🌱 New in Nature Communications!
We show that replacing plant functional types with trait-based leaf optics into CESM & CliMA improves surface reflectance, shifts albedo >5 W/m², and alters regional climate projections.
📖 Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Climate #LandModeling #LeafTraits

🌿 New paper out in ESA Ecosphere! We present the SHIFT campaign: a first-of-its-kind sub-seasonal VSWIR hyperspectral dataset 🌎 ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/ecs2... A goldmine for land surface models — tracking stress, traits, and phenology in unprecedented detail. #SHIFTcampaign #NASA

✨ Grateful & honored! ✨ My paper, "The Importance of Hyperspectral Soil Albedo for Improving Earth System Model Projections," was a Top Cited Article in @AguAdvances ! 🙌🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2023AV…
Hyperspectral + @NASA (EMIT, PACE, SBG) = the future of Earth Sciences! 🌍🛰️ 🚀

Mask up, Pasadena! #Eatonfire #climatecrisis

While the #Eatonfire is 45% contained and air quality is good at #Caltech (PM2.5 = 8.7 ug.m-3), asbestos fibers might still be floating in the air. It’s recommended to wear N95 masks outdoors and run air purifiers indoors. Mask up, LA!

more and more every single day I understand this exact feeling. Don't Look Up was never satire for us climate scientists. It felt more like a documentary.

#JPL has so far been safe as well thanks to round the clock work of our first responders. But over 150 JPLers have lost homes that we know of so far. We are raising funds to support them through Caltech!

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Thank you!

What an incredible week at #AGU24! It was so inspiring to interact with brilliant scientists and share some of my own ideas! I have so much to think about and emails to send! Thank you for your questions and comments! I always have a blast hanging out with you! See you next year!

🌍 Excited for #AGU24? Let’s connect! I’ll be in D.C. from Dec 9–13, presenting as a first author, session chair, and co-author on topics like carbon cycles, ecosystem forecasting, and Earth system science. Stop by my sessions or DM me to chat! 🚀 @caltech.edu @nasajpl.bsky.social

🌎 Energized by the NASA JPL Workshop on Usable Climate Risk Science! Great discussions in climate resilience & actionable solutions for a better future. Thanks to organizers @andrewdessler.bsky.social @adamsobel.bsky.social & others! #ClimateScience #RiskAssessment #ClimateResilience