Publications

2025:

(42) Arabas S., J. Curtis, I. Silber, A. M. Fridlind, D. A. Knopf, M. West, and N. Riemer (2025), Immersion freezing in particle-based aerosol-cloud microphysics: a probabilistic perspective on singular and time-dependent models, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 17, no. 4:Art. No. e2024MS004770, doi:10.1029/2024MS004770.

(41) Maneenoi N., L. Russell, S. Han, J.L. Dedrick, A. Williams, V.Z. Berta, and C. Pelayo, M. A. Zawadowicz, A. J. Sedlacek III, I. Silber, M. Thieman, D. Painamal, and S. S. P. Chen (2025), Photochemical and Cloud and Aerosol Aqueous Contributions to Regionally-Emitted Shipping and Biogenic Non-Sea-Salt Sulfate Aerosol in Coastal California, ACS ES&T Air, 2, no. 4:648-664, doi:10.1021/acsestair.4c00352.

(40) Mei, F., Q. Zhang, , D. Zhang, J. D. Fast, G. Kulkarni, M. S. Pekour, C. R. Niedek, S. Glienke, I. Silber, B. Schmid, J. M. Tomlinson, H. S. Mehta, X. Mansoura, Z. Cheng, G. W. Vandergrift, N. N. Lata, S. China, and Z. Zhu (2025), Measurement report: Vertically resolved atmospheric properties observed over the Southern Great Plains with the ArcticShark uncrewed aerial system, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 3425–3444, doi:10.5194/acp-25-3425-2025.

(39) Silber I., J. M. Comstock, M. R. Kieburtz, and L. M. Russell (2025), ARMTRAJ: A Set of Multipurpose Trajectory Datasets Augmenting the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility Measurements, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, no. 1:29-42, doi:10.5194/essd-17-29-2025.

(38) Tian J., J. M. Comstock, A. V. Geiss, P. Wu, I. Silber, D. Zhang, P. Kooloth, and Y. C. Feng (2025), Mesoscale Cellular Convection Detection and Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks: Insights From Long-Term Observations at ARM Eastern North Atlantic Site, J. Geophys. Res.: Machine Learn. Comp., 2, no. 1:e2024JH000486, doi:10.1029/2024JH000486.

2024:

(37) Williams A., J. L. Dedrick, L. M. Russell, F. Tornow, I. Silber, A. Fridlind, B. E. Swanson, P. J. DeMott, P. Ziegler, and R. Krejci (2024), Aerosol Size Distribution Properties Associated with Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Norwegian Arctic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., no. 20:11791-11805, doi:10.5194/acp-24-11791-2024.

(36) Barone T., M. Diao, Y. Shi, X. Zhao, X. Liu, and I. Silber (2024), Impacts of Synoptic-Scale Dynamics on Clouds and Radiation in High Southern Latitudes, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 129, no. 16:e2023JD040329, doi: 10.1029/2023JD040329.

(35) Cesana G., O. Pierpaoli, M. Ottaviani, L. Vu, Z. Jin, and I. Silber (2024), The correlation between Arctic sea ice, cloud phase and radiation using A-train satellites, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, no. 13:7899-7909, doi:10.5194/acp-24-7899-2024.

(34) Cesana, G. V., A. S. Ackerman, A. M. Fridlind, I. Silber, A. Del Genio, M. Zelinka, and H. Chepfer (2024), Observational constraint on a feedback from supercooled clouds reduces projected warming uncertainty, Commumn. Earth. Environ., 5, 181, doi: 10.1038/s43247024-01339-1.

2023:

(33) Knopf, D. A., I. Silber, N. Riemer, A. M. Fridlind, and A. S. Ackerman (2023), A 1D Model for Nucleation of Ice from Aerosol Particles: An Application to a Mixed-Phase Arctic Stratus Cloud Layer, J. Adv. Model. Earth Sys., doi: 10.1029/2023MS003663.

(32) Silber, I. (2023), Arctic Cloud-Base Ice Precipitation Properties Retrieved Using Bayesian Inference, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., doi: 10.1029/2022JD038202.

(31) Stanford M. K., A. M. Fridlind, I. Silber, A. S. Ackerman, G. V. Cesana, J. Mülmenstädt, A. Protat, S. P. Alexander, and A. J. McDonald (2023), Earth-system-model evaluation of cloud and precipitation occurrence for supercooled and warm clouds over the Southern Ocean's Macquarie Island, Atm. Chem. Phys., doi: 10.5194/acp-23-9037-2023.

(30) Lubin, D., M. L. Ghiz, S. Castillo, R. C. Scott, S. E. LeBlanc, and I. Silber (2023), A Surface Radiation Balance Data Set from Siple Dome in West Antarctica for Atmospheric and Climate Model Evaluation, J. Clim., doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0731.1.

(29) Desai, N., M. Diao, Y. Shi, X. Liu, and I. Silber (2023), Cloud Phase Observations over the Southern Ocean and Comparison with E3SM results, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., doi: 10.1029/2023JD038581.

2022:

(28) Tridon, F., I. Silber, A. Battaglia, S. Kneifel, A. M. Fridlind, P. Kalogeras, and R. Dhillon (2022), Highly supercooled riming and unusual triple-frequency radar signatures over McMurdo station, Antarctica, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi: 10.5194/acp-2022-136.

(27) Silber, I., and M. D. Shupe (2022), Insights on Sources and Formation Mechanisms of Liquid-Bearing Clouds over MOSAiC Examined from a Lagrangian Framework, Elementa: Sci. of the Anthropocene, doi: 10.1525/elementa.2021.000071.

(26) Silber, I., R. Jackson, A. M. Fridlind, A. S. Ackerman, S. Collis, J. Verlinde, and J. Ding (2022). The Earth Model Column Collabratory (EMC²): An Open-Source Lidar and Radar Forward Simulator and Sub-Column Generator for Climate Models, Geosci. Model Dev., doi: 10.5194/gmd-15-901-2022.

2021:

(25) Hines, K., D. H. Bromwich, I. Silber, L. M. Russell, and L. S. Bai (2021), Predicting Frigid Mixed-Phase Clouds for Pristine Coastal Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., doi: 10.1029/2021JD035112.

(24) Cesana, G. V., A. S. Ackerman, A. M. Fridlind, I. Silber, and M. Kelley (2021), Snow reconciles observed and simulated phase partitioning and increases cloud feedback, Geophys Res. Lett., doi: 10.1029/2021GL094876.

(23) Yip, J., M. Diao, T. Barone, I. Silber, and A. Gettelman (2021), Evaluation of the CAM6 Climate Model Using Cloud Observations at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., doi: 10.1029/2021JD034653.

(22) Kremser, S., M. Harvey, P. Kuma, S. Hartery, A. Saint-Macary, J. McGregor, A. Schuddeboom, M. von Hobe, A. Geddes, R. Querel, A. J. McDonald, M. Peltola, K. Sellegri, S. T. Lennartz, I. Silber, C. Law, C. J. Flynn, A. Marriner, G. Brailsford, G. Plank, and G. Graham (2021), Southern Ocean Cloud and Aerosol data: a compilation of measurements from the 2018 Southern Ocean Ross Sea Marine Ecosystems and Environment voyage, Earth Sys. Sci. Data, doi: 10.5194/essd-13-3115-2021.

(21) Silber, I., P. S. McGlynn, J. Y. Harrington, and J. Verlinde (2021), Habit-Dependent Vapor Growth Modulates Arctic Supercooled Water Occurrence, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1029/2021GL092767.

(20) Cadeddu, M. P., D. Cimini, V. Ghate, D. Lubin, A. M. Vogelmann, and I. Silber (2021), Investigation of Humidity and Ice Supersaturation Profiles Over West Antarctica Using Ground-Based G-Band Radiometer Retrievals, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3077088.

(19) Silber, I., A. M. Fridlind, J. Verlinde, A. S. Ackerman, G. V. Cesana, and D. A. Knopf (2021), The Prevalence of Precipitation from Polar Supercooled Clouds, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi: 10.5194/acp-21-3949-2021.

(18) Kuma, P., A. J. McDonald, O. Morgenstern, R. Querel, I. Silber, and C. J. Flynn (2021), Ground-based lidar processing and simulator framework for comparing models and observations (ALCF 1.0), Geosci. Model Dev., doi: 10.5194/gmd-2020-25.

(17) McErlich, C., A. J. McDonald, A. J. Schuddeboom, and I. Silber (2021), Comparing satellite and ground-based observations of cloud occurrence over high southern latitudes, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., doi: 10.1029/2020JD033607.

2020:

(16) Silber I., A. M. Fridlind, J. Verlinde, L. M. Russell, and A. S. Ackerman (2020), Nonturbulent Liquid-Bearing Polar Clouds: Observed Frequency of Occurrence and Simulated Sensitivity to Gravity Waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1029/2020GL087099.

(15) Lubin, D., D. Zhang, I. Silber, R. C. Scott, P. Kalogeras, A. Battaglia, D. H. Bromwich, M. Cadeddu, E. W. Eloranta, A. M. Fridlind, A. Frossard, K. Hines, S. Kneifel, W. R. Leaitch, W. Lin, J. P. Nicolas, H. Powers, P. K. Quinn, P. Rowe, L. M. Russell, S. Sharma, J. Verlinde, and A. M. Vogelmann (2020), AWARE: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) West Antarctic Radiation Experiment, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0278.1.

(14) Silber, I., J. Verlinde, G. Wen, and E. W. Eloranta (2020), Can embedded liquid cloud layer volumes be classified in polar clouds using a single-frequency zenith-pointing radar?, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2019.2918727.

2019:

(13) Silber, I., A. M. Fridlind, J. Verlinde, A. S. Ackerman, Y. S. Chen, D. H. Bromwich, S.-H. Wang, M. Cadeddu, and E. W. Eloranta (2019), Persistent supercooled drizzle at temperatures below -25°C observed at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., doi: 10.1029/2019JD030882.

(12) Silber, I., J. Verlinde, S.-H. Wang, D. H. Bromwich, A. M. Fridlind, M. P. Cadeddu, E. W. Eloranta, and C. J. Flynn (2019), Cloud influence on ERA5 and AMPS surface downwelling longwave radiation biases in West Antarctica, J. Clim., doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0149.1.

(11) Hines, K., D. Bromwich, S. H. Wang, I. Silber, J. Verlinde, and D. Lubin (2019), Microphysics of Summer Clouds in Central West Antarctica Simulated by Polar WRF and AMPS, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi: 10.5194/acp-2018-1251.

(10) Silber, I., J. Verlinde, M. Cadeddu, C. J. Flynn, A. M. Vogelmann, and E. W. Eloranta (2019), Antarctic cloud macrophysical, thermodynamic phase, and atmospheric inversion coupling properties at McMurdo Station. Part II: radiative impact during different synoptic regimes, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., doi: 10.1029/2018JD029471.

2018:

(9) Silber, I., H. Verlinde, E. W. Eloranta, and M, Cadeddu (2018), Antarctic cloud macrophysical, thermodynamic phase, and atmospheric inversion coupling properties at McMurdo Station Part I: principal data processing and climatology, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., doi: 10.1029/2018JD028279.

(8) Silber, I., H. Verlinde, E. W. Eloranta, C. J. Flynn, and D. M. Flynn (2018), Polar liquid cloud base detection algorithms for high spectral resolution or micropulse lidar data, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., doi: 10.1029/2017JD027840.

(7) Katz, S., Y. Yair, C. Price, R. Yaniv, I. Silber, B. Lynn, and B. Ziv (2018), Electrical properties of the 8-12th September, 2015 massive dust outbreak over the Levant, Atmospheric Research, 201, 218-225, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.11.00.

2017:

(6) Wüst, S., C. Schmidt, M. Bittner, I. Silber, C. Price, J. H. Yee, M. Mlynczak, and J. Russell III (2017), First ground-based observations of mesopause temperatures above the Eastern-Mediterranean Part II: OH*-climatology and gravity wave activity, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 155, 104-111, doi: 10.1016/j.jastp.2017.01.003.

(5) Silber, I., C. Price, C. Schmidt, S. Wüst, M. Bittner, and E. Pecora (2017), First ground-based observations of mesopause temperatures above the Eastern-Mediterranean Part I: Multi-day oscillations and tides, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 155, 95-103, doi: 10.1016/j.jastp.2016.08.014.

(4) Silber, I., and C. Price (2017), On the use of VLF narrowband measurements to study the lower ionosphere and the mesosphere-lower-thermosphere, Surv. Geophys., 38, 407-441, doi: 10.1007/s10712-016-9396-9.

2016:

(3) Silber, I., C. Price, and C. J. Rodger (2016), Semi-annual oscillation (SAO) of the nighttime ionospheric D-region as detected through ground-based VLF receivers, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16(5), 3279–3288, doi: 10.5194/acp-16-3279-2016 .

2015:

(2) Silber, I., C. Price, E. Galanti, and A. Shuval (2015), Anomalously strong vertical magnetic fields from distant ELF/VLF sources, J. Geophys. Res.: Space. Phys., 120, 6036-6044, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021141.

2013:

(1) Silber, I., C. Price, C. J. Rodger, and C. Haldoupis (2013), Links between mesopause temperatures and ground-based VLF narrowband radio signals, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 118, 1-12, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50379.