Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder

Amy Solomon

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  • Solomon A; Shupe M; Batrak Y; Barton N; Bazile E; Day J; Doyle J; Frank H; Keeley S; Remes T. (Jul 2022). An Evaluation of Short-Term Forecasts of Wintertime Boundary-Layer and Surface Energy Budget Statistics in the Central Arctic. Elementa MOSAiC Special Issue.
  • Shupe MD; Rex M; Blomquist B; Persson POG; Schmale J; Uttal T; Althausen D; Angot H; Archer S; Bariteau L. (Feb 2022). Overview of the MOSAiC expedition—Atmosphere. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene , 10(1). 10.1525/elementa.2021.00060
  • Sun S; Solomon A. (Nov 2021). Seasonal Sea Ice Prediction with the CICE Model and Positive Impact of CryoSat-2 Ice Thickness Initialization. The Cryosphere. 10.5194/tc-2021-353
  • Solomon A; Heuze C; Rabe B; Bacon S; Bertino L; Heimbach P; Inoue J; Iovino D; Mottram R; Zhang X. (Aug 2021). Freshwater in the Arctic Ocean 2010-2019. Ocean Science , 17(4), 1081-1102. 10.5194/os-17-1081-2021
  • Creamean JM; de Boer G; Telg H; Mei F; Dexheimer D; Shupe MD; Solomon A; McComiskey A. (Feb 2021). Assessing the vertical structure of Arctic aerosols using balloon-borne measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 21(3), 1737-1757. 10.5194/acp-21-1737-2021
  • Inoue J; Sato K; Rinke A; Cassano JJ; Fettweis X; Heinemann G; Matthes H; Orr A; Phillips T; Seefeldt M. (Jan 2021). Clouds and Radiation Processes in Regional Climate Models Evaluated Using Observations Over the Ice-free Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 126(1). 10.1029/2020JD033904
  • Sedlar J; Tjernstrom M; Rinke A; Orr A; Cassano J; Fettweis X; Heinemann G; Seefeldt M; Solomon A; Matthes H. (Mar 2020). Confronting Arctic Troposphere, Clouds, and Surface Energy Budget Representations in Regional Climate Models With Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 125(6). 10.1029/2019JD031783
  • Solomon, A; Shupe, MD. (Oct 2019). A Case Study of Airmass Transformation and Cloud Formation at Summit, Greenland. JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES , 76(10). 10.1175/JAS-D-19-0056.1
  • de Boer, G; Dexheimer, D; Mei, F; Hubbe, J; Longbottom, C; Carroll, PJ; Apple, M; Goldberger, L; Oaks, D; Lapierre, J; Crume, M; Bernard, N; Shupe, MD; Solomon, A; Intrieri, J; Lawrence, D; Doddi, A; Holdridge, DJ; Hubbell, M; Ivey, MD; Schmid, B. (Aug 2019). Atmospheric observations made at Oliktok Point, Alaska, as part of the Profiling at Oliktok Point to Enhance YOPP Experiments (POPEYE) campaign. EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA , 11(3). 10.5194/essd-11-1349-2019
  • Smith, GC; Allard, R; Babin, M; Bertino, L; Chevallier, M; Corlett, G; Crout, J; Davidson, F; Delille, B; Gille, ST; Hebert, D; Hyder, P; Intrieri, J; Lagunas, J; Larnicol, G; Kaminski, T; Kater, B; Kauker, F; Marec, C; Mazloff, M; Metzger, EJ; Mordy, C; OCarroll, A; Olsen, SM; Phelps, M; Posey, P; Prandi, P; Rehm, E; Reid, P; Rigor, I; Sandven, S; Shupe, M; Swart, S; Smedstad, OM; Solomon, A; Storto, A; Thibaut, P; Toole, J; Wood, K; Xie, JP; Yang, QH. (Aug 2019). Polar Ocean Observations: A Critical Gap in the Observing System and Its Effect on Environmental Predictions From Hours to a Season. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE , 6. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00429
  • Stammer, D; Bracco, A; AchutaRao, K; Beal, L; Bindoff, NL; Braconnot, P; Cai, WJ; Chen, DK; Collins, M; Danabasoglu, G; Dewitte, B; Farneti, R; Fox-Kemper, B; Fyfe, J; Griffies, SM; Jayne, SR; Lazar, A; Lengaigne, M; Lin, XP; Marsland, S; Minobe, S; Monteiro, PMS; Robinson, W; Roxy, MK; Rykaczewski, RR; Speich, S; Smith, IJ; Solomon, A; Storto, A; Takahashi, K; Toniazzo, T; Vialard, J. (Jul 2019). Ocean Climate Observing Requirements in Support of Climate Research and Climate Information. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE , 6. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00444
  • Solomon, A, G de Boer, JM Creamean, A McComiskey, MD Shupe, M Maahn and C Cox. (Dec 2018). The relative impact of cloud condensation nuclei and ice nucleating particle concentrations on phase partitioning in Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus clouds. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS , 18(23). 10.5194/acp-18-17047-2018
  • Pithan, F, G Svensson, R Caballero, D Chechin, TW Cronin, AML Ekman, R Neggers, MD Shupe, A Solomon, M Tjernstrom and M Wendisch. (Nov 2018). Role of air-mass transformations in exchange between the Arctic and mid-latitudes. NATURE GEOSCIENCE , 11(11). 10.1038/s41561-018-0234-1
  • de Boer, G., M. Ivey, B. Schmid, D. Lawrence, D. Dexheimer, F. Mei, J. Hubbe, A. Bendure, J. Hardesty, M. D. Shupe, A. McComiskey, H. Telg, C. Schmitt, S. Y. Matrosov, I. Brooks, J. Creamean, A. Solomon, D. D. Turner, C. Williams, M. Maahn, B. Argrow, S. Palo, C. N. Long, R.-S. Gao, and J. Mather. (Jun 2018). A Bird's-Eye View Development of an Operational ARM Unmanned Aerial Capability for Atmospheric Research in Arctic Alaska. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY , 99(6). 10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0156.1
  • Dole, RM, JR Spackman, iman, W Otto, O Persson, XW Quan, I RangwalaM Newman, GP Compo, CA Smith, LM Hartten, JJ Barsugli, RS Webb, MP Hoerling, R Cifelli, K Wolter, CD Barnet, M Gehne, R Gelaro, GN Kiladis, S Abbott, E Akish, J Albers, JM Brown, CJ Cox, L Darby, G de Boer, B DeLuisi, J Dias, J Dunion, J Eischeid, C Fairall, A Gambacorta, BK Gorton, A Hoell, J Intrieri, D Jackson, PE Johnston, R Lataitis, KM Mahoney, K McCaffrey, HA McColl, MJ Mueller, D Murrrray, PJ Ne, AJ Ray, D Reynolds, ER Dellaripa, K Rosenlof, N Sakaeda, PD Sardeshmukh, LC Slivinski, L Smith, A Solomon, D Swales, S Tulich, A White, G Wick, MG Winterkorn, DE Wolfe and R Zamora. (May 2018). ADVANCING SCIENCE AND SERVICES DURING THE 2015/16 EL NINO The NOAA El Nino Rapid Response Field Campaign. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY , 99(5). 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0219.1
  • Persson, POG, MD Shupe, D Perovich and A Solomon. (Aug 2017). Linking atmospheric synoptic transport, cloud phase, surface energy fluxes, and sea-ice growth: observations of midwinter SHEBA conditions. CLIMATE DYNAMICS , 49(4). 10.1007/s00382-016-3383-1
  • Solomon, A, MD Shupe and NB Miller. (May 2017). Cloud-Atmospheric Boundary Layer-Surface Interactions on the Greenland Ice Sheet during the July 2012 Extreme Melt Event. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 30(9). 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0071.1
  • Kalesse, H, G de Boer, A Solomon, M Oue, M Ahlgrimm, DM Zhang, MD Shupe, E Luke and A Protat. (Dec 2016). Understanding Rapid Changes in Phase Partitioning between Cloud Liquid and Ice in Stratiform Mixed-Phase Clouds: An Arctic Case Study. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW , 144(12). 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0155.1
  • Solomon A. (Jul 2015). Corrigendum: Using initialized hindcasts to assess simulations of 1970-2009 equatorial Pacific SST, zonal wind stress, and surface flux trends (vol 27, pg 7385, 2014). Journal of Climate , 28(13), 5475-5475. 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0295.1
  • Solomon, A, G Feingold and MD Shupe. (Jan 2015). The role of ice nuclei recycling in the maintenance of cloud ice in Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS , 15(18). 10.5194/acp-15-10631-2015
  • Kravitz, B, HL Wang, PJ Rasch, H Morrison and AB Solomon. (Dec 2014). Process-model simulations of cloud albedo enhancement by aerosols in the Arctic. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES , 372(2031). 10.1098/rsta.2014.0052
  • Solomon, A. (Oct 2014). Using Initialized Hindcasts to Assess Simulations of 1970-2009 Equatorial Pacific SST, Zonal Wind Stress, and Surface Flux Trends. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 27(19). 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00709.1
  • Ovchinnikov, M, AS Ackerman, A Avramov, AN Cheng, JW Fan, AM Fridlind, S Ghan, J Harrington, C Hoose, A Korolev, GM McFarquhar, H Morrison, M Paukert, J Savre, BJ Shipway, MD Shupe, A Solomon and K Sulia. (Mar 2014). Intercomparison of large-eddy simulations of Arctic mixed-phase clouds: Importance of ice size distribution assumptions. JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS , 6(1). 10.1002/2013MS000282
  • Solomon, A, MD Shupe, O Persson, H Morrison, T Yamaguchi, PM Caldwell and G de Boer. (Feb 2014). The Sensitivity of Springtime Arctic Mixed-Phase Stratocumulus Clouds to Surface-Layer and Cloud-Top Inversion-Layer Moisture Sources. JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES , 71(2). 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0179.1
  • Goddard, L, A Kumar, A Solomon, D Smith, G Boer, P Gonzalez, V Kharin, W Merryfield, C Deser, SJ Mason, BP Kirtman, R Msadek, R Sutton, E Hawkins, T Fricker, G Hegerl, CAT Ferro, DB Stephenson, GA Meehl, T Stockdale, R Burgman, AM Greene, Y Kushnir, M Newman, J Carton, I Fukumori and T Delworth. (Jan 2013). A verification framework for interannual-to-decadal predictions experiments. CLIMATE DYNAMICS , 40(2-Jan). 10.1007/s00382-012-1481-2
  • Solomon, A and M Newman. (Sep 2012). Reconciling disparate twentieth-century Indo-Pacific ocean temperature trends in the instrumental record. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE , 2(9). 10.1038/NCLIMATE1591
  • Solomon, A, L Goddard, A Kumar, J Carton, C Deser, I Fukumori, AM Greene, G Hegerl, B Kirtman, Y Kushnir, M Newman, D Smith, D Vimont, T Delworth, GA Meehl and T Stockdale. (Feb 2011). DISTINGUISHING THE ROLES OF NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENICALLY FORCED DECADAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY Implications for Prediction. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY , 92(2). 10.1175/2010BAMS2962.1
  • Solomon, A and M Newman. (Jan 2011). Decadal predictability of tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean temperature trends due to anthropogenic forcing in a coupled climate model. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 38. 10.1029/2010GL045978
  • Solomon, A, MD Shupe, POG Persson and H Morrison. (Jan 2011). Moisture and dynamical interactions maintaining decoupled Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus in the presence of a humidity inversion. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS , 11(19). 10.5194/acp-11-10127-2011
  • Solomon, A. (Jan 2010). Interannual ENSO variability forced through coupled atmosphere-ocean feedback loops. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 37. 10.1029/2009GL041622
  • Solomon, A, H Morrison, O Persson, MD Shupe and JW Bao. (Sep 2009). Investigation of Microphysical Parameterizations of Snow and Ice in Arctic Clouds during M-PACE through Model-Observation Comparisons. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW , 137(9). 10.1175/2009MWR2688.1
  • Zhang, Y, PH Stone and A Solomon. (Jun 2009). The Role of Boundary Layer Processes in Limiting PV Homogenization. JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES , 66(6). 10.1175/2008JAS2914.1
  • Solomon, A, SI Shin, MA Alexander and JP McCreary. (Aug 2008). The relative importance of tropical variability forced from the North Pacific through ocean pathways. CLIMATE DYNAMICS , 31(3-Feb). 10.1007/s00382-007-0353-7
  • Solomon, A. (Apr 2006). Impact of latent heat release on polar climate. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 33(7). 10.1029/2005GL025607
  • Solomon, A and I Wainer. (Jan 2006). Pacific tropical-extratropical thermocline water mass exchanges in the NCAR coupled climate system model v.3. OCEAN MODELLING , 15(4-Mar). 10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.04.003
  • Solomon, A and DX Zhang. (Jan 2006). Pacific subtropical cell variability in coupled climate model simulations of the late 19th-20th century. OCEAN MODELLING , 15(4-Mar). 10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.03.007
  • Solomon, A and FF Jin. (Jan 2005). A study of the impact of off-equatorial warm pool SST anomalies on ENSO cycles. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 18(2). 10.1175/JCLI-3269.1
  • Solomon, A, JP McCreary, R Kleeman and BA Klinger. (Feb 2003). Interannual and decadal variability in an intermediate coupled model of the Pacific region. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 16(3). 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0383:IADVIA>2.0.CO;2
  • Solomon A; Stone PH. (Jan 2001). Equilibration in an eddy resolving model with simplified physics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences , 58(6), 561-574. 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0561:EIAERM>2.0.CO;2
  • Solomon A; Stone PH. (Jan 2001). The sensitivity of an intermediate model of the midlatitude troposphere's equilibrium to changes in radiative forcing. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences , 58(16), 2395-2410. 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<2395:TSOAIM>2.0.CO;2
  • Solomon A; Lindzen RS. (Dec 2000). The impact of resolution on a numerical simulation of barotropic instability. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences , 57(23), 3799-3816. 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)057<3799:TIOROA>2.0.CO;2
  • Solomon AB. (Mar 1997). An observational study of the spatial and temporal scales of transient eddy sensible heat fluxes. Journal of Climate , 10(3), 508-520. 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0508:AOSOTS>2.0.CO;2
  • TRENBERTH KE; HURRELL JW; SOLOMON A. (Apr 1995). CONSERVATION OF MASS IN 3-DIMENSIONS IN GLOBAL ANALYSES. Journal of Climate , 8(4), 692-708. 10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<0692:COMITD>2.0.CO;2
  • TRENBERTH KE; SOLOMON A. (Aug 1994). THE GLOBAL HEAT-BALANCE - HEAT TRANSPORTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN. Climate Dynamics , 10(3), 107-134. 10.1007/BF00210625
  • TRENBERTH KE; SOLOMON A. (Mar 1993). IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC SPATIAL SPECTRA FOR PROCESSING AND DISPLAYING DATA. Journal of Climate , 6(3), 531-545. 10.1175/1520-0442(1993)006<0531:IOGASS>2.0.CO;2