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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Judith Lean is affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of physics and astronomy, earth and planetary sciences, and computer science. Subfields of focus include astronomy and astrophysics, atmospheric science, artificial intelligence, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's research topics cover atmospheric ozone and climate, solar and space plasma dynamics, solar radiation and photovoltaics, climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, history and developments in astronomy, and stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Recent publications by Judith Lean include:

  • WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update: A Prediction for 2021-25, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Solar Irradiance Variability: Modeling the Measurements, 2020, Earth and Space Science
  • A New Reconstruction of the Sun's Magnetic Field and Total Irradiance since 1700, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Relationship between Total Solar Irradiance and Magnetic Flux during Solar Minima, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • A New Model of Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance Variability With 0.1-0.5 nm Spectral Resolution, 2022, Earth and Space Science

Frequent co-authors include С. В. Марченко, M. T. DeLand, Odele Coddington, Leon Hermanson, and Doug Smith.

The most common publication venues for Judith Lean's work are Earth and Space Science, The Astrophysical Journal, and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Judith Lean has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2003 and has been a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2002.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing. Chapter 2

    P. Forster;V. Ramaswamy;P. Artaxo;T. Berntsen

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • Efficacy of climate forcings

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

  • Reconstruction of solar irradiance since 1610: Implications for climate change

    Judith Lean;Juerg Beer;Raymond S. Bradley

  • A new, lower value of total solar irradiance: Evidence and climate significance

    Greg Kopp;Judith L. Lean

  • Evolution of the Sun's Spectral Irradiance Since the Maunder Minimum

    Judith Lean

  • Solar cycle variability, ozone, and climate

    Drew Shindell;David Rind;Nambeth Balachandran;Judith Lean

  • Modeling the Sun’s Magnetic Field and Irradiance since 1713

    Y.-M. Wang;J. L. Lean;N. R. Sheeley

  • Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO): Overview of Science Objectives, Instrument Design, Data Products, and Model Developments

    T. N. Woods;F. G. Eparvier;R. Hock;A. R. Jones

  • The Sun's total irradiance: Cycles, trends and related climate change uncertainties since 1976

    Claus Fröhlich;Judith Lean

  • Solar EUV Experiment (SEE): Mission overview and first results

    Thomas N. Woods;Francis G. Eparvier;Scott M. Bailey;Phillip C. Chamberlin

  • Solar radiative output and its variability: evidence and mechanisms

    Claus Fröhlich;Judith Lean

  • How natural and anthropogenic influences alter global and regional surface temperatures: 1889 to 2006

    Judith L. Lean;David H. Rind

  • Response of global upper ocean temperature to changing solar irradiance

    Warren B. White;Judith Lean;Daniel R. Cayan;Michael D. Dettinger

  • Climate forcings in Goddard Institute for Space Studies SI2000 simulations

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

  • Magnetic modulation of solar luminosity by photospheric activity

    P. Foukal;J. Lean

  • Variations in the Sun's radiative output

    Judith Lean

  • SORCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEW UNDERSTANDING OF GLOBAL CHANGE AND SOLAR VARIABILITY

    Judith Lean;Gary Rottman;Jerald Harder;Greg Kopp

  • A Solar Irradiance Climate Data Record

    Odele Coddington;Judith Lean;Peter Pilewskie;Martin Snow

  • Solar ultraviolet irradiance variations: A review

    Judith Lean

  • Evolution of the Sun's Spectral Irradiance Since the

    Maunder Minimum;Judith Lean;E. O. Hulburt

  • Changes in atmos-pheric constituents and in radiative forcing

    P. Artaxo;T. Berntsen;R. Betts;D. W. Fahey

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas N. Woods
Thomas N. Woods University of Colorado Boulder
Robert R. Meier
Robert R. Meier George Mason University
David Rind
David Rind Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Peter Pilewskie
Peter Pilewskie University of Colorado Boulder
Matthew T. DeLand
Matthew T. DeLand Science Systems and Applications (United States)
Gary J. Rottman
Gary J. Rottman University of Colorado Boulder
Scott M. Bailey
Scott M. Bailey Virginia Tech
Stanley C. Solomon
Stanley C. Solomon National Center for Atmospheric Research
Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University
Raymond G. Roble
Raymond G. Roble National Center for Atmospheric Research

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