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Member Since 1993
Tom R. Knutson
Senior Scientist, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Professional Experience
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Senior Scientist
1990 - Present
Education
University of Wisconsin Madison
Masters
1985
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2020
Citation
For exceptional contributions to understanding the relation between climate and hurricanes, and the detection-and-attribution of climate change
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Current Roles
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Union Fellows Committee
Publications
The Land Component LM4.1 of the GFDL Earth System Model ESM4.1: Model Description and Characteristic...
We describe the baseline model configuration and simulation characteristics of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)'s Land Model versio...
April 30, 2024
Climate Sensitivity of GFDL's CM4.0
January 12, 2020
Impacts of Extratropical Weather Perturbations on Tropical C...
December 10, 2019
AGU Abstracts
Sea surface temperature warming patterns are at the heart of future predictions of extreme weather and climate sensitivity
BRIDGING THE GAP FROM CLIMATE TO EXTREME WEATHER: OBSERVATIONS, THEORY, AND MODELING II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 14 december 2023
Ming Zhao, Thomas R. Knutson
Recently studies indicate that virtually all global climate models (GCMs) have had difficulty simulating the observed sea surface temperature (SST) wa...
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Fast response of precipitation to historical BC and SO4 aerosols in ESM4 climate model
CLIMATE FORCING: QUANTIFYING THE ROLES AND RESPONSES OF ANTHROPOGENIC AND NATURAL CLIMATE DRIVERS III POSTER
global environmental change | 12 december 2023
Yanda Zhang, Thomas R. Knutson, Elena Shevliakova,...
Aerosol effects on precipitation are crucial factors in climate change, yet they remain poorly understood, presenting one of the largest uncertainties...
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The long-term trends of global land precipitation in GFDL's CM4 and ESM4 climate models
EXPLAINING AND PREDICTING EARTH SYSTEM CHANGE: A WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAM CALL TO ACTION – COUPLING OF OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS; INTEGRATED ATTRIBUTION, PREDICTION AND PROJECTION; ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE HAZARDS IV POSTER
global environmental change | 13 december 2022
Yanda Zhang, Thomas R. Knutson, Elena Shevliakova
Precipitation is one of the key elements of the Earth system; its regional trends are important indicators of changes in flood and drought risks. The ...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
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Union Fellows Committee
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