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Overview

Amanda H. Lynch is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields, including Earth and Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences, and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Atmospheric Science and Sociology and Political Science as subfields. Their academic work also engages with Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The main topics of their research cover a diverse range, emphasizing Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Arctic and Russian policy studies, and climate change-related phenomena such as permafrost and ocean acidification. Other areas include the study of methane hydrates and indigenous studies intertwined with ecological perspectives, as well as climate change communication and perception.

Recent publications by Amanda H. Lynch include:

  • "Coldest Canadian Arctic communities face greatest reductions in shorefast sea ice" (2020), Nature Climate Change
  • "Tropical Biogeomorphic Seagrass Landscapes for Coastal Protection: Persistence and Wave Attenuation During Major Storms Events" (2020), Ecosystems
  • "Shape of a water crisis: practitioner perspectives on urban water scarcity and 'Day Zero' in South Africa" (2020), Water Policy
  • "Advancing Weather and Climate Forecasting for Our Changing World" (2022), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Arctic shipping guidance from the CMIP6 ensemble on operational and infrastructural timescales" (2021), Climatic Change

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Xueke Li
  • Siri Veland
  • Charles H. Norchi
  • Michael A. Goldstein
  • Zihan Chen

Amanda H. Lynch has published repeatedly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Climatic Change, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, and Nature Climate Change.

Best Publications

  • Evidence and implications of recent climate change in northern Alaska and other arctic regions.

    Larry D. Hinzman;Neil D. Bettez;W. Robert Bolton;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Role of Land-Surface Changes in Arctic Summer Warming

    F. S. Chapin;M. Sturm;Mark C. Serreze;J.P. McFadden

  • Regional Climate Information—Evaluation and Projections

    F. Giorgi;J. Christensen;M. Hulme;H. von Storch

  • Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance

    R Quentin Grafton;James Pittock;Richard Davis;John Williams

  • The representation of arctic soils in the land surface model: The importance of mosses

    Jason Beringer;Amanda H. Lynch;F. Stuart Chapin;Michelle Mack

  • Trends in Australia's climate means and extremes: a global context

    Lisa Victoria Alexander;Pandora Hope;Dean Collins;Blair Trewin

  • Adaptive Governance and Climate Change

    Ronald D. Brunner;Amanda H. Lynch

  • Development of a regional climate model of the western Arctic

    Amanda H. Lynch;William L. Chapman;John E. Walsh;Gunter Weller

  • Narrative matters for sustainability: the transformative role of storytelling in realizing 1.5°C futures

    Siri Veland;Siri Veland;Morgan Scoville-Simonds;Irmelin Gram-Hanssen;A. K. Schorre

  • Predicted changes in synoptic forcing of net precipitation in large Arctic river basins during the 21st century

    John J. Cassano;John J. Cassano;Petteri Uotila;Amanda H. Lynch;Elizabeth N. Cassano

  • The Arctic Frontal Zone as Seen in the NCEP–NCAR Reanalysis

    Mark C. Serreze;Amanda H. Lynch;Martyn P. Clark

  • Summer Differences among Arctic Ecosystems in Regional Climate Forcing

    F. Stuart Chapin;Werner Eugster;Joseph P. McFadden;Amanda H. Lynch

  • The Contributions of Community-Based Monitoring and Traditional Knowledge to Arctic Observing Networks: Reflections on the State of the Field

    Noor Johnson;Lilian Alessa;Carolina Behe;Finn Danielsen

  • Changes in synoptic weather patterns in the polar regions in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Part 2: Antarctic

    Amanda Lynch;Petteri Uotila;John J. Cassano

  • Australian East-Coast Cyclones. Part I: Synoptic Overview and Case Study

    Greg J. Holland;Amanda H. Lynch;Lance M. Leslie

  • Classification of synoptic patterns in the western Arctic associated with extreme events at Barrow, Alaska, USA

    Elizabeth N Cassano;Amanda Helen Lynch;John Joseph Cassano;Melinda R Koslow

  • Estimating the Uncertainty in a Regional Climate Model Related to Initial and Lateral Boundary Conditions

    Wanli Wu;Amanda Helen Lynch;Aaron M Rivers

  • Fire in Australian savannas: From leaf to landscape

    Jason Beringer;Jason Beringer;Lindsay B. Hutley;David Abramson;Stefan K. Arndt

  • Using the Paleorecord to Evaluate Climate and Fire Interactions in Australia

    Amanda Helen Lynch;Jason Beringer;Peter Kershaw A Peter Kershaw;Andrew Geoffrey Marshall

  • Changes in synoptic weather patterns in the polar regions in the twentieth and twenty‐first centuries, part 1: Arctic

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  • Evidence and Implications of Recent Climate Change in Northern Alaska and Other Arctic Regions

    L. D. Hinzman;N. Bettez;W. R. Bolton;F. S. Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Cassano
John J. Cassano University of Colorado Boulder
Petteri Uotila
Petteri Uotila University of Helsinki
Andrew G. Marshall
Andrew G. Marshall Bureau of Meteorology
Klaus Dethloff
Klaus Dethloff Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Nigel J. Tapper
Nigel J. Tapper Monash University
Annette Rinke
Annette Rinke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Mark C. Serreze
Mark C. Serreze University of Colorado Boulder
Judith A. Curry
Judith A. Curry Georgia Institute of Technology
Larry D. Hinzman
Larry D. Hinzman University of Alaska Fairbanks
Neville Nicholls
Neville Nicholls Monash University

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