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  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Anthony D. Del Genio is a researcher affiliated with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields including Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Physics and Astronomy. The scientist's research engages deeply with topics related to climate variability and models, planetary science and exploration, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

They have contributed extensively to several subfields of study such as global and planetary change, atmospheric science, astronomy and astrophysics, oceanography, and molecular biology. Their research output includes a diverse range of studies focusing on climate, the atmosphere, and planetary systems.

Their recent significant publications include:

  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • CMIP6 Historical Simulations (1850-2014) With GISS-E2.1, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Observational constraint on cloud feedbacks suggests moderate climate sensitivity, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Future Climate Change Under SSP Emission Scenarios With GISS-E2.1, 2022, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Characteristics of Model Tropical Cyclone Climatology and the Large-Scale Environment, 2020, Journal of Climate

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Journal of Climate, Icarus, and Nature Climate Change.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • M. J. Way
  • Andrew S. Ackerman
  • Kostas Tsigaridis
  • Igor Aleinov
  • Eric Wolf

Anthony D. Del Genio has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2012, indicating a formal acknowledgment of professional standing within the geosciences community.

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of climate forcings

    J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;L. Nazarenko

  • Earth's Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications

    James Hansen;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy;Makiko Sato

  • Intercomparison and interpretation of climate feedback processes in 19 atmospheric general circulation models

    R. D. Cess;G. L. Potter;J. P. Blanchet;G. J. Boer

  • Present-Day Atmospheric Simulations Using GISS ModelE: Comparison to In Situ, Satellite, and Reanalysis Data

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Reto Ruedy;James E. Hansen;Igor Aleinov

  • Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4 Climate Models. Part I: Convective Signals

    Jia Lin Lin;George N. Kiladis;Brian E. Mapes;Klaus M. Weickmann

  • Surface Observed Global Land Precipitation Variations during 1900-88

    Aiguo Dai;Inez Y. F Ung;Anthony D. Del Genio

  • Configuration and Assessment of the GISS ModelE2 Contributions to the CMIP5 Archive

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Max Kelley;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy

  • Black carbon semi-direct effects on cloud cover: review and synthesis

    D. Koch;D. Koch;A. D. Del Genio

  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.

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

  • Cassini imaging of Jupiter's atmosphere, satellites, and rings.

    Carolyn C. Porco;Robert A. West;Alfred McEwen;Anthony D. Del Genio

  • A Prognostic Cloud Water Parameterization for Global Climate Models

    Anthony D. del Genio;Mao-Sung Yao;William Kovari;Kenneth K. W. Lo

  • Comparing clouds and their seasonal variations in 10 atmospheric general circulation models with satellite measurements

    M. H. Zhang;W. Y. Lin;S. A. Klein;S. A. Klein;J. T. Bacmeister

  • Imaging of Titan from the Cassini spacecraft

    Carolyn C. Porco;Emily Baker;John Barbara;Kevin Beurle

  • Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study

    J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;P. Kharecha

  • Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress

    Duane E. Waliser;Jui-Lin F. Li;Christopher P. Woods;Richard T. Austin

  • Cloud feedback in atmospheric general circulation models: An update

    R. D. Cess;M. H. Zhang;W. J. Ingram;G. L. Potter

  • 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

  • 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

  • Evidence for Strengthening of the Tropical General Circulation in the 1990s

    Junye Chen;Junye Chen;Barbara E. Carlson;Anthony D. Del Genio

  • Was Venus the first habitable world of our solar system

    Michael J. Way;Michael J. Way;Anthony D. Del Genio;Nancy Y. Kiang;Linda E. Sohl;Linda E. Sohl

  • Climate simulations for 1880–2003 with GISS modelE

    J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;P. Kharecha

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew P. Ingersoll
Andrew P. Ingersoll California Institute of Technology
Larissa Nazarenko
Larissa Nazarenko Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Ashwin R. Vasavada
Ashwin R. Vasavada California Institute of Technology
Surabi Menon
Surabi Menon Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Leo J. Donner
Leo J. Donner Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Daehyun Kim
Daehyun Kim University of Washington
Gavin A. Schmidt
Gavin A. Schmidt Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Dorothy Koch
Dorothy Koch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kostas Tsigaridis
Kostas Tsigaridis Columbia University
Reto Ruedy
Reto Ruedy Goddard Institute for Space Studies

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