Scientific Publications

Recent Publications

 

• Farzad, K., Zhang, Y., Tong, D., Ma, S., Tang, Y., Huang, J., Youhya, T., Huang, J., Campbell, P. C., Pye, H. O. T, Murphy, B., Yang, F., Baker, B., Kang, D., Hutzell, B., and Sarwar G. (2026). Application and evaluation of a NOAA GFS-driven air quality model using CMAQv5.4 and high-resolution emissions: FIREX-AQ 2019. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 131(7), Article e2025JD044370. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD045668.
• Pal, S., Hamel, M., Dhaliwal, H., Das, D., Harr, D., Danzig, T., Lee, T. R., Menon, K., Prince, N. E., Asel, M., Burgett, W. (2026). How a nocturnal cold front amplified wildfire impacts on near-surface air quality downwind of the second largest US wildfire. Atmospheric Research, 336, Article 108841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2026.108841.
• Cahuich-Lopez, M., Loughner, C. P., Ngan, F., Karion, A., Hu, L., Lopez-Coto, I., Mueller, K., Marrs, J. K., Andrews, A., Miller, J., McDonald, B. C., Harkins, C., Lyu, C., Li, M., Gurney, K. R., Cohen, M., Diamond, H., Stein, A., Whetstone, J. (2026). Development and evaluation of an urban atmospheric inverse modeling framework for the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD metropolitan area: Initial results from an inert tracer case study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 131(16), e2025JD045557. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD045557
• He, T-L., Varon, D. J., Kondragunta, S., Ren, X., Cohen, M. D., Carroll, B. J., Malarich, N., Peischl, J., de Jong, T. A., Gerritsen, J., Maasakkers, J. D., Cusworth, D. H., Duren, R. M., Brown, S. S., Warneke, C., Sweeney, C., Stratton, P., Brewer, A., Baidar, S., Levin, E. J. T. (2026). Coordinated satellite, aircraft, and ground-based observations of a large transient methane release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(36), Article e2603595123.
  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2603595123
• Virkkala, A-M., et al. (2026). ABCFlux v2: Arctic–boreal CO2 and CH4 monthly flux observations and ancillary information across terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Earth System Science Data, 18(9), 6357-6409. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6357-2026

State of the Climate in 2025: The Tropics

August 11, 2026

ARL’s Atmospheric Sciences and Modeling Division Director Dr. Howard Diamond was, for the 21st year, lead editor of the 2025 State of the Climate Tropics Chapter published by the American Meteorological Society on August 1 this year.

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 annual assessment, now known as State of the Climate, has been 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.