Improving clouds in climate models
Human activities affect the composition of the atmosphere and the Earth's climate. To understand the extent of this effect we need to understand the chemical reactions and the physicochemical processes occurring at the microscopic scale in the atmosphere. Issues like the nature of particle formation, phase change, cloud droplet and ice crystal growth, are still poorly understood and introduce uncertainty in our assessments of climate. My main interest is to develop comprenhesive representations of the physics of cloud formation and evolution by merging new theories and state-of-the-art observations within global climate models.
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering/ Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, National University of Colombia
Refereed
Das, S., Y. Wang, J. Gong, et al. 2022. "A Comprehensive Machine Learning Study to Classify Precipitation Type over Land from Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GPM-GMI) Measurements."
Remote Sensing,
14
(15):
3631
[10.3390/rs14153631]
Strobach, E., A. Molod, D. Barahona, et al. 2022. "Earth system model parameter adjustment using a Green's functions approach."
Geoscientific Model Development,
15
(5):
2309-2324
[10.5194/gmd-15-2309-2022]
Tan, I., and D. Barahona. 2022. "The impacts of immersion ice nucleation parameterizations on Arctic mixed-phase stratiform cloud properties and the Arctic radiation budget in GEOS-5."
Journal of Climate,
1-69
[10.1175/jcli-d-21-0368.1]
Tan, I., D. Barahona, and Q. Coopman. 2022. "Potential Link Between Ice Nucleation and Climate Model Spread in Arctic Amplification."
Geophysical Research Letters,
49
(4):
[10.1029/2021gl097373]
Dezfuli, A., M. G. Bosilovich, and D. Barahona. 2021. "A Dusty Atmospheric River Brings Floods to the Middle East."
Geophysical Research Letters,
48
(23):
[10.1029/2021gl095441]
Bian, H., E. Lee, R. D. Koster, et al. 2021. "The response of the Amazon ecosystem to the photosynthetically active radiation fields: integrating impacts of biomass burning aerosol and clouds in the NASA GEOS Earth system model."
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,
21
(18):
14177-14197
[10.5194/acp-21-14177-2021]
Breen, K. H., D. Barahona, T. Yuan, H. Bian, and S. C. James. 2021. "Effect of volcanic emissions on clouds during the 2008 and 2018 Kilauea degassing events."
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,
21
(10):
7749-7771
[10.5194/acp-21-7749-2021]
Gong, J., X. Zeng, D. L. Wu, et al. 2020. "Linkage among Ice Crystal Microphysics, Mesoscale Dynamics and Cloud and Precipitation Structures Revealed by Collocated Microwave Radiometer and Multi-frequency Radar Observations."
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,
[10.5194/acp-20-12633-2020]
Barahona, D. 2020. "Bias‐Free Estimation of Ice Nucleation Efficiencies."
Geophysical Research Letters,
[10.1029/2019gl086033]
Molod, A. M., E. C. Hackert, Y. V. Vikhliaev, et al. 2020. "GEOS-S2S Version 2: The GMAO high resolution coupled model and assimilation system for seasonal prediction."
Journal of Geophysical Research,
125
(5):
[10.1029/2019JD031767]
Barahona, D. 2018. "On the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of immersion ice nucleation."
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,
18
(23):
17119-17141
[10.5194/acp-18-17119-2018]
Bacer, S., S. C. Sullivan, V. A. Karydis, et al. 2018. "Implementation of a comprehensive ice crystal formation parameterization for cirrus and mixed-phase clouds in the EMAC model (based on MESSy 2.53)."
Geoscientific Model Development,
11
(10):
4021-4041
[10.5194/gmd-11-4021-2018]
Nowottnick, E. P., P. R. Colarco, S. A. Braun, et al. 2018. "Dust Impacts on the 2012 Hurricane Nadine Track during the NASA HS3 Field Campaign."
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences,
JAS-D-17-0237.1
[10.1175/jas-d-17-0237.1]
Barahona, D., A. Molod, and H. Kalesse. 2017. "Direct estimation of the global distribution of vertical velocity within cirrus clouds."
Scientific Reports,
7
(1):
6840
[10.1038/s41598-017-07038-6]
Sullivan, S. C., R. Morales Betancourt, D. Barahona, and A. Nenes. 2016. "Understanding cirrus ice crystal number variability for different heterogeneous ice nucleation spectra."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
16
(4):
2611-2629
[10.5194/acp-16-2611-2016]
Barahona, D. 2015. "Thermodynamic derivation of the activation energy for ice nucleation."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
15
(24):
13819-13831
[10.5194/acp-15-13819-2015]
Sheyko, B. A., S. C. Sullivan, R. Morales, et al. 2015. "Quantifying sensitivities of ice crystal number and sources of ice crystal number variability in CAM 5.1 using the adjoint of a physically based cirrus formation parameterization."
J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos,
120
(7):
2834-2854
[10.1002/2014JD022457]
Barahona, D. 2014. "Analysis of the effect of water activity on ice formation using a new thermodynamic framework
."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
14:
7665-7680
[10.5194/acp-14-7665-2014]
Barahona, D., A. M. Molod, J. Bacmeister, et al. 2014. "Development of two-moment cloud microphysics for liquid and ice within the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS-5)."
Geosci. Model Dev.,
7:
1733-1766
[10.5194/gmd-7-1733-2014]
Karydis, V., P. Kumar, D. Barahona, I. Sokolik, and A. Nenes. 2013. "Assessing the Impact of Mineral Dust and Adsorption Activation on Cloud Droplet Formation."
Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics,
Berlin Heidelberg: 515-520.
Solomos, S., G. Kallos, J. Kushta, et al. 2013. "The Role of Aerosol Properties on Cloud Nucleation Processes."
Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXII,
Netherlands: 27-34,
ISBN: 978-94-007-5576-5.
[10.1007/978-94-007-5577-2_5]
Storelvmo, T., J. E. Kristjansson, H. Muri, et al. 2013. "Cirrus cloud seeding has potential to cool climate."
Geophys.Res. Lett.
,
40:
178-182.
Sud, Y. C., D. Lee, L. Oraiopoulos, et al. 2013. "Performance of McRAS-AC in the GEOS-5 AGCM: aerosol-cloud-microphysics, precipitation, cloud radiative effects, and circulation."
Geosci. Model Dev.,
6
(1):
57-79
[10.5194/gmd-6-57-2013]
Gettelman, A., D. Barahona, X. Liu, U. Lohmann, and C. Chen. 2012. "Climate impacts of ice nucleation."
J. Geophys.
Res.,
117:
D20201
[10.1029/2012JD0179]
Barahona, D. O. 2012. "On the ice nucleation spectrum."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
12
(8):
3733-3752
[10.5194/acp-12-3733-2012]
Morales Betancourt, R., D.-M. Lee, L. Oraiopoulos, et al. 2012. "Sensitivity of cirrus and mixed-phase clouds to the ice nuclei spectra in McRAS-AC: single column model simulations."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
12
(22):
10,679-10,692
[10.5194/acp-12-10679-2012]
Bangert, M., A. Nenes, B. Vogel, et al. 2012. "Saharan dust event impacts on cloud formation and radiation over Western Europe."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
12
(9):
4045-4063
[10.5194/acp-12-4045-2012]
Liu, X., L. Shi, K. Zhang, et al. 2012. "Sensitivity studies of dust ice nuclei effect on cirrus clouds with the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
12
(24):
12061-12079
[10.5194/acp-12-12061-2012]
Karydis, V. A., P. Kumar, D. Barahona, I. N. Sokolik, and A. Nenes. 2011. "On the effect of dust particles on global cloud condensation nuclei and cloud droplet number."
J. Geophys. Res.,
116
(D23204):
[:10.1029/2011JD01628]
Barahona, D., R. Sotiropoulou, and A. Nenes. 2011. "Global distribution of cloud droplet number concentration, autoconversion rate, and aerosol indirect effect under diabatic droplet activation."
J. Geophys. Res.,
116
(D9):
D09203
[10.1029/2010JD015274]
Barahona, D., and A. Nenes. 2011. "Dynamical states of low temperature cirrus."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
11:
3757-3771
[10.5194/acp-11-3757-2011]
Barahona, D., J. M. Rodriguez, and A. Nenes. 2010. "Sensitivity of the global distribution of cirrus ice crystal concentration to heterogeneous freezing."
J. Geophys. Res.,
115
(D23):
23213
[10.1029/2010JD014273]
Barahona, D., R. E. West, P. Stier, et al. 2010. "Comprehensively accounting for the effect of giant CCN in cloud
activation parameterizations."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
10:
2467-2473.
Barahona, D., and A. Nenes. 2009. "Parameterizing the competition between homogeneous and
heterogeneous freezing in ice cloud formation – polydisperse ice
nuclei."
Atm. Chem. Phys.,
9:
5933-5948.
Barahona, D., and A. Nenes. 2009. "Parameterizing the competition between homogeneous and
heterogeneous freezing in cirrus cloud formation –
monodisperse ice nuclei."
Atm. Chem. Phys.,
9:
369-381
[10.5194/acp-9-369-2009]
Barahona, D., and A. Nenes. 2008. "Parameterization of cirrus cloud formation in large‐scale models: Homogeneous nucleation."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,
113:
D11.
Barahona, D., and A. Nenes. 2007. "Parameterization of cloud droplet formation in large-scale models: Including effects of entrainment."
J. Geophys. Res.,
112:
D16206
[10.1029/2007JD00847]
Barahona, D., P. H. Pfromm, and M. E. Rezac. 2006. "Effect of water activity on the lipase catalyzed esterification of geraniol in ionic liquid [bmim]PF6."
Biotechnology and Bioengineering,
93
(2):
318-324.
Refereed
Das, S., Y. Wang, J. Gong, et al. 2022. "A Comprehensive Machine Learning Study to Classify Precipitation Type over Land from Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GPM-GMI) Measurements."
Remote Sensing
14
(15):
3631
[10.3390/rs14153631]
Strobach, E., A. Molod, D. Barahona, et al. 2022. "Earth system model parameter adjustment using a Green's functions approach."
Geoscientific Model Development
15
(5):
2309-2324
[10.5194/gmd-15-2309-2022]
Tan, I., and D. Barahona. 2022. "The impacts of immersion ice nucleation parameterizations on Arctic mixed-phase stratiform cloud properties and the Arctic radiation budget in GEOS-5."
Journal of Climate
1-69
[10.1175/jcli-d-21-0368.1]
Tan, I., D. Barahona, and Q. Coopman. 2022. "Potential Link Between Ice Nucleation and Climate Model Spread in Arctic Amplification."
Geophysical Research Letters
49
(4):
[10.1029/2021gl097373]
Dezfuli, A., M. G. Bosilovich, and D. Barahona. 2021. "A Dusty Atmospheric River Brings Floods to the Middle East."
Geophysical Research Letters
48
(23):
[10.1029/2021gl095441]
Bian, H., E. Lee, R. D. Koster, et al. 2021. "The response of the Amazon ecosystem to the photosynthetically active radiation fields: integrating impacts of biomass burning aerosol and clouds in the NASA GEOS Earth system model."
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
21
(18):
14177-14197
[10.5194/acp-21-14177-2021]
Breen, K. H., D. Barahona, T. Yuan, H. Bian, and S. C. James. 2021. "Effect of volcanic emissions on clouds during the 2008 and 2018 Kilauea degassing events."
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
21
(10):
7749-7771
[10.5194/acp-21-7749-2021]
Gong, J., X. Zeng, D. L. Wu, et al. 2020. "Linkage among Ice Crystal Microphysics, Mesoscale Dynamics and Cloud and Precipitation Structures Revealed by Collocated Microwave Radiometer and Multi-frequency Radar Observations."
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
[10.5194/acp-20-12633-2020]
Barahona, D. 2020. "Bias‐Free Estimation of Ice Nucleation Efficiencies."
Geophysical Research Letters
[10.1029/2019gl086033]
Molod, A. M., E. C. Hackert, Y. V. Vikhliaev, et al. 2020. "GEOS-S2S Version 2: The GMAO high resolution coupled model and assimilation system for seasonal prediction."
Journal of Geophysical Research
125
(5):
[10.1029/2019JD031767]
Barahona, D. 2018. "On the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of immersion ice nucleation."
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
18
(23):
17119-17141
[10.5194/acp-18-17119-2018]
Bacer, S., S. C. Sullivan, V. A. Karydis, et al. 2018. "Implementation of a comprehensive ice crystal formation parameterization for cirrus and mixed-phase clouds in the EMAC model (based on MESSy 2.53)."
Geoscientific Model Development
11
(10):
4021-4041
[10.5194/gmd-11-4021-2018]
Nowottnick, E. P., P. R. Colarco, S. A. Braun, et al. 2018. "Dust Impacts on the 2012 Hurricane Nadine Track during the NASA HS3 Field Campaign."
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
JAS-D-17-0237.1
[10.1175/jas-d-17-0237.1]
Barahona, D., A. Molod, and H. Kalesse. 2017. "Direct estimation of the global distribution of vertical velocity within cirrus clouds."
Scientific Reports
7
(1):
6840
[10.1038/s41598-017-07038-6]
Sullivan, S. C., R. Morales Betancourt, D. Barahona, and A. Nenes. 2016. "Understanding cirrus ice crystal number variability for different heterogeneous ice nucleation spectra."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
16
(4):
2611-2629
[10.5194/acp-16-2611-2016]
Barahona, D. 2015. "Thermodynamic derivation of the activation energy for ice nucleation."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
15
(24):
13819-13831
[10.5194/acp-15-13819-2015]
Sheyko, B. A., S. C. Sullivan, R. Morales, et al. 2015. "Quantifying sensitivities of ice crystal number and sources of ice crystal number variability in CAM 5.1 using the adjoint of a physically based cirrus formation parameterization."
J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos
120
(7):
2834-2854
[10.1002/2014JD022457]
Barahona, D. 2014. "Analysis of the effect of water activity on ice formation using a new thermodynamic framework
."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
14
7665-7680
[10.5194/acp-14-7665-2014]
Barahona, D., A. M. Molod, J. Bacmeister, et al. 2014. "Development of two-moment cloud microphysics for liquid and ice within the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS-5)."
Geosci. Model Dev.
7
1733-1766
[10.5194/gmd-7-1733-2014]
Karydis, V., P. Kumar, D. Barahona, I. Sokolik, and A. Nenes. 2013. "Assessing the Impact of Mineral Dust and Adsorption Activation on Cloud Droplet Formation."
Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics
515-520
Solomos, S., G. Kallos, J. Kushta, et al. 2013. "The Role of Aerosol Properties on Cloud Nucleation Processes."
Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXII
27-34
[10.1007/978-94-007-5577-2_5]
Storelvmo, T., J. E. Kristjansson, H. Muri, et al. 2013. "Cirrus cloud seeding has potential to cool climate."
Geophys.Res. Lett.
40
178-182
Sud, Y. C., D. Lee, L. Oraiopoulos, et al. 2013. "Performance of McRAS-AC in the GEOS-5 AGCM: aerosol-cloud-microphysics, precipitation, cloud radiative effects, and circulation."
Geosci. Model Dev.
6
(1):
57-79
[10.5194/gmd-6-57-2013]
Gettelman, A., D. Barahona, X. Liu, U. Lohmann, and C. Chen. 2012. "Climate impacts of ice nucleation."
J. Geophys.
Res.
117
D20201
[10.1029/2012JD0179]
Barahona, D. O. 2012. "On the ice nucleation spectrum."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
12
(8):
3733-3752
[10.5194/acp-12-3733-2012]
Morales Betancourt, R., D.-M. Lee, L. Oraiopoulos, et al. 2012. "Sensitivity of cirrus and mixed-phase clouds to the ice nuclei spectra in McRAS-AC: single column model simulations."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
12
(22):
10,679-10,692
[10.5194/acp-12-10679-2012]
Bangert, M., A. Nenes, B. Vogel, et al. 2012. "Saharan dust event impacts on cloud formation and radiation over Western Europe."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
12
(9):
4045-4063
[10.5194/acp-12-4045-2012]
Liu, X., L. Shi, K. Zhang, et al. 2012. "Sensitivity studies of dust ice nuclei effect on cirrus clouds with the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
12
(24):
12061-12079
[10.5194/acp-12-12061-2012]
Karydis, V. A., P. Kumar, D. Barahona, I. N. Sokolik, and A. Nenes. 2011. "On the effect of dust particles on global cloud condensation nuclei and cloud droplet number."
J. Geophys. Res.
116
(D23204):
[:10.1029/2011JD01628]
Barahona, D., R. Sotiropoulou, and A. Nenes. 2011. "Global distribution of cloud droplet number concentration, autoconversion rate, and aerosol indirect effect under diabatic droplet activation."
J. Geophys. Res.
116
(D9):
D09203
[10.1029/2010JD015274]
Barahona, D., and A. Nenes. 2011. "Dynamical states of low temperature cirrus."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
11
3757-3771
[10.5194/acp-11-3757-2011]
Barahona, D., J. M. Rodriguez, and A. Nenes. 2010. "Sensitivity of the global distribution of cirrus ice crystal concentration to heterogeneous freezing."
J. Geophys. Res.
115
(D23):
23213
[10.1029/2010JD014273]
Barahona, D., R. E. West, P. Stier, et al. 2010. "Comprehensively accounting for the effect of giant CCN in cloud
activation parameterizations."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
10
2467-2473
Barahona, D., and A. Nenes. 2009. "Parameterizing the competition between homogeneous and
heterogeneous freezing in ice cloud formation – polydisperse ice
nuclei."
Atm. Chem. Phys.
9
5933-5948
Barahona, D., and A. Nenes. 2009. "Parameterizing the competition between homogeneous and
heterogeneous freezing in cirrus cloud formation –
monodisperse ice nuclei."
Atm. Chem. Phys.
9
369-381
[10.5194/acp-9-369-2009]
Barahona, D., and A. Nenes. 2008. "Parameterization of cirrus cloud formation in large‐scale models: Homogeneous nucleation."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
113
D11
Barahona, D., and A. Nenes. 2007. "Parameterization of cloud droplet formation in large-scale models: Including effects of entrainment."
J. Geophys. Res.
112
D16206
[10.1029/2007JD00847]
Barahona, D., P. H. Pfromm, and M. E. Rezac. 2006. "Effect of water activity on the lipase catalyzed esterification of geraniol in ionic liquid [bmim]PF6."
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
93
(2):
318-324
