Eric Wilcox
Physical Scientist
eric.m.wilcox@nasa.gov
(301) 614-6409

Curriculum Vitae


Education

  • 2002
Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • 1995
B.Sc. Physics, UC San Diego

Research Interests

  • Aerosol/Cloud Interactions
  • Atmospheric Convection and Rainfall
  • Climate Modeling

Professional Activities and Experience

Interactions among aerosols, clouds, precipitation and the climate of Earth; remote sensing and in-situ observations of cloud systems; the representation of clouds, convection and precipitation in global climate models


Latest Publications

Wilcox, E. M., Harshvardhan, and S. Platnick, 2009: Estimate of the impact of absorbing aerosol over cloud on the MODIS retrievals of cloud optical thickness and effective radius using two independent retrievals of liquid water path. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D05210, doi:10.1029/2008JD010589. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Sud, Y. C., E. M. Wilcox, K.-M. Lau, G. K. Walker, X.-H. Liu, A. Nenes, D. Lee, K.-M. Kim, Y. Zhou, and P. S. Bhattacharjee, 2009: Sensitivity of Boreal-Summer Circulation and Precipitation to Atmospheric Aerosols in Selected Regions, Part I: Africa and India. Annales Geophysicae, 27, 3989-4007. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Wilcox, E. M., Y. C. Sud, and G. K. Walker, 2009: Sensitivity of Boreal-Summer Circulation and Precipitation to Atmospheric Aerosols in Selected Regions, Part II: The Americas. Annales Geophysicae, 27, 4009-4021. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Wilcox, E. M., W. K. M. Lau, and Kim, 2009: A Northward Shift of the North Atlantic Ocean Inter-tropical Convergence Zone in Response to Summertime Saharan Dust Outbreaks. Geophys. Res. Lett. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Wilcox, E. M., and L. J. Donner, 2007: The Frequency of Extreme Rain Events in Satellite Rain Rate Estimates and an Atmospheric General Circulation Model. J. Climate, 20, 53-69. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Wilcox, E. M., G. Roberts, and V. Ramanathan, 2006: Influence of aerosols on the shortwave cloud radiative forcing from north Pacific Oceanic Clouds: Results from the Cloud Indirect Forcing Experiment (CIFEX). Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L21804, doi:10.1029/2006GL027150. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Wilcox, E. M., and V. Ramanathan, 2004: The Impact of Observed Precipitation upon the Transport of Aerosols from South Asia.. Tellus 56B, 435-450. [Abstract]

Wilcox, E. M., 2003: Spatial and Temporal Scales of Precipitating Tropical Cloud Systems in Satellite Imagery and the NCAR CCM3. J. Climate, 16, 3545-3559. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Wilcox, E. M., and V. Ramanathan, 2001: Scale Dependence of the Thermodynamic Forcing of Tropical Monsoon Clouds: Results from TRMM Observations. J. Climate, 14, 1511-1524. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Hellman, F., M. Q. Tran, A. E. Gebala, E. M. Wilcox, and R. C. Dynes, 1996: Metal-Insulator Transition and Giant Negative Magnetoresistance in Amorphous Magnetic Rare Earth Silicon Alloys. Phys. Rev. Lett., 77, 4652-4655. [Abstract]

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