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Hugh Morrison is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work extensively covers various topics including Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis.

Hugh Morrison has authored numerous publications in several notable journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Monthly Weather Review

Their recent papers include:

  • Confronting the Challenge of Modeling Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Thermal Chains and Entrainment in Cumulus Updrafts. Part I: Theoretical Description, 2020, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Hugh Morrison has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Wojciech W. Grabowski
  • John M. Peters
  • Jason A. Milbrandt
  • Kamal Kant Chandrakar
  • Zachary J. Lebo

Best Publications

  • Impact of Cloud Microphysics on the Development of Trailing Stratiform Precipitation in a Simulated Squall Line: Comparison of One- and Two-Moment Schemes

    Hugh Morrison;Gregory Thompson;V. Tatarskii

  • A New Double-Moment Microphysics Parameterization for Application in Cloud and Climate Models. Part I: Description

    H. Morrison;J. A. Curry;V. I. Khvorostyanov

  • A New Two-Moment Bulk Stratiform Cloud Microphysics Scheme in the Community Atmosphere Model, Version 3 (CAM3). Part I: Description and Numerical Tests

    Hugh Morrison;Andrew Gettelman

  • Toward a Minimal Representation of Aerosols in Climate Models: Description and Evaluation in the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5

    Xiaohong Liu;Richard C. Easter;Steven J. Ghan;Rahul A. Zaveri

  • Resilience of persistent Arctic mixed-phase clouds

    Hugh Morrison;Gijs de Boer;Gijs de Boer;Graham Feingold;Jerry Harrington

  • Parameterization of Cloud Microphysics Based on the Prediction of Bulk Ice Particle Properties. Part I: Scheme Description and Idealized Tests

    Hugh Morrison;Jason A. Milbrandt

  • Advanced two-moment bulk microphysics for global models. Part I: off-line tests and comparison with other schemes.

    Andrew Gettelman;Hugh Morrison

  • Sensitivity of a Simulated Squall Line to Horizontal Resolution and Parameterization of Microphysics

    George H. Bryan;Hugh Morrison

  • Confronting the Challenge of Modeling Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics

    Hugh Morrison;Marcus van Lier-Walqui;Ann M. Fridlind;Wojciech W. Grabowski

  • Aerosol indirect effects – general circulation model intercomparison and evaluation with satellite data

    Johannes Quaas;Yi Ming;Surabi Menon;Surabi Menon;T. Takemura

  • Global simulations of ice nucleation and ice supersaturation with an improved cloud scheme in the Community Atmosphere Model

    A. Gettelman;Xiaohong Liu;S.J. Ghan;H. Morrison

  • Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. I: single-layer cloud

    Stephen A. Klein;Renata B. McCoy;Hugh Morrison;Andrew S. Ackerman

  • Higher-Order Turbulence Closure and Its Impact on Climate Simulations in the Community Atmosphere Model

    Peter A. Bogenschutz;Andrew Gettelman;Hugh Morrison;Vincent E. Larson

  • Global temperature stabilization via controlled albedo enhancement of low-level maritime clouds.

    John Latham;Philip Rasch;Chih-Chieh Chen;Laura Kettles

  • Indirect and semi-direct aerosol campaign: The impact of Arctic aerosols on clouds

    Greg M. McFarquhar;Steven Ghan;Johannes Verlinde;Alexei Korolev

  • Comparison of Two-Moment Bulk Microphysics Schemes in Idealized Supercell Thunderstorm Simulations

    Hugh Morrison;Jason Milbrandt

  • Advanced Two-Moment Bulk Microphysics for Global Models. Part II: Global Model Solutions and Aerosol–Cloud Interactions*

    A. Gettelman;H. Morrison;S. Santos;P. Bogenschutz

  • A New Two-Moment Bulk Stratiform Cloud Microphysics Scheme in the Community Atmosphere Model, Version 3 (CAM3). Part II: Single-Column and Global Results

    A. Gettelman;H. Morrison;Steven J. Ghan

  • Modeling Supersaturation and Subgrid-Scale Mixing with Two-Moment Bulk Warm Microphysics

    Hugh Morrison;Wojciech W. Grabowski

  • Evidence of liquid dependent ice nucleation in high-latitude stratiform clouds from surface remote sensors

    G. de Boer;H. Morrison;M. D. Shupe;R. Hildner

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Gettelman
Andrew Gettelman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wojciech W. Grabowski
Wojciech W. Grabowski National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jason A. Milbrandt
Jason A. Milbrandt Environment and Climate Change Canada
Minghuai Wang
Minghuai Wang Nanjing University
Steven J. Ghan
Steven J. Ghan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Greg M. McFarquhar
Greg M. McFarquhar University of Oklahoma
Xiaohong Liu
Xiaohong Liu Texas A&M University
Matthew D. Shupe
Matthew D. Shupe University of Colorado Boulder
Matthew R. Kumjian
Matthew R. Kumjian Pennsylvania State University
Gregory Thompson
Gregory Thompson National Center for Atmospheric Research

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