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
Iowa State University
Doctorate
1984
Honors & Awards
Jule Gregory Charney Lecture
Received December 2018
Jacob Bjerknes Lecture
Received December 2011
Union Fellow
Received January 2010
Current Roles
Immediate Past President
Atmospheric Sciences Executive Committee
Chair
Atmospheric Sciences Yoram J. Kaufman Award Committee
Publications
Simulating the Volcanic Sulfate Aerosols From the 1991 Eruption of Cerro Hudson and Their Impact on ...

The Chilean volcano Cerro Hudson erupted between August 8th and 15th, 1991, injecting between 1.7 and 2.9 Tg of SO2 into the upper troposphere...

March 05, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Stratospheric impacts of the Hunga-Tonga Aerosol Perturbation
ONLINE POSTER SESSION FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES: RADIATIVE EFFECTS AND AEROSOLS XVIII
atmospheric sciences | 25 january 2024
Eric L. Fleming, Ghassan Taha, Paul A. Newman, Qin...
The Hunga-Tonga eruption in January 2022 injected water vapor and sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the mid-stratosphere, with the SO2 rapidly converted into ...
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Carbon Fluxes in the Florida Everglades During BlueFlux
COASTAL WETLAND CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLES: RECENT ADVANCES IN MEASUREMENTS, MODELING, AND SYNTHESES I POSTER
biogeosciences | 15 december 2023
Erin Delaria, Glenn Wolfe, Reem A. Hannun, Kaitlyn...
Wetland ecosystems play a significant role in the sequestration of 'blue carbon.' However, their role in carbon sequestration is partly counterbalance...
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Estimation of Stratospheric Intrusions During Indian Cyclones
DYNAMICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE UPPER TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE (UTLS) V POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Chaitri Roy, A R. Ravishankara, Paul A. Newman, Li...
Deep convection associated with tropical cyclones leads to stratosphere-troposphere exchange (STE), which affects the upper-tropospheric ozone concent...
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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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