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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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Publications
The Direct Radiative Effect of CO2 Increase on Summer Precipitation in North America
Precipitation changes in full response to CO2 increase are widely studied but confidence in future projections remains low. Mechanistic understandi...
July 22, 2024
Climate Sensitivity of GFDL's CM4.0
January 12, 2020
Impacts of Extratropical Weather Perturbations on Tropical C...
December 10, 2019
AGU Abstracts
The Direct Radiative Effect of CO2 Increase on North American Precipitation
DYNAMICS, VARIABILITY, PREDICTABILITY, AND IMPACTS OF REGIONAL PRECIPITATION I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2024
Wengui Liang, Ming Zhao, Zhihong Tan, Thomas R. Kn...
It has been widely studied how the precipitation will change in a warmer climate, meanwhile, the direct effect of atmospheric CO2 increase on future p...
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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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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
Union Fellows Committee
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