Scientific Publications

Recent Publications

Lee, T. R., Pal, S., Meyers, T.P., Krishnan, P., Hirth, B., Heuer, M., Saylor, R.D., Kochendorfer, J., and Schroeder, J. (2025). Impact of the Bowen ratio on surface-layer parameterizations of heat, moisture, and turbulent Fluxes in drylands. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 64, 549–568. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-24-0075.1.
Meyers, T.P., Krishnan, P., Heuer, M., Kochendorfer, J., Diamond, H.J. (2025). The impact of wildfire on the land surface parameters of a semi-arid grassland in the southwestern U.S. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 363, 0168-1923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110390.
Sadeghi, B., Crawford, A., Chai, T., Cohen, M., Sieglaff, J., Pavolonis, M., Kim, H.C., Morris, G. (2025). Improving Volcanic SO2 Cloud Modeling Through Data Fusion and Trajectory Analysis: A Case Study of the 2022 Hunga Tonga Eruption. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 130(4), e2024JD042421. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD042421.
Yuan, T., Song, H., Oreopoulos, L., Wood, R., Meyer, K., Crawford, A., et al. (2025). Analyses of virtual ship-tracks systematically underestimate aerosol-cloud interactions signals. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL114356. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL114356.
Li, W., Tang, B., Campbell, P. C., Tang, Y., Baker, B., Moon, Z., Tong, D., Huang, J., Wang, K., Stajner, I., and Montuoro, R. (2025). Updates and evaluation of NOAA’s online-coupled air quality model version 7 (AQMv7) within the Unified Forecast System. Geoscientific Model Development. 18, 1635–1660. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1635-2025.
Xia, Y., Sanderman, J., Watts, J. D., Machmuller, M. B., Mullen, A. L., Rivard, C., Endsley, A., Hernandez, H., Kimball, J., Ewing, S.A., Litvak, Duman, M., T., Krishnan, P., Meyers, T., et al. (2025). Coupling remote sensing with a process model for the simulation of rangeland carbon dynamics. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 17, e2024MS004342. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024MS004342.
Hung, W. T., Baker, B., Campbell, P. C., Tang, Y., Ahmadov, R., Romero-Alvarez, J., Li, H., & Schnell, J. (2025). Fire Intensity and spRead forecAst (FIRA): A Machine Learning Based Fire Spread Prediction Model for Air Quality Forecasting Application. GeoHealth, 9(3), e2024GH001253. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GH001253.
Feng, Z., Prein, A. F., Kukulies, J., Fiolleau, T., Jones, W. K., Maybee, B., Moon, Z.L., et al. (2025). Mesoscale convective systems tracking method intercomparison (MCSMIP): Application to DYAMOND global km-scale simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 130, e2024JD042204. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD042204.
Cox, C. J., Intrieri, J. M., Butterworth, B. J., de Boer, G., Gallagher, M. R., Hamilton, J., Hulm, E., Meyers, T., Morris, S. M., Osborn, J., Persson, P. O. G., Schmatz, B., Shupe, M. D., and Wilczak, J. M. (2025). Observations of surface energy fluxes and meteorology in the seasonally snow-covered high-elevation East River watershed during SPLASH, 2021–2023. Earth System Science Data. 17, 1481–1499. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1481-2025.
Sun, J., Magen, C., Haghnegahdar, M., Liu, J., Fernandez, J., Farquhar, J. (2025). Constraining Wetland and Landfill Methane Emission Signatures Through Atmospheric Methane Clumped Isotopologue Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 130. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008249.
Li, Y., Tong, D., Jeon, Y., Lee, B. S., Park, J., Kondragunta, S., et al. (2025). Using AOD and UVAI to reduce the uncertainties in wildfire emission and air quality modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 130, e2024JD041816. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041816.
Paw U, K. T., Mangan, M. R., Stephens, J., Suvočarev, K., Clay, J., Guerrero Medina, O., Ware, E., Kerr-Munslow, A., McGregor, J., Kochendorfer, J., McAuliffe, M., and Metz, M. (2025). A novel assessment of the vertical velocity correction for non-orthogonal sonic anemometers. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 18(6), 1485–1497. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1485-2025.
Simon, H., Beidler, J., Baker, K.R., Henderson, B.H., Fox, L., Misenis, C., Campbell, P., Vukovich, J., Possiel, N., Eyth, A. (2025). Expedited modeling of burn events results (EMBER): A screening-level dataset of 2023 ozone fire impacts in the US. Data in Brief. 58, 2352-3409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.111208.
Jiang, Q., Wang, F., Li, Z., You, Y., Jin, Y., Li, S., Sun, Y., Zhang, Y., Ren, X., et al. (2025). Vertical Distribution Characteristics and Formation/Dissipation Mechanisms of Air Pollutants in Xingtai, China Based on Multi-source Data: A Case Study. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 191, 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-025-00900-5.
Saylor, R.D., Walker, J.T., Wu, Z., Chen, X., Schwede, D.B., Oishi, A.C., Lichiheb, N. (2025). Dynamic ammonia exchange within a mixed deciduous forest canopy in the Southern Appalachians. Ecological Modelling. 501, 0304-3800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.111007.
Lang, V.A., Camilleri, S.F., van der Lee, S., Rowangould, G., Antonczak, B., Thompson, T.M., Harris, M.H., Harkins, C., Tong, D.Q., Janssen, M., Adelman, Z.E.,  and Horton, D.E. (2025). Intercomparison of Modeled Urban-Scale Vehicle NOx and PM2.5 Emissions–Implications for Equity Assessments. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(9), 4560-4570. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c09777.
Temple, R.L., Pal, S., Krishnan, P., Wilson, T.B., Saylor, R.D., Meyers, T.P., Kochendorfer, J., Pendergrass, W., White, W., Heuer, M. (2025). On the application of the hockey-stick transition hypothesis to characterize turbulence within and above a deciduous forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 362, 0168-1923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110342.
Sun, J., Haghnegahdar, M.A., Fernandez, J.M., Magen, C., Farguhar, J. (2025). Controls on concentrations and clumped isotopologues of vehicle exhaust methane. PLoS ONE 20(2). e0315304. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315304.
McKinney, T., Perlaky, N., Mills, M., Stevenson, D., Crawford, A., Brown, B., & Newchurch, M. J. (2024). The Pico Balloon Archive: Establishing the First Super-Pressure Balloon Satellite Network for Atmospheric Research. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 41(11), 1063-1079. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-24-0034.1.
Salinger, M.J., Trenberth, K.E., Diamond, H.J., Behrens, E., Fitzharris, B.B., Herold, N., Smith, R.O., Sutton, P.J. and Trought, M.C.T. (2024). Climate Extremes in the New Zealand Region: Mechanisms, Impacts and Attribution.  International Journal of Climatology. 44, 5809-5824. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8667.

Feinberg, A., Selin, N.E., Braban, C.F., Chang, K., Custódio, D., Jaffe, D.A., Kyllönen, K., Landis, M.S., Leeson, S.R., Luke, W., Molepo, K.M., Murovec, M., Nerentorp Mastromonaco, M.G., Aspmo Pfaffhuber, K., Rüdiger, J., Sheu, G., St. Louis, V.L. (2024). Unexpected anthropogenic emission decreases explain recent atmospheric mercury concentration declines, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121 (42) e2401950121, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2401950121.

Sahu, S., Ahn, D., Loughner, C.P., Dickerson, R.R. (2024). Influence of synoptic weather patterns on methane mixing ratios in the Baltimore/Washington region. Atmospheric Environment. 334, 1352-2310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120675.

Mariki, E.E., Tungaraza, C., Chibunda, R.T., & Cohen, M.D. (2024). Elevated total mercury (THg) levels in water sources under the influence of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Tanzania. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196, 1036. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-13210-z.

Faber, E., Rocha-Lima, A., Colarco, P., & Baker, B. (2024). Evaluation of 10-m wind speed from ISD meteorological stations and the MERRA-2 reanalysis: Impacts on dust emission in the Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2024JD040885. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD040885.

Ma, S., Tong, D., Harkins, C., McDonald, B. C., Wang, C.-T., Li, Y., et al. (2024). Impacts of on-road vehicular emissions on U.S. air quality: A comparison of two mobile emission models (MOVES and FIVE). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 129, e2024JD041494. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041494.

State of the Climate in 2023: The Tropics

August 22, 2024

ARL Atmospheric Sciences and Modeling Division Director Dr. Howard Diamond was lead author on this year’s State of the Climate Tropics Chapter published by the American Meteorological Society.

This annual publication is compiled by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information and is based on contributions from over 600 scientists from around the world. It provides a detailed update on global climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice, and in space. This is the 34th issuance of the annual assessment now known as State of the Climate, published in the Bulletin since 1996. As a supplement to the Bulletin, its foremost function is to document the status and trajectory of many components of the climate system. However, as a series, the report also documents the status and trajectory of our capacity and commitment to observe the climate system. The full report link can be found here and the Tropics Chapter link can be found here.

Cover of the Tropics Chapter from the 2023 State of the Climate special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Special Online Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 105, No. 8, August 2024

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