GESTAR II Researchers featured in NASA 2024 Top Discoveries

Each year, the Earth Science Division’s Research and Analysis Program presents some of the year’s top discoveries, and for the year 2024, the selection features research from several GESTAR II scientists, along with related publications.

Radiative effects of aerosols (AC)

Associated Publication: Yuan, T., Song, H., Oreopoulos, L. et al. (2024). Abrupt reduction in shipping emission as an inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming, Commun. Earth Environ., 5, 281 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01442-3     

Impacts of New Satellite Instruments on Weather Prediction (WAD)

Associated Publication: McGrath-Spangler, E. L., N. C. Privé, B. M. Karpowicz, I. Moradi, and A. K. Heidinger, 2024: Using OSSEs to evaluate GXS impact in the context of international coordination. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 41, 261-278, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-23-0141.1.

Nitrate photolysis and the photochemistry of tropospheric ozone (AC)

Associated Publication: Shah, V., C. A. Keller, K. E. Knowland, A. Christiansen, L. Hu, H. Wang, X. Lu, B. Alexander, and D. J. Jacob (2024). Particulate nitrate photolysis as a possible driver of rising tropospheric ozone. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL107980. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107980

Multidecadal land reanalysis over High Mountain Asia showcases a pioneering multivariate land data assimilation system (WEC)

Associated Publication: Maina, F.Z., Xue, Y., Kumar, S.V. et al. Development of a multidecadal land reanalysis over High Mountain Asia. Sci Data 11, 827 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03643-z 

Insights into the Causes and Predictability of Atmospheric Rivers (CVC)

Associated Publication: Schubert, S., Y. Chang, A. M. DeAngelis, Y.-K. Lim, N. P. Thomas, R. D. Koster, M. G. Bosilovich, A. M. Molod, A. Collow, and A. Dezfuli, 2024. Insights into the Causes and Predictability of the 2022/23 California Flooding. Journal of Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0696.1

Check out these and other top discoveries of 2024!