Marcus Lofverstrom

Interests

Teaching

Meteorology: dynamic meteorology, fundamental meteorologyClimatology: paleoclimate, general circulationNumerical modeling

Research

Dynamic meteorology:midlatitude circulation; large-scale atmospheric circulation regimes; atmospheric stationary waves; flow-topography interactions; Rossby-wave breaking; critical layer reflection; jet stream and storm track dynamics; atmosphere--ocean--land--ice-sheet interactionsClimatology:atmospheric and oceanic circulation regimes; sea-level rise from melting polar ice sheets; climate feedbacksPaleo-climatology:atmospheric and oceanic circulation regimes in warm and cold climates; the LGM climate, the pre-LGM glacial climate; the mutual interaction between continental-scale ice sheets and the time-mean atmospheric circulation; conditions for glacial inception: local climate conditions, connection to atmospheric and oceanic circulation regimes, the importance of Arctic gateways for the North Atlantic climate; jet streams and storm tracks in past climates Numerical modeling:model development and optimization; model hierarchies and applications; biases in climate/circulation models (from idealized/simplified to comprehensive general circulation models)

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Thompson, D., McCulloch, M., Cole, J. E., Reed, E. V., D’Olivo, J. P., Dyez, K., Lofverstrom, M., Lough, J., Cantin, N., Tudhope, A. W., & others, . (2022). Marginal reefs under stress: Physiological limits render Gal\'apagos corals susceptible to ocean acidification and thermal stress. AGU Advances, 3(1), e2021AV000509.
• Dow, W. J., Maycock, A. C., Lofverstrom, M., & Smith, C. J. (2021). The effect of anthropogenic aerosols on the Aleutian Low. Journal of Climate, 34(5), 1725--1741.
• Kageyama, M., Harrison, S. P., Kapsch, M., Lofverstrom, M., Lora, J. M., Mikolajewicz, U., Sherriff-Tadan, S., Vadsaria, T., Abe-Ouchi, A., Bouttes, N., Chandan, D., LeGrande, A. N., Lhardy, F., Lohmann, G., Morozova, P. A., Ohgaito, R., Peltier, R. W., Quiquet, A., Roche, D. M., , Shi, X., et al. (2021). The PMIP4-CMIP6 Last Glacial Maximum experiments: preliminary results and comparison with the PMIP3-CMIP5 simulations. Climate of the Past.
• Kageyama, M., Harrison, S. P., Kapsch, M., Lofverstrom, M., Lora, J. M., Mikolajewicz, U., Sherriff-Tadano, S., Vadsaria, T., Abe-Ouchi, A., Bouttes, N., & others, . (2021). The PMIP4 Last Glacial Maximum experiments: preliminary results and comparison with the PMIP3 simulations. Climate of the Past, 17(3), 1065--1089.
• Menemenlis, S., Lora, J. M., Lofverstrom, M., & Chandan, D. (2021). Influence of stationary waves on mid-Pliocene atmospheric rivers and hydroclimate. Global and Planetary Change, 204, 103557.
• Muntjewerf, L., Sacks, W. J., Lofverstrom, M., Fyke, J., Lipscomb, W. H., Ernani da Silva, C., Vizcaino, M., Thayer-Calder, K., & Lenaerts, J. T. (2020). Description and demonstration of the coupled Community Earth System Model v2.1 - Community Ice Sheet Model v2.1 (CESM2.1-CISM2.1). Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.
• Muntjewerf, L., Sacks, W. J., Lofverstrom, M., Fyke, J., Lipscomb, W. H., Silva, C., Vizcaino, M., Thayer-Calder, K., Lenaerts, J. T., & Sellevold, R. (2021). Description and Demonstration of the Coupled Community Earth System Model v2--Community Ice Sheet Model v2 (CESM2-CISM2). Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13(6), e2020MS002356.
• Sommers, A. N., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Lipscomb, W. H., Lofverstrom, M., Shafer, S. L., Bartlein, P. J., Brady, E. C., Kluzek, E., Leguy, G., Thayer-Calder, K., & others, . (2021). Retreat and Regrowth of the Greenland Ice Sheet During the Last Interglacial as Simulated by the CESM2-CISM2 Coupled Climate--Ice Sheet Model. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36(12), e2021PA004272.
• Tabor, C., Lofverstrom, M., Oster, J., Wortham, B., Wet, C., Monta\~nez, I., Rhoades, A., Zarzycki, C., He, C., & Liu, Z. (2021). A mechanistic understanding of oxygen isotopic changes in the Western United States at the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 274, 107255.
• Zhu, J., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Brady, E. C., Poulsen, C. J., Tierney, J. E., Lofverstrom, M., & DiNezio, P. (2021). Assessment of equilibrium climate sensitivity of the Community Earth System Model version 2 through simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(3), e2020GL091220.
• Dow, W., Maycock, A., Loefverstroem, M. C., & Smith, C. (2021). The Effect of Anthropogenic Aerosols on the Aleutian Low. Journal of Climate, 34(5), 1725–1741. doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0423.1
• Lofverstrom, M. (2020). A dynamic link between high-intensity precipitation events in southwestern North America and Europe at the Last Glacial Maximum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 534(15).
• Lofverstrom, M. C. (2020). A dynamic link between high-intensity precipitation events in southwestern North America and Europe at the Last Glacial Maximum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 534(15). doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116081
• Lofverstrom, M., Fyke, J., Thayer-Calder, K., Muntjewerf, L., Vizcaino, M., Sacks, W. J., Lipscomb, W. H., Otto-Bliesner, B., & Bradley, S. L. (2020). An efficient ice-sheet/Earth system model spin-up procedure for CESM2-CISM2: description, evaluation, and broader applicability. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, e2019MS001984.
• Lofverstrom, M., Fyke, J., Thayer-Calder, K., Muntjewerf, L., Vizcaino, M., Sacks, W. J., Lipscomb, W. H., Otto-Bliesner, B., & Bradley, S. L. (2020). An efficient ice-sheet/Earth system model spin-up procedure for CESM2.1 and CISM2.1: description, evaluation, and broader applicability. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.
• Muntjewerf, L., Petrini, M., Vizcaino, M., Ernani da Silva, C., Sellevold, R., Scherrenberg, M. D., Thayer-Calder, K., Bradley, S. L., Lenaerts, J. T., Lipscomb, W. H., & Lofverstrom, M. (2020). Greenland Ice Sheet Contribution to 21st Century Sea Level Rise as Simulated by the Coupled CESM2.1-CISM2.1. Geophysical Research Letters.
• Muntjewerf, L., Petrini, M., Vizcaino, M., Silva, C., Sellevold, R., Scherrenberg, M. D., Thayer-Calder, K., Bradley, S. L., Lenaerts, J. T., Lipscomb, W. H., & others, . (2020). Greenland Ice Sheet contribution to 21st century sea level rise as simulated by the coupled CESM2. 1-CISM2. 1. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(9), e2019GL086836.
• Muntjewerf, L., Sellevold, R., Vizcaino, M., Ernani da Silva, C., Petrini, M., Thayer-Calder, K., Scherrenberg, M., Bradley, S., Fyke, J., Lipscomb, W., Lofverstrom, M., & Sacks, W. (2020). Accelerated Greenland ice sheet mass loss under high greenhouse gas forcing as simulated by the coupled CESM2.1-CISM2.1. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.
• Muntjewerf, L., Sellevold, R., Vizcaino, M., Silva, C., Petrini, M., Thayer-Calder, K., Scherrenberg, M. D., Bradley, S. L., Katsman, C. A., Fyke, J., & others, . (2020). Accelerated Greenland ice sheet mass loss under high greenhouse gas forcing as simulated by the coupled CESM2. 1-CISM2. 1. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(10), e2019MS002031.
• Rehfeld, K., H\'ebert, R., Lora, J. M., Lofverstrom, M., & Brierley, C. M. (2020). Variability of surface climate in simulations of past and future. Earth System Dynamics, 11(2), 447--468.
• Rehfeld, K., Hebert, R., Lora, J., Lofverstrom, M., & Brierley, C. (2020). Variability of surface climate in simulations of past and future. Earth System Dynamics.
• Tulenko, J. P., Lofverstrom, M., & Briner, J. P. (2020). Ice sheet influence on atmospheric circulation explains the patterns of Pleistocene alpine glacier records in North America. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 534.
• Tulenko, J., Lofverstrom, M., & Briner, J. (2020). Ice sheet influence on atmospheric circulation explains the patterns of Pleistocene alpine glacier records in North America. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 534(15). doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116115
• Fyke, J. L. (2018). Icy interactions. Eos, 99.
• Fyke, J., Sergienko, O., L\"ofverstr\"om, M., Price, S., & Lenaerts, J. T. (2018). An overview of interactions and feedbacks between ice sheets and the Earth system. Reviews of Geophysics, 56(2), 361--408.
• Liakka, J., & Lofverstrom, M. (2018). Arctic warming induced by the Laurentide Ice Sheet topography. Climate of the Past, 14(6), 887--900.
• Lofverstrom, M., & Liakka, J. (2018). Supplement of The influence of atmospheric grid resolution in a climate model-forced ice sheet simulation.
• Lofverstrom, M., & Liakka, J. (2018). The influence of atmospheric grid resolution in a climate model-forced ice sheet simulation. The Cryosphere, 12(4), 1499--1510.
• Lofverstrom, M., & Liakka, J. (2018). The influence of atmospheric grid resolution in a climate model-forced ice sheet simulation.. Cryosphere, 12(4).
• L\"ofverstr\"om, M., & Lora, J. M. (2017). Abrupt regime shifts in the North Atlantic atmospheric circulation over the last deglaciation. Geophysical Research Letters, 44.
• L\"ofverstr\"om, M., & Liakka, J. (2016). On the limited ice intrusion in Alaska at the LGM. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(20), 11--030.
• L\"ofverstr\"om, M., Caballero, R., Nilsson, J., & Messori, G. (2016). Stationary wave reflection as a mechanism for zonalizing the Atlantic winter jet at the LGM. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73(8), 3329--3342.
• Liakka, J., L\"ofverstr\"om, M., & Colleoni, F. (2016). The impact of the North American glacial topography on the evolution of the Eurasian ice sheet over the last glacial cycle. Climate of the Past, 12(5), 1225--1241.
• Otto-Bliesner, B., Jahn, A., Feng, R., Brady, E., Hu, A., & Lofverstrom, M. (2016). Amplified North Atlantic warming in the late Pliocene by changes in Arctic gateways. Geophysical Research Letters, 44.
• L\"ofverstr\"om, M., Liakka, J., & Kleman, J. (2015). The North American Cordillera—An impediment to growing the continent-wide Laurentide ice sheet. Journal of Climate, 28(23), 9433--9450.
• Pausata SR, F., & L\"ofverstr\"om, M. (2015). On the enigmatic similarity in Greenland $\delta$18O between the Oldest and Younger Dryas. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(23), 10--470.
• L\"ofverstr\"om, M., Caballero, R., Nilsson, J., & Kleman, J. (2014). Evolution of the large-scale atmospheric circulation in response to changing ice sheets over the last glacial cycle. Climate of the Past, 10(4), 1453--1471.
• Liakka, J., Nilsson, J., & L\"ofverstr\"om, M. (2012). Interactions between stationary waves and ice sheets: linear versus nonlinear atmospheric response. Climate dynamics, 38(5-6), 1249--1262.

Presentations

• Lofverstrom, M. (2019, November). A dynamic link between precipitation extremes in western North America and Europe at the Last Glacial Maximum. HAS colloquium.
• Lofverstrom, M. (2019, September). The importance of Arctic gateways for Northern Hemisphere glacial inception. GEOS colloquium.

Others

• Liakka, J., L\"ofverstr\"om, M., & Colleoni, F. (2016). The impact of the North American glacial topography on the evolution of the Eurasian ice sheet over the last glacial cycle, Clim. Past, 12, 1225--1241.
• L\"ofverstr\"om, M. (2014, 11). On the interaction between ice sheets and the large-scale atmospheric circulation over the last glacial cycle.