Publications
2023
Stratocumulus-cumulus transition explained by bulk boundary layer theory.C.E. Singer and T. Schneider. Journal of Climate, In review.
CO2-driven stratocumulus cloud breakup in a bulk boundary layer model.C.E. Singer and T. Schneider. Journal of Climate, In review.
Community consensus on physical science research needs to evaluate the viability of marine cloud brightening.G. Feingold, et al. Science Advances, In review.
Tipping Point Forecasting in Non-Stationary Dynamics on Function Spaces.*M. Liu-Schiaffini, C.E. Singer, et al. Preprint.
New developments in PySDM and PySDM-examples v2: collisional breakup, immersion freezing, dry aerosol initialization, and adaptive time-stepping.E.K. de Jong, C.E. Singer, S. Azimi, O. Bulenok, P. Bartman, K. Derlatka, I. Dula, A. Jaruga, J.B. Mackay, R.X. Ward, and S. Arabas. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(84), 4968, 2023.
The Role of Small-Scale Cloud, Aerosol, and Radiation Processes for Earth's Climate.C.E. Singer. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. Defended: July 20, 2023.
2022
DOE-NOAA Marine Cloud Brightening Workshop.Feingold G., V. P. Ghate, L. M. Russell, et al., U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA; DOE/SC-0207; NOAA Technical Report OAR ESRL/CSL-1. 2022.
Model spread in tropical low cloud feedback tied to overturning circulation response to warming.K.A. Schiro, H. Sui, F. Ahmed, N. Dai, C.E. Singer, P. Gentine, G.S. Elsaesser, J.H. Jiang, Y.-S. Choi, and J.D. Neelin. Nature Communications, 13, 7119, 2022.
Intercomparison of upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric water vapor measurements over the Asian Summer Monsoon during the StratoClim Campaign.C.E. Singer, B.W. Clouser, S.M. Khaykin, M. Krämer, F. Cairo, T. Peter, A. Lykov, C. Rolf, N. Spelten, A. Afchine, S. Brunamonti, and E.J. Moyer. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 15, 4767–4783, 2022.
PySDM v1: particle-based cloud modeling package for warm-rain microphysics and aqueous chemistry.P. Bartman, O. Bulenok, K. Górski, A. Jaruga, G. Lazarski, M.A. Olesik, B. Piasecki, C.E. Singer, A. Talar, and S. Arabas. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(72), 3219, 2022.
Persistence of moist plumes from overshooting convection in the Asian monsoon anticyclone.S.M. Khaykin, E.J. Moyer, M. Krämer, B. Clouser, S. Bucci, B. Legras, A. Lykov, A. Afchine, F. Cairo, I. Formanyuk, V. Mitev, R. Matthey, C. Rolf, C.E. Singer, N. Spelten, V. Volkov, V. Yushkov, and F. Stroh. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 3169–3189, 2022.
2021
Top-of-atmosphere albedo bias from neglecting three-dimensional cloud radiative effects.C.E. Singer, I. Lopez-Gomez, X. Zhang, and T. Schneider. Journal of Atmospheric Science, 78(12), 4053-4069, 2021.
2020
Assessing the influence of COVID‐19 on the shortwave radiative fluxes over the East Asian Marginal Seas.Y. Ming, N.G. Loeb, P. Lin, Z. Shen, V. Naik, C.E. Singer, R.X. Ward, F. Paulot, Z. Zhang, N. Bellouin, L.W. Horowitz, P.A. Ginoux, and V. Ramaswamy. Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL091699, 2020.
2018
UV initiated surface grafting on polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes via ink-jet printing assisted modification.R. Bernstein, C.E. Singer, S.P. Singh, C. Mao, and C.J. Arnusch. Journal of Membrane Science, 548, 2018.
2016
Freestanding loadbearing structures with Z-shaped particles.K.A. Murphy, N. Reiser, D. Chosky, C.E. Singer, and H.M. Jaeger. Granular Matter, 18 (26), 2016.
In-prep manuscripts
Stratocumulus sensitivity to aerosol hygroscopicity.C.E. Singer. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, In prep.
The Airborne Chicago Water Isotope Spectrometer: An Integrated Cavity Output Spectrometer for Measurements of the HDO/H2O Isotopic Ratio in the Asian Summer Monsoon.B.W. Clouser, L.C. Sarkozy, C.E. Singer, C. KleinStern, D. Gaeta, S. Khaykin, and E.J. Moyer. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, In prep.
Isotopic composition of water vapor in the Asian Summer Monsoon.B.W. Clouser, C.E. Singer, S.M. Khaykin, and E.J. Moyer. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, In prep.
Conference presentations
How clouds shape Earth's climate.Invited virtual talk at JPL Center for Climate Sciences Friday Seminar; 30 April 2023.
How clouds shape Earth's climate.Invited talk at Scripps Institute of Oceanography; 9 March 2023.
Surface-Active Organics: Results from a Particle-Based Microphysics Model Calibrated with Laboratory Experiments.C.E. Singer, R.X. Ward, S. Arabas. Talk at AMS 103rd Annual Meeting; Denver, CO; 8-12 January 2023.
Stratocumulus cloud feedbacks in a simple physical model.C.E. Singer, T. Schneider, Talk at CalGFD; Pasadena, CA; 18-19 August 2022. Best student presentation award.
Extended mixed-layer theory for the stratocumulus-cumulus transition in climatology and under extreme CO2 forcing.C.E. Singer, T. Schneider, Talk at CFMIP; Seattle, WA; 19-22 July 2022. Outstanding early career presentation award.
Water Vapor Measurements from StratoClim Aircraft CampaignC.E. Singer and B. Clouser, Invited virtual talk at PIRE-Cirrus Journal Club; 10 May 2022.
Analytical Theory for Stratocumulus Cloud Feedbacks.C.E. Singer, T. Schneider, Talk at AGU Fall Meeting 2021; New Orleans, LA; 13-17 December 2021.
Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned by the Caltech URGE Pod.C.E. Singer, L. Dove, et al., Poster at AGU Fall Meeting 2021; New Orleans, LA; 13-17 December 2021.
Assessing the climate relevance of surface-active organics in biogenic SOA.R.X. Ward, B. Schulze, C.E. Singer, Y. Huang, J.H. Seinfeld, E-Lightening Poster at AGU Fall Meeting 2021; New Orleans, LA; 13-17 December 2021.
Quantifying Cloud Sensitivity to Aerosol Hygroscopicity using a Lagrangian Cloud Model.C.E. Singer, A. Jaruga, J.H. Seinfeld, Virtual Talk at ICCP 2021; 2-6 August 2021.
Top-of-atmosphere albedo bias from neglecting three-dimensional radiative transfer through clouds.C.E. Singer, I. Lopez-Gomez, X. Zhang, T. Scheneider, Virtual Poster at AGU Fall Meeting 2020; 7-11 December 2020.
Investigating Stratocumulus Cloud Sensitivity to Aerosol Hygroscopicity using a Lagrangian Particle-based Microphysics ModelC.E. Singer, A. Jaruga, J.H. Seinfeld, Poster at AGU Fall Meeting 2019; San Francisco, CA; 9-13 December 2019.
A Conceptual Model of the Climate Change Response in Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary LayersC.E. Singer, K.L. Hui, T. Schneider, Poster at 2019 AMS Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; Portland, ME; 24-28 June 2019.
Intercomparison of in situ water vapor measurements during the 2018 StratoClim campaignC.E. Singer, B. Clouser, L. Sarkozy, E.J. Moyer, S. Khaykin, M. Kramer, Poster at StratoClim Final Annual Meeting; Potsdam, Germany; 13-17 May 2019.
ChiWIS: The Chicago Water Isotope SpectrometerC.E. Singer, B. Clouser, L. Sarkozy, D.C. Gaeta, E.J. Moyer, Poster at Goldschmidt 2018; Boston, MA; 13-17 Aug 2018.
Comparison of water vapor from observations and models in the Asian Monsoon UTLS regionC.E. Singer, B. Clouser, D.C. Gaeta, E.J. Moyer, Poster at AGU Fall Meeting 2017; New Orleans, LA; December 2017.