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C. Adam Schlosser

C. Adam Schlosser

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
38
Citations
9018
World Ranking
8511
National Ranking
3038

Overview

C. Adam Schlosser is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes in environmental science. Their research spans several interconnected fields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, civil and structural engineering, and pollution. This multidisciplinary approach supports work on understanding climate variability, atmospheric dynamics, and related environmental processes.

The main research topics covered in Schlosser's work include climate variability and models, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate change policy and economics, soil moisture and remote sensing, soil and unsaturated flow, as well as climate change impacts on permafrost.

Schlosser has contributed articles to a range of scientific journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Climate
  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Scientific Data

Their recent papers encompass multiple aspects of environmental and climate science, focusing on modeling, data analysis, and climate impact assessments. Notable recent publications are:

  • Emulation of Community Land Model Version 5 (CLM5) to Quantify Sensitivity of Soil Moisture to Uncertain Parameters, 2020, Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Quantifying Location-Specific Impacts of Pavement Albedo on Radiative Forcing Using an Analytical Approach, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • A Large Ensemble Global Dataset for Climate Impact Assessments, 2023, Scientific Data
  • Mid-Century Changes in the Mean and Extreme Climate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Implications for Water Harvesting and Climate Adaptation, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Using a Large Climate Ensemble to Assess the Frequency and Intensity of Future Extreme Climate Events in Southern Africa, 2022, Frontiers in Climate

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Schlosser's work, frequently co-authoring with other researchers. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Jennifer Morris
  • Sergey Paltsev
  • Sebastian D. Eastham
  • William Atkinson
  • Y.-H. Henry Chen

Best Publications

  • The Common Land Model

    Yongjiu Dai;Xubin Zeng;Robert E. Dickinson;Ian Baker

  • Indirect emissions from biofuels: how important?

    Jerry M. Melillo;John M. Reilly;David W. Kicklighter;Angelo C. Gurgel;Angelo C. Gurgel

  • Scales of temporal and spatial variability of midlatitude soil moisture

    Konstantin Y. Vinnikov;Alan Robock;Nina A. Speranskaya;C. Adam Schlosser

  • The Representation of Snow in Land Surface Schemes: Results from PILPS 2(d)

    A. G. Slater;A. G. Slater;C. A. Schlosser;C. E. Desborough;A. J. Pitman

  • Precipitation, Recycling, and Land Memory: An Integrated Analysis

    Paul A. Dirmeyer;C. Adam Schlosser;Kaye L. Brubaker

  • The Observed State of the Water Cycle in the Early Twenty-First Century

    M. Rodell;H. K. Beaudoing;H. K. Beaudoing;T. S. L'Ecuyer;W. S. Olson;W. S. Olson

  • Consequences of Considering Carbon–Nitrogen Interactions on the Feedbacks between Climate and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle

    Andrei P. Sokolov;David W. Kicklighter;Jerry M. Melillo;Benjamin S. Felzer

  • Probabilistic forecast for twenty-first-century climate based on uncertainties in emissions (without policy) and climate parameters.

    A. P. Sokolov;P. H. Stone;C. E. Forest;R. Prinn

  • Use of Midlatitude Soil Moisture and Meteorological Observations to Validate Soil Moisture Simulations with Biosphere and Bucket Models

    Alan Robock;Konstantin Ya Vinnikov;C. Adam Schlosser;Nina A. Speranskaya

  • The future of global water stress: An integrated assessment

    C. Adam Schlosser;Kenneth Strzepek;Xiang Gao;Charles Fant

  • Simulations of a boreal grassland hydrology at Valdai, Russia: PILPS phase 2(d).

    C. Adam Schlosser;Andrew G. Slater;Alan Robock;Andrew J. Pitman

  • The Observed State of the Energy Budget in the Early Twenty-First Century

    Tristan S. L'Ecuyer;H. K. Beaudoing;H. K. Beaudoing;M. Rodell;W. Olson

  • Effects of frozen soil on soil temperature, spring infiltration, and runoff: Results from the PILPS 2(d) experiment at Valdai, Russia

    Lifeng Luo;Alan Robock;Konstantin Y. Vinnikov;C. Adam Schlosser

  • Evaluation of the AMIP soil moisture simulations

    Alan Robock;Alan Robock;C.Adam Schlosser;Konstantin Ya Vinnikov;Nina A Speranskaya

  • The impact of climate change on wind and solar resources in southern Africa

    Charles Fant;C. Adam Schlosser;Kenneth Strzepek

  • MIT Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) Version 2: Model Description and Baseline Evaluation

    Andrei P. Sokolov;C. Adam. Schlosser;Stephanie. Dutkiewicz;Sergey. Paltsev

  • SSiB and its sensitivity to soil properties-A case study using HAPEX-Mobilhy data

    Yongkang Xue;Fanrong J. Zeng;C. Adam Schlosser

  • A proposal for a general interface between land surface schemes and general circulation models

    J. Polcher;B. McAvaney;P. Viterbo;MA Gaertner

  • Key results and implications from phase 1(c) of the Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parametrization Schemes

    A. J. Pitman;A. Henderson-Sellers;C. E. Desborough;Z.-L. Yang

  • Assessing a Satellite-Era Perspective of the Global Water Cycle

    C. Adam Schlosser;Paul R. Houser

  • Earth's Future The future of global water stress: An integrated assessment

    C. Adam Schlosser;Kenneth Strzepek;Xiang Gao;Charles Fant

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Kicklighter
David W. Kicklighter Marine Biological Laboratory
Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
Alan Robock
Alan Robock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul A. Dirmeyer
Paul A. Dirmeyer George Mason University
Yongkang Xue
Yongkang Xue University of California, Los Angeles
Qianlai Zhuang
Qianlai Zhuang Purdue University West Lafayette

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