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1790

Overview

Leo J. Donner 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 global and planetary change as well as atmospheric science.

Their work encompasses several main topics within these fields, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics

Recent publications by Leo J. Donner and collaborators include:

  • "Multifaceted aerosol effects on precipitation" (2024) published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Deep Convection and Convective Clouds" (2023) published in Geophysical Monograph
  • "Open Water in Sea Ice Causes High Bias in Polar Low-Level Clouds in GFDL CM4" (2023) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Simple Analytic Solutions for a Convectively Driven Walker Circulation and Their Relevance to Observations" (2020) published in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • "Improved Precipitation Diurnal Cycle in GFDL Climate Models With Non-Equilibrium Convection" (2024) published in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Frequent coauthors who have contributed to publications with Donner include:

  • Zhihong Tan
  • Philip Stier
  • Susan C. van den Heever
  • Matthew W. Christensen
  • Edward Gryspeerdt

Donner's research appears consistently across several scientific venues known for atmospheric and earth science studies. These include:

  • Nature Geoscience
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Geophysical Monograph
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Best Publications

  • The Community Climate System Model Version 4

    Peter R. Gent;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Leo J. Donner;Marika M. Holland

  • 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

  • Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4 Climate Models. Part I: Convective Signals

    Jia Lin Lin;George N. Kiladis;Brian E. Mapes;Klaus M. Weickmann

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

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

  • Climate Effects of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions

    Daniel Rosenfeld;Steven Sherwood;Robert Wood;Leo Donner

  • Aerosol indirect effects – general circulation model intercomparison and evaluation with satellite data

    Johannes Quaas;Yi Ming;Surabi Menon;Surabi Menon;T. Takemura

  • MJO Simulation Diagnostics

    D Waliser;K Sperber;H Hendon;D Kim

  • Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in CMIP5 climate models using NASA “A-Train” satellite observations

    Jonathan H. Jiang;Hui Su;Chengxing Zhai;Vincent S. Perun

  • Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES): algorithm overview

    B.A. Wielicki;B.R. Barkstrom;B.A. Baum;T.P. Charlock

  • The GFDL CM3 Coupled Climate Model: Characteristics of the Ocean and Sea Ice Simulations

    Stephen M. Griffies;Michael Winton;Leo J. Donner;Larry W. Horowitz

  • The GFDL Global Atmosphere and Land Model AM4.0/LM4.0: 2. Model Description, Sensitivity Studies, and Tuning Strategies

    M. Zhao;J.-C. Golaz;I. M. Held;H. Guo

  • The Community Climate System Model, version 2

    Jeffrey T. Kiehl;Peter R. Gent

  • The GFDL Global Atmosphere and Land Model AM4.0/LM4.0: 1. Simulation Characteristics With Prescribed SSTs

    M. Zhao;J. C. Golaz;Isaac M. Held;H. Guo

  • A scheme for parameterizing ice cloud water content in general circulation models

    Andrew J. Heymsfield;Leo J. Donner

  • A Cumulus Parameterization Including Mass Fluxes, Vertical Momentum Dynamics, and Mesoscale Effects

    Leo J. Donner

  • An intercomparison of cloud-resolving models with the atmospheric radiation measurement summer 1997 intensive observation period data

    Kuan Man Xu;Richard T. Cederwall;Leo J. Donner;Wojciech W. Grabowski

  • Nucleation processes in deep convection simulated by a cloud-system-resolving model with double-moment bulk microphysics

    Vaughan T. J. Phillips;Leo J. Donner;Stephen T. Garner

  • The Frequency of Extreme Rain Events in Satellite Rain-Rate Estimates and an Atmospheric General Circulation Model

    Eric M. Wilcox;Leo J. Donner

  • An observationally based evaluation of cloud ice water in CMIP3 and CMIP5 GCMs and contemporary reanalyses using contemporary satellite data

    J.-L. F. Li;D.E. Waliser;W.-T. Chen;B. Guan

  • A Cumulus Parameterization Including Mass Fluxes, Convective Vertical Velocities, and Mesoscale Effects: Thermodynamic and Hydrological Aspects in a General Circulation Model

    Leo J. Donner;Charles J. Seman;Richard S. Hemler;Songmiao Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Ming
Yi Ming Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Vaughan T. J. Phillips
Vaughan T. J. Phillips Lund University
Jean-Christophe Golaz
Jean-Christophe Golaz Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Larry W. Horowitz
Larry W. Horowitz Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Ming Zhao
Ming Zhao Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Paul Ginoux
Paul Ginoux Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Andrew Gettelman
Andrew Gettelman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Anthony D. Del Genio
Anthony D. Del Genio Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Jonathan H. Jiang
Jonathan H. Jiang California Institute of Technology

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