Dr. Knut von Salzen

CURRENT RESEARCH

Development and application of climate models with focus on clouds, aerosols, and radiation in the global atmosphere

• Development and evaluation of the Canadian global Earth System (CanESM) and air quality (GEM-MACH) models
• Climate forcing from interactions between aerosols, clouds, and radiation
• Aerosol dynamical and chemical processes
• Mixing and microphysical processes in convective and layer clouds
• Linkages between climate and air quality
• The changing Arctic

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / INTERESTS

Member of the Expert Group on Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCF), Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Arctic Council.

Supervise graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at the University of Victoria and The University of British Columbia.

PUBLICATIONS

2023

• Digby, R. A. R., Gillett, N. P., Monahan, A. H., von Salzen, K., Gkikas, A., Song, Q., and Zhang, Z., 2023, How well do Earth System Models reproduce observed aerosol changes during the Spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns?, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-432, 2023, in review.
• Sigmond, M., Anstey, J., Arora, V., Digby, R., Gillett, N., Kharin, V., Merryfield, W., Reader, C., Scinocca, J., Swart, N., Virgin, J., Abraham, C., Cole, J., Lambert, N., Lee, W.-S., Liang, Y., Malinina, E., Rieger, L., von Salzen, K., Seiler, C., Seinen, C., Shao, A., Sospedra-Alfonso, R., Wang, L., and Yang, D., 2023, Improvements in the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM) through systematic model analysis: CanESM5.0 and CanESM5.1, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 6553-6591, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-6553-2023.
• Cole, J. N. S., von Salzen, K., Li, J., Scinocca, J., Plummer, D., Arora, V., McFarlane, N., Lazare, M., MacKay, M., Versehgy, D., and Winter, B., 2023, The Canadian Atmospheric Model version 5 (CanAM5.0.3), Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 5427-5448, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5427-2023.

2022

• von Salzen, K., Whaley, C. H., Anenberg, S. C. et al., 2022, Clean air policies are key for successfully mitigating Arctic warming, Commun. Earth. Environ., 3, 222, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00555-x.
• von Salzen, K., 2022, Piecewise Lognormal Approximation Aerosol Model (PAM) data files, [Data set], Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5842118.
• Whaley, C. H., Mahmood, R., von Salzen, K., Winter, B., Eckhardt, S., Arnold, S., Beagley, S., Becagli, S., Chien, R.-Y., Christensen, J., Damani, S. M., Eleftheriadis, K., Evangeliou, N., Faluvegi, G. S., Flanner, M., Fu, J. S., Gauss, M., Giardi, F., Gong, W., Hjorth, J. L., Huang, L., Im, U., Kanaya, Y., Krishnan, S., Klimont, Z., Kühn, T., Langner, J., Law, K. S., Marelle, L., Massling, A., Olivié, D., Onishi, T., Oshima, N., Peng, Y., Plummer, D. A., Popovicheva, O., Pozzoli, L., Raut, J.-C., Sand, M., Saunders, L. N., Schmale, J., Sharma, S., Skov, H., Taketani, F., Thomas, M. A., Traversi, R., Tsigaridis, K., Tsyro, S., Turnock, S., Vitale, V., Walker, K. A., Wang, M., Watson-Parris, D., and Weiss-Gibbons, T., 2022, Model evaluation of short-lived climate forcers for the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme: a multi-species, multi-model study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 5775-5828, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5775-2022.
• Wang, H., Y. Peng, K. von Salzen, Y. Yang, W. Zhou, and D. Zhao, 2022, Evaluation of a Quasi-steady state approximation of the cloud Droplet Growth Equation (QDGE) scheme for aerosol activation in global models using multiple aircraft data over both continental and marine environments, Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 2949–2971, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2949-2022.
• Schmale, J., Sharma, S., Decesari, S., Pernov, J., Massling, A., Hansson, H.-C., von Salzen, K., Skov, H., Andrews, E., Quinn, P. K., Upchurch, L. M., Eleftheriadis, K., and Traversi, R., 2022, Pan-Arctic seasonal cycles and long-term trends of aerosol properties from 10 observatories, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 3067-3096, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3067-2022.

2021

• von Salzen, K., 2021, Technical Summary: The AMAP Climate and Air Quality Emulator, Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5719528.
• von Salzen, K., 2021, AMAP SLCF EG emulator software and data (Version 1), Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5555173.
• Im, U., Tsigaridis, K., Faluvegi, G., Langen, P. L., French, J. P., Mahmood, R., Manu, T., von Salzen, K.,, Thomas, D. C., Whaley, C. H., Klimont, Z., Skov, H., and Brandt, J., 2021, Present and future aerosol impacts on Arctic climate change in the GISS-E2.1 Earth system model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 10413–10438, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10413-2021.
• Virgin, J., C. G. Fletcher, J. N. S. Cole, K. von Salzen, T. Mitovski, 2021, Cloud feedbacks from CanESM2 to CanESM5.0 and their influence on climate sensitivity, Geosci. Model Dev., https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2021-11.
• Fei, L., A. Monahan, K. von Salzen, 2021, High precision estimation of modeled aerosol direct radiative forcing, EarthArXiv, https://doi.org/10.31223/X5WP4W.

2020

• Leaitch, W. R., J. K. Kodros, M. D. Willis, S. Hanna, H. Schulz, E. Andrews, H. Bozem, J. Brukhart, P. Hoor, F. Kolonjari, J. A. Ogren, S. Sharma, M. Si, K. von Salzen, A. K. Bertram, A. Herber, J. P. D. Abbatt, J. Pierce, 2020, Vertical profiles of light absorption and scattering associated with black-carbon particle fractions in the springtime Arctic above 79N, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 10545–10563
• Mortier, A., J. Gliss, M. Schulz, W. Aas, E. Andrews, H. Bian, M. Chin, P. Ginoux, J. Hand, B. Holben, Z. Hua, Z. Kipling, A. Kirkevåg, P. Laj, T. Lurton, B. Myhre, D. Neubauer, D. Olivie, K. von Salzen, T. Takemura, S. Tilmes, 2020, Evaluation of climate model aerosol trends with ground-based observations over the last two decades – an AeroCom and CMIP6 analysis, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 13355–13378

2019

• Abbatt, J. P. D. and W. R. Leaitch, A. A. Aliabadi, A. K. Bertram, J.-P. Blanchet, A. Boivin-Rioux, H. Bozem, J. Burkart, R. Y. W. Chang, J. Charette, J. P. Chaubey, R. J. Christensen, A. Cirisan, D. B. Collins, B. Croft, J. Dionne, G. J. and Evans, C. G. Fletcher, R. Ghahremaninezhad, E. Girard, W. Gong, M. Gosselin, M. Gourdal, S. J. Hanna, S. J., H. Hayashida, A. B. Herber, S. Hesaraki, P. Hoor, L. Huang, R. Hussherr, V. E. Irish, S. A. Keita, J. K. Kodros, F. Köllner, F. Kolonjari, D. Kunkel, L. A. Ladino, K. Law, M. Levasseur, M. Q. Libois, J. Liggio, J. M. Lizotte, K. M. Macdonald, R. Mahmood, R. V. Martin, R. H. Mason, L. A. Miller, A. Moravek, E. Mortenson, E. L. Mungall, J. G. Murphy, M. Namazi, A.-L. Norman, N. T. O'Neill, J. R. Pierce, L. M. Russell, J. Schneider, H. Schulz, S. Sharma, M. Si, R. M. Staebler, N. S. Steiner, M. Galí, J. L. Thomas, K. von Salzen, J. J. B. Wentzell, M. D. Willis, G. R. Wentworth, J.-W. Xu, J. D. Yakobi-Hancock, 2019, New insights into aerosol and climate in the Arctic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 2527-2560
• Dionne, J., K. von Salzen, J. Cole, R. Mahmood, W. R. Leaitch, G. Lesins, I. Folkins, R. Y.-W. Chang, 2019, Modelling the relationship between liquid water content and cloud droplet number concentration observed in low clouds in the summer Arctic and its radiative effects, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 29-43
• Mahmood, R., K. von Salzen, A.-L. Norman, M. Gali, M. Levasseur, 2019, Sensitivity of Arctic sulfate aerosol and clouds to changes in future surface seawater dimethylsulfide concentrations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 6419-6435
• Mitovski, T., Cole, J. N. S., McFarlane, N. A., von Salzen, K., and Zhang, G. J., 2019, Convective response to large-scale forcing in the tropical western Pacific simulated by spCAM5 and CanAM4.3, Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 2107-2117, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-2107-2019
• Swart, N. C., J. N. S. Cole, V. V. Kharin, M. Lazare, M., J. F. Scinocca, N. P. Gillett, J. Anstey, V. Arora, J. R. Christian, S. Hanna, Y. Jiao, W. G. Lee, F. Majaess, O. A. Saenko, C. Seiler, C. Seinen, A. Shao, L. Solheim, K. von Salzen, D. Yang, B. Winter, 2019, The Canadian Earth System Model version 5 (CanESM5.0.3), Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 4823-4873
• Wu., K., J. Li, J. Cole, X. Huang, K. von Salzen, F. Zhang, 2019, Accounting for Several Infrared Radiation Processes in Climate Models, J. Climate, 32, 4601-4620

2018

• Hanna, S. J., J.-W. Xu, J. C. Schroder, Q. Wang, G. R. McMeeking, K. Hayden, W. R. Leaitch, A.M. Macdonald, K. von Salzen,R. V. Martin, A. K. Bertram, 2018, Refractory black carbon at the Whistler Peak High Elevation Research Site - Measurements and simulations, Atmospheric Environment, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.02.041

2017

• Wu, K., J. Li, K. von Salzen, F. Zhang, 2017, Explicit Solutions to the Mixing Rules with Three-Component Inclusions, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.12.020.

2016

• Arnold, S. R., K. S. Law, C. A. Brock, J. L. Thomas, S. M. Starkweather, K. von Salzen, A. Stohl, S. Sharma, M. T. Lund, M. G. Flanner, T. Petäjä, H. Tanimoto, J. Gamble, J. E. Dibb, M. Melamed, N. Johnson, M. Fidel, V.-P. Tynkkynen, A. Baklanov, S. Eckhardt, S. A. Monks, J. Browse, H. Bozem, 2016, Arctic air pollution: Challenges and opportunities for the next decade, Elem. Sci. Anth. 4: 000104. doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000104.
• Barker, H., J. N. S. Cole, J. Li, and K. von Salzen, 2016, A Parametrization of 3D Subgrid-scale Clouds for Conventional GCMs: Assessment using A-Train Satellite Data and Solar Radiative Transfer Characteristics, accepted for publication in JAMES.
• Kipling, Z., P. Stier, C. E. Johnson, G. W. Mann, N. Bellouin, S. E. Bauer, T. Bergman, M. Chin, T. Diehl, S. J. Ghan, T. Iversen, A. Kirkevåg, H. Kokkola, X. Liu, G. Luo, G. Myhre, T. van Noije, K. J. Pringle, K. von Salzen, M. Schulz, Ø. Seland, T. Takemura, K. Tsigaridis, and K. Zhang, What controls the vertical distribution of aerosol? Relationships between process sensitivity in HadGEM3-UKCA and inter-model variation from AeroCom Phase II, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 2221-2241.
• Mahmood, R., K. von Salzen, M. Flanner, M. Sand, J. Langner, H. Wang, L. Huang, 2016, Seasonality of Global and Arctic Black Carbon Processes in the AMAP Models, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2016JD024849.
• Wang, L., J. N. S. Cole, P. Bartlett, D. Verseghy, C. Derksen, R. Brown, and K. von Salzen, 2016, Investigating the spread in surface albedo for snow covered forests in CMIP5 models, J. Gephys. Res., doi: 10.1002/2015JD023824.

2015

• Eckhardt, S., B. Quennehen, D. Olivie, T. Berntsen, R. Cherian, W. Collins, J. H. Christensen, N. Daskalakis, M. Flanner, A. Herber, C. Heyes, Ø. Hodnebrog, C. Jiao, M. Kanakidou, Z. Klimont, J. Langer, K. Law, A. Massling, G. Myhre, S. Myriokefalitakis, J. Quaas, P. Quinn, J.-C. Raut, S. Rumbold, S. Sharma, B. Samset, M. Schulz, R. Skeie, P. Tunved, K. von Salzen, and A. Stohl, 2015, Current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the Arctic atmosphere: a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set , Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 9413-9433.
• Jiang, J. H., H. Su, C. Zhai, T. J. Shen, T. Wu, J. Zhang, J. N. S. Cole, K. von Salzen, L. J. Donner, C. Seman, A. Del Genio, L. S. Nazarenko, J.-L. Dufresne, M. Watanabe, C. Morcrette, T. Koshiro, H. Kawai, A. Gettelman, L. Millan, W. G. Read, N. J. Livesey, Y. Kasai, M. Shiotani, 2014, Evaluating the diurnal cycle of upper tropospheric ice clouds in climate models using SMILES observations, J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 1022-1044.
• Namazi, M., K. von Salzen, J. N. S. Cole, 2015, Simulation of black carbon in snow and its climate impact in the Canadian Global Climate Model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 10887-10904.
• Sand, M., T. K. Berntsen, K. von Salzen, M. G. Flanner, J. Langner, D. Victor, 2015, Response of Arctic temperature to changes in emissions of short-lived climate forcers, nature climate change, doi:10.1038/nclimate2880.
• Tesdal, J.-E., J. R. Christian, A. H. Monahan, K. von Salzen, 2015, Evaluation of diverse approaches for estimating sea-surface DMS concentration and air-sea exchange at global scale, Environmental Chemistry, doi: 10.1071/EN14255.
• Tesdal, J.-E., J. R. Christian, A. H. Monahan, K. von Salzen, 2015, Sensitivity of simulated radiative forcing to DMS concentration and air-sea flux formulation, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 15, 23931-23968.

2014

• Mann, G. W., K. S. Carslaw, C. L. Reddington, K. J. Pringle, M. Schulz, A. Asmi, D. V. Spracklen, D. A. Ridley, M. T. Woodhouse, L. A. Lee, K. Zhang, S. J. Ghan, R. C. Easter, X. Liu, P. Stier, Y. H. Lee, P. J. Adams, H. Tost, J. Lelieveld, S. E. Bauer, K. Tsigaridis, T. P. C. van Noije, A. Strunk, E. Vignati, N. Bellouin, M. Dalvi, C. E. Johnson, T. Bergman, H. Kokkola, K. von Salzen, F. Yu, G. Luo, A. Petzold, J. Heintzenberg, A. Clarke, J. A. Ogren, J. Gras, U. Baltensperger, U. Kaminski, S. G. Jennings, C. D. O'Dowd, R. M. Harrison, D. C. S. Beddows, M. Kulmala, Y. Viisanen, V. Ulevicius, N. Mihalopoulos, V. Zdimal, M. Fiebig, 2014, Intercomparison and evaluation of aerosolmicrophysical properties among AeroCom global models of a range of complexity, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 4679-4713, doi:10.5194/acp-14-4679-2014.
• Quinn, P. K., A. Stohl, A. Baklanov, M. G. Flanner, A. Herber, K. Kupiainen, K. S. Law, J. Schmale, S. Sharma, V. Vestreng, K. von Salzen, 2014, The Arctic, Radiative forcing by black carbon in the Arctic in "State of the Climate in 2013", Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 95, S124-125.
• Rotstayn, L. D., E. L. Plymin, M. A. Collier, O. Boucher, J.-L. Dufresne, J.-J. Luo, K. von Salzen, S. J. Jeffrey, M.-A. Foujols, Y. Ming, L. W. Horowitz, 2014, Declining aerosols in CMIP5 projections: effects on atmospheric temperature structure and midlatitude jets, J. Climate, 27, 6960-6977.
• Tsigaridis, K., N. Daskalakis, M. Kanakidou, P. J. Adams, P. Artaxo, R. Bahadur, Y. Balkanski, S. E. Bauer, N. Bellouin, A. Benedetti, T. Bergman, T. K. Berntsen, J. P. Beukes, H. Bian, K. S. Carslaw, M. Chin, G. Curci, T. Diehl, R. C. Easter, S. J. Ghan, S. L. Gong, A. Hodzic, C. R. Hoyle, T. Iversen, S. Jathar, J. L. Jimenez, J. W. Kaiser, A. Kirkevåg, D. Koch, H. Kokkola, Y. H. Lee, G. Lin, X. Liu, G. Luo, X. Ma, G. W. Mann, N. Mihalopoulos, J.-J. Morcrette, J.-F. Müller, G. Myhre, S. Myriokefalitakis, S. Ng, D. O'Donnell, J. E. Penner, L. Pozzoli, K. J. Pringle, L. M. Russell, M. Schulz, J. Sciare, Ø. Seland, D. T. Shindell, S. Sillman, R. B. Skeie, D. Spracklen, T. Stavrakou, S. D. Steenrod, T. Takemura, P. Tiitta, S. Tilmes, H. Tost, T. van Noije, P. G. van Zyl, K. von Salzen, F. Yu, Z. Wang, Z. Wang, R. A. Zaveri, H. Zhang, K. Zhang, Q. Zhang, X. Zhang, 2014, The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 10845-10895, doi:10.5194/acp-14-10845-2014.

2013

• Fyfe, J. C., K. von Salzen, J. N. S. Cole, N. P. Gillett, J.-P. Vernier, 2013, Surface response to stratospheric aerosol changes in a coupled atmosphere-ocean model, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/grl.50156.
• Fyfe, J. C., K. von Salzen, N. P. Gillett, V. K. Arora, G. M. Flato, J. R. McConnell, 2013, One hundred years of multidecadal variation in Arctic surface temperature due to anthropogenic influence, Nature Scientific Reports, 3, 2645, doi:10.1038/srep02645.
• Gillett, N. P., K. von Salzen, 2013, The role of reduced aerosol precursor emissions in driving near-term warming, Environ. Res. Lett., 8, 034008, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034008.
• Leaitch, W. R., S. Sharma, L. Huang, D. Toom-Sauntry, A. Chivulescu, A. M. Macdonald, K. von Salzen, J. R. Pierce, A. K. Bertram, J. C. Schroder, N. C. Shantz, R. Y.-W. Chang, A.-L. Norman, 2013, Dimethyl sulfide control of the clean summertime Arctic aerosol and cloud, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 1:000017, doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000017.
• Li, L., K. von Salzen, Y. Peng, H. Zhang, X.-Z. Liang, 2013, Evaluation of black carbon semi-direct radiative effect in a climate model, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/jgrd.50327.
• Su, H., J. H. Jiang, C. Zhai, V. S. Perun, J. T. Shen, A. Del Genio, L. S. Nazarenko, L. J. Donner, L. Horowitz, C. Seman, C. Morcrette, J. Petch, M. Ringer, J. Cole, K. von Salzen, M. Mesquita, T. Iversen, J. E. Kristjansson, A. Gettelman, L. Rotstayn, S. Jeffrey, J. L. Dufresne, M. Watanabe, H. Kawai, T. Koshiro, T. Wu, E. M. Volodin, T. L'Ecuyer, J. Teixeira, G. L. Stephens, 2013, Diagnosis of regime-dependent cloud simulation errors in CMIP5 models using A-Train satellite observations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 2762-2780, doi:10.1029/2012JD018575.
• von Salzen, K., J. F. Scinocca, N. A. McFarlane, J. Li, J. N. S. Cole, D. Plummer, D. Verseghy, M. C. Reader, X. Ma, M. Lazare, L. Solheim, 2013, The Canadian Fourth Generation Atmospheric Global Climate Model (CanAM4). Part I: Representation of Physical Processes, Atmosphere-Ocean, 51, 104-125, doi:10.1080/07055900.2012.755610.
• Zhang, M., C. S. Bretherton, P. N. Blossey, P. A. Austin, J. T. Bacmeister, S. Bony, F. Brient, A. Cheng, S. R. De Roode, S. Endo, A. D. Del Genio, C. N. Franklin, J.-C. Golaz, C. Hannay, T. Heus, F. A. Isotta, J.-L. Dufresne, I.-S. Kang, H. Kawai, M. Koehler, S. Kumar, V. E. Larson, Y. Liu, A. Lock, U. Lohmann, M. F. Khairoutdinov, A. M. Molod, R. A. J. Neggers, P. Rasch, I. Sandu, R. Senkbeil, A. P. Siebesma, C. Siegenthaler-Le Drian, B. Stevens, M. J. Suarez, K.-M. Xu, K. von Salzen, M. Webb, A. Wolf, M. Zhao, 2013, CGILS: First results from an international project to understand the physical mechanisms of low cloud feedbacks in general circulation models, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., doi: 10.1002/2013MS000246.

2012

• Fyfe, J. C., W. J. Merryfield, V. Kharin, G. J. Boer, W.-S. Lee, K. von Salzen, 2012, Skillful predictions of decadal trends in global mean surface temperatures, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, doi:10.1029/2011GL049508.
• Gillett, N. P., V. K. Arora, G. M. Flato, J. F. Scinocca, K. von Salzen, 2012, Improved constraints on 21st-century warming derived using 160 years of temperature observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, doi:10.1029/2011GL050226.
• Peng, Y., K. von Salzen, J. Li, 2012, Simulation of mineral dust aerosol with Piecewise Log-normal Approximation (PLA) in CanAM4-PAM, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 6891-6914, doi:10.5194/acp-12-6891-2012.

2011

• Cole, J, H. W. Barker, N. G. Loeb, K. von Salzen, 2011, Assessing simulated clouds and radiative fluxes using properties of clouds whose tops are exposed to space, J. Climate, 24, 2715-2727.
• Isotta, F. A., P. Spichtinger, U. Lohmann, K. von Salzen, 2011, Improvement and implementation of a parameterization for shallow cumulus in the global climate model ECHAM5-HAM, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 515-532.
• Monahan, A. H., B. Khouider, N. McFarlane, J. Scinocca, K. von Salzen, 2011, Stochastic and probablistic methods for ocean, atmosphere, and climate dynamics, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 92, 211-213.

2010

• Ma, X., K. von Salzen, J. Cole, 2010, Constraints on interactions between aerosols and clouds on a global scale from a combination of MODIS-CERES satellite data and climate simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 9851-9861.
• Mitovski,T., I. Folkins, K. von Salzen, M. Sigmond, 2010, Temperature, relative humidity, and divergence response to high rainfall events in the tropics: Observations and models, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 90, 379-383.

2009

• Khouider, B., A. H. Monahan, N. McFarlane, J. Scinocca, K. von Salzen, 2009, Tropical multiscale convective systems: Theory, modeling, and observations, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 90, 379-383.
• Klein, S. A., R. B. McCoy, H. Morrison, A. S. Ackerman, A. Avramov, G. de Boer, M. Chen, J. N. S. Cole, A. D. del Genio, M. Falk, M. J. Foster, A. Fridlind, J.-C. Golaz, T. Hashino, J. Y. Harrington, C. Hoose, M. F. Khairoutdinov, V. E. Larson, X. Liu, Y. Luo, G. M. McFarquhar, S. Menon, R. A. J. Neggers, S. Park, M. R. Poellot, J. M. Schmidt, I. Sednev, B. J. Shipway, M. D. Shupe, D. A. Spangenberg, Y. C. Sud, D. D. Turner, D. E. Veron, K. von Salzen, G. K. Walker, Z. Wang, A. B. Wolf, S. Xie, K.-M. Xu, F. Yang, G. Zhang, 2009, Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Part I: Single layer cloud, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 135, 979-1002.
• Morrison, H., R. B. McCoy, S. A. Klein, S. Xie, Y. Luo, A. Avramov, M. Chen, J. N. S. Cole, M. Falk, M. J. Foster, A. D. del Genio, J. Y. Harrington, C. Hoose, M. F. Khairoutdinov, V. E. Larson, X. Liu, G. M. McFarquhar, M. R. Poellot, K. von Salzen, B. J. Shipway, M. D Shupe, Y. C. Sud, D. D. Turner, D. E. Veron, G. K. Walker, Z. Wang, A. B. Wolf, K.-M. Xu, F. Yang, G. Zhang, 2009, Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Part II: Multilayer Cloud, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 135, 1003-1019.

2008

• Barker, H. W., J. N. S. Cole, J.-J. Morcrette, R. Pincus, P. Raisanen, K. von Salzen, P. A. Vaillancourt, 2008, The Monte Carlo Independent Column Approximation: An assessment using several global atmospheric models, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 1463-1478.
• Li, J., X. Ma, K. von Salzen, S. Dobbie, 2008, Parameterization of sea-salt optical properties and physics of the associated radiative forcing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 4787-4798.
• Ma, X., K. von Salzen, J. Li, 2008, Modelling sea salt aerosol and its direct and indirect effects on climate, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 1311-1327.

2006

• Li, J., J. Scinocca, M. Lazare, N. McFarlane, K. von Salzen, L. Solheim, 2006, Ocean surface albedo and its impact on radiation balance in climate models, J. Climate, 19, 6314-6333.
• Ma, X., K. von Salzen, 2006, Dynamics of the sulphate aerosol size distribution on a global scale, J. Geopys. Res., 111, D08206, 10.1029/2005JD006620.
• von Salzen, K., 2006, Piecewise log-normal approximation of size distributions for aerosol modelling, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1351-1372.

2005 and before

• Croft, B., U. Lohmann, K. von Salzen, 2005, Black carbon ageing in the Canadian Centre for Climate modelling and analysis atmospheric general circulation model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 1931-1949.
• von Salzen, K., N. A. McFarlane, M. Lazare, 2005, The role of shallow convection in the water and energy cycles of the atmosphere, Clim. Dyn., 25, 671-688, doi: 10.1007/s00382-005-0051-2.
• Gong, S. L., L.A. Barrie, J.-P. Blanchet, K. von Salzen, U. Lohmann, G. Lesins, L. Spacek, L.M. Zhang, E. Girard, H. Lin, R. Leaitch, H. Leighton, P. Chylek, P. Huang, 2003, Canadian Aerosol Module: A Size Segregated Simulation of Atmospheric Aerosol Processes for Climate and Air Quality Models: 1. Module Development, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4007, doi:10.1029/2001JD002002.
• von Salzen, K., N. A. McFarlane, 2002, Parameterization of the bulk effects of lateral and cloud-top entrainment in transient shallow cumulus clouds, J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1405-1429.
• Xie, S., K.-M. Xu, R. T. Cederwall, P. Bechtold, A. D. Del Genio, S. A. Klein, D. G. Cripe, S. J. Ghan, D. Gregory, S. F. Iacobellis, S. K. Krueger, U. Lohmann, J. C. Pech, D. A. Randall, L. D. Rotstayn, R. C. J. Somerville, Y. C. Sud, K. von Salzen, G. K. Walker, A. Wolf, J. J. Yio, G. J. Zhang, M. Zhang, 2002, Intercomparison and evaluation of cumulus parametrizations under summertime midlatitude continental conditions, Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 128, 1095-1136.
• von Salzen, K., H. G. Leighton, P. A. Ariya, L. A. Barrie, S. L. Gong, J.-P. Blanchet, L. Spacek, U. Lohmann, L. I. Kleinman, 2000, Sensitivity of sulphate aerosol size distributions and CCN concentrations over North America to SO_x emissions and H₂O₂ concentrations, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9741-9765.
• Lohmann, U., K. von Salzen, N. McFarlane, H. G. Leighton, J. Feichter, 1999, Tropospheric sulphur cycle in the Canadian general circulation model, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 26,833-26,858.
• Schulz, M., J. van Beusekom, K. Bigalke, U. Brockmann, W. Dannecker, H. Gerwig, H. Grassl, C.-J. Lenz, K. Michaelsen, U. Niemeier, T. Nitz, E. Plate, T. Pohlmann, T. Raabe, A. Rebers, V. Reinhardt, M. Schatzmann, K. H. Schlünzen, R. Schmidt-Nia, T. Stahlschmidt, G. Steinhoff, K. von Salzen, 1999, The atmospheric impact on fluxes of nitrogen, POPs and energy in the German Bight, Dt. hydrogr. Z., 51, 133-154.
• von Salzen, K., K. H. Schlünzen, 1999, Simulation of the dynamics and composition of secondary and marine inorganic aerosols in the coastal atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 30,201-30,217.
• von Salzen, K., K. H. Schlünzen, 1999, A prognostic physico-chemical model of secondary and marine inorganic multicomponent aerosols, Atmospheric Environment, 33, 567-576.
• von Salzen, K., K. H. Schlünzen, 1999, A prognostic physico-chemical model of secondary and marine inorganic multicomponent aerosols. Part II. Model tests , Atmospheric Environment, 33, 1543-1552.
• von Salzen, K., M. Claussen, K. H. Schlünzen, 1996, Application of the concept of blending height to the calculation of surface fluxes in a mesoscale model. Meteorol. Zeitschrift N.F., 5, 60-66.