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Overview

Thomas Diehl is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States and conducts research predominantly in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work extends into several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their research interests cover a range of topics related to cryospheric processes and climate dynamics. Specific areas of focus include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate variability and models, cryospheric studies and observations, methane hydrates and related phenomena, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Recent scholarly contributions include two publications:

  • Wind amplifies the polar sea ice retreat, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Final report on research gaps of space-based Arctic monitoring, 2020, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work are:

  • Ramdane Alkama
  • Ernest N. Koffi
  • Stephen J. Vavrus
  • Jennifer A. Francis
  • Julienne Strœve

The primary publication venues for their recent work include Environmental Research Letters and the DIGITAL.CSIC repository of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Best Publications

  • Analysis and quantification of the diversities of aerosol life cycles within AeroCom

    C. Textor;M. Schulz;S. Guibert;S. Kinne

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

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

  • Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

    Gunnar Myhre;Bjørn Hallvard Samset;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • An AeroCom Initial Assessment - Optical Properties in Aerosol Component Modules of Global Models

    S. Kinne;M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Guibert

  • Online simulations of global aerosol distributions in the NASA GEOS‐4 model and comparisons to satellite and ground‐based aerosol optical depth

    Peter Colarco;Arlindo da Silva;Mian Chin;Thomas Diehl;Thomas Diehl

  • Sulfur dioxide emissions in China and sulfur trends in East Asia since 2000

    Z. Lu;D. G. Streets;Q. Zhang;S. Wang;S. Wang

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

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

  • Sensitivity of chemical tracers to meteorological parameters in the MOZART-3 chemical transport model

    D.E. Kinnison;Guy P. Brasseur;S. Walters;R.R. Garcia

  • Air pollution and climate-forcing impacts of a global hydrogen economy

    Martin G. Schultz;Thomas Diehl;Guy P. Brasseur;Werner Zittel

  • The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models

    K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;N. Daskalakis;N. Daskalakis;M. Kanakidou;P. J. Adams

  • Intercontinental transport of pollution and dust aerosols: implications for regional air quality

    Mian Chin;T. Diehl;P. Ginoux;W. Malm

  • Multi-decadal aerosol variations from 1980 to 2009: a perspective from observations and a global model

    Mian Chin;T. Diehl;T. Diehl;Q. Tan;Q. Tan;J. M. Prospero

  • The HAMMONIA Chemistry Climate Model: Sensitivity of the Mesopause Region to the 11-Year Solar Cycle and CO2 Doubling

    H. Schmidt;G. P. Brasseur;M. Charron;E. Manzini

  • Light absorption by pollution, dust, and biomass burning aerosols: a global model study and evaluation with AERONET measurements

    Mian Chin;T. Diehl;T. Diehl;O. Dubovik;T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck

  • Intercontinental transport of pollution and dust aerosols : implications for regional air quality

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  • Global view of aerosol vertical distributions from CALIPSO lidar measurements and GOCART simulations: Regional and seasonal variations

    Hongbin Yu;Hongbin Yu;Hongbin Yu;Mian Chin;David M. Winker;Ali H. Omar

  • Anthropogenic and natural contributions to regional trends in aerosol optical depth, 1980–2006

    David G. Streets;Fang Yan;Fang Yan;Mian Chin;Thomas Diehl

  • Sources, distribution, and acidity of sulfate–ammonium aerosol in the Arctic in winter–spring

    Jenny A. Fisher;Daniel James Jacob;Qiaoqiao Wang;Roya Bahreini;Roya Bahreini

  • Black carbon vertical profiles strongly affect its radiative forcing uncertainty

    Bjørn Hallvard Samset;Gunnar Myhre;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • Application of the CALIOP layer product to evaluate the vertical distribution of aerosols estimated by global models: AeroCom phase I results

    Brigitte Koffi;Michael Schulz;Francois-Marie Bréon;Jan Griesfeller

  • Anthropogenic, biomass burning, and volcanic emissions of black carbon, organic carbon, and SO 2 from 1980 to 2010 for hindcast model experiments

    T. Diehl;T. Diehl;A. Heil;M. Chin;X. Pan;X. Pan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mian Chin
Mian Chin Goddard Space Flight Center
Trond Iversen
Trond Iversen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Susanne E. Bauer
Susanne E. Bauer Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Huisheng Bian
Huisheng Bian University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Hongbin Yu
Hongbin Yu Goddard Space Flight Center
Toshihiko Takemura
Toshihiko Takemura Kyushu University
Xiaohong Liu
Xiaohong Liu Texas A&M University
Nicolas Bellouin
Nicolas Bellouin University of Reading
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Alf Kirkevåg
Alf Kirkevåg Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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