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Dr. Norm McFarlane
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
Senior Visiting Scientist
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
SCI A213
Telephone: 250-363-8230
Fax: 250-363-8247
Email:Norm.Mcfarlane@ec.gc.ca
Education
- B.Sc. (Physics) - University of Alberta (1962)
- M.Sc. (Meteorology) - McGill University (1970)
- Ph.D. (Atmospheric Siences) - University of Michigan (1974)
Research Interests
- Numerical modelling of the general circulation of the atmosphere from the surface to the mesopause.
- Development and use of comprehensive models of the climate system.
- Parameterization of physical processes in atmospheric and oceanic general circulation models.
Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals (2005-2009)
- J. Davoudi, N.A.McFarlane, T. Birner, 2009, Fluctuation of mass flux in a cloud resolving simulation with interactive radiation, J. Atmos. Sci (in press).
- Khouider, Boualem, Adam H. Monahan, Norman McFarlane, John Scinocca, and Knut von Salzen, 2009, Tropical Multiscale Convective Systems: Theory, Modeling, and Observations, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90,379-383 DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2565.1.
- Scinocca, J. F., McFarlane, N. A., Lazare, M., Li, J., and Plummer, D.: Technical Note: The CCCma third generation AGCM and its extension into the middle atmosphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 7055-7074, 2008.
- N. A. McFarlane, 2008, Connections Between Stratospheric Ozone and Climate: Radiative Forcing, Climate Variability and Change, Atmosphere-Ocean 46 (1), 139-158.
- Faisal S. Boudala, George A.Isaac, N. A. McFarlane, and J. Li, 2007, The sensitivity of the radiation budget in a climate simulation to neglecting the effect of small ice particles, J. Climate, 20, 3527-3541.
- Steiner, N., K. Denman, N.McFarlane, L. Solheim, 2006, Simulating the coupling between atmosphere-ocean processes and the planktonic ecosystem during SERIES, Deep-Sea Research, II, 53, 2434-2454.
- McLandress,c., W.E. Ward, V.I. Fomichev, K. Semeniuk, S.R. Beagley, N.A. McFarlane, T.G. Shepherd,2006, Large-Scale Dynamics of the MLT: An analysis using the extended Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model, J. Geophy. Res. 111, D17111, doi:10.1029/2005JD006776,2006.
- J. Li, J. Scinocca, M. Lazare, N. McFarlane, K. v. Salzen, L. Solheim, 2006, Ocean Surface Albedo and its Impact on Radiation Balance in Climate Models, J. Climate, 19, 6314-6333.
- Curry, C. L., N. A. McFarlane, and J. F. Scinocca, 2006, Relaxing the well-mixed greenhouse gas approximation in climate simulations: Consequences for stratospheric climate, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D08104, doi:10.1029/2005JD006670.
- Lorant, Virginie, Norman A. McFarlane and John. F. Scinocca, 2006, Variability of precipitation intensity: sensitivity to treatment of moist convection in an RCM and a GCM. Climate Dynamics, 26, 183-200.
- Knut von Salzen, K., N. McFarlane, and M. Lazare, 2005, The role of shallow convection in the water and energy cycles of the atmosphere. Climate Dynamics, 25, 671-688.
- Yuan, Jian, Qiang Fu, and Norman McFarlane, 2005, Tests and Improvement of GCM Cloud Parameterizations using the CCCma SCM with the SHEBA Dataset, Atmospheric Research, 82, 222-238.
Articles in other publications (2005-2009)
- Farahani, E., N. McFarlaner, R.L. Batchelor, R.L. Collins, V.L. Harvey. N.J. Livesy, G.L. Manney, M.L. Santee, K. Strong, K.A. Walker, 2009, Features of the Arctic stratosphere during IPY, SPARC Newsletter No. 33, 6-13.
- McFarlane, N., A. Ravishankara, and A. O'Neill, 2005, From Ozone Hole to Chemical limate Prediction, WMO Bulletin, 54 (2), 65-74.
- McFarlane, N.A., J. F. Scinocca, M. Lazare, R. Harvey, D. Verseghy, and J. Li, 2005: The CCCma third generation atmospheric general circulation model. CCCma Internal Rep., 25 pp.
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