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Overview

M. D. Schwarzkopf is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, including several subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Water Science and Technology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist has contributed to the study of various topics within these disciplines, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Notable publications by M. D. Schwarzkopf 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
  • "SPEAR: The Next Generation GFDL Modeling System for Seasonal to Multidecadal Prediction and Projection," 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "NOAA-GFDL/ESM4: GFDL Earth System Model 4," 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "The Influence of Ozone Precursor Emissions from Four World Regions on Tropospheric Composition and Radiative Climate Forcing," 2021, UNC Libraries
  • "Ozone air quality and radiative forcing consequences of changes in ozone precursor emissions," 2021, UNC Libraries

M. D. Schwarzkopf often collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Vaishali Naïk
  • Larry W. Horowitz
  • Alistair Adcroft
  • Paul Ginoux
  • Sergey Malyshev

The primary publication venues for the scientist's work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • UNC Libraries
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A search for human influences on the thermal structure of the atmosphere

    B. D. Santer;K. E. Taylor;T. M. L. Wigley;T. C. Johns

  • Stratospheric Sensitivity to Perturbations in Ozone and Carbon Dioxide: Radiative and Dynamical Response

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  • The Radiative Signature of Upper Tropospheric Moistening

    Brian J. Soden;Darren L. Jackson;V. Ramaswamy;M. D. Schwarzkopf

  • Arctic Oscillation response to the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption: Effects of volcanic aerosols and ozone depletion

    Georgiy Stenchikov;Alan Robock;V. Ramaswamy;M. Daniel Schwarzkopf

  • 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

  • Radiative forcing by well‐mixed greenhouse gases: Estimates from climate models in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)

    W. D. Collins;V. Ramaswamy;M. D. Schwarzkopf;Y. Sun

  • 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

  • Assessment of Twentieth-Century Regional Surface Temperature Trends using the GFDL CM2 Coupled Models

    Thomas R. Knutson;T. L. Delworth;K. W. Dixon;Isaac M. Held

  • The simplified exchange method revisited: An accurate, rapid method for computation of infrared cooling rates and fluxes

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  • A comparison of model-simulated trends in stratospheric temperatures

    K. P. Shine;M. S. Bourqui;P. M. de F. Forster;S. H. E. Hare

  • SPEAR – the next generation GFDL modeling system for seasonal to multidecadal prediction and projection

    Thomas L. Delworth;William F. Cooke;William F. Cooke;Alistair Adcroft;Alistair Adcroft;Mitchell Bushuk;Mitchell Bushuk

  • Radiative forcing of climate from halocarbon-induced global stratospheric ozone loss

    V. Ramaswamy;M. D. Schwarzkopf;K. P. Shine

  • The roles of aerosol direct and indirect effects in past and future climate change

    Hiram Levy;Larry W. Horowitz;M. Daniel Schwarzkopf;Yi Ming

  • Anthropogenic and Natural Influences in the Evolution of Lower Stratospheric Cooling

    V. Ramaswamy;M. D. Schwarzkopf;W. J. Randel;B. D. Santer

  • Fingerprint of ozone depletion in the spatial and temporal pattern of recent lower-stratospheric cooling

    V. Ramaswamy;M. D. Schwarzkopf;W. J. Randel

  • Characterizing the tropospheric ozone response to methane emission controls and the benefits to climate and air quality

    Arlene M. Fiore;J. Jason West;J. Jason West;Larry W. Horowitz;Vaishali Naik

  • Contribution of local and remote anthropogenic aerosols to the twentieth century weakening of the South Asian Monsoon

    Massimo A. Bollasina;Massimo A. Bollasina;Yi Ming;V. Ramaswamy;M. Daniel Schwarzkopf

  • An efficient, accurate algorithm for calculating CO2 15 μm band cooling rates

    Stephen B. Fels;M. D. Schwarzkopf

  • GFDL's CM2 Global Coupled Climate Models. Part IV: Idealized Climate Response

    Ronald J. Stouffer;A. J. Broccoli;T. L. Delworth;K. W. Dixon

Frequent Co-Authors

Venkatachalam Ramaswamy
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Georgiy L. Stenchikov
Georgiy L. Stenchikov King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ming Zhao
Ming Zhao Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Vaishali Naik
Vaishali Naik Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Andrew T. Wittenberg
Andrew T. Wittenberg Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Paul C.D. Milly
Paul C.D. Milly United States Geological Survey
Paul Ginoux
Paul Ginoux Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Sergey Malyshev
Sergey Malyshev Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Alan Robock
Alan Robock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Leo J. Donner
Leo J. Donner Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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