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Overview

Paul C.D. Milly is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography.

The research topics covered by Milly include Climate variability and models, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Milly are:

  • The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics (2020) - Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Colorado River flow dwindles as warming-driven loss of reflective snow energizes evaporation (2020) - Science
  • SPEAR: The Next Generation GFDL Modeling System for Seasonal to Multidecadal Prediction and Projection (2020) - Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Simulated Global Coastal Ecosystem Responses to a Half-Century Increase in River Nitrogen Loads (2021) - Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Land Component LM4.1 of the GFDL Earth System Model ESM4.1: Model Description and Characteristics of Land Surface Climate and Carbon Cycling in the Historical Simulation (2024) - Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Milly frequently collaborates with several researchers including Sergey Malyshev, Elena Shevliakova, K. A. Dunne, John P. Dunne, and Paul Ginoux. These collaborations highlight an active engagement with colleagues in related fields and contribute to a diverse range of environmental and earth science studies.

Their publications have appeared most often in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Research Letters, Science, and Environmental Research Letters, reflecting a focus on advanced modeling and environmental research.

Best Publications

  • Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?

    P. C. D. Milly;Julio Betancourt;Malin Falkenmark;Robert M. Hirsch

  • Global pattern of trends in streamflow and water availability in a changing climate

    P. C. D. Milly;K. A. Dunne;A. V. Vecchia

  • Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate

    P C D Milly;R T Wetherald;K A Dunne;T L Delworth

  • GFDL's CM2 global coupled climate models. Part I: Formulation and simulation characteristics

    Thomas L. Delworth;Anthony J. Broccoli;Anthony Rosati;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Earth System Models. Part I: Physical Formulation and Baseline Simulation Characteristics

    John P. Dunne;Jasmin G. John;Alistair J. Adcroft;Stephen M. Griffies

  • The dynamical core, physical parameterizations, and basic simulation characteristics of the atmospheric component AM3 of the GFDL global coupled model CM3

    Leo J. Donner;Bruce L. Wyman;Richard S. Hemler;Larry W. Horowitz

  • The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics

    J. P. Dunne;L. W. Horowitz;A. J. Adcroft;P. Ginoux

  • The new GFDL global atmosphere and land model AM2-LM2: Evaluation with prescribed SST simulations

    Jeffrey L. Anderson;V. B Alaji;Anthony J. Broccoli;Anthony J. Broccoli;William F. C Ooke

  • Climate, soil water storage, and the average annual water balance

    P. C. D. Milly

  • Potential evapotranspiration and continental drying

    Paul C.D. Milly;Krista A. Dunne

  • Hillslope Hydrology in Global Change Research and Earth System Modeling

    Ying Fan;M. Clark;D. M. Lawrence;S. Swenson

  • Structure and Performance of GFDL's CM4.0 Climate Model

    I. M. Held;H. Guo;A. Adcroft;J. P. Dunne

  • Crustal displacements due to continental water loading

    T. van Dam;J. Wahr;P. C. D. Milly;P. C. D. Milly;A. B. Shmakin

  • Land–atmosphere feedbacks amplify aridity increase over land under global warming

    Alexis Berg;Kirsten Findell;Benjamin Lintner;Alessandra Giannini

  • Global Modeling of Land Water and Energy Balances. Part I: The Land Dynamics (LaD) Model

    P. C. D. Milly;A. B. Shmakin

  • Cabauw Experimental Results from the Project for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes

    T.H. Chen;A. Henderson-Sellers;P.C.D. Milly;A.J. Pitman

  • Carbon cycling under 300 years of land use change: Importance of the secondary vegetation sink

    Elena Shevliakova;Stephen Wilson Pacala;Sergey Malyshev;George C. Hurtt

  • Colorado River flow dwindles as warming-driven loss of reflective snow energizes evaporation

    Paul C. D. Milly;Krista A. Dunne

  • The Interplay between Transpiration and Runoff Formulations in Land Surface Schemes Used with Atmospheric Models

    Randal D. Koster;P. C. D. Milly

  • Macroscale water fluxes 2. Water and energy supply control of their interannual variability

    P. C. D. Milly;K. A. Dunne

  • On Critiques of “Stationarity is Dead: Whither Water Management?”

    Paul C.D. Milly;Julio L. Betancourt;Malin Falkenmark;Robert M. Hirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergey Malyshev
Sergey Malyshev Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Michael Winton
Michael Winton Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Andrew T. Wittenberg
Andrew T. Wittenberg Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Stephen M. Griffies
Stephen M. Griffies National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John P. Dunne
John P. Dunne Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Elena Shevliakova
Elena Shevliakova Princeton University
Alistair Adcroft
Alistair Adcroft Princeton University
Robert Hallberg
Robert Hallberg Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Paul Ginoux
Paul Ginoux Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Vaishali Naik
Vaishali Naik Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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