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  • 2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

William J. Randel is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on atmospheric phenomena.

They have contributed extensively to the fields of Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional work in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry. Their research topics cover a range of atmospheric and climate-related issues, including:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

William J. Randel has published numerous papers, with frequent publications in these venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Climate
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Observed Temperature Changes in the Troposphere and Stratosphere from 1979 to 2018, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • On the stratospheric chemistry of midlatitude wildfire smoke, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Stratospheric Temperature and Ozone Anomalies Associated With the 2020 Australian New Year Fires, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Continuous rise of the tropopause in the Northern Hemisphere over 1980-2020, 2021, Science Advances
  • Trends and Variability in Stratospheric NOx Derived From Merged SAGE II and OSIRIS Satellite Observations, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

William J. Randel has collaborated frequently with researchers such as:

  • Xinyue Wang
  • Adam Bourassa
  • Kimberlee Dubé
  • Simone Tilmes
  • Douglas E. Kinnison

In 2015, William J. Randel was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • The quasi-biennial oscillation

    M. P. Baldwin;L. J. Gray;T. J. Dunkerton;K. Hamilton

  • Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate

    Dian J. Seidel;Qiang Fu;William J. Randel;Thomas J. Reichler

  • The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission: Early Results

    R. A Anthes;P. A Bernhardt;Y. Chen;L. Cucurull

  • The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model Version 6 (WACCM6)

    A. Gettelman;M. J. Mills;D. E. Kinnison;R. R. Garcia

  • 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

  • Asian monsoon transport of pollution to the stratosphere.

    William J. Randel;Mijeong Park;Louisa Emmons;Doug Kinnison

  • Stratospheric Temperature Changes: Observations and Model Simulations

    V. Ramaswamy;M.-L. Chanin;J. Angell;J. Barnett

  • THE EXTRATROPICAL UPPER TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE

    A. Gettelman;P. Hoor;L. L. Pan;W. J. Randel

  • Global atmospheric circulation statistics, 1000-1 mb

    William J. Randel

  • Coherent variations of monthly mean total ozone and lower stratospheric temperature

    William J. Randel;Janel B. Cobb

  • Deep convective influence on the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone and associated tracer variability observed with Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)

    William J. Randel;Mijeong Park

  • Physical processes in the tropical tropopause layer and their roles in a changing climate

    William J. Randel;Eric J. Jensen

  • Decreases in stratospheric water vapor after 2001: Links to changes in the tropical tropopause and the Brewer-Dobson circulation

    William J. Randel;Fei Wu;Holger Vömel;Gerald E. Nedoluha

  • GSWM-98: Results for migrating solar tides

    M. E. Hagan;M. D. Burrage;J. M. Forbes;J. Hackney

  • Transport above the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone inferred from Aura Microwave Limb Sounder tracers

    Mijeong Park;William J. Randel;Andrew Gettelman;Steven T. Massie

  • Acceleration of the Brewer–Dobson Circulation due to Increases in Greenhouse Gases

    Rolando R. Garcia;William J. Randel

  • An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends

    William J. Randel;Keith P. Shine;John Austin;John Barnett

  • Definitions and sharpness of the extratropical tropopause: A trace gas perspective

    L. L. Pan;W. J. Randel;B. L. Gary;M. J. Mahoney

  • Seasonal Cycles and QBO Variations in Stratospheric CH4 and H2O Observed in UARS HALOE Data

    William J. Randel;Fei Wu;James M. Russell;Aidan Roche

  • Recent widening of the tropical belt: Evidence from tropopause observations

    Dian J. Seidel;William J. Randel

  • Phase speed spectra of transient eddy fluxes and critical layer absorption

    William J. Randel;Isaac M. Held

Frequent Co-Authors

Fei Wu
Fei Wu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Douglas E. Kinnison
Douglas E. Kinnison National Center for Atmospheric Research
Laura L. Pan
Laura L. Pan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Rolando R. Garcia
Rolando R. Garcia National Center for Atmospheric Research
Peter F. Bernath
Peter F. Bernath Old Dominion University
Louisa Emmons
Louisa Emmons National Center for Atmospheric Research
Andrew Gettelman
Andrew Gettelman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Thomas Birner
Thomas Birner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Steven T. Massie
Steven T. Massie University of Colorado Boulder
Darryn W. Waugh
Darryn W. Waugh Johns Hopkins University

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