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Michael Erb

Atmospheric Science
and Climatology

Michael P. Erb

Assistant Research Professor
Northern Arizona University
School of Earth and Sustainability
Geology Building, Box 4099
Flagstaff, AZ 86011


Phone: 928-523-9269
Email: michael.erb@nau.edu
Website: www.michaelerb.org

Education

Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Atmospheric Science, 2014.
Advisor: Dr. Anthony J. Broccoli

M.S., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Atmospheric Science, 2011.
Advisor: Dr. Anthony J. Broccoli

B.S., University of North Carolina at Asheville, Atmospheric Sciences, 2007.
Graduated with honors.
Advisor: Dr. Douglas K. Miller

Publications

In Preparation

Erb, M. P., C. S. Jackson, A. J. Broccoli, D. W. Lea, and P. N. DiNezio: Detection and attribution of paleoclimate forcings in long proxy records. In preparation.

Partin, J. W., P. D. DiNezio, M. P. Erb, k. Thirumalai, T. M. Quinn, C.-C. Shen, C. S. Jackson, M. B. Cardenas, F. P. Siringan, M. Puy, J. L. Banner, K. Lin, Y. Okumura, H.-M. Hu, and F. W. Taylor: Indirect forcing of the oceanic subsystem of the Asian Monsoon. In preparation.


Submitted

Routson, C. C., D. S. Kaufman, N. P. McKay, M. P. Erb, et al.: A multiproxy database of weather North American Holocene paleoclimate records.

Refereed Journal Articles

[2020] Brierley, C. M., et al.: Large-scale features and evaluation of the PMIP4-CMIP6 midHolocene simulations. Clim. Past, 16, 1847-1872, doi:10.5194/cp-16-1847-2020.  Link.

[2020] Erb, M. P., J. Emile-Geay, G. J. Hakim, N. Steiger, and E. J. Steig: Atmospheric dynamics drive most interannual U.S. droughts over the last millennium. Sci. Adv., 6, 12 pp, doi:10.1126/sciadv.aay7268.  Link.

[2020] Kaufman, D., N. McKay, C. Routson, M. Erb, C. Dätwyler, P. S. Sommer, O. Heiri, and B. Davis: Holocene global mean surface temperature, a multi-method reconstruction approach.  Sci. Data, 7, 13 pp, doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0530-7.  Link.

[2020] Kaufman, D., N. McKay, C. Routson, M. Erb, et al.: A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records.  Sci. Data, 7, 34 pp, doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0445-3.  Link.


[2019] Broadman, E., L. L. Thurston, E. Schiefer, N. P. McKay, D. Fortin, J. Geck, M. G. Loso, M. Nolan, S. H. Arcusa, C. W. Benson, R. A. Ellerbroek, M. P. Erb, C. C. Routson, C. Wiman, A. J. Wong, and D. Kaufman: An Arctic watershed observatory at Lake Peters, Alaska: weather-glacier-river-lake system data for 2015-2018. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 11, 1957-1970, doi:10.5194/essd-11-1957-2019.  Link.

[2019] Khider, D., J. Emile-Geay, N. P. McKay, Y. Gil, D. Garijo, V. Ratnakar, et al.: PaCTS v1.0: A crowdsourced reporting standard for paleoclimate data. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34, 27 pp, doi:10.1029/2019PA003632.  Link.

[2019] Neukom, R., L. A. Barboza, M. P. Erb, F. Shi, J. Emile-Geay, M. N. Evans, J. Franke, D. S. Kaufman, L. Lücke, K. Rehfeld, A. Schurer, F. Zhu, S. Brönnimann, G. J. Hakim, B. J. Henley, F. C. Ljungqvist, N. McKay, V. Valler, and L. von Gunten: Consistent multidecadal variability in global temperature reconstructions and simulations over the Common Era. Nature Geoscience, 12, 643-649, doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0400-0.  Link.  Access to full text.

[2019] Tardif, R., G. J. Hakim, W. A. Perkins, K. A. Horlick, M. P. Erb, J. Emile-Geay, D. M. Anderson, E. J. Steig, and D. Noone: Last Millennium Reanalysis with an expanded proxy database and seasonal proxy modeling. Clim. Past, 15, 1251-1273, doi:10.5194/cp-15-1251-2019.  Link.

[2019] Routson, C. C., N. P. McKay, D. S. Kaufman, M. P. Erb, H. Goosse, B. N. Shuman, J. R. Rodysill, and T. Ault: Mid-latitude net precipitation decreased with Arctic warming during the Holocene. Nature, 568, 83-87, doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1060-3.  Link.  Access to full text.

[2019] Anderson, D. M., R. Tardif, K. Horlick, M. P. Erb, G. J. Hakim, D. Noone, W. A. Perkins, and E. Steig: Additions to the Last Millennium Reanalysis multi-proxy database. Data Science Journal, 18(2), 1-11, doi:10.5334/dsj-2019-002.  Link.

[2018] McKay, N. P., D. S. Kaufman, C. C. Routson, M. P. Erb, and P. D. Zander: The onset and rate of Holocene Neoglacial cooling in the Arctic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 12487-12496, doi:10.1029/2018GL079773.  Link.

[2018] Tabor, C. R., B. L. Otto-Bliesner, E. C. Brady, J. Nusbaumer, J. Zhu, M. P. Erb, T. E. Wong, Z. Liu, and D. Noone: Interpreting precession-driven δ18O variability in the South Asian monsoon region.  J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 123, 20 pp, doi:10.1029/2018JD028424.  Link.


[2018] Bosmans, J. H. C., M. P. Erb, A. M. Dolan, S. S. Drijfhout, E. Tuenter, F. J. Hilgen, D. Edge, J. O. Pope, and L. J. Lourens: Response of the Asian summer monsoons to idealized precession and obliquity forcing in a set of GCMs. Quaternary Sci. Rev., 188, 121-135, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.03.025.  Link.

[2018] Erb, M. P., C. S. Jackson, A. J. Broccoli, D. W. Lea, P. J. Valdes, M. Crucifix, and P. N. DiNezio: Model evidence for a seasonal bias in Antarctic ice cores. Nature Communications, 9, 10 pp, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03800-0.  Link.  Access to full text.

[2015] Erb, M. P., C. S. Jackson, and A. J. Broccoli: Using single-forcing GCM simulations to reconstruct and interpret Quaternary climate change. J. Climate, 28, 9746-9767, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0329.1.  Link.

[2015] Erb, M. P., A. J. Broccoli, N. T. Graham, A. C. Clement, A. T. Wittenberg, and G. A. Vecchi: Response of the equatorial Pacific seasonal cycle to orbital forcing. J. Climate, 28, 9258-9276, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0242.1.  Link.

[2014] Mantsis, D. F., B. R. Lintner, A. J. Broccoli, M. P. Erb, A. C. Clement, H.-S. Park: The response of large-scale circulation to obliquity-induced changes in meridional heating gradients. J. Climate, 27, 5504-5516, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00526.1.  Link.

[2013] Erb, M. P., A. J. Broccoli, and A. C. Clement: The contribution of radiative feedbacks to orbitally-driven climate change. J. Climate, 26, 5897-5914, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00419.1.  Link.

[2013] Mantsis, D. F., A. C. Clement, B. Kirtman, A. J. Broccoli, and M. P. Erb: Precessional cycles and their influence on the North Pacific and North Atlantic summer anticyclones. J. Climate, 26, 4596-4611, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00343.1.  Link.

[2011] Mantsis, D. F., A. C. Clement, A. J. Broccoli, and M. P. Erb: Climate feedbacks in response to changes in obliquity. J. Climate, 24, 2830-2845, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3986.1.  Link.


Other Publications

[2017] Emile-Geay, J., M. P. Erb, G. J. Hakim, E. J. Steig. And D. C. Noone: Workshop Report: Climate dynamics with the Last Millennium Reanalysis. PAGES Magazine, 25, 1 pp.  Link.

[2006] Erb, M. P., and C. C. Hennon: A case study of Hurricane Katrina: rapid intensification in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR), 8 pp.  Link.

Books

[2013] “Kelvin McCloud and the Seaside Storm” by Michael Erb, Tumblehome Learning, Inc., 244 pp. – A fiction book for kids, ages 9-12, which discusses real weather and other science, written to get kids interested in these topics.

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