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N. A. McFarlane

N. A. McFarlane

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
11818
World Ranking
6936
National Ranking
309

Overview

N. A. McFarlane is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their research primarily addresses topics within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with focused expertise in the subfields of Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work centers on several key topics including Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate variability and models, and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations. These topics reflect an emphasis on understanding atmospheric processes and climate systems through modeling and simulation techniques.

Regarding their recent scholarly output, one of the notable papers is titled The Canadian Atmospheric Model version 5 (CanAM5.0.3), published in 2023 in the journal Geoscientific Model Development. This work contributes to the development and refinement of atmospheric modeling, which plays a role in advancing climate and weather simulation capabilities.

Collaborative work is a significant component of McFarlane's research. Frequently co-authoring with peers, some of the regular collaborators include:

  • Jason N. S. Cole
  • Knut von Salzen
  • Jiangnan Li
  • John Scinocca
  • David A. Plummer

Their publication record shows engagement with at least one key journal venue:

  • Geoscientific Model Development

The range of contributions situates McFarlane within scientific communities focused on environmental and atmospheric modeling, where their research supports the development of tools and understanding related to climate and planetary atmospheric dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Sensitivity of climate simulations to the parameterization of cumulus convection in the Canadian climate centre general circulation model

    G.J. Zhang;Norman A. McFarlane

  • The Effect of Orographically Excited Gravity Wave Drag on the General Circulation of the Lower Stratosphere and Troposphere.

    N. A. McFarlane

  • The Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis global coupled model and its climate

    G. M. Flato;G. J. Boer;W. G. Lee;N. A. McFarlane

  • The Canadian Climate Centre Second-Generation General Circulation Model and Its Equilibrium Climate

    N.A. Mcfarlane;G.J. Boer;J.P. Blanchet;M. Lazare

  • Class—A Canadian land surface scheme for GCMS, II. Vegetation model and coupled runs

    D. L. Verseghy;N. A. McFarlane;M. Lazare

  • Technical Note: The CCCma third generation AGCM and its extension into the middle atmosphere

    J. F. Scinocca;N. A. McFarlane;M. Lazare;J. Li

  • Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)

    S. Joussaume;K. E. Taylor;P. Braconnot;J. F.B. Mitchell

  • The CCCma third generation AGCM and its extension into the middle atmosphere

    J. F. Scinocca;N. A. Mcfarlane;M. Lazare;J. Li

  • The Canadian Fourth Generation Atmospheric Global Climate Model (CanAM4). Part I: Representation of Physical Processes

    Knut von Salzen;John F. Scinocca;Norman A. McFarlane;Jiangnan Li

  • Greenhouse Gas–induced Climate Change Simulated with the CCC Second-Generation General Circulation Model

    G. J. Boer;N. A. McFarlane;M. Lazare

  • The Canadian Climate Centre spectral atmospheric general circulation model

    G.J. Boer;N.A. McFarlane;R. Laprise;J.D. Henderson

  • The GCM–Reality Intercomparison Project for SPARC (GRIPS): Scientific Issues and Initial Results

    Steven Pawson;Steven Pawson;Steven Pawson;K. Kodera;K. Hamilton;T. G. Shepherd

  • The effect of varying the source spectrum of a gravity wave parameterization in a middle atmosphere general circulation model

    Elisa Manzini;NA McFarlane

  • Radiative‐dynamical climatology of the first‐generation Canadian middle atmosphere model

    S.R. Beagley;J. de Grandpré;J.N. Koshyk;N.A. McFarlane

  • The parametrization of drag induced by stratified flow over anisotropic orography

    J. F. Scinocca;N. A. McFarlane

  • A coupled climate model simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum, Part 1: transient multi-decadal response

    S.-J. Kim;G. M. Flato;G. J. Boer;N. A. Mcfarlane

  • Climate and climate change in western canada as simulated by the Canadian regional climate model

    Rene Laprise;Daniel Caya;Michel Giguere;Guy Bergeron

  • Impact of the Doppler spread parameterization on the simulation of the middle atmosphere circulation using the MA/ECHAM4 general circulation model

    Elisa Manzini;N.A. McFarlane;C. McLandress

  • Extended Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model: Zonal‐mean climatology and physical parameterizations

    V. I. Fomichev;W. E. Ward;S. R. Beagley;C. McLandress

  • The Variability of Modeled Tropical Precipitation

    John F. Scinocca;Norman A. McFarlane

Frequent Co-Authors

George J. Boer
George J. Boer Environment and Climate Change Canada
Knut von Salzen
Knut von Salzen Environment and Climate Change Canada
Theodore G. Shepherd
Theodore G. Shepherd University of Reading
René Laprise
René Laprise University of Quebec at Montreal
Elisa Manzini
Elisa Manzini Max Planck Society
Gregory M. Flato
Gregory M. Flato University of Victoria
W. R. Peltier
W. R. Peltier University of Toronto
John F. Scinocca
John F. Scinocca University of Victoria
Steven Pawson
Steven Pawson Goddard Space Flight Center
Ulrike Lohmann
Ulrike Lohmann ETH Zurich

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