Member Since 1986
Paul A. Newman
Chief Scientist for Earth Sciences, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Chief Scientist for Earth Sciences
2012 - Present
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2012 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1984
Iowa State University
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Jule Gregory Charney Lecture
Received December 2018
Jacob Bjerknes Lecture
Received December 2011
Union Fellow
Received January 2010
Publications
Asian Summer Monsoon Anticyclone—The Primary Entryway for Chlorinated Very‐Short‐Lived Substances to...

Rapid growing emissions of dichloromethane (CH2Cl2), a chlorinated very‐short‐lived substance (Cl‐VSLS) and an ozone depleting su...

February 04, 2025
AGU Abstracts
Gigatraj: An Atmospheric Trajectory Model
UPPER TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, AND MESOSPHERE: CHEMISTRY, DYNAMICS, TRANSPORT, AND RADIATION III POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 12 december 2024
Leslie R. Lait, Paul A. Newman, Weiyuan Jiang, Tho...
Atmospheric trajectory models have a long history of success in tracking air motions in the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere over periods of u...
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The Antarctic ozone hole – do we really understand its trend and variability? What happened in 2024?
UPPER TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, AND MESOSPHERE: CHEMISTRY, DYNAMICS, TRANSPORT, AND RADIATION III POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 12 december 2024
Paul A. Newman, Leslie R. Lait, Natalya A. Kramaro...
The Antarctic ozone hole is projected to recover to 1980 levels in the 2060-2070 period, but year-to-year variability continues to confound these proj...
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Dynamics of the Remarkable Southern Hemisphere Winter of 2024
UPPER TROPOSPHERE, STRATOSPHERE, AND MESOSPHERE: CHEMISTRY, DYNAMICS, TRANSPORT, AND RADIATION I ELIGHTNING
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2024
Lawrence Coy, Paul A. Newman, Steven Pawson
Typical Southern Hemisphere (SH) stratospheric winters are characterized by relatively weak planetary wave dynamics when compared to the Northern Hemi...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Chair
Atmospheric Sciences Yoram J. Kaufman Award Committee
2023 - 2024
Immediate Past President
Atmospheric Sciences Executive Committee
2021 - 2022
President
Atmospheric Sciences Executive Committee
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