
Jennifer E. Kay
Project Scientist
NCAR/CGD/AMP
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
303.497.1730
jenkay at ucar
dot edu
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.