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Leon D. Rotstayn is affiliated with CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research in Australia. Their work is positioned within the context of scientific research related to climate and atmospheric studies.

Their publication record includes papers published in recognized academic venues. One recent paper is titled A physically based cloud scheme for climate models, published in 2021 in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University. This paper reflects involvement in the development of climate modeling components, particularly focusing on physical cloud representation.

  • A physically based cloud scheme for climate models, 2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

The frequent publication venue for their work is OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), where they have contributed at least one publication.

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

There are no records of frequent co-authors or book publications linked to their name. Likewise, specific fields of study, subfields, and detailed research topics beyond the mentioned publication are not delineated in the available source data.

Best Publications

  • On the attribution of changing pan evaporation

    Michael L. Roderick;Leon D. Rotstayn;Graham D. Farquhar;Michael T. Hobbins

  • Tropical Rainfall Trends and the Indirect Aerosol Effect

    Leon D. Rotstayn;Ulrike Lohmann

  • A physically based scheme for the treatment of stratiform clouds and precipitation in large-scale models. I: Description and evaluation of the microphysical processes

    Leon D. Rotstayn

  • Radiative forcing in the ACCMIP historical and future climate simulations

    D.T. Shindell;J.-F. Lamarque;M. Schulz;M. Flanner

  • Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in CMIP5 climate models using NASA “A-Train” satellite observations

    Jonathan H. Jiang;Hui Su;Chengxing Zhai;Vincent S. Perun

  • Aerosol- and greenhouse gas-induced changes in summer rainfall and circulation in the Australasian region: a study using single-forcing climate simulations

    L. D. Rotstayn;S. J. Jeffrey;M. A. Collier;S. M. Dravitzki

  • Improved simulation of Australian climate and ENSO-related rainfall variability in a global climate model with an interactive aerosol treatment

    Leon D. Rotstayn;Leon D. Rotstayn;Mark A. Collier;Mark A. Collier;Martin R. Dix;Martin R. Dix;Yan Feng

  • Australia's CMIP5 submission using the CSIRO-Mk3.6 model

    S Jeffrey;L Rotstayn;M Collier;S Dravitzki

  • Total aerosol effect: radiative forcing or radiative flux perturbation?

    U. Lohmann;L. Rotstayn;T. Storelvmo;A. Jones

  • Have Australian rainfall and cloudiness increased due to the remote effects of Asian anthropogenic aerosols

    Leon D. Rotstayn;Wenju Cai;Martin R. Dix;Graham D. Farquhar

  • A Scheme for Calculation of the Liquid Fraction in Mixed-Phase Stratiform Clouds in Large-Scale Models

    Leon D. Rotstayn;Brian F. Ryan;Jack J. Katzfey

  • A simple pan-evaporation model for analysis of climate simulations: Evaluation over Australia

    Leon D. Rotstayn;Michael L. Roderick;Graham D. Farquhar

  • The CSIRO 9-level atmospheric general circulation model

    J. L. McGregor;H. B. Gordon;I. G. Watterson;M. R. Dix

  • On the “tuning” of autoconversion parameterizations in climate models

    Leon D. Rotstayn

  • Indirect Aerosol Forcing, Quasi Forcing, and Climate Response

    Leon D. Rotstayn;Joyce E. Penner

  • Intercomparison and evaluation of cumulus parametrizations under summertime midlatitude continental conditions

    Shaocheng Xie;Kuan Man Xu;Richard T. Cederwall;Peter Bechtold

  • Sensitivity of the first indirect aerosol effect to an increase of cloud droplet spectral dispersion with droplet number concentration

    Leon D. Rotstayn;Yangang Liu

  • Indirect forcing by anthropogenic aerosols: A global climate model calculation of the effective‐radius and cloud‐lifetime effects

    Leon D. Rotstayn

  • A comparison of single column model simulations of summertime midlatitude continental convection

    Steven J. Ghan;David A. Randall;Kuan-Man Xu;Richard Cederwall

  • The ACCESS coupled model: documentation of core CMIP5 simulations and initial results

    Martin Dix;Peter Vohralik;Dave Bi;Harun Rashid

  • The CSIRO Mk3L climate system model version 1.0 – Part 1: Description and evaluation

    S. J. Phipps;L. D. Rotstayn;H. B. Gordon;J. L. Roberts;J. L. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrike Lohmann
Ulrike Lohmann ETH Zurich
Wenju Cai
Wenju Cai Ocean University of China
Tim Cowan
Tim Cowan University of Southern Queensland
Surabi Menon
Surabi Menon Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Anthony C. Hirst
Anthony C. Hirst Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Joyce E. Penner
Joyce E. Penner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jonathan H. Jiang
Jonathan H. Jiang California Institute of Technology
Larry W. Horowitz
Larry W. Horowitz Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Jason L. Roberts
Jason L. Roberts Australian Antarctic Division
Leo J. Donner
Leo J. Donner Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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