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Overview

Adam S. Phillips is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research addresses multiple aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on environmental science. Their work extensively covers various subfields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, and oceanography, along with contributions to public health and environmental occupational health.

The scientist's primary topics of investigation encompass climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics. Additional interests include marine and coastal ecosystems, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and cryospheric studies and observations.

Phillips has published numerous papers in leading scientific venues. Some of their recent publications include:

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Isolating the Evolving Contributions of Anthropogenic Aerosols and Greenhouse Gases: A New CESM1 Large Ensemble Community Resource, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • Evaluation of Leading Modes of Climate Variability in the CMIP Archives, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 - an extended set of large-scale diagnostics for quasi-operational and comprehensive evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP, 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • ENSO and Pacific Decadal Variability in the Community Earth System Model Version 2, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Their frequent co-authors include Clara Deser, Flavio Lehner, John Fasullo, Antonietta Capotondi, and Isla R. Simpson. These collaborations highlight an ongoing engagement with researchers widely recognized in climate and atmospheric sciences.

Phillips's work has appeared repeatedly in several prominent publication venues, with the highest number of publications in the Journal of Climate, followed by Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Geoscientific Model Development, and Nature Geoscience.

The scientist's consistent contribution to understanding climate systems, modeling, and environmental processes is reflected through their sustained publication record and collaborative efforts across multiple disciplines within Earth and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    G. Danabasoglu;J. F. Lamarque;J. Bacmeister;D. A. Bailey

  • The Community Earth System Model (CESM) large ensemble project: a community resource for studying climate change in the presence of internal climate variability

    Jennifer E Kay;Clara Deser;Adam S Phillips;A Mai

  • Uncertainty in climate change projections: the role of internal variability

    Clara Deser;Adam Phillips;Vincent Bourdette;Haiyan Teng

  • The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited

    Matthew Newman;Matthew Newman;Michael A. Alexander;Toby R. Ault;Kim M. Cobb

  • Sea surface temperature variability: Patterns and mechanisms

    Clara Deser;Michael A. Alexander;Shang-Ping Xie;Adam S. Phillips

  • Communication of the role of natural variability in future North American climate

    Clara Deser;Reto Knutti;Susan Solomon;Adam S. Phillips

  • The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model Version 6 (WACCM6)

    A. Gettelman;M. J. Mills;D. E. Kinnison;R. R. Garcia

  • Pacific Interdecadal Climate Variability: Linkages between the Tropics and the North Pacific during Boreal Winter since 1900

    Clara Deser;Adam S. Phillips;James W. Hurrell

  • Detection and Attribution of Twentieth-Century Northern and Southern African Rainfall Change

    Martin Hoerling;James Hurrell;Jon Eischeid;Adam Phillips

  • Projecting North American Climate over the Next 50 Years: Uncertainty due to Internal Variability

    Clara Deser;Adam S. Phillips;Michael A. Alexander;Brian V. Smoliak

  • Tropical Atlantic Influence on European Heat Waves

    Christophe Cassou;Laurent Terray;Adam S. Phillips

  • Twentieth century tropical sea surface temperature trends revisited.

    Clara Deser;Adam S. Phillips;Michael A. Alexander

  • A U.S. CLIVAR Project to Assess and Compare the Responses of Global Climate Models to Drought-Related SST Forcing Patterns: Overview and Results

    Siegfried Schubert;David Gutzler;Hailan Wang;Hailan Wang;Aiguo Dai

  • The Effects of North Atlantic SST and Sea Ice Anomalies on the Winter Circulation in CCM3. Part II: Direct and Indirect Components of the Response

    Clara Deser;Gudrun Magnusdottir;R. Saravanan;Adam Phillips

  • ENSO and Pacific Decadal Variability in the Community Climate System Model Version 4

    Clara Deser;Adam S. Phillips;Robert A. Tomas;Yuko M. Okumura

  • Forced and Internal Components of Winter Air Temperature Trends over North America during the past 50 Years: Mechanisms and Implications*

    Clara Deser;Laurent Terray;Adam S. Phillips

  • Seasonal aspects of the recent pause in surface warming

    Kevin E. Trenberth;John T. Fasullo;Grant Branstator;Adam S. Phillips

  • Twentieth century North Atlantic climate change. Part II: Understanding the effect of Indian Ocean warming

    M. P. Hoerling;J. W. Hurrell;T. Xu;G. T. Bates

  • The Northern Hemisphere Extratropical Atmospheric Circulation Response to ENSO: How Well Do We Know It and How Do We Evaluate Models Accordingly?

    Clara Deser;Isla R. Simpson;Karen A. McKinnon;Adam S. Phillips

  • CESM1(WACCM) Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering Large Ensemble Project

    Simone Tilmes;Jadwiga H. Richter;Ben Kravitz;Douglas G. MacMartin

  • Twentieth century north atlantic climate change. Part I: assessing determinism

    J. W. Hurrell;M. P. Hoerling;A. S. Phillips;T. Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Clara Deser
Clara Deser National Center for Atmospheric Research
James W. Hurrell
James W. Hurrell Colorado State University
John T. Fasullo
John T. Fasullo National Center for Atmospheric Research
Michael A. Alexander
Michael A. Alexander National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Isla R. Simpson
Isla R. Simpson National Center for Atmospheric Research
Veronika Eyring
Veronika Eyring University of Bremen
Nuno Carvalhais
Nuno Carvalhais Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Martin P. Hoerling
Martin P. Hoerling National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James D. Scott
James D. Scott National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research

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