Steve Warren

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Steve Warren

Research areas

Steve Warren received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Harvard University in 1973.  His interests include solar and infrared radiation processes in snow, clouds and sea ice, Antarctic climate, and oceanic processes on Snowball Earth.

 

Selected publications

  • Warren, S.G., 2023: Snow spikes (penitentes) in the Dry Andes, but not on Europa: A defense of Lliboutry’s classic paper. Annals of Glaciology, doi:10.1017/aog.2023.12.
  • Webster, M.A., and S.G. Warren, 2022: Regional geoengineering using tiny glass bubbles would accelerate the loss of Arctic sea ice. Earth’s Future,10, e2022EF002815. Doi:10.1029/2022EF002815
  • Khuller, A.R., P.R. Christensen, and S.G. Warren, 2021: Spectral Albedo of Dusty Martian H2O Snow and Ice. J. Geophys. Res. (Planets), 126, doi:10.1029/2021JE006910.
  • Warren, S.G., 2019: Optical properties of ice and snow. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. A, 377, doi:10.1098/rsta.2018.0161.
  • Warren, S.G., C.S. Roesler, R.E. Brandt, and M. Curran, 2019: Green icebergs revisited. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 124, doi:10.1029/2018JC014479.
  • Warren, S.G., 2019: Light-absorbing impurities in snow: a personal and historical account. Front. Earth Sci., 6, doi:10.3389/feart.2018.00250.
  • Dang, C., Q. Fu, and S.G. Warren, 2016: Effect of snow grain shape on snow albedo. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 3573-3583. doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0276.1
  • Zatko, M.C., and S.G. Warren, 2015: East Antarctic sea ice in spring: spectral albedo of snow, nilas, frost flowers, and slush; and light-absorbing impurities in snow, Annals of Glaciology, 56, 53-64, doi:10.3189/2015AoG69A574.