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Member Since 2007
Mark D. Zelinka
Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Professional Experience
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Research Scientist
2011 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2010
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2021
Outstanding Reviewer Award - JGR-Atmospheres
Received December 2012
Current Roles
Member
Global Environmental Change Fellows Committee
Publications
Implications of a Pervasive Climate Model Bias for Low‐Cloud Feedback
How low clouds respond to warming constitutes a key uncertainty for climate projections. Here we observationally constrain low‐cloud feedback...
October 19, 2024
The Shortwave Cloud‐SST Feedback Amplifies Multi‐Decadal Pac...
September 13, 2024
Larger Cloud Liquid Water Enhances Both Aerosol Indirect For...
January 24, 2024
Evaluating Cloud Feedback Components in Observations and The...
January 22, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Constraining CMIP cloud phase using observations
MICROPHYSICAL AND MACROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND PROCESSES OF ICE AND MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS: LINKING IN SITU AND REMOTE SENSING OBSERVATIONS AND MULTISCALE MODELS II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Grégory Cesana, Andrew S. Ackerman, Ann M. Fridlin...
The increase of CO2-doubling-induced warming (climate sensitivity) in the latest Earth system models (ESMs) is primarily attributed to a larger extrat...
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Influence of Climatological Biases in Clouds and Precipitation on Regional Cloud Feedbacks
BOUNDARY LAYER CLOUDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 14 december 2023
Chad W. Thackeray, Mark D. Zelinka, Jesse Norris, ...
Global climate model (GCM) projections remain hindered by a persistent spread in cloud feedbacks. This is despite efforts to reduce this model uncerta...
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Contributions From Cloud Morphological Changes to the Interannual Southern Ocean Cloud Feedback Based on MODIS and ISCCP Satellite Observations
AEROSOL, CLOUD, PRECIPITATION, AND RADIATION STUDIES OVER HIGH-LATITUDE OCEANS I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 14 december 2023
Ivy Tan, Mark D. Zelinka, Quentin Coopman, Brian H...
The surface temperature-mediated change in cloud properties, referred to as the cloud feedback continues to dominate the uncertainty in climate projec...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2024
Member
Global Environmental Change Fellows Committee
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