Recent Publications

Tokay, A. and K. V. Beard, 1996: A field study of raindrop oscillations. Part I: Observations of size spectra and evaluation of oscillation causes. J. Appl. Meteor, 35, 1671-1687.

Tinsley, B. A. and K. V. Beard, 1997: Links between variations in solar activity, atmospheric conductivity, and clouds. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78 685–687.

Szumowski, M., R. M. Rauber, H. Ochs and K. V. Beard, 1998: The microphysical structure and evolution of Hawaiian rainband clouds. Part II: Microphysical measurements within rainbands containing high reflectivity cores. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 208-226.

Andsager, K., K. V. Beard and N. S. Laird, 1999: A laboratory study of oscillations and axis ratios for large raindrops. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 208–226.

Tinsley, B. A., R. P. Rohrbaugh, M. Hei and K. V. Beard, 2000:  Effects of image charges on the scavenging of aerosol particles by cloud droplets and possible consequences for droplet charging and ice nucleation. J . Amos. Sci., 57, 2118-2134.

Beard, K. V., H. T. Ochs and S. Liu, 2001: Collisions between small precipitation drops. Part III: Laboratory measurements at reduced pressure. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1395-1408.

Beard, K. V., R .I. Durkee  and H. T. Ochs, 2002: Coalescence efficiency measurements for minimally charged cloud drops. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 233-243.

Beard, K. V., H. T. Ochs and C. H. Towhy, 2004: Aircraft measurements of high average charges on cloud drops in layer clouds. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L1411.

Song Liu, “Laboratory Measurements of the Effects of Air Pressure on the Coalescence between Small Precipitation Drops,” M.S., May 1997

Robert J. Moore, “A Laboratory Study of Evaporation Ice Nuclei,” May 1997

Jeffrey L. Van Dorn, “A Laboratory Study of the Influence of Temperature on Coalescence Between Small Precipitation Drops,” M.S., May 1998

Jasbir S. Naul, “Cloud Drop Charges in Wintertime Layer Clouds; Aircraft Measurements and Analysis Using a One-Dimensional Electrostatic Model,” M.S., September 2002.