Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
(* Indicates co-supervised students; JMU Student)
[In Review] Gerken, T., Bentley, M., Agresto, J.J., and Duan, Z.: Investigating the sensitivity of the cellsearch lightning event grouping method to spatial and temporal scale parameters, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, In Review, 2025
[In Review] Gerken, T., Davis, K. J., Keller, K., and Feng, S.: Application of PRIM for understanding patterns in carbon dioxide model-observation differences, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, In Review, Preprint: EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-341, 2025.
[40] Sae-Jung, J., Bentley, M., Gerken, T., and Duan, Z.: The Impact of Urban Particulate Matter on Lightning Frequency in Thunderstorms: A Case Study of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Earth Syst Environ, Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-024-00474-1, 2024.
[39] Bentley, M., Gerken, T., Duan, Z., Bonsal, D., Way, H., Szakal, E., Pham, M., Donaldson, H., 2024. Toward Untangling Thunderstorm-Aerosol Relationships: An Observational Study of Regions Centered on Washington, D.C. and Kansas City. Atmospheric Research 304, 107402, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107402. (Open Access Postprint)
[38] Pedruzo-Bagazgoitia, X., Patton, E.G., Moene, A.F., Ouwersloot, H.G., Gerken, T., Machado, L. a. T., Martin, S.T., Sörgel, M., Stoy, P.C., Yamasoe, M.A., Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, J., 2023. Investigating the Diurnal Radiative, Turbulent, and Biophysical Processes in the Amazonian Canopy-Atmosphere Interface by Combining LES Simulations and Observations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 15, e2022MS003210. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022MS003210
[37] Fuentes, J.D., Gerken, T., Chamecki, M., Stoy, P.C., Freire, L.S., Ruiz-Plancarte, J., 2022. Turbulent transport and reactions of plant-emitted hydrocarbons in an Amazonian rain forest. Atmospheric Environment 279, 119094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119094 (Open Manuscript)
[36] Wei, Y., Shresha, R., Pal, S., Gerken, T., McNelis, J., Singh, D., Thornton, M., Boyer, A.G., Shook, M.A., Chen, G., Baier, B.C., Barkley, Z.R., Barrik, J.D., Bennet, J.R., Browell, E.V., Campbell, J.F., Campbell, L.J., Choi, Y., Collins, J., Dobler, J., Eckl, M., Feng, S., Fiehn, A., Fried, A., DiGangi, J.P., Barton-Gimley, R., Halliday, H., Klausner, T., Kooi, S., Kostinek, J., Lauvaux, T., Lin, B., McGill, M., Meadows, B., Nehrir, A.R., Nowak, J., Obland, M., O’Dell, C.W., Fao, R.M., Richter, D., Roiger, A., Sweeney, C., Walega, J., Weibring, P., Williams, C.A., Yang, M.M., Zhou, Y., Davis, K.J., 2021. The ACT-America Datasets: Description, Management and Delivery. Earth and Space Science ESS2860. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001634
Recognized as a ESS Top Cited Article 2021-2022
[35] Stoy, P.C., Cook\(^*\), A.A., Dore, J.E., Kljun, N., Kleindl, W., Brookshire, E.N.J., Gerken, T., 2021. Methane efflux from an American bison herd. Biogeosciences 18, 961–975. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-961-2021
[34] Helbig, M., Gerken, T., Beamesderfer, E.R., Baldocchi, D.D., Banerjee, T., Biraud, S.C., Brown, W.O.J., Brunsell, N.A., Burakowski, E.A., Burns, S.P., Butterworth, B.J., Chan, W.S., Davis, K.J., Desai, A.R., Fuentes, J.D., Hollinger, D.Y., Kljun, N., Mauder, M., Novick, K.A., Perkins, J.M., Rahn, D.A., Rey-Sanchez, C., Santanello, J.A., Scott, R.L., Seyednasrollah, B., Stoy, P.C., Sullivan, R.C., de Arellano, J.V.-G., Wharton, S., Yi, C., Richardson, A.D., 2021. Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 307, 108509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108509 (Open Manuscript)
Featured as AFM’s editor’s choice for July 2021.
[33] Gerken, T., Feng, S., Keller, K., Lauvaux, T., DiGangi, J.P., Choi, Y., Baier, B., Davis, K.J., 2021. Examining CO\(_2\) Model Observation Residuals Using ACT-America Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 126, e2020JD034481. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034481
[32] Davis, K.J., Browell, E.V., Feng, S., Lauvaux, T., Obland, M.D., Pal, S., Baier, B.C., Baker, D.F., Baker, I.T., Barkley, Z.R., Bowman, K.W., Cui, Y.Y., Denning, A.S., DiGangi, J.P., Dobler, J.T., Fried, A., Gerken, T., Keller, K., Lin, B., Nehrir, A.R., Normile, C.P., O’Dell, C.W., Ott, L.E., Roiger, A., Schuh, A.E., Sweeney, C., Wei, Y., Weir, B., Xue, M., Williams, C.A., 2021. The Atmospheric Carbon and Transport (ACT) – America Mission. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 1–54. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0300.1
[31] Cui, Y.Y., Jacobson, A.R., Feng, S., Wesloh, D., Gerken, T., Barkley, Z.R., Keller, K., Baker, D., Davis, K.J., 2021. Evaluation of CarbonTracker’s inverse estimates of North American net ecosystem exchange of CO\(_2\) from different observing systems using ACT-America airborne observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres JGRD57130. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034406
[30] Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, J., Wang, X., Pedruzo‐Bagazgoitia, X., Sikma, M., Agustí‐Panareda, A., Boussetta, S., Balsamo, G., Machado, L. a. T., Biscaro, T., Gentine, P., Martin, S.T., Fuentes, J.D., Gerken, T., 2020. Interactions Between the Amazonian Rainforest and Cumuli Clouds: A Large-Eddy Simulation, High-Resolution ECMWF, and Observational Intercomparison Study. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 12, e2019MS001828. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001828
[29] Yin, Y., Byrne, B., Liu, J., Wennberg, P.O., Davis, K.J., Magney, T., Köhler, P., He, L., Jeyaram, R., Humphrey, V., Gerken, T., Feng, S., Digangi, J.P., Frankenberg, C., 2020. Cropland Carbon Uptake Delayed and Reduced by 2019 Midwest Floods. AGU Advances 1, e2019AV000140. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019AV000140
[28] Gerken, T., Ruddell, B.L., Yu, R., Stoy, P.C., Drewry, D.T., 2019. Robust observations of land-to-atmosphere feedbacks using the information flows of FLUXNET. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 2, 1–10. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-019-0094-4
[27] Bromley\(^*\), G.T., Gerken, T., Prein, A.F., Stoy, P.C., 2019. Recent trends in the near-surface climatology of the northern North American Great Plains. J. Climate 33, 461–475. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0106.1
[26] Stoy, P.C., El-Madany, T.S., Fisher, J.B., Gentine, P., Gerken, T., Good, S.P., Klosterhalfen, A., Liu, S., Miralles, D.G., Perez-Priego, O., Rigden, A.J., Skaggs, T.H., Wohlfahrt, G., Anderson, R.G., Coenders-Gerrits, A.M.J., Jung, M., Maes, W.H., Mammarella, I., Mauder, M., Migliavacca, M., Nelson, J.A., Poyatos, R., Reichstein, M., Scott, R.L., Wolf, S., 2019b. Reviews and syntheses: Turning the challenges of partitioning ecosystem evaporation and transpiration into opportunities. Biogeosciences 16, 3747–3775. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3747-2019
[25] Fu\(^*\), Z., Stoy, P.C., Poulter, B., Gerken, T., Zhang, Z., Wakbulcho, G., Niu, S., 2019. Maximum carbon uptake rate dominates the interannual variability of global net ecosystem exchange. Global Change Biology 25, 3381–3394. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14731 (File Link)
[24] Wei\(^*\), D., Fuentes, J.D., Gerken, T., Trowbridge, A.M., Stoy, P.C., Chamecki, M., 2019. Influences of nitrogen oxides and isoprene on ozone-temperature relationships in the Amazon rain forest. Atmospheric Environment 206, 280–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.02.044 (Open Manuscript)
[23] Fu\(^*\), Z., Gerken, T., Bromley, G., Araújo, A., Bonal, D., Burban, B., Ficklin, D., Fuentes, J.D., Goulden, M., Hirano, T., Kosugi, Y., Liddell, M., Nicolini, G., Niu, S., Roupsard, O., Stefani, P., Mi, C., Tofte, Z., Xiao, J., Valentini, R., Wolf, S., Stoy, P.C., 2018. The surface-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide in tropical rainforests: Sensitivity to environmental drivers and flux measurement methodology. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 263, 292–307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.09.001 (Open Manuscript)
[22] Gerken, T., Bromley\(^*\), G.T., Ruddell, B.L., Williams, S., Stoy, P.C., 2018. Convective suppression before and during the United States Northern Great Plains flash drought of 2017. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 22, 4155–4163. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4155-2018
[21] Miehe, G., Schleuss, P.-M., Seeber, E., Babel, W., Biermann, T., Braendle, M., Chen, F., Coners, H., Foken, T., Gerken, T., Graf, H.-F., Guggenberger, G., Hafner, S., Holzapfel, M., Ingrisch, J., Kuzyakov, Y., Lai, Z., Lehnert, L., Leuschner, C., Liu, J., Liu, S., Ma, Y., Miehe, S., Mosbrugger, V., Noltie, H.J., Schmidt, J., Spielvogel, S., Unteregelsbacher, S., Wang, Y., Willinghöfer, S., Xu, X., Yang, Y., Zhang, S., Opgenoorth, L., Wesche, K., 2018. The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world’s largest pastoral alpine ecosystem: Kobresia pastures of Tibet. Science of The Total Environment. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.164
[20] Wei\(^*\), D., Fuentes, J.D., Gerken, T., Chamecki, M., Trowbridge, A.M., Stoy, P.C., Katul, G.G., Fisch, G., Acevedo, O., Manzi, A., von Randow, C., dos Santos, R.M.N., 2018. Environmental and biological controls on seasonal patterns of isoprene above a rain forest in central Amazonia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 256–257, 391–406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.03.024 (Open Manuscript)
[19] Long, J.A., Stoy, P.C., Gerken, T., 2018. Tornado seasonality in the southeastern United States. Weather and Climate Extremes 20, 81–91. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2018.03.002
[18] Ghannam, K., Katul, G.G., Bou-Zeid, E., Gerken, T., Chamecki, M., 2018. Scaling and similarity of the anisotropic coherent eddies in near-surface atmospheric turbulence. J. Atmos. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0246.1 (File Link)
[17] Gerken, T., Bromley\(^*\), G.T., Stoy, P.C., 2018. Surface moistening trends in the northern North American Great Plains increase the likelihood of convective initiation. J. Hydrometeor. 19, 227–244. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-17-0117.1
[16] Sun, F., Ma, Y., Li, M., Hu, Z., Tartari, G., Salerno, F., Gerken, T., Bonasoni, P., Cristofanelli, P., Vuillermoz, E., 2017. Mechanism of Daytime Strong Winds on the Northern Slopes of Himalayas, near Mount Everest: Observation and Simulation. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0409.1
[15] Gerken, T., Ruddell, B.L., Fuentes, J.D., Araújo, A., Brunsell, N.A., Maia, J., Manzi, A., Mercer, J., dos Santos, R.N., von Randow, C., Stoy, P.C., 2017b. Investigating the mechanisms responsible for the lack of surface energy balance closure in a central Amazonian tropical rainforest. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 255, 92–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.03.023 (Open Manuscript)
[14] Sun, F., Ma, Y., Hu, Z., Li, M., Gerken, T., Zhang, L., Han, C., Sun, G., 2017. Observation of strong winds on the northern slopes of Mount Everest in monsoon season. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 49, 1–11. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0016-010
[13] Gerken, T., Chamecki, M., Fuentes, J.D., 2017. Air-Parcel Residence Times Within Forest Canopies. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 165, 29–54. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-017-0269-7
[12] Freire\(^*\), L.S., Gerken, T., Ruiz-Plancarte, J., Wei, D., Fuentes, J.D., Katul, G.G., Dias, N.L., Acevedo, O.C., Chamecki, M., 2017. Turbulent mixing and removal of ozone within an Amazon rainforest canopy. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 122, 2791–2811. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD026009
[11] Thomas, C.K., Serafimovich, A., Siebicke, L., Gerken, T., Foken, T., 2017. Coherent Structures and Flux Coupling, in: Energy and Matter Fluxes of a Spruce Forest Ecosystem, Ecological Studies 229, pp. 113–135, Springer, Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49389-3_6
[10] Vick, E.S.K., Stoy, P.C., Tang, A.C.I., Gerken, T., 2016. The surface-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide, water, and sensible heat across a dryland wheat-fallow rotation. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 232, 129–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.07.018 (Open Manuscript)
[9] Gerken, T., Wei\(^*\), D., Chase, R.J., Fuentes, J.D., Schumacher, C., Machado, L.A.T., Andreoli, R.V., Chamecki, M., Ferreira de Souza, R.A., Freire, L.S., Jardine, A.B., Manzi, A.O., Nascimento dos Santos, R.M., von Randow, C., dos Santos Costa, P., Stoy, P.C., Tóta, J., Trowbridge, A.M., 2016. Downward transport of ozone rich air and implications for atmospheric chemistry in the Amazon rainforest. Atmospheric Environment 124, Part A, 64–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.11.014(Open Manuscript)
[8] Fuentes, J.D., Chamecki, M., Nascimento dos Santos, R.M., Von Randow, C., Stoy, P.C., Katul, G., Fitzjarrald, D., Manzi, A., Gerken, T., Trowbridge, A., Souza Freire, L., Ruiz-Plancarte, J., Furtunato Maia, J.M., Tóta, J., Dias, N., Fisch, G., Schumacher, C., Acevedo, O., Mercer, J.R., Yañez-Serrano, A.M., 2016. Linking meteorology, turbulence, and air chemistry in the Amazon rainforest. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 97, 2329–2342. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00152.1
[7] Santos, D.M., Acevedo, O.C., Chamecki, M., Fuentes, J.D., Gerken, T., Stoy, P.C., 2016. Temporal Scales of the Nocturnal Flow Within and Above a Forest Canopy in Amazonia. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 161, 73-98. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-016-0158-5
[6] Gerken, T., Babel, W., Herzog, M., Fuchs, K., Sun, F., Ma, Y., Foken, T., Graf, H.-F., 2015. High-resolution modelling of interactions between soil moisture and convective development in a mountain enclosed Tibetan Basin. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 19, 4023–4040. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4023-2015
[5] Babel, W., Biermann, T., Coners, H., Falge, E., Seeber, E., Ingrisch, J., Schleuß, P.-M., Gerken, T., Leonbacher, J., Leipold, T., Willinghöfer, S., Schützenmeister, K., Shibistova, O., Becker, L., Hafner, S., Spielvogel, S., Li, X., Xu, X., Sun, Y., Zhang, L., Yang, Y., Ma, Y., Wesche, K., Graf, H.-F., Leuschner, C., Guggenberger, G., Kuzyakov, Y., Miehe, G., Foken, T., 2014b. Pasture degradation modifies the water and carbon cycles of the Tibetan highlands. Biogeosciences 11, 6633–6656. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6633-2014
[4] Gerken, T., Biermann, T., Babel, W., Herzog, M., Ma, Y., Foken, T., Graf, H.-F., 2014. A modelling investigation into lake-breeze development and convection triggering in the Nam Co Lake basin, Tibetan Plateau. Theor. Appl. Climatol. 117, 149–167. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-013-0987-9
[3] Gerken, T., Babel, W., Sun, F., Herzog, M., Ma, Y., Foken, T., Graf, H.-F., 2013. Uncertainty in atmospheric profiles and its impact on modeled convection development at Nam Co Lake, Tibetan Plateau: J. Geophys. Res. 118, 12317–12331. Free Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD020647
[2] Gerken, T., Babel, W., Hoffmann, A., Biermann, T., Herzog, M., Friend, A.D., Li, M., Ma, Y., Foken, T., Graf, H.-F., 2012. Turbulent flux modelling with a simple 2-layer soil model and extrapolated surface temperature applied at Nam Co Lake basin on the Tibetan Plateau. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 16, 1095–1110. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-1095-2012
[1] Foken, T., Meixner, F.X., Falge, E., Zetzsch, C., Serafimovich, A., Bargsten, A., Behrendt, T., Biermann, T., Breuninger, C., Dix, S., Gerken, T., Hunner, M., Lehmann-Pape, L., Hens, K., Jocher, G., Kesselmeier, J., Lüers, J., Mayer, J.-C., Moravek, A., Plake, D., Riederer, M., Rütz, F., Scheibe, M., Siebicke, L., Sörgel, M., Staudt, K., Trebs, I., Tsokankunku, A., Welling, M., Wolff, V., Zhu, Z., 2012. Coupling processes and exchange of energy and reactive and non-reactive trace gases at a forest site – results of the EGER experiment. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 12, 1923–1950. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-1923-2012
Refereed Conference Paper
Duan, Z., Szakal, E., Bentley, M., Gerken, T., Bonsal, D., (in review). A Parallel Spatiotemporal Clustering Algorithm with MPI in Analyzing Ground-lightning Dataset, in: Proceedings of 2024 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC): Edge Computing, Cloud Computing and Big Data. Big Island, HI.
Non-refereed Publications
Helbig, M., Gerken, T., Beamesderfer, E., Baldocchi, D.D., Banerjee, T., Biraud, S.C., Brunsell, N.A., Burns, S.P., Butterworth, B., Chan, W.S., Desai, A.R., Fuentes, J.D., Hollinger, D.Y., Kljun, N., Mauder, M., Novick, K.A., Perkins, J.M., Rey-Sanchez, C., Scott, R.L., Seyednasrollah, B., Stoy, P.C., Sullivan, P.P., J. Vila-Guerau de Arellano, J., Wharton, S., Yi, C., Richardson, A.D., 2020. Whitepaper: Understanding land-atmosphere interactions through tower-based flux and continuous atmospheric boundary layer measurements, Ameriflux Whitepaper. Ameriflux. (File Link)
Gerken, T., Chamecki, M., Fuentes, J.D., 2016. Large eddy simulation of the interactions between biogenic volatile organic compound transport and chemistry within a tropical forest. Ciência e Natura 38, 262–265.
Gerken, T., 2014. Book Review: Essentials of the Earth’s Climate System by Roger G. Barry and Eileen A. Hall-McKim, GeoQ Newsletter of EGU, 12
Gerken, T., 2013. Book Review: Climate Dynamics by G.H. Cook, GeoQ Newsletter of EGU, 8
Gerken, T., Fuchs, K., Babel, W., 2013. Documentation of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment, Nam Tso, Tibet 08th of July – 08th of August 2012 (Work Report No. 53), Arbeitsergebnisse der Abteilung Mikrometeorologie. University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth.
Gerken, T., 2012. NOT-SCI - Warming Warning, a cold winter does not mean the end of climate change, Varsity, 755, Feb 24th
Serafimovich, A., Siebicke, L., Staudt, K., Lüers, J., Hunner, M., Gerken, T., Schier, S., Biermann, T., Rütz, F., von Buttlar, J., Riederer, M., Mayer, J.C., Foken, T., 2008. ExchanGE processes in mountainous Regions (EGER) - Documentation of the Intensive Observation Period (IOP2) June, 1st to July, 15th 2008, Arbeitsergebnisse der Abteilung Mikrometeorologie. University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth.