Publications and Presentations

Jennifer E. Kay

Upcoming Conferences and Seminars

- Using radar and lidar instrument simulators to evaluate moist processes in the Community Atmosphere Model, Fall AGU, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14, 2009.

-Session convener - A09: High latitude climate feedbacks. Fall AGU, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14, 2009.

- The cloud and boundary layer response to sea ice loss in CAM3.5 and implications for high-latitude climate feedbacks, CGD Seminar, Boulder, CO, January 12, 2010.

NOTE: This seminar was originally scheduled on November 24, but was moved to a later date due

to the Thanksgiving holiday.

- University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences Colloquium February 5, 2009. title TBD.

Refereed Journal Articles

Kay, J. E., Raeder, K., and A. Gettelman, The cloud and boundary layer response to sea ice loss in CAM3.5 and implications for high-latitude climate feedbacks, in prep for Journal of Climate

Kay, J. E. and A. Gettelman (2009), Cloud influence on and response to seasonal Arctic sea ice loss, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D18204, doi:10.1029/2009JD011773. click here

Kay, J. E. and R. Wood (2008). Timescale analysis of aerosol sensitivity during homogeneous freezing and implications for upper tropospheric water vapor budgets, Geophysical Research Letters. 35, L10809, doi:10.1029/2007GL032628. click here, Eq. 5 typo

Kay, J. E., L’Ecuyer, T., Gettelman, A., Stephens, G., and C. O’Dell (2008). The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L08503, doi:10.1029/2008GL033451. click here

Kay, J. E., Baker, M., and D. Hegg (2007). Physical controls on orographic cirrus inhomogeneity. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 3771-3781. click here

Kay, J. E., Baker, M., and D. Hegg, (2006). Microphysical and dynamical controls on cirrus cloud optical depth distributions, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 111, D24205, doi:10.1029/2005JD006916. click here

Kay, J. E., Kampf, S. K., Handcock, R., Cherkauer, K, Gillespie, A. R., and S. J. Burges (2005). Accuracy of lake and stream temperatures estimated from thermal infrared images, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41 (5), 1161-1175. click here

Kay, J. E., Tsemekhman, V., Larsen, B., Baker, M. and B. Swanson (2003). Comment on evidence for surface initiated homogeneous nucleation, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 3, 1439-1443. click here

Kay, J. E., Gillespie, A. R., Hansen, G. B., and E. Pettit (2003). Spatial relationships between snow contaminant content, grain size, and surface temperature from multi-spectral images of Mt. Rainier, Washington (USA), Remote Sensing of Environment, 86:2, 216-231. click here

Gettelman, A., Lauritzen, P., Park, M., and J. E. Kay (2009), Processes regulating short lived species in the Tropical Tropopause Layer, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, in press

Drobot, S., J. Stroeve, J. Maslanik, W. Emery, C. Fowler, and J. Kay, (2008). Evolution of the 2007-2008 Arctic sea ice cover and prospects for a new record in 2008. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L19501, doi:10.1029/2008GL035316. click here

Cherkauer, K.A., Burges, S.J. , Handcock, R.N., Kay, J. E., Kampf, S.K. and A.R. Gillespie (2005). Assessing satellite-based thermal-infrared remote-sensing for monitoring Pacific Northwest river temperatures, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41 (5), 1149-1160. click here

Simonelli, D. P., Kay, J., Adinolfi, D., Veverka, J., Thomas, P. C., and P. Helfenstein (1999). Phoebe: Albedo map and photometric properties, Icarus, 138, 249-258.

Other Publications

Snover, A.K., Whitely Binder, L. C., Lopez, J., Willmott, E., Kay, J., Howell, D. and J. Simmonds (2007). Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments. In association with and published by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, Oakland, CA click here

Kay, J. E. (2006). Snow density observations in the Washington Cascades, Proceedings of the 74th Western Snow Conference, 12 pp. click here

Casola, J.H., Kay, J. E., Snover, A.K., Norheim, R.A., Whitely Binder, L. C., and the Climate Impacts Group (2005). Climate Impacts on Washington’s Hydropower, Water Supply, Forests, Fish, and Agriculture. A report prepared for King County (Washington) by the Climate Impacts Group (Center for Science in the Earth System, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington). click here

Kay, J. E., Casola, J.H., and A.K. Snover (2005). Primers on Climate Change Science, Climate Change Policy, and the Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Washington State Resources. click here

Conferences and Presentations

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2009

-Kay, J. E., A. Gettelman, and K. Raeder. Atmospheric response to the 2007 sea ice loss in CAM3.5 and CAM4, 14th Annual CCSM Annual Workshop, June 2009, Breckenridge, CO.

-Kay, J. E., A. Gettelman, and K. Raeder. Cloud forcing and feedbacks during recent Arctic sea ice loss, AMS 10th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, May 2009, Madison, WI.

- Kay, J. E.*, Evaluation of CAM candidates for CCSM4 with satellite cloud and radiation datasets, CCSM Atmospheric Model Working Group Meeting, March, 2009, Boulder, CO.

- Kay, J. E.*, and M. Holland, Forcing Datasets for 2007 Hindcast Ocean-ice Model Integrations, CCSM Polar Climate Working Group Meeting, February, 2009, Santa Fe, NM.

- Kay, J. E.*, Mechanisms for recent Arctic sea ice loss, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Columbia University, Princeton University.

2008.

-Kay, J. E., Progress towards confronting NCAR's Community Atmosphere Model with A-train data, Fall AGU, San Francisco, CA

-Kay, J. E.*, Lessons learned from the 2007 Arctic sea ice loss, Fall AGU, San Francisco, CA (INVITED)

-Kay, J. E.*, The atmospheric forcing on recent Arctic sea ice loss, NSIDC Seminar, November 7, Boulder, CO

-Kay, J. E.*, Mechanisms for recent Arctic sea ice loss, JPL Seminar, October 9, Pasadena, CA; NOAA ESRL/CSD Seminar. October 1, Boulder, CO; Cornell University EAS Seminar, September 24, Ithaca, NY

-Kay, J. E.*, Evaluating the atmospheric forcing on recent Arctic sea ice loss, NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Seminar, October 2, Boulder, CO.

-Kay, J. E.*, Arctic cloud regimes in CloudSat data and NCAR's community atmosphere model CloudSat Team Meeting Seattle, WA, August 2008.

-Kay, J. E.*, Arctic clouds, circulation, and sea ice during 2007 and beyond PAN-GCSS Toulouse, France and CCSM Workshop Breckenridge, CO, June 2008. click here for poster

-Kay, J. E.*, The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice loss. ARM Science Team Meeting, March 10-14, Norfolk, VA (INVITED).

-Kay, J. E.*, ibid. Yale University Spring Colloquium, February 20, New Haven, CT (INVITED).

-Kay, J. E.*, ibid. NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Seminar, February 5, Boulder, CO.

2007.

-Kay, J. E.*,. The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice loss. University of Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December (INVITED).

-Kay, J. E.*, Gettelman, A., and H. Morrison. Using A-Train observations to constrain and improve arctic cloud parameterizations. Fall AGU in San Francisco, CA, December (INVITED).

-Nelson, J., and J. E. Kay. Towards a realistic deposition coefficient expression for cirrus cloud modeling. Fall AGU, in San Francisco, CA, December.

-Kay, J. E., and A. Gettelman. Using A-Train Arctic cloud observations to constrain and improve climate models. A-train Lille 2007 Symposium, in Lille, France, October.

-Kay, J. E., and A. Gettelman. Using CloudSat observations to evaluate the representation of clouds in NCAR’s Community Atmosphere Model. CloudSat/Calipso Team Meeting in San Francisco, CA and CCSM Workshop in Breckenridge, CO, June.

2006.

-Kay, J. E., Wood, R. and M. Baker, Are cirrus ice number concentrations sensitive to aerosol number concentrations?, Fall AGU Meeting, Dec. 2006.

-Kay, J. E.*, Baker, M., and D. Hegg, Microphysical and dynamical controls on orographic cirrus inhomogeneity, 12th Annual AMS Conference on Cloud Physics, July.

-Kay, J. E.*, Fueglistaler, S., Hegg, D. and M. Baker, Physical controls on cirrus cloud inhomogeneity, AGU Joint Assembly, May.

-Kay, J. E.*, Snow density observations in the Washington Cascades, 74th Annual Western Snow Conference, April.

-Kay, J. E.*, Clouds and climate 101, PCC Graduate Student Climate Conference, April.

2005.

-Kay, J. E., Baker, M. and D. Hegg, What controls cirrus optical depth distributions?, Fall AGU Meeting, Dec. 2005.

-Kay, J. E.*, Microphysical and Dynamical Influences on Cirrus Cloud Optical Depth Distributions, Canadian Climate Center, Victoria, British Columbia, April.

-Kay, J. E., Baker, M. and D. Hegg, Microphysical and dynamical influences on cirrus optical depths, ARM Science Meeting, March.

2004.

-Kay, J. E.*, Baker, M. and D. Hegg, Lidar observations and parcel modeling of inhomogeneous cirrus clouds over Lamont, OK (USA), 3rd SPARC General Assembly, August.

-Kay, J. E.*, Cirrus Clouds over the ARM SGP Site (Lamont, OK): Can lidar observations help us understand cirrus formation, evolution, and radiative impacts?, Pacific Northwest National Labs, May.

2002.

-Kay, J. E.*, Hansen, G. B., Gillespie, A. R. and E. Pettit, Spatial relationships between snow contaminant content, grain size, and surface temperature in multi-spectral remote sensing data of Mt. Rainier, WA, AGU Fall Meeting, December.

2001.

-Kay, J. E.*, Handcock, R. N., Gillespie, A., Konrad, C., Burges, S., Naveh, N. and D. Booth, Stream-temperature estimation from thermal infrared images, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Sydney, Australia. IEEE 2001 International, Vol. 1, 2001, 112-114, July.

1999.

-Kay, J. E. and J. W. Head III, Geological mapping of Ganymede’s G8 calderas region: Evidence for cryovolcanism? Lunar and Planetary Science XXX, Abstract #1103, March 1999.