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96
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38387
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455
National Ranking
209

Overview

Andrew Gettelman is a researcher affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their body of work spans key areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

The scientist's research covers a diverse range of topics including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, climate variability and models, and atmospheric aerosols and clouds. Additional areas of expertise include meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, as well as cryospheric studies and observations.

Frequent publication venues for Andrew Gettelman include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Among recent papers published, notable titles include:

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Observations of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Surface Radiation over the Southern Ocean: An Overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE, and SOCRATES, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Indicators of Global Climate Change 2023: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence, 2024, Earth System Science Data

Collaborative efforts have involved frequent co-authors such as Charles Bardeen, L. Ruby Leung, Johannes Mülmenstädt, Isabel L. McCoy, and Matthew W. Christensen, reflecting ongoing partnerships within the field.

Best Publications

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

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

  • The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018

    D.S. Lee;D.W. Fahey;A. Skowron;M.R. Allen

  • A New Two-Moment Bulk Stratiform Cloud Microphysics Scheme in the Community Atmosphere Model, Version 3 (CAM3). Part I: Description and Numerical Tests

    Hugh Morrison;Andrew Gettelman

  • CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation

    Graeme L. Stephens;Deborah G. Vane;Simone Tanelli;Eastwood Im

  • Climate model genealogy: Generation CMIP5 and how we got there

    Reto Knutti;David Masson;Andrew Gettelman;Andrew Gettelman

  • Toward a Minimal Representation of Aerosols in Climate Models: Description and Evaluation in the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5

    Xiaohong Liu;Richard C. Easter;Steven J. Ghan;Rahul A. Zaveri

  • Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

    Nicolas Bellouin;Johannes Quaas;Edward Gryspeerdt;Stefan Kinne

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

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

  • The Art and Science of Climate Model Tuning

    Frédéric Hourdin;Thorsten Mauritsen;Andrew Gettelman;Jean-Christophe Golaz

  • The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    Louisa K. Emmons;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;John J. Orlando;Geoff Tyndall

  • Advanced two-moment bulk microphysics for global models. Part I: off-line tests and comparison with other schemes.

    Andrew Gettelman;Hugh Morrison

  • Sensitivity of chemical tracers to meteorological parameters in the MOZART-3 chemical transport model

    D.E. Kinnison;Guy P. Brasseur;S. Walters;R.R. Garcia

  • Assessment of temperature, trace species, and ozone in chemistry-climate model simulations of the recent past

    V. Eyring;N. Butchart;D. W. Waugh;H. Akiyoshi

  • Horizontal transport and the dehydration of the stratosphere

    James R. Holton;Andrew Gettelman

  • THE EXTRATROPICAL UPPER TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE

    A. Gettelman;P. Hoor;L. L. Pan;W. J. Randel

  • Cloud influence on and response to seasonal Arctic sea ice loss

    Jennifer E. Kay;Jennifer E. Kay;Andrew Gettelman

  • Climate variability and conflict risk in East Africa, 1990–2009

    John O’Loughlin;Frank D. W. Witmer;Andrew M. Linke;Arlene Laing

  • Aerosol indirect effects – general circulation model intercomparison and evaluation with satellite data

    Johannes Quaas;Yi Ming;Surabi Menon;Surabi Menon;T. Takemura

  • High Climate Sensitivity in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    Andrew Gettelman;Cecile E. Hannay;Julio T. Bacmeister;Richard B. Neale

  • Global simulations of ice nucleation and ice supersaturation with an improved cloud scheme in the Community Atmosphere Model

    A. Gettelman;Xiaohong Liu;S.J. Ghan;H. Morrison

  • The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum

    Jennifer E. Kay;Jennifer E. Kay;Tristan L'Ecuyer;Andrew Gettelman;Graeme Stephens

  • Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in CMIP5 climate models using NASA “A-Train” satellite observations

    Jonathan H. Jiang;Hui Su;Chengxing Zhai;Vincent S. Perun

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh Morrison
Hugh Morrison National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research
Douglas E. Kinnison
Douglas E. Kinnison National Center for Atmospheric Research
Steven J. Ghan
Steven J. Ghan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jennifer E. Kay
Jennifer E. Kay University of Colorado Boulder
Julio T. Bacmeister
Julio T. Bacmeister National Center for Atmospheric Research
Martyn P. Chipperfield
Martyn P. Chipperfield University of Leeds
Theodore G. Shepherd
Theodore G. Shepherd University of Reading
Eugene Rozanov
Eugene Rozanov Saint Petersburg State University
Veronika Eyring
Veronika Eyring University of Bremen

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