Publications
2015
58) Strahan, S. E., L. D. Oman, A. R. Douglass, and L. Coy,
2015: Modulation of Antarctic vortex composition by the Quasi-Biennial
Oscillation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42,
doi:10.1002/2015GL063759. PDF
file
57) Prather, M. J., J. Hsu, N. M. DeLuca, C. H. Jackman, L. D. Oman, A. R. Douglass, E. L. Fleming, S. E. Strahan, S. D. Steenrod, O. A. Sovde, I. S. A. Isaksen, L. Froidevaux, and B. Funke, 2015: Measuring
and modeling the lifetime of nitrous oxide including its variability, J. Geophys. Res.
Atmos., 120, 5693–5705, doi:10.1002/2015JD023267. PDF
file
56) Stolarski,
R. S., A. R. Douglass, L. D. Oman, and D. W. Waugh, 2015: Impact of future
nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions on the stratospheric ozone layer, Environmental
Research Letters, 10(3), 1–6, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/034011. PDF
file
55) Garfinkel, C. I., M. M. Hurwitz,
and L. D. Oman, 2015: Effect of recent sea surface temperature trends on the
Arctic stratospheric vortex, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 5404–5416, doi:10.1002/2015JD023284.
PDF file
54) Orbe,
C., P. A. Newman, D. W. Waugh, M. Holzer, L. D. Oman,
F. Li, and L. M. Polvani, 2015: Air-Mass Origin in
the Arctic. Part I: Seasonality, J. Climate, 28, 4997–5014, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00720.1. PDF file
53) Orbe,
C., P. A. Newman, D. W. Waugh, M. Holzer, L. D. Oman,
F. Li, and L. M. Polvani, 2015: Air-Mass Origin in
the Arctic. Part II: Response to Increases in Greenhouse Gases, J. Climate,
28, 9105-9120, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0296.1. PDF file
52) Ziemke,
J. R., A. R. Douglass, L. D. Oman, S. E. Strahan, and
B. N. Duncan, 2015: Tropospheric ozone variability in the tropics from ENSO to
MJO and shorter timescales, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 8037-8049,
doi:10.5194/acp-15-8037-2015. PDF
file
51) Seery,
B., B. Barbee, J. Nuth, L. Oman, M. Boslough, P. Miller, C. Plesko,
and R. Weaver, 2015: Investigations of short warning time response options for
hazardous near-Earth objects, Aerospace Conference, 2015 IEEE, pp.1-12,
doi:10.1109/AERO.2015.7118960. PDF
file
2014
50) Oman, L. D., and A. R. Douglass, 2014:
Improvements in Total Column Ozone in GEOSCCM and Comparisons with a New Ozone
Depleting Substances Scenario, J. Geophys. Res., 119,
5613-5624, doi:10.1002/2014JD021590. PDF file
49) Douglass, A. R., S. E. Strahan, L. D. Oman, and R. S. Stolarski,
2014: Understanding Differences in Chemistry Climate Model Projections of
Stratospheric Ozone, J. Geophys. Res., 119,
4922-4939, doi:10.1002/2013JD021159. PDF file
48) Stolarski, R.
S., D. W. Waugh, L. Wang, L. D. Oman, A. R. Douglass, and P. A. Newman, 2014:
Seasonal variation of ozone in the tropical lower stratosphere: Southern
tropics are different from Northern tropics,
J. Geophys.
Res., 119, 6196-6206, doi:10.1002/2013JD021294. PDF file
47) Schmidt,
A., T. Thordarson, L. D. Oman, A. Robock,
S. Self, 2014: Reply to
Comments on Climatic impact of the long-lasting Laki
eruption: Inapplicability of mass-independent sulfur isotope composition
measurements by Cole-Dai et al., J. Geophys. Res., 119,
6636-6637, doi:10.1002/2013JD021440. PDF file
46) Aquila, V., C. I. Garfinkel, P.
A. Newman, L. D. Oman, and D. W. Waugh, 2014: Modifications of the
quasi-biennial oscillation by a geoengineering perturbation of the
stratospheric aerosol layer, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 1738–1744,
doi:10.1002/2013GL058818. PDF file
45) Orbe, C., M. Holzer,
L. M. Polvani, D. W. Waugh, F. Li, L. D. Oman, and P.
A. Newman, 2014: Seasonal Ventilation of the Stratosphere: Robust Diagnostics
from One-Way Flux Distributions, J. Geophys. Res., 119,
293-306, doi:10.1002/2013JD020213. PDF
file
2013
44) Oman, L. D., A. R. Douglass,
J. R. Ziemke, J. M. Rodriguez, D. W. Waugh, and J. E.
Nielsen, 2013: The ozone response to ENSO in Aura satellite measurements and a
chemistry-climate simulation, J. Geophys. Res., 118,
965-976, doi:10.1029/2012JD018546. PDF
file
43) Garfinkel, C. I., D. W. Waugh, L. D. Oman, L. Wang, and M.
M. Hurwitz, 2013: Temperature trends in the tropical upper troposphere and
lower stratosphere: Connections with sea surface temperatures and implications
for water vapor and ozone, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 9658–9672, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50772.
PDF file
42) Hurwitz, M. M., L. D. Oman, P. A. Newman, and I.-S. Song, 2013: Net influence of an internally–generated
quasi-biennial oscillation on modelled stratospheric
climate and chemistry. Atmos. Chem.
Phys., 13, 12187-12197, doi:10.5194/acp-13-12187-2013. PDF file
41) Aquila, V., L.D. Oman, R. Stolarski, A. R. Douglass, and P. A. Newman, 2013: The Response
of Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide to the Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo at Southern and
Northern Midlatitudes. Journal of Atmospheric Science, 70(3), 894–900,
doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0143.1 PDF
file
40) Garfinkel,
C. I., L. D. Oman, E. A. Barnes, D. W. Waugh, M. M. Hurwitz, and A. M. Molod, 2013: Connections between the Spring Breakup of the
Southern Hemisphere Polar Vortex, Stationary Waves, and Air-Sea Roughness. Journal of
Atmospheric Science, 70(7), 2137-2151, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0242.1 PDF file
39) Hurwitz, M. M., C. I. Garfinkel,
P. A. Newman, and L. D. Oman, 2013: Sensitivity of the Atmospheric Response to Warm Pool
El Nio Events to modeled SSTs and Future Climate Forcings,
J.
Geophys. Res., 118, 13371-13382, doi:10.1002/2013JD021051. PDF file
38) Garfinkel, C.
I., M. M. Hurwitz, L. D. Oman, and D. W. Waugh, 2013: Contrasting
Effects of Central Pacific and Eastern Pacific El Nino on Stratospheric Water
Vapor in a Chemistry-climate Model, Geophys.
Res. Lett., 40, 4115-4120, doi:10.1002/grl.50677 PDF file
2012
37) Aquila, V., L. D. Oman, R. S. Stolarski, P. R. Colarco, and P.
A. Newman, 2012: Dispersion of the volcanic sulfate cloud from a Mount
Pinatubo–like eruption, J. Geophys. Res., 117,
D06216, doi:10.1029/2011JD016968. PDF file
correction file
36) Douglass, A. R., R. S. Stolarski, S. E. Strahan, and L.
D. Oman, 2012: Understanding differences in upper stratospheric ozone response
to changes in chlorine and temperature as computed using CCMVal-2 models, J. Geophys. Res.,
117, D16306, doi:10.1029/2012JD017483. PDF file
35) Schmidt, A., T. Thordarson, L. D. Oman, A. Robock,
and S. Self, 2012: Climatic impact of the long-lasting 1783 Laki
eruption: Inapplicability of mass-independent sulfur isotopic composition
measurements. J. Geophys.
Res., 117, D23116, doi:10.1029/2012JD018414. PDF file
34) Swartz, W. H., R.
S. Stolarski, L. D. Oman, E. L. Fleming, and C. H. Jackman, 2012: Middle atmosphere response to different
descriptions of the 11-yr solar cycle in spectral irradiance in a
chemistry-climate model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 5937-5948, doi:10.5194/acp-12-5937-2012. PDF file
33) Lang, C., D. W. Waugh, M. A.
Olsen, A. R. Douglass, Q. Liang, J. E. Nielsen, L. D. Oman, S. Pawson, and R. S. Stolarski,
2012: The impact of greenhouse gases on past changes in tropospheric ozone, J. Geophys. Res.,
117, D23304, doi:10.1029/2012JD018293. PDF file
2011
32) Oman, L. D., J. R. Ziemke, A. R. Douglass, D. W. Waugh, C. Lang, J. M.
Rodriguez, J. E. Nielsen, 2011: The Response of Tropical Tropospheric Ozone to
ENSO, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, doi:10.1029/2011GL047865. PDF file
31) Garfinkel,
C. I, A. M. Molod, L. D. Oman, I.-S.
Song, 2011: Improvement of the GEOS-5 AGCM upon updating the Air-Sea roughness
parameterization, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, doi:10.1029/2011GL048802. PDF
file
30) Whiteman, D. N, K. C. Vermeesch,
L. D. Oman, E. C. Weatherhead, 2011: The relative
importance of accuracy and observation frequency in detecting trends in upper
tropospheric water vapor, J. Geophys. Res., 116, doi:10.1029/2011JD016610. PDF file
29) Hurwitz, M. M., P. A. Newman, L. D. Oman, and A. M. Molod, 2011: Response of the Antarctic Stratosphere to Two
Types of El Nino Events, J. Atmos. Sci.,
68, doi:10.1175/2011JAS3606.1. PDF file
28) Hurwitz, M. M., I.-S. Song, L. D. Oman, P. A. Newman, A. M. Molod, S. M. Frith, and J. E.
Nielsen, 2011: Response of the Antarctic stratosphere to warm pool El Nio
Events in the GEOS CCM, Atmos. Chem.
Phys., 11, 9659-9669, doi:10.5194/acpd-11-9659-2011. PDF file
2010
27) Oman, L. D., D. A. Plummer, D. W.
Waugh, J. Austin, J. Scinocca, A. R. Douglass, R. J. Salawitch, T. Canty, H. Akiyoshi, S. Bekki, P. Braesicke, N. Butchart, M. P. Chipperfield, D. Cugnet, S. Dhomse, V. Eyring, S. Frith, S. C. Hardiman, D. E. Kinnison, J. F. Lamarque, E.
Mancini, M. Marchand, M. Michou,
O. Morgenstern, T. Nakamura, J. E. Nielsen, D. Olivie,
G. Pitari, J. Pyle, E. Rozanov,
T. G. Shepherd, K. Shibata, R. S. Stolarski, H. Teyssdre, W. Tian, and Y.
Yamashita, 2010: Multi-model assessment of the factors
driving stratospheric ozone evolution over the 21st century, J. Geophys.
Res., 115, D24306, doi:10.1029/2010JD014362. PDF
file
26) Oman, L. D., D. W. Waugh, S. R. Kawa,
R. S. Stolarski, A. R. Douglass, and P. A. Newman,
2010: Mechanisms and feedbacks causing changes in upper stratospheric ozone in
the 21st century, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D05303, doi:10.1029/2009JD012397. PDF
file
25) Hurwitz, M. M., P. A. Newman, F. Li, L. D. Oman, O. Morgenstern, P.
Braesicke, and J. A. Pyle 2010, Assessment of the
breakup of the Antarctic polar vortex in two new chemistry-climate models, J. Geophys. Res.,
115, D07105, doi:10.1029/2009JD012788. PDF file
24) Ziemke, J. R., S. Chandra, L.
D. Oman, and P. K. Bhartia, 2010: A new ENSO index
derived from satellite measurements of column ozone, Atm. Chem. Phys., 10, 3711-3721. PDF file
23) Austin, J., J. Scinocca, D. Plummer, L. Oman, D. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, S. Bekki, P. Braesicke, N. Butchart, M. Chipperfield, D. Cugnet, M. Dameris, S. Dhomse, V. Eyring, S. Frith, R. R. Garcia,
H. Garny, A. Gettelman, S.
C. Hardiman, D. Kinnison,
J. F. Lamarque, E. Mancini, M. Marchand,
M. Michou, O. Morgenstern, T. Nakamura, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, J. Pyle, E. Rozanov, T.G. Shepherd, K. Shibata, H. Teyssedre,
R.J. Wilson, Y.Yamashita, 2010: The decline and
recovery of total column ozone using a multi-model time series analysis, J. Geophys.
Res., 115, D00M10, doi:10.1029/2010JD013857. PDF file
22) Eyring, V., I. Cionni,
G. E. Bodeker, A. J. Charlton-Perez, D. E. Kinnison, J. F. Scinocca, D. W.
Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, S. Bekki,
M. P. Chipperfield, M. Dameris,
S. Dhomse, S. M. Frith, H. Garny, A. Gettelman, A. Kubin, U. Langematz, E. Mancini,
M. Marchand, T. Nakamura, L. D. Oman, S. Pawson, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer,
E. Rozanov, T. G. Shepherd, K. Shibata, W. Tian, P. Braesicke, S. C. Hardiman, J. F. Lamarque, O.
Morgenstern, D. Smale, J. A. Pyle, and Y. Yamashita, Multi-model assessment of stratospheric ozone return
dates and ozone recovery in CCMVal-2 models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 9451-9472,
doi:10.5194/acp-10-9451-2010, 2010.
PDF file
21) Eyring, V., I. Cionni, J. F. Lamarque, H. Akiyoshi, G. E. Bodeker, A. J.
Charlton-Perez, S. M. Frith, A. Gettelman,
D. E. Kinnison, T. Nakamura, L. D. Oman, S. Pawson, and Y. Yamashita, 2010: Sensitivity of 21st century
stratospheric ozone to greenhouse gas scenarios, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L16807, doi:10.1029/2010GL044443. PDF file
20) Zhu, X., L.
D. Oman, D. W. Waugh, and S. A. Lloyd, 2010: Equatorial Superrotation on Earth Induced
by Optically Thick Dust Clouds, Johns
Hopkins APL Technical Digest, 28, 3, 240-241. PDF file
2009
19) Oman, L., D. W. Waugh, S. Pawson, R. S. Stolarski, and P. A. Newman, 2009: On the Influence of Anthropogenic Forcings on Changes in the Stratospheric Mean Age, J. Geophys. Res.,
114, D03105, doi:10.1029/2008JD010378. PDF
file
18) Waugh, D.
W., L. Oman, P. A. Newman, R. S. Stolarski, S. Pawson, J. E. Nielsen, and J. Perlwitz,
2009: Effect of zonal asymmetries in stratospheric ozone on simulated southern
hemisphere climate trends, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L18701, doi:10.1029/2009GL040419. PDF file
17) Newman, P. A., L. D. Oman, A. R.
Douglass, E. L. Fleming, S. M. Frith, M. M. Hurwitz,
S. R. Kawa, C. H. Jackman,
N. A. Krotkov, E. R. Nash, J. E. Nielsen, S. Pawson, R. S. Stolarski, and G.
J. M. Velders, 2009: What would have happened to the
ozone layer if chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) had not been regulated?, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 2113-2128. PDF
file
16) Waugh, Darryn W., Luke Oman, S. Randy Kawa, Richard. S. Stolarski,
Steven Pawson, Anne R. Douglass, Paul A. Newman, and
J. Eric Nielsen, 2009: Impact of climate change on ozone recovery ,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03805, doi:10.1029/2008GL036223. PDF
file
15) Robock, Alan, Caspar M. Ammann, Luke Oman, Drew Shindell,
Samuel Levis, and Georgiy Stenchikov,
2009: Did the Toba volcanic eruption of ~74 ka B.P.
produce widespread glaciation? J. Geophys. Res., 114, D10107, doi:10.1029/2008JD011652. PDF file
14) Kravitz, Ben, Alan Robock,
Luke Oman, Georgiy Stenchikov,
and Allison B. Marquardt, 2009: Sulfuric acid deposition from
stratospheric geoengineering with sulfate aerosols. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D14109, doi:10.1029/2009JD011918. PDF file Correction corrPDF
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2008
13) Oman, Luke, Darryn W. Waugh, Steven Pawson, Richard S. Stolarski, and
J. Eric Nielsen, 2008: Understanding
the Changes of Stratospheric Water Vapor in Coupled Chemistry-Climate Model
Simulations, J. Atmos. Sci., 65,
3278-3291. PDF file
12) Robock, Alan, Luke Oman, and Georgiy Stenchikov, 2008:
Regional climate responses to geoengineering with tropical and Arctic SO2 injections. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16101, doi:10.1029/2008JD010050. PDF file
11) Rasch, Philip J., Simone Tilmes, Richard P. Turco, Alan Robock, Luke Oman, Chih-Chieh
(Jack) Chen, Georgiy L. Stenchikov,
and Rolando R. Garcia, 2008: An overview of geoengineering of climate using
stratospheric sulfate aerosols. Phil.
Trans. Royal Soc. A., 366,
4007-4037, doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0131. PDF file
2007
10) Gao, Chaochao, Luke Oman, Alan Robock,
and Georgiy L. Stenchikov,
2007: Atmospheric volcanic loading derived from bipolar ice cores
accounting for the spatial distribution of volcanic deposition. J. Geophys. Res.,
112, D09109, doi:10.1029/2006JD007461. PDF file
9) Robock, Alan, Luke Oman, Georgiy L. Stenchikov, Owen B. Toon, Charles Bardeen, and Richard P. Turco,
2007: Climatic consequences of regional nuclear conflicts. Atm. Chem. Phys., 7, 2003-2012. PDF file
8) Toon, Owen B., Alan Robock, Richard P. Turco, Charles
Bardeen, Luke Oman, and Georgiy L. Stenchikov, 2007: Consequences of regional-scale
nuclear conflicts. Science, 315, 1224-1225.
PDF file
7) Toon, Owen B., Richard P. Turco, Alan Robock, Charles
Bardeen, Luke Oman, and Georgiy L. Stenchikov, 2007: Atmospheric effects and societal
consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear
terrorism. Atm. Chem. Phys., 7,
1973-2002. PDF file
6) Robock, Alan, Owen B. Toon,
Richard P. Turco, Luke Oman, Georgiy
L. Stenchikov, and Charles Bardeen, 2007: The
continuing environmental threat of nuclear weapons: Integrated policy
responses needed. EOS, 88, 228,
231, doi:10.1029/2007ES001816. PDF file
5) Robock, Alan, Luke Oman, and Georgiy L. Stenchikov,
2007: Nuclear winter revisited with a modern climate model and current
nuclear arsenals: Still catastrophic consequences. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D13107, doi:2006JD008235. PDF file
4) Robock, Alan, Tyler Adams, Mary Moore, Luke
Oman, and Georgiy Stenchikov,
2007: Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation effects of the 1991
Mount Pinatubo eruption. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L23710,
doi:10.1029/2007GL031403. PDF
file
2006
3) Oman, Luke, Alan Robock, Georgiy L. Stenchikov, Thorvaldur Thordarson, Dorothy
Koch, Drew T. Shindell, and Chaochao
Gao, 2006: Modeling the distribution of the
volcanic aerosol cloud from the 1783-1784 Laki
eruption. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12209, doi:10.1029/2005JD006899. PDF file
2) Oman, Luke, Alan Robock, Georgiy L. Stenchikov, and Thorvaldur Thordarson, 2006: High-latitude eruptions cast shadow over the African monsoon and the flow of the Nile. Geophys. Res. Lett.,33, L18711, doi:10.1029/2006GL027665. PDF file
2005
1) Oman, Luke, Alan Robock, Georgiy Stenchikov, Gavin A.
Schmidt, and Reto Ruedy,
2005: Climatic response
to high latitude volcanic eruptions.
J. Geophys. Res, 110 (D13), D13103, doi:10.1029/2004JD005487.
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