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Overview

Mark Flanner is a researcher affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Environmental Science.

Their research focuses on several interconnected topics, notably cryospheric studies and observations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols. Other areas of interest include atmospheric aerosols and clouds, polar research and ecology, climate change and permafrost, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

Mark Flanner has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet" (2020), published in The Cryosphere
  • "SNICAR-ADv3: a community tool for modeling spectral snow albedo" (2021), published in Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Using ICESat-2 and Operation IceBridge altimetry for supraglacial lake depth retrievals" (2020), published in The Cryosphere
  • "Model evaluation of short-lived climate forcers for the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme: a multi-species, multi-model study" (2022), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "SNICAR-ADv4: a physically based radiative transfer model to represent the spectral albedo of glacier ice" (2022), published in The Cryosphere

Their work has involved collaborations with several frequent co-authors, including Cenlin He, Joseph M. Cook, Chloe A. Whicker, Charles S. Zender, and Cheng Dang. These collaborations have contributed to the development of knowledge in their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment

    Tami C. Bond;Sarah J. Doherty;D. W. Fahey;Piers Forster

  • The Community Land Model version 5 : description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty

    David M. Lawrence;Rosie A. Fisher;Charles D. Koven;Keith W. Oleson

  • Parameterization improvements and functional and structural advances in version 4 of the Community Land Model

    David M Lawrence;Keith W Oleson;Mark G Flanner;Peter E Thornton

  • Present-day climate forcing and response from black carbon in snow

    Mark G. Flanner;Charles S. Zender;James T. Randerson;Philip J. Rasch

  • The impact of boreal forest fire on climate warming.

    J. T. Randerson;H. Liu;M. G. Flanner;S. D. Chambers

  • Toward a Minimal Representation of Aerosols in Climate Models: Description and Evaluation in the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5

    Xiaohong Liu;Richard C. Easter;Steven J. Ghan;Rahul A. Zaveri

  • The DOE E3SM Coupled Model Version 1: Overview and Evaluation at Standard Resolution

    Jean Christophe Golaz;Peter M. Caldwell;Luke P. Van Roekel;Mark R. Petersen

  • The size distribution of desert dust aerosols and its impact on the Earth system

    Natalie Mahowald;Samuel Albani;Jasper F. Kok;Jasper F. Kok;Sebastian Engelstaeder

  • 20th-century industrial black carbon emissions altered Arctic climate forcing.

    Joseph R. McConnell;Ross Edwards;Gregory L. Kok;Mark G. Flanner

  • Springtime warming and reduced snow cover from carbonaceous particles

    M. G. Flanner;C. S. Zender;P. G. Hess;P. G. Hess;N. M. Mahowald;N. M. Mahowald

  • Linking snowpack microphysics and albedo evolution

    Mark G. Flanner;Charles S. Zender

  • Radiative forcing and albedo feedback from the Northern Hemisphere cryosphere between 1979 and 2008

    M. G. Flanner;K. M. Shell;M. Barlage;D. K. Perovich

  • Observed 20th century desert dust variability: impact on climate and biogeochemistry

    Natalie Mahowald;Silvia Kloster;S. Engelstaedter;Jefferson Keith Moore

  • Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: their climate impact and possible mitigation strategies

    P. K. Quinn;T. S. Bates;E. Baum;N. Doubleday

  • Radiative forcing in the ACCMIP historical and future climate simulations

    D.T. Shindell;J.-F. Lamarque;M. Schulz;M. Flanner

  • Radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles in snow

    S. McKenzie Skiles;Mark Flanner;Joseph M. Cook;Marie Dumont

  • The CCSM4 Land Simulation, 1850-2005: Assessment of Surface Climate and New Capabilities

    David M. Lawrence;Keith W. Oleson;Mark G. Flanner;Christopher G. Fletcher

  • An Overview of the Atmospheric Component of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model

    P. J. Rasch;S. Xie;P.-L. Ma;W. Lin

  • Integrating anthropogenic heat flux with global climate models

    Mark G. Flanner

  • Sensitivity studies on the impacts of Tibetan Plateau snowpack pollution on the Asian hydrological cycle and monsoon climate

    Yun Qian;M G Flanner;Lai-Yung R Leung;Weiguo Wang

  • Present day Climate Forcing and Response from Black Carbon in Snow

    M. G. Flanner;C. S. Zender;J. T. Randerson;P. J. Rasch

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles S. Zender
Charles S. Zender University of California, Irvine
Natalie M. Mahowald
Natalie M. Mahowald Cornell University
Jack E. Dibb
Jack E. Dibb University of New Hampshire
Thomas H. Painter
Thomas H. Painter University of California, Los Angeles
William J. Collins
William J. Collins University of Reading
Xiaohong Liu
Xiaohong Liu Texas A&M University
Yun Qian
Yun Qian Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Philip J. Rasch
Philip J. Rasch Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Joseph R. McConnell
Joseph R. McConnell Desert Research Institute
Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University

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