Publications

Submitted/Under review

Atmospheric Mechanisms of the Pattern Effect

Under Review at Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Preprint

Is the high ECS in CESM2 degrading transient climate change projections over the 21st century?

Under Review at Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Preprint

2025

Decomposing Cloud Radiative Feedbacks By Cloud-Top Phase

Wall, C.J., D. Paynter, Y. Qin, M. Debolskiy, M. L. Duffy, T. Michibata, B. M. Duran, N. J. Lutsko, P-L Ma, B. Medeiros, T. Storelvmo, M.Zhao, 2025, Decomposing Cloud Radiative Feedbacks By Cloud-Top Phase, Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0538.
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Factors influencing underrepresented geoscientists’ decision to accept or decline a faculty job offer in the US

Duffy, M.L., L.Y. Barnes, C.D. Wirz, M.I. Ranganathan, M.A. Freilich, E.M. Freese, E. Lalk, J. Wilcots, 2025, Factors influencing underrepresented geoscientists’ decision to accept or decline a faculty job offer in the US, Nature Communications Earth and Environment, DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02052-3
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A new method for diagnosing effective radiative forcing from aerosol-cloud interactions in climate models

Duran, B.M., C.J. Wall, N.J. Lutsko, P.-L. Ma, Y. Qin, M.L. Duffy, B. Medeiros, T. Michibata, M. Debolski, 2025, A new method for diagnosing effective radiative forcing from aerosol-cloud interactions in climate models, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, DOI: 10.5194/acp-25-2123-2025
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2024

The interaction between climate forcing and feedbacks

Gettelman, A., T. Eidhammer, M.L. Duffy, D. McCoy, C. Song, D. Watson-Parris, 2024, The interaction between climate forcing and feedbacks, JGR Atmospheres, DOI: 10.1029/2024JD040857
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On the uncertainty of long-period return values of extreme daily precipitation

Wehner, M.F., M.L. Duffy, M. Risser, C.J. Paciorek, D.A. Stone, P. Pall, 2024, On the uncertainty of long-period return values of extreme daily precipitation, Frontiers in Climate. DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2024.1343072
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The Green’s function model intercomparison project (GFMIP) protocol

Bloch-Johnson, J., M.A.A. Rugenstein, M.J. Alessi, C. Proistosescu, M. Zhao, B. Zhang, A.I.L. Williams, J.M. Gregory, J. Cole, Y. Dong, M.L. Duffy, S.M. Kang, C. Zhou, The Green’s function model intercomparison project (GFMIP) protocol, 2024, JAMES. DOI: 10.1029/2023MS003700
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Perturbing parameters to understand cloud contributions to climate change

Duffy, M.L., B. Medeiros, A. Gettelman, T. Eidhammer, 2024, Perturbing parameters to understand cloud contributions to climate change, Journal of Climate. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0250.1
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2023 and earlier

Intermodel spread in Walker circulation responses linked to spread in in moist stability and radiation responses

Duffy, M.L. and P.A. O’Gorman, 2023, Intermodel spread in Walker circulation responses linked to spread in in moist stability and radiation responses, JGR Atmospheres. DOI: 10.1029/2022JD037382
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Trends in the representation of women amongst US geoscience faculty from 1999 to 2020: The long road towards gender parity

Ranganathan, M.I., E. Lalk, E.M. Freese, M.A. Freilich, J. Wilcots, M.L. Duffy, R. Shivamoggi, 2021, Trends in the representation of women amongst US geoscience faculty from 1999 to 2020: The long road towards gender parity. AGU Advances. DOI: 10.1029/2021AV000436
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Worst climate outcomes are still possible

Duffy, P.B. and M.L. Duffy, 2021, Worst climate outcomes are still possible. Letter, Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.abg2720
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Importance of Laplacian of low-level warming for the response of precipitation to climate change over tropical oceans

Duffy, M.L., P.A. O’Gorman, L.E. Back, 2020, Importance of Laplacian of low-level warming for the response of precipitation to climate change over tropical oceans, Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0365.1
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