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1518

Overview

Uma S. Bhatt is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Environmental Science. Within these fields, the main subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Sociology and Political Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Climate variability and models
  • Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Uma S. Bhatt has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "Fluctuating Atlantic inflows modulate Arctic atlantification," 2023, Science
  • "Sea-ice information and forecast needs for industry maritime stakeholders," 2020, Polar Geography
  • "The Record Low Bering Sea Ice Extent in 2018: Context, Impacts, and an Assessment of the Role of Anthropogenic Climate Change," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Arctic Report Card 2020: Surface Air Temperature," 2020, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library

Their frequent co-authors include Peter A. Bieniek, John E. Walsh, Gerald V. Frost, Richard Thoman, and Rick Lader.

Uma S. Bhatt has published extensively in various venues. The most frequent publication platforms are:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Remote Sensing
  • Earth Interactions
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library
  • Environmental Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: From Evidence to a Predictive Framework

    Sonia Altizer;Richard S. Ostfeld;Pieter T. J. Johnson;Susan Kutz

  • Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic

    Isla H. Myers-Smith;Jeffrey T. Kerby;Gareth K. Phoenix;Jarle W. Bjerke

  • Key indicators of Arctic climate change : 1971–2017

    Jason E. Box;William T. Colgan;Torben Røjle Christensen;Torben Røjle Christensen;Niels Martin Schmidt

  • Divergent consensuses on Arctic amplification influence on midlatitude severe winter weather

    J. Cohen;X. Zhang;J. Francis;T. Jung;T. Jung

  • Ecological Consequences of Sea-Ice Decline

    Eric Post;Uma S. Bhatt;Cecilia M. Bitz;Jedediah F. Brodie

  • Climatology and Interannual Variability of Arctic Cyclone Activity: 1948–2002

    Xiangdong Zhang;John E. Walsh;Jing Zhang;Uma S. Bhatt

  • Circumpolar Arctic Tundra Vegetation Change Is Linked to Sea Ice Decline

    Uma S. Bhatt;Donald A. Walker;Martha K. Raynolds;Josefino C. Comiso

  • The Atmospheric Response to Realistic Arctic Sea Ice Anomalies in an AGCM during Winter.

    Michael A. Alexander;Uma S. Bhatt;John E. Walsh;Michael S. Timlin

  • Variability and Trends of Air Temperature and Pressure in the Maritime Arctic, 1875–2000

    Igor V. Polyakov;Roman V. Bekryaev;Roman V. Bekryaev;Genrikh V. Alekseev;Uma S. Bhatt

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Observationally based assessment of polar amplification of global warming

    Igor V. Polyakov;Genrikh V. Alekseev;Roman V. Bekryaev;Uma Bhatt

  • Dynamics of Aboveground Phytomass of the Circumpolar Arctic Tundra During the Past Three Decades

    Howard E Epstein;Martha K Raynolds;Donald A Walker;Uma S Bhatt

  • Variability of the Intermediate Atlantic Water of the Arctic Ocean over the Last 100 Years

    I. V. Polyakov;G. V. Alekseev;L. A. Timokhov;U. S. Bhatt

  • Recent Declines in Warming and Vegetation Greening Trends over Pan-Arctic Tundra

    Uma S. Bhatt;Donald A. Walker;Martha K. Raynolds;Peter A. Bieniek

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Long-Term Ice Variability in Arctic Marginal Seas

    Igor V. Polyakov;Genrikh V. Alekseev;Roman V. Bekryaev;Roman V. Bekryaev;Uma S. Bhatt

  • Environment, vegetation and greenness (NDVI) along the North America and Eurasia Arctic transects

    D A Walker;H E Epstein;M K Raynolds;P Kuss;P Kuss

  • A Modeling Study of the Interannual Variability in the Wintertime North Atlantic Ocean

    D. S. Battisti;U. S. Bhatt;M. A. Alexander

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald A. Walker
Donald A. Walker University of Alaska Fairbanks
Martha K. Raynolds
Martha K. Raynolds University of Alaska Fairbanks
Howard E. Epstein
Howard E. Epstein University of Virginia
Igor V. Polyakov
Igor V. Polyakov University of Alaska Fairbanks
Compton J. Tucker
Compton J. Tucker Goddard Space Flight Center
Josefino C. Comiso
Josefino C. Comiso Goddard Space Flight Center
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks
James E. Overland
James E. Overland Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Muyin Wang
Muyin Wang University of Washington
Bruce C. Forbes
Bruce C. Forbes University of Lapland

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