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  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Marika M. Holland is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with notable contributions to the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of their scientific work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate change and permafrost, climate variability and models, cryospheric studies and observations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, species distribution and climate change, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

Their recent published papers include:

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Arctic Sea Ice in CMIP6, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Extremes become routine in an emerging new Arctic, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Fasting season length sets temporal limits for global polar bear persistence, 2020, Nature Climate Change

Frequent co-authors in their work are:

  • Alice K. DuVivier
  • David A. Bailey
  • Laura Landrum
  • Jennifer E. Kay
  • Madison M. Smith

They publish regularly in several scientific venues including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Cryosphere

In recognition of their work, Marika M. Holland was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • The Community Climate System Model Version 4

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

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    G. Danabasoglu;J. F. Lamarque;J. Bacmeister;D. A. Bailey

  • The Community Earth System Model: A Framework for Collaborative Research

    James W. Hurrell;M. M. Holland;P. R. Gent;S. Ghan

  • The Community Earth System Model (CESM) large ensemble project: a community resource for studying climate change in the presence of internal climate variability

    Jennifer E Kay;Clara Deser;Adam S Phillips;A Mai

  • Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast

    Julienne Stroeve;Marika M. Holland;Walt Meier;Ted Scambos

  • The Arctic’s rapidly shrinking sea ice cover: a research synthesis

    Julienne C. Stroeve;Mark C. Serreze;Marika M. Holland;Jennifer E. Kay;Jennifer E. Kay

  • Perspectives on the Arctic's Shrinking Sea-Ice Cover

    Mark C. Serreze;Marika M. Holland;Julienne Stroeve

  • Polar amplification of climate change in coupled models

    Marika M Holland;Cecilia M Bitz

  • How Well Do We Understand and Evaluate Climate Change Feedback Processes

    Sandrine Bony;Robert Colman;Vladimir M. Kattsov;Richard P. Allan

  • The emergence of surface-based Arctic amplification

    M. C. Serreze;A. P. Barrett;J. C. Stroeve;D. N. Kindig

  • Trends in Arctic sea ice extent from CMIP5, CMIP3 and observations

    Julienne C. Stroeve;Vladimir Kattsov;Andrew Barrett;Mark Serreze

  • Future abrupt reductions in the summer Arctic sea ice

    Marika M. Holland;Cecilia M. Bitz;Bruno Tremblay;Bruno Tremblay

  • The UVic earth system climate model: Model description, climatology, and applications to past, present and future climates

    Andrew J. Weaver;Michael Eby;Edward C. Wiebe;Cecilia M. Bitz

  • Abrupt onset of the Little Ice Age triggered by volcanism and sustained by sea‐ice/ocean feedbacks

    Gifford H. Miller;Gifford H. Miller;Áslaug Geirsdóttir;Yafang Zhong;Darren J. Larsen;Darren J. Larsen

  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent Plummets in 2007

    Julienne Stroeve;Mark Serreze;Sheldon Drobot;Shari Gearheard

  • History of sea ice in the Arctic

    Leonid Polyak;Richard B. Alley;John T. Andrews;Julie Brigham-Grette

  • Simulating the ice‐thickness distribution in a coupled climate model

    C. M. Bitz;M. M. Holland;A. J. Weaver;M. Eby

  • Parameterization of mixed layer eddies. III: Implementation and impact in global ocean climate simulations

    B. Fox-Kemper;B. Fox-Kemper;G. Danabasoglu;R. Ferrari;S.M. Griffies

  • Predicting 21st‐century polar bear habitat distribution from global climate models

    George M. Durner;David C. Douglas;Ryan M. Nielson;Steven C. Amstrup

  • Improved sea ice shortwave radiation physics in CCSM4: The impact of melt ponds and aerosols on Arctic Sea ice

    Marika M. Holland;David A. Bailey;Bruce P. Briegleb;Bonnie Light

Frequent Co-Authors

Cecilia M. Bitz
Cecilia M. Bitz University of Washington
Mark C. Serreze
Mark C. Serreze University of Colorado Boulder
Jennifer E. Kay
Jennifer E. Kay University of Colorado Boulder
Donald K. Perovich
Donald K. Perovich Dartmouth College
Alexandra Jahn
Alexandra Jahn University of Colorado Boulder
Elizabeth C. Hunke
Elizabeth C. Hunke Los Alamos National Laboratory
Julienne Stroeve
Julienne Stroeve University of Manitoba
Andrew J. Weaver
Andrew J. Weaver University of Victoria
Stéphanie Jenouvrier
Stéphanie Jenouvrier Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David M. Lawrence
David M. Lawrence National Center for Atmospheric Research

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