Bibliography
Scientific Publications:
2016
K.M. Parding, B.G. Liepert, L.M. Hinkelman, T.P. Ackerman, K. F. Dagestad, and J. A. Olseth, 2015: Influence of synoptic weather patterns on solar irradiance variability in northern Europe, accepted J. Climate.
2015
*Liepert, B., A. Giannini, 2015. Global warming, the Asian brown cloud and the changing Indian summer monsoon, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 77, 4.
Parding, K., B. G. Liepert, J. A. Olseth, and K. -F. Dagestad, 2014. Influence of atmospheric circulation patterns on local cloud and solar variability in Bergen, Norway, Theor. & Appl. Clim. , 1-15, doi: 10.1007/s00704-015-1517-8.
2014
Parding, K., J. A. Olseth, K. F. Dagestad, and B. G. Liepert, 2014. Decadal variability of clouds, solar radiation and temperature at a high-latitude coastal site in Norway. Tellus B, 66.
2013
Liepert, B., 2013: Perspective: Atmospheric rivers in changing climate. Environ. Res. Lett. Environ. Res. Lett. 8 (2013) 031006.
Liepert, B. G., and F. Lo, 2013. CMIP5 update of ‘Inter-model variability and biases of the global water cycle in CMIP3 coupled climate models’, Environmental Research Letters, 8(2), 029401.
Previdi M., B. G. Liepert, D. Peteet, J. Hansen, D. J. Beerling, A. J. Broccoli, S. Frolking, J. N. Galloway, M. Heimann, C. Le Quere, S. Levitus, and V. Ramaswamy, 2013: Climate Sensitivity in the Anthropocene. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2013).
2012
Liepert, B. G., and M. Previdi, 2012: Inter-model variability and biases of the global water cycle in CMIP3 coupled climate models. Environ. Res. Lett. 7 014006, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014006.
2011
Previdi, M., and B. G. Liepert, 2011: Climate sensitivity and the global water cycle. Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1233-8.
Previdi M., B. G. Liepert, D. Peteet, J. Hansen, D. J. Beerling, A. J. Broccoli, S. Frolking, J. N. Galloway, M. Heimann, C. Le Quere, S. Levitus, and V. Ramaswamy: Climate Sensitivity in the Anthropocene. Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss., 2, 531-550, doi:10.5194/esdd-2-531-2011, 2011.
2010
Liepert, B. G.: The Physical Concept of Climate Forcing. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 1, 786-802, doi: 10.1002/wcc.75.
*Allan, R. P. and B. Liepert: Introduction to Special Issue: Anticipated changes in the global atmospheric water cycle. Environ. Res. Lett. 5 025201, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/025201.
Wild, M. and B. Liepert: Editorial: The Earth radiative balance as driver of the global hydrological cycle. Environ. Res. Lett. 5 025203, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/025203.
2009
Liepert, B. G., and M. Previdi: Do models and observations disagree on the rainfall response to global warming? Journal of Climate, 22, 11, p. 3156–3166.
2008
Previdi M. and B. Liepert: Interdecadal variability in the precipitation response to global warming. EOS 89, 21, 193-195.
D'Arrigo, R., R. Wilson, B. Liepert and P. Cherubini: On the 'Divergence Problem' in Northern Forests: A Review of the Tree-Ring Evidence and Possible Causes. Global and Planetary Change. 60 (2008) 289 – 305.
Gorodetskaya, I., B. Tremblay, B. Liepert, R. Cullather, M. Cane: Modification of Arctic Ocean short-wave radiation budget due to cloud and sea ice properties in coupled models and observations. J. Climate, 21, p.866, doi: 10.1175/2007JCLI1614.1.
2007
Previdi, M. and Liepert, B.: Annular modes and Hadley cell expansion under global warming. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22701, doi:10.1029/2007GL031243.
*Liepert, B., E. Dutton, M. Wild: Comment on “ a perspective on global dimming, and brightening” EOS, 88, 45 p. 473
*Schmidt,G., A. Romanou, B. Liepert: Further comment on “ a perspective on global dimming, and brightening” EOS, 88, 45, p.473.
Romanou, N., B. Liepert, G. Schmidt, W. B. Rossow, R. Ruedi, Y. H. Zhang: 20th Century reductions in surface solar irradiance in simulations and observations. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L05713, doi:10.1029/2006GL028356
2005
Liepert, B., and A. Romanou 2005. Global dimming and brightening and the water cycle. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 86, 622-623.
*Liepert, B.: Reduced surface solar radiation, global warming and the water cycle. Proceedings of Workshop on Pan Evaporation, Australian National Academy of Sciences Canberra, Nov 22-23, 2004. www.science.org.au/natcoms/pan-evap.pdf
2004
*Cohen, S., B. Liepert, G. Stanhill: Global dimming comes of age. EOS 85, 38, 362.
Hansen, J., T. Bond, H. Gaeggler, B. Liepert, T. Novakov, B. Schichtel: Carbonaceous aerosols in the industrial era. EOS, Vol. 85, (note: peer-reviewed article) 25, 241-244.
Liepert, B., J. Feichter, U. Lohmann, and E. Roeckner: Can aerosols spin down the hydrological cycle in a moister and warmer world? Geophy. Res. Lett. Vol 31, L06207, doi:10.1029/2003GL019060.
Feichter, J., U. Lohmann, B. Liepert, and E. Roeckner: Nonlinear aspects of the climate response to greenhouse gas and aerosol forcing. J. Climate, Vol. 17, 12, 2384-2398.
2002
Liepert, B. G.: Observed Reductions in Surface Solar Radiation in the United States and Worldwide from 1961 to 1990. Geophy. Res. Lett. 29,12.
Liepert, B. G. and I. Tegen: Multi-Decadal Solar Radiation Trends in the United States and Germany and Direct Tropospheric Aerosol Forcing. J. Geophys. Res.,107/D12.
2001
*Liepert, B. G.: Multi-Decadal Solar Radiation Observations and their Relevance to Cloud and Aerosol Changes. Proceedings 1. Intl. Conf. On Global Warming and the Next Ice Age, Halifax, Canada, August 19 - 24, 2001.
Liepert, B. G. and U. Lohmann: A Comparison of Surface Observations and ECHAM4-GCM Results relevant to the Indirect Aerosol Effect. J. Climate, 14/6, 1078-1091.
2000
*Liepert, B.G.: Solar Radiation, Cloud Cover and Precipitation Observations Compared to ECHAM4-GCM Experiments. Int'l Radiation Symposium 2000: Current Problems in Atm. Radiation. Eds. W.L. Smith, Y.M. Timofeyrv, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Prior 1999
Wild, M. and B. Liepert: Excessive Transmission of Solar Radiation through the cloud-free atmosphere in GCMs. Geophys. Res. Letters, 25/12, 2165-2168.
Liepert, B. G.: Recent Changes in Solar Radiation under Cloudy Conditions in Germany, Int. J. Climatology, 17, 1581-1593.
Liepert, B. G. and G. J. Kukla: Decline in Solar Radiation with Increased Horizontal Visibility in Germany between 1964 and 1990. J. Climate, 10, 2391-2401.
Liepert, B. G: Regionale Klimadiagnose mittels Messungen der solaren Strahlung, Universitaet Muenchen- Meteorologisches Institut, Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, 69, Ludwig -Maximilians University, Munich, 176pp.
Liepert, B, .P. Fabian, H. Grassl: Solar radiation in Germany - Observed Trends and an Assessment of their Causes. Part 1: Regional Approach. Contr. Atm. Physics, 67/1, 15-29.
*Liepert, B. G.: Solar Radiation in Germany - Observed Trends and their Causes. Proceedings of A&WMA International Specialty Conference on Climate Change on April 5-8, 1994, Phoenix AR, Eds. C.V. Mathai and G. Stensland, ISBN 0-923204-11-3.
*Liepert, B. G.: Modellrechnungen zum natuerlichen und anthropogenen Impakt auf die solare Einstrahlung. 3. Deutsche Klimatagung, Potsdam 11.-14. April 1994, Tagungsband. PIK Reports #1, Potsdam Germany.
*Not peer reviewed
Other Publications:
• Column in The bulletin of Atomic Scientists: ”Can Germany’s renewable energy revolution be replicated in the United States?” February 18, 2016, http://thebulletin.org/can-germanys-renewable-energy-revolution-be-replicated-united-states9169
• “State of the Planet” blogs from the Earth Institute of Columbia University: http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/plugging-the-leaks-in-climate-models/
• Contributions to free online encyclopedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/Global_dimming
• Contributions to RealClimate, which is a web based commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2012/05/plugging-the-leaks/
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/04/global-dimming-and-climate-models/
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2005/01/global-dimming-ii/
• Freelance writer for the science section of the Berlin based newspaper “die tageszeitung”:
“Die Flugzeugindustrie will hoch hinauf” Rund 500 Überschall-Jets werden im Jahr 2015 durch die Ozonschicht fliegen” Beate G. Liepert, 15.5.1995 taz Wissenschaft 192 lines, p. 13.
“Fehlerhafte Klimamodelle” Aus Schwefelemissionen entstehen in der Atmosphäre winzige Schwebteilchen / Sie verschleiern den Treibhauseffekt / Von den Klimaforschern sind sie bisher nicht beachtet worden by Beate G. Liepert, 6.6.1994 “die tageszeitung” Wissenschaft 167 lines, p. 13
“Auf der Suche nach den Außerirdischen” Seit über 30 Jahren fahndet die NASA erfolglos nach den "grünen Männchen" by Beate G. Liepert 11.4.1994 “die tageszeitung” Wissenschaft 146 lines, p. 13