Mark Serreze
Ph.D. Geography, 1989
Research Professor, Geography
Senior Research Scientist
National Snow and Ice Data Center
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E-mail: serreze@kryos.colorado.edu
Office: RL-2, #223
Phone: 303-492-2963
Web: http://nsidc.org/research/bios/serreze.html
Research Interests
- Arctic climate variability and change
- High latitude atmospheric circulation
- Numerical weather prediction in high latitudes
- Arctic atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions
- The hydrologic cycle
- Paloeclimate
Current Research Projects
- Evaluating causes for the declining sea ice cover
Synthesize information on atmospheric and oceanic forcings and climate model output to better understand the reasons for the declining sea ice cover. - Studying aspects of the Arctic's large-scale heat and freshwater budgets
Examine the Arctic system from the integrating viewpoints of its heat and water budgets, and use this information to better understand recent change in the system. - Examining the role of Greenland and the surrounding area on cyclone development and poleward heat and moisture transports
Use both observations and models to diagnose the important role that the Greenland ice sheet and surrounding region plays on the northern high-latitude atmospheric circulation. This includes analysis of the role of Greenland's topography and strong cyclone development along the sea ice margin. - A Regional, Integrated Monitoring System for the Hydrology of the Pan-Arctic Land Mass
- Regional Assessment of Water, Climate and Society in the Interior Western United States -- Development of Operational Hydrologic Forecasting Capabilities
Selected Publications
Serreze, M.C., Bromwich, D.H., Clark, M.P., Etringer, A.J., Zhang, T. and Lammers, R., 2003. The large-scale hydro-climatology of the terrestrial Arctic drainage system. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D2), 8160, doi:10.1029/2001JD000919.
Serreze, M.C., Maslanik, J.A., Scambos, T.A., Fetterer, F., Stroeve, J., Knowles, K., Fowler, C., Drobot, S., Barry, R.G., and Haran, T.M., 2003. A new record minimum Arctic sea ice and extent in 2002. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1110, doi:10.1029/2002GL016406.
Serreze, M.C. and Etringer, A.J., 2003. Precipitation characteristics of the Eurasian Arctic drainage system. International Journal of Climatology, 23, 1267-1291.
Serreze, M.C., Barrett, A. and Lo, F., 2005. Northern high latitude precipitation as depicted by atmospheric reanalyses and satellite retrievals. Monthly Weather Review, 113, 3407-3430.
Chapin, F.S. III, Sturm, M., Serreze, M.C., McFadden, J.P., Key, J.R., Lloyd, A.H., McGuire, A.D., Rupp, T.S., Lynch, A.H., Schimel, J.P., Beringer, J., Chapman, W.L., Epstein, H.E., Euskirchen, E.S., Hinzman, L.D., Jia, G., Ping, C.L., Tape, K.D., Thompson, C.D.C., Walker, D.A. and Welker, J.M., 2005: Role of land-surface changes in Arctic summer warming. Science, 310, 657-660.
Serreze, M.C. and Francis, J.A., 2006: The Arctic amplification debate. Climatic Change, (in press).
Serreze, M.C. and Francis, J.A., 2006: The Arctic on the fast track of change, Weather, (in press).
Serreze, M.C., Barrett, A.P., Slater, A.G., Woodgate, R.A., Aagaard, K., Lammers, R., Steele, M., Moritz, R., Meredith, M. and Lee, C.M., 2006: The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic, submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.
