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Michael Tjernström

Michael Tjernström

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
62
Citations
11154
World Ranking
2670
National Ranking
46

Overview

Michael Tjernström is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Environmental Science. Their research primarily encompasses Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional work in Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Michael Tjernström has published extensively, contributing 47 publications in Atmospheric Science. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Nature Communications
  • Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Recent papers include:

  • Central Arctic weather forecasting: Confronting the ECMWF IFS with observations from the Arctic Ocean 2018 expedition, 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Frequent new particle formation over the high Arctic pack ice by enhanced iodine emissions, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The COMBLE Campaign: A Study of Marine Boundary Layer Clouds in Arctic Cold-Air Outbreaks, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Shipborne eddy covariance observations of methane fluxes constrain Arctic sea emissions, 2020, Science Advances
  • Confronting Arctic Troposphere, Clouds, and Surface Energy Budget Representations in Regional Climate Models With Observations, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Michael Tjernström frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors being:

  • Ian M. Brooks
  • John Prytherch
  • Abhay Devasthale
  • Jutta Vüllers
  • Gunilla Svensson

Best Publications

  • Vertical structure of recent Arctic warming

    Rune G. Graversen;Thorsten Mauritsen;Michael Tjernström;Erland Källén

  • Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layers and Diurnal Cycles: Challenges for Weather and Climate Models

    A. A. M. Holtslag;Gunilla Svensson;P. Baas;S. Basu

  • Springtime atmospheric energy transport and the control of Arctic summer sea-ice extent

    Marie-Luise Kapsch;Rune Grand Graversen;Michael Tjernström

  • The atmospheric role in the Arctic water cycle: A review on processes, past and future changes, and their impacts

    Timo Vihma;James Screen;Michael Tjernström;Brandi Newton

  • An Arctic CCN-limited cloud-aerosol regime

    T. Mauritsen;Joseph Sedlar;Michael Tjernström;Caroline Leck

  • Can Ice-Nucleating Aerosols Affect Arctic Seasonal Climate?

    Anthony J. Prenni;Jerry Y. Harrington;Michael Tjernström;Paul J. Demott

  • Frequent new particle formation over the high Arctic pack ice by enhanced iodine emissions.

    Andrea Baccarini;Linn Karlsson;Josef Dommen;Patrick Duplessis

  • The vertical structure of the lower Arctic troposphere analysed from observations and the ERA-40 reanalysis

    Michael Tjernström;Rune Grand Graversen

  • A transitioning Arctic surface energy budget: the impacts of solar zenith angle, surface albedo and cloud radiative forcing

    Joseph Sedlar;Michael Tjernström;Thorsten Mauritsen;Matthew D. Shupe

  • Advances in understanding and parameterization of small-scale physical processes in the marine Arctic climate system : a review

    Timo Vihma;Timo Vihma;R. Pirazzini;I. Fer;I. A. Renfrew

  • Modelling the arctic boundary layer: An evaluation of six arcmip regional-scale models using data from the Sheba project

    Michael Tjernström;Mark Zagar;Gunilla Svensson;John J. Cassano

  • The Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS): Overview and experimental design

    Michael Tjernström;Caroline Leck;C. E. Birch;J. W. Bottenheim

  • Arctic climate change in 21st century CMIP5 simulations with EC-Earth

    Torben Koenigk;Laurent Brodeau;Rune Grand Graversen;Johannes Karlsson

  • Role of air-mass transformations in exchange between the Arctic and mid-latitudes

    Felix Pithan;Gunilla Svensson;Rodrigo Caballero;Dmitry Chechin;Dmitry Chechin

  • Cloud and boundary layer interactions over the Arctic sea ice in late summer

    M. D. Shupe;P. O. G. Persson;I. M. Brooks;Michael Tjernström

  • On the Relationship between Thermodynamic Structure and Cloud Top, and Its Climate Significance in the Arctic

    Joseph Sedlar;Matthew D. Shupe;Michael Tjernström

  • Analysis of the turbulence structure of a marine low-level jet

    Ann-Sofi Smedman;Michael Tjernström;Ulf Högström

  • Warm-air advection, air mass transformation and fog causes rapid ice melt

    Michael Tjernström;Matthew D. Shupe;Matthew D. Shupe;Ian M. Brooks;P. Ola G. Persson;P. Ola G. Persson

  • How Well Do Regional Climate Models Reproduce Radiation and Clouds in the Arctic? An Evaluation of ARCMIP Simulations

    Michael Tjernström;Joseph Sedlar;Matthew D. Shupe

  • Warm winds from the Pacific caused extensive Arctic sea-ice melt in summer 2007

    Rune G. Graversen;Thorsten Mauritsen;Sybren Drijfhout;Michael Tjernström

  • Aerosol composition and sources in the central Arctic Ocean during ASCOS

    R. Y.-W. Chang;C. Leck;M. Graus;M. Graus;M Müller;M Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian M. Brooks
Ian M. Brooks University of Leeds
Joseph Sedlar
Joseph Sedlar National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Matthew D. Shupe
Matthew D. Shupe University of Colorado Boulder
Caroline Leck
Caroline Leck Stockholm University
Gunilla Svensson
Gunilla Svensson Stockholm University
Annica M. L. Ekman
Annica M. L. Ekman Stockholm University
Thorsten Mauritsen
Thorsten Mauritsen Stockholm University
P. Ola G. Persson
P. Ola G. Persson University of Colorado Boulder
Daniel E. Wolfe
Daniel E. Wolfe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Cathryn E. Birch
Cathryn E. Birch University of Leeds

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