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2025

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
106
Citations
46795
World Ranking
249
National Ranking
113

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award

Overview

Larry W. Horowitz is affiliated with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on atmospheric science and related subfields.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics within atmospheric and environmental sciences. Key topics include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate change and health impacts

Horowitz has contributed to numerous publications, with research appearing regularly in well-known scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • UNC Libraries
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Collaborations have been an important aspect of Horowitz's research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Vaishali Naïk
  • Fabien Paulot
  • Fiona M. O'Connor
  • Susanne E. Bauer
  • Paul Ginoux

The scientist has an extensive record of published papers, including several highly cited works. Selected recent papers include:

  • The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Historical and future changes in air pollutants from CMIP6 models, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Tropospheric ozone in CMIP6 simulations, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Vegetation feedbacks during drought exacerbate ozone air pollution extremes in Europe, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • The GFDL Global Atmospheric Chemistry-Climate Model AM4.1: Model Description and Simulation Characteristics, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Best Publications

  • GFDL's CM2 global coupled climate models. Part I: Formulation and simulation characteristics

    Thomas L. Delworth;Anthony J. Broccoli;Anthony Rosati;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • Analysis and quantification of the diversities of aerosol life cycles within AeroCom

    C. Textor;M. Schulz;S. Guibert;S. Kinne

  • Nitrogen and sulfur deposition on regional and global scales:a multimodel evaluation

    F. Dentener;J. Drevet;Jean-François Lamarque;Isabelle Bey

  • The dynamical core, physical parameterizations, and basic simulation characteristics of the atmospheric component AM3 of the GFDL global coupled model CM3

    Leo J. Donner;Bruce L. Wyman;Richard S. Hemler;Larry W. Horowitz

  • Multimodel ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone

    D. S. Stevenson;F. J. Dentener;M. G. Schultz;K. Ellingsen

  • A global simulation of tropospheric ozone and related tracers: Description and evaluation of MOZART, version 2

    Larry W. Horowitz;Stacy Walters;Denise Leonore Mauzerall;Louisa K. Emmons

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

    N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

  • Three-dimensional climatological distribution of tropospheric OH: Update and evaluation

    C. M. Spivakovsky;J. A. Logan;S. A. Montzka;Y. J. Balkanski

  • The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics

    J. P. Dunne;L. W. Horowitz;A. J. Adcroft;P. Ginoux

  • An AeroCom Initial Assessment - Optical Properties in Aerosol Component Modules of Global Models

    S. Kinne;M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Guibert

  • An estimate of the global burden of anthropogenic ozone and fine particulate matter on premature human mortality using atmospheric modeling.

    Susan C. Anenberg;Larry W. Horowitz;Daniel Q. Tong;J. Jason West

  • Co-benefits of mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions for future air quality and human health

    J. Jason West;Steven J. Smith;Raquel A. Silva;Vaishali Naik

  • Pre-industrial to end 21st century projections of tropospheric ozone from the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP)

    P. J. Young;P. J. Young;P. J. Young;A. T. Archibald;K. W. Bowman;J.-F. Lamarque

  • Global crop yield reductions due to surface ozone exposure: 1. Year 2000 crop production losses and economic damage

    Shiri Avnery;Denise L. Mauzerall;Junfeng Liu;Larry W. Horowitz

  • Global Distribution and Trends of Tropospheric Ozone: An Observation-Based Review

    O. R. Cooper;D. D. Parrish;J. Ziemke;M. Cupeiro

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Global air quality and climate

    Arlene M. Fiore;Vaishali Naik;Dominick V. Spracklen;Allison Steiner

  • Global premature mortality due to anthropogenic outdoor air pollution and the contribution of past climate change

    Raquel A. Silva;J. Jason West;Yuqiang Zhang;Susan C. Anenberg

  • Structure and Performance of GFDL's CM4.0 Climate Model

    I. M. Held;H. Guo;A. Adcroft;J. P. Dunne

  • Radiative forcing in the 21st century due to ozone changes in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

    M. Gauss;G. Myhre;G. Pitari;M. J. Prather

  • Multimodel estimates of intercontinental source-receptor relationships for ozone pollution

    Arlene M. Fiore;F. J. Dentener;O. Wild;C. Cuvelier

Frequent Co-Authors

Vaishali Naik
Vaishali Naik Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research
Fabien Paulot
Fabien Paulot Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University
William J. Collins
William J. Collins University of Reading
Meiyun Lin
Meiyun Lin Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Guang Zeng
Guang Zeng National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Paul Ginoux
Paul Ginoux Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Denise L. Mauzerall
Denise L. Mauzerall Princeton University

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