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  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Peter R. Gent is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and planetary sciences with significant contributions to oceanography and global and planetary change.

The main topics of their work encompass climate variability and models, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and geophysics and gravity measurements.

Frequent co-authors include John Fasullo, R. S. Nerem, Jerome A. Smith, Paola Cessi, and Sylvia T. Cole. Their collaborative efforts have resulted in multiple publications across various scientific venues.

Key publication venues for Peter R. Gent include the Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Journal of Climate, Weather and Forecasting, and Physics Today.

Selected recent papers by Peter R. Gent include:

  • Forced Patterns of Sea Level Rise in the Community Earth System Model Large Ensemble From 1920 to 2100, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Sea Level Rise in the CESM Large Ensemble: The Role of Individual Climate Forcings and Consequences for the Coming Decades, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • NCAR CESM1-CAM5-SE-HR model output prepared for CMIP6 HighResMIP, 2020, Earth System Grid Federation
  • Climate Normals: Are They Always Communicated Correctly?, 2022, Weather and Forecasting
  • Modeling the future of Earth's climate, 2020, Physics Today

Peter R. Gent received the Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) award in 2019. This recognition reflects their involvement in advancing research within the earth sciences community.

Best Publications

  • Isopycnal mixing in ocean circulation models

    Peter R. Gent;James C. Mcwilliams

  • The Community Climate System Model Version 4

    Peter R. Gent;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Leo J. Donner;Marika M. Holland

  • The Community Earth System Model: A Framework for Collaborative Research

    James W. Hurrell;M. M. Holland;P. R. Gent;S. Ghan

  • Parameterizing eddy-induced tracer transports in ocean circulation models

    Peter R. Gent;Jurgen Willebrand;Trevor J. McDougall;James C. McWilliams

  • The Seasonal Cycle over the Tropical Pacific in Coupled Ocean Atmosphere General Circulation Models

    C.R. Mechoso;A.W. Robertson;N. Barth;M.K. Davey

  • The NCAR Climate System Model, Version One*

    Byron A. Boville;Peter R. Gent

  • The role of mesoscale tracer transports in the global ocean circulation.

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;James C. McWilliams;Peter R. Gent

  • A new synoptic scale resolving global climate simulation using the Community Earth System Model

    R. Justin Small;Julio Bacmeister;David Bailey;Allison Baker

  • The Community Climate System Model, version 2

    Jeffrey T. Kiehl;Peter R. Gent

  • The Community Climate System Model

    Maurice Blackmon;Byron Boville;Frank Bryan;Robert Dickinson

  • Improvements in a half degree atmosphere/land version of the CCSM

    Peter R. Gent;Stephen G. Yeager;Richard B. Neale;Samuel Levis

  • Tropical air-sea interaction in general circulation models

    J. D. Neelin;Mojib Latif;M. A. F. Allaart;M. A. Cane

  • The NCAR Climate System Model Global Ocean Component

    Peter R. Gent;Frank O. Bryan;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Scott C. Doney

  • Factors that affect the amplitude of El Nino in global coupled climate models

    G. A. Meehl;P. R. Gent;J. M. Arblaster;B. L. Otto-Bliesner

  • Climate Sensitivity of the Community Climate System Model, Version 4

    Cecilia M. Bitz;K. M. Shell;P. R. Gent;D. A. Bailey

  • A reduced gravity, primitive equation model of the upper equatorial ocean

    P. R. Gent;M. A. Cane

  • Diurnal Coupling in the Tropical Oceans of CCSM3

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;William G. Large;Joseph J. Tribbia;Peter R. Gent

  • A numerical model of the air flow above water waves

    P. R. Gent;P. A. Taylor

  • The instability of barotropic circular vortices

    Peter R. Gent;James C. McWilliams

  • Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity: Is It Accurate to Use a Slab Ocean Model?

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;Peter R. Gent

  • Equatorial Circulation of a Global Ocean Climate Model with Anisotropic Horizontal Viscosity

    William G. Large;Gokhan Danabasoglu;James C. McWilliams;Peter R. Gent

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. McWilliams
James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles
Gokhan Danabasoglu
Gokhan Danabasoglu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Frank O. Bryan
Frank O. Bryan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Joseph Tribbia
Joseph Tribbia National Center for Atmospheric Research
William G. Large
William G. Large National Center for Atmospheric Research
Cecilia M. Bitz
Cecilia M. Bitz University of Washington
Keith Lindsay
Keith Lindsay National Center for Atmospheric Research
John T. Fasullo
John T. Fasullo National Center for Atmospheric Research
Mark A. Cane
Mark A. Cane Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Marika M. Holland
Marika M. Holland National Center for Atmospheric Research

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