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Timothy Cronin
Kerr-Mcgee Career Development Assistant ProfessorTim Cronin is an Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT. The focus of his research is on the role of regional-scale atmospheric dynamics, radiative transfer, and coupled surface-atmosphere interactions in the climate system. He combines pencil-and-paper theory and simplified numerical models of the atmosphere to test hypotheses about climate sensitivity, climates of the distant past, and interactions between weather and climate.
Publications
Beucler, T., and T. Cronin (2016), Moisture-radiative cooling instability, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 8, 1620–1640, doi:10.1002/2016MS000763
Cronin, T. W., and M. F. Jansen. (2016), Analytic radiative-advective equilibrium as a model for high-latitude climate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 449–457, doi: 10.1002/2015GL067172
Payne, A. E., M. F. Jansen, and T. W. Cronin (2015), Conceptual model analysis of the influence of temperature feedbacks on polar amplification, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 9561–9570, doi: 10.1002/2015GL065889
Cronin, T. W. and Tziperman, E. (2015) Low clouds suppress Arctic air formation and amplify high-latitude continental winter warming, PNAS 2015 112 (37) 11490-11495, doi:10.1073/pnas.1510937112
Cronin, T. W., Emanuel, K. A. and Molnar, P. (2015), Island precipitation enhancement and the diurnal cycle in radiative-convective equilibrium, Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 141: 1017–1034, doi: 10.1002/qj.2443
Molnar, P. and T. W. Cronin (2015), Growth of the Maritime Continent and its possible contribution to recurring Ice Ages, Paleoceanography, 30, 196–225, doi: 10.1002/2014PA002752
Wing, A. A. and Cronin, T. W. (2015), Self-aggregation of convection in long channel geometr, Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 142: 1–15, doi: 10.1002/qj.2628
Awards
Contact Information
t: 774-238-8460