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LUBIN, DAN

Research Physicist

Degrees:

• B.S., Northwestern University
• M.S., University of Chicago
• Ph.D., University of Chicago

Research Interests:

• Satellite remote sensing of Earth's polar regions
• Application of global climate model simulation to the polar regions
• New instrumentation and techniques for space-based remote sensing
• Stellar astrophysics related to solar variability and climate

Honors and Awards:

• NASA Goddard Earth Science and Technology Fellow
• NSF Arctic Service Award
• US Navy Antarctica Service Medal

Mentoring:

• Muelmenstadt, Johannes (Post Doc; 2011-2012)
• Schwartz, Rachel (Masters; 2010-2010)
• Orsi, Anias (Graduate; 2009-2012)
• Bassis, Jeremy (Graduate; 2005-2007)
• Gordon, Neil (Graduate; 2005-2008)
• Mauger, Guillaume (Graduate; 2005-2007)
• Clarke, Rory (Undergrad; 2000-2001)
• Lynch, Stephen (Undergrad; 2000-2001)
• Berque, Joannes (Graduate; 1999-2004)
• Lehr, Pamela (Undergrad; 1999-1999)
• Kressin, Ann (Other; 1998-1998)
• Morrow, Esther (Graduate; 1998-2002)
• Hallenborg, Eric (Undergrad; 1995-1996)
• Jensen, Elsa (Other; 1995-1998)
• Han, Wei (Graduate; 1994-1997)
• Lomax, Andrew LT USN (Masters; 1994-1995)
• Sharpe-Nelson, Elizabeth (Other; 1992-1998)
• Simpson-Leitner, Sabrina (Undergrad; 1992-1994)

Bromwich, D. H., J. P. Nicolas, K. Hines, E. Key, M. Lazzara, D. Lubin, G. McFarquhar, N. Adams, I. Gorodetskaya, J. Kay, T. Lachlan-Cope, and N. Van Lipzig, 2012: Tropospheric clouds in Antarctica, Reviews of Geophysics, 50, RG1004, doi:10.1029/2011RG000363.

Lubin, D., D. Tytler, and D. Kirkman, 2012: Frequency of Maunder minimum events in solar-type stars inferred from activity and metallicity observations, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 747, L32, doi:10.1088/2041-8205/747/2/L32.

Lubin, D., and A. M. Vogelmann, 2011: The influence of mixed-phase clouds on surface shortwave irradiance during the Arctic spring, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, doi:10.1029/2011JD015761.

Berque, J., D. Lubin, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2011: Transect method for Antarctic cloud property retrieval using AVHRR data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32, 2887-2903.

Lubin, D., D. Tytler, and D. Kirkman, 2010: Lithium abundance in solar-type stars with low chromospheric activity: Application to the search for Maunder minimum analogs. The Astrophysical Journal, 716, 766-775.

Lubin, D., and A. M. Vogelmann, 2010: Observational quantification of a shortwave aerosol indirect effect in the Arctic. Tellus-B, 62, 181-189.

Song, X., D. Lubin, and G. Zhang, 2010: Increased greenhouse gases enhance regional climate response to a Maunder Minimum, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, doi:10.1029/2009GL041290.

Lubin, D., G. Ayres, and S. Hart, 2009: Remote sensing of polar regions: Lessons and resources for the International Polar Year. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90, 825-835.

Lubin, D., R. A. Wittenmyer, D. H. Bromwich, and G. J. Marshall, 2008: Antarctic peninsula mesoscale cyclone variability and climate impacts influenced by the SAM. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L02808, doi:10.1029/2007GL032170.

Lubin, D., and A. M. Vogelmann, 2007: Expected magnitude of the aerosol shortwave indirect effect in springtime Arctic liquid water clouds. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L11801, doi:10.1029/2006GL028750.

Lubin, D., and R. Massom, 2007: Remote sensing of Earth's polar regions: Opportunities for computational science. Computing in Science and Engineering, 9, 58-71.

Scambos, T. A., N. Adams, S. Barreira, D. H. Bromwich, R. L. Fogt, K. Jezek, A. Monaghan, H. Liu, L. Wang, D. Lubin, R. A. Massom, P. A. Newman, and J. Turner, 2007: State of the Climate 2006: Antarctica. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88(6 Suppl), 71-76.

Lubin, D. and A. M. Vogelmann, 2006: A climatologically significant aerosol longwave indirect effect in the Arctic. Nature, 439, 453-456.

Lubin, D., and R. Massom, 2006: Polar Remote Sensing. Volume I. Atmosphere and Oceans. Springer-Praxis, Chichester, UK, 756 pp.

Massom, R., and D. Lubin, 2006: Polar Remote Sensing. Volume II. Ice Sheets. Springer-Praxis, Chichester, UK, 426 pp.

McComiskey, A., P. Ricchiazzi, C. Gautier, and D. Lubin, 2006: Assessment of a three-dimensional model for atmospheric radiative transfer over heterogeneous land cover. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L10813, doi:10.1029/2005GL025356.

Berque, J., D. Lubin, and R. C. J. Somerville, 2004: Infrared radiative properties of the Antarctic Plateau from AVHRR data: I. Effect of the snow surface. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 43, 350-362.

Lubin, D., 2004: Thermodynamic phase of maritime Antarctic clouds from FTIR and supplemental radiometric data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D04204, doi:10.1029/2003JD003979.

Lubin, D., K. Arrigo, and G. L. van Dijken, 2004: Increased exposure of Southern Ocean phytoplankton to UV radiation. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, doi:10.1029/2004GL019633.

Xiong, X., R. Storvold, K. Stamnes, and D. Lubin, 2004: Derivation of a threshold function for the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 3.75 micron channel and its application in automatic cloud discrimination over snow/ice surfaces. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25, 2995-3017.

Arrigo, K., D. Lubin, G. L. van Dijken, O. Holm-Hansen, and E. Morrow, 2003: The impact of a deep ozone hole on Southern Ocean primary production, Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 108, doi: 10.1029/2001JC001226.

Kerr, J. B., G. Seckmeyer, A. F. Bais, G. Bernhard, M. Blumthaler, S. B. Diaz, N. Krotkov, D. Lubin, R. L. McKenzie, A. A. Sabziparvar, and J. Verdebout, 2003: Surface ultraviolet radiation: Past and future. In Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project - Report No. 47, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 5.1-5.42.

Lubin, D., S. K. Lynch, R. Clarke, E. Morrow, and S. Hart, 2003: Increasing reflectivity of the Antarctic ocean-atmosphere system: analysis of TOMS and passive microwave data for 1979-1994, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 108(D13), 4375, doi:10.1029/2002JD002702.

Satheesh, S. K., and D. Lubin, 2003: Short wave versus longwave radiative forcing by Indian Ocean aerosols: Role of sea-surface winds. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(13), 1695, doi:10.1029/2003GL017499.

Garrity, C., D. Lubin, S. Kern, and L. T. Pedersen, 2002: Linescan camera evaluation of SSM/I 85.5 GHz total sea ice concentration retrieval. Remote Sensing of Environment, 83, 472-487.

Lubin, D., P. Ricchiazzi, A. Payton, and C. Gautier, 2002: Significance of multidimensional radiative transfer effects measured in surface fluxes at an Antarctic coastline, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(D19), 4387, doi: 10.1029/2001JD002030.

Lubin, D., S. K. Satheesh, G. McFarquar, and A. J. Heymsfield, 2002: The longwave radiative forcing of Indian Ocean tropospheric aerosol. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 107(D19), doi:10.1029/2001JD001183.

Xiong, X., W. Li., D. Lubin, and K. Stamnes, 2002: Evaluating the principles of cloud remote sensing with AVHRR and MAS imagery over SHEBA, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(C10), 8036, doi: 10.1029/2000JC000424.

Xiong, X., K. Stamnes, and D. Lubin, 2002: Surface Albedo over the Arctic Ocean Derived from AVHRR Data and its Validation. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 41, 413-425.

Xiong, X., D., D. Lubin, W. Li, K. Stamnes, 2002: A critical examination of satellite cloud retrieval from AVHRR in the Arctic Using SHEBA Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 41, 1195-1209.

Lubin, D., W. Li, P. Dustan, C. H. Mazel, and K. Stamnes, 2001: Spectral signatures of coral reefs: features from space, Remote Sensing of Environment, 75, 127-137.

Lubin, D., and E. Morrow, 2001: The ultraviolet radiation environment of Antarctica: I.effect of sea-ice on the top-of-atmosphere albedo and on satellite retrievals, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 106, 33,453-33,462.

Morrow, E., D. J. Scheeres, and D. Lubin, 2001: Solar sail operations at asteroids. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 38(2), 279-286.

Ramanathan, V., et al., 2001: The Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo-Asian haze. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 28,371-28,398.

Collins, W. D., A. Bucholtz, P. Flatau, D. Lubin, F. P. J. Valero, C. P. Weaver, and P. Pilewskie, 2000: Determination of surface heating by clouds in the central equatorial Pacific from surface and satellite measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 14,807-14,821.

Lubin, D., A. Vogelmann, P. J. Lehr, A. Kressin, J. Ehramjian, and V. Ramanathan, 2000: Validation of visible/near-IR atmospheric absorption spectroscopic models at 1 cm-1 resolution, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 22,445-22,454.

Han, W., K. Stamnes, and D. Lubin, 1999: Remote sensing of cloud properties in the Arctic from AVHRR measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 38, 989-1012.

Lubin, D., E. H. Jensen, and H. P. Gies, 1998: Global surface ultraviolet radiation climatology from TOMS and ERBE data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 26,061-26,091.

Jayaraman, A., D. Lubin, S. Ramachandran, V. Ramanathan, E. Woodbridge, W. D. Collins, and K. S. Zalpuri, 1998: Direct observations of aerosol radiative forcing over the tropical Indian Ocean during the Jan.-Feb. 1996 Pre-INDOEX cruise. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103 (D12), 13,827-13,836.

Lubin, D., B. Chen, D. H. Bromwich, R. C. J. Somerville, and W. H. Lee, 1998: The impact of Antarctic cloud radiative properties on a GCM climate simulation, Journal of Climate, 11, 447-462.

Podgorny, I., and D. Lubin, 1998: Biologically active insolation over Antarctic waters: Effect of a highly reflecting coastline. Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), 103, 2919-2928.

Lubin, D., and E. Morrow, 1998: Evaluation of an AVHRR cloud detection and classification method over the central Arctic Ocean. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 37, 166-183.

Lubin, D., C. Garrity, R. O. Ramseier, and R. H. Whritner, 1997: Evaluation of the Special Sensor Microwave Imager 85.5 GHz channels for total sea ice concentration retrieval during the Arctic summer, Remote Sensing of Environment, 62, 63-76.

Lubin, D., and E. H. Jensen, 1997: Satellite mapping of solar ultraviolet radiation. In NATO Advanced Study Institute Series, Subseries I, Volume 52, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 95-118.

Lubin, D., and A. S. Simpson, 1997: Measurement of surface radiation fluxes and cloud optical properties during the 1994 Arctic Ocean Section. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 4275-4286.

Aagaard, K., L. A. Barrie, E. C. Carmack, C. Garrity, E. P. Jones, D. Lubin, R. W. Macdonald, J. H. Swift, W. B. Tucker, P. A. Wheeler, and R. H. Whritner, 1996: U.S., Canadian researchers explore Arctic Ocean. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 77, 209-213.

Lubin, D., J.-P. Chen, P. Pilewskie, V. Ramanathan, and F. P. J. Valero, 1996: Microphysical examination of excess cloud absorption in the tropical atmosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 16,961-16,972.

Lubin, D., and D. A. Harper, 1996: Cloud radiative properties over the South Pole from AVHRR infrared data, Journal of Climate, 9, 3405-3418.

Collins, W. D., F. P. J. Valero, P. J. Flatau, D. Lubin, H. Grassl, P. Pilewskie, and J. Spinhirne, 1995: The radiative effects of convection in the tropical pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 14,999-15,012.

Lomax, A. S., D. Lubin, and R. H. Whritner, 1995: The potential for interpreting total and multiyear ice concentrations in SSM/I 85.5 GHz imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 54, 13-26.

Lubin, D., D. Cutchin, W. Conant, H. Grassl, U. Schmid, and W. Biselli, 1995: Spectral longwave emission in the tropics: FTIR measurement at the sea surface and comparison with fast radiation codes, Journal of Climate, 8, 286-295.

Lubin, D., and O. Holm-Hansen, 1995: Atmospheric ozone and the biological impact of solar ultraviolet radiation. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology, Academic Press, Volume 1, 147-168.

Lubin, D., and E. H. Jensen, 1995: The effects of clouds and stratospheric ozone variability on ultraviolet radiation trends. Nature, 377, 710-713.

Lubin, D., and P. G. Weber, 1995: The use of cloud reflectance functions with satellite data for surface radiation budget estimation. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 34, 1333-1347.

Ricchiazzi, P., C. Gautier, and D. Lubin, 1995: Cloud scattering optical depth and local surface albedo in the Antarctic: Simultaneous retrieval using ground-based radiometry. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 21,091-21,104.

Frederick, J. E., and D. Lubin, 1994: Solar ultraviolet irradiance at Palmer Station, Antarctica. In Ultraviolet Radiation in Antarctica: Measurements and Biological Effects. American Geophysical Union Antarctic Research Series, Volume 62, pp. 43-52.

Gautier, C., G. He, S. Yang, and D. Lubin, 1994: Role of clouds and ozone on spectral ultraviolet-B radiation and biologically effective UV dose over Antarctica. In Ultraviolet Radiation in Antarctica: Measurements and Biological Effects. American Geophysical Union Antarctic Research Series, Volume 62, pp. 83-91.

Holm-Hansen, O., and D. Lubin, 1994: Solar ultraviolet radiation: effect on rates of CO2 fixation in marine phytoplankton, in Photosynthetic Carbon Metabolism and Regulation of Atmospheric CO2 and O2 (N. E. Tolbert and J. Priess, eds.), Oxford University Press, New York, pp.55-74.

Lubin, D., 1994: Infrared radiative properties of the maritime Antarctic atmosphere. Journal of Climate, 7, 121-140.

Lubin, D., 1994: The role of the tropical super greenhouse effect in heating the ocean surface. Science, 265, 224-227.

Lubin, D., P. Ricchiazzi, C. Gautier, and R. H. Whritner, 1994: A method for mapping Antarctic surface UV radiation using multispectral satellite imagery. In Ultraviolet Radiation in Antarctica: Measurements and Biological Effects. American Geophysical Union Antarctic Research Series, Volume 62, pp. 53-81.

Lubin, D., and A. S. Simpson, 1994: The longwave emission signature of urban pollution: radiometric FTIR measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 21, 37-40.

Holm-Hansen, O., E. W. Helbling, and D. Lubin, 1993: Ultraviolet radiation in Antarctica: inhibition of primary production. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 58, 567-570.

Holm-Hansen, O., E. W. Helbling, and D. Lubin, 1993: UVR and its effects on organisms in aquatic environments, in Environmental UV Photobiology (L. O. Bjorn, J. Moan, and A. R. Young, eds.), Plenum Publishing Company Ltd., London, pp. 379-425.

Lubin, D., B. G. Mitchell, J. E. Frederick, A. D. Alberts, C. R. Booth, T. Lucas, and D. Neuschuler, 1992: A contribution toward understanding the biospherical significance of Antarctic ozone depletion. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 7817-7828.

Lubin, D., and J. E. Frederick, 1991: The ultraviolet radiation environment of the Antarctic Peninsula: the roles of ozone and cloud cover. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 30, 478-493.

Lubin, D., and J. E. Frederick, 1990: Column ozone measurements at Palmer Station, Antarctica: variations during the austral springs of 1988 and 1989. Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, 13883-13889.

Lubin, D., C. R. Booth, T. Lucas, D. Neuschuler, and J. E. Frederick, 1989: Measurements of enhanced springtime ultraviolet radiation at Palmer Station, Antarctica, Geophysical Research Letters, 16, 783-785.

Lubin, D., J. E. Frederick, and A. J. Krueger, 1989: The ultraviolet radiation environment of Antarctica: McMurdo Station during September-October 1987. Journal of Geophysical Research, 94, 8491-8496.

Frederick, J. E., and D. Lubin, 1988: The budget of biologically active ultraviolet radiation in the earth-atmosphere system. Journal of Geophysical Research, 93, 3825-3832.

Frederick, J. E., and D. Lubin, 1988: Possible long-term changes in biologically active ultraviolet radiation reaching the ground. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 47, 571-578.