Member Since 2001
Jen E. Kay
Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Professional Experience
University of Colorado Boulder
Associate Professor
2019 - Present
University of Colorado Boulder
Assistant Professor
2014 - 2019
Education
University of Washington Seattle
Doctorate
2006
Honors & Awards
Future Horizons in Climate Science-Turco Lectureship
Received December 2018
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2014
Publications
Distilling the Evolving Contributions of Anthropogenic Aerosols and Greenhouse Gases to Large‐Scale ...

Anthropogenic aerosols (AER) and greenhouse gases (GHG)—the leading drivers of the forced historical change—produce different largeR...

November 22, 2024
AGU Abstracts
A sectional cloud microphysical model (CARMA Cloud) in the Community Earth System Model (CESM2)
AGU 2024
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2024
Cheng-Cheng Liu, Yunqian Zhu, Lu Wang, Charles Bar...
Clouds are critical to global radiative forcing and the climate system of Earth. However, cloud simulations in climate models remain highly uncertain....
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Apples-to-apples radiation comparisons speed the detection of Arctic climate change
AGU 2024
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2024
Jonah Shaw, Jennifer E. Kay, David Schneider
Spectrally-resolved observations of radiation (such as those made by NASAs Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument) provide a strict constraint...
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What controls the rapid Arctic warming since 1980?
AGU 2024
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2024
Ash Gilbert, Jennifer E. Kay, Edward Blanchard-Wri...
The Arctic surface temperature (70-90°N) is increasing at 4 times the global rate, an amplification factor that CMIP models struggle to replicate. Thi...
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