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Laura Fierce

Aerosols and Aerosol-Cloud Int
Earth Scientist

PNNL Publications

2025

  • Beeler P.A., J. Corbin, T. Sipkens, and L.M. Fierce. 2025. "A framework for quantifying the size and fractal dimension of compacting soot particles." Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 59, no. 12:5994-6003. PNNL-SA-204066. doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c11100

2024

  • Beeler P.A., J. Kumar, J.P. Schwarz, K. Adachi, L.M. Fierce, A.E. Perring, and J.M. Katich, et al. 2024. "Light Absorption Enhancement of Black Carbon in a Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud." Nature Communications 15, no. _:Art. No. 6243. PNNL-SA-195821. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50070-0
  • Ferracina F., P.A. Beeler, M. Halappanavar, B. Krishnamoorthy, M. Minutoli, and L.M. Fierce. 2024. Expanding the representation of aerosol, cloud, and precipitation processes with graph network-based simulators. PNNL-36805. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Expanding the representation of aerosol, cloud, and precipitation processes with graph network-based simulators
  • Fierce L.M., Y. Yao, R.C. Easter, P. Ma, J. Sun, H. Wan, and K. Zhang. 2024. "Quantifying structural errors in cloud condensation nuclei activity from reduced representation of aerosol size distributions." Journal of Aerosol Science 181, no. _:Art. No. 106388. PNNL-SA-193630. doi:10.1016/j.jaerosci.2024.106388
  • McGraw R., F. Yang, and L.M. Fierce. 2024. "Preserving Tracer Correlations in Moment-Based Atmospheric Transport Models." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 16, no. 5:Art. No. e2023MS003621. PNNL-SA-180970. doi:10.1029/2023MS003621

2023

  • Anderson J.C., P. Beeler, M. Ovchinnikov, W. Cantrell, S.K. Krueger, R.A. Shaw, and F. Yang, et al. 2023. "Enhancements in cloud condensation nuclei activity from turbulent fluctuations in supersaturation." Geophysical Research Letters 50, no. 17:Art. No. e2022GL102635. PNNL-SA-177901. doi:10.1029/2022GL102635
  • Hodzic A., N.M. Mahowald, M.L. Dawson, J.A. Johnson, L. Bernardet, P.A. Bosler, and J.D. Fast, et al. 2023. "GeneralIzed Aerosol/chemistry iNTerface (GIANT): A community effort to advance collaborative science across weather and climate models." Bulletin of American Meteorological Society 104, no. 11:E2065-E2080. PNNL-SA-190787. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0013.1

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