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Citations
9193
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4092
National Ranking
1551

Overview

P. Ola G. Persson is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a specific focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their body of work includes numerous publications addressing key topics such as atmospheric aerosols and clouds, meteorological phenomena and simulations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate variability and models, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, cryospheric studies and observations, and precipitation measurement and analysis.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Persson include:

  • "Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Atmosphere" (2022), published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Annual cycle observations of aerosols capable of ice formation in central Arctic clouds" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "Continuous observations of the surface energy budget and meteorology over the Arctic sea ice during MOSAiC" (2023), published in Scientific Data
  • "The MOSAiC Distributed Network: Observing the coupled Arctic system with multidisciplinary, coordinated platforms" (2024), published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Author Correction: Annual cycle observations of aerosols capable of ice formation in central Arctic clouds" (2022), published in Nature Communications

Persson frequently collaborates with a set of coauthors, which include Christopher J. Cox, Michael Gallagher, Matthew D. Shupe, Janet Intrieri, and Brian Butterworth.

Their work has been published in several venues, most frequently in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, Nature Communications, Scientific Data, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

Best Publications

  • Measurements near the Atmospheric Surface Flux Group tower at SHEBA: Near-surface conditions and surface energy budget

    P. Ola G. Persson;Christopher W. Fairall;Edgar L. Andreas;Peter S. Guest

  • An annual cycle of Arctic surface cloud forcing at SHEBA

    J. M. Intrieri;C. W. Fairall;M. D. Shupe;P. O. G. Persson

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition—Atmosphere

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  • The statistical relationship between upslope flow and rainfall in California's coastal mountains: Observations during CALJET

    Paul J. Neiman;F. Martin Ralph;A. B. White;D. E. Kingsmill

  • The Critical Richardson Number and Limits of Applicability of Local Similarity Theory in the Stable Boundary Layer

    Andrey A. Grachev;Edgar L Andreas;Christopher W. Fairall;Peter S. Guest

  • SHEBA flux–profile relationships in the stable atmospheric boundary layer

    Andrey A. Grachev;Andrey A. Grachev;Edgar L Andreas;Christopher W. Fairall;Peter S. Guest

  • Year on ice gives climate insights

    Don K. Perovich;E. L. Andreas;J. A. Curry;H. Eiken

  • An Arctic CCN-limited cloud-aerosol regime

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

  • Stable boundary-layer scaling regimes : The sheba data

    Andrey A. Grachev;Christopher W. Fairall;P. Ola G. Persson;Edgar L. Andreas

  • The Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (FASTEX): Scientific Objectives and Experimental Design

    Alain Joly;Dave Jorgensen;Melvyn A. Shapiro;Alan Thorpe

  • Parametrizing turbulent exchange over summer sea ice and the marginal ice zone

    Edgar L Andreas;Thomas W. Horst;Andrey A. Grachev;Andrey A. Grachev;P. Ola G. Persson;P. Ola G. Persson

  • Vertical Motions in Arctic Mixed-Phase Stratiform Clouds

    Matthew D. Shupe;Pavlos Kollias;P. Ola G. Persson;Greg Michael McFarquhar

  • The Mesoscale and Microscale Structure and organization of Clouds and precipitation in Midlatitude Cyclones. Part V: The Substructure of Narrow Cold-Frontal Rainbands

    Peter V. Hobbs;P. Ola G. Persson

  • 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

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

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

  • A Bulk Turbulent Air-Sea Flux Algorithm for High-Wind, Spray Conditions

    Edgar L. Andreas;P. Ola G. Persson;Jeffrey E. Hare

  • Moisture and dynamical interactions maintaining decoupled Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus in the presence of a humidity inversion

    A. Solomon;A. Solomon;M. D. Shupe;M. D. Shupe;P. O. G. Persson;P. O. G. Persson;H. Morrison

  • 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

  • Onset and end of the summer melt season over sea ice: thermal structure and surface energy perspective from SHEBA

    P. Ola G. Persson;P. Ola G. Persson

  • Near-surface water vapor over polar sea ice is always near ice saturation

    Edgar L Andreas;Peter S. Guest;P. Ola G. Persson;Christopher W. Fairall

  • An annual cycle of Arctic surface cloud forcing at SHEBA : The surface heat budget of arctic ocen (SHEBA)

    J. M. Intrieri;C. W. Fairall;M. D. Shupe;P. O. G. Persson

  • Measurements near the atmospheric Surface Flux Group tower at SHEBA: Near-surface conditions and surface energy budget : The surface heat budget of arctic ocen (SHEBA)

    P. Ola G. Persson;Christopher W. Fairall;Edgar L. Andreas;Peter S. Guest

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher W. Fairall
Christopher W. Fairall National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Andrey A. Grachev
Andrey A. Grachev Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Edgar L. Andreas
Edgar L. Andreas Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Matthew D. Shupe
Matthew D. Shupe University of Colorado Boulder
Michael Tjernström
Michael Tjernström Stockholm University
Ian M. Brooks
Ian M. Brooks University of Leeds
Daniel E. Wolfe
Daniel E. Wolfe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Joseph Sedlar
Joseph Sedlar National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Caroline Leck
Caroline Leck Stockholm University
Paul J. Neiman
Paul J. Neiman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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