The department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences “faculty and staff provide expertise in diverse areas, including Tectonics, Geophysics, Historical Geology, Atmospheric Dynamics and Chemistry, Environmental Geosciences, Biogeochemistry, Climate Change, Geoscience Education, Planetary Sciences, and many other areas. EAS has a uniquely qualified faculty and is well positioned to lead discovery and learning in the earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences.” The department focuses on conducting both interdisciplinary and disciplinary research that can be viewed in the faculty publications below.
Submissions from 2010
Summer monsoon convection in the Himalayan region: Terrain and land cover effects, Socorro Medina, Robert A. Houze Jr, Anil Kumar, and Dev Niyogi
Multiple isotope forensics of nitrate in a wild horse poisoning incident, Greg Michalski, Sam Earman, Christa Dahman, Rodney L. Hershey, and Todd Mihevc
Isotope modeling of nitric acid formation in the atmosphere using ISO-RACM: testing the importance of NO oxidation, heterogeneous reactions, and trace gas chemistry, G. Michalski and F. Xu
A regional scale assessment of land use/land cover and climatic changes on water and energy cycle in the upper Midwest United States, Vimal Mishra, Keith A. Cherkauer, Dev Niyogi, Ming Lei, Brian C. Pijanowski, Deepak K. Ray, Laura C. Bowling, and Guoxiang Yang
Hydrogen and oxygen in brine shrimp chitin reflect environmental water and dietary isotopic composition, Kristine E. Nielson and Gabriel J. Bowen
Observational evidence that agricultural intensification and land use change may be reducing the Indian summer monsoon rainfall, Dev Niyogi, Chandra Kishtawal, Shivam Tripathi, and Rao S. Govindaraju
Seismic interferometry and estimation of the Green’s function using Gaussian beams, Robert L. Nowack
THE PROPAGATION OF Pn IN WESTERN CHINA, Robert L. Nowack, Wang Ping Chen, Jessica D. Griffin, Ali C. Bakir, and Tai Lin Tseng
The Gouy phase anomaly for harmonic and time-domain paraxial Gaussian beams, Robert L. Nowack and Sribharath M. Kainkaryam
Oxfordian magnetostratigraphy of Britain and its correlation to Tethyan regions and Pacific marine magnetic anomalies, James G. Ogg, Angela L. Coe, Piotr A. Przybylski, and John K. Wright
Seismic images of crustal variations beneath the East Anatolian Plateau (Turkey) from teleseismic receiver functions, Arda A. Özacar, George Zandt, Hersh Gilbert, and Susan L. Beck
The Role of Carbon Dioxide during the Onset of Antarctic Glaciation, Markus Pagani, Zhonghiu Liu, Steven Bohaty, Robert Deconto, Matthew Huber, and Jorijntje Henderiks
A simplified in situ cosmogenic 14C extraction system, Jeffrey S. Pigati, Nathaniel A. Lifton, A. J. Timothy Jull, and Jay Quade
Effects of sample size and position from monolith and core methods on the estimation of total root biomass in a temperate grassland ecosystem in Inner Mongolia, Xiaoyan Ping, Guangsheng Zhou, Qianlai Zhuang, Yanlong Wang, Wanqing Zuo, Guangzu Shi, Xianglei Lin, and Yuhui Wang
Oxfordian magnetostratigraphy of Poland and its correlation to Sub-Mediterranean ammonite zones and marine magnetic anomalies, Piotr A. Przybylski, E. Glowniak, James G. Ogg, P. Ziólkowski, M. Sidorczuk, J. Gutowski, and M. Lewandowski
Magnetostratigraphic correlation of the Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian boundary, Piotr A. Przybylski, James G. Ogg, Andrzej Wierzbowski, Angela L. Coe, Mark W. Hounslow, John K. Wright, Frances Atrops, and Erik Settles
The Concordiasi Project in Antarctica, Florence Rabier, Aurelie Bouchard, Eric. Brun, Alexis. Doerenbecher, Stephanie Guedj, Vincent Guidard, Fatima Karbou, Vincent-Henri Peuch, Laaziz El Amraoui, Dominique Puech, and Jennifer S. Haase
Roles of atmospheric and land surface data in dynamic regional downscaling, Deepak K. Ray, Roger A. Pielke Sr, Udaysankar S. Nair, and Devdutta Niyogi
The minor importance of giant aerosol to precipitation development within small trade wind cumuli observed during RICO, C. H. Reiche and Sonia Lasher-Trapp
Ambiguous Hydraulic Heads and 14C Activities in Transient Regional Flow, Franklin W. Schwartz, Edward A. Sudicky, Robert G. McLaren, Young-Jin J. Park, Matthew Huber, and Mick Apted
An adaptability limit to climate change due to heat stress, Steven C. Sherwood and Matthew Huber
Modeling the influence of a reduced equator-to-pole sea surface temperature gradient on the distribution of water isotopes in the Early/Middle Eocene, Eveline N. Speelman, Jacob O. Sewall, David Noone, Matthew Huber, Anna der Heydt, Jaap S. Damsté, and Gert Jan Reichart
Modeled sensitivity of upper thermocline properties to tropical cyclone winds and possible feedbacks on the Hadley circulation, Ryan L. Sriver and Matthew Huber
Modeled Sensitivity of Upper Thermocline Properties to Tropical Cyclone Winds and Possible Feedbacks on the Hadley Circulation, Ryan L. Sriver and Matthew Huber
Lithospheric buoyancy forces in Africa from a thin sheet approach, D. S. Stamps, L. M. Flesch, and E. Calais
Artificial neural network approach for mapping contrasting tillage practices, K. P. Sudheer, P. Gowda, I. Chaubey, and T. Howell
Application of a pseudo simulator to evaluate the sensitivity of parameters in complex watershed models, K. P. Sudheer, G. Lakshmi, and I. Chaubey
Instability in Leapfrog and Forward-Backward Schemes, Wen Yih Sun
Instability in Leapfrog and Forward-Backward Schemes, Part II-Numerical Simulations of Dam Break, Wen Yih Sun
One-Dimensional Sea Ice-Ocean Model Applied to SHEBA Experiment in 1997-1998 Winter, Wen Yih Sun and Jiun Dar Chern
Modeling soil thermal and hydrological dynamics and changes of growing season in Alaskan terrestrial ecosystems, Jinyun Tang and Qianlai Zhuang
Quantifying wetland methane emissions with process-based models of different complexities, Jinyun Tang, Quinlai Zhuang, R. D. Shannon, and J. R. White
Stable isotope analysis of modern human hair collected from Asia (China, India, Mongolia, and Pakistan), A. H. Thompson, L. A. Chesson, D. W. Podlesak, Gabriel J. Bowen, T. E. Cerling, and J. R. Ehleringer
Impacts of cloud-system resolving regional modeling on the simulation of monsoon depressions, Y. C. Wang and W. W. Tung
Mid-upper tropospheric methane in the high Northern Hemisphere: Spaceborne observations by AIRS, aircraft measurements, and model simulations, X. Xiong, C. D. Barnet, Q. Zhuang, T. Machida, C. Sweeney, and P. K. Patra
Changes of urban wetlands in Wuhan, China, from 1987 to 2005, Kai Xu, Chunfang Kong, Gang Liu, Chonglong Wu, Hongbin Deng, Yi Zhang, and Qianlai Zhuang
Contrails and Induced Cirrus: Optics and Radiation, Ping Yang, Gang Hong, Andrew E. Dessler, Steve S. C. Ou, Kou N. Liou, Patrick Minnis, and Harshvardhan
Submissions from 2009
High-CO2 cloud radiative forcing feedback over both land and ocean in a global climate model, Dorian S. Abbot, Matthew Huber, Gabriel Bousquet, and Chris C. Walker
High-CO2 Cloud Radiative Forcing Feedback Over Both Land and Ocean in a Global Climate Model, Dorian S. Abbot, Matthew Huber, Gabriel Brousquet, and Chris C. Walker
Flat-slab subduction and crustal models for the seismically active Sierras Pampeanas region of Argentina, Patricia Alvarado, Mario Pardo, Hersh Gilbert, Silvia Miranda, Megan Anderson, Mauro Saez, and Susan Beck
Suppression of south Asian summer monsoon precipitation in the 21st century, Moetasim Ashfaq, Ying Shi, Wen-wen Tung, Robert J. Trapp, Xueijie Gao, Jeremy S. Pal, and Noah S. Diffenbaugh
Geochemical characteristics of naturally acid and alkaline saline lakes in southern Western Australia, Brenda B. Bowen and K. C. Benison
Geochemical characteristics of naturally acid and alkaline saline lakes in southern Western Australia, Brenda Beitler. Bowen and Kathleen C. Benison
Dietary and physiological controls on the hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios of hair from mid-20th century indigenous populations, Gabriel J. Bowen, James R. Ehleringer, Lesley A. Chesson, Alexandra H. Thompson, David W. Podlesak, and Thure E. Cerling
Isoscapes to address large-scale Earth science challenges, Gabriel J. Bowen, Jason B. West, Bruce H. Vaughn, Todd E. Dawson, James R. Ehleringer, Marilyn L. Fogel, Keith Hobson, Jurian Hoogewerff, Carol Kendall, Chun-Ta Lai, and C. C. Miller
Increased seasonality through the Eocene to Oligocene transition in northern high latitudes, James S. Eldrett, David R. Greenwood, Ian C. Harding, and Matthew Huber
Analytic continuation of eigenvalues of a quartic oscillator, Alexandre Eremenko and Andrei Gabrielov
Could Pantheon Fossae be the result of the Apollodorus crater-forming impact within the Caloris basin, Mercury?, Andrew M. Freed, Sean C. Solomon, Thomas R. Watters, Roger J. Phillips, and Maria T. Zuber
Approximation of definable sets by compact families, and upper bounds on homotopy and homology, Andrei Gabrielov and Nicolai Vorobjov
Density profiles of oceanic slabs and surrounding mantle: integrated thermodynamic and thermal modeling, and implications for the fate of slabs at the 660 km discontinuity, Jibamitra Ganguly, Andrew M. Freed, and Surendra K. Saxena
Contribution of gravitational potential energy differences to the global stress field, Attreyee Ghosh, William E. Holt, and Lucy M. Flesch
Interpreting finite strain: Analysis of deformation in analog models, Saad S. B. Haq and Dan M. Davis
Nitrous Oxide Production in an Eastern Corn Belt Soil: Sources and Redox Range, Guillermo B. Hernandez-Ramirez, Sylvie M. Brouder, Douglas R. Smith, George E. Van Scoyoc, and Greg Michalski
Tropical sea temperatures in the high-latitude South Pacific during the Eocene, Christopher J. Hollis, Like Handley, Erica M. Crouch, Hugh E. G. Morgans, Joel A. Baker, John Creech, Katie S. Collins, Samantha J. Gibbs, Matthew Huber, Stefan Schouten, and James C. Zachos
A Review of NEXRAD Level II: Data, Distribution, and Applications, Matthew Huber and Jeff Trapp
Characterizing heart rate variability by scale-dependent Lyapunov exponent, J Hu, J. Gao, and W. Tung
Characterizing heart rate variability by scale-dependent Lyapunov exponent, Jing Hu, Jianbo Gao, and Wen-wen Tung
A global sensitivity analysis and Bayesian inference framework for improving the parameter estimation and prediction of a process-based Terrestrial Ecosystem Model, Tang J. and Jing Q.
Global cooling during the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition, Zhonghui Liu, Mark Pagani, David Zinniker, Robert DeConto, Matthew Huber, Henk Brinkhuis, Sunita R. Shah, R. Mark Leckie, and Ann Pearson
Possible decline of the carbon sink in the Mongolian Plateau during the 21st century, Y. Lu, Q. Zhuang, G. Zhou, A. Sirin, J. Melillo, and D. Kicklighter
The role of symmetry in the mass independent isotope effect in ozone, Greg Michalski and S. K. Bhattacharya
Jurassic Chronostratigraphic Database and the TimeScale Creator Visualization System, James Ogg and Piotr Przybylski
Geologic problem solving in the field: Analysis of field navigation and mapping by advanced undergraduates, E. M. Riggs, C. C. Leider, and R. Bailliet
Effectiveness in problem solving during geologic field examinations: Insights from analysis of GPS tracks at variable time scales, Eric M. Riggs, Russell Balliet, and Christopher C. Lieder
White-rot basidiomycete-mediated decomposition of C60 fullerol, Kathryn M. Schreiner, Timothy R. Filley, Robert A. Blanchette, Brenda B. Bowen, Robert D. Bolskar, William C. Hockaday, Caroline A. Masiello, and James W. Raebiger
Instability in Leapfrog and Forward–Backward Schemes, Wen-yih Sun
A global sensitivity analysis and Bayesian inference framework for improving the parameter estimation and prediction of a process-based Terrestrial Ecosystem Model, Jinyun Tang and Quinlai Zhuang
Quantifying the quality of coral bleaching predictions, R. van Hooidonk and M. Huber
Equivocal evidence for a thermostat and unusually low levels of coral bleaching in the Western Pacific Warm Pool, R. vanHooidonk and M. Huber
Equivocal Evidence for a Thermostat and Unusually Low Levels of Coral Bleaching in the Western Pacific Warm Pool, Ruben van Hooidonk and Matthew Huber
Orbitally forced climate changes in the Tasman sector during the Middle Eocene, Jeroen Warnaar, Peter K. Bijl, Matthew Huber, Lisa Sloan, Henk Brinkhuis, Ursula Röhl, Ryan Sriver, and Henk Visscher
Global warming, convective threshold and false thermostats, Ian N. Williams, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, and Matthew Huber
Global Warming, Convective Threshold and False Thermostats, Ian N. Williams, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, and Matthew Huber
Global warming, convective threshold and false thermostats, I. N. Williams, R. T. Pierrehumbert, and M. Huber
Twentieth-century droughts and their impacts on terrestrial carbon cycling in China, Jingfeng Xiao, Qianlai Zhuang, Eryuan Liang, Xuemei Shao, A. David McGuire, Aaron Moody, David W. Kicklighter, and Jerry M. Melillo
Simulation of the Middle Miocene climate optimum: implications for future climate, Y. You, Matthew Huber, D. R. Müller, C. J. Poulsen, and J. Ribbe
Simulation of the Middle Miocene Climate Optimum, Y. You, Matthew Huber, R. D. Müller, C. J. Poulsen, and J. Ribbe
Characterization of wildfire regimes in Canadian boreal terrestrial ecosystems, Jiang Yueyang, Qianlai Zhuang, Mike D. Flannigan, and John M. Little
Global methane emissions from wetlands, rice paddies, and lakes, Qianlai Zhuang, John M. Melack, Sergey Zimov, Katey M. Walter, Christopher L. Butenhoff, and M. Aslam K. Khalil
Global methane emissions from wetlands, rice paddies, and lakes, Q.. Zhuang, J. M. Melack, S. Zimov, K. M. Walter, C. L. Butenhoff, and M. A.K. Khalil
Submissions from 2008
Middle Miocene Tectonic Boundary Conditions for Use in Climate Models, Nicholas Herold, M. Seton, R. D. Müller, Y. You, and Matthew Huber
Geo-complexity and Earthquake Prediction, V. Keilis-Borok, A. Gabrielov, and A. Soloviev
Pacific Ocean and Cenozoic Evolution of Climate, Mitchell Lyle, John Barron, Timothy J. Bralower, Matthew Huber, Annette Olivarez Lyle, A. Christina Ravelo, David K. Rea, and Paul A. Wilson
Investigating Tropical Cyclone-Climate Feedbacks Using the TRMM Microwave Imager and the Quick Scatterometer, Ryan L. Sriver, Matthew Huber, and Jesse Nusbaumer
Transient response of severe thunderstorm forcing to elevated greenhouse gas concentrations., Robert J. Trapp, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, and Alexander Gluhovsky
Submissions from 2007
Reply to Comment by R. N. Maue and R. E. Hart on "Low Frequency Variability in Globally Integrated Tropical Cyclone Power Dissipation, Ryan L. Sriver and Matthew Huber
Submissions from 2006
Low Frequency Variability In Globally Integrated Tropical Cyclone Power Dissipation, Ryan Sriver and Matthew Huber
An Ocean View of the Early Cenozoic Greenhouse World, Ellen Thomas, Henk Brinkhuis, Matthew Huber, and Ursula Röhl
Submissions from 2005
Elementary proof of the B. and M. Shapiro conjecture for rational functions, A. Eremenko and A. Gabrielov
Submissions from 2004
Eocene Circulation Of The Southern Ocean: Was Antarctica Kept Warm By Subtropical Waters?, Matthew Huber, Henk Brinkhuis, Catherine E. Stickley, Kristofer Döös, and Appy Sluijs
Timing and Nature of the Deepening of the Tasmanian Gateway, Catherine E. Stickley, Henk Brinkhuis, Stephen A. Schellenberg, Appy Sluijs, Ursula Röhl, Michael Fuller, Marianne Grauert, Matthew Huber, Jeroen Warnaar, and Graham L. Williams
Submissions from 2001
Open Loop Tracking of Radio Occultation Signals from an Airborne Platform, Tyler Delfield Lulich, J. L. Garrison, James S. Haase, Y. M. Yang, J. Voo, F. Xie, and P. Muradyan