Author Bibliographies

Publications by Gregory S. Elsaesser

This citation list includes papers published while the author has been on staff at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. It may include some publications based on research conducted prior to their having joined the institute.

Submitted / In Review

Aerenson, T., D. McCoy, and G. Elsaesser, 2024: Model spread and bias in snowpack in the American Mountain West. J. Climate, submitted.

Elsaesser, G., M. van Lier-Walqui, Q. Yang, M. Kelley, A.S. Ackerman, A. Fridlind, G. Cesana, G.A. Schmidt, J. Wu, A. Behrangi, S.J. Camargo, B. De, K. Inoue, N. Leitmann-Niimi, and J.D.O. Strong, 2024: Using machine learning to generate a GISS ModelE calibrated physics ensemble (CPE). J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., submitted.

Yang, Q., G.S Elsaesser, M. van Lier-Walqui, T. Eidhammer, and L. Hawkins, 2024: A simple emulator that enables interpretation of parameter-output relationships, applied to two climate model PPEs. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., submitted.

In Press / Accepted

Naud, C.M., G.S. Elsaesser, P. Ghosh, J.E. Martin, D.J. Posselt, and J.F. Booth, 2025: How well does an Earth System Model represent the occlusion of extratropical cyclones? J. Climate, in press, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0252.1.

2025

Orenstein, P., A.H. Sobel, S.J. Camargo, G.S. Elsaesser, and P. Garg, 2025: The global seasonal relationship between satellite-observed cold pools and rainfall. J. Climate, 38, no. 4, 989-1003, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0218.1.

Wu, P., M. Ovchinnikov, H. Xiao, C.P. Lackner, B. Geerts, F. Tornow, and G. Elsaesser, 2025: Effect of ice number concentration on the evolution of boundary layer clouds during Arctic marine cold-air outbreaks. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 130, no. 3, e2024JD041282, doi:10.1029/2024JD041282.

2024

Eidhammer, T., A. Gettelman, K. Thayer-Calder, D. Watson-Parris, G. Elsaesser, H. Morrison, M. van Lier-Walqui, C. Song, and D. McCoy, 2024: An extensible perturbed parameter ensemble (PPE) for the Community Atmosphere Model Version 6. Geosci. Model Dev., 17, no. 21, 7835-7853, doi:10.5194/gmd-17-7835-2024.

Field, R.D., M. Luo, S.E. Bauer, J.E. Hickman, G.S. Elsaesser, K. Mezuman, M. van Lier-Walqui, K. Tsigaridis, and J. Wu, 2024: Estimating the impact of a 2017 smoke plume on surface climate over northern Canada with a climate model, satellite retrievals, and weather forecasts. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 129, no. 15, e2023JD039396, doi:10.1029/2023JD039396.

Luo, M., H.M. Worden, R.D. Field, K. Tsigaridis, and G.S. Elsaesser, 2024: TROPESS-CrIS CO single-pixel vertical profiles: Intercomparisons with MOPITT and model comparisons for 2020 western US wildfires. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, no. 9, 2611-2024, doi:10.5194/amt-17-2611-2024.

Naud, C.M., P. Ghosh, J.E. Martin, G.S. Elsaesser, and D.J. Posselt, 2024: A CloudSat-CALIPSO view of cloud and precipitation in the occluded quadrants of extratropical cyclones. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 150, 1336-1356, doi:10.1002/qj.4648.

Song, C., D.T. McCoy, T. Eidhammer, A. Gettelman, I.L. McCoy, D. Watson-Parris, C.J. Wall, G. Elsaesser, and R. Wood, 2024: Buffering of aerosol-cloud adjustments by coupling between radiative susceptibility and precipitation efficiency. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, no. 11, e2024GL108663, doi:10.1029/2024GL108663.

Tan, C., D.T. McCoy, and G. Elsaesser, 2024: Constraints on Southern Ocean shortwave cloud feedback from the hydrological cycle. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 129, no. 6, e2023JD040489, doi:10.1029/2023JD040489.

Werapitiya, G., D. McCoy, G. Elsaesser, P. Field, and S. Rahimi, 2024: Meteorology modulates the impact of GCM horizontal resolution on underestimation of midlatitude ocean wind speeds. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, no. 13, e2024GL108512, doi:10.1029/2024GL108512.

2023

Jiang, X., H. Su, J.H. Jiang, J.D. Neelin, L. Wu, Y. Tsushima, and G. Elsaesser, 2023: Muted extratropical low cloud seasonal cycle is closely linked to underestimated climate sensitivity in models. Nat. Commun., 14, no. 1, 5586, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41360-0.

Naud, C.M., J.E. Martin, P. Ghosh, G.S. Elsaesser, and D.J. Posselt, 2023: Automated identification of occluded sectors in midlatitude cyclones: Method and some climatological applications. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 149, no. 754, 1990-2010, doi:10.1002/qj.4491.

Naud, C.M., G.S. Elsaesser, and J.F. Booth, 2023: Dominant cloud controlling factors for low-level cloud fraction: Subtropical versus extratropical oceans. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, no. 19, e2023GL104496, doi:10.1029/2023GL104496.

Tornow, F., A.S. Ackerman, A.M. Fridlind, G. Tselioudis, B. Cairns, D. Painemal, and G. Elsaesser, 2023: On the impact of a dry intrusion driving cloud-regime transitions in a mid-latitude cold-air outbreak. J. Atmos. Sci., 80, no. 12, 2881-2896, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-23-0040.1.

2022

Elsaesser, G., R. Roca, T. Fiolleau, A.D. Del Genio, and J. Wu, 2022: A simple model for tropical convective cloud shield area growth and decay rates informed by geostationary IR, GPM, and Aqua/AIRS satellite data. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 127, no. 10, e2021JD035599, doi:10.1029/2021JD035599.

Hannah, W.M., K.G. Pressel, M. Ovchinnikov, and G.S. Elsaesser, 2022: Checkerboard patterns in E3SMv2 and E3SM-MMFv2. Geosci. Model Dev., 15, no. 15, 6243-6257, doi:10.5194/gmd-15-6243-2022.

McCoy, D.T., P. Field, M.E. Frazer, M.D. Zelinka, G.S Elsaesser, J. Mülmenstädt, I. Tan, T.A. Myers, and Z.J. Lebo, 2022: Extratropical shortwave cloud feedbacks in the context of the global circulation and hydrological cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, no. 8, e2021GL097154, doi:10.1029/2021GL097154.

Nazarenko, L.S., N. Tausnev, G.L. Russell, D. Rind, R.L. Miller, G.A. Schmidt, S.E. Bauer, M. Kelley, R. Ruedy, A.S. Ackerman, I. Aleinov, M. Bauer, R. Bleck, V. Canuto, G. Cesana, Y. Cheng, T.L. Clune, B.I. Cook, C.A. Cruz, A.D. Del Genio, G.S. Elsaesser, G. Faluvegi, N.Y. Kiang, D. Kim, A.A. Lacis, A. Leboissetier, A.N. LeGrande, K.K. Lo, J. Marshall, E.E. Matthews, S. McDermid, K. Mezuman, L.T. Murray, V. Oinas, C. Orbe, C.P. García-Pando, J.P. Perlwitz, M.J. Puma, A. Romanou, D.T. Shindell, S. Sun, K. Tsigaridis, G. Tselioudis, E. Weng, J. Wu, and M.-S. Yao, 2022: Future climate change under SSP emission scenarios with GISS-E2.1. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 14, no. 7, e2021MS002871, doi:10.1029/2021MS002871.

Ramos, R., A.N. LeGrande, M.L. Griffiths, G.S. Elsaesser, D.T Litchmore, J.F. Tierney, F.S.R. Pausata, and J Nusbaumer, 2022: Constraining clouds and convective parameterizations in a climate model using paleoclimate data. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 14, no. 8, e2021MS002893, doi:10.1029/2021MS002893.

Russotto, R.D., J.D.O. Strong, S.J. Camargo, A.H. Sobel, G. Elsaesser, M. Kelley, A.D. Del Genio, Y. Moon, and D. Kim, 2022: Improved representation of tropical cyclones in the NASA GISS-E3 GCM. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 14, no. 1, e2021MS002601, doi:10.1029/2021MS002601.

Schiro, K.A., H. Su, F. Ahmed, N. Dai, C.E. Singer, P. Gentine, G.S. Elsaesser, J.H. Jiang, Y.-S. Choi, and J. David Neelin, 2022: Model spread in tropical low cloud feedback tied to overturning circulation response to warming. Nat. Commun., 13, no. 1, 7119, doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34787-4.

2021

Lin, L., Q. Fu, X. Liu, Y. Shan, S.E. Giangrande, G.S. Elsaesser, K. Yang, and D. Wang, 2021: Improved convective ice microphysics parameterization in the NCAR CAM model. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, no. 9, e2020JD034157, doi:10.1029/2020JD034157.

Miller, R.L., G.A. Schmidt, L. Nazarenko, S.E. Bauer, M. Kelley, R. Ruedy, G.L. Russell, A. Ackerman, I. Aleinov, M. Bauer, R. Bleck, V. Canuto, G. Cesana, Y. Cheng, T.L. Clune, B. Cook, C.A. Cruz, A.D. Del Genio, G.S. Elsaesser, G. Faluvegi, N.Y. Kiang, D. Kim, A.A. Lacis, A. Leboissetier, A.N. LeGrande, K.K. Lo, J. Marshall, E.E. Matthews, S. McDermid, K. Mezuman, L.T. Murray, V. Oinas, C. Orbe, C. Pérez García-Pando, J.P. Perlwitz, M.J. Puma, D. Rind, A. Romanou, D.T. Shindell, S. Sun, N. Tausnev, K. Tsigaridis, G. Tselioudis, E. Weng, J. Wu, and M.-S. Yao, 2021: CMIP6 historical simulations (1850-2014) with GISS-E2.1. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 13, no. 1, e2019MS002034, doi:10.1029/2019MS002034.

2020

Cheng, Y., V.M. Canuto, A.M. Howard, A.S. Ackerman, M. Kelley, A.M. Fridlind, G.A. Schmidt, M.S. Yao, A. Del Genio, and G.S. Elsaesser, 2020: A second-order closure turbulence model: New heat flux equations and no critical Richardson number. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, no. 8, 2743-2759, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-19-0240.1.

Kelley, M., G.A. Schmidt, L. Nazarenko, S.E. Bauer, R. Ruedy, G.L. Russell, A.S. Ackerman, I. Aleinov, M. Bauer, R. Bleck, V. Canuto, G. Cesana, Y. Cheng, T.L. Clune, B.I. Cook, C.A. Cruz, A.D. Del Genio, G.S. Elsaesser, G. Faluvegi, N.Y. Kiang, D. Kim, A.A. Lacis, A. Leboissetier, A.N. LeGrande, K.K. Lo, J. Marshall, E.E. Matthews, S. McDermid, K. Mezuman, R.L. Miller, L.T. Murray, V. Oinas, C. Orbe, C. Pérez García-Pando, J.P. Perlwitz, M.J. Puma, D. Rind, A. Romanou, D.T. Shindell, S. Sun, N. Tausnev, K. Tsigaridis, G. Tselioudis, E. Weng, J. Wu, and M.-S. Yao, 2020: GISS-E2.1: Configurations and climatology. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 12, no. 8, e2019MS002025, doi:10.1029/2019MS002025.

McCoy, D.T., P. Field, A. Bodas-Salcedo, G.S. Elsaesser, and M.D. Zelinka, 2020: A regime-oriented approach to observationally constraining extratropical shortwave cloud feedbacks. J. Climate, 33, no. 23, 9967-9983, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0987.1.

McCoy, D., P. Field, H. Gordon, G. Elsaesser, and D. Grosvenor, 2020: Untangling causality in midlatitude aerosol-cloud adjustments. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 4085-4103, doi:10.5194/acp-20-4085-2020.

Schiro, K.A., S.C. Sullivan, Y.-H. Kuo, H. Su, P. Gentine, G.S. Elsaesser, J.H. Jiang, and J.D. Neelin, 2020: Environmental controls on tropical mesoscale convective system precipitation intensity. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, no. 12, 4233-4249, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-20-0111.1.

2019

Bodas-Salcedo, A., J.P. Mulcahy, T. Andrews, R.D. Williams, M.A. Ringer, P.R. Field, and G.S. Elsaesser, 2019: Strong dependence of atmospheric feedbacks on mixed-phase microphysics and aerosol-cloud interactions in HadGEM3. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 11, no. 6, 1735-1758, doi:10.1029/2019MS001688.

Cesana, G., A.D. Del Genio, A.S. Ackerman, M. Kelley, G. Elsaesser, A.M. Fridlind, Y. Cheng, and M.-S. Yao, 2019: Evaluating models' response of tropical low clouds to SST forcings using CALIPSO observations. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 2813-2832, doi:10.5194/acp-19-2813-2019.

McCoy, D.T., P.R. Field, G.S. Elsaesser, A. Bodas-Salcedo, B.H. Kahn, M.D. Zelinka, C. Kodama, T. Mauritsen, B. Vanniere, M. Roberts, P.L. Vidale, D. Saint-Martin, A. Voldoire, R. Haarsma, A. Hill, B. Shipway, and J. Wilkinson, 2019: Cloud feedbacks in extratropical cyclones: Insight from long-term satellite data and high-resolution global simulations. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 1147-1172, doi:10.5194/acp-19-1147-2019.

2018

McCoy, D.T., P.R. Field, A. Schmidt, D.P. Grosvenor, B.J. Shipway, A.A. Hill, J.M. Wilkinson, and G.S. Elsaesser, 2018: Aerosol-mid-latitude cyclone indirect effects in observations and high-resolution simulations. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 5821-5846, doi:10.5194/acp-18-5821-2018.

Stephens, G.L., M.Z. Hakuba, M. Webb, M. Lebsock, Q. Yue, B.H. Kahn, S. Hristova-Veleva, A. Rapp, C. Stubenrauch, G.S. Elsaesser, and J. Slingo, 2018: Regional intensification of the tropical hydrological cycle during ENSO. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, no. 9, 4361-4370, doi:10.1029/2018GL077598.

2017

Elsaesser, G.S., A.D. Del Genio, J. Jiang, and M. van Lier-Walqui, 2017: An improved convective ice parameterization for the NASA GISS Global Climate Model and impacts on cloud ice simulation. J. Climate, 30, no. 1, 317-336, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0346.1.

Elsaesser, G.S., C.W. O'Dell, M.D. Lebsock, R. Bennartz, and T.J. Greenwald, 2017: The Multi-Sensor Advanced Climatology of Liquid Water Path (MAC-LWP). J. Climate, 30, no. 24, 10193-10210, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0902.1.

Liu, J., C.D. Kummerow, and G.S. Elsaesser, 2017: Identifying and analyzing uncertainty structures in the TRMM Microwave Imager precipitation product. Int. J. Remote Sens., 38, no. 1, 23-42, doi:10.1080/01431161.2016.1259676.

Manaster, A., C.W. O'Dell, and G.S. Elsaesser, 2017: Evaluation of cloud liquid water path trends using a multidecadal record of passive microwave observations. J. Climate, 30, no. 15, 5871-5884, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0399.1.

Schmidt, G.A., D. Bader, L.J. Donner, G.S. Elsaesser, J.-C. Golaz, C. Hannay, A. Molod, R. Neale, and S. Saha, 2017: Practice and philosophy of climate model tuning across six U.S. modeling centers. Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 3207-3223, doi:10.5194/gmd-10-3207-2017.

2016

Hannah, W.M., B.E. Mapes, and G.S. Elsaesser, 2016: A Lagrangian view of moisture dynamics during DYNAMO. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, no. 5, 1967-1985, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0243.1.

2015

Elsaesser, G.S., and C.D. Kummerow, 2015: The sensitivity of rainfall estimation to error assumptions in a Bayesian passive microwave retrieval algorithm. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 54, 408-422, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0105.1.

2014

Duncan, D.I., C.D. Kummerow, and G.S. Elsaesser, 2014: A Lagrangian analysis of deep convective systems and their local environmental effects. J. Climate, 27, no. 4, 2072-2086, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00285.1.

2013

Elsaesser, G.S., and C.D. Kummerow, 2013: A multisensor observational depiction of the transition from light to heavy rainfall on subdaily time scales. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, no. 7, 2309-2324, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0210.1.

2012

Munchak, S.J., C.D. Kummerow, and G. Elsaesser, 2012: Relationships Between the raindrop size distribution and properties of the environment and clouds inferred from TRMM. J. Climate, 25, no. 8, 2963-2978, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00274.1.

Wang, F., C. Kummerow, A.J. Geer, P. Bauer, and G. Elsaesser, 2012: Comparing rain retrievals from GPROF with ECMWF 1D-Var products. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 138, no. 668, 1852-1886, doi:10.1002/qj.1931.

2010

Elsaesser, G.S., C.D. Kummerow, T.S. L'Ecuyer, Y.N. Takayabu, and S. Shige, 2010: Observed self-similarity of precipitation regimes over the tropical oceans. J. Climate, 23, no. 10, 2686-2698, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3330.1.

2009

Rapp, A.D., G. Elsaesser, and C. Kummerow, 2009: A combined multisensor optimal estimation retrieval algorithm for oceanic warm rain clouds. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 48, no. 11, 2242-2256, doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2156.1.

2008

Elsaesser, G.S., and C.D. Kummerow, 2008: Toward a fully parametric retrieval of the nonraining parameters over the global oceans. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 47, no. 6, 1599-1618, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1712.1.

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