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Overview

Andrew S. Ackerman is affiliated with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental and earth sciences, with a particular focus on atmospheric processes and climate modeling.

The main fields of study for this researcher include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work further breaks down into subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Engineering, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The core topics covered in their research emphasize Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Aeolian processes and effects.

Andrew S. Ackerman has contributed to a number of scientific papers, including:

  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • A new look at the environmental conditions favorable to secondary ice production, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • CMIP6 Historical Simulations (1850-2014) With GISS-E2.1, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Future Climate Change Under SSP Emission Scenarios With GISS-E2.1, 2022, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Their frequent co-authors include Ann M. Fridlind, Israel Silber, G Cesana, Maxwell Kelley, and Anthony D. Del Genio. Collaboration with these researchers suggests a networked approach to advancing knowledge in atmospheric and climate science.

The primary publication venues where this researcher frequently publishes or contributes include:

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

Best Publications

  • Reduction of Tropical Cloudiness by Soot

    A. S. Ackerman;O. B. Toon;D. E. Stevens;A. J. Heymsfield

  • The Impact of humidity above stratiform clouds on indirect aerosol climate forcing

    Andrew S. Ackerman;Michael P. Kirkpatrick;David E. Stevens;Owen B. Toon

  • Evaluation of Large-Eddy Simulations via Observations of Nocturnal Marine Stratocumulus

    Bjorn Stevens;Chin-Hoh Moeng;Andrew S. Ackerman;Christopher S. Bretherton

  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.

    Maxwell Kelley;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Susanne E. Bauer

  • Remote Sensing of Droplet Number Concentration in Warm Clouds: A Review of the Current State of Knowledge and Perspectives

    Daniel P. Grosvenor;Odran Sourdeval;Paquita Zuidema;Andrew Ackerman

  • Controls on precipitation and cloudiness in simulations of trade-wind cumulus as observed during RICO

    Margreet C vanZanten;Bjorn Stevens;Bjorn Stevens;Louise Nuijens;Louise Nuijens;Pier Siebesma;Pier Siebesma

  • Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. I: single-layer cloud

    Stephen A. Klein;Renata B. McCoy;Hugh Morrison;Andrew S. Ackerman

  • Clouds and chemistry: Ultracool dwarf atmospheric properties from optical and infrared colors

    Mark S. Marley;S. Seager;D. Saumon;Katharina Lodders

  • Large-Eddy Simulations of a Drizzling, Stratocumulus-Topped Marine Boundary Layer

    Andrew S. Ackerman;Margreet C. Vanzanten;Bjorn Stevens;Verica Savic-Jovcic

  • Simulations of Trade Wind Cumuli under a Strong Inversion

    Bjorn Stevens;Andrew S. Ackerman;Bruce A. Albrecht;Andrew R. Brown

  • Masses, Radii, and Cloud Properties of the HR 8799 Planets

    Mark S. Marley;Didier Saumon;Michael Cushing;Andrew S. Ackerman

  • Evidence of Cloud Disruption in the L/T Dwarf Transition

    Adam J. Burgasser;Mark S. Marley;Andrew S. Ackerman;Didier Saumon

  • Effects of Aerosols on Cloud Albedo: Evaluation of Twomey's Parameterization of Cloud Susceptibility Using Measurements of Ship Tracks.

    Andrew S. Ackerman;Owen B. Toon;Jonathan P. Taylor;Doug W. Johnson

  • New microphysics sensor for aircraft use

    H. Gerber;B.G. Arends;A.S. Ackerman

  • A comparison of chemistry and dust cloud formation in ultracool dwarf model atmospheres

    Ch. Helling;A. Ackerman;F. Allard;F. Allard;M. Dehn

  • Ice properties of single-layer stratocumulus during the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment: 2. Model results

    Ann M. Fridlind;A. S. Ackerman;Greg Michael McFarquhar;G. Zhang

  • An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin

    Jens Redemann;Robert Wood;Paquita Zuidema;Sarah J. Doherty

  • Effects of Cloud Horizontal Inhomogeneity and Drizzle on Remote Sensing of Cloud Droplet Effective Radius: Case Studies Based on Large-eddy Simulations

    Zhibo Zhang;Zhibo Zhang;Andrew S. Ackerman;Graham Feingold;Steven Platnick

  • A Model for Particle Microphysics,Turbulent Mixing, and Radiative Transfer in the Stratocumulus-Topped Marine Boundary Layer and Comparisons with Measurements

    Andrew S. Ackerman;Peter V. Hobbs;Owen B. Toon

  • Evaluation of cloud-resolving and limited area model intercomparison simulations using TWP-ICE observations: 1. Deep convective updraft properties

    Adam Varble;Edward J. Zipser;Ann M. Fridlind;Ping Zhu

  • Effects of Domain Size and Numerical Resolution on the Simulation of Shallow Cumulus Convection

    David E. Stevens;Andrew S. Ackerman;Christopher S. Bretherton

  • Reduction of Tropical Cloudiness by Soot

    A. S. Ackerman;O. B. Toon;D. E. Stevens;A. J. Heymsfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann M. Fridlind
Ann M. Fridlind Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Brian Cairns
Brian Cairns Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Mark S. Marley
Mark S. Marley University of Arizona
Owen B. Toon
Owen B. Toon University of Colorado Boulder
Greg M. McFarquhar
Greg M. McFarquhar University of Oklahoma
Pavlos Kollias
Pavlos Kollias Stony Brook University
Steven Platnick
Steven Platnick Goddard Space Flight Center
Jiwen Fan
Jiwen Fan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Didier Saumon
Didier Saumon Los Alamos National Laboratory
Adrian Lock
Adrian Lock Met Office

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