Mark A Chandler
(ASSOC. RESEARCH SCIENTIST)
Email: | mark.a.chandler@nasa.gov |
Phone: | 212.678.5644 |
Org Code: | 611 |
Address: |
NASA/GISS Mail Code 611 New York, NY 10025 |
Employer: | TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY |
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Associate Research Scientist
Columbia University. Center for Climate Systems Research - NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York
1994 - Present
Science Instructor
American Museum of Natural History - New York
2010 - Present
Honorary Faculty Fellow
Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2005 - Present
Honorary Faculty Fellow
Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison
1995 - 2000
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University - New York
1993 - 1995
Postdoctoral Fellow
NOAA & University Corporation for Atmospheric Research - NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York
1991 - 1994
Graduate Research Assistant
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University - New York
1987 - 1992
Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant
Departments of Geological Sciences and of Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas - Austin
1984 - 1987
Teaching Experience
Education
- 1983, B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geology & Geophysics
- 1986, M.S., University of Texas-Austin, Geoscience
- 1992, Ph.D., Columbia University in New York, Geological Sciences (Atmospheric Science)
Professional Societies
Geological Society of America
1985 - Present
American Geophysical Union
1988 - Present
American Meteorological Society
1992 - Present
Professional Service
- PI, Center for Climate Systems Research, Cooperative Agreement -- The center is a collaborative research effort between Columbia University and NASA-GISS and involves more than 50 scientists, students, and programmers (1994-present).
- Director, The Educational Global Climate Modeling Project -- The EdGCM project designs, distributes and supports global climate modeling at universities, museums, and through professional development workshops and on-line courses. (1997-present)
- Advisory Committee: Wisconsin Energy Summit (annually)
- Scientific Advisory Board, Concorde Consortium, High Adventure Science Project
- Steering Committee member, NRC Panel on Deep-Time Climate Change (2007-2011)
- Steering Committee member, NSF Geosystems Initiative (2002-2008)
Publications
Refereed
2014. "Evaluating the dominant components of warming in Pliocene climate simulations." Climate of the Past 10 (1): 79-90 [10.5194/cp-10-79-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Simulations of the mid-Pliocene Warm Period using two versions of the NASA/GISS ModelE2-R Coupled Model." Geosci. Model Dev. 6 (2): 517-531 [10.5194/gmd-6-517-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Sea Surface Temperature of the mid-Piacenzian Ocean: A Data-Model Comparison." Sci. Rep. 3 [10.1038/srep02013] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Large-scale features of Pliocene climate: results from the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project." Climate of the Past 9 (1): 191-209 [10.5194/cp-9-191-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Challenges in quantifying Pliocene terrestrial warming revealed by data–model discord." Nature Climate change 3 (11): 969-974 [10.1038/nclimate2008] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Mid-Pliocene East Asian monsoon climate simulated in the PlioMIP." Climate of the Past 9 (5): 2085-2099 [10.5194/cp-9-2085-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Mid-pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation not unlike modern." Climate of the Past 9 (4): 1495-1504 [10.5194/cp-9-1495-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Assessing confidence in Pliocene sea surface temperatures to evaluate predictive models." Nature Clim Change 2 (5): 365-371 [10.1038/nclimate1455] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Teleconnections in a warmer climate: the pliocene perspective." Clim Dyn 37 (9-10): 1869-1887 [10.1007/s00382-010-0976-y] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP): experimental design and boundary conditions (Experiment 2)." Geosci. Model Dev. 4 (3): 571-577 [10.5194/gmd-4-571-2011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "The PRISM3D paleoenvironmental reconstruction." Stratigraphy 7 123-139 [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP): experimental design and boundary conditions (Experiment 1)." Geosci. Model Dev. 3 (1): 227-242 [10.5194/gmd-3-227-2010] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Surface temperatures of the Mid-Pliocene North Atlantic Ocean: implications for future climate." Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 367 (1886): 69-84 [10.1098/rsta.2008.0213] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Impact of a permanent El Niño (El Padre) and Indian Ocean Dipole in warm Pliocene climates." Paleoceanography 24 (2): PA2221 [10.1029/2008PA001682] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Comparison of mid-Pliocene climate predictions produced by the HadAM3 and GCMAM3 General Circulation Models." Global and Planetary Change 66 (3-4): 208-224 [10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.12.014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Mid-Pliocene sea level and continental ice volume based on coupled benthic Mg/Ca palaeotemperatures and oxygen isotopes." Phil. Tran.s R. Soc. A 367 (1886): 157-168 [10.1098/rsta.2008.0222] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Pliocene role in assessing future climate impacts." Eos Trans Amer Geophys U 89 501-502. [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 7 (9): 2287-2312 [10.5194/acp-7-2287-2007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Climate simulations for 1880–2003 with GISS modelE." Clim Dyn 29 (7-8): 661-696 [10.1007/s00382-007-0255-8] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Efficacy of climate forcings." J. Geophys. Res. 110 (D18): D18104 [10.1029/2005JD005776] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Mid-Pliocene deep-sea bottom-water temperatures based on ostracode Mg/Ca ratios." Marine Micropaleontology 54 (3-4): 249-261 [10.1016/j.marmicro.2004.12.003] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Middle Pliocene sea surface temperature variability." Paleoceanography 20 (2): PA2014 [10.1029/2005PA001133] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Climate change and the middle atmosphere: 5. Paleostratosphere in cold and warm climates." J. Geophys. Res. 106 (D17): 20195-20212 [10.1029/2000JD900548] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Climate response to basin-specific changes in latitudinal temperature gradients and implications for sea ice variability." J. Geophys. Res. 106 (D17): 20161-20173 [10.1029/2000JD900643] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "AGCM hindcasts with SST and other forcings: Responses from global to agricultural scales." J. Geophys. Res. 105 (D15): 20025-20053 [10.1029/2000JD900019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "GCM hindcasts of SST forced climate variability over agriculturally intensive regions." Climatic Change 45 (2): 279-322 [10.1023/A:1005571213805] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "Climate forcings and the initiation of low-latitude ice sheets during the Neoproterozoic Varanger glacial interval." J. Geophys. Res. 105 (D16): 20737-20756 [10.1029/2000JD900221] [Journal Article/Letter]
1996. "Implications for the creation of warm saline deep water: Late Paleocene reconstructions and global climte model simulations." Geol Soc Amer Bull 100 270-284 [Journal Article/Letter]
1996. "Trees retreat and ice advances." Nature 381 (6582): 477-478 [10.1038/381477a0] [Journal Article/Letter]
1994. "Simulating past climates. The data—model connection." Global and Planetary Change 9 (3-4): 165-167 [10.1016/0921-8181(94)90014-0] [Journal Article/Letter]
1994. "Joint investigations of the middle Pliocene climate II: GISS GCM Northern Hemisphere results." Global and Planetary Change 9 (3-4): 197-219 [10.1016/0921-8181(94)90016-7] [Journal Article/Letter]
1993. "Not just a lot of hot air." Nature 363 (6431): 673-674 [10.1038/363673a0] [Journal Article/Letter]
1992. "Permeability transects of eolian sands and their use in generating random permeability fields." SPE Formation Eval 7 7-16 [Journal Article/Letter]
1992. "Pangaean climate during the Early Jurassic: GCM simulations and the sedimentary record of paleoclimate:." Geol Soc Amer Bull 104 543-559 [Journal Article/Letter]
1991. "Increased ocean heat transports and warmer climate." J Geophys Res 96 (D4): 7437-7461 [10.1029/91JD00009] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2009. "PRISM3/GISS Topographic Reconstruction." USGS Data Series 419 [Report]