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Member Since 1978
Joyce Penner
Professor, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
AGU member since 1978. Ralph J. Cicerone Distinguished University Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Volunteer experience includes vice president, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (2011–2015); chair-elect, chair, and retiring chair, American Association for the Advancement of Science section on atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences (2005–2008); chair/member, AGU Macelwane Award Selection Committee (2008–2012); member, AGU Publications Committee (2004–2008); review editor, technical summary, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I Fifth Assessment Report; review editor, Chapter 7: Clouds and Aerosols, IPCC Working Group I Fifth Assessment Report.
Professional Experience
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Professor
1996 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1970
Honors & Awards
Jacob Bjerknes Lecture
Received December 2021
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Received January 1999
Publications
Decreased Aviation Leads to Increased Ice Crystal Number and a Positive Radiative Effect in Cirrus C...

Travel restrictions in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic resulted in an unprecedented decrease of 73% in global flight mileage in April–...

April 04, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Brown Carbon from Biomass Burning Imposes Strong Circum-Arctic Warming
AEROSOL CHEMISTRY, AIR POLLUTION MITIGATION AND CARBON NEUTRALITY IN MEGACITIES AND GIGACITIES IV POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 14 december 2022
Siyao Yue, Jialei Zhu, Shuang Chen, Qiaorong Xie, ...
Rapid warming in the Arctic has a huge impact on the global environment. Atmospheric brown carbon (BrC) is one of the least understood and uncertain w...
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What can we Learn about Cirrus Clouds and Ice Nucleation from the Decrease in Anthropogenic Emissions During the Pandemic?
JACOB BJERKNES LECTURE I
atmospheric sciences | 14 december 2021
Joyce Penner
The importance of the formation of ice crystals via heterogeneous ice nucleation has been very uncertain with some models predicting negative climate ...
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Global modeling of secondary organic aerosol with organic nucleation
WHAT’S NEW IN ATMOSPHERIC NEW PARTICLE FORMATION? POSTERS
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2019
Jialei Zhu, Joyce Penner
Organic nucleation has been identified as an important way to form secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and change the number concentration of aerosol and ...
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Volunteer Experience
2019 - 2022
Member
Atmospheric Sciences Yoram J. Kaufman Award Committee
2019 - 2020
Immediate Past President
Atmospheric Sciences Executive Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award Committee
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