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Overview

Larry K. Berg is based at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans several areas within environmental and earth sciences, with a focus on atmospheric phenomena and climate-related studies.

The scientist's main fields of study include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these domains, their work is further specialized across subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Wind Energy Research and Development
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols

Frequent publication venues for Larry K. Berg include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Wind Energy Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series

Larry K. Berg has collaborated regularly with several co-authors. Some key collaborators are:

  • Sheng-Lun Tai
  • Yun Qian
  • Jerome D. Fast
  • Zhao Yang
  • William I. Gustafson

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Better calibration of cloud parameterizations and subgrid effects increases the fidelity of the E3SM Atmosphere Model version 1," 2022, Geoscientific Model Development
  • "On the estimation of boundary layer heights: a machine learning approach," 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Neglecting irrigation contributes to the simulated summertime warm-and-dry bias in the central United States," 2020, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • "Smoke from 2020 United States wildfires responsible for substantial solar energy forecast errors," 2022, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Scientific challenges to characterizing the wind resource in the marine atmospheric boundary layer," 2022, Wind Energy Science

Best Publications

  • Urban pollution greatly enhances formation of natural aerosols over the Amazon rainforest

    Manish Shrivastava;Meinrat O. Andreae;Meinrat O. Andreae;Meinrat O. Andreae;Paulo Artaxo;Henrique M. J. Barbosa

  • A Modeling Study of Irrigation Effects on Surface Fluxes and Land–Air–Cloud Interactions in the Southern Great Plains

    Yun Qian;Maoyi Huang;Ben Yang;Larry K. Berg

  • Characterization of submicron particles influenced by mixed biogenic and anthropogenic emissions using high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry: results from CARES

    Ari Setyan;Qi Zhang;M. Merkel;Walter B. Knighton

  • Improving Wind Energy Forecasting through Numerical Weather Prediction Model Development

    Joseph B. Olson;Jaymes S. Kenyon;Irina Djalalova;Laura Bianco

  • Simultaneous polarimeter retrievals of microphysical aerosol and ocean color parameters from the "MAPP" algorithm with comparison to high-spectral-resolution lidar aerosol and ocean products.

    S. Stamnes;C. Hostetler;R. Ferrare;S. Burton

  • Airborne Multiwavelength High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL-2) observations during TCAP 2012: vertical profiles of optical and microphysical properties of a smoke/urban haze plume over the northeastern coast of the US

    Detlef Muller;Detlef Muller;Chris A. Hostetler;R. A. Ferrare;S. P. Burton

  • The Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP): A Public–Private Partnership Addressing Wind Energy Forecast Needs

    James Wilczak;Cathy Finley;Jeff Freedman;Joel Cline

  • comparison of mixed layer heights from airborne high spectral resolution lidar, ground-based measurements, and the wrf-chem model during calnex and cares

    A. J. Scarino;M. D. Obland;J. D. Fast;S. P. Burton

  • On Bridging A Modeling Scale Gap: Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling for Wind Energy

    Sue Ellen Haupt;Branko Kosovic;William Shaw;Larry K. Berg

  • Overview of the 2010 Carbonaceous Aerosols and Radiative Effects Study (CARES)

    R. A. Zaveri;W. J. Shaw;D. J. Cziczo;B. Schmid

  • Sensitivity of MM5-Simulated Boundary Layer Characteristics to Turbulence Parameterizations

    Larry K. Berg;Shiyuan Zhong

  • Temporal Variability of Fair-Weather Cumulus Statistics at the ACRF SGP Site

    Larry K. Berg;Evgueni I. Kassianov

  • Overview of the HI-SCALE Field Campaign: A New Perspective on Shallow Convective Clouds

    Jerome D. Fast;Larry K. Berg;Lizbeth Alexander;David Bell

  • Sensitivity of Turbine-Height Wind Speeds to Parameters in Planetary Boundary-Layer and Surface-Layer Schemes in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model

    Ben Yang;Ben Yang;Yun Qian;Larry K. Berg;Po-Lun Ma

  • The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Observational Field Campaign

    James M. Wilczak;Mark Stoelinga;Larry K. Berg;Justin Sharp

  • CAUSES: Attribution of Surface Radiation Biases in NWP and Climate Models near the U.S. Southern Great Plains

    K. Van Weverberg;C. J. Morcrette;J. Petch;S. A. Klein

  • Year-Long Vertical Velocity Statistics Derived from Doppler Lidar Data for the Continental Convective Boundary Layer

    Larry K. Berg;Rob K. Newsom;David D. Turner

  • Regionally refined test bed in E3SM atmosphere model version 1 (EAMv1) and applications for high-resolution modeling

    Qi Tang;Stephen A. Klein;Shaocheng Xie;Wuyin Lin

  • CAUSES: On the Role of Surface Energy Budget Errors to the Warm Surface Air Temperature Error Over the Central United States

    H.‐Y. Ma;S. A. Klein;S. Xie;C. Zhang

  • The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): General Overview

    William J. Shaw;Larry K. Berg;Joel Cline;Caroline Draxl

  • Evaluation of WRF-Predicted Near-Hub-Height Winds and Ramp Events over a Pacific Northwest Site with Complex Terrain

    Qing Yang;Larry K. Berg;Mikhail Pekour;Jerome D. Fast

  • Evaluation of a Modified Scheme for Shallow Convection: Implementation of CuP and Case Studies

    Larry K. Berg;William I. Gustafson;Evgueni I. Kassianov;Liping Deng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome D. Fast
Jerome D. Fast Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jason M. Tomlinson
Jason M. Tomlinson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Duli Chand
Duli Chand Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yun Qian
Yun Qian Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
John E. Shilling
John E. Shilling Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chris A. Hostetler
Chris A. Hostetler Langley Research Center
William I. Gustafson
William I. Gustafson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
William J. Shaw
William J. Shaw Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
James C. Barnard
James C. Barnard University of Nevada Reno
Alla Zelenyuk
Alla Zelenyuk Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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