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Karen H. Rosenlof is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields related to atmospheric and environmental sciences, with a concentration on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. The scientist's work predominantly focuses on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional involvement in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate Change and Geoengineering
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Recent publications by Karen H. Rosenlof reflect a focus on stratospheric and atmospheric phenomena. Notable papers include:

  • Persistent Stratospheric Warming Due to 2019-2020 Australian Wildfire Smoke, 2021, published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere, 2021, published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • On the stratospheric chemistry of midlatitude wildfire smoke, 2022, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements, 2022, published in Nature Geoscience
  • Perturbations in stratospheric aerosol evolution due to the water-rich plume of the 2022 Hunga-Tonga eruption, 2022, published in Communications Earth & Environment

The scientist frequently publishes in several journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Karen H. Rosenlof collaborates with various other researchers, including R. W. Portmann, Pengfei Yu, Sean Davis, O. B. Toon, and Eric Ray, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • Contributions of Stratospheric Water Vapor to Decadal Changes in the Rate of Global Warming

    Susan Solomon;Karen H. Rosenlof;Robert W. Portmann;John S. Daniel

  • An atmospheric tape recorder: The imprint of tropical tropopause temperatures on stratospheric water vapor

    Philip W. Mote;Karen H. Rosenlof;Michael E. McIntyre;Ewan S. Carr

  • Single‐particle measurements of midlatitude black carbon and light‐scattering aerosols from the boundary layer to the lower stratosphere

    J. P. Schwarz;J. P. Schwarz;R. S. Gao;D. W. Fahey;D. W. Fahey;D. S. Thomson;D. S. Thomson

  • Seasonal cycle of the residual mean meridional circulation in the stratosphere

    Karen H. Rosenlof

  • Seasonal variation of mass transport across the tropopause

    Christof Appenzeller;James R. Holton;Karen H. Rosenlof

  • Stratospheric water vapor increases over the past half‐century

    K. H. Rosenlof;S. J. Oltmans;D. Kley;J. M. Russell

  • Stratospheric water vapor feedback

    A. E. Dessler;M. R. Schoeberl;T. Wang;S. M. Davis;S. M. Davis

  • A sudden stratospheric warming compendium

    Amy H. Butler;Amy H. Butler;Jeremiah P. Sjoberg;Jeremiah P. Sjoberg;Dian J. Seidel;Karen H. Rosenlof

  • Black carbon lofts wildfire smoke high into the stratosphere to form a persistent plume.

    Pengfei Yu;Pengfei Yu;Pengfei Yu;Owen B. Toon;Charles G. Bardeen;Yunqian Zhu

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Interannual changes of stratospheric water vapor and correlations with tropical tropopause temperatures

    William J. Randel;Fei Wu;Samuel J. Oltmans;Karen Rosenlof

  • The increase in stratospheric water vapor from balloonborne, frostpoint hygrometer measurements at Washington, D.C., and Boulder, Colorado

    Samuel J. Oltmans;Holger Vömel;David J. Hofmann;Karen H. Rosenlof

  • Hemispheric asymmetries in water vapor and inferences about transport in the lower stratosphere

    Karen H. Rosenlof;Adrian F. Tuck;Kenneth K. Kelly;James M. Russell

  • An observationally based energy balance for the Earth since 1950

    D. M. Murphy;S. Solomon;R. W. Portmann;K. H. Rosenlof

  • Stratospheric water vapor trends over Boulder, Colorado: Analysis of the 30 year Boulder record

    Dale F. Hurst;Dale F. Hurst;Samuel J. Oltmans;Holger Vömel;Karen H. Rosenlof

  • Aura Microwave Limb Sounder upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric H2O and relative humidity with respect to ice validation

    W. G. Read;A. Lambert;J. Bacmeister;R. E. Cofield

  • Estimates of the stratospheric residual circulation using the downward control principle

    Karen H. Rosenlof;James R. Holton

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • ATom: Merged Atmospheric Chemistry, Trace Gases, and Aerosols

    S.C. Wofsy;S. Afshar;H.M. Allen;E.C. Apel

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric A. Ray
Eric A. Ray National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dale F. Hurst
Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
David W. Fahey
David W. Fahey National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Troy Thornberry
Troy Thornberry National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Robert W. Portmann
Robert W. Portmann National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James W. Elkins
James W. Elkins National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fred L. Moore
Fred L. Moore National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ru-Shan Gao
Ru-Shan Gao National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William G. Read
William G. Read California Institute of Technology
Irina Petropavlovskikh
Irina Petropavlovskikh Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

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