Author Bibliographies

Publications by Robert D. Field

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.

In Press / Accepted

Mortelmans, J., S. Apers, G.J.M. De Lannoy, S. Veraverbeke, R.D. Field, N. Andela, and M. Bechtold, 2025: Using hydrological modeling to improve the Fire Weather Index system over tropical peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Int. J. Wildland Fire, in press.

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.

Larose, J., É. Boucher, A. de Vernal, I. Hermoso de Mendoza, F. Gennaretti, A. Lavergne, L. Andreu-Hayles, and R.D. Field, 2024: Labrador Sea's influence on black spruce forests: Insights from tree-ring stable oxygen isotopes. Commun. Earth Environ., 5, 108, doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01271-4.

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.

Mortelmans, J., A. Felsberg, G.J.M. De Lannoy, S. Veraverbeke, R.D. Field, N. Andela, and M. Bechtold, 2024: Improving the fire weather index system for peatlands using peat-specific hydrological input data. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, no. 2, 445-464, doi:10.5194/nhess-24-445-2024.

Tsigaridis, K., R. Field, S.E. Bauer, M.N. Ross, C. Maloney, G.A. Schmidt, and K.H. Rosenlof, 2024: Composition and climate impacts of increasing launches to Low Earth Orbit. In AIAA SciTech 2024 Forum, 8-12 January 2024, Orlando, FL, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, doi:10.2514/6.2024-2168.

2023

Borges, D.E., S. Ramage, D. Green, C. Justice, C. Nakalembe, A. Whitcraft, B. Barker, I. Becker-Reshef, C. Balagizi, S. Salvi, V. Ambrosia, J. San-Miguel-Ayanz, L. Boschetti, R. Field, L. Giglio, L. Kühle, F. Löw, A. Kettner, G. Schumman, G.R. Brakenridge, R. Adler, H. Kontoes, H. De Boissezon, A. Eddy, D. Kirschbaum, R. Emberson, S. Cooley, S. Lloyd, C. Blake, and K. Reichenbach, 2023: Earth observations into action: Systemic integration of Earth observation application into national risk reduction decision structures. Disaster Prev. Manag., 32, no. 1, 163-185, doi:10.1108/DPM-09-2022-0186.

Tanpipat, V., K. Manomaiphiboon, R.D. Field, W.J. deGroot, P. Nhuchaiya, N. Jaroonrattanapak, C. Buaniam, and J. Yodcum, 2023: An operational fire danger rating system for Thailand and Lower Mekong Region: Development, utilization, and experiences. In Vegetation Fires and Pollution in Asia. K.P. Vadrevu, T. Ohara, and C. Justice, Eds., Springer, pp. 575-588, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-29916-2_34.

2022

Field, R.D., L. Andreu-Hayles, R.D. D'Arrigo, R. Oelkers, B.H. Luckman, D. Morimoto, E. Boucher, F. Gennaretti, I. Hermoso, A. Lavergne, and M. Levesque, 2022: Tree-ring cellulose δ18O records similar large-scale climate influences as precipitation δ18O in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Clim. Dyn., 58, no. 3-4, 759-776, doi:10.1007/s00382-021-05932-4.

Grillakis, M., A. Voulgarakis, A. Rovithakis, K.D. Seiradakis, A. Koutroulis, R.D. Field, M. Kasoar, A. Papadopoulos, and M. Lazaridis, 2022: Climate drivers of global wildfire burned area. Environ. Res. Lett., 17, no. 4, 045021, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac5fa1.

Hermoso de Mendoza, I., E. Boucher, F. Gennaretti, A. Lavergne, L. Andreu-Hayles, and R.D. Field, 2022: A new snow module improves predictions of isotope-enabled MAIDENiso forest growth model. Geosci. Model Dev., 15, no. 5, 1931-1952, doi:10.5194/gmd-15-1931-2022.

Rovithakis, A., M.G. Grillakis, K.D. Seiradakis, C. Giannakopoulos, A. Karali, R.D. Field, M. Lazaridis, and A. Voulgarakis, 2022: Future climate change impact on wildfire danger over the Mediterranean: The case of Greece. Environ. Res. Lett., 17, no. 4, 045022, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac5f94.

2021

Braneon, C., R.D Field, E. Seto, L. Chen, K. McConnell, L. Robinson, and S. Richardson, 2021: Towards disentangling lockdown-driven air quality changes in the Northeastern U.S. J. Extreme Events, 8, no. 2, 2150017, doi:10.1142/S2345737621500172.

Field, R.D., J.E. Hickman, I.V. Geogdzhayev, K. Tsigaridis, and S.E. Bauer, 2021: Changes in satellite retrievals of atmospheric composition over eastern China during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, no. 24, 18333-18350, doi:10.5194/acp-21-18333-2021.

Schon, J., K. Mezuman, A. Heslin, R.D. Field, and M.J. Puma, 2021: How fire patterns reveal uneven stabilization at the end of conflict: Examining Syria's unusual fire year in 2019. Environ. Res. Lett., 16, no. 4, 044046, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abe327.

2020

Field, R.D., 2020: Evaluation of Global Fire Weather Database re-analysis and short-term forecast products. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20, no. 4, 1123-1147, doi:10.5194/nhess-20-1123-2020.

Field, R.D., 2020: Using satellite estimates of precipitation for fire danger rating. In Satellite Precipitation Measurement, Volume 2. V. Levizzani, C. Kidd, D.B. Kirschbaum, C.D. Kummerow, K. Nakamura, and F.J. Turk, Eds., Advances in Global Change Research, vol. 69, Springer, pp. 1131-1154, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35798-6_33.

2019

Jethva, H., O. Torres, R.D. Field, A. Lapustin, R. Guatam, and V. Kayetha, 2019: Connecting crop productivity, residue fires, and air quality over Northern India. Sci. Rep., 9, 16594, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52799-x.

2018

Heyer, J.P., M.J. Power, R. Field, and M.J.E. van Marle, 2018: The impacts of recent drought and fire in lowland Bolivia on forest loss and regional smoke emissions. Biogeosciences, 15, 4317-4331, doi:10.5194/bg-15-4317-2018.

Pan, X., M. Chin, C. Ichoku, and R.D. Field, 2018: Connecting Indonesian fires and drought with the type of El Niño and phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole during 1979-2016. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 123, no. 15, 7974-7988, doi:10.1029/2018JD028402.

2017

Shawki, D., R.D. Field, M.K. Tippett, B.H. Saharjo, I. Albar, D. Atmoko, and A. Voulgarakis, 2017: Long-lead prediction of the 2015 fire and haze episode in Indonesia. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, no. 19, 9996-10005, doi:10.1002/2017GL073660.

Van Marle, M.J.E., S. Kloster, B.I. Magi, J.R. Marlon, A.-L. Daniau, R.D. Field, A. Arneth, M. Forrest, S. Hantson, N.M. Kehrwald, W. Knorr, G. Lasslop, F. Li, S. Mangeon, C. Yue, J.W. Kaiser, and G.R. van der Werf, 2017: Historic global biomass burning emissions for CMIP6 (BB4CMIP) based on merging satellite observations with proxies and fire models (1750-2015). Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 3329-3357, doi:10.5194/gmd-10-3329-2017.

Van Marle, M.J.E., R.D. Field, G.R. van der Werf, I.A. Estrada de Wagt, R.A. Houghton, L.V. Rizzo, P. Artaxo, and K. Tsigaridis, 2017: Fire and deforestation dynamics in Amazonia (1973-2014). Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles, 31, no. 1, 24-38, doi:10.1002/2016GB005445.

2016

Field, R.D., M. Luo, M. Fromm, A. Voulgarakis, S. Mangeon, and J. Worden, 2016: Simulating the Black Saturday 2009 smoke plume with an interactive composition-climate model: Sensitivity to emissions amount, timing and injection height. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, no. 8, 4296-4316, doi:10.1002/2015JD024343.

Field, R.D., G. van der Werf, T. Fanin, E. Fetzer, R. Fuller, H. Jethva, R. Levy, N. Livesey, M. Luo, O. Torres, and H.M. Worden, 2016: Indonesian fire activity and smoke pollution in 2015 show persistent nonlinear sensitivity to El Niño-induced drought. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 113, no. 33, 9204-9209, doi:10.1073/pnas.1524888113.

Galewsky, J., H.C. Steen-Larsen, R. Field, J. Worden, C. Risi, and M. Schneider, 2016: Stable isotopes in atmospheric water vapor and applications to the hydrologic cycle. Rev. Geophys., 54, no. 4, 809-865, doi:10.1002/2015RG000512.

Geller, M.A., T. Zhou, D. Shindell, R. Ruedy, I. Aleinov, L. Nazarenko, N. Tausnev, M. Kelley, S. Sun, Y. Cheng, R.D. Field, and G. Faluvegi, 2016: Modeling the QBO — Improvements resulting from higher model vertical resolution. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 8, no. 3, 1092-1105, doi:10.1002/2016MS000699.

Mangeon, S., R.D. Field, M. Fromm, C. McHugh, and A. Voulgarakis, 2016: Satellite versus ground-based estimates of burned area: A comparison between MODIS based burned area and fire agency reports over North America in 2007. Anthropocene Rev., 3, no. 2, 76-92, doi:10.1177/2053019615588790.

Moore, G.W.K., R.D. Field, and C. Benson, 2016: Impact of source region on the δ18O signal in snow: A case study from Mount Wrangell, Alaska. J. Hydrometeorol., 17, no. 1, 139-152, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-14-0224.1.

2015

Field, R.D., M. Luo, D. Kim, A.D. Del Genio, A. Voulgarakis, and J. Worden, 2015: Sensitivity of simulated tropospheric CO to subgrid physics parameterization: A case study of Indonesian biomass burning emissions in 2006. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, no. 22, 11743-11759, doi:10.1002/2015JD023402.

Field, R.D., A.C. Spessa, N.A. Aziz, A. Camia, A. Cantin, R. Carr, W.J. de Groot, A.J. Dowdy, M.D. Flannigan, K. Manomaiphiboon, F. Pappenberger, V. Tanpipat, and X. Wang, 2015: Development of a global fire weather database. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 1407-1423, doi:10.5194/nhess-15-1407-2015.

Spessa, A.C., R.D. Field, F. Pappenberger, A. Langner, S. Englhart, U. Weber, T. Stockdale, F. Siegert, J.W. Kaiser, and J. Moore, 2015: Seasonal forecasting of fire over Kalimantan, Indonesia. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 429-442, doi:10.5194/nhess-15-429-2015.

Voulgarakis, A., and R.D. Field, 2015: Fire influences on atmospheric composition, air quality, and climate. Curr. Pollut. Rep., 1, no. 2, 70-81, doi:10.1007/s40726-015-0007-z.

2014

Field, R.D., D. Kim, A.N. LeGrande, J. Worden, M. Kelley, and G.A. Schmidt, 2014: Evaluating climate model performance in the tropics with retrievals of water isotopic composition from Aura TES. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, no. 16, 6030-6036, doi:10.1002/2014GL060572.

Lestari, R.K., M. Watanabe, Y. Imada, H. Shiogama, R.D. Field, T. Takemura, and M. Kimoto, 2014: Increasing potential of biomass burning over Sumatra, Indonesia induced by anthropogenic tropical warming. Environ. Res. Lett., 9, no. 10, 104010, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/104010.

Porter, T.J., M.F.J. Pisaric, R.D. Field, S.V. Kokelj, T.W.D. Edwards, P. deMontigny, R. Healy, and A. LeGrande, 2014: Spring-summer temperatures since AD 1780 reconstructed from stable oxygen isotope ratios in white spruce tree-rings from the Mackenzie Delta, northwestern Canada. Clim. Dyn., 42, no. 3-4, 771-785, doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1674-3.

2013

Voulgarakis, A., V. Naik, J.-F. Lamarque, D.T. Shindell, P.J. Young, M.J. Prather, O. Wild, R.D. Field, D. Bergmann, P. Cameron-Smith, I. Cionni, W.J. Collins, S.B. Dalsøren, R.M. Doherty, V. Eyring, G. Faluvegi, G.A. Folberth, L.W. Horowitz, B. Josse, I.A. McKenzie, T. Nagashima, D.A. Plummer, M. Righi, S.T. Rumbold, D.S. Stevenson, S.A. Strode, K. Sudo, S. Szopa, and G. Zeng, 2013: Analysis of present day and future OH and methane lifetime in the ACCMIP simulations. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 2563-2587, doi:10.5194/acp-13-2563-2013.

2012

Field, R.D., C. Risi, G.A. Schmidt, J. Worden, A. Voulgarakis, A.N. LeGrande, A.H. Sobel, and R.J. Healy, 2012: A Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer HDO/H2O retrieval simulator for climate models. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 10485-10504, doi:10.5194/acp-12-10485-2012.

2010

Field, R.D., 2010: Observed and modeled controls on precipitation δ18O over Europe: From local temperature to the Northern Annular Mode. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D12101, doi:10.1029/2009JD013370.

Field, R.D., D.B.A. Jones, and D.P. Brown, 2010: Effects of post-condensation exchange on the isotopic composition of water in the atmosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D24305, doi:10.1029/2010JD014334.

Field, R.D., G.W.K. Moore, G. Holdsworth, and G.A. Schmidt, 2010: A GCM-based analysis of circulation controls on δ18O in the southwest Yukon, Canada: Implications for climate reconstructions in the region. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L05706, doi:10.1029/2009GL041408.

Hanesiak, J., R. Stewart, P. Taylor, K. Moore, D. Barber, G. McBean, W. Strapp, M. Wolde, R. Goodson, E. Hudson, D. Hudak, J. Scott, G. Liu, J. Gilligan, S. Biswas, D. Desjardins, R. Dyck, S. Fargey, R. Field, G. Gascon, M. Gordon, H. Greene, C. Hay, W. Henson, K. Hochheim, A. Laplante, R. Martin, M. Melzer, and S. Zhang, 2010: Storm Studies in the Arctic (STAR). Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 91, 47-68, doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2693.1.

2009

Field, R.D., G.R. van der Werf, and S.S.P. Shen, 2009: Human amplification of drought-induced biomass burning in Indonesia since 1960. Nat. Geosci., 2, 185-188, doi:10.1038/NGEO443.

2008

Field, R.D., and S.S.P. Shen, 2008: Predictability of carbon emissions from biomass burning in Indonesia from 1997 to 2006. J. Geophys. Res., 113, G04024, doi:10.1029/2008JG000694.

2006

De Groot, W.J., R.D. Field, M.A. Brady, O. Roswintiarti, and M. Mohamad, 2006: Development of the Indonesian and Malaysian Fire Danger Rating Systems. Mitig. Adapt. Strategies Glob. Change, 12, 165-180, doi:10.1007/s11027-006-9043-8.

2005

Dymond, C.C., R.D. Field, O. Roswintiarti, and Guswanto, 2005: Using satellite fire detection to calibrate components of the Fire Weather Index System in Malaysia and Indonesia. Environ. Manag., 35, 426-440, doi:10.1007/s00267-003-0241-9.

2004

Field, R.D., Y. Wang, O. Roswintiarti, and Guswanto, 2004: A drought-based predictor of recent haze events in western Indonesia. Atmos. Environ., 38, 1869-1878, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.01.011.

Wang, Y., R.D. Field, and O. Roswintiarti, 2004: Trends in atmospheric haze induced by peat fires in Sumatra Island, Indonesia and El Niño phenomenon from 1973 to 2003. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L04103, doi:10.1029/2003GL018853.

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