Refereed Publications: Richard P. Allan
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  (33)   Haywood, J. M., R. P. Allan, J. Bornemann, P. Forster, P. N. Francis, S. Milton, G. Rädel, A. Rap, K. P. Shine and R. Thorpe (2009) A Case Study of the Radiative Forcing of Persistent Contrails Evolving into Contrail-Induced Cirrus J. Geophys. Res., 114,D24201, doi:10.1029/2009JD012650. PDF | Sunday Times Article | Guardian
  (32)  John, V.O., R.P. Allan and B.J. Soden (2009), How robust are observed and simulated precipitation responses to tropical ocean warming? Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L14702, doi:10.1029/2009GL038276. PDF
  (31)   Allan, R. P. (2009), Examination of Relationships between Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation and Aspects of the Atmospheric Hydrological Cycle in Climate Models, Reanalyses, and Observations, J. Climate, 22, 3127-3145. PDF
  (30)  Slingo, A., N.A. Bharmal, G.J. Robinson, J.J. Settle, R.P. Allan, H.E. White, P.J. Lamb, M. Issa Lele, D.D. Turner, S. Mc Farlane, E. Kassianov, J. Barnard, C. Flynn and M. Miller (2008), Overview of observations from the RADAGAST experiment in Niamey, Niger. Part 1: Meteorology and thermodynamic variables, J. Geophys Res., 113, D00E01, doi:10.1029/2008JD009909. PDF version
  (29)  Allan, R. P. and B. J. Soden (2008), Atmospheric Warming and the Amplification of Precipitation Extremes, Science, 321, (5895) p.1481-1484, doi:10.1126/science.1160787. Link / PDF / Supplementary Material | Guardian article | see also
  (28)  Milton, S. F., G. Greed, M. A. Brooks, J. Haywood, B. Johnson, Allan, R. P., A. Slingo and W. M. F. Grey (2008), Modeled and observed atmospheric radiation balance during the West African dry season: Role of mineral dust, biomass burning aerosol, and surface albedo, J. Geophys Res., 113, D00C02, doi:10.1029/2007JD009741. Link to paper at AGU
  (27)  Zveryaev, I. I., J. Wibig and R. P. Allan, (2008), Contrasting Interannual variability of Atmospheric Moisture over Europe during Cold and Warm Season, Tellus, 60A, 32-41 PDF
  (26)  Allan, R. P., A. Slingo, S.F. Milton and M.A. Brooks (2007), Evaluation of the Met Office global forecast model using Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) data, Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 133, 1993-2010 (PDF)
  (25)  Allan, R. P. and B. J. Soden (2007), Large discrepancy between observed and simulated precipitation trends in the ascending and descending branches of the tropical circulation, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L18705, doi:10.1029/2007GL031460. (PDF)
  •   Randall, D.A., R.A. Wood, S. Bony, R. Colman, T. Fichefet, J. Fyfe, V. Kattsov, A. Pitman, J. Shukla, J. Srinivasan, R.J. Stouffer, A. Sumi and K.E. Taylor (2007), Cilmate Models and Their Evaluation. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, [Contributing Author] (PDF)
  •   Trenberth, K.E., P.D. Jones, P. Ambenje, R. Bojariu, D. Easterling, A. Klein Tank, D. Parker, F. Rahimzadeh, J.A. Renwick, M. Rusticucci, B. Soden and P. Zhai (2007), Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, [Contributing Author] (PDF)
      (24)   Allan, R. P. (2007), Improved simulation of water vapour and clear-sky radiation using 24 hour forecasts from ERA40, Tellus, 59A, 336-343. PDF (DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00229.x)
      (23)  Comer, R.E., A. Slingo, R.P. Allan (2007),Observations of the diurnal cycle of outgoing longwave radiation from the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget instrument, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L02823, doi:10.1029/2006GL028229. PDF Version
      (22)  Slingo, A., T. P. Ackerman, R. P. Allan, E. I. Kassianov, S. A. McFarlane, G. J. Robinson, J. C. Barnard, M. A. Miller, J. E. Harries, J. E. Russell, and S. Dewitte (2006), Observations of the impact of a major Saharan dust storm on the Earth's radiation balance, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L24817, doi:10.1029/2006GL027869. PDF Version
      (21)   Allan, R. P. (2006), Variability in clear-sky longwave radiative cooling of the atmosphere J. Geophys. Res., 111, D22105, doi:10.1029/2006JD007304. PDF Version
      (20)   Bony, S., R. Colman, V.M. Kattsov, R.P. Allan, C.S. Bretherton, J.-J. Dufresne, A. Hall, S. Hallegatte, M.M. Holland, W. Ingram, D.A. Randall, B.J. Soden, G. Tselioudis, and M.J. Webb (2006), How well do we understand and evaluate climate change feedback processes?, J. Climate, 19, 3445-3482. (PDF) (HTML)
      (19)  Uppala, S. M., P.W. Kallberg, A.J. Simmons, U. Andrae, V. da Costa Bechtold, M. Fiorino, J.K Gibson, J. Haseler, A. Hernandez, G.A. Kelly, X. Li, K. Onogi, S. Saarinen, N. Sokka, R.P. Allan, E. Andersson, K. Arpe, M.A. Balmaseda, A.C.M. Beljaars, L. van de Berg, J. Bidlot, N. Bormann, S. Caires, F. Chevallier, A. Dethof, M. Dragosavac, M. Fisher, M. Fuentes, S. Hagemann, E. Holm, B.J. Hoskins, L. Isaksen, P.A.E.M. Janssen, R. Jenne, A.P. McNally, J.-F. Mahfouf, J.-J. Morcrette, N.A Rayner, R.W. Saunders, P. Simon, A. Sterl, K.E. Trenberth, A. Untch, D. Vasiljevic, P. Viterbo and J. Woollen (2005), The ERA-40 Re-analysis, Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 131, 2961-3012. (PDF)
      (18)  Zveryaev, I.I. and R. P. Allan (2005), Water vapor variability in the tropics and its links to dynamics and precipitation, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D21112, doi:10.1029/2005JD006033. ( PDF versions of article and colour versions of Figure 13 and Figure 14)
      (17)  Allan, R. P., A. Slingo, S.F. Milton I. Culverwell (2005), Exploitation of Geostationary Earth Radition Budget data using simulations from a numerical weather prediction model: Methodology and data validation, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D14111, 10.1029/2004JD005698. (PDF)
      (16)  Harries, J. E. and coauthors including A. Slingo and R. P. Allan (2005), The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) Experiment, Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 86, 945-960. (PDF)
      (15)  Haywood, J. M., R. P. Allan, I. Culverwell, A. Slingo, S. Milton, J. M. Edwards and N. Clerbaux (2005), Can desert dust explain the outgoing longwave radiation anomaly over the Sahara during July 2003? J. Geophys. Res., 110, D05105, doi:10.1029/2004JD005232. (PDF) | Colour Figures (PDF).
      (14)  Allan, R. P., M. A. Ringer, J. A. Pamment and A. Slingo (2004), Simulation of the Earth's radiation budget by the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts 40-year Reanalysis (ERA40) J. Geophys. Res., 109, D18107, doi:10.1029/2004JD004816. PDF version
      (13)  Ringer, M. A. and R. P. Allan (2004), Evaluating climate model simulations of tropical cloud Tellus, 56A, 308-327. PDF Version
      (12)  Allan, R. P., M. A. Ringer, and A. Slingo (2003), Evaluation of moisture in the Hadley Centre Climate Model using simulations of HIRS water vapour channel radiances, Quarterly Journal of Royal Met. Soc., 129, 3371-3389. PDF Version
      (11)  Brindley, H. and R. P. Allan (2003), Simulations of the effects of inter-annual and decadal variability on the clear-sky outgoing longwave radiation spectrum, Quarterly Journal of Royal Met. Soc., 129, 2971-2988. PDF version
      (10)  Allan, R. P. and M. A. Ringer (2003), Inconsistencies between satellite estimates of longwave cloud forcing and dynamical fields from reanalyses, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(9), 1491, doi:10.1029/2003GL017019. PDF Version
      (9)   Allan, R. P., V. Ramaswamy and A. Slingo (2002), A diagnostic analysis of atmospheric moisture and clear-sky radiative feedback in the Hadley Centre and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) climate models, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D17), 4329, DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001131. PDF Version
      (8)  Allan, R. P., A. Slingo and V. Ramaswamy (2002), Analysis of moisture variability in the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 15-year reanalysis over the tropical oceans, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D15), 4230, DOI 10.1029/2001JD001132. PDF Version
      (7)  Allan, R. P., A. Slingo and M. A. Ringer (2002), Influence of dynamics on the changes in tropical cloud radiative forcing during the 1998 El Niño, J. Climate, 15, 1979-1986. PDF Version/ HTML Version (CORRECTION 14 March 2003)
  •   Trenberth, K. E., B. A. Wielicki, A. D. Del Genio, T. Wong, J. Chen, B. E. Carlson, R. P. Allan, F. Robertson, H. Jacobowitz, A. Slingo, D. A. Randall, J. T. Kiehl, B. J. Soden, C. T. Gordon, A. J. Miller, S.-K. Yang, and J. Susskind (2002), Changes in tropical cloud and radiation, Science Online, 296, 2095a. PDF Version.
      (6)  Allan, R. P. and A. Slingo (2002), Can current climate forcings explain the spatial and temporal signatures of decadal OLR variations?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(7), 1141, DOI 10.1029/2001GL014620. PDF Version
      (5)  Wielicki, B. A., T. M. Wong, R. P. Allan, A. Slingo, J. T. Kiehl, B. J. Soden, C. T. Gordon, A. J. Miller, S.-K. Yang, D. A. Randall, F. Robertson, J. Susskind and H. Jacobowitz (2002), Evidence for Large Decadal Variability in the Tropical Mean Radiative Energy Budget, Science, 295, 841-844. PDF Version. (also see Supplemental Details)*# (NASA Langly Reid Award)
      (4)  Slingo, A., J. A. Pamment, R. P. Allan and P. S. Wilson (2000), Water Vapour Feedbacks in the ECMWF Re-Analyses and Hadley Centre Climate Model, J. Climate 13, 3080-3098. PDF version
      (3)  Allan, R. P. (2000), Evaluation of Simulated Clear-sky Longwave Irradiance at the Surface using Ground-based Radiometric Observations, J. Climate 13, 1951-1964. (PDF)
      (2)  Allan, R. P., K.P. Shine, A. Slingo and J.A. Pamment (1999), The dependence of clear-sky outgoing longwave radiation on surface temperature and relative humidity, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 125, 2103-2126. PDF
  •   Allan, R. P., Modelling the variability of the Earth's Radiation Budget, PhD Thesis, Reading, 1998. Postscript Version
      (1)  Allan, R. P. and A. Slingo (1997), Simulated Long-wave Clear-sky Irradiance over the Ocean: Spatial and Temporal Variability 1979-1993, Phys. Chem. Earth., 23, 599-604. Postscript Version#

    Under Review/Preparation

        Zveryaev, I. I. and R. P. Allan, (2010), Summertime Precipitation Variability over Europe and its Links to Atmospheric Dynamics and Evaporation, J Geophys. Res., accepted     PDF
       Allan, R. P. and I. I. Zveryaev (2010), Variability in the summer season hydrological cycle over the Atlantic-Europe region 1979-2007, Int. J. Climatol., accepted PDF
        Allan, R. P., B. J. Soden, V. O. John, W. Ingram, P. Good (2010), Current Changes in Tropical Precipitation, submitted to Environmental Research Letters, PDF
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