In the works

Lee, Y., D. Kim, and A.B. Sokol (2026). Response of Anvil Cloud Fraction to Surface Warming: Inter-Model Difference in RCEMIP Simulations. Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres.

Journal Publications

Sokol, A.B. and Chris J. Wright (2026). Sea surface temperature feedbacks and convective organization mediate the tropical circulation response to aerosols. Geophysical Research Letters. doi.org/10.1029/2026GL122829 [PDF]

G.L. O'Donnell, A.A. Wing and co-authors including A.B. Sokol (2026). Characteristics of a Multi-model Ensemble of Mock-Walker Simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. doi.org/10.1029/2026MS005781 [PDF]

Sokol, A.B., T.M. Merlis, and S. Fueglistaler (2026). No "wet gets wetter" in kilometer-scale mock-Walker circulations. AGU Advances. doi.org/10.1029/2025AV002040 [PDF] [editorial highlight]

Sokol, A.B., V.A. Munteanu, P.N. Blossey, and D.L. Hartmann (2025). Internal ocean-atmosphere variability in kilometer-scale radiative-convective equilibrium. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. doi.org/10.1029/2024MS004567 [PDF]

Kärcher, B., F. Hoffman, A.B. Sokol, B. Gasparini, M. Corcos, E. Jensen, R. Atlas, A. Podglajen, H. Morrison, A. Hertzog, R. Plougonven, K.K. Chandrakhar, & W.W. Grabowski (2025). Dissecting cirrus clouds: Navigating effects of turbulence on homogeneous ice formation. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01024-w [PDF]

Sokol, A.B., C.J. Wall, and D.L. Hartmann (2024). Greater climate sensitivity implied by anvil cloud thinning. Nature Geoscience. doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01420-6 [limited PDF] [editorial highlight]

Sokol, A.B. and T. Storelvmo (2024). The spatial heterogeneity of cloud phase observed by satellite. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039751 [PDF]

Atlas, R.L., C.S. Bretherton, A.B. Sokol, P.N. Blossey, and M.F. Khairoutdinov (2024). Tropical anvil cirrus are highly sensitive to ice microphysics within a nudged global storm-resolving model. Geophysical Research Letters. doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105868 [PDF]

Gasparini, B., S.C. Sullivan, A.B. Sokol, B. Kärcher, E. Jensen, and D.L. Hartmann (2023). Opinion: Tropical cirrus—from micro-scale processes to climate-scale impacts. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics. doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15413-2023 [PDF]

Lamraoui, F., M. Krämer, A. Afchine, A.B. Sokol, S. Khaykin, A. Pandey, and Z. Kuang (2023). Sensitivity of convectively driven tropical tropopause cirrus to ice habit. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics. doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2393-2023 [PDF]

Sokol, A.B. and D.L. Hartmann (2022). Congestus mode invigoration by convective aggregation in simulations of radiative-convective equilibrium. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. doi.org/10.1029/2022MS003045 [PDF]

Hartmann, D.L., B.D. Dygert, P.N. Blossey, Q. Fu, and A.B. Sokol (2022). The Vertical Profile of Radiative Cooling and Lapse Rate in a Warming Climate. Journal of Climate doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0861.1 [PDF]

Sokol, A.B. and D.L. Hartmann (2022). Radiative Cooling, Latent Heating, and Cloud Ice in the Tropical Upper Troposphere. Journal of Climate. doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0444.1 [PDF]

Gasparini, B., A.B. Sokol, C.J. Wall, D.L. Hartmann, and P.N. Blossey (2022). Diurnal differences in tropical anvil cloud evolution. Journal of Climate. doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0211.1 [PDF]

Sokol, A.B. and D.L. Hartmann (2020). Tropical Anvil Clouds: Radiative Driving Towards a Preferred State. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033107 [PDF]

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