Dr. Norm McFarlane

Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis

Scientist Emeritus
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
SCI A224
Telephone: 250-363-8227
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.