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Joseph Sedlar is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with substantial work in subfields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, aerospace engineering, and water science and technology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of atmospheric and environmental phenomena. Key areas of work include:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Joseph Sedlar has contributed to multiple scientific publications and frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable frequent coauthors include Laura Riihimaki, Christian Herrera, David D. Turner, Scott Stierle, and Kathleen Lantz.

Their work appears in various scientific venues, with a concentration of publications in the following:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Monthly Weather Review

Selected recent papers by Joseph Sedlar include:

  • Confronting Arctic Troposphere, Clouds, and Surface Energy Budget Representations in Regional Climate Models With Observations, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Investigating the Impacts of Daytime Boundary Layer Clouds on Surface Energy Fluxes and Boundary Layer Structure During CHEESEHEAD19, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Additional papers connected to collaborative research efforts or related topics include:

  • Connecting Land-Atmosphere Interactions to Surface Heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Probabilistic Cloud Masking for the Generation of CM SAF Cloud Climate Data Records from AVHRR and SEVIRI Sensors, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Evaluating Convective Planetary Boundary Layer Height Estimations Resolved by Both Active and Passive Remote Sensing Instruments During the CHEESEHEAD19 Field Campaign, 2022, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Best Publications

  • CLARA-A2: the second edition of the CM SAF cloud and radiation data record from 34 years of global AVHRR data

    Karl-Göran Karlsson;Kati Anttila;Jörg Trentmann;Martin Stengel

  • An Arctic CCN-limited cloud-aerosol regime

    T. Mauritsen;Joseph Sedlar;Michael Tjernström;Caroline Leck

  • A transitioning Arctic surface energy budget: the impacts of solar zenith angle, surface albedo and cloud radiative forcing

    Joseph Sedlar;Michael Tjernström;Thorsten Mauritsen;Matthew D. Shupe

  • Advances in understanding and parameterization of small-scale physical processes in the marine Arctic climate system : a review

    Timo Vihma;Timo Vihma;R. Pirazzini;I. Fer;I. A. Renfrew

  • The Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS): Overview and experimental design

    Michael Tjernström;Caroline Leck;C. E. Birch;J. W. Bottenheim

  • Cloud and boundary layer interactions over the Arctic sea ice in late summer

    M. D. Shupe;P. O. G. Persson;I. M. Brooks;Michael Tjernström

  • CLARA-A1: a cloud, albedo, and radiation dataset from 28 yr of global AVHRR data

    K.-G. Karlsson;A. Riihelä;R. Müller;J. F. Meirink

  • On the Relationship between Thermodynamic Structure and Cloud Top, and Its Climate Significance in the Arctic

    Joseph Sedlar;Matthew D. Shupe;Michael Tjernström

  • Warm-air advection, air mass transformation and fog causes rapid ice melt

    Michael Tjernström;Matthew D. Shupe;Matthew D. Shupe;Ian M. Brooks;P. Ola G. Persson;P. Ola G. Persson

  • Meteorological conditions in the central Arctic summer during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)

    Michael Tjernström;C. E. Birch;I. M. Brooks;M. D. Shupe

  • How Well Do Regional Climate Models Reproduce Radiation and Clouds in the Arctic? An Evaluation of ARCMIP Simulations

    Michael Tjernström;Joseph Sedlar;Matthew D. Shupe

  • Connecting Land–Atmosphere Interactions to Surface Heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19

    Brian J. Butterworth;Ankur R. Desai;Philip A. Townsend;Grant W. Petty

  • The Turbulent Structure of the Arctic Summer Boundary Layer During The Arctic Summer Cloud-Ocean Study

    Ian M. Brooks;Michael Tjernström;P. Ola G. Persson;P. Ola G. Persson;Matthew D. Shupe;Matthew D. Shupe

  • Arctic Summer Airmass Transformation, Surface Inversions, and the Surface Energy Budget

    Michael Tjernström;Matthew D. Shupe;Matthew D. Shupe;Ian M. Brooks;Peggy Achtert;Peggy Achtert

  • The thermodynamic structure of summer Arctic stratocumulus and the dynamic coupling to the surface

    Georgia Sotiropoulou;Joseph Sedlar;Michael Tjernström;Matthew D. Shupe;Matthew D. Shupe

  • Stratiform Cloud—Inversion Characterization During the Arctic Melt Season

    Joseph Sedlar;Michael Tjernström

  • Testing longwave radiation parameterizations under clear and overcast skies at Storglaciären, Sweden

    J. Sedlar;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • Characteristics of water-vapour inversions observed over the Arctic by Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and radiosondes

    Abhay Devasthale;Joseph Sedlar;M. Tjernstrom

  • Vertical profiling of aerosol particles and trace gases over the central Arctic Ocean during summer

    Piotr Kupiszewski;Piotr Kupiszewski;Caroline Leck;Michael Tjernström;S. Sjogren

  • CLARA-A2: CM SAF cLoud, Albedo and surface RAdiation dataset from AVHRR data - Edition 2

    Karl-Göran Karlsson;Kati Anttila;Jörg Trentmann;Martin Stengel

  • The thermodynamic structure of summer Arctic stratocumulus and the dynamic coupling to the surface.

    Georgia Sotiropoulou;Joseph Sedlar;Michael Tjernström;Matthew D. Shupe

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Tjernström
Michael Tjernström Stockholm University
Matthew D. Shupe
Matthew D. Shupe University of Colorado Boulder
Ian M. Brooks
Ian M. Brooks University of Leeds
Thorsten Mauritsen
Thorsten Mauritsen Stockholm University
Caroline Leck
Caroline Leck Stockholm University
Daniel E. Wolfe
Daniel E. Wolfe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
P. Ola G. Persson
P. Ola G. Persson University of Colorado Boulder
Cathryn E. Birch
Cathryn E. Birch University of Leeds
Annica M. L. Ekman
Annica M. L. Ekman Stockholm University
Timo Vihma
Timo Vihma Finnish Meteorological Institute

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