Nir Y. Krakauer

publications

NY Krakauer, I Fung (in discussion), Is streamflow increasing? Trends in the coterminous United States, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
PDF (300 KB)

FH Lambert, A Stine, NY Krakauer, JCH Chiang (2008), How much will precipitation increase with global warming?, Eos 89(21): 193-194, doi: 10.1029/2007ES001938
PDF (100 KB)

R Salve, NY Krakauer, MB Kowalsky, S Finsterle (2008), A qualitative assessment of microclimatic perturbations in a tunnel, International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.1697
PDF (2 MB)

Z Yang, RA Washenfelder, G Keppel-Aleks, NY Krakauer, JT Randerson, PP Tans, C Sweeney, PO Wennberg (2007), New constraints on Northern Hemisphere growing season net flux, Geophysical Research Letters 34, L12807, doi: 10.1029/2007GL029742
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DY Hsueh, NY Krakauer, JT Randerson, X Xu, SE Trumbore, JR Southon (2007), Regional patterns of radiocarbon and fossil fuel-derived CO₂ in surface air across North America, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L02816, doi: 10.1029/2006GL027032
PDF (200 KB); AGU press release, UC press release; Notice in Natural History

NY Krakauer, JT Randerson, FW Primeau, N Gruber, D Menemenlis (2006), Carbon isotope evidence for the latitudinal distribution and wind speed dependence of the air-sea gas transfer velocity, Tellus B, 58(5), 390-417, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00223.x
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LF Robinson, JF Adkins, DP Fernandez, DS Burnett, S-L Wang, AC Gagnon, NY Krakauer (2006), Primary U distribution in scleractinian corals and its implications for U series dating, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 7, Q05022, doi: 10.1029/2005GC001138
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P Suntharalingam, JT Randerson, NY Krakauer, DJ Jacob, JA Logan (2005), The influence of reduced-carbon emissions and oxidation on the distribution of atmospheric CO₂: Implications for inversion analyses, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19(4), 4003, doi: 10.1029/2005GB002466
PDF (600 KB)

NY Krakauer, JT Randerson (2003), Do volcanic eruptions enhance or diminish net primary production? Evidence from tree rings,
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17(4), 1118, doi: 10.1029/2003GB002076
PDF (1.2 MB); Supplementary figures (PDF, 220 KB)

conference presentations

P Suntharalingam, A Kettle, S Montzka, NY Krakauer, D Jacob, "Constraints from atmospheric measurements on the global budget and seasonal cycle of carbonyl sulfide", EGU General Assembly (Vienna, April 2008)
abstract (PDF)

JC Krakauer, NY Krakauer, V Oberoi, R Gulati, "Frequency of certified clinical densitometrist (CCD) reclassification of fracture risk based on lowest T-score: A multi-specialty clinic's experience", International Society for Clinical Densitometry Annual Meeting (San Francisco, March 2008)
poster (PDF, 100 KB)

NY Krakauer, I Fung, "Recent Trends in USA streamflow: Implications for the water cycle", 2007 Fall AGU Meeting (San Francisco)
poster (PDF, 300 KB)

NY Krakauer, I Fung, "A hot, dry 21st century? Implications of recent trends in USA streamflow", Berkeley Atmopsheric Sciences Center (BASC) Symposium (October 2007)
poster (PDF, 300 KB)

NY Krakauer, "On track of the missing carbon sink: An isotope adventure", DISsertation initiative for the advancement of Climate Change ReSearch (DISCCRS) Symposium (Hawai'i, September 2007)
slides (PDF, 1 MB)

NY Krakauer, "Assigning carbon fluxes to processes using measurements of the isotopic abundance of carbon-14", TransCom meeting (West Lafayette, April 2007)
slides (PowerPoint, 1 MB)

Z Yang, RA Washenfelder, G Keppel-Aleks, PO Wennberg, NY Krakauer, JT Randerson, "New constraints on Northern Hemisphere growing season net flux", North American Carbon Program Investigators Meeting (Colorado Springs, January 2007)
abstract

NY Krakauer, I Fung, "Water-vegetation interaction in Mediterranean climate zones under global warming", 2006 Fall AGU Meeting (San Francisco)
poster (PDF, 200 KB)

NY Krakauer, M Chahine, ET Olsen, Q Li, JT Randerson, ZH Yang, PO Wennberg, "Using upper-air CO₂ measurements to monitor carbon sources and sinks", Graduate Climate Change Conference (Seattle, April 2006)

M Chahine, YL Yung, Q Li, ET Olsen, L Chen, NY Krakauer, "AIRS CO₂ retrievals using the method of vanishing partial derivatives (VPD)", AIRS Science Team Meeting (Pasadena, March 2006)
abstract (PDF, 20 KB)

NY Krakauer, X Xu, SE Trumbore, JT Randerson, "Seasonal variation of carbon-14 in atmospheric carbon dioxide at Point Barrow, Alaska: Observations and modeling", 2005 Fall AGU Meeting (San Francisco)
abstract (PDF, 20 KB), poster (PDF, 35 KB)

ZH Yang, NY Krakauer, PO Wennberg, JT Randerson, "Inter-model comparison of carbon flux inversions from simulated column XCO₂", 2005 Fall AGU Meeting (San Francisco)
abstract (PDF, 20 KB)

LF Robinson, JF Adkins, DP Fernandez, DS Burnett, AC Gagnon, NY Krakauer, SL Wang, "Initial and Diagenetic Behaviour of U Isotopes in Corals: Implications for U-series Dating", 2005 Fall AGU Meeting (San Francisco)
abstract (PDF, 20 KB)

NY Krakauer, JT Randerson, FW Primeau, "Carbon-14 constraints on the latitudinal distribution of air-sea gas exchange", Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference (Broomfield, September 2005)
extended abstract (PDF, 50 KB), poster (PDF, 70 KB)

ZH Yang, NY Krakauer, PO Wennberg, JT Randerson, "Effect of including aircraft CO₂ profiles in TransCom 3 model inversions of northern hemisphere carbon sink", Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference (Broomfield, September 2005)
extended abstract (PDF, 35 KB)

DY Hsueh, JT Randerson, NY Krakauer, X Xu, SE Trumbore, JR Southon, "Regional patterns of fossil fuel CO₂ in the planetary boundary layer across North America", Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference (Broomfield, September 2005)
extended abstract (PDF, 90 KB)

NY Krakauer, ZH Yang, JT Randerson, PO Wennberg, "Compatibility of surface and aircraft station networks for inferring carbon fluxes", TransCom Meeting (Paris, June 2005)
PowerPoint slides (200 KB)

ZH Yang, NY Krakauer, JT Randerson, "TransCom 3 Carbon flux inversion using aircraft CO₂ profiles: initial results" Orbiting Carbon Observatory Science Team Meeting (Pasadena, March 2005)
abstract (PDF, 24 KB)

SC Olsen, M Prather, JT Randerson, NY Krakauer, "Evaluating model-observation CO₂ sampling strategies: Implications for the strength of the latitudinal CO₂ gradient",  2004 Fall AGU Meeting (San Francisco)
abstract (PDF, 16 KB), poster (PDF, 700 KB)

X Xu, SE Trumbore, H Ajie, S Tyler, JT Randerson, NY Krakauer, "Atmospheric ¹⁴CO₂ over the mid Pacific Ocean and at Point Barrow, Alaska, USA from 2002 to 2004", 2004 Fall AGU Meeting (San Francisco)
abstract (PDF, 23 KB), poster (PowerPoint, 500 KB)

NY Krakauer, T Schneider, JT Randerson, "Estimating parameters in inversions for regional carbon fluxes",  2004 AGU Joint Assembly (Montréal)
abstract (PDF, 17 KB); PowerPoint slides (650 KB)

NY Krakauer, NV Smith, JT Randerson, "Tree-ring evidence for volcanic eruption effects on temperate and boreal tree net primary productivity",  2003 Fall AGU Meeting (San Francisco)
abstract (PDF, 23 KB); slides  (Powerpoint, 940 KB)

some other presentations

"Will this American century be dry? The evidence of the observational record", Earth Science department seminar, Rice University, 17 January 2008
PowerPoint slides (9 MB), PDF (5 MB)

"Atmospheric carbon-14 as a tracer of the contemporary carbon cycle", Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (Livermore), 11 October 2007
PowerPoint slides (8 MB)

"Oxygen triple isotope composition for estimating photosynthesis rates", Climate Group Meeting (Caltech), 25 June 2006
PowerPoint slides (400 KB)

"Characterizing carbon-dioxide fluxes from oceans and terrestrial ecosystems", Caltech (my thesis defense talk!), 19 May 2006
abstract (PDF, 16 KB); PowerPoint slides (7 MB)

"Where is air-sea gas exchange happening? Carbon isotope evidence", Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology Seminar (Stanford), 15 Feb 2006
slides (PDF, 2 MB)

"Highlights from the International Carbon Dioxide Conference", Yuk Lunch Seminar (Caltech), 11 Oct 2005
blurb (text, 1 KB)

"Michael Crichton, global warming, and the social role of scientists", Environment and Society Discussion Series (Caltech), 27 Jan 2005
blurb (HTML, 2 KB)

"Some environmental consequences of the information economy", Environment and Society Discussion Series (Caltech), 27 May 2003
PowerPoint slides (100 KB)

"Evidence for the rise in atmospheric oxygen levels", presentation for a geomicrobiology class, Feb 2003
PowerPoint slides (300 KB)

"The Sahara landscape over the Holocene", final presentation for a geomorphology class, Dec 2002
PowerPoint slides (3 MB)

classes TA'd