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Overview

Donald H. Lenschow is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a specific focus on atmospheric processes.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, they have contributed to subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering

Their work covers a range of topics that reflect a deep engagement with atmospheric phenomena and their environmental impacts.

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Climate variability and models
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Donald H. Lenschow include:

  • "Why Are There More Summer Afternoon Low Clouds Over the Tibetan Plateau Compared to Eastern China?", 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "High urban NO x triggers a substantial chemical downward flux of ozone", 2023, Science Advances
  • "Observed Relationships Between the Urban Heat Island, Urban Pollution Island, and Downward Longwave Radiation in the Beijing Area", 2020, Earth and Space Science
  • "Exploration of oxidative chemistry and secondary organic aerosol formation in the Amazon during the wet season: explicit modeling of the Manaus urban plume with GECKO-A", 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "A foehn-induced haze front in Beijing: observations and implications", 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

They frequently publish in journals such as:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Science Advances
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, their regular coauthors include:

  • Mingyu Zhou
  • Ju Li
  • Zhigang Cheng
  • David Gurarie
  • Youjun Dou

Best Publications

  • The characteristics of turbulent velocity components in the surface layer under convective conditions

    H. A. Panofsky;H. Tennekes;D. H. Lenschow;J. C. Wyngaard;J. C. Wyngaard

  • How Long Is Long Enough When Measuring Fluxes and Other Turbulence Statistics

    D. H. Lenschow;J. Mann;L. Kristensen

  • Mean-Field and Second-Moment Budgets in a Baroclinic, Convective Boundary Layer

    D. H. Lenschow;J. C. Wyngaard;W. T. Pennell

  • Rain in Shallow Cumulus Over the Ocean: The RICO Campaign

    R. M. Rauber;B. Stevens;B. Stevens;H. T. Ochs;C. Knight

  • Dynamics and chemistry of marine stratocumulus - DYCOMS II

    Bjorn Stevens;Donald H. Lenschow;Gabor Vali;Hermann Gerber

  • Structure of the Entrainment Zone Capping the Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer

    Peter P. Sullivan;Chin-Hoh Moeng;Bjorn Stevens;Donald H. Lenschow

  • Length Scales in the Convective Boundary Layer

    Donald H. Lenschow;B. Boba Stankov

  • The influence of large-scale wind power on global climate

    David W. Keith;Joseph F. DeCarolis;David C. Denkenberger;Donald H. Lenschow

  • Outlook for research on subtropical marine stratiform clouds

    D. A. Randall;J. A. Coakley;D. H. Lenschow;C. W. Fairall

  • An Objective Method for Deriving Atmospheric Structure from Airborne Lidar Observations

    K. J. Davis;N. Gamage;C. R. Hagelberg;C. Kiemle

  • POCKETS OF OPEN CELLS AND DRIZZLE IN MARINE STRATOCUMULUS

    Bjorn Stevens;Gabor Vali;Kimberly Comstock;Robert Wood

  • The role of thermals in the convective boundary layer

    D. H. Lenschow;P. L. Stephens

  • Particle nucleation in the tropical boundary layer and its coupling to marine sulfur sources

    A. D. Clarke;D. Davis;V. N. Kapustin;F. Eisele

  • Observations of Drizzle in Nocturnal Marine Stratocumulus

    M. C. vanZanten;B. Stevens;G. Vali;D. H. Lenschow

  • Measuring Second- through Fourth-Order Moments in Noisy Data

    Donald H. Lenschow;Volker Wulfmeyer;Christoph Senff

  • The attenuation of fluctuations in scalar concentrations through sampling tubes

    D. H. Lenschow;M. R. Raupach

  • Probing the atmospheric boundary layer

    Donald H. Lenschow

  • An observational study of the structure of the nocturnal boundary layer

    L. Mahrt;R. C. Heald;D. H. Lenschow;B. B. Stankov

  • Airplane Measurements of Planetary Boundary Layer Structure

    D. H. Lenschow

  • Marine Stratocumulus Layers. Part II: Turbulence Budgets

    R. A. Brost;J. C. Wyngaard;D. H. Lenschow

  • EUREC 4 A

    Bjorn Stevens;Sandrine Bony;David Farrell;Felix Ament

Frequent Co-Authors

Jielun Sun
Jielun Sun National Center for Atmospheric Research
Bjorn Stevens
Bjorn Stevens Max Planck Society
Alan R. Bandy
Alan R. Bandy Drexel University
Sean P. Burns
Sean P. Burns University of Colorado Boulder
Larry Mahrt
Larry Mahrt Northwest Research Associates
Donald C. Thornton
Donald C. Thornton Drexel University
Kenneth J. Davis
Kenneth J. Davis Pennsylvania State University
Ian Faloona
Ian Faloona University of California, Davis
Peter P. Sullivan
Peter P. Sullivan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Shiyuan Zhong
Shiyuan Zhong Michigan State University

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