Research Highlights

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Publication Datesort ascending Title Contact Institution
07/2018 Biases in Forest Distributions in CMIP5 Models Lead to Large Uncertainties in Extratropical Forest Biomass Yang, Cheng-En Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
07/2018 Characteristics of Bay of Bengal Monsoon Depressions in the 21st Century Ashfaq, Moetasim Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
05/2018 Contribution of Environmental Forcings to US Runoff Changes for the Period 1950–2010 Mao, Jiafu Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
04/2018 Evaluating Ice Sheet Model Initializations Kennedy, Joseph H. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
03/2018 Design of Measurement Networks for Predictive Uncertainty Reduction Lu, Dan Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
01/2018 Effective Online Monitoring and Saving Strategy for Large-Scale Climate Simulation Mayer, Benjamin Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
12/2017 The Impact of Parametric Uncertainties on Biogeochemistry in the E3SM Land Model Ricciuto, Daniel Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
11/2017 Performance Analysis of Fully Explicit and Fully Implicit Solvers Within A Spectral Element Shallow-Water Atmosphere Model Evans, Katherine Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
07/2017 Compiler Technologies for Understanding Legacy Scientific Code Wang, Dali Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
06/2017 Biospheric Feedback Effects in a Synchronously Coupled Model of Human and Earth Systems Thornton, Peter Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
05/2017 Climate Mitigation from Vegetation Biophysical Feedbacks during the Past Three Decades Shi, Xiaoying Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
04/2017 Weakening Temperature Control on the Interannual Variations of Spring Carbon Uptake across Northern Lands Shi, Jiafu Mao or Xiaoying Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
04/2017 LIVVkit: An extensible, python-based, land ice verification and validation toolkit for ice sheet models Evans, Katherine Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
04/2017 Adaptation Opportunities and Constraints in Coupled Systems: Evidence from the U.S. Energy-Water Nexus McManamay, Ryan A. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
04/2017 Understand the Effects of Climate on Probable Maximum Precipitation and Flood Kao, Shih-Chieh Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
01/2017 Complex Dynamics and Urban Water Transitions in Sustainable Water Management Bhaduri, Budhendra Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
08/2016 Global Model Improved by Incorporating New Hypothesis for Vegetation Nutrient Limitation, Supported by Field Experiment Thornton, Peter E. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
06/2016 Confronting the 'Indian Summer Monsoon Response to Black Carbon Aerosols’ with the Uncertainty in its Radiative Forcing and Beyond Mahajan, Salil Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
06/2016 Human-Induced Greening of the Northern Extratropical Land Surface Mao, Jiafu Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
11/2015 Representing Northern Peatland Microtopography and Hydrology within the Community Land Model Thornton, Peter Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
06/2015 Black Carbon Induced Northern Hemisphere Tropical Expansion Mahajan, Salil Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
05/2015 Accelerating Time Integration for the Shallow Water Equations on the Sphere Using GPUs Archibald, Richard Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
06/2015 A Case Study of CUDA FORTRAN and OpenACC for an Atmospheric Climate Kernel Norman, Matthew Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Fidelity of Climate Extremes in High Resolution Climate Models Norman, Matthew Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
02/2015 Causes and Implications of Persistent Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Biases in ESMs Hoffman, Forrest M. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
02/2016 A new conceptual model of short-term photosynthate storage and transport based on experimental observations Mao, Jiafu Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Exploring an Ensemble-Based Approach to Atmospheric Climate Modeling and Testing at Scale Mahajan, Salil Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)