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Overview

Robert Wood is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Oceanography.

The researcher's main topics of study revolve around atmospheric phenomena, specifically atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, aeolian processes and effects, climate variability and models, air quality and health impacts, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Robert Wood has contributed to numerous scholarly publications, frequently collaborating with several co-authors, including:

  • Isabel L. McCoy
  • Paquita Zuidema
  • Sarah J. Doherty
  • Jens Redemann
  • Michael Diamond

The scientist has published extensively in several key academic venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Selected recent papers include:

  • 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
  • Observations of Clouds, Aerosols, Precipitation, and Surface Radiation over the Southern Ocean: An Overview of CAPRICORN, MARCUS, MICRE, and SOCRATES, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • The CLoud-Aerosol-Radiation Interaction and Forcing: Year 2017 (CLARIFY-2017) measurement campaign, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • The hemispheric contrast in cloud microphysical properties constrains aerosol forcing, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Substantial Cloud Brightening From Shipping in Subtropical Low Clouds, 2020, AGU Advances

Robert Wood is also the author of a book titled The perceptual processing of rhythmic auditory pattern temporal order, published by Michigan State University Libraries in 2024.

Best Publications

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  • Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol−cloud interactions in the climate system

    John H. Seinfeld;Christopher Bretherton;Kenneth S. Carslaw;Hugh Coe

  • On the Relationship between Stratiform Low Cloud Cover and Lower-Tropospheric Stability

    Robert Wood;Christopher S. Bretherton

  • Climate Effects of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions

    Daniel Rosenfeld;Steven Sherwood;Robert Wood;Leo Donner

  • Spatial Variability of Liquid Water Path in Marine Low Cloud: The Importance of Mesoscale Cellular Convection

    Robert Wood;Dennis L. Hartmann

  • The Epic 2001 Stratocumulus Study

    Christopher S. Bretherton;Taneil Uttal;Christopher W. Fairall;Sandra E. Yuter

  • 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

  • Satellite-derived direct radiative effect of aerosols dependent on cloud cover

    D. Chand;R. Wood;T. L. Anderson;S. K. Satheesh;S. K. Satheesh

  • The VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study Regional Experiment (VOCALS-REx): goals, platforms, and field operations

    R. Wood;C. R. Mechoso;C. S. Bretherton;R. A. Weller

  • POCKETS OF OPEN CELLS AND DRIZZLE IN MARINE STRATOCUMULUS

    Bjorn Stevens;Gabor Vali;Kimberly Comstock;Robert Wood

  • Precipitation and Cloud Structure in Midlatitude Cyclones

    Paul R. Field;Robert Wood

  • Boundary Layer Depth, Entrainment, and Decoupling in the Cloud-Capped Subtropical and Tropical Marine Boundary Layer

    Robert Wood;Christopher S. Bretherton

  • Natural aerosols explain seasonal and spatial patterns of Southern Ocean cloud albedo

    Daniel T. McCoy;Susannah M. Burrows;Robert Wood;Daniel P. Grosvenor

  • Reflectivity and rain rate in and below drizzling stratocumulus

    Kimberly K. Comstock;Robert Wood;Sandra E. Yuter;Christopher S. Bretherton

  • Observations of clouds, aerosols, precipitation, and surface radiation over the southern ocean

    Greg Michael McFarquhar;Christopher S. Bretherton;Roger Marchand;Alain Protat

  • Drizzle in Stratiform Boundary Layer Clouds. Part I: Vertical and Horizontal Structure

    R. Wood

  • Marine cloud brightening

    John Latham;Keith Bower;Tom Choularton;Hugh Coe

  • 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

  • Cancellation of Aerosol Indirect Effects in Marine Stratocumulus through Cloud Thinning

    Robert Wood

  • 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

  • The ``Year'' of Tropical Convection (May 2008-April 2010): Climate Variability and Weather Highlights

    Duane E. Waliser;Mitchell W. Moncrieff;David Burridge;Andreas H. Fink

  • Ice Particle Interarrival Times Measured with a Fast FSSP

    P.R. Field;R. Wood;P.R.A. Brown;Paul H. Kaye

  • Direct and semidirect aerosol effects of southern African biomass burning aerosol

    Naoko Sakaeda;Robert Wood;Philip J. Rasch

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher S. Bretherton
Christopher S. Bretherton University of Washington
Paquita Zuidema
Paquita Zuidema University of Miami
Jens Redemann
Jens Redemann University of Oklahoma
Paul R. Field
Paul R. Field Met Office
Daniel P. Grosvenor
Daniel P. Grosvenor University of Leeds
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Dennis L. Hartmann
Dennis L. Hartmann University of Washington
Pavlos Kollias
Pavlos Kollias Stony Brook University
Yohei Shinozuka
Yohei Shinozuka Bay Area Environmental Research Institute
Jian Wang
Jian Wang Washington University in St. Louis

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