Publications in 2010
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Ardon-Dryer, K., Z. Levin, R.P. Lawson, Characteristics of
immersion freezing nuclei at the South Pole station in Antarctica, Atmos.
Chem. and Phys. Discussions. In press, 2010. PDF file |
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Levin, Z., N. Halfon
and P. Alpert, Reply to comment by Ben-Zvi, A., D.
Rosenfeld and A. Givati, on " Reassessment of
rain enhancement experiments and operations in Israel including synoptic
considerations". Atmos. Res. DOI: doi:
10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.12.004, 2010. PDF
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Solomos, S., G. Kallos, J. Kushta, M. Astitha, C. Tremback, A. Nenes and Z.
Levin, An integrated modeling study on the effects of mineral dust and sea
salt particles on clouds and precipitation.
Atmos. Chem. Phys. Accepted for publication, 2010. PDF file |
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Klein, H., S. Nickovic,
W. Haunold, U. Bundke, B.
Nillius, M. Ebert, S. Weinbruch,
L. Schuetz,
Z. Levin, L. A. Barrie and H. Bingemer,
Saharan dust and ice nuclei over Central Europe. Atmos. Chem. And Phys. 10,
10211-10221, 2010. PDF file |
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DeMott, P.J., O. Muhler, O. Stetzer, G. Vali, Z. Levin et
al, Resurgence in Ice Nuclei Measurement Research.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Accepted for publication, 2010. |
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Levin, Z., N. Halfon,
P. Alpert, Reassessment of rain enhancement experiments and operations in
Israel including synoptic considerations, Atmos. Res. DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.06.011, 2010. PDF
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Publications in 2009 Levin, Z., On the State of Cloud Seeding for
Rain Enhancement, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus, pp-19, 2009. PDF
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Israelevich, P. L., J.H. Joseph, Z.
Levin and Y. Yair, First Observation of Glory from
Space, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1772-1774, 90, DOI:10.1175/2009BAMS2824.1,
2009. PDF
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Alpert, P., N. Halfon
and Z. Levin, Reply to comment by A. Givati and D.
Rosenfeld; On the paper by Alpert, P., N. Halfon
and Z. Levin: Does air pollution really suppress precipitation in Israel?, J.
Appl. Meteor., 48, 1751-1754, 2009. PDF
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Halfon, N., Z. Levin and P. Alpert, Temporal rainfall
fluctuations in Israel and their possible link to urban and air pollution
effects, Environ. Res. Lett.,
10.1088/1748-9326/4/2/025001, 4, 2009. PDF
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Koren, I, O. Altaratz, G. Feingold,
Z. Levin and T. Reisin, Cloud's Center of Gravity - a compact approach to analyze convective cloud development, Atmos.
Chem. and Phys. 9, 155-161, 2009. PDF file |
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Ayers G. and Z. Levin, Air
Pollution and Precipitation. In "Clouds in the Perturbed Climate System:
Their Relationship to Energy Balance, Atmospheric Dynamics and
Precipitation". Heintzenberg, J. And R.J. Charlson eds, Stungmann Forum Report, Vol 2. Cambridge MA; MIT Press, 2009. Received the Atmospheric Science
Librarians International (ASLI) best book of Levin, Z. and W.R. Cotton (Eds.), “Aerosol Pollution Impact on
Precipitation; A scientific review”, Springer Press.,
382 pp, 2009 Received the 2009
Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) "Honourable mention for an
authoritative, well-organized, forum-based approach to the evaluation of a
problem in the fields of meteorology / climatology / atmospheric sciences. |
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Publications in 2008 Chen, J.-P., A. Hazra,
and Z. Levin, Parameterizing ice nucleation rates
for cloud modeling, using Contact Angle and Activation Energy Derived from
Laboratory Data, Atmos. Chem. and Phys., 8, 7431-7449, 2008. PDF file |
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Teller, A. and Z. Levin, The use of
factorial experiment method to study the sensitivity of precipitation to
aerosol characteristics and atmospheric conditions; Part I: Description of the method and application.
J. Geophys. Res., VOL. 113, D02202, doi:10.1029/2007JD008960, 2008. PDF file |
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Alpert, P, N. Halfon
and Z. Levin, Does air pollution really suppress precipitation in Israel? J.
Appl. Meteor. And Climate, 47, 933-943, 2008. PDF file |
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Altaratz-Stollar, O., I. Koren, T. Reisin, A. Kostinski, G.
Feingold, Z. Levin, and Y. Yin,
Aerosols' influence on the interplay between condensation, evaporation
and rain in warm cumulus cloud, Atmos. Chem and
Phys., 8, 15-24, 2008. |
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Publications in 2007 Muller. O., P. |
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Publications in 2006 Jiang, H., H. Xue,
A. Teller, G. Feingold, and Z. Levin, Aerosol effects on the lifetime of
shallow cumulus, Geophys. Res. Lett.,
33, L14806, doi:10.1029/2006GL026024, 2006. PDF file |
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Teller A. and Z. Levin, The effects
of aerosols on precipitation and dimensions of subtropical clouds; a
sensitivity study using a numerical cloud model. Atmos. Chem. And Phys. 6,
67-80, 2006. PDF file |
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Publications in 2005 Levin, Z., A. Teller, E. Ganor and Y. Yin, On the interactions of mineral dust,
sea salt particles and clouds - A Measurement and modeling study from the
MEIDEX campaign, J. Geophys. Res. D20202, doi:10.1029/2005JD005810, 2005. PDF file |
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Levin, Z., H. Gershon
and E. Ganor, Vertical distribution of physical and
chemical properties of haze particles in the Dead Sea Valley. Atmospheric
Environment, 39, 4937- 4945, 2005. PDF file |
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Altaratz, O., T. Reisin and Z. Levin,
Simulation of the Electrification of Winter Thunderclouds using the
3-dimensional RAMS Model. Part 1: single cloud simulations, J. Geophy. Res.-Atmosphere. 110, D20205, doi:10.1029/2004JD005616, 2005. PDF
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Publications in 2004 Price, C., E. Greenberg, Y. Yair,
G. S?tori, J. B?r, H. Fukunishi, M. Sato, P. Israelevich, M. Moalem, A. Devir, Z. Levin,
J.H. Joseph, I. Mayo, B. Ziv and A. Sternlieb: Ground-based Geo-location of TLE-producing
intense lightning during the MEIDEX mission on board the Space Shuttle
Columbia. J. Geoph. Letters. VOL. 31, L20107, doi:10.1029/2004GL020711, 2004. |
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Levin Z, Breitgand
J, Shtivelman D., Precipitation over the sea in the
coastal area of Israel: a possible new source of water. In: 14th
international conference on clouds and precipitation, 20 July, pp 1228-1231,
2004. PDF
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Yair, Y., P.
Israelevich, A. Devir, M. Moalem,
C. Price, Z. Levin, |
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Wendisch, M, and colleagues: Aircraft particle inlets: state of
the art and future needs. B. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 85, 89-91, 2004. PDF file Supplement PDF file |
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J. Schneider, J., S. Borrmann, A.G. Wollny, M. Bläsner, N.Mihalopoulos, K. Oiconomou,
J. Sciare, A. Teller, Z. Levin, D.R. Worsnop: On-line mass spectrometric aerosol measurements during
the MINOS campaign (Crete, August 2001). J. Atmos. Chem. and Physics, 4, 65-80, 2004. (http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/acp/acp.htm). PDF file |
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Publications in 2003 |
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Levin, Z., A. Teller, E. Ganor, B. Graham, M. O. Andreae,
W. Maenhaut, A. H. Falkovich
and Y. Rudich: Role of aerosol size and composition
in nucleation scavenging within clouds in a shallow cold front. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmospheres, 108 (D22), 4700, doi:10.1029/2003JD003647, 2003. Yair, Y., |
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Israelevich PL, Ganor
E, Levin Z, Joseph JH.: Annual variations of physical properties of desert
dust over Israel, J.
Geophys. Res. -Atmospheres, 108 (D13): art. no.
4381 Jul. 5 2003. PDF
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Altaratz, O., Z. Levin, Y. Yair, B. Ziv: Lightning activity over land and sea on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. Monthly Weather Rev. 131, No. 9, pp. 2060-2070. 2003. PDF file |
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Publications in 2002 Israelevich PL, Levin Z, Joseph JH, Ganor E.: Desert aerosol transport in the Mediterranean region as inferred from the TOMS aerosol index, J. Geophys. Res. atmospheres, 107 (D21): art. no. 4572 Nov. 2002. PDF file Yin, Y., S.
Wurzler, Ze. Levin and T. Reisin:
Interactions of mineral dust particles and clouds: Effects on precipitation and cloud optical
properties. J. Geophys.
Res., 107(D23), 4724, 2002. PDF file |
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Remer, L.A., Kaufman, Y.J. and Z. Levin:
Estimating uncertainties in the remote sensing of aerosol direct radiative
forcing from biomass burning aerosol
in the Southern Hemisphere. J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 657-667,
2002. PDF file Lelieveld J. and colleagues: Global air pollution crossroads over
the Mediterranean. SCIENCE, October 25; 298: 794-799, 2002. PDF file |
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Publications in 2001 Sommer, A.P. and Z. Levin: Charge transfer in convective
thunderclouds induced by molecular interface crossing and free energy
reduction. Atmos. Res. 58, 129-139, 2001. PDF file |
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Yin, Y., Z. Levin, T. Reisin and S. Tzivion: On the
response of radar derived properties to hygroscopic flare seeding. J. Apply.
Meteor., Vol. 40, No. 9, 1654-1661, 2001. PDF file |
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Falkovich, A., E. Ganor, Z. Levin, P. Formenti and Y. Rudich:
Chemical and mineralogical analysis of individual mineral dust particles. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 106, No. D16, 18,029-18,036, 2001. |
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Altaratz, O. Z. Levin and Y. Yair:
Winter thunderstorms in Israel: A study with lightning location systems and
weather radar", Monthly Weather Rev., 129, 1259-1266, 2001. PDF file |
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Tzivion, S. T.G. Reisin and Z. Levin:
A new formulation of the spectral multi-moment method for calculating the kinetic collection equation: more
accuracy with fewer bins. J. Comp. Phys., 171, 418-422, 2001. Tzivion, S., T. G. Reisin and Z.
Levin: Numerical simulation of a Super
Power Energy Tower. J. Fluid Dynamics,
Vol. 9, No. 1, 736-749, 2001. |
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Publications in 2000 Yin, Y., T. G. Reisin , S. C. Wurzler
and Z. Levin: Modification of the size and composition of CCN by cloud
processing of mineral dust particles and the effects on cloud microphysics.
Inter. Conference on Cloud and Precipitation physics. Reno Nevada, 2000. |
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Tzivion, S., T. G. Reisin and Z.
Levin: Generation of strong downdrafts by evaporation of drops falling in
"energy towers". Inter. Conference on Cloud and Precipitation
physics. Reno Nevada, 2000. |
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Gershon, G., E. Ganor and Z. Levin:
On the sources and composition of the haze layer over the Dead Sea
valley. Inter. Conference on Cloud and
Precipitation physics. Reno Nevada, 2000. |
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Krichak, S. O. Z. Levin: On the cloud microphysical processes
during the November 2, 1994 hazardous storm in the southeastern Mediterranean
as simulated with a mesoscale model. Atmos. Res.,
53, 63-89, 2000. |
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Wurzler, S., T. G. Reisin and Z. Levin:
Modification of mineral dust particles by cloud processing and subsequent
effects on drop size distributions. J. Geophys.
Res. 105 , 4501, 2000. |
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Yin, Y., Z. Levin, T. G. Reisin and S. Tzivion,: The effects of giant cloud condensation nuclei on the
development of precipitation in convective clouds - A numerical study. Atmos.
Res. 53, 91-116, 2000. |
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Yin, Y., Z. Levin, T. G. Reisin and S. Tzivion: Seeding
convective clouds with hygroscopic flares; Numerical simulations using a cloud
model with detailed microphysics. J. Apply. Meteor. 39, 1460-1472, 2000. |
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Publications in 1999 Altaratz, O., Z. Levin and Y. Yair:
Electrical and radar observations of thunderstorms in the eastern
Mediterranean. Proc. Of the 11th Intern. Confer. On Atmos. Electr. Alabama, 468-471, 1999. |
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Yair, Y., O. Altaratz and Z.
Levin: Two types of PGF-producing clouds in winter thunderstorms in Israel.
Proc. Of the 11th Intern. Confer. On Atmos. Electr.
Alabama, 460-463, 1999. |
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Tzivion, S., T. G. Reisin and Z.
Levin: A numerical solution of the kinetic collection equation using high
spectral grid resolution: A proposed reference. J. Computational Physics.
148, 527-544, 1999. |
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List, R., K.R. Gabriel, B.A.
Silverman, Z. Levin and T. Karacostas: The rain
enhancement experiment in Puglia, Italy: Statistical evaluation. J. Appl.
Meteor., 38, 281-289, 1999. |
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Levin, Z. Y. Yin, T. Reisin and S. Tzivion:
Comparison of the effects of hygroscopic and glaciogenic seeding on the
evolution of the spectra of cloud and precipitation particles in convective
clouds: a numerical study. WMO 7th confer. On
Weather Mod. Chiang Mai, Thailand, 73-75, 1999. |
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Pinsky, M.B., A. Khain and Z. Levin:
The role of the inertia of cloud drops in the evolution of the spectra during
drop growth by diffusion. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 125, 553- 581, 1999. |
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Yin, Y. Z. Levin, T. G. Reisin and S. Tzivion: A
numerical evaluation of seeding with hygroscopic flares: sensitivity to
seeding time , seeding height, seeding amounts, size
of particles and environmental shear. WMO 7th confer.
On Weather Mod. Chiang Mai, Thailand, 69-72, 1999. |
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Publications in 1998 Levin, Z., Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions
and their potential effects on rain and lightning formation. Invited paper
Inter. School of quantum Electronics, 25th Course: Observational data and
Mechanisms of climate. Proc. in press.
Erice, Italy, 21-27 Nov., 1998. |
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Yin, Y., Z. Levin, T. G. Reisin and S. Tzivion: Model simulation
of the effect of cloud seeding on the evolution of radar-derived properties.
The 14th Conf. On Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification, Everett,
Washington. 630-631, 1998. |
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Yin, Y., Z. Levin, T. G. Reisin and S. Tzivion: South
African seeding experiment: numerical simulations on the sensitivity to
particles spectra. The 14th Conf. On Planned and Inadvertent Weather
Modification, Everett, Washington. 604-607, 1998. |
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Tzivion, S.,
T. G. Reisin and Z. Levin: A new
formulation of the method of moments for calculating the kinetic collection
equation: more accurate with less bins. Proc. Of the Conf. On Cloud, Everett,
Washington. 142-143, 1998. |
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Levin, Z., S. Wurzler
and T. Reisin: Modification of mineral dust
particles by cloud processing and subsequent effects on drop size
distributions. Proc. Of the Conf. On Cloud Physics, Everett, Washington.
504-505, 1998. |
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Reisin, T. G., Z. Levin, S. Tzivion
and Y. Yin: Numerical simulations of the formation of giant drops in Hawaiian
clouds using a kinematic model with detailed microphysics. Proc. Of the Conf.
On Cloud Physics, Everett, Washington, 502-503, 1998. |
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Yin, Y., Z. Levin, T. G. Reisin and S. Tzivion: On the
influence of the size distribution of cloud condensation nuclei on the
development of cloud and precipitation. Proc. Of the Conf. On Cloud Physics,
Everett, Washington, 530-533, 1998. |
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Gershon, H. T. Reisin and Z.
Levin: High resolution simulation of
the circulation and the haze formation in the Dead Sea Valley using RAMS. Proc. Symposium
on Regional Weather Prediction on parallel computer environment. Eds. G. Kallos, V. Kotroni and K. Lagouvardos. Univer. of Athens, Greece, 343- 348, 1998. |
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Tzivion, S. Z. Levin and T. G. Reisin: The dependence of cloud model simulations
on the numerical method used in the calculation of microphysical processes.
World Meteor. Org. Report of the Forth Inter. Cloud Modelling
workshop, Aug. 1996. WMP Report 29, 89-94, 1998. |
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Reisin, T. G., Y. Yin, Z. Levin and S. Tzivion:
Numerical simulations of the microphysical structure of Hawaiian clouds:
results for an idealized parcel model and a kinematic model with detailed
microphysics. World Meteor. Org.
Report of the Forth Inter. Cloud Modelling
workshop, Aug. 1996. WMP Report 29, 13-18, 1998. |
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Yair, Y., Z. Levin and O. Altaratz:
Lightning phenomenology in the Tel-Aviv area from 1989 to 1996. Jour. Geophys. Res., 103, 9015-9025, 1998. |
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Yair, Y., Z. Levin and S. Tzivion:
Model interpretation of Jovian lightning activity and the Galileo probe
results. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 14157-14166, 1998. |
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Altaratz, O.,
Z. Levin and Y. Yair: Positive ground
flashes in thunderstorms in Israel. Bull. Israel. Met. Soc., 5, 27-37, (HEBREW), 1998. |
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Reisin, T., Y. Yin, Z. Levin and S. Tzivion: Development of giant drops and high
reflectivity cores in Hawaiian clouds: Numerical simulation using a kinematic
model with detailed microphysics. Atmos.
Res. 45, 275-297, 1998. |
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Ganor, E.,
Z. Levin and R. Van Grieken,
Composition of individual aerosol particles above the |
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Publications in 1997 Krichak, S. O., P. Alpert and Z. Levin: Numerical simulation of
Hazardous weather conditions during the November 2, 1994 East Mediterranean
cyclone development. INM/WMO Inter. Symposium on Cyclones and Hazardous
Weather in the Mediterranean, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, -51, 1997. |
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Wurzler, S. C., Z. Levin and T. G. Reisin: Cloud processing of dust particles and subsequent
effects on drop size distributions. J. Aerosol. Sci., 28, S427-S428, 1997. |
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Levin, Z., S. Krichak
and T. Reisin, Numerical simulation of dispersal of
inert seeding material in Israel using a three dimensional mesoscale model (RAMS). J. Appl. Meteor., 36, 474 - 484,
1997. |
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Publications in 1996 Levin, Z. and E. Ganor, The effects of desert particles on cloud and rain formation
in the eastern Mediterranean. In Impact of Desert Dust Across The
Mediterranean, Ed. S. Guerzoni and R. Chester, Kluwer Academic Pub.
77-86, 1996. |
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Levin, Z., Y. Yair,
O. Altaratz and B. Ziv,
On the occurrence of positive ground flashes in Tel Aviv Thunderstorms. 10th
Inter. Conf. on Atmos. Electricity, Osaka, Japan, 640-644, 1996. |
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Pinsky, M. B., A. Khain and Z.
Levin, The effect of turbulence on the broadening of the droplet spectrum in
clouds at the initial stage of their evolution. Inter. Conf. on Clouds and
Precipitation. 45-49, Zurich, Aug. 1996. |
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Levin, Z., T. Reisin
and S. Tzivion, Investigation of the relative
importance of different ice crystal formation mechanisms in convective clouds
using a model with detailed microphysics. Inter. Conf. on Clouds and
Precipitation. 1337-1340, Zurich, Aug. 1996. |
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Levin, Z., Y. Yair
and B. Ziv, Positive cloud-to-ground lightning
flashes and wind shear in Tel Aviv thunderstorms. Geophysical Res. Letters.,
23, 2231-2234, 1996. |
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Levin, Z., E. Ganor
and V. Gladstein, The effects of desert particles
coated with sulfate on rain formation in the eastern Mediterranean. J. Appl.
Meteor., 35, 1511-1523, 1996. PDF
file |
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Reisin, T., S. Tzivion and Z. Levin,
Seeding convective clouds with ice nuclei or hygroscopic particles: A
numerical study using a model with detailed microphysics. J. Appl. Meteor.,
35, 1416-1434, 1996. |
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Reisin, T., Z. Levin and S. Tzivion,
Rain production in convective clouds as simulated in as axisymmetric
model with detailed microphysics. Part II: Effects of varying drops and ice
initiation. J. Atmos. Sci.,1815-1837, 1996. PDF file |
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Reisin, T., Z. Levin and S. Tzivion,
Rain production in convective clouds as simulated in as axisymmetric
model with detailed microphysics. Part I: Description of the model. J. Atmos.
Sci. 53, 479-519, 1996. PDF file |
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Publications in 1995 Yair, Y., S. Tzivion and Z. Levin,
Lightning generation in a Jovian thundercloud: Results from an axisymmetric numerical cloud model, Icarus,115, 421-434, 1995. |
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Yair, Y., S. Tzivion and Z. Levin, Microphysical
processes and dynamics of a Jovian thundercloud. Icarus,
114, 278-299,
1995. |
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Reisin, T.,
Z. Levin and S. Tzivion, The role of
cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei in the production of rain in cold
convective clouds as determined by a numerical model with detailed
microphysics. AMS, Confer. on
Cloud Physics, Dallas Texas, 193-198, 1995. |
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Publications in 1994 Levin, Z. Aerosol composition and
its effect on cloud growth and cloud seeding Sixth WMO scientific confer. on Weather Modification, Paestum, Italy 367-370, 1994. |
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Reisin, T., S. Tzivion, S. Krichak and Z. Levin, Numerical simulation of dispersal
of inert seeding material in Israel using a three dimensional mesoscale model (RAMS).
Sixth WMO scientific confer. on Weather
Modification, Paestum, Italy 537-540, 1994. |
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Levin, Z., S. Tzivion
and T. Reisin, Numerical simulations of cloud
seeding with ice nuclei using an axisymmetric cloud
model with detailed microphysics. Sixth WMO scientific confer. on Weather Modification, Paestum, Italy 507-510, 1994. |
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Tzivion, S., T. Reisin and Z. Levin,
Numerical simulation of hygroscopic seeding in a convective cloud. J. Applied
Meteor., 23, 252-267, 1994. |
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Publications in 1993 Levin, Z., Potential effects of
global warming on the microphysics of cloud and rain in the Middle East.
Regional Implications of Future Climate Change. Eds. Graber, Cohen
and Magaritz. Israel Academy of Sci., 1993. |
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Ganor, E. and Z. Levin, Determining the acidity and chemical
composition of fog, haze and cloud droplets in Israel. Atmos. Environ. 27A,
1821-1832,1993. |
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Toker, J., J. Goldstein, P. Alpert and Z. Levin, The use of a
mesogamma scale model for evaluation of pollution
concentration over an industrial region in Israel (Hadera).
Bound. Lay. Meteor., 62, 185-193, 1993. |
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Publications in 1992 Tzivion, S, Z. Levin and T. Reisin,
Parameterization of cloud microphysical processes. In Report of the third
international cloud modelling workshop. Spons. WMO WMP reort No. 20.
165-171, 1992 Yair, Y., Z. Levin and S. Tzivion,
Water Cumulus in Jupiter Atmosphere: Numerical experiments with an axisymmetric cloud model, Icarus,
98, 72-81, 1992. |
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Pardess, D., Z. Levin and E. Ganor, A
new method for measuring the mass of sulfur in single aerosol particles.
Atmos. Environ. 26A, 675-680, 1992. |
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Levin, Z., Effects of aerosol composition on
the development of rain in the eastern Mediterranean-Potential effects of global
change. WMO Workshop on Cloud Microphysics and Global Change, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, World Meteor. Org., 115-120, 1992. |
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Publications in 1991 Levin, Z., G. Feingold, S. Tzivion and A. Waldvogel, The
Evolution of raindrop spectra: comparison between modeled and observed
spectra along a mountain slope in Switzerland. J. Appl. Meteor. 30, 893-900, 1991. |
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Feingold, G., Z. Levin and S. Tzivion, The evolution of raindrop spectra III: Downdraft
generation in an axisymmetrical rainshaft
model. J. Atmos. Sci. 48, 315-330,
1991. |
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Publications in 1990 Tzivion, S., T. Reisin, Z. Levin and
G. Feingold, Numerical Simulation of cloud seeding with hygroscopic
nuclei. Preprint Conf. on Cloud
Physics. San Francisco, Amer. Meteor.
Soc. 693-697, 1990. |
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Yair, Y., Z. Levin and S. Tzivion,
An investigation of the water cloud using an axisymmetric
cloud model. preprint Conf. on Cloud Physics. San Francisco, Amer. Meteor. Soc. 518-521,
1990. |
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Feingold, G., Z. Levin and S. Tzivion, The evolution of raindrop spectra below cloud
base and their effect on the thermodynamic parameters and wind field. Preprint Conf. on cloud Physics, San
Francisco, Amer. Meteor. Soc. 249-254, 1990. |
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Levin, Z., C. Price and E. Ganor, The contribution of sulfate and desert aerosols to
the acidification of clouds and rain in Israel. Atmos. Environ. 1143-1151, 1990. |
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Publications in 1989 Levin, Z., G. Feingold and S. Tzivion, The evolution of rain- drop spectra and their
influence on sub-cloud environment using an axisymmetric
model. Weather Modification and
Applied Cloud Physics Conference, Beijing, China, 1989. |
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Tzivion, S., T. Reisin, Z. Levin, G.
Feingold and A. Manes, Dispersion of seeding material in clouds: A numerical
experiment. WMO Inter. Conf. on
Weather Modification and Appl. Cloud Physics, Beijing, China, 171-174, 1989. |
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Tzivion, S., G. Feingold and Z. Levin, The evolution of
raindrop spectra II: collisional collection/breakup
and evaporation in a rainshaft. J. Atmos. Sci. 46, 1989. |
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Yair, Y. and Z. Levin, Charging of polydispersed
aerosol particles by attachment of atmospheric ions, J. Geophy.
Res. 94, 13085-13091, 1989. |
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Publications in 1988 Reisin, T., S. Tzivion, Z. Levin and
G. Feingold, Numerical Simulation of an Hawaiian convective cloud with a high
resolution axisymmetric model, WMO Inter. Workshop
on Cloud Modeling, Toulouse, France,
231-235, 1988. |
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Levin, Z. and E. Ganor, Measurements of aerosols size spectra and chemical
composition in the Dead Sea rift valley.
In Lecture Notes in Physics, Atmospheric Aerosols and nucleation. P.E. Wagner and G. Vali,
Editors, Springer- Verlag Press 229-232, 1988. |
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Levin, Z., E. Ganor,
C. Price and D. Pardess, Measurements of cloud
drops, their aerosol content and cloud interstitial nuclei near the bases of
convective clouds in Israel, 10th inter. Cloud Physics Confer. Bad Homburg,
FRG, 579-581, 1988. |
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Yair, Y. and Z. Levin, Charging of polydispersed
aerosols by attachment of atmospheric ions, Inter. Conf. on Atmospheric
Electricity, Uppsala, Sweden, 100-106, 1988. |
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Levin, Z. and S.A. Yankofsky, Ice nuclei of biological origin. In Lecture Notes in Physics, Atmospheric Aerosols
And Nucleation. P.E. Wagner and G. Vali, Editors, Springer- Verlag
Press 620-633, 1988. |
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Feingold, G., S. Tzivion and Z. Levin, The evolution of raindrop spectra
with altitude 1: Solution to the stochastic collection/breakup equation using
the method of moments, J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 45, 3387-3399, 1988. |
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Publications in 1987 Tzivion, S., G. Feingold and Z. Levin, An efficient numerical
solution to the stochastic coalescence equation, J. Atmos. Sci., 3139-3149,
1987. |
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Feingold, G. and Z. Levin,
Application of the lognormal rain- drop distribution to differential
reflectivity radar measurements (ZDR).
J. Atmos. & Oceanic Tech 4, 377-382, 1987. |
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Levin, Z., S.A. Yankofsky,
D. Pardess and N. Magal,
Possible Application of bacterial condensation freezing to artificial
rainfall enhancement, J. Climate and Appl. Meteor. 26, 1197, 1987. |
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Publications in 1986 Levin, Z. and I. Tzur, Models of the development of the electrical
structure of clouds, Chapter 10.
Atmospheric Electrical environment U.S. National Academy of Sciences,
National Academy Press, 131-145, 1986.
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Feingold, G. and Publications in 1985 Z. Levin, O. Kubitsky and P. Alpert,
Numerical simulation of stratus cloud dispersal with dry ice seeding in
Weather Modification Programme, WMO/TD No. 53, Vol. I, 347-352, 1985 |
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Publications in 1984 Tzivion, S.,
Z. Levin and A. Manes, Numerical simulation of the effects of
stable regions aloft on the development of thermal convection. Proc. Inter.
Cloud Physics Confer. Tallin, USSR, IAMA 537-540,
1984. |
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Levin, Z. and S. Yankofsky, Contact versus immersion freezing of freely
suspended droplets by bacterial ice nuclei, J. Climate and Applied Meteor.
22, 1964-1966, 1984. |
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Publications in 1983 Yankofsky, S., T. Nadler (Bertold) and Z.
Levin, Induction of latent freezing nucleus capability in an ice nucleation
active bacteria, Current Microbiol. 9, 263-268,
1983. |
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Levin, Z., W.J. Borucki
and O.B. Toon, Lightning generation in planetary
atmospheres, Icarus, 56, 80-115, 1983. |
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Publications in 1982 Dye, J., L.J. Miller, B.E. Martner and Z. Levin, The 25 July 1976 case study:
Environmental conditions reflectivity structure and evolution, in: Hail
storms of the Central Plains, Vol. II, eds. C.A. Knight and P. Squires, NCAR
in assoc. with Colorado Assoc. University Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1982. |
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Tzur, I. and Z. Levin, A one-dimensional model of the
atmospheric electric field near the Venusian
surface, Icarus, 52, 346-353, 1982. |
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Borucki, W., Z. Levin,
R.G. Keesee, R.C. Whitten, O.B. Toon,
L.A. Capone and J.Dubach, Predicted electrical
conductivity between 0 and |
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Levin, Z. and J. Dye, Comment on
"Airborne and ground-based studies of thunderstorms in the vicinity of
Langmuir Laboratory", Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc. 108, 980-982, 1982. |
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Publications in 1981 Yankofsky, S., Z. Levin, T. Bertold and
N. Sandlerman, Some Basic characteristics of bacterial
freezing nuclei, J. Applied. Meteor., 20, 1013-1019, 1981. |
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Tzur, I. and Z. Levin, Ions and precipitation charging in
warm and cold clouds as simulated in one dimensional time dependent models,
J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 2444-2461, 1981. |
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Yankofsky, S., Z. Levin,
A. Moshe, Association of ice nucleation bacteria with citrus and avocado
plants in Israel And their possible role as causative agents of frost damage,
Current Microbiology 5, 213-217, 1981.
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Kuettner, J., Z. Levin and J.D. Sartor, Inductive or non-
inductive electrification of thunderstorms, J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 2470-2484,
1981. |
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Publications in 1980 Levin, Z., N. Sandlerman,
A. Moshe, T. Bertold and S.A. Yankofsky,
Citrus derived bacteria active as freezing nuclei at -2.5C, Proc. Inter.
Conf. on Cloud Physics, Clermont- Ferrand, France,
45-47, 1980. |
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Levin, Z., J.H. Joseph, Y. Mekler, Properties of Sharav (Khamsin) dust - comparison of optical and direct sampling
data, J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 882-891, 1980.
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Publications in 1979 Levin, Z. and J.D. Lindberg, Size
distribution, chemical composition and optical properties of urban and desert
aerosols in Israel, J. Geophy. Res., 84, 6941-6950,
1979. |
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Publications in 1978 Dye, J., L.J. Miller, B.E. Martner and Z. Levin, Growth and recirculation of
precipitation in an evolving convective storm, Proceeding AMS Conference on
Cloud Physics and atmosphere Electricity, 528-533, 1978 |
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Publications in 1977 Levin, Z., A. Ziv
and W.D. Scott, Modeling of thunderstorm electrification. Electrical
processes eds. H. Dolezalek and R. Reiter, Steinfkopff-Darmstadt Press, 394- 401, 1977 |
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Arbel, N. and Z. Levin, On the coalescence of drops. II.
Theoretical study of the coalescence efficiency, Pure and App. Geophys., 115, 895-914, 1977. |
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Arbel, N. and Z. Levin, On the coalescence of drops: I.
Theoretical study of the approaching drops, Pure and App. Geophys.,
115, 869-894, 1977. |
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Levin, Z. and B. Machnes, Experimental evaluation of the coalescence
efficiencies of colliding water drops, Pure and App.Geophys., 115,
845-868, 1977. |
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Colgate, Z. Levin and A.G. Petschek, A phenomenological interpretation of
thunderstorm charging by drop collisions, J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1433-1443,
1977. |
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Publications in 1976 Levin, Z. and B. Machnes, Experimental study of the coalescence of rain
drops, Proc. Inter. Conference on Cloud Physics, Boulder, Colorado, 196-200,
July 1976. |
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Levin, Z. A refined charge distribution
in a stochastic electrical model of an infinite cloud, J. Atmos. Sci., 33,
1756-1762, 1976. |
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Scott, W.D. and Z. Levin, Comment
on the role of electric forces in charge separation by falling precipitation
in thunderclouds, J. Atmos. Sci., 33, 2024-2025, 1976. |
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Publications in 1975 Levin, Z. Electric field growth and
charge development and their effect on precipitation in a stochastic
electrical model. NHRE symposium on
hail, NCAR, Colorado, 1975. |
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Levin, Z. and W.D. Scott,
Polarization charging may produce a large electric field before the radar
echo maximum, J. Geophys.Res., 80, 8918-8923,
1975. |
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Levin, Z. and A. Ziv, A reply to comment by A.K. Kamra
to the electrification of thunderclouds and the rain gush, J. Geophys.Res., 80, 1988, 1975. |
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Levin, Z. and A. Ziv, A reply to comment by B. Vonnegut to the
electrification of thunderclouds and the rain gush, J. Geophys.Res.,
80, 439, 1975. |
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Scott, W.D. and Z. Levin, A
stochastic electrical model of an infinite cloud: charge generation and
precipitation development, J. Atmos. Sci.,
32, 1814-1828, 1975. |
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Scott, W.D. and Z. Levin, A
comparison of formulations of stochastic collection, J. Atmos. Sci., 32,
843-847, 1975. |
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Levin, Z. and W.D. Scott, The
effect of electrical conductivity on the growth of the electric field in a
thunderstorm, Tellus, 27, 497-506, 1975. |
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Joseph, J., Z. Levin, Yu. Mekler, G. Ohring and J. Otterman, Study of contrails observed from the ERTS-1
satellite, J. Geophys. Res., 80, 336-372, 1975. |
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Publications in 1974 Scott, W.D. and Z. Levin, Stochastic rain development
in an electrified cloud, AMS Publication, Conference on Cloud Physics,
Tucson, Arizona, 377-382, 1974. |
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Censor and Z. Levin, Electrostatic
interaction of axi- symmetric liquid and solid
aerosols, Atmos.Environ. 8, 905- 914, 1974. |
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Scott, W.D. and Z. Levin, Reply to
comments on the effect of potential gradient on the charge separation during
inter- actions of snow crystals with an ice sphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 31,
598-601, 1974. |
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Ziv, A. and Z. Levin, Thundercloud electrification: Cloud
Growth and electrical development, J. Atmos. Sci., 31, 1652- 1661, 1974. |
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Levin, Z. and A. Ziv, The electrification of thunderclouds and the rain
gush, J.Geophys.Res., 79, 2735-2743, 1974. |
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Publications in 1973 Levin, Z., M. Neiburger,
M. and L. Rodriguez, Jr., Experimental Evaluation of collection efficiencies
and coalescence efficiencies of cloud drops, J. Atmos. Sci., 30, 944-946,
1973. |
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Publications in 1972 Neiburger, M., Z. Levin and L. Rodriguez, Jr., Experimental
Determination of the collection efficiency of cloud drops, Dessens Memorial Issue, J. de Rech.
Atmos., 6, 391-397,
1972. |
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Levin, Z. and W.D. Scott,
Polarization charging and thunder- storm electrification, Nature, 240,
232-233, 1972. |
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Neiburger, M.,
Z. Levin and L. Rodriguez, Jr., A method of measuring drop size
distribution in clouds, J.Appl.Meteor., 11,
550-552, 1972. |
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Scott, W.D. and Z. Levin, Open
channels in sea ice (Leads) as ion sources, Science, 177, 425-426, 1972. |
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Publications in 1971 Siscoe, G. and Z. Levin, Water drops - surface wave
interaction J. Geophys. Res. 76, 5112-5116, 1971. |
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Levin, Z., Charge separation by
splashing of naturally falling raindrops, J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 28, 543-548,
1971. |
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Levin, Z. and P.V. Hobbs,
Splashing of water drops on solid and wetted surfaces. The hydrodynamics and charge separation,
Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc Vol. 269a, 555-585, 1971. PDF file |
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Publications in 1970 Scott, W.D. and Z. Levin, The
effect of potential gradient on the charge separation during interactions of
snow crystals with an ice sphere, J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 27, 463-473, 1970. |
Books
Levin, Z. and W.R. Cotton (Eds.), “Aerosol Pollution Impact on Precipitation; A scientific
review”, Springer Press., 382 pp, 2009
Received the 2009 Atmospheric Science Librarians International
(ASLI) "Honourable
mention for an authoritative, well-organized, forum-based approach to the
evaluation of a problem in the fields of meteorology / climatology /
atmospheric sciences.
Monographs:
J.E. Dye, L.J. Miller, B.E. Martner
and Z. Levin, Dynamical
microphysical evolution of a convective storm. NCAR Technical Note
NCAR/TN-151+STS, 248 pp. National Technical Information Service No. PB81-233132, 1980
Z. Levin, O. Kubitsky and
P. Alpert, Numerical simulation of stratus cloud dispersal with dry ice seeding
in Weather Modification Programme, WMO/TD No. 53, Vol. I, 347-352, 1985.
Levin, Z., On the State of Cloud
Seeding for Rain Enhancement, The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus, pp-19, 2009. PDF
file