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Overview

Ron L. Miller is affiliated with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Artificial Intelligence, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Aeolian processes and effects, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research collaborations include Carlos Pérez García-Pando, N. M. Mahowald, Vincenzo Obiso, María Gonçalves Ageitos, and Larissa Nazarenko.

Ron L. Miller's research has been published in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to the following journals and organizations:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Climate
  • Remote Sensing of Environment

Representative recent papers include:

  • "GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology" (2020), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Effective radiative forcing and adjustments in CMIP6 models" (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Historical (1850-2014) Aerosol Evolution and Role on Climate Forcing Using the GISS ModelE2.1 Contribution to CMIP6" (2020), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of climate forcings

    J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;L. Nazarenko

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

    N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

  • Present-Day Atmospheric Simulations Using GISS ModelE: Comparison to In Situ, Satellite, and Reanalysis Data

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Reto Ruedy;James E. Hansen;Igor Aleinov

  • Configuration and Assessment of the GISS ModelE2 Contributions to the CMIP5 Archive

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Max Kelley;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy

  • Simulation of recent northern winter climate trends by greenhouse-gas forcing

    Drew T. Shindell;Drew T. Shindell;Ron L. Miller;Gavin A. Schmidt;Gavin A. Schmidt;Lionel Pandolfo

  • Climate Response to Soil Dust Aerosols

    R. L. Miller;I. Tegen

  • GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.

    Maxwell Kelley;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Susanne E. Bauer

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Surface radiative forcing by soil dust aerosols and the hydrologic cycle

    R. L. Miller;R. L. Miller;I. Tegen;Jan Perlwitz;Jan Perlwitz

  • Forced annular variations in the 20th century Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report models

    R. L. Miller;R. L. Miller;G. A. Schmidt;G. A. Schmidt;D. T. Shindell;D. T. Shindell

  • Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study

    J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;P. Kharecha

  • Amplification of the North American “Dust Bowl” drought through human-induced land degradation

    Benjamin I. Cook;Ronald L. Miller;Richard Seager

  • Quantifying mineral dust mass budgets:Terminology, constraints, and current estimates

    C. S. Zender;R. L.R. L. Miller;I. Tegen

  • Northern Hemisphere Winter Climate Response to Greenhouse Gas, Ozone, Solar and Volcanic Forcing

    Drew T. Shindell;Gavin A. Schmidt;Ron L. Miller;David Rind

  • Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust

    Jasper F. Kok;Adeyemi A. Adebiyi;Samuel Albani;Yves Balkanski

  • Effective radiative forcing and adjustments in CMIP6 models

    Christopher J. Smith;Christopher J. Smith;Ryan J. Kramer;Ryan J. Kramer;Gunnar Myhre;Kari Alterskjær

  • Volcanic and Solar Forcing of Climate Change during the Preindustrial Era

    Drew T. Shindell;Gavin A. Schmidt;Ron L. Miller;Michael E. Mann

  • Attribution of the present-day total greenhouse effect

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Reto A. Ruedy;Ron L. Miller;Andy A. Lacis

  • Significant Atmospheric Aerosol Pollution Caused by World Food Cultivation

    Susanne E. Bauer;Susanne E. Bauer;Kostas Tsigaridis;Kostas Tsigaridis;Ron Miller;Ron Miller

  • Climate simulations for 1880–2003 with GISS modelE

    J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;P. Kharecha

  • Smaller desert dust cooling effect estimated from analysis of dust size and abundance

    Jasper F. Kok;David A. Ridley;Qing Zhou;Ron L. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin A. Schmidt
Gavin A. Schmidt Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University
Susanne E. Bauer
Susanne E. Bauer Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Dorothy Koch
Dorothy Koch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Larissa Nazarenko
Larissa Nazarenko Goddard Institute for Space Studies
David Rind
David Rind Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Anastasia Romanou
Anastasia Romanou Goddard Institute for Space Studies
James Hansen
James Hansen Columbia University
Paul Ginoux
Paul Ginoux Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Ina Tegen
Ina Tegen Leibniz Association

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