73 publications

2021

• Myers, T. A., Scott, R. C., Zelinka, M. D., Klein, S. A., Norris, J. R., & Caldwell, P. M. (2021). Observational constraints on low cloud feedback reduce uncertainty of climate sensitivity. Nature Climate Change. doi: 10.1038/s41558-021-01039-0
• Ajoku, O. F., Miller, A. J., & Norris, J. R. (2021). Impacts of aerosols produced by biomass burning on the stratocumulus-to-cumulus transition in the equatorial Atlantic. Atmospheric Science Letters.(e1025). doi: 10.1002/asl.1025

2020

• Sherwood, S. C., Webb, M. J., Annan, J. D., Armour, K. C., Forster, P. M., Hargreaves, J. C., ... Zelinka, M. D. (2020). An assessment of Earth's climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence. Reviews of Geophysics, 58(4). doi: 10.1029/2019rg000678
• Norris, J. R., Ralph, F. M., Demirdjian, R., Cannon, F., Blomquist, B., Fairall, C. W., ... Waliser, D. E. (2020). The observed water vapor budget in an atmospheric river over the Northeast Pacific. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(11), 2655-2673. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-20-0048.1
• Wall, C. J., Norris, J. R., Gasparini, B., Smith, W. L., Thieman, M. M., & Sourdeval, O. (2020). Observational evidence that radiative heating modifies the life cycle of tropical anvil clouds. Journal of Climate, 33(20), 8621-8640. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-20-0204.1
• Scott, R. C., Myers, T. A., Norris, J. R., Zelinka, M. D., Klein, S. A., Sun, M. G., & Doelling, D. R. (2020). Observed sensitivity of low-cloud radiative effects to meteorological perturbations over the global oceans. Journal of Climate, 33(18), 7717-7734. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-19-1028.1
• Zapata, M. Z., Norris, J. R., & Kleissl, J. (2020). Coastal stratocumulus dissipation dependence on initial conditions and boundary forcings in a mixed-layer model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77(8), 2717-2741. doi: 10.1175/jas-d-19-0254.1
• Cannon, F., Cordeira, J. M., Hecht, C. W., Norris, J. R., Michaelis, A., Demirdjian, R., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). GPM satellite radar observations of precipitation mechanisms in atmospheric rivers. Monthly Weather Review, 148(4), 1449-1463. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-19-0278.1
• Demirdjian, R., Norris, J. R., Martin, A., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). Dropsonde observations of the ageostrophy within the pre-cold-frontal low-level jet associated with atmospheric rivers. Monthly Weather Review, 148(4), 1389-1406. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-19-0248.1
• Demirdjian, R., Doyle, J. D., Reynolds, C. A., Norris, J. R., Michaelis, A. C., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). A case study of the physical processes associated with the atmospheric river initial-condition sensitivity from an adjoint model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77(2), 691-709. doi: 10.1175/jas-d-19-0155.1

2019

• Wall, C. J., Hartmann, D. L., & Norris, J. R. (2019). Is the net cloud radiative effect constrained to be uniform over the tropical warm pools?. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2019gl083642
• Ajoku, O., Norris, J. R., & Miller, A. J. (2019). Observed monsoon precipitation suppression caused by anomalous interhemispheric aerosol transport. Climate Dynamics. doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-05046-y
• Wang, Q., Zhang, S. P., Xie, S. P., Norris, J. R., Sun, J. X., & Jiang, Y. X. (2019). Observed variations of the atmospheric boundary layer and stratocumulus over a warm eddy in the Kuroshio Extension. Monthly Weather Review, 147(5), 1581-1591. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-18-0381.1
• Scott, R. C., Nicolas, J. P., Bromwich, D. H., Norris, J. R., & Lubin, D. (2019). Meteorological drivers and large-scale climate forcing of West Antarctic Surface Melt. Journal of Climate, 32(3), 665-684. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-18-0233.1

2018

• Loeb, N. G., Thorsen, T. J., Norris, J. R., Wang, H. L., & Su, W. Y. (2018). Changes in Earth's Energy Budget during and after the "Pause" in Global Warming: An Observational Perspective. Climate, 6(3). doi: 10.3390/cli6030062

2017

• Klein, S. A., Hall, A., Norris, J. R., & Pincus, R. (2017). Low-Cloud Feedbacks from Cloud-Controlling Factors: A Review. Surveys in Geophysics, 38(6), 1307-1329. doi: 10.1007/s10712-017-9433-3
• Sanchez-Lorenzo, A., Enriquez-Alonso, A., Calbo, J., Gonzalez, J. A., Wild, M., Folini, D., ... Vicente-Serrano, S. M. (2017). Fewer clouds in the Mediterranean: consistency of observations and climate simulations. Scientific Reports, 7(41475). doi: 10.1038/srep41475
• Li, K. F., Su, H., Mak, S. N., Chang, T. M., Jiang, J. H., Norris, J. R., & Yung, Y. L. (2017). An analysis of high cloud variability: imprints from the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. Climate Dynamics, 48(1-2), 447-457. doi: 10.1007/s00382-016-3086-7

2016

• Enriquez-Alonso, A., Sanchez-Lorenzo, A., Calbó, J., González, J., & Norris, J. R. (2016). Cloud cover climatologies in the Mediterranean obtained from satellites, surface observations, reanalyses, and CMIP5 simulations: validation and future scenarios. Climate Dynamics, 47(1), 249-269. doi: 10.1007/s00382-015-2834-4
• Ghonima, M. S., Heus, T., Norris, J. R., & Kleissl, J. (2016). Factors controlling stratocumulus cloud lifetime over coastal land. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73(8), 2961-2983. doi: 10.1175/jas-d-15-0228.1
• Norris, J. R., Allen, R. J., Evan, A. T., Zelinka, M. D., O’Dell, C. W., & Klein, S. A. (2016). Evidence for climate change in the satellite cloud record. Nature. doi: 10.1038/nature18273
• Myers, T. A., & Norris, J. R. (2016). Reducing the uncertainty in subtropical cloud feedback. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(5), 2144-2148. doi: 10.1002/2015gl067416
• Yuan, T. L., Oreopoulos, L., Zelinka, M., Yu, H. B., Norris, J. R., Chin, M., ... Meyer, K. (2016). Positive low cloud and dust feedbacks amplify tropical North Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(3), 1349-1356. doi: 10.1002/2016gl067679
• Seo, H., Miller, A. J., & Norris, J. R. (2016). Eddy-wind interaction in the California Current System: Dynamics and impacts. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(2), 439-459. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-15-0086.1

2015

• Seethala, C., Norris, J. R., & Myers, T. A. (2015). How has subtropical stratocumulus and associated meteorology changed since the 1980s?. Journal of Climate, 28(21), 8396-8410. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-15-0120.1
• Ghonima, M. S., Norris, J. R., Heus, T., & Kleissl, J. (2015). Reconciling and validating the cloud thickness and liquid water path tendencies proposed by R. Wood and J. J. van der Dussen et al. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72(5), 2033-2040. doi: 10.1175/jas-d-14-0287.1
• Norris, J. R., & Evan, A. T. (2015). Empirical removal of artifacts from the ISCCP and PATMOS-x satellite cloud records. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32(4), 691-702. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-14-00058.1
• Myers, T. A., & Norris, J. R. (2015). On the relationships between subtropical clouds and meteorology in observations and CMIP3 and CMIP5 models. Journal of Climate, 28(8), 2945-2967. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-14-00475.1

2014

• Eisenman, I., Meier, W. N., & Norris, J. R. (2014). A spurious jump in the satellite record: has Antarctic sea ice expansion been overestimated?. The Cryosphere, 8(4), 1289-1296. doi: 10.5194/tc-8-1289-2014
• Liu, J. W., Xie, S. P., Norris, J. R., & Zhang, S. P. (2014). Low-level cloud response to the Gulf Stream front in winter using CALIPSO. Journal of Climate, 27(12), 4421-4432. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-13-00469.1
• Allen, R. J., Norris, J. R., & Kovilakam, M. (2014). Influence of anthropogenic aerosols and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on tropical belt width. Nature Geoscience, 7(4), 270-274. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2091
• Bellomo, K., Clement, A. C., Norris, J. R., & Soden, B. J. (2014). Observational and model estimates of cloud amount feedback over the Indian and Pacific oceans. Journal of Climate, 27(2), 925-940. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-13-00165.1

2013

• Myers, T. A., & Norris, J. R. (2013). Observational evidence that enhanced subsidence reduces subtropical marine boundary layer cloudiness. Journal of Climate, 26(19), 7507-7524. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-12-00736.1
• Allen, R. J., Norris, J. R., & Wild, M. (2013). Evaluation of multidecadal variability in CMIP5 surface solar radiation and inferred underestimation of aerosol direct effects over Europe, China, Japan, and India. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 118(12), 6311-6336. doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50426

2012

• Evan, A. T., & Norris, J. R. (2012). On global changes in effective cloud height. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(L19710). doi: 10.1029/2012gl053171
• Loeb, N., Kato, S., Su, W., Wong, T., Rose, F., Doelling, D., ... Huang, X. (2012). Advances in Understanding Top-of-Atmosphere Radiation Variability from Satellite Observations. Surveys in Geophysics, 33(3-4), 359-385. doi: 10.1007/s10712-012-9175-1
• Allen, R. J., Sherwood, S. C., Norris, J. R., & Zender, C. S. (2012). Recent Northern Hemisphere tropical expansion primarily driven by black carbon and tropospheric ozone. Nature, 485(7398), 350-U93. doi: 10.1038/nature11097
• Allen, R. J., Sherwood, S. C., Norris, J. R., & Zender, C. S. (2012). The equilibrium response to idealized thermal forcings in a comprehensive GCM: implications for recent tropical expansion. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12(10), 4795-4816. doi: 10.5194/acp-12-4795-2012

2010

• Clement, A. C., Burgman, R., & Norris, J. R. (2010). Response to Comment on "Observational and Model Evidence for Positive Low-Level Cloud Feedback". Science, 329(5989). doi: 10.1126/science.1187667
• Mauger, G. S., & Norris, J. R. (2010). Assessing the Impact of Meteorological History on Subtropical Cloud Fraction. Journal of Climate, 23(11), 2926-2940. doi: 10.1175/2010jcli3272.1
• Dwyer, J. G., Norris, J. R., & Ruckstuhl, C. (2010). Do climate models reproduce observed solar dimming and brightening over China and Japan?. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 115(D00k08). doi: 10.1029/2009jd012945
• Ruckstuhl, C., Norris, J. R., & Philipona, R. (2010). Is there evidence for an aerosol indirect effect during the recent aerosol optical depth decline in Europe?. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 115(D04204). doi: 10.1029/2009jd012867
• Gordon, N. D., & Norris, J. R. (2010). Cluster analysis of midlatitude oceanic cloud regimes: mean properties and temperature sensitivity. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10(13), 6435-6459. doi: 10.5194/acp-10-6435-2010

2009

• Clement, A. C., Burgman, R., & Norris, J. R. (2009). Observational and Model Evidence for Positive Low-Level Cloud Feedback. Science, 325(5939), 460-464. doi: 10.1126/science.1171255
• Norris, J. R., & Wild, M. (2009). Trends in aerosol radiative effects over China and Japan inferred from observed cloud cover, solar "dimming,'' and solar "brightening''. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114(D00d15). doi: 10.1029/2008jd011378
• Ruckstuhl, C., & Norris, J. R. (2009). How do aerosol histories affect solar "dimming" and "brightening" over Europe?: IPCC-AR4 models versus observations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114(D00d04). doi: 10.1029/2008jd011066
• Norris, J., & Slingo, A. (2009). Trends in observed cloudiness and Earth's radiation budget: what do we not know and what do we need to know?. Clouds in the perturbed climate system : their relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation (pp. 17-36). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.

2007

• Mauger, G. S., & Norris, J. R. (2007). Meteorological bias in satellite estimates of aerosol-cloud relationships. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(16). doi: 10.1029/2007gl029952
• Norris, J. R., & Wild, M. (2007). Trends in aerosol radiative effects over Europe inferred from observed cloud cover, solar "dimming" and solar "brightening". Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112(D8). doi: 10.1029/2006jd007794
• Mansbach, D. K., & Norris, J. R. (2007). Low-level cloud variability over the equatorial cold tongue in observations and models. Journal of Climate, 20(8), 1555-1570. doi: 10.1175/jcli4073.1
• Norris, J. R. (2007). Observed Interdecadal Changes in Cloudiness: Real or Spurious?. Climate Variability and Extremes during the Past 100 Years (pp. 169-178). : Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6766-2_11

2006

• Alexander, M., Yin, J., Branstator, G., Capotondi, A., Cassou, C., Cullather, R., ... Wainer, I. (2006). Extratropical atmosphere-ocean variability in CCSM3. Journal of Climate, 19(11), 2496-2525. doi: 10.1175/jcli3743.1

2005

• Pepin, N. C., & Norris, J. R. (2005). An examination of the differences between surface and free-air temperature trend at high-elevation sites: Relationships with cloud cover, snow cover, and wind. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110(D24). doi: 10.1029/2005jd006150
• Norris, J. R., & Iacobellis, S. F. (2005). North Pacific cloud feedbacks inferred from synoptic-scale dynamic and thermodynamic relationships. Journal of Climate, 18(22), 4862-4878. doi: 10.1175/jcli3558.1
• Norris, J. R. (2005). Trends in upper-level cloud cover and surface divergence over the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean between 1952 and 1997. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110(D21). doi: 10.1029/2005jd006183
• Weaver, C. P., Norris, J. R., Gordon, N. D., & Klein, S. A. (2005). Dynamical controls on sub-global climate model grid-scale cloud variability for Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) case 4. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110(D15). doi: 10.1029/2004jd005022
• Gordon, N. D., Norris, J. R., Weaver, C. P., & Klein, S. A. (2005). Cluster analysis of cloud regimes and characteristic dynamics of midlatitude synoptic systems in observations and a model. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110(D15). doi: 10.1029/2004jd005027
• Kim, B. G., Klein, S. A., & Norris, J. R. (2005). Continental liquid water cloud variability and its parameterization using Atmospheric Radiation Measurement data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110(D15). doi: 10.1029/2004jd005122
• Norris, J. R. (2005). Multidecadal changes in near-global cloud cover and estimated cloud cover radiative forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110(D8). doi: 10.1029/2004jd005600

2003

• Miller, A. J., Alexander, M. A., Boer, G. J., Chai, F., Denman, K., Erickson, D. J., ... Timmermann, A. (2003). Potential feedbacks between Pacific Ocean ecosystems and interdecadal climate variations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84(5), 617-633. doi: 10.1175/bams-84-5-617

2001

• Norris, J. R. (2001). Has northern Indian Ocean cloud cover changed due to increasing anthropogenic aerosol?. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(17), 3271-3274. doi: 10.1029/2001gl013547
• Norris, J. R., & Weaver, C. P. (2001). Improved techniques for evaluating GCM cloudiness applied to the NCAR CCM3. Journal of Climate, 14(12), 2540-2550. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<2540:itfegc>2.0.co;2

2000

• Norris, J. R. (2000). What can cloud observations tell us about climate variability?. Space Science Reviews, 94(1-2), 375-380. doi: 10.1023/a:1026704314326
• Norris, J. R. (2000). Interannual and interdecadal variability in the storm track, cloudiness, and sea surface temperature over the summertime North Pacific. Journal of Climate, 13(2), 422-430. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0422:iaivit>2.0.co;2
• Norris, J. R., & Klein, S. A. (2000). Low cloud type over the ocean from surface observations. Part III: Relationship to vertical motion and the regional surface synoptic environment. Journal of Climate, 13(1), 245-256. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0245:lctoto>2.0.co;2

1999

• Norris, J. R. (1999). On trends and possible artifacts in global ocean cloud cover between 1952 and 1995. Journal of Climate, 12(6), 1864-1870. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1864:otapai>2.0.co;2

1998

• Zhang, Y., Norris, J. R., & Wallace, J. M. (1998). Seasonality of large-scale atmosphere-ocean interaction over the North Pacific. Journal of Climate, 11(10), 2473-2481. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2473:solsao>2.0.co;2
• Norris, J. R., Zhang, Y., & Wallace, J. M. (1998). Role of low clouds in summertime atmosphere-ocean interactions over the North Pacific. Journal of Climate, 11(10), 2482-2490. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2482:rolcis>2.0.co;2
• Norris, J. R. (1998). Low cloud type over the ocean from surface observations. Part II: Geographical and seasonal variations. Journal of Climate, 11(3), 383-403. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0383:lctoto>2.0.co;2
• Norris, J. R. (1998). Low cloud type over the ocean from surface observations. Part I: Relationship to surface meteorology and the vertical distribution of temperature and moisture. Journal of Climate, 11(3), 369-382. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0369:lctoto>2.0.co;2

1995

• Norris, J. R., & Leovy, C. B. (1995). Comments on Trends in Global Marine Cloudiness and Anthropogenic Sulfur. Journal of Climate, 8(8), 2109-2110. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<2109:coigmc>2.0.co;2
• Klein, S. A., Hartmann, D. L., & Norris, J. R. (1995). On the Relationships among Low-Cloud Structure, Sea-Surface Temperature, and Atmospheric Circulation in the Summertime Northeast Pacific. Journal of Climate, 8(5), 1140-1155. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<1140:otralc>2.0.co;2

1994

• Norris, J. R., & Leovy, C. B. (1994). Interannual Variability in Stratiform Cloudiness and Sea Surface Temperature. Journal of Climate, 7(12), 1915-1925. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1994)007<1915:ivisca>2.0.co;2