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Chao, L., Zelinka, M. D., & Dessler, A. E.
(2024).
Evaluating Cloud Feedback Components in Observations and Their Representation in Climate Models. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
129(2),
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Lee, J., & Dessler, A. E.
(2024).
Improved Surface Urban Heat Impact Assessment Using GOES Satellite Data: A Comparative Study With ERA-5. Geophysical Research Letters.
51(1),
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Schoeberl, M. R., Wang, Y., Ueyama, R., Dessler, A., Taha, G., & Yu, W.
(2023).
The Estimated Climate Impact of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha & apos;apai Eruption Plume. Geophysical Research Letters.
50(18),
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Lee, J., & Dessler, A. E.
(2023).
Future Temperature-Related Deaths in the U.S.: The Impact of Climate Change, Demographics, and Adaptation. GeoHealth.
7(8), e2023GH000799.
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Lee, J., & Dessler, A. E.
(2022).
The Impact of Neglecting Climate Change and Variability on ERCOT's Forecasts of Electricity Demand in Texas. Weather, Climate and Society.
14(2), 499-505.
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Chao, L., Muller, J. C., & Dessler, A. E.
(2022).
Impacts of the Unforced Pattern Effect on the Cloud Feedback in CERES Observations and Climate Models. Geophysical Research Letters.
49(2),
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Liu, X., Huber, M., Foster, G. L., Dessler, A., & Zhang, Y. G.
(2022).
Persistent high latitude amplification of the Pacific Ocean over the past 10 million years. Nature Communications.
13(1), 7310.
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Yao, B., Xu, Y., Dessler, A. E., & Liu, C.
(2022).
Characterizing unforced decadal climate variability in global climate model large ensembles. 58(1-2), 211-222.
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Schoeberl, M., Jensen, E., Wang, T., Taha, G., Ueyama, R., Wang, Y. i., DeLand, M., & Dessler, A.
(2021).
Cloud and Aerosol Distributions From SAGE III/ISS Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
126(23),
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Chao, L., & Dessler, A. E.
(2021).
An Assessment of Climate Feedbacks in Observations and Climate Models Using Different Energy Balance Frameworks. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
1-30.
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Lee, J., Mast, J. C., & Dessler, A. E.
(2021).
The effect of forced change and unforced variability in heat waves, temperature extremes, and associated population risk in a CO2-warmed world. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
21(15), 11889-11904.
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Zhou, C., Zelinka, M. D., Dessler, A. E., & Wang, M.
(2021).
Greater committed warming after accounting for the pattern effect. Nature Climate Change.
11(2), 132-136.
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Chao, L., & Dessler, A. E.
(2021).
An Assessment of Climate Feedbacks in Observations and Climate Models Using Different Energy Balance Frameworks. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
34(24), 9763-9773.
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Yu, W., Dessler, A. E., Park, M., & Jensen, E. J.
(2020).
Influence of convection on stratospheric water vapor in the North American monsoon region. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
20(20), 12153-12161.
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Wang, X., & Dessler, A. E.
(2020).
The response of stratospheric water vapor to climate change driven by different forcing agents. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
20(21), 13267-13282.
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Schoeberl, M. R., Pfister, L., Wang, T., Kummer, J., Dessler, A. E., & Yu, W.
(2020).
Erythemal Radiation, Column Ozone, and the North American Monsoon. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
125(13),
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Dessler, A. E.
(2020).
Potential Problems Measuring Climate Sensitivity from the Historical Record. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
33(6), 2237-2248.
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Wang, X., Dessler, A. E., Schoeberl, M. R., Yu, W., & Wang, T.
(2019).
Impact of convectively lofted ice on the seasonal cycle of water vapor in the tropical tropopause layer. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
19(23), 14621-14636.
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Schoeberl, M. R., Jensen, E. J., Pfister, L., Ueyama, R., Wang, T., Selkirk, H., ... Dessler, A. E.
(2019).
Water Vapor, Clouds, and Saturation in the Tropical Tropopause Layer. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
124(7), 3984-4003.
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Adams, B. K., & Dessler, A. E.
(2019).
Estimating Transient Climate Response in a Large-Ensemble Global Climate Model Simulation. Geophysical Research Letters.
46(1), 311-317.
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Dessler, A. E., & Forster, P. M.
(2018).
An Estimate of Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity From Interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
123(16), 8634-8645.
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Schoeberl, M. R., Jensen, E. J., Pfister, L., Ueyama, R., Avery, M., & Dessler, A. E.
(2018).
Convective Hydration of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
123(9), 4583-4593.
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Ye, H., Dessler, A. E., & Yu, W.
(2018).
Effects of convective ice evaporation on interannual variability of tropical tropopause layer water vapor. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
18(7), 4425-4437.
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Dessler, A. E., Mauritsen, T., & Stevens, B.
(2018).
The influence of internal variability on Earth's energy balance framework and implications for estimating climate sensitivity. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
18(7), 5147-5155.
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Smalley, K. M., Dessler, A. E., Bekki, S., Deushi, M., Marchand, M., Morgenstern, O., ... Zeng, G.
(2017).
Contribution of different processes to changes in tropical lower-stratospheric water vapor in chemistry-climate models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
17(13), 8031-8044.
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Avery, M. A., Davis, S. M., Rosenlof, K. H., Ye, H., & Dessler, A. E.
(2017).
Large anomalies in lower stratospheric water vapour and ice during the 2015-2016 El Nino. Nature Geoscience.
10(6), 405-+.
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Schoeberl, M., Dessler, A., Ye, H., Wang, T., Avery, M., & Jensen, E.
(2016).
The impact of gravity waves and cloud nucleation threshold on stratospheric water and tropical tropospheric cloud fraction. Earth and Space Science.
3(8), 295-305.
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Dessler, A. E., Ye, H., Wang, T., Schoeberl, M. R., Oman, L. D., Douglass, A. R., ... Portmann, R. W.
(2016).
Transport of ice into the stratosphere and the humidification of the stratosphere over the 21st century. Geophysical Research Letters.
43(5), 2323-2329.
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Zhou, C., Zelinka, M. D., Dessler, A. E., & Klein, S. A.
(2015).
The relationship between interannual and long-term cloud feedbacks. Geophysical Research Letters.
42(23), 10463-10469.
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Yi, B., Yang, P., Dessler, A., & da Silva, A. M.
(2015).
Response of Aerosol Direct Radiative Effect to the East Asian Summer Monsoon. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.
12(3), 597-600.
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Wang, T., Dessler, A. E., Schoeberl, M. R., Randel, W. J., & Kim, J.
(2015).
The impact of temperature vertical structure on trajectory modeling of stratospheric water vapor. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
15(6), 3517-3526.
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Zhou, C., Dessler, A. E., Zelinka, M. D., Yang, P., & Wang, T.
(2014).
Cirrus feedback on interannual climate fluctuations. Geophysical Research Letters.
41(24), 9166-9173.
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Schoeberl, M. R., Dessler, A. E., Wang, T., Avery, M. A., & Jensen, E. J.
(2014).
Cloud formation, convection, and stratospheric dehydration. Earth and Space Science.
1(1), 1-17.
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Dessler, A. E., Schoeberl, M. R., Wang, T., Davis, S. M., Rosenlof, K. H., & Vernier, J.
(2014).
Variations of stratospheric water vapor over the past three decades. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
119(22), 12588-12598.
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Wang, T., Dessler, A. E., Schoeberl, M. R., Randel, W. J., & Kim, J.
(2014).
The impact of temperature resolution on trajectory modeling of stratospheric water vapour. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.
14(21), 29209-29236.
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Wang, T., Randel, W. J., Dessler, A. E., Schoeberl, M. R., & Kinnison, D. E.
(2014).
Trajectory model simulations of ozone (O-3) and carbon monoxide (CO) in the lower stratosphere. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
14(14), 7135-7147.
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Kummer, J. R., & Dessler, A. E.
(2014).
The impact of forcing efficacy on the equilibrium climate sensitivity. Geophysical Research Letters.
41(10), 3565-3568.
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Wang, C., Yang, P., Dessler, A., Baum, B. A., & Hu, Y.
(2014).
Estimation of the cirrus cloud scattering phase function from satellite observations. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer.
138, 36-49.
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Wang, T., Randel, W. J., Dessler, A. E., Schoeberl, M. R., & Kinnison, D. E.
(2014).
Trajectory model simulations of ozone and carbon monoxide in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere (UTLS). 14(5), 5991-6025.
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Dessler, A. E., Schoeberl, M. R., Wang, T., Davis, S. M., & Rosenlof, K. H.
(2013).
Stratospheric water vapor feedback. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
110(45), 18087-18091.
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Zhou, C., Yang, P., Dessler, A. E., & Liang, F.
(2013).
Statistical Properties of Horizontally Oriented Plates in Optically Thick Clouds From Satellite Observations. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.
10(5), 986-990.
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Schoeberl, M. R., Dessler, A. E., & Wang, T.
(2013).
Modeling upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric water vapor anomalies. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
13(15), 7783-7793.
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Zhou, C., Zelinka, M. D., Dessler, A. E., & Yang, P.
(2013).
An Analysis of the Short-Term Cloud Feedback Using MODIS Data. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
26(13), 4803-4815.
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Dessler, A. E., & Loeb, N. G.
(2013).
Impact of dataset choice on calculations of the short-term cloud feedback. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
118(7), 2821-2826.
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Schoeberl, M. R., Dessler, A. E., & Wang, T.
(2013).
Modeling upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric water vapor anomalies. 13(4), 9653-9679.
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Huang, X., Chuang, H., Dessler, A., Chen, X., Minschwaner, K., Ming, Y. i., & Ramaswamy, V.
(2013).
A Radiative-Convective Equilibrium Perspective of Weakening of the Tropical Walker Circulation in Response to Global Warming. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
26(5), 1643-1653.
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Dessler, A. E.
(2013).
Observations of Climate Feedbacks over 2000-10 and Comparisons to Climate Models. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
26(1), 333-342.
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Wang, C., Ding, S., Yang, P., Baum, B., & Dessler, A. E.
(2012).
A new approach to retrieving cirrus cloud height with a combination of MODIS 1.24-and 1.38-mu m channels. Geophysical Research Letters.
39(24),
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Schoeberl, M. R., Dessler, A. E., & Wang, T.
(2012).
Simulation of stratospheric water vapor and trends using three reanalyses. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
12(14), 6475-6487.
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Zhou, C., Yang, P., Dessler, A. E., Hu, Y., & Baum, B. A.
(2012).
Study of Horizontally Oriented Ice Crystals with CALIPSO Observations and Comparison with Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Simulations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
51(7), 1426-1439.
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Li, Y., Yang, P., North, G. R., & Dessler, A.
(2012).
Test of the Fixed Anvil Temperature Hypothesis. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
69(7), 2317-2328.
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Wang, T., & Dessler, A. E.
(2012).
Analysis of cirrus in the tropical tropopause layer from CALIPSO and MLS data: A water perspective. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
117(D4), n/a-n/a.
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Dessler, A. E.
(2011).
Cloud variations and the Earth's energy budget. Geophysical Research Letters.
38(19), n/a-n/a.
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Schoeberl, M. R., & Dessler, A. E.
(2011).
Dehydration of the stratosphere. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP).
11(16), 8433-8446.
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Dessler, A. E.
(2010).
A determination of the cloud feedback from climate variations over the past decade. Science.
330(6010), 1523-1527.
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Yang, P., Hong, G., Dessler, A. E., Ou, S., Liou, K., Minnis, P., & Harshvardhan.
(2010).
CONTRAILS AND INDUCED CIRRUS Optics and Radiation. Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS).
91(4), 473-+.
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Dessler, A. E., & Davis, S. M.
(2010).
Trends in tropospheric humidity from reanalysis systems. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
115(D19),
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Lee, J., Yang, P., Dessler, A. E., Gao, B., & Platnick, S.
(2009).
Distribution and Radiative Forcing of Tropical Thin Cirrus Clouds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
66(12), 3721-3731.
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Dessler, A.
(2009).
Energy for air capture. Nature Geoscience.
2(12), 811-811.
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Dessler, A. E., & Wong, S.
(2009).
Estimates of the Water Vapor Climate Feedback during El Nino-Southern Oscillation. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
22(23), 6404-6412.
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Wong, S., Dessler, A. E., Mahowald, N. M., Yang, P., & Feng, Q.
(2009).
Maintenance of Lower Tropospheric Temperature Inversion in the Saharan Air Layer by Dust and Dry Anomaly. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
22(19), 5149-5162.
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Casey, S., Dessler, A. E., & Schumacher, C.
(2009).
Five-Year Climatology of Midtroposphere Dry Air Layers in Warm Tropical Ocean Regions as Viewed by AIRS/Aqua. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
48(9), 1831-1842.
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Fueglistaler, S., Dessler, A. E., Dunkerton, T. J., Folkins, I., Fu, Q., & Mote, P. W.
(2009).
TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYER. Reviews of Geophysics.
47(1),
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Dessler, A. E., & Sherwood, S. C.
(2009).
Atmospheric science. A matter of humidity. Science.
323(5917), 1020-1021.
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Dessler, A.
(2009).
CLIMATE CHANGE: EDITORIAL AND LETTERS. Chemical and engineering news.
87(34), 6-6.
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Dessler, A. E.
(2009).
Clouds and water vapor in the Northern Hemisphere summertime stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
114(D4),
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Dessler, A. E.
(2009).
Clouds and water vapor in the Northern Hemisphere summertime stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research.
114(22),
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Dessler, A. E., Zhang, Z., & Yang, P.
(2008).
Water-vapor climate feedback inferred from climate fluctuations, 2003-2008. Geophysical Research Letters.
35(20),
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Dessler, A. E., Yang, P., Lee, J., Solbrig, J., Zhang, Z., & Minschwaner, K.
(2008).
An analysis of the dependence of clear-sky top-of-atmosphere outgoing longwave radiation on atmospheric temperature and water vapor. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
113(D17),
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Wong, S., Dessler, A. E., Mahowald, N. M., Colarco, P. R., & da Silva, A.
(2008).
Long-term variability in Saharan dust transport and its link to North Atlantic sea surface temperature. Geophysical Research Letters.
35(7), n/a-n/a.
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Dessler, A. E., Hanisco, T. F., & Fueglistaler, S.
(2007).
Effects of convective ice lofting on H2O and HDO in the tropical tropopause layer. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
112(D18),
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Casey, S., Dessler, A. E., & Schumacher, C.
(2007).
Frequency of tropical precipitating clouds as observed by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Precipitation Radar and ICESat/Geoscience Laser Altimeter System. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
112(D14),
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Wong, S., & Dessler, A. E.
(2007).
Regulation of H2O and CO in tropical tropopause layer by the Madden-Julian oscillation. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
112(D14),
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Dessler, A. E., & Minschwaner, K.
(2007).
An analysis of the regulation of tropical tropospheric water vapor. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
112(D10),
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Hanisco, T. F., Moyer, E. J., Weinstock, E. M., St. Clair, J. M., Sayres, D. S., Smith, J. B., ... Bui, T. P.
(2007).
Observations of deep convective influence on stratospheric water vapor and its isotopic composition. Geophysical Research Letters.
34(4),
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Wu, W., Dessler, A. E., & North, G. R.
(2006).
Analysis of the correlations between atmospheric boundary-layer and free-tropospheric temperatures in the tropics. Geophysical Research Letters.
33(20),
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Wong, S., Colarco, P. R., & Dessler, A. E.
(2006).
Principal component analysis of the evolution of the Saharan air layer and dust transport: Comparisons between a model simulation and MODIS and AIRS retrievals. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
111(D20),
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Minschwaner, K., Dessler, A. E., & Sawaengphokhai, P.
(2006).
Multimodel analysis of the water vapor feedback in the tropical upper troposphere. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
19(20), 5455-5464.
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Wang, L., & Dessler, A. E.
(2006).
Instantaneous cloud overlap statistics in the tropical area revealed by ICESat/GLAS data. Geophysical Research Letters.
33(15),
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Lee, J., Yang, P., Dessler, A. E., & Platnick, S.
(2006).
The influence of thermodynamic phase on the retrieval of mixed-phase cloud microphysical and optical properties in the visible and near-infrared region. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.
3(3), 287-291.
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Dessler, A. E., Palm, S. P., & Spinhirne, J. D.
(2006).
Tropical cloud-top height distributions revealed by the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat)/Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS). Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
111(D12),
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Dessler, A. E., Palm, S. P., Hart, W. D., & Spinhirne, J. D.
(2006).
Tropopause-level thin cirrus coverage revealed by ICESat/Geoscience Laser Altimeter System. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
111(D8),
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Wong, S., & Dessler, A. E.
(2005).
Suppression of deep convection over the tropical North Atlantic by the Saharan Air Layer. Geophysical Research Letters.
32(9), 1-4.
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Wu, D. L., Read, W. G., Dessler, A. E., Sherwood, S. C., & Jiang, J. H.
(2005).
UARS/MLS cloud ice measurements: Implications for H2O transport near the tropopause. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
62(2), 518-530.
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Dessler, A. E., & Sherwood, S. C.
(2004).
Effect of convection on the summertime extratropical lower stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
109(D23), 1-9.
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Minschwaner, K., & Dessler, A. E.
(2004).
Water vapor feedback in the tropical upper troposphere: Model results and observations. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
17(6), 1272-1282.
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Sherwood, S. C., & Dessler, A. E.
(2003).
Convective mixing near the tropical tropopause: Insights from seasonal variations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
60(21), 2674-2685.
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Dessler, A. E., & Yang, P.
(2003).
The distribution of tropical thin cirrus clouds inferred from terra MODIS data. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE.
16(8), 1241-1247.
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Dessler, A. E., & Weinstock, E. M.
(2003).
Comment on "Balloon-borne observations of water vapor and ozone in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere" by H. Vomel et al. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
108(D4), 3-1.
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Dessler, A. E., & Sherwood, S. C.
(2003).
A model of HDO in the tropical tropopause layer. 3(6), 2173-2181.
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Alcala, C. M., & Dessler, A. E.
(2002).
Observations of deep convection in the tropics using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation radar. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
107(D24), aac 17-1-aac 17-7.
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Dessler, A. E.
(2002).
The effect of deep, tropical convection on the tropical tropopause layer. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
107(D3), ach 6-1-ach 6-5.
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Sherwood, S. C., & Dessler, A. E.
(2001).
A model for transport across the tropical tropopause. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
58(7), 765-779.
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Wu, J., & Dessler, A. E.
(2001).
Comparisons between measurements and models of Antarctic ozone loss. 106(D3), 3195-3201.
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Dessler, A. E., & Sherwood, S. C.
(2000).
Simulations of tropical upper tropospheric humidity. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
105(D15), 20155-20163.
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Sherwood, S. C., & Dessler, A. E.
(2000).
On the control of stratospheric humidity. Geophysical Research Letters.
27(16), 2513-2516.
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O'Donnell, J., & Dressler, A.
(2000).
The status of publishing AGU journals electronically. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union.
81(3), 23-28.
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Dessler, A. E., & Kim, H.
(1999).
Determination of the amount of water vapor entering the stratosphere based on Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE) data. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
104(D23), 30605-30607.
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Vomel, H., & Oltmans, S. J.
(1999).
Comment on "A reexamination of the 'stratospheric fountain' hypothesis" by A. E. Dessler. Geophysical Research Letters.
26(17), 2737-2738.
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Dessler, A. E.
(1999).
Comment on "A reexamination of the 'stratospheric fountain' hypothesis" by A. E. Dessler - Reply. Geophysical Research Letters.
26(17), 2739-2739.
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Dessler, A. E., Wu, J., Santee, M. L., & Schoeberl, M. R.
(1999).
Satellite observations of temporary and irreversible denitrification. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
104(D11), 13993-14002.
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Dessler, A. E.
(1998).
A reexamination of the "stratospheric fountain" hypothesis. Geophysical Research Letters.
25(22), 4165-4168.
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Dessler, A. E., Burrage, M. D., Grooss, J. U., Holton, J. R., Lean, J. L., Massie, S. T., ... Jackman, C. H.
(1998).
Selected science highlights from the first 5 years of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) program. Reviews of Geophysics.
36(2), 183-210.
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Considine, D. B., Dessler, A. E., Jackman, C. H., Rosenfield, J. E., Meade, P. E., Schoeberl, M. R., Roche, A. E., & Waters, J. W.
(1998).
Interhemispheric asymmetry in the 1 mbar O-3 trend: An analysis using an interactive zonal mean model and UARS data. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
103(D1), 1607-1618.
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Dessler, A. E., Considine, D. B., Rosenfield, J. E., Kawa, S. R., Douglass, A. R., & Russell, J. M.
(1997).
Lower stratospheric chlorine partitioning during the decay of the Mt Pinatubo aerosol cloud. Geophysical Research Letters.
24(13), 1623-1626.
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Morris, G. A., Considine, D. B., Dessler, A. E., Kawa, S. R., Kumer, J., Mergenthaler, J., Roche, A., & Russell, J. M.
(1997).
Nitrogen partitioning in the middle stratosphere as observed by the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
102(D7), 8955-8965.
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Schoeberl, M. R., Douglass, A. R., Kawa, S. R., Dessler, A. E., Newman, P. A., Stolarski, R. S., ... Russell, J. M.
(1996).
Development of the Antarctic ozone hole. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
101(D15), 20909-20924.
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Schoeberl, M. R., Douglass, A. R., Kawa, S. R., Dessler, A. E., Newman, P. A., Stolarski, R. S., ... Russell, J. M.
(1996).
Development of the Antarctic ozone hole. Journal of Geophysical Research.
101(15), 20909-20924.
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Dessler, A. E., Kawa, S. R., Douglass, A. R., Considine, D. B., Kumer, J. B., Roche, A. E., ... Gille, J. C.
(1996).
A test of the partitioning between ClO and ClONO2 using simultaneous UARS measurements of ClO, NO2, and ClONO2. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
101(D7), 12515-12521.
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Minschwaner, K., Dessler, A. E., Elkins, J. W., Volk, C. M., Fahey, D. W., Loewenstein, M., ... Chan, K. R.
(1996).
Bulk properties of isentropic mixing into the tropics in the lower stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
101(D5), 9433-9439.
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Dessler, A. E., Kawa, S. R., Considine, D. B., Waters, J. W., Froidevaux, L., & Kumer, J. B.
(1996).
UARS measurements of ClO and NO2 at 40 and 46 km and implications for the model ''ozone deficit''. Geophysical Research Letters.
23(4), 339-342.
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Dessler, A. E., Minschwaner, K., Weinstock, E. M., Hintsa, E. J., Anderson, J. G., & Russell, J. M.
(1996).
The effects of tropical cirrus clouds on the abundance of lower stratospheric ozone. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry.
23(2), 209-220.
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Dessler, A. E.
(1996).
A test of the partitioning between ClO and ClONO
2 using simultaneous UARS measurements of ClO, NO2 , and ClONO2 . Journal of Geophysical Research. 101(D7), 12515-12521.
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WEINSTOCK, E. M., HINTSA, E. J., DESSLER, A. E., & ANDERSON, J. G.
(1995).
MEASUREMENTS OF WATER-VAPOR IN THE TROPICAL LOWER STRATOSPHERE DURING THE CEPEX CAMPAIGN - RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION. Geophysical Research Letters.
22(23), 3231-3234.
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DESSLER, A. E., HINTSA, E. J., WEINSTOCK, E. M., ANDERSON, J. G., & CHAN, K. R.
(1995).
MECHANISMS CONTROLLING WATER-VAPOR IN THE LOWER STRATOSPHERE - A TALE OF 2 STRATOSPHERES. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
100(D11), 23167-23172.
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BOERING, K. A., HINTSA, E. J., WOFSY, S. C., ANDERSON, J. G., DAUBE, B. C., DESSLER, A. E., ... YUE, G. K.
(1995).
MEASUREMENTS OF STRATOSPHERIC CARBON-DIOXIDE AND WATER-VAPOR AT NORTHERN MIDLATITUDES - IMPLICATIONS FOR TROPOSPHERE-TO-STRATOSPHERE TRANSPORT. Geophysical Research Letters.
22(20), 2737-2740.
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DESSLER, A. E., CONSIDINE, D. B., MORRIS, G. A., SCHOEBERL, M. R., RUSSELL, J. M., ROCHE, A. E., ... YUE, G. K.
(1995).
CORRELATED OBSERVATIONS OF HCL AND CLONO2 FROM UARS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR STRATOSPHERIC CHLORINE PARTITIONING. Geophysical Research Letters.
22(13), 1721-1724.
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FAHEY, D. W., KEIM, E. R., WOODBRIDGE, E. L., GAO, R. S., BOERING, K. A., DAUBE, B. C., ... CHAN, K. R.
(1995).
IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS IN AIRCRAFT EXHAUST PLUMES IN THE LOWER STRATOSPHERE AT MIDLATITUDES. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
100(D2), 3065-3074.
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DESSLER, A. E., WEINSTOCK, E. M., HINTSA, E. J., ANDERSON, J. G., WEBSTER, C. R., MAY, R. D., ELKINS, J. W., & DUTTON, G. S.
(1994).
AN EXAMINATION OF THE TOTAL HYDROGEN BUDGET OF THE LOWER STRATOSPHERE. Geophysical Research Letters.
21(23), 2563-2566.
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HINTSA, E. J., WEINSTOCK, E. M., DESSLER, A. E., ANDERSON, J. G., LOEWENSTEIN, M., & PODOLSKE, J. R.
(1994).
SPADE H2O MEASUREMENTS AND THE SEASONAL CYCLE OF STRATOSPHERIC WATER-VAPOR. Geophysical Research Letters.
21(23), 2559-2562.
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SALAWITCH, R. J., WOFSY, S. C., WENNBERG, P. O., COHEN, R. C., ANDERSON, J. G., FAHEY, D. W., ... BOWEN, S. W.
(1994).
THE DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROGEN, NITROGEN, AND CHLORINE RADICALS IN THE LOWER STRATOSPHERE - IMPLICATIONS FOR CHANGES IN O(3) DUE TO EMISSION OF NO(Y) FROM SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT. Geophysical Research Letters.
21(23), 2547-2550.
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SALAWITCH, R. J., WOFSY, S. C., WENNBERG, P. O., COHEN, R. C., ANDERSON, J. G., FAHEY, D. W., ... BOWEN, S. W.
(1994).
THE DIURNAL-VARIATION OF HYDROGEN, NITROGEN, AND CHLORINE RADICALS - IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HETEROGENEOUS PRODUCTION OF HNO2. Geophysical Research Letters.
21(23), 2551-2554.
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WEINSTOCK, E. M., HINTSA, E. J., DESSLER, A. E., OLIVER, J. F., HAZEN, N. L., DEMUSZ, J. N., ... ANDERSON, J. G.
(1994).
NEW FAST-RESPONSE PHOTOFRAGMENT FLUORESCENCE HYGROMETER FOR USE ON THE NASA ER-2 AND THE PERSEUS REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT. Review of Scientific Instruments.
65(11), 3544-3554.
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DESSLER, A. E., STIMPFLE, R. M., DAUBE, B. C., SALAWITCH, R. J., WEINSTOCK, E. M., JUDAH, D. M., ... CHU, W. P.
(1993).
BALLOON-BORNE MEASUREMENTS OF CLO, NO, AND O3 IN A VOLCANIC CLOUD - AN ANALYSIS OF HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 KM. Geophysical Research Letters.
20(22), 2527-2530.
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AVALLONE, L. M., TOOHEY, D. W., BRUNE, W. H., SALAWITCH, R. J., DESSLER, A. E., & ANDERSON, J. G.
(1993).
BALLOON-BORNE IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS OF CLO AND OZONE - IMPLICATIONS FOR HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY AND MIDLATITUDE OZONE LOSS. Geophysical Research Letters.
20(17), 1795-1798.
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WENNBERG, P. O., STIMPFLE, R. M., WEINSTOCK, E. M., DESSLER, A. E., LLOYD, S. A., LAPSON, L. B., SCHWAB, J. J., & ANDERSON, J. G.
(1990).
SIMULTANEOUS, INSITU MEASUREMENTS OF OH, HO2, O3, AND H2O - A TEST OF MODELED STRATOSPHERIC HOX CHEMISTRY. Geophysical Research Letters.
17(11), 1909-1912.
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Chao, L., Zelinka, M. D., & Dessler, A. E.
(2024).
Evaluating Cloud Feedback Components in Observations and Their Representation in Climate Models. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres.
129(2),
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book
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Dessler, A. E.
(2015).
Introduction to Modern Climate Change. Cambridge University Press.
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Dessler, A. E., & Parson, E. A.
(2005).
The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change. Cambridge University Press (CUP).
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Dessler, A.
(2000).
Chemistry and Physics of Stratospheric Ozone. Academic Press.
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Dessler, A. E.
(2015).
Introduction to Modern Climate Change. Cambridge University Press.
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chapter
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Dessler, A. E.
(2021).
Climate Sensitivity. World Scientific Encyclopedia of Climate Change.
(pp. 221-227).
World Scientific Publishing.
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Dessler, A. E., & Zelinka, M. D.
(2015).
CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE | Climate Feedbacks. Pyle, J., & Zhang, F. (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences.
(pp. 18-25).
Elsevier.
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Yang, P., Dessler, A., & Hong, G.
(2009).
Aviation-climate change research initiative (ACCRI) subject specific white paper (SSWP) on contrails/cirrus optics and radiation SSWP# VI, January 22, 2008. Aviation and the Environment.
(pp. 303-352).
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Dessler, A. E.
(2021).
Climate Sensitivity. World Scientific Encyclopedia of Climate Change.
(pp. 221-227).
World Scientific Publishing.
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conference paper
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Wong, S., Dessler, A. E., Colarco, P. R., & Da Silva, A.
(2007).
The instability associated with the cross-Atlantic transport of Saharan dust and its meteorological implications
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Wong, S., Dessler, A. E., Colarco, P. R., & Da Silva, A.
(2007).
The instability associated with the cross-Atlantic transport of Saharan dust and its meteorological implications
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institutional repository document
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Schoeberl, M., (ARC-SGG) Jensen, E. R., Wang, T., Taha, G., Ueyama, R., Wang, Y. i., DeLand, M. T., & Dessler, A. E.
(2021).
Cloud and Aerosol Distributions from SAGE III/ISS Observations
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Lee, J., Mast, J. C., & Dessler, A. E.
(2021).
The Effect of Forced and Unforced Variability on Heat Waves, Temperature Extremes, and Associated Population Risk in a CO2-Warmed World
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Lee, J., Mast, J. C., & Dessler, A. E.
(2020).
The Effect of Forced and Unforced Variability on Heat Waves, Temperature Extremes, and Associated Population Risk in a CO2-Warmed World
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Wang, X., & Dessler, A. E.
(2020).
The response of stratospheric water vapor to climate change driven by different forcing agents
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Yu, W., Dessler, A., Park, M., & Jensen, E.
(2020).
Influence of convection on stratospheric water vapor in the North American Monsoon region
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Wang, X., Dessler, A. E., Schoeberl, M. R., Yu, W., & Wang, T.
(2019).
Impact of convectively lofted ice on the seasonal cycle of tropical lower stratospheric water vapor
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Dessler, A. E., Mauritsen, T., & Stevens, B.
(2018).
The influence of internal variability on Earth's energy balance framework and implications for estimating climate sensitivity
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Ye, H., Dessler, A. E., & Yu, W.
(2017).
Effects of tropical deep convection on interannual variability of tropical tropopause layer water vapor
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Smalley, K. M., Dessler, A. E., Bekki, S., Deushi, M., Marchand, M., Morgenstern, O., ... Zeng, G.
(2016).
Testing chemistry-climate models' regulation of tropical lower-stratospheric water vapor
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Schoeberl, M. R., Dessler, A. E., & Wang, T.
(2012).
Simulation of stratospheric water vapor and trends using three reanalyses
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Schoeberl, M., & Dessler, A.
(2011).
Dehydration of the stratosphere
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Dessler, A. E.
(2006).
The effects of convection on the summertime mid-latitude overworld
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Kim, H., & Dessler, A. E.
(2004).
Observations of convective cooling in the tropical tropopause layer in AIRS data
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Dessler, A. E., & Sherwood, S. C.
(2003).
A model of HDO in the tropical tropopause layer
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Schoeberl, M., (ARC-SGG) Jensen, E. R., Wang, T., Taha, G., Ueyama, R., Wang, Y. i., DeLand, M. T., & Dessler, A. E.
(2021).
Cloud and Aerosol Distributions from SAGE III/ISS Observations
Research
principal investigator on
- Using SAGEIII Measurements and Numerical Models to Investigate Aerosol, Cloud, and Water-Vapor Physical Processes in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere Region awarded by Ames Research Center - (Mountain View, California, United States) 2019 - 2023
- Mechanisms Regulating Water Vapor And Clouds in the Tropical and Extratropical Lower Stratosphere awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2017 - 2020
- Understanding Measurements Of Climate Sensitivity awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2017 - 2020
- Assessing the Impact of TTL Cirrus on the Climate System - CloudSat and CALIPSO Science Team Recompete/ROSES-2015 awarded by Langley Research Center - (Hampton, Virginia, United States) 2016 - 2020
- Understanding transport of mass, water vapor, and tropospheric pollutants into the stratosphere awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2014 - 2018
- Understanding Long-Term Variations in Stratospheric Water Vapor awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2013 - 2017
- Using trajectory calculations to study mass and trace gas transport into the stratosphere awarded by Johnson Space Center - (Houston, Texas, United States) 2013 - 2017
- NRS / NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program - 2014-( Prev title: Nasa-Earth and Space Science Fellowship 2012) awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2012 - 2015
- Measurements of Cloud Radiative Impact On the Climate Using Calipso, Cloudsat, and Other A-Train Sensors awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2010 - 2015
co-principal investigator on
Teaching
teaching activities
- ATMO321 Comp App Atmos Science Instructor
- ATMO484 Internship Instructor
- ATMO491 Research Instructor
- ATMO681 Seminar Instructor
- ATMO685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ATMO689 Sptp: Prof Dev In Atmo Instructor
- ATMO689 Sptp:prof Dev In Atmo Instructor
- ATMO691 Research Instructor
- ATMO691 Research Instructor
- GEOS210 Climate Change Instructor
- GEOS444 Sci & Politics Clim Chg Instructor
- GEOS481 Seminar Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Adams, Brooke K (2018-05). Understanding the Impact of Internal Variability on Estimates of the Transient Climate Response.
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Cardona, Allison Leanne (2008-10). The frequency of tropopause-level thick and thin cirrus clouds as observed by CALIPSO and the relationship to relative humidity and outgoing longwave radiation.
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Casey, Sean P. (2010-07). An Assessment of Factors Limiting Tropical Congestus Cloud-Top Heights.
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Casey, Sean Patrick (2009-06). The frequency of tropical precipitating clouds as observed by the TRMM PR and ICESat/GLAS.
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Christenberry, Aaron Joseph (2012-07). Seasonal and Regional Variability of Stratospheric Dehydration.
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Kummer II, John Reese (2017-06). An Estimate of ECS Based on Observations: The Impact of Forcing Efficacy.
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Lee, Joonsuk (2009-06). Mixed-phase clouds, thin cirrus clouds, and OLR over the tropics: observations, retrievals, and radiative impacts.
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Smalley, Kevin (2016-09). Predicting Lower Stratospheric Water Vapor from Chemistry-Climate Models Using a Multivariate Linear Regression.
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Solbrig, Jeremy E. (2010-10). Thin Cloud Length Scales Using CALIPSO and CloudSat Data.
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Verma, Abhishek (2012-02). Definitions of Clear-sky Fluxes and Implications.
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Wang, Tao (2012-07). Analysis of the Tropical Tropopause Layer Cirrus in CALIPSO and MLS Data - A Water Perspective.
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Wang, Tao (2014-05). Trajectory Simulations of H2O, O3, and CO in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere (UTLS).
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Wang, Xun (2017-07). A Trajectory Study of the Seasonal Cycle of the Tropical Lower Stratospheric Water Vapor in Chemistry-Climate Models in Comparison with Observations.
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Ye, Hao (2018-05). Effects of Convective Ice Evaporation on Water Vapor Interannual Variability in the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL).
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Yu, Wandi (2017-10). Model Simulation of Convectively Lofted Ice Contribution to Stratospheric Water Vapor.
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Zhou, Chen (2014-07). Attribution Analysis of Cloud Feedback.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Harvard University - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) 1994
awards and honors
- AAAS Fellow, conferred by American Association For The Advancement of Science - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2017
- The Louis J Battan Author's Award Adult, conferred by American Meteorological Society - (Boston, Massachusetts, United States), 2014
- Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2014
- Atmospheric Sciences Section/Ascent Award, conferred by American Geophysical Union - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2012
- Outstanding Science Communicator Award, conferred by Sigma Xi - (Durham, North Carolina, United States), 2011
- Science Communication Fellow, conferred by Google - (Mountain View, California, United States), 2011
Contact
first name
- Andrew
has last name
- Dessler
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Meteorology
3150 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3150
USA
Other
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