Research Interests:
Dr. Harrington's research focuses on cloud processes. His work ranges from studying the growth of individual drops and ice crystals, to studying the structure, microphysics, and dynamical evolution of cloud systems. Studies of droplet and ice crystal growth is done theoretically and in the laboratory where particles can be studied in highly controlled environments. Jerry also works on the radiative, turbulent, and microphysical processes within clouds using both measurements and models. He continues to be involved in a number of Arctic field studies that attempt to understand Arctic cloud processes. Jerry and his group also develop numerical models to understand the interactions between radiation, microphysics, and turbulence within clouds. The group's modeling studies have ranged from studying layered clouds in the subtropics and the arctic, to simulations of three dimensional radiative effects on supercell thunderstorms.
Teaching Interests:
Atmospheric radiation, cloud physics, boundary layer meteorology, computers in the atmospheric sciences
Selected Publications:
Sheridan, L.M., J.Y. Harrington, D. Lamb, and K. Sulia, 2010: Influence of ice aspect ratio on the Evolution of Ice Size Spectra during Vapor Depositional Growth. Accepted to J. Atmos. Sci.
Avramov, A. and J.Y. Harrington, 2010: On the impact of ice habit parameterizations on simulated mixed-phase stratus. Revisions submitted to J. Geophys. Res.
Harrington, J.Y., D. Lamb, and R. Carver, 2009: Parameterization of Surface-Kinetic Effects for Bulk Microphysical Models: Influences on Simulated Cirrus Dynamics and Structure. In press at J. Geophys. Res.
Frame, J., J. Petters, P. M. Markowski, and J, Y. Harrington, 2009: An application of the tilted independent pixel approximation to cumulonimbus environments. Atmospheric Research , 91 , 127-136, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.05.005
Lebo, Z., N. Johnson, and J.Y. Harrington, 2008: Radiative influences on ice crystal and droplet growth within mixed-phase stratus clouds. J. Geophys. Res., D09203, doi:10.1029/2007JD008262.
Prenni, A.J., J.Y. Harrington, M. Tjernstrom, P.J. DeMott, A. Avramov, C.N. Long, S.M. Kreidenweis, P.Q. Olsson, and J. Verlinde, 2007: Can ice-nucleating aerosols affect arctic seasonal climate? Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 88 , 540-550.
Xue, H., A. Moyle, N. Magee, J. Harrington, and D. Lamb, 2005: Experimental studies of droplet evaporation kinetics: Validation of models for binary and ternary aqueous solutions. J. Atmos. Sci. 62 , 4310-4326.
Marquis, J. and J.Y. Harrington, 2005: Radiative influences on drop and CCN equilibrium in stratocumulus. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10205, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005401.
Markowski, P., and J. Harrington, 2005: A simulation of a supercell thunderstorm with emulated radiative cooling beneath the anvil. J. Atmos. Sci., 62 , 2607-2617.
Hartman, C., and J.Y. Harrington, 2005: Solar radiative impacts on the growth of a population of drops within simulated marine stratocumulus. Part II: Solar zenith angle variations. J. Atmos. Sci., 62 , 2339-2351.
Hartman, C., and J.Y. Harrington, 2005: Solar radiative impacts on the growth of a population of drops within simulated marine stratocumulus. Part I: Maximum solar heating. J. Atmos. Sci., 62 , 2323-2338.
Feingold, G., H. Jaing, and J.Y. Harrington, 2005: On smoke suppression of clouds in Amazonia. Geophys. Res. Letters, 32, No. 2, L02804, 10.1029/2004GL021369.
Harrington, Jerry Y., and Peter Q. Olsson 2001: Numerical simulations of the influence of ice nuclei on mixed-phase stratus cloud dynamics over the marginal ice zone. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 27473-27484.
Harrington, Jerry Y., and Peter Q. Olsson 2001: A method for the parameterization of cloud radiative properties within numerical models. Implications for Arctic cloudy boundary layers. Accepted Atmos. Res.
Harrington, Jerry Y., Graham Feingold, and William R. Cotton, 2000: Radiative impacts on the growth of a population of drops within summertime arctic stratus. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 766-785.
Olsson, Peter Q., and Jerry Y. Harrington, 2000: Dynamics and energetics of the cloudy boundary layer in simulations of off-ice flow in the marginal ice zone. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11889-11899.
Harrington, Jerry Y. and Tamir Reisin, William R. Cotton and S. M. Kreidenweis, 1999: Exploratory cloud resolving simulations of arctic stratus. Part II: Transition-season clouds. Atmos. Res., 51,45-75.
Gabriel, P.M., Jerry Harrington, G.L. Stephens, and T. Schneider, 1997: Adjoint perturbation method applied to two-stream radiative transfer. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Trans., 59, 1-24.
Meyers, Michael P., Walko, Robert L., Harrington, Jerry. and Cotton, William R., 1997: RAMS cloud microphysics parameterization. Part II: The two-moment scheme. Atmos. Res. 45, 3-39.
Olsson, Peter Q., Jerry Y. Harrington, Graham Feingold, William R. Cotton, and Sonia M. Kreidenweis, 1997: Exploratory cloud resolving simulations of Arctic stratus clouds. Part I: Warm season clouds. Atmos. Res., 47-48, 573-597.
Harrington, Jerry Y., Michael P. Meyers, Robert L. Walko, and William R. Cotton, 1995: Parameterization of ice crystal conversion processes due to vapor deposition for mesoscale models using double-moment basis functions. Part I: Basic formulation and parcel model test. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 4344-4366.
Walko, Robert L., William R. Cotton, Jerry Y. Harrington and Michael P. Meyers, 1995: New RAMS cloud microphysics parameterization. Part I: The single-moment scheme. Atmos. Res., 38, 29-62.