiang, D. Koch, G. Labow, J. Lerner, S. Menon, T. Novakov, V. Oinas, Ja. Perlwitz, Ju. Perlwitz, D. Rind, A. Romanou, R. Schmunk, D. Shindell, P. Stone, S. Sun, D. Streets, N. Tausnev, D. Thresher, N. Unger, M. Yao, and S. Zhang 2007. Climate simulations for 1880-2003 with GISS modelE. Climate Dynam., 29, 661-696

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  • Menon, S., and A.D. Del Genio, 2007: Evaluating the impacts of carbonaceous aerosols on clouds and climate. Book Chapter for "Human-induced climate change: An interdisciplinary Assessment", Edited by Schlesinger et al., Cambridge University Press,

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  • Niyogi, D., H-I. Chang, L. Gu, S. Menon, R.A. Pielke Sr., 2006: Potential impacts of aerosol-land-atmosphere interactions on the Indian monsoonal rainfall characteristics. Natural hazards - Special Issue on Monsoons, doi:10.1007/s11069-006-9085-y

    Novakov, T., S. Menon, T.W. Kirchstetter, D. Koch, and J.E. Hansen. Reply to comment by R. L. Tanner and D. J. Eatough on "Aerosol organic carbon to black carbon ratios: Analysis of published data and implications for climate forcing". J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD007941.

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  • Shindell, D., G. Faluvegi , S. Bauer , D. Koch , N. Unger , S. Menon , R. Miller , G. Schmidt , D. Streets, 2007: Climate response to projected changes in short-lived species under the A1B scenario from 2000-2050 in the GISS climate model. J. Geophys. Res. 112, D20103, doi:10.1029/2007JD008753.

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  • 2006

    Menon, S., and L. Rotstayn, 2006: The radiative influence of aerosol effects on liquid-phase cumulus and stratus clouds based on sensitivity studies with two climate models. Climate Dynamics, 27,345-356.

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  • 2005

    Hansen, J., L. Nazarenko, R. Ruedy, Mki. Sato, J. Willis, A. Del Genio, D. Koch, A. Lacis, K. Lo, S. Menon, T. Novakov, Ju. Perlwitz, G. Russell, G.A. Schmidt, and N. Tausnev, 2005: Earth's energy imbalance: Confirmation and implications. Science, 308,1431-1435.

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  • Hansen, J., Mki. Sato, R. Ruedy, L. Nazarenko, A. Lacis, G.A. Schmidt, G. Russell, I. Aleinov, M. Bauer, S.S. Bauer, N. Bell, B. Cairns, V. Canuto, M. Chandler, Y. Cheng, A. Del Genio, G. Faluvegi, E. Fleming, A. Friend, T. Hall, C. Jackman, M. Kelley, N. Kiang, D. Koch, J. Lean, J. Lerner, K. Lo, S. Menon, R. Miller, P. Minnis, T. Novakov, V. Oinas, Ja. Perlwitz, Ju. Perlwitz, D. Rind, A. Romanou, D. Shindell, P. Stone, S. Sun, N. Tauznev, D. Thresher, B. Wielicki, T. Wong, M. Yao, and S. Zhang 2005. Efficacy of climate forcings. J. Geophys. Res., 110 , doi:101029/2005JD005776

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  • Nazarenko, L., and S. Menon, 2005: Varying trends in surface energy fluxes and associated climate between 1960-2002 based on transient climate simulations. Geophys. Res. Lettr., 32, doi:101029/2005GL024089

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  • Novakov, T., S. Menon, T. Kirchstetter, D. Koch and J. Hansen, 2005: Aerosol organic carbon to black carbon ratios: Analysis of published data and implications for climate forcing. J. Geophys. Res., 110, doi:101029/2005JD005977

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  • Qian, Y., Q. Song, S. Menon, S. Yu, S. Liu, G. Shi, R. Leung, and Y. Luo, 2005: Impacts of atmospheric sulfate and black carbon aerosols on the regional climate of East Asia. In "Global Environmental Change Research in East Asia", In Press.

    2004

    Menon, S. 2004. Current uncertainties in assessing aerosol effects on climate. Ann. Rev. Environ. Resources 29, 1-30, doi:10.1146/annurev.energy.29.063003.132549.

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  • 2003

    Menon, S., J.-L. Brenguier, O. Boucher, P. Davison, A.D. Del Genio, J. Feichter, S. Ghan, S. Guibert, X. Liu, U. Lohmann, H. Pawloska, J.E. Penner, J. Quaas, D.L. Roberts, L. Schüller, and J. Snider 2003. Evaluating aerosol/cloud/radiation process parameterizations with single-column observations. J. Geophys. Res. 108, no. D24, 4762, doi:10.1029/2003JD003 902.

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  • 2002

    Liu, L., M.I. Mishchenko, S. Menon, A. Macke, and A.A. Lacis 2002. The effect of black carbon on scattering and absorpt ion of solar radiation by cloud droplets. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 74, 195-204.

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  • Menon, S., A.D. Del Genio, D. Koch, and G. Tselioudis 2002. GCM simulations of the aerosol indirect effect: Sensitivity to cloud parameterization and aerosol burden. J. Atmos. Sci. 59, 692-713, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2002)

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  • Menon, S., J.E. Hansen, L. Nazarenko, and Y. Luo 2002. Climate effects of black carbon aerosols in China and India. Science 297, 2250-2253.

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  • Menon, S., V.K. Saxena, P. Durkee, B.N. Wenny, and K. Nielsen 2002. Role of sulfate aerosols in modifying the cloud albedo: A closure experiment. A tmos. Res. 61, 169-187, doi:10.1016/S0169-8095(01)00140-5.

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  • 2000

    Menon, S., V.K. Saxena, and B.D. Logie 2000. Chemical heterogeneity across cloud droplet size spectra in continental and marine air masses. J. Appl. Meteor. 39, 887-903, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2000).

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  • 1999

    Saxena, V.K., and S. Menon 1999. Sulfate-induced cooling in the southeastern U.S.: An observational assessment. Geophys. Res. Lettr 26, 2489-2492.

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  • 1998

    Menon, S., and V.K. Saxena 1998. Role of sulfates in cloud-climate feedback mechanisms. Atmos. Res. 47-48, 299-315, doi:10.1016/S0169-8095(98)00057-X.

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  • 1996

    Saxena, V.K., P.A. Durkee, S. Menon, J. Anderson, K.L. Burns, and K.E. Nielsen 1996. Physico-chemical measurements to investigate regional cloud-climate feedback mechanisms. Atmos. Environ. 30, 1573-1579.

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