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  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Cecilia M. Bitz is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with substantial work in Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, their subfields of interest include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

Their work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Cecilia M. Bitz has contributed to multiple papers recently, including:

  • Antarctic Sea Ice Area in CMIP6, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Contributions to Polar Amplification in CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Fasting season length sets temporal limits for global polar bear persistence, 2020, Nature Climate Change

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Cecilia M. Bitz include:

  • Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth
  • Kyle C. Armour
  • Lettie A. Roach
  • Andrew G. Pauling
  • Lily Hahn

In terms of publication venues, their work has appeared most frequently in:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Climate
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Cecilia M. Bitz received recognition as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • The Community Climate System Model Version 3 (CCSM3)

    William D. Collins;Cecilia M. Bitz;Maurice L. Blackmon;Gordon B. Bonan

  • Description of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM 3.0)

    William Collins;J. Rasch;A. Boville;James McCaa

  • Polar amplification of climate change in coupled models

    Marika M Holland;Cecilia M Bitz

  • The Formulation and Atmospheric Simulation of the Community Atmosphere Model Version 3 (CAM3)

    William D. Collins;Philip J. Rasch;Byron A. Boville;James J. Hack

  • Influence of high latitude ice cover on the marine Intertropical Convergence Zone

    John C. H. Chiang;Cecilia M. Bitz

  • Future abrupt reductions in the summer Arctic sea ice

    Marika M. Holland;Cecilia M. Bitz;Bruno Tremblay;Bruno Tremblay

  • The UVic earth system climate model: Model description, climatology, and applications to past, present and future climates

    Andrew J. Weaver;Michael Eby;Edward C. Wiebe;Cecilia M. Bitz

  • Chinese stalagmite δ 18 O controlled by changes in the Indian monsoon during a simulated Heinrich event

    Francesco S. R. Pausata;Francesco S. R. Pausata;David S. Battisti;David S. Battisti;Kerim H. Nisancioglu;Cecilia M. Bitz

  • An energy-conserving thermodynamic model of sea ice

    C. M. Bitz;William H. Lipscomb

  • Ecological Consequences of Sea-Ice Decline

    Eric Post;Uma S. Bhatt;Cecilia M. Bitz;Jedediah F. Brodie

  • Dynamics of Recent Climate Change in the Arctic

    Richard E. Moritz;Cecilia M. Bitz;Eric J. Steig

  • Simulating the ice‐thickness distribution in a coupled climate model

    C. M. Bitz;M. M. Holland;A. J. Weaver;M. Eby

  • Time-Varying Climate Sensitivity from Regional Feedbacks

    Kyle C. Armour;Cecilia M. Bitz;Gerard H. Roe

  • Polar amplification dominated by local forcing and feedbacks

    Malte F. Stuecker;Cecilia M. Bitz;Kyle C. Armour;Cristian Proistosescu

  • Global Climate Impacts of Fixing the Southern Ocean Shortwave Radiation Bias in the Community Earth System Model (CESM)

    Jennifer E. Kay;Casey Wall;Vineel Yettella;Brian Medeiros

  • Antarctic Sea Ice Area in CMIP6

    Lettie A. Roach;Jakob Dörr;Caroline R. Holmes;François Massonnet

  • Antarctic sea-ice expansion between 2000 and 2014 driven by tropical Pacific decadal climate variability

    Gerald A. Meehl;Julie M. Arblaster;Julie M. Arblaster;Cecilia M. Bitz;Christine T. Y. Chung

  • Constraining projections of summer Arctic sea ice

    F. Massonnet;T. Fichefet;H. Goosse;C. M. Bitz

  • The Community Climate System Model: CCSM3

    W D Collins;M Blackmon;C Bitz;G Bonan

  • Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016

    Gerald A. Meehl;Julie M. Arblaster;Julie M. Arblaster;Christine T.Y. Chung;Marika M. Holland

  • Persistence and Inherent Predictability of Arctic Sea Ice in a GCM Ensemble and Observations

    Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth;Kyle C. Armour;Cecilia M. Bitz;Eric DeWeaver

  • Impact of ocean model resolution on CCSM climate simulations

    Ben P. Kirtman;Cecilia Bitz;Frank Bryan;William Collins

Frequent Co-Authors

Marika M. Holland
Marika M. Holland National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kyle C. Armour
Kyle C. Armour University of Washington
David S. Battisti
David S. Battisti University of Washington
François Massonnet
François Massonnet Université Catholique de Louvain
Eric J. Steig
Eric J. Steig University of Washington
Elizabeth C. Hunke
Elizabeth C. Hunke Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thierry Fichefet
Thierry Fichefet Université Catholique de Louvain
Hugues Goosse
Hugues Goosse Université Catholique de Louvain
James J. Hack
James J. Hack Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Julie M. Arblaster
Julie M. Arblaster National Center for Atmospheric Research

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