Kenneth Kunkel

Schlef, K. E., Kunkel, K. E., Brown, C., Demissie, Y., Lettenmaier, D. P., Wagner, A., … Yan, E. (2023). [Review of Incorporating non-stationarity from climate change into rainfall frequency and intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves]. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128757

Crossett, C. C., Dupigny-Giroux, L.-A. L., Kunkel, K. E., Betts, A. K., & Bomblies, A. (2023). Synoptic Typing of Multiduration, Heavy Precipitation Records in the Northeastern United States: 1895-2017. JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 62(6), 721–736. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-22-0091.1

Eischeid, J. K., Hoerling, M. P., Quan, X.-w., Kumar, A., Barsugli, J., Labe, Z. M., … Zhang, X. (2023). Why Has the Summertime Central US Warming Hole Not Disappeared? JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 36(20), 7319–7336. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0716.1

Barsugli, J. J., Easterling, D. R., Arndt, D. S., Coates, D. A., Delworth, T. L., Hoerling, M. P., … Zhang, T. (2022). Development of a Rapid Response Capability to Evaluate Causes of Extreme Temperature and Drought Events in the United States. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 103(3), S14–S20. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0237.1

Kunkel, K. E., Yin, X., Sun, L., Champion, S. M., Stevens, L. E., & Johnson, K. M. (2022). Extreme Precipitation Trends and Meteorological Causes Over the Laurentian Great Lakes. FRONTIERS IN WATER, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.804799

Dagon, K., Truesdale, J., Biard, J. C., Kunkel, K. E., Meehl, G. A., & Molina, M. J. (2022). Machine Learning-Based Detection of Weather Fronts and Associated Extreme Precipitation in Historical and Future Climates. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 127(21). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037038

Shiva, J. S., Chandler, D. G., & Kunkel, K. E. (2022). Mapping Heat Wave Hazard in Urban Areas: A Novel Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach. ATMOSPHERE, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13071037

Dong, Q., Wang, W., Kunkel, K. E., Shao, Q., Xing, W., & Wei, J. (2021). Heterogeneous response of global precipitation concentration to global warming. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, 41, E2347–E2359. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6851

Russell, B. T., Risser, M. D., Smith, R. L., & Kunkel, K. E. (2020). Investigating the association between late spring Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures and US Gulf Coast precipitation extremes with focus on Hurricane Harvey. ENVIRONMETRICS, 31(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/env.2595

Kunkel, K. E., Stevens, S. E., Stevens, L. E., & Karl, T. R. (2020). Observed Climatological Relationships of Extreme Daily Precipitation Events With Precipitable Water and Vertical Velocity in the Contiguous United States. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 47(12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086721

Kunkel, K. E., Karl, T. R., Squires, M. F., Yin, X., Stegall, S. T., & Easterling, D. R. (2020). Precipitation Extremes: Trends and Relationships with Average Precipitation and Precipitable Water in the Contiguous United States. JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 59(1), 125–142. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0185.1

Kunkel, K. E., & Champion, S. M. (2019). An Assessment of Rainfall from Hurricanes Harvey and Florence Relative to Other Extremely Wet Storms in the United States. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 46(22), 13500–13506. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085034

Rennie, J., Bell, J. E., Kunkel, K. E., Herring, S., Cullen, H., & Abadi, A. M. (2019). Development of a Submonthly Temperature Product to Monitor Near-Real-Time Climate Conditions and Assess Long-Term Heat Events in the United States. JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 58(12), 2653–2674. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0076.1

Lee, J., Waliser, D., Lee, H., Loikith, P., & Kunkel, K. E. (2019). Evaluation of CMIP5 ability to reproduce twentieth century regional trends in surface air temperature and precipitation over CONUS. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 53(9-10), 5459–5480. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04875-1

Shiva, J. S., Chandler, D. G., & Kunkel, K. E. (2019). Localized Changes in Heat Wave Properties Across the United States. EARTHS FUTURE, 7(3), 300–319. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF001085

Stevens, S. E., Schreck, C. J., III, Saha, S., Bell, J. E., & Kunkel, K. E. (2019). Precipitation and Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes: Continental Analysis with High-Resolution Radar Data. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 100(8), 1453–1462. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0001.1

Stegall, S. T., & Kunkel, K. E. (2019). Simulation of Daily Extreme Precipitation over the United States in the CMIP5 30-Yr Decadal Prediction Experiment. JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 58(4), 875–886. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0057.1

Bell, J. E., Brown, C. L., Conlon, K., Herring, S., Kunkel, K. E., Lawrimore, J., … Uejio, C. (2018). [Review of Changes in extreme events and the potential impacts on human health]. JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, 68(4), 265–287. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2017.1401017

Hallar, A. G., Molotch, N. P., Hand, J. L., Livneh, B., McCubbin, I. B., Petersen, R., … Kunkel, K. E. (2017). Impacts of increasing aridity and wildfires on aerosol loading in the intermountain Western US. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa510a

Bhowmik, R. D., Sankarasubramanian, A., Sinha, T., Patskoski, J., Mahinthakumar, G., & Kunkel, K. E. (2017). Multivariate Downscaling Approach Preserving Cross Correlations across Climate Variables for Projecting Hydrologic Fluxes. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(8), 2187–2205. https://doi.org/10.1175/jhm-d-16-0160.1

Sankarasubramanian, A., Sabo, J. L., Larson, K. L., Seo, S. B., Sinha, T., Bhowmik, R., … Kominoski, J. (2017). Synthesis of public water supply use in the United States: Spatio‐temporal patterns and socio‐economic controls. Earth's Future, 5(7), 771–788. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016ef000511

Easterling, D. R., Kunkel, K. E., Wehner, M. F., & Sun, L. (2016). Detection and attribution of climate extremes in the observed record. Weather and Climate Extremes, 11, 17–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.WACE.2016.01.001

Paquin, D., Frigon, A., & Kunkel, K. E. (2016). Evaluation of Total Precipitable Water from CRCM4 using the NVAP-MEaSUREs Dataset and ERA-Interim Reanalysis Data. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN, 54(5), 541–548. https://doi.org/10.1080/07055900.2016.1230043

Waple, A. M., Champion, S. M., Kunkel, K. E., & Tilmes, C. (2016). Innovations in information management and access for assessments. Climatic Change, 135(1), 69–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1588-7

Kunkel, K. E., Moss, R., & Parris, A. (2016). Innovations in science and scenarios for assessment. CLIMATIC CHANGE, 135(1), 55–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1494-z

Janssen, E., Sriver, R. L., Wuebbles, D. J., & Kunkel, K. E. (2016). Seasonal and regional variations in extreme precipitation event frequency using CMIP5. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 43(10), 5385–5393. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl069151

Kunkel, K. E., Robinson, D. A., Champion, S., Yin, X., Estilow, T., & Frankson, R. M. (2016). Trends and Extremes in Northern Hemisphere Snow Characteristics. Current Climate Change Reports, 2(2), 65–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/S40641-016-0036-8

Jacobs, J., Moore, S. K., Kunkel, K. E., & Sun, L. (2015). A framework for examining climate-driven changes to the seasonality and geographical range of coastal pathogens and harmful algae. Climate Risk Management, 8, 16–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CRM.2015.03.002

Kibler, S. R., Tester, P. A., Kunkel, K. E., Moore, S. K., & Litaker, R. W. (2015). Effects of ocean warming on growth and distribution of dinoflagellates associated with ciguatera fish poisoning in the Caribbean. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, 316, 194–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.08.020

Kunkel, K. E., Vose, R. S., Stevens, L. E., & Knight, R. W. (2015). Is the monthly temperature climate of the United States becoming more extreme? GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 42(2), 629–636. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014gl062035

Kossin, J. P., Karl, T. R., Knutson, T. R., Emanuel, K. A., Kunkel, K. E., & O'Brien, J. J. (2015, July). Reply to "Comments on 'Monitoring and Understanding Trends in Extreme Storms: State of Knowledge'". https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-14-00261.1

Frei, A., Kunkel, K. E., & Matonse, A. (2015). The Seasonal Nature of Extreme Hydrological Events in the Northeastern United States. JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 16(5), 2065–2085. https://doi.org/10.1175/jhm-d-14-0237.1

Janssen, E., Wuebbles, D. J., Kunkel, K. E., Olsen, S. C., & Goodman, A. (2014). Observational- and model-based trends and projections of extreme precipitation over the contiguous United States. Earth's Future, 2(2), 99–113. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EF000185

Peterson, T. C., Karl, T. R., Kossin, J. P., Kunkel, K. E., Lawrimore, J. H., McMahon, J. R., … Yin, X. (2013). Changes in weather and climate extremes: State of knowledge relevant to air and water quality in the United States. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 64(2), 184–197. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2013.851044

Kunkel, K. E., Karl, T. R., Brooks, H., Kossin, J., Lawrimore, J. H., Arndt, D., … Peterson, T. C. (2013). Monitoring and understanding trends in extreme storms state of knowledge. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(4), 499–514.

Kunkel, K. E., Karl, T. R., Easterling, D. R., Redmond, K., Young, J., Yin, X., & Hennon, P. (2013). Probable maximum precipitation and climate change. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 40(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50334

Liang, X.-Z., Xu, M., Gao, W., Reddy, K. R., Kunkel, K., Schmoldt, D. L., & Samel, A. N. (2012). A Distributed Cotton Growth Model Developed from GOSSYM and Its Parameter Determination. AGRONOMY JOURNAL, 104(3), 661–674. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2011.0250

Kunkel, K. E., Easterling, D. R., Kristvich, D. A. R., Gleason, B., Stoecker, L., & Smith, R. (2012). Meteorological Causes of the Secular Variations in Observed Extreme Precipitation Events for the Conterminous United States. JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 13(3), 1131–1141. https://doi.org/10.1175/jhm-d-11-0108.1

Liang, X.-Z., Xu, M., Gao, W., Reddy, K. R., Kunkel, K., Schmoldt, D. L., & Samel, A. N. (2012). Physical Modeling of US Cotton Yields and Climate Stresses during 1979 to 2005. AGRONOMY JOURNAL, 104(3), 675–683. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2011.0251

Liang, X.-Z., Xu, M., Yuan, X., Ling, T., Choi, H. I., Zhang, F., … Michalakes, J. (2012). REGIONAL CLIMATE-WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODEL. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 93(9), 1363–1387. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-11-00180.1

Kunkel, K. E., Easterling, D. R., Kristovich, D. A. R., Gleason, B., Stoecker, L., & Smith, R. (2010). Recent increases in U.S. heavy precipitation associated with tropical cyclones. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 37. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010gl045164

Angel, J. R., & Kunkel, K. E. (2010). The response of Great Lakes water levels to future climate scenarios with an emphasis on Lake Michigan-Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 36, 51–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2009.09.006

Kunkel, K. E., Ensor, L., Palecki, M., Easterling, D., Robinson, D., Hubbard, K. G., & Redmond, K. (2009). A new look at lake-effect snowfall trends in the Laurentian Great Lakes using a temporally homogeneous data set. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 35(1), 23–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2008.11.003

Pryor, S. C., Howe, J. A., & Kunkel, K. E. (2009). How spatially coherent and statistically robust are temporal changes in extreme precipitation in the contiguous USA? International Journal of Climatology, 29(1), 31–45. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1696

Huang, H.-C., Lin, J., Tao, Z., Choi, H., Patten, K., Kunkel, K., … Wang, J. (2008). Impacts of long-range transport of global pollutants and precursor gases on U.S. air quality under future climatic conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113(D19). https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JD009469

Liang, X.-Z., Kunkel, K. E., Meehl, G. A., Jones, R. G., & Wang, J. X. L. (2008). Regional climate models downscaling analysis of general circulation models present climate biases propagation into future change projections. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL032849

Kunkel, K. E., Huang, H.-C., Liang, X.-Z., Lin, J.-T., Wuebbles, D., Tao, Z., … Hayhoe, K. (2008). Sensitivity of future ozone concentrations in the northeast USA to regional climate change. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 13(5-6), 597–606. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11027-007-9137-Y

Liang, X.-Z., Pan, J., Zhu, J., Kunkel, K. E., Wang, J. X. L., & Dai, A. (2006). Regional climate model downscaling of the U.S. summer climate and future change. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 111(D10), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JD006685

Woodhouse, C. A., Kunkel, K. E., Easterling, D. R., & Cook, E. R. (2005). The twentieth-century pluvial in the western United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(7), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL022413

Kunkel, K. E. (2004). Temporal variations in frost-free season in the United States: 1895–2000. Geophysical Research Letters, 31(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GL018624