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  1. Benchmarking Turbulence Models to Represent Cloud-Edge Mixing

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, May 2026, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  2. Aging of droplet size distribution in stratocumulus clouds: regimes of droplet size distribution evolution

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", April 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  3. Aerosol–cloud interactions in marine low-clouds in a warmer climate

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", April 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  4. A Model Intercomparison Study to Investigate Mixing Characteristics in Non‐Precipitating Stratocumulus Clouds

    Article • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, March 2026, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  5. Capturing and explaining the effects of three-dimensional radiative transfer on cloud evolution with the dynamic TenStream solver

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  6. Exploiting Ergodocity, Space-Time Exchange, and the Deborah number in Aerosol-Cloud Interaction Studies

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  7. Secondary Ice Production Invigorates Updrafts but Suppresses Precipitation in Simulated Subtropical Convection

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  8. The optimal size distribution of seeding aerosol for marine cloud brightening: insights from emulating a Lagrangian cloud model

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  9. A Robust Aerosol Impact on Clouds Along the Subtropical to Tropical Transition

    Article • January 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  10. Supplementary material to "A Robust Aerosol Impact on Clouds Along the Subtropical to Tropical Transition"

    Article • January 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  11. Aging of Droplet Size Distribution in Stratocumulus Clouds: Regimes of Droplet Size Distribution Evolution

    Article • December 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  12. Impacts of Environmental Conditions and Ice Nuclei Recycling on Arctic Mixed-Phase Cloud Properties

    Article • December 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  13. Quasi-Lagrangian observations of cloud transitions during the initial phase of marine cold air outbreaks in the Arctic – Part 2: Vertical cloud structure

    Article • December 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  14. The Chemical Mechanism Integrator Cminor v1.0: a stand-alone Fortran environment for the particle-based simulation of chemical multiphase mechanisms

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development, November 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  15. Marine Cloud Brightening of Cumulus Clouds: From the Sprayer to the Cloud

    Article • November 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  16. Opinion: Inferring process from snapshots of cloud systems

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", September 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Jianhao Zhang

  17. On the processes determining the slope of cloud water adjustments in weakly and non-precipitating stratocumulus

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", August 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  18. Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in Marine Low-Clouds in a Warmer Climate

    Article • June 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  19. Magnitude and timescale of liquid water path adjustments to cloud droplet number concentration perturbations for nocturnal non-precipitating marine stratocumulus

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", June 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  20. Does small-scale turbulence matter for ice growth in mixed-phase clouds?

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, May 2025, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Professor Alain Pumir

  21. The critical number and size of precipitation embryos to accelerate warm rain initiation

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", May 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Yign Noh

  22. Opinion: Inferring Process from Snapshots of Cloud Systems

    Article • May 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  23. Supplementary material to "The Chemical Mechanism Integrator Cminor v1.0: A Stand-Alone Fortran Environment for the Particle-Based Simulation of Chemical Multiphase Mechanisms"

    Article • May 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  24. The Chemical Mechanism Integrator Cminor v1.0: A Stand-Alone Fortran Environment for the Particle-Based Simulation of Chemical Multiphase Mechanisms

    Article • May 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  25. Dissecting cirrus clouds: navigating effects of turbulence on homogeneous ice formation

    Article • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Rachel Atlas

  26. Microphysics regimes due to haze–cloud interactions: cloud oscillation and cloud collapse

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", April 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  27. Clouds' Clout on the Aerosol Size Distribution - Modelling Detailed Chemical Processing

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  28. Impacts of Entrainment and Mixing on Ice Growth in Mixed-Phase Clouds

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  29. Regimes of Droplet Size Distribution Evolution in Stratocumulus: From Adiabatic Growth to Entrainment and Mixing

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  30. Does small-scale turbulence matter for ice growth in mixed-phase clouds?

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  31. On the Processes Determining the Slope of Cloud-Water Adjustments in Non-Precipitating Stratocumulus

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  32. Magnitude and timescale of liquid water path adjustments to cloud droplet number concentration perturbations for nocturnal non-precipitating marine stratocumulus

    Article • December 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  33. On the Processes Determining the Slope of Cloud-Water Adjustments in Non-Precipitating Stratocumulus

    Article • December 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  34. Supplementary material to "Magnitude and timescale of liquid water path adjustments to cloud droplet number concentration perturbations for nocturnal non-precipitating marine stratocumulus"

    Article • December 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  35. The impact of aerosol on cloud water: a heuristic perspective

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", December 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  36. Diurnal evolution of non-precipitating marine stratocumuli in a large-eddy simulation ensemble

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", November 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Jianhao Zhang

  37. The Critical Number and Size of Precipitation Embryos to Accelerate Warm Rain Initiation

    Article • August 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  38. Supplementary material to "The Impact of Aerosol on Cloud Water: A Heuristic Perspective"

    Article • June 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  39. The Impact of Aerosol on Cloud Water: A Heuristic Perspective

    Article • June 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  40. Microphysics regimes due to haze-cloud interactions: cloud oscillation and cloud collapse

    Article • June 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  41. Life Cycle Evolution of Mixing in Shallow Cumulus Clouds

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  42. Diurnal evolution of non-precipitating marine stratocumuli in an LES ensemble

    Article • April 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Jianhao Zhang

  43. Supplementary material to "Diurnal evolution of non-precipitating marine stratocumuli in an LES ensemble"

    Article • April 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  44. Physical science research needed to evaluate the viability and risks of marine cloud brightening

    Article • Science Advances, March 2024, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Jianhao Zhang

  45. Sensitivities of Marine Cloud Brightening Studied with a Lagrangian Cloud Model

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  46. Marine-cloud brightening: an airborne concept

    Article • Environmental Research Communications, March 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  47. Effects of intermittent aerosol forcing on the stratocumulus-to-cumulus transition

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", February 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  48. Life Cycle Evolution of Inhomogeneous Mixing in Shallow Cumulus Clouds

    Article • December 2023, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  49. On the Roles of Precipitation and Entrainment in Stratocumulus Transitions between Mesoscale States

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, December 2023, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  50. The Effects of Aerosol on Small‐Scale Cloud‐Environment Mixing: Implications for Simulating and Observing Inhomogeneous Mixing

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  51. Effects of Intermittent Aerosol Forcing on the Stratocumulus-to-Cumulus Transition

    Article • August 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  52. Paths from Aerosol Particles to Activation and Cloud Droplets in Shallow Cumulus Clouds: The Roles of Entrainment and Supersaturation Fluctuations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, August 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Yign Noh, Professor Yong-Young Noh

  53. A Note on Aerosol Processing by Droplet Collision‐Coalescence

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  54. Evaluation of Pulse Aerosol Forcing on Marine Stratocumulus Clouds in the Context of Marine Cloud Brightening

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, June 2023, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  55. Toward a Numerical Benchmark for Warm Rain Processes

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, May 2023, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  56. An Intercomparison of Large‐Eddy Simulations of a Convection Cloud Chamber Using Haze‐Capable Bin and Lagrangian Cloud Microphysics Schemes

    Article • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, April 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  57. Between Broadening and Narrowing: How Mixing Affects the Width of the Droplet Size Distribution

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  58. The Small-Scale Mixing of Clouds with their Environment: Impacts on Micro-and Macroscale Cloud Properties

    Article • February 2023, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  59. Paths from Aerosol Particles to Activation and Cloud Droplets in Shallow Cumulus Clouds: The Roles of Entrainment and Supersaturation Fluctuation

    Article • January 2023, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Yign Noh

  60. A Parameterization of Interstitial Aerosol Extinction and Its Application to Marine Cloud Brightening

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, November 2022, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  61. Observing short-timescale cloud development to constrain aerosol–cloud interactions

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", September 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  62. Gaussian-process emulation for integrating data-driven aerosol-cloud physics from simulation, satellite, and ground-based data

    Article • June 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  63. The Present and Future of Lagrangian Cloud Modeling: From the Centimeter to Kilometer Scale

    Article • June 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  64. Observing short timescale cloud development to constrain aerosol-cloud interactions

    Article • May 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  65. Exploring the Influence of the Duration of Aerosol Perturbations on Cloud Responses

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  66. Cloud Microphysical Implications for Marine Cloud Brightening: The Importance of the Seeded Particle Size Distribution

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, October 2021, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  67. Aerosol-cloud-climate cooling overestimated by ship-track data

    Article • Science, January 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  68. Collisional growth in a particle-based cloud microphysical model: insights from column model simulations using LCM1D (v1.0)

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development, October 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  69. Liquid Water Path Steady States in Stratocumulus: Insights from Process-Level Emulation and Mixed-Layer Theory

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, June 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  70. Effects of Entrainment and Mixing on the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen Process

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, May 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  71. Collection/Aggregation in a Lagrangian cloud microphysical model: Insights from column model applications

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  72. Overview of the PALM model system 6.0

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development, March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  73. Beyond Cloud Microphysics: Representing Subgrid-Scale Processes in Lagrangian Cloud Models

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  74. Collection/Aggregation in a Lagrangian cloud microphysical model: Insights from column model applications using LCM1D (v0.9)

    Article • February 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  75. Anthropogenic Air Pollution Delays Marine Stratocumulus Break‐up to Open‐Cells

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, November 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  76. An emulator approach to stratocumulus susceptibility

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", August 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  77. Toward Large‐Eddy Simulations of Dust Devils of Observed Intensity: Effects of Grid Spacing, Background Wind, and Surface Heterogeneities

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  78. Can liquid cloud microphysical processes be used for vertically pointing cloud radar calibration?

    Article • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, June 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  79. Entrainment and Mixing in Stratocumulus: Effects of a New Explicit Subgrid-Scale Scheme for Large-Eddy Simulations with Particle-Based Microphysics

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  80. Can liquid cloud microphysical processes be used for vertically-pointing cloud radar calibration?

    Article • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, January 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  81. An emulator approach to stratocumulus susceptibility

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, January 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  82. Inhomogeneous Mixing in Lagrangian Cloud Models: Effects on the Production of Precipitation Embryos

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, January 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  83. A Cloud Microphysics Parameterization for Shallow Cumulus Clouds Based on Lagrangian Cloud Model Simulations

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, November 2018, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Yign Noh, Professor Yong-Young Noh

  84. Improving collisional growth in Lagrangian cloud models: development and verification of a new splitting algorithm

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development, September 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  85. Improving Collisional Growth in Lagrangian Cloud Models: Development and Verification of a New Splitting Algorithm

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, May 2018, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  86. On the limits of Köhler activation theory: how do collision and coalescence affect the activation of aerosols?

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", July 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  87. The Route to Raindrop Formation in a Shallow Cumulus Cloud Simulated by a Lagrangian Cloud Model

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, July 2017, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Yign Noh, Professor Yong-Young Noh

  88. On the Limits of Köhler Activation Theory: How do Collision and Coalescence Affect the Activation of Aerosols?

    Article • April 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  89. On the Limits of Köhler Activation Theory: How do Collision and Coalescence Affect the Activation of Aerosols?

    Article • April 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  90. Collection/aggregation algorithms in Lagrangian cloud microphysical models: rigorous evaluation in box model simulations

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development, April 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  91. On the Limits of Köhler Activation Theory: How do Collision and Coalescence Affect the Activation of Aerosols?

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, February 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  92. Collection/aggregation algorithms in Lagrangian cloud microphysical models: Rigorous evaluation in box model simulations

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, November 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  93. Large-Eddy Simulations of Dust Devils and Convective Vortices

    Article • Space Science Reviews, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Seiya Nishizawa

  94. The Effect of Spurious Cloud Edge Supersaturations in Lagrangian Cloud Models: An Analytical and Numerical Study

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, January 2016, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  95. The Parallelized Large-Eddy Simulation Model (PALM) version 4.0 for atmospheric and oceanic flows: model formulation, recent developments, and future perspectives

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development, August 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  96. Entrainment of aerosols and their activation in a shallow cumulus cloud studied with a coupled LCM–LES approach

    Article • Atmospheric Research, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann, Yign Noh, Professor Yong-Young Noh

  97. The Parallelized Large-Eddy Simulation Model (PALM) version 4.0 for atmospheric and oceanic flows: model formulation, recent developments, and future perspectives

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, February 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann

  98. Entrainment and mixing at the interface of shallow cumulus clouds: Results from a combination of observations and simulations

    Article • Meteorologische Zeitschrift, September 2014, Schweizerbart

    Dr. Fabian Hoffmann