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Overview

Paquita Zuidema is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional research activities in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Earth-Surface Processes, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Zuidema has a significant number of publications in several key journals, such as:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics (31 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (7 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (7 publications)
  • Earth system science data (4 publications)
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques (4 publications)

Frequent co-authors include Jens Redemann, Armin Sorooshian, Robert Wood, R. A. Ferrare, and David Painemal, each having contributed in collaboration multiple times across Zuidema's body of work.

Among the recent papers authored by Zuidema are:

  • "An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "EUREC 4 A," 2021, Earth system science data
  • "The CLoud-Aerosol-Radiation Interaction and Forcing: Year 2017 (CLARIFY-2017) measurement campaign," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Direct and semi-direct radiative forcing of biomass-burning aerosols over the southeast Atlantic (SEA) and its sensitivity to absorbing properties: a regional climate modeling study," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Biomass burning aerosol as a modulator of the droplet number in the southeast Atlantic region," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Rain in Shallow Cumulus Over the Ocean: The RICO Campaign

    R. M. Rauber;B. Stevens;B. Stevens;H. T. Ochs;C. Knight

  • Remote Sensing of Droplet Number Concentration in Warm Clouds: A Review of the Current State of Knowledge and Perspectives

    Daniel P. Grosvenor;Odran Sourdeval;Paquita Zuidema;Andrew Ackerman

  • The mesoscale convection life cycle: Building block or prototype for large-scale tropical waves?

    Brian Mapes;Stefan Tulich;Jialin Lin;Paquita Zuidema

  • Assessment of MODIS cloud effective radius and optical thickness retrievals over the Southeast Pacific with VOCALS‐REx in situ measurements

    David Painemal;David Painemal;Paquita Zuidema

  • Smoke and Clouds above the Southeast Atlantic: Upcoming Field Campaigns Probe Absorbing Aerosol’s Impact on Climate

    Paquita Zuidema;Jens Redemann;James M. Haywood;Robert Wood

  • The JASMINE Pilot Study.

    P. J. Webster;P. J. Webster;E. F. Bradley;C. W. Fairall;J. S. Godfrey

  • An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin

    Jens Redemann;Robert Wood;Paquita Zuidema;Sarah J. Doherty

  • Radiative-Dynamical Consequences of Dry Tongues in the Tropical Troposphere

    Brain E. Mapes;Paquita Zuidema

  • EUREC 4 A

    Bjorn Stevens;Sandrine Bony;David Farrell;Felix Ament

  • Convective Clouds over the Bay of Bengal

    Paquita Zuidema

  • Sugar, gravel, fish and flowers: Mesoscale cloud patterns in the trade winds

    Bjorn Stevens;Sandrine Bony;Hélène Brogniez;Laureline Hentgen

  • Challenges and Prospects for Reducing Coupled Climate Model SST Biases in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: The U.S. CLIVAR Eastern Tropical Oceans Synthesis Working Group

    Paquita Zuidema;Ping Chang;Brian Medeiros;Benjamin Kirtman

  • The Convolution of Dynamics and Moisture with the Presence of Shortwave Absorbing Aerosols over the Southeast Atlantic

    Adeyemi A. Adebiyi;Paquita Zuidema;Steven J. Abel

  • An aircraft case study of the spatial transition from closed to open mesoscale cellular convection over the Southeast Pacific

    R. Wood;C. S. Bretherton;D. Leon;A. D. Clarke

  • The role of the southern African easterly jet in modifying the southeast Atlantic aerosol and cloud environments

    Adeyemi A. Adebiyi;Paquita Zuidema

  • The future of Earth system prediction: Advances in model-data fusion

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  • An Arctic Springtime Mixed-Phase Cloudy Boundary Layer Observed during SHEBA.

    Paquita Zuidema;B. Baker;Y. Han;J. Intrieri

  • A new double-moment microphysics parameterization for application in cloud and climate models. Part II: Single-column modeling of arctic clouds

    Hugh Morrison;J. A. Curry;M. D. Shupe;P. Zuidema

  • On Trade Wind Cumulus Cold Pools

    Paquita Zuidema;Zhujun Li;Reginald J. Hill;Ludovic Bariteau

  • The Ascension Island Boundary Layer in the Remote Southeast Atlantic is Often Smoky

    Paquita Zuidema;Arthur J. Sedlacek;Connor Flynn;Stephen Springston

  • The CLoud–Aerosol–Radiation interaction and forcing: year 2017 (CLARIFY-2017) measurement campaign

    Jim M. Haywood;Jim M. Haywood;Steven J. Abel;Paul A. Barrett;Nicolas Bellouin

  • EPIC2001 and the Coupled Ocean Atmosphere System of the Tropical East Pacific.

    David J. Raymond;Steven K. Esbensen;Clayton Paulson;Michael Gregg

  • Stratocumulus Cloud-Top Height Estimates and Their Climatic Implications

    Paquita Zuidema;David Painemal;Simon P. de Szoeke;Chris Fairall

  • Aerosol–Cloud–Meteorology Interaction Airborne Field Investigations: Using Lessons Learned from the U.S. West Coast in the Design of ACTIVATE off the U.S. East Coast

    Armin Sorooshian;Bruce Anderson;Susanne E. Bauer;Rachel A. Braun

  • Intercomparison of biomass burning aerosol optical properties from in situ and remote-sensing instruments in ORACLES-2016

    Kristina Pistone;Jens Redemann;Sarah Doherty;Paquita Zuidema

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Wood
Robert Wood University of Washington
Jens Redemann
Jens Redemann University of Oklahoma
Yohei Shinozuka
Yohei Shinozuka Bay Area Environmental Research Institute
Christopher W. Fairall
Christopher W. Fairall National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sharon Burton
Sharon Burton Langley Research Center
Richard A. Ferrare
Richard A. Ferrare Langley Research Center
Steven G. Howell
Steven G. Howell University of Hawaii at Manoa
Pablo E. Saide
Pablo E. Saide University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher S. Bretherton
Christopher S. Bretherton University of Washington
Jim Haywood
Jim Haywood University of Exeter

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