Department of Earth System Science zender@uci.edu
University of California Voice: (949) 824-2987
Irvine, CA  92697-3100 Fax: (949) 824-3256

SPECIALTIES AND INTERESTS

Atmospheric Physics, Cloud and Aerosol Microphysics and Chemistry, Deposition, Erosion, Global Climate and Climate Change, Natural Aerosols, Particle Composition and Optical Properties, Particle Scavenging, Radiative Transfer and Radiative Forcing

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 1999–now University of California at Irvine – Assistant Professor of Earth System Science 2000–2006 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO – Affiliate Scientist of the Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD) Division 1998–1999 NCAR – Visiting Scientist in Atmospheric Chemistry and CGD Divisions 1996–1998 NCAR – Postdoctoral fellow in Advanced Study Program 1991–1996 University of Colorado at Boulder and NCAR CGD – Graduate research assistant 1991 College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME – Visiting Faculty in Physical Sciences 1989–1990 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA – Physicist, Technician

EDUCATION Ph.D. (1996) Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder. “Representation of tropical cirrus anvil in climate models”, Advisors: Jeffrey Kiehl and Gary Thomas M.S. (1993) Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder. B.A. (1990) Physics, Harvard University

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Zender, C. S. and J. T. Kiehl, Radiative sensitivities of tropical anvils to small ice crystals, J. Geophys. Res., 99(D12), 25869–25880, 1994.

Zender, C. S., B. Bush, S. K. Pope, A. Bucholtz, W. D. Collins, J. T. Kiehl, F. P. J. Valero, and J. Vitko Jr., Atmospheric absorption during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Enhanced Shortwave Experiment (ARESE), J. Geophys. Res., 102(D25), 29901–29915, 1997.

Zender, C. S. and J. T. Kiehl, Sensitivity of climate simulations to radiative effects of tropical anvil structure, J. Geophys. Res., 102(D20), 23793–23803, 1997.

Cess, R. D., M. Zhang, F. P. J. Valero, S. K. Pope, A. Bucholtz, B. Bush, C. S. Zender, and J. Vitko Jr., Absorption of solar radiation by the cloudy atmosphere: Further interpretations of collocated aircraft measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 104(D2), 2059–2066, 1999.

Zender, C. S., Global climatology of abundance and solar absorption of oxygen collision complexes, J. Geophys. Res., 104(D20), 24471–24484, 1999.

Collins, W. D., P. J. Rasch, B. E. Eaton, B. Khattatov, J.-F. Lamarque, and C. S. Zender, Forecasting aerosols using a chemical transport model with assimilation of satellite aerosol retrievals: Methodology for INDOEX, J. Geophys. Res., 106(D7), 7313–7336, 2001.

Yu, S., C. S. Zender, and V. K. Saxena, Direct radiative forcing and atmospheric absorption by boundary layer aerosol in the southeastern US: model estimates on the basis of new observations, Atm. Env., 35(23), 3967–3976, 2001.

Grini, A., C. S. Zender, and P. Colarco, Saltation sandblasting behavior during mineral dust aerosol production, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(18), 1868, doi:10.1029/2002GL015248, 2002. Collins, W. D., P. J. Rasch, B. E. Eaton, D. W. Fillmore, J. T. Kiehl, C. T. Beck, and C. S. Zender, Simulation of Aerosol Distributions and Radiative Forcing for INDOEX: Regional Climate Impacts, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D19), 8028, doi:10.1029/2000JD000032, 2002.

Mahowald, N. M., C. S. Zender, C. Luo, D. Savoie, O. Torres, and J. del Corral, Understanding the 30 year Barbados desert dust record, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D21), 4561, doi:10.1029/2002JD002097, 2002.

Zender, C. S., H. Bian, and D. Newman, Mineral Dust Entrainment And Deposition (DEAD) model: Description and 1990s dust climatology, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D14), 4416, doi:10.1029/2002JD002775, 2003.

Bian, H., and C. S. Zender, Mineral dust and global tropospheric chemistry: Relative roles of photolysis and heterogeneous uptake, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D21), 4672, doi:10.1029/2002JD003143, 2003.

Zender, C. S., D. Newman, and O. Torres, Spatial Heterogeneity in Aeolian Erodibility: Uniform, Topographic, Geomorphic, and Hydrologic Hypotheses, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D17), 4543, doi:10.1029/2002JD003039, 2003.

Ammann C. M., J. T. Kiehl, C. S. Zender, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, and R. S. Bradley: Coupled simulations of the 20th century including external forcing, Submitted to J. Climate, 2002.

Ammann, C. M., G. A. Meehl, W. M. Washington, and C. S. Zender: A Monthly and Latitudinally Varying Volcanic Forcing Dataset in Simulations of 20th Century Climate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(12), 1657, doi:10.1029/2003GL016875, 2003.

Grini, A., and C. S. Zender, Roles of saltation, sandblasting, and wind speed variability on mineral dust aerosol size distribution during the Puerto Rican Dust Experiment (PRIDE), In Press in J. Geophys. Res., 2004.

Bian, H., and C. S. Zender, Heterogeneous impact of dust on tropospheric ozone: Sensitivity to season, species, and uptake rates, Submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 2003.

CURRENT FUNDING PI on NASA grant “Influence of Mineral Dust Aerosol on the Chemical Composition of the Atmosphere”, 1/1/2001–12/31/2003 Co-PI on NSF grant “Collaborative Proposal: Using Measurements from the Columbia Plateau Eolian System to Improve Global-Scale Models of Mineral-Dust Aerosols”, PI: A. Busacca, 8/1/2002–7/31/2005 PI on NSF grant “Acquisition of an Earth System Modeling Facility for Coupled Climate, Chemistry, and Biogeochemistry Studies”, 8/1/2003–7/31/2006.

SERVICE ∙ Peer-review for CRDF, Geophys. Res. Lett., Global Geochem. Cycles, J. Arid. Env., J. Atmos. Sci., J. Climate, J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, Mon. Weather Rev., NASA (GMAP, IDS, RSP, TCP), Nature, NSF, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., Tellus, USGCRP ∙ Maintainer of NCAR CCM Column Radiation Model (http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/crm). 1996–present. ∙ Author and administrator of NCO netCDF Operators (http://nco.sourceforge.net), a freely available geophysical data manipulation toolkit. 1995–present. ∙ Author and maintainer of Enhanced Absorption Bibliography (http://dust.ess.uci.edu/ppr/bib_aca.pdf). 1997–present.

HONORS Outstanding Student Presentation in Atmospheric Sciences Section, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco CA, 1995 Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education Award, UC Irvine, 2001–2002

COURSES TAUGHT Earth System Science 5, The Atmosphere: Spring 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Earth System Science 199, Undergraduate Research: Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2002, Fall 2002 Earth System Science 200, Earth System Climatology and Physics: Fall 2002, 2003 Earth System Science 204, Hydrology and the Planetary Boundary Layer: Winter 2004 Earth System Science 236, Radiative Transfer & Remote Sensing: Winter 2001 Earth System Science 282, Topics in Climate, Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions: Winter 2002 Earth System Science 286, Topics in Biogeochemistry, Chemistry, Composition, and Climate: Fall 2002 Earth System Science 298, Practicum in Earth System Science: Spring 2003

STUDENTS Member of Thesis committee: Aaron Berg (UCI), Huisheng Bian (UCI), Alf Grini (University of Oslo), Brian Hahn (UCLA), Marco Rodriguez (UCI) Chair of Thesis committee: Mark Flanner (UCI), Eun Young Kwon (UCI) Postdoctoral scholars supervised: Huisheng Bian (now at NASA GSFC). Total number of graduate students supervised: 3. Total number of postgraduate scholars sponsored: 1.

COLLABORATORS C. A. Ammann (NCAR), H. Bian (NASA/UMBC), G. B. Bonan (NCAR), A. Busacca (WSU), P. Chavez (USGS), P. Colarco (NASA GSFC), W. D. Collins (NCAR), J. Famiglietti (UCI), D. Gaylord (WSU), A. Grini (U. Oslo), J. T. Kiehl (NCAR), F. Kuester (UCI), N. M. Mahowald (NCAR), J. Meyer (UCI), J. K. Moore (UCI), G. Okin (U. Virginia), R. Pajarola (UCI), K. Purvis (Claremont), P. J. Rasch (NCAR), R. Reynolds (USGS), O. Torres (NASA GSFC), F. P. J. Valero (Scripps), S. Yu (Duke)