Team Members

John Fasullo

Co-investigator, 2017-2020, 2021-2024

Using Satellite Observations to Improve Our Understanding of Future Regional Sea-Level Change and its Impacts

John Fasullo leads societally impactful research aimed at understanding climate variability and change, improving climate models, and supporting the climate science community. He is a member of the Climate Analysis Section at NCAR and a Research Associate in the ATOC Department at the University of Colorado. He is a founding member of community activities such as the Climate Data Guide and Climate Variability Diagnostics Package and is the creator of the Climate Model Analysis Tool.

Related Publications

Cheng, L., J Abraham, K E. Trenberth, J. T. Fasullo, T Boyer, R Locarnini, B Zhang, F Yu YU, L. Wan, X Chen,, X Song, Y Liu, M E. Mann, F Reseghetti, S Simoncelli, V Gouretski, G Chen, A Mishonov, J Reagan, and J Zhu, 2021: Ocean temperatures hit record high in 2020, Adv. Atm. Sci, 10.1007/s00376-021-0447-x.

Hamlington, B., T. Frederikse , P.R. Thompson , J.K. Willis , R.S. Nerem , J.T. Fasullo, 2020: Past, Present and Future Pacific Sea-Level Change, Earth's Future, doi: 10.1029/2020EF001839.

Fasullo, J.T. 2020: Evaluating Simulated Climate Patterns from the CMIP Archives Using Satellite and Reanalysis Datasets, Geo. Mod. Dev., doi:10.5194/gmd-2020-1.

Fasullo, J.T., P. Gent, R.S. Nerem 2020; Sea Level Rise in the CESM Large Ensemble: The Role of Individual Climate Forcings and Consequences for the Coming Decades, J. Clim., doi:10.1029/2019JC016030.

Hamlington, B. C. G. Piecuch , J.T. Reager, H. Chandanpurkar, T. Frederikse, R. S. Nerem, J. T. Fasullo, S.-H. Cheon 2020; Origin of Interannual Variability in Global Mean Sea Level, Proc. Nat. Aca. Sci., doi: 10.1073/pnas.1922190117.

Fasullo, J.T., P. Gent, R.S. Nerem 2020; Forced Patterns of Sea Level Rise in the Community Earth System Model Large Ensemble from 1920 to 2100, J. Geo. Res. - Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2019JC016030.

Fasullo, J.T., A. Phillips, C. Deser 2020; Evaluation of Leading Modes of Climate Variability in the CMIP Archives, J. Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-1024.1.

Hamlington and Coauthors 2020; Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea Level Change and the Implications for the Future, Rev. Geophys, doi:10.1029/2019RG000672.

Hamlington, B., T. Frederikse, R.S. Nerem, J.T. Fasullo, S. Adhikari 2020: Acceleration of Regional Sea-level Rise During the Satellite Altimeter Era, Geo. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2019GL086528.

Cheng et al. 2020: Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 10.1007/s00376-020-9283-7

Hamlington, Fasullo, Nerem, Kim, Landerer 2019: Uncovering the Pattern of Forced Sea Level Rise in the Satellite Altimeter Record, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2018GL081386.

Cheng, L. K. E. Trenberth, J.T. Fasullo, M. Mayer, M. Balmaseda, J. Zhu 2019 Evolution of ocean heat content related to ENSO, Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0607.1.

Nerem, R.S., and J.T. Fasullo: Observations of the Rate and Acceleration of Sea Level Change, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc..

Fasullo, J.T., R. S. Nerem, Altimeter-Era Emergence of the Patterns of Forced Sea Level Rise in Climate Models and Implications for the Future, Proc. Nat. Aca. Sci., 10.1073/pnas.1813233115.

Fasullo, J.T. 2018: Sea Level Rise, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. doi: 10.1036/1097-8542.609550

R. S. Nerem, B. D. Beckley, J.T. Fasullo, B. D. Hamlington, D. Masters and G. T. Mitchum 2018: Climate-change–driven accelerated sea-level rise detected in the altimeter era. PNAS 2018 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1717312115.