Jennifer E. Kay

Project Scientist

NCAR/CGD/AMP

P.O. Box 3000

Boulder, CO 80307

303.497.1730

jenkay at ucar dot edu

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My research interests include:

Cloud and aerosol processes and their influence on the coupled climate system

Mechanisms for recent Arctic sea ice loss

Evaluation of climate models using data assimilation

Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies

Recent highlights include:

Satellite observations reveal no cloud response to recent summer sea ice loss,

but do show cloud increases over newly open water in early fall.

Details and the implications for Arctic ice-cloud feedbacks in our JGR paper here.

Anomalous cloud and weather patterns contributed to the record Arctic sea ice loss in 2007.

See our GRL paper for an analysis of the 2007 cloud anomalies and their impacts.

See the NSIDC blog, daily extent maps, daily concentration maps or daily visible images, for current Arctic sea ice conditions.

A simple timescale ratio can predict aerosol sensitivity in ice clouds.

More information in our GRL paper.

New ICLEI manual helps local governments prepare for climate change.

Access the manual we wrote at the Climate Impacts Group website here.