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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Robert Donald Cess was a professor of atmospheric sciences at Stony Brook University. He was born in Portland, Oregon. Cess earned his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University and his master's degree from Purdue University in Indiana in 1956. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1959. He is a recognized leader in the fields of climate change and atmospheric radiation transfer. His research interests involve modeling of climate feedbacks that can either amplify or diminish global climate change, and interpreting surface and satellite remote sensing data.
Robert D. Cess's Published Works
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Published Works
- Climate Forcing by Anthropogenic Aerosols (1992) (3332)
- Cloud-Radiative Forcing and Climate: Results from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (1989) (1607)
- Radiation Heat Transfer (1978) (1152)
- Intercomparison and interpretation of climate feedback processes in 19 atmospheric general circulation models (1990) (804)
- Seasonal variation of cloud radiative forcing derived from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (1990) (625)
- Interpretation of Cloud-Climate Feedback as Produced by 14 Atmospheric General Circulation Models (1989) (482)
- Absorption of Solar Radiation by Clouds: Observations Versus Models (1995) (411)
- Mission to planet Earth: Role of clouds and radiation in climate (1995) (392)
- The Effect of Tropospheric Aerosols on the Earth's Radiation Budget: A Parameterization for Climate Models (1983) (359)
- Cloud feedback in atmospheric general circulation models: An update (1996) (320)
- Warm Pool Heat Budget and Shortwave Cloud Forcing: A Missing Physics? (1995) (316)
- The effect of a magnetic field on free convection heat transfer (1961) (309)
- Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) archival and April 1985 results (1989) (284)
- Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES): algorithm overview (1998) (275)
- Fundamentals of Heat Transfer (1963) (267)
- Climate Change: An Appraisal of Atmospheric Feedback Mechanisms Employing Zonal Climatology. (1976) (265)
- Climate-chemical interactions and effects of changing atmospheric trace gases (1987) (253)
- Interpretation of Snow-Climate Feedback as Produced by 17 General Circulation Models (1991) (175)
- The interaction of thermal radiation with free convection heat transfer (1966) (163)
- Increased atmospheric CO2: Zonal and seasonal estimates of the effect on the radiation energy balance and surface temperature (1979) (143)
- A methodology for understanding and intercomparing atmospheric climate feedback processes in general circulation models (1988) (142)
- Response of the NCAR Community Climate Model to the Radiative Forcing by the Naturally Occurring Tropospheric Aerosol (1985) (138)
- Diagnostic study of climate feedback processes in atmospheric general circulation models (1994) (134)
- Exploratory studies of cloud radiative forcing with a general circulation model (1987) (129)
- Magnetohydrodynamic Flow and Heat Transfer About a Rotating Disk (1962) (111)
- Energy Balance Climate Models: A Reappraisal of Ice-Albedo Feedback (1977) (98)
- Laboratory band strengths of methane and their application to the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Titan (1976) (97)
- Natural Versus Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Low-Level Cloud Albedo over the North Atlantic (1992) (93)
- Cloud cover variations over the United States: An influence of cosmic rays or solar variability? (2001) (87)
- The Influence of the 1998 El Niño upon Cloud-Radiative Forcing over the Pacific Warm Pool. (2001) (86)
- Intercomparison and interpretation of surface energy fluxes in atmospheric general circulation models (1992) (83)
- Uncertainties in Carbon Dioxide Radiative Forcing in Atmospheric General Circulation Models (1993) (80)
- Temperature-dependent heat sources or sinks in a stagnation point flow (1961) (78)
- Free Convection With Blowing or Suction (1961) (78)
- Testing the impact of clouds on the radiation budgets of 19 atmospheric general circulation models (2004) (72)
- Analysis of snow feedbacks in 14 general circulation models (1994) (72)
- Absorption of solar radiation by the cloudy atmosphere: Further interpretations of collocated aircraft measurements (1997) (72)
- Surface Net Solar Radiation Estimated from Satellite Measurements: Comparisons with Tower Observations (1993) (72)
- An improved algorithm for retrieving surface downwelling longwave radiation from satellite measurements (2007) (71)
- The climatic effects of large injections of atmospheric smoke and dust: A study of climate feedback mechanisms with one‐ and three‐dimensional climate models (1985) (70)
- Laminar-film condensation on a flat plate in the absence of a body force (1960) (68)
- How Much Solar Radiation Do Clouds Absorb? (1996) (67)
- Characteristics of the earth radiation budget experiment solar monitors. (1987) (65)
- Radiative transfer due to atmospheric water vapor: Global considerations of the earth's energy balance (1974) (64)
- The Interaction of Thermal Radiation with Conduction and Convection Heat Transfer1 (1964) (63)
- Biosphere-Albedo Feedback and Climate Modeling (1978) (61)
- Nuclear war: Illustrative effects of atmospheric smoke and dust upon solar radiation (1985) (61)
- Infrared radiative heat transfer in nongray gases (1967) (60)
- An analysis of periodicities in the 1470 to 1974 Beijing precipitation record (1983) (60)
- Heat transfer to laminar flow between parallel plates with a prescribed wall heat flux (1959) (59)
- Infrared Radiative Energy Transfer in Gases (1972) (58)
- Determining surface solar absorption from broadband satellite measurements for clear skies - Comparison with surface measurements (1991) (57)
- Sensitivity of a GCM Climate to Enhanced Shortwave Cloud Absorption (1995) (57)
- Absorption of solar radiation by clouds: Interpretations of satellite, surface, and aircraft measurements (1996) (56)
- Global climate change: an investigation of atmospheric feedback mechanisms (1975) (56)
- The effect of subcooled liquid on laminar film boiling (1962) (55)
- Inferring surface solar absorption from broadband satellite measurements (1989) (55)
- The Martian paleoclimate and enhanced atmospheric carbon dioxide (1980) (54)
- Regional Cloud Cover Change Associated with Global Climate Change: Case Studies for Three Regions of the United States. (1999) (53)
- The effect of ocean heat capacity upon global warming due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (1981) (50)
- Climate change during 1985–1999: Cloud interactions determined from satellite measurements (2003) (50)
- Cloud structure anomalies over the tropical Pacific during the 1997/98 El Niño (2001) (50)
- Film boiling in a forced-convection boundary-layer flow (1961) (46)
- Arctic aerosols: Model estimates of interactive influences upon the surface-atmosphere clearsky radiation budget (1983) (44)
- Response of the global climate to changes in atmospheric chemical composition due to fossil fuel burning (1980) (43)
- Radiation Effects Upon Boundary-Layer Flow of an Absorbing Gas (1964) (41)
- A Saturnian stratospheric seasonal climate model (1979) (38)
- An Approximate Analysis of Laminar Magnetohydrodynamic Flow in the Entrance Region of a Flat Duct (1962) (38)
- Radiative transfer in the atmosphere of Mars and that of Venus above the cloud deck (1972) (37)
- Low-latitude cloudiness and climate feedback - Comparative estimates from satellite data (1982) (36)
- Algorithm development strategies for retrieving the downwelling longwave flux at the Earth's surface (2001) (36)
- On the differential approximation in radiative transfer (1966) (35)
- Intercomparison and Interpretation of Satellite-Derived Directional Albedos over Deserts (1989) (34)
- Climatic effects of anthropogenic arctic aerosols: An illustration of climate feedback mechanisms with one- and two-dimensional climate models (1986) (34)
- Interpretation of seasonal cloud-climate interactions using Earth Radiation Budget Experiment data (1992) (34)
- Effect of anthropogenic sulfate aerosols on low-level cloud albedo over oceans (1993) (32)
- Radiative transfer within the atmospheres of the major planets (1973) (31)
- Consistency tests applied to the measurement of total, direct, and diffuse shortwave radiation at the surface (2000) (31)
- A model for the temperature inversion within the atmosphere of Saturn (1977) (31)
- The influence of ethane and acetylene upon the thermal structure of the Jovian atmosphere (1975) (31)
- Comparison of general circulation models (2008) (30)
- Gauging water-vapour feedback (1989) (29)
- Impact of a global warming on biospheric sources of methane and its climatic consequences (1983) (29)
- Laminar heat transfer between parallel plates with an unsymmetrically prescribed heat flux at the walls (1960) (29)
- A band absorptance formulation for nonisothermal gaseous radiation (1970) (29)
- Absorption of solar radiation by the clear and cloudy atmosphere during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Enhanced Shortwave Experiments (ARESE) I and II: Observations and models (2003) (28)
- Characteristics of the 1997/1998 El Nino cloud distributions from SAGE II observations (2003) (27)
- Near infrared reflection spectra of ammonia frost: Interpretation of the upper clouds of Saturn (1978) (27)
- Comparison of general circulation models to Earth Radiation Budget Experiment data: Computation of clear‐sky fluxes (1992) (27)
- Comparison of atmospheric clear‐sky shortwave radiation models to collocated satellite and surface measurements in Canada (1998) (27)
- First data from the earth radiation budget experiment (ERBE) (1986) (27)
- Heat Transfer to Laminar Flow Across a Flat Plate With a Nonsteady Surface Temperature (1961) (26)
- Background tropospheric aerosols: Incorporation within a statistical‐dynamical climate model (1984) (26)
- Analysis of the atmospheric energy budget: A consistency study of available data sets (1999) (25)
- The effect of radiation upon forced-convection heat transfer (1961) (24)
- Methane absorption in the visible spectra of the outer planets and Titan (1975) (24)
- Water Vapor Feedback in Climate Models (2005) (23)
- Radiative Transfer Within the Mesospheres of Venus and Mars (1974) (23)
- Solar calibration results from two earth radiation budget experiment nonscanner instruments. (1986) (22)
- Relationship between Cloud Radiative Forcing and Sea Surface Temperatures over the Entire Tropical Oceans (1996) (22)
- The 1997/98 El Niño: A test for climate models (2004) (21)
- Impact of Clouds on the Shortwave Radiation Budget of the Surface-Atmosphere System for Snow-Covered Surfaces (1994) (21)
- SUBCOOLED FORCED-CONVECTION FILM BOILING ON A FLAT PLATE (1961) (20)
- Approaches of comparison for clear‐sky radiative fluxes from general circulation models with Earth Radiation Budget Experiment data (1994) (19)
- The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program: Prelude (2016) (19)
- The impact of clouds on the shortwave radiation budget of the surface-atmosphere system: Interfacing measurements and models (1993) (19)
- Solar absorption by atmospheric water vapor: a comparison of radiation models (1985) (18)
- Effect of Noble Gases on an Atmospheric Greenhouse (Titan) (1973) (18)
- Results from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) (1989) (17)
- Infrared radiation models for atmospheric ozone (1988) (17)
- Averaging of Infrared Cloud Opacities for Climate Modeling. (1978) (16)
- A Model of Saturn's Seasonal Stratosphere at the Time of the Voyager Encounters (1980) (16)
- Ice ages and the Milankovitch theory: A study of interactive climate feedback mechanisms (1979) (15)
- Laboratory band strengths of methane and their application to the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Titan. II - The red region 6000-7600 A (1982) (15)
- Summary of Laminar Heat Transfer Between Parallel Plates With Unsymmetrical Wall Temperatures (1959) (15)
- Modified planck mean coefficients for optically thin gaseous radiation (1967) (15)
- Temporal characteristics of the Jovian atmosphere (1979) (15)
- Magnetohydrodynamic Effects Upon Heat Transfer for Laminar Flow Across a Flat Plate (1960) (14)
- A Simple Parameterization for the Water Vapor Emissivity (1976) (14)
- The influence of vibrational nonequilibrium upon infrared radiative energy transfer (1971) (14)
- A commentary on the recent CO2-climate controversy (1984) (13)
- Response: How Much Solar Radiation Do Clouds Absorb? (1996) (13)
- Comparisons between buoy‐observed, satellite‐derived, and modeled surface shortwave flux over the subtropical North Atlantic during the Subduction Experiment (1999) (13)
- Effect of tropospheric aerosols upon atmospheric infrared cooling rates (1978) (13)
- A radiative transfer model for planetary atmospheres (1971) (13)
- THE I NTERACTION OF THERMAL C ONDUCTION AND INFRARED GASEOUS RADIATION (1969) (12)
- Radiative transport quantities for a hydrogen plasma (1969) (12)
- The large path length limit for infrared gaseous radiation (1968) (12)
- Narrow- and broad-band satellite measurements of shortwave radiation - Conversion simulations with a general circulation model (1986) (12)
- Heat transfer to laminar flow of nongray gases through a circular tube (1972) (12)
- Radiative energy transfer within a hydrogen plasma (1970) (11)
- Concerning the interpretation of enhanced cloud shortwave absorption using monthly‐mean Earth Radiation Budget Experiment/Global Energy Balance Archive measurements (1997) (10)
- The effect of surface emissivity upon infrared gaseous radiation (1968) (10)
- Infrared radiative equilibrium under large path length conditions. (1968) (9)
- Radiation heat transfer in an absorbing medium bounded by a specular reflector (1964) (9)
- The ν9 fundamental of ethane: Integrated intensity and band absorption measurements with application to the atmospheres of the major planets☆ (1974) (9)
- Improved angular directional models for clear sky ocean derived from Earth Radiation Budget Satellite shortwave radiances (1993) (8)
- Unsteady low prandtl number heat transfer for flow across a flat plate (1962) (8)
- Heat transfer to laminar flow of an absorbing-emitting gas between parallel plates (1967) (7)
- An analysis of the strong zonal circulation within the stratosphere of Venus (1975) (7)
- A clarification of certain issues related to the CO2—Climate problem (1987) (7)
- Interpretation of surface and planetary directional albedos for vegetated regions (1989) (7)
- Stratospheric volcanic aerosols: A model study of interactive influences upon solar radiation (1981) (7)
- Forced-Convection Film Boiling on a Flat Plate With Uniform Surface Heat Flux (1962) (7)
- Validation of longwave atmospheric radiation models using Atmospheric Radiation Measurement data (2000) (7)
- Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics and Education. Boelter Anniversary Volume (1965) (7)
- Diurnal Variability of the Planetary Albedo: An Appraisal with Satellite Measurements and General Circulation Models (1988) (6)
- Latitudinal variations in Jovian stratospheric temperature (1981) (6)
- Heat Transfer to Fluids With Low Prandtl Numbers for Flow Across Plates and Cylinders of Various Cross Section (1958) (6)
- Positive about water feedback (1991) (6)
- Interpretation of an 8‐year record of Nimbus 7 wide‐field‐of‐view infrared measurements (1990) (6)
- Disagreements Over Cloud Absorption (2004) (5)
- Infrared radiation models for atmospheric methane (1986) (5)
- Shear-flow stability within the atmosphere of Venus (1974) (5)
- Effects of longwave cloud radiative forcing anomalies on the atmospheric response to equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies (1995) (5)
- The thermal structure within the stratospheres of Venus and Mars (1972) (5)
- Genesis of the Southern Oscillation within the atmosphere: Illustration with global general circulation models (1989) (5)
- A band absorptance formulation for Doppler broadening. (1973) (4)
- Improvements in cloud identification over snow/ice surfaces from ERBE to CERES (2005) (4)
- Pressure-induced radiative transfer in hydrogen☆ (1974) (4)
- Interpretation of cloud structure anomalies over the tropical Pacific during the 1997/98 El Niño (2012) (4)
- Unsteady heat transfer from a rotating disk to fluids with low Prandtl numbers (1964) (3)
- A procedure for evaluating feedback mechanisms in coupled atmosphere/ocean climate models (2004) (3)
- Trace gas effects on climate (1985) (3)
- Spectra of SO2 frost for application to emission observations of Io (1980) (3)
- A note on radiative transfer in lunar and Mercurian surfaces (1971) (3)
- Atmospheric science. Water vapor feedback in climate models. (2005) (2)
- General circulation model intercomparisons for understanding climate (1990) (2)
- Approximation of the Eigenvalues for Heat Transfer in Turbulent Tube Flow (1958) (2)
- Investigation of radiation scattering by sulfuric acid drops (1980) (2)
- Tropospheric aerosols: effects upon the surface and surface-atmosphere radiation budgets (1979) (2)
- THE INTERACTION OF THERMAL RADIATION IN BOUNDARY LAYER HEAT TRANSFER (2019) (2)
- Heat Transmission to Fluids With Low Prandtl Numbers for Flow Through Tube Banks (1958) (2)
- Adiabatic-Wall Temperature for Flow of a Radiation-Absorbing Gas (1964) (1)
- Limiting Solutions for Boundary-Layer Flow of a Radiating Gas (1968) (1)
- Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) validation (1990) (1)
- Closure to “Discussion of ‘The Effect of Subcooled Liquid on Laminar Film Boiling’” (1962, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 84, p. 155) (1962) (1)
- Radiant Interchange Among Diffusely Emitting and Diffusely Reflecting Surfaces (2018) (1)
- Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate feedback mechanisms (1982) (1)
- ARESE (ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment) Science Plan [Atmospheric Radiation Program] (1995) (1)
- New measurements of the infrared spectrum of solid SO2: Applications to IO (1981) (1)
- A Model for the Temperature Inversion of Saturn (1977) (1)
- The applicability of an approximate expression for radiative heating (1973) (1)
- Jupiter: Interpretation of the Pioneer 10 Infrared Radiometer and S-Band Occultation Observations (1975) (1)
- Discussion: “Heat-Transfer Rates to Crossflowing Mercury in a Staggered Tube Bank—I” (Hoe, R. J., Dropkin, D., and Dwyer, O. E., 1957, Trans. ASME, 79, pp. 899–905) (1957) (0)
- Response : Aerosols and Global Warming (1992) (0)
- Changes in the Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect during 1985 to 1999 (2002) (0)
- Research project on CO{sub 2}-induced climate change. Annual progress report, March 1, 1994--February 28, 1995 (1995) (0)
- Mission to Planet Ea Role of Clouds and Radiation in Climate ,rth (1995) (0)
- Solar irradiance measurements using the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment solar monitors (1986) (0)
- Research project on CO{sub 2}-induced climate change. Progress report, March 1, 1993--February 28, 1994 (1994) (0)
- Earth Remote Sensing Facilities for Research and Teaching at the State University of New York (2000) (0)
- The application of perturbation methods to boundary layer flow of radiating gases (1974) (0)
- Second year progress report on research project on CO sub 2 -induced climate change (1989) (0)
- Vertical cloud structure models for the NTRZ EQZ, SEB and STRZ of Jupiter (1986) (0)
- Science team participation in the ARM program. Progress report, October 31, 1992--November 1, 1993 (1993) (0)
- The effects of scattering and conduction upon radiative transfer in lunar and mercurian surfaces (1973) (0)
- Free convection of a radiation-absorbing fluid (1964) (0)
- PERTURBATION ANALYSIS OF RADIATIVE--CONDUCTIVE COUPLING. (1972) (0)
- Cloud and TOA radiative anomalies Over the Tropical Pacific During the 97/98 El Nino (2012) (0)
- Basic Equations for Energy Transfer in Absorbing, Emitting, and Scattering Media (2018) (0)
- Diurnal Variation of Deep Convection Over Tropical Western Pacific (2002) (0)
- Analysis of general circulation model results and comparison with regional climatic data, Task 3. [Progress report] (1989) (0)
- Laboratory band strengths of methane: planetary abundances revised. (1975) (0)
- Angle Factors for Diffuse Interchange (2018) (0)
- ENERGY TRANSFER IN PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES (1974) (0)
- Cloud Structure Over Tropical Pacific During 1985--1999: Preliminary Analysis (2003) (0)
- Applications and Solutions of the Equations of Radiant Interchange (2018) (0)
- Evaluation of solar energy disposition in GCMs using satellite and surface data (1994) (0)
- Commentary on the recent CO/sub 2/-climate controversy (1983) (0)
- Analysis of general circulation model results and comparison with regional climatic data, Task 3 (1989) (0)
- Radiant Interchange Among Surfaces Having Specular Components of Reflection (2018) (0)
- First year progress report on research project on CO{sub 2}-induced climate change (1991) (0)
- Closure to “Discussion of ‘Heat Transfer to Laminar Flow Across a Flat Plate With a Nonsteady Surface Temperature’” (1961, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 83, pp. 279–280) (1961) (0)
- Anthropogenically-Induced Climate Change: Final Report (2008) (0)
- Combined Conduction and Radiation (2018) (0)
- Are Io's Poles Wandering? (1987) (0)
- Closure to “Discussions of ‘Film Boiling in a Forced-Convection Boundary-Layer Flow’” (1961, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 83, pp. 375–376) (1961) (0)
- The role of radiation in mesoscale flows: Physics, parameterizations, codes (1993) (0)
- Closure to “Discussion of ‘Heat Transmission to Fluids With Low Prandtl Numbers for Flow Through Tube Banks’” (1958, Trans. ASME, 80, p. 682) (1958) (0)
- The Surface Radiation Budget and Cloud Climate Interactions as a Part of CERES (1998) (0)
- INVESTIGATION OF RADIATION SCATTERING BY SULFURIC (1980) (0)
- Combined Convection and Radiation (2018) (0)
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