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, 17381744, 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 file

 

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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