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Jordan Schnell

Jordan Schnell

Research Interests

  • Chemical transport modeling and air quality forecasting
  • Weather-chemistry interactions and feedbacks
  • High-resolution/urban air quality mitigation

Education

  • Ph.D., Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, August 2016
  • M.S., Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, December 2013
  • B.S., Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, May 2011
  • B.S., Environmental Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, May 2011

Experience

  • Research Associate  – CIRES at CU Boulder; NOAA GSL
  • February 2020 – Present (Supervisor: Dr. Ravan Ahmadov)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow  – Northwestern University; Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences; ISEN
  • September 2017 – January 2020 (Adviser: Dr. Daniel Horton)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate  (Princeton University; AOS & NOAA GFDL)
  • September 2016 – August 2017 (Adviser: Dr. Vaishali Naik)
  • Graduate Student Researcher – UC Irvine; Dept. Earth System Science
  • September 2011 – August 2016 (Adviser: Dr. Michael Prather)
  • Undergraduate Researcher – Indiana University, Bloomington; Geography
  •  September 2010 – May 2011 (Adviser: Dr. Scott Robeson)

Publications

Schnell, J. L., D. R. Peters, D. C. Wong, X. Lu, H. Gao, H. Zhang, P. L. Kinney, and D. E. Horton, Potential for electric vehicle adoption to mitigate extreme air quality events in China, Earth’s Future, doi: 10.1029/2020EF001788.

Horowitz, L. W., Naik, V., Paulot, F., Ginoux, P. A., Dunne, J. P., Mao, J., & Schnell, J. L. et al. (2020). The GFDL global atmospheric chemistry‐climate model AM4.1: Model description and simulation characteristics. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12, e2019MS002032. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS002032.

Diffenbaugh, N. S., C. B. Field, E. A. Appel, I. L. Azevedo, D. D. Baldocchi, M. Burke, J. A. Burney, P. Ciais, S. J. Davis, A. M. Fiore, S. M. Fletcher, T. W. Hertel, D. E. Horton, S. M. Hsiang, R. B. Jackson, X. Jin, M. Levi, D. B. Lobell, G. A. Mckinley, F. C. Moore, A. Montgomery, K. C. Nadeau, D. E. Pataki, J. T. Randerson, M. Reichstein, J. L. Schnell, S. I. Seneviratne, D. Singh, A. L. Steiner, and G. Wong-Parodi (2020), The COVID-19 lockdowns: a window into the Earth System, Nat. Rev. Earth & Env. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-0079-1.

Schnell, J. L., V. Naik, L. W. Horowitz, F. Paulot, P. Ginoux, M. Zhao, and D. E. Horton (2019), Air quality impacts from the electrification of light-duty passenger vehicles in the United States, Atmos. Environ., 208, 95-102, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.04.003.

Schnell, J. L., V. Naik, L. W. Horowitz, F. Paulout, P. Ginoux, J. Mao, and M. Zhao (2018), Exploring the relationship between surface PM2.5 and meteorology over Northern India, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 10157-10175, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10157-2018.

Young, P. J., V. Naik, J. Brandt, R. Doherty, A. M. Fiore, L. Hu, U. Im, R. Kumar, A. Luhar, L. Murray, D. A. Parrish, D. Plummer, H. Reider, J. Rodriguez, J. L. Schnell, S. Tilmes, O. Wild, M. Woodhouse, G. Zeng, L. Zhang, J. Ziemke, M. Lin, and M. Schultz (2018), Assessment of global-scale model performance for global and regional ozone distributions, variability, and trends. In: Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR), Elem. Sci. Anth., 6(1), doi: http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.265.

Schnell, J. L., and M. J. Prather (2017), Co-occurrence of extremes in surface ozone, particulate matter, and temperature over Eastern North America, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 114 (11), doi:10.1073/pnas.1614453114.

Schnell, J. L., M. J. Prather, B. Josse, V. Naik, L. W. Horowitz, G. Zeng, D. T. Shindell, and G. Faluvegi (2016), Effect of climate change on surface ozone over North America, Europe, and East Asia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 3509–3518, doi:10.1002/2016GL068060.

Schnell, J. L., M. J. Prather, B. Josse, V. Naik, L. W. Horowitz, P. Cameron-Smith, D. Bergmann, G. Zeng, D. A. Plummer, K. Sudo, T. Nagashima, D. T. Shindell, G. Faluvegi, and S. A. Strode (2015), Use of North American and European air quality networks to evaluate global chemistry-climate modeling of surface ozone, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15(18), 10581-10596, doi: 10.5194/acp-15-10581-2015.

Schnell, J. L., C. D. Holmes, A. Jangam, and M. J. Prather (2014), Skill in forecasting extreme ozone pollution episodes with a global atmospheric chemistry model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14(15), 7721-7739, doi:10.5194/acp-14-7721-2014

Our Mission

Lead research and directed development through the transition of environmental data, models, products, tools, and services to support commerce, protect life and property, and promote a scientifically literate public.

Research Areas

Organizational Excellence, Earth System Prediction, Advanced Technologies, and Decision Support are the foundation to achieving the GSL Grand Challenge: Deliver actionable global storm-scale prediction and environmental information through advanced technologies to serve society.

Global Systems Laboratory