Author Bibliographies
Publications by Nancy Y. Kiang
This citation list includes papers published while the author has been on staff at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. It may include some publications based on research conducted prior to their having joined the institute.
Submitted / In Review
, , W. Ni-Meister, A. Oliphant, C.Y.J. Lui, C. Montes, and C. Shaaf, 2025: A clumped-foliage canopy radiative transfer model for a Global Dynamic Terrestrial Ecosystem Model III: Diurnal and seasonal albedo for a western broadleaf deciduous forest. Glob. Change Biol., submitted.
Venkatesan, V., , A.L. Shields, , L.F. Coelho, and A.H. Lobo, 2025: Snow microalgae effects on surface albedo: Feedbacks to Slushball Earth climatology. Planet. Sci. J., submitted.
2025
Grant, I., W. Ni-Meister, and , 2025: Multiscale analysis of global variation in allometric relationships: Implications for global vegetation models. Environ. Res. Ecol., 4, no. 3, 035001, doi:10.1088/2752-664X/add7e3.
, , , , T.L. Clune, , A.D. Del Genio, , , , , , , , , and E.T. Wolf, 2025: ROCKE-3D 2.0: An updated general circulation model for simulating the climates of rocky planets. Geosci. Model Dev., 18, no. 17, 5825-5871, doi:10.5194/gmd-18-5825-2025.
2024
Govindjee, G., O. Canaani, R.A. Cellarius, B. Diner, E. Greenbaum, H. Hou, , J.S. Lindsey, D.L. Mauzerall, M.E. Mauzerall, M. Seibert, and A. Stirbet, 2024: Contributions of David Mauzerall to photosynthesis research — Celebrating his 95th birthday. Photosynthetica, 62, no. 3, 271-288, doi:10.32615/ps.2024.029.
Metz, C.O., , G.L. Villanueva, M.N. Parenteau, and V. Kofman, 2024: Detectability simulations of a NIR surface biosignature on Proxima Centauri b with future space observatories. Planet. Sci. J., 5, 228, doi:10.3847/PSJ/ad769d.
Silvy, Y., T.L. Frölicher, J. Terhaar, F. Joos, F.A. Burger, F. Lacroix, M. Allen, R. Bernadello, L. Bopp, V. Brovkin, J.R. Buzan, P. Cadule, M. Dix, J. Dunne, P. Friedlingstein, G. Georgievski, T. Hajima, S. Jenkins, M. Kawamiya, , V. Lapin, D. Lee, , N. Mengis, E.A. Monteiro, D. Paynter, G.P. Peters, , J. Schwinger, S. Sparrow, E. Stofferahn, J. Tjiputra, E. Tourigny, and T. Ziehn, 2024: AERA-MIP: Emission pathways, remaining budgets and carbon cycle dynamics compatible with 1.5°C and 2°C global warming stabilization. Earth Syst. Dyn., 15, no. 6, 1591-1608, doi:10.5194/esd-15-1591-2024.
2023
Hoehler, T.M., D.J. Mankel, P.R. Girguis, T.M. McCollom, , and B.B. Jørgensen, 2023: The metabolic rate of the biosphere and its components. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 120, no. 25, e2303764120, doi:10.1073/pnas.2303764120.
Wilcox, K.R., A. Chen, M.L. Avolio, E.E. Butler, S. Collins, R. Fisher, T. Keenan, , A.K. Knapp, S.E. Koerner, L. Kueppers, G. Liang, E. Lieungh, M. Loik, Y. Luo, B. Poulter, P. Reich, K. Renwick, M.D. Smith, A. Walker, , and K.J. Komatsu, 2023: Accounting for herbaceous communities in process-based models will advance our understanding of "grassy" ecosystems. Glob. Change Biol., 29, no. 23, 6453-6477, doi:10.1111/gcb.16950.
2022
, W.D. Swingley, D. Gautam, J.T. Broddrick, D. Repeta, J.F. Stolz, R.E. Blankenship, B.M. Wolf, A.M. Detweiler, K.A. Miller, J.J. Schladweiler, R. Lindeman, and M.N. Parenteau, 2022: Discovery of chlorophyll d: Isolation and characterization of a far-red cyanobacterium from the original site of Manning & Strain (1943) at Moss Beach, California. Microorganisms, 10, no. 4, 819, doi:10.3390/microorganisms10040819.
Klovenski, E.R., Y. Wang, , , , , , A. Guenther, X. Jiang, W. Li, and N. Lin, 2022: Interactive biogenic emissions and drought stress effects on atmospheric composition in NASA GISS ModelE. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, no. 10, 13303-13323, doi:10.5194/acp-22-13303-2022.
, , , , , , , , , , , , R. Bleck, , , , T.L. Clune, , C.A. Cruz, , , , , D. Kim, , , , , , , S. McDermid, , L.T. Murray, , , C.P. García-Pando, , , , D.T. Shindell, S. Sun, , , , , and , 2022: Future climate change under SSP emission scenarios with GISS-E2.1. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 14, no. 7, e2021MS002871, doi:10.1029/2021MS002871.
, , , , S.S. McDermid, , , K. Wilcox, R. Dybzinski, C.E. Farrior, S.W. Pacala, and , 2022: Modeling demographic-driven vegetation dynamics and ecosystem biogeochemical cycling in NASA GISS's Earth system model (ModelE-BiomeE v.1.0). Geosci. Model Dev., 15, no. 22, 8153-8180, doi:10.5194/gmd-15-8153-2022.
2021
Lehmer, O.R., D.C. Catling, M.N. Parenteau, , and T.M. Hoehler, 2021: The peak absorbance wavelength of photosynthetic pigments around other stars from spectral optimization. Front. Astron. Space Sci., 8, 111, doi:10.3389/fspas.2021.689441.
, , , , , , , , , , R. Bleck, , , , T.L. Clune, , C.A. Cruz, , , , , D. Kim, , , , , J. Marshall, , S. McDermid, , L.T. Murray, , , C. Pérez García-Pando, , , , , D.T. Shindell, S. Sun, , , , , , and , 2021: CMIP6 historical simulations (1850-2014) with GISS-E2.1. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 13, no. 1, e2019MS002034, doi:10.1029/2019MS002034.
2020
, , , , , , , , , and , 2020: Global carbon cycle and climate feedbacks in the NASA GISS ModelE2.1. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 12, no. 10, e2019MS002030, doi:10.1029/2019MS002030.
, , , , , , , , , R. Bleck, , , , T.L. Clune, , C.A. Cruz, , , , , D. Kim, , , , , J. Marshall, , S. McDermid, , , L.T. Murray, , , C. Pérez García-Pando, , , , , D.T. Shindell, S. Sun, , , , , , and , 2020: GISS-E2.1: Configurations and climatology. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 12, no. 8, e2019MS002025, doi:10.1029/2019MS002025.
2019
, , , , , Y. Fujii, , , , S.D. Guzewich, and , 2019: Albedos, equilibrium temperatures, and surface temperatures of habitable planets. Astrophys. J., 884, no. 1, 75, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab3be8.
, , , , , , and T.L. Clune, 2019: Habitable climate scenarios for Proxima Centauri b with a dynamic ocean. Astrobiology, 19, no. 1, 99-125, doi:10.1089/ast.2017.1760.
, , , , , and , 2019: Climates of warm Earth-like planets III: Fractional habitability from a water cycle perspective. Astrophys. J., 887, no. 2, 197, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab57fd.
, , , , , and , 2019: The sensitivity of land-atmosphere coupling to modern agriculture in the northern mid-latitudes. J. Climate, 32, no. 2, 465-484, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0799.1.
2018
Catling, D.C., J. Krissansen-Totton, , D. Crisp, T.D. Robinson, S. DasSarma, A. Rushby, , W. Bains, and S. Domagal-Goldman, 2018: Exoplanet biosignatures: A framework for their assessment. Astrobiology, 19, no. 6, 709-738, doi:10.1089/ast.2017.1737.
Hoehler, T.M., S.M. Som, and , 2018: Life's requirements. In Handbook of Exoplanets. H.J. Deeg and J.A. Belmonte, Eds., Springer International, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-30648-3_74-1.
, S. Domagal-Goldman, M.N. Parenteau, D.C. Catling, Y. Fujii, V.S. Meadows, E.W. Schwieterman, and S.I. Walker, 2018: Exoplanet biosignatures: At the dawn of a new era of planetary observations. Astrobiology, 18, no. 6, 619-629, doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1862.
Schwieterman, W., , M.N. Parenteau, C.E. Harman, S. DasSarma, T.M. Fisher, G.N. Arney, H.E. Hartnett, C.T. Reinhard, S.L. Olson, V.S. Meadows, C.S. Cockell, S.I. Walker, J.L. Grenfell, S. Hegde, S. Rugheimer, R. Hu, and T.W. Lyons, 2018: Exoplanet biosignatures: A review of remotely detectable signs of life. Astrobiology, 18, no. 6, 663-708, doi:10.1089/ast.2017.1729.
Walker, S.I., W. Bains, L. Cronin, S. DasSarma, S. Danielache, S. Domagal-Goldman, B. Kacar, , A. Lenardic, C.T. Reinhard, W. Moore, E.W. Schwieterman, E.L. Shkolnik, and H.B. Smith, 2018: Exoplanet biosignatures: Future directions. Astrobiology, 18, no. 6, 779-824, doi:10.1089/ast.2017.1738.
, , , T.L. Clune, , and , 2018: Climates of warm Earth-like planets I: 3-D model simulations. Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser., 239, no. 2, 24, doi:10.3847/1538-4365/aae9e1.
2017
Hoffman, F.M., C.D. Koven, G. Keppel-Aleks, D.M. Lawrence, W.J. Riley, J.T. Randerson, A. Ahlström, G. Abramowitz, D.D. Baldocchi, M.J. Best, B. Bond-Lamberty, M.G. De Kauwe, A.S. Denning, A.R. Desai, V. Eyring, J.B. Fisher, R.A. Fisher, P.J. Gleckler, M. Huang, G. Hugelius, A.K. Jain, , H. Kim, R.D. Koster, S.V. Kumar, H. Li, Y. Luo, J. Mao, N.G. McDowell, U. Mishra, P.R. Moorcroft, G.S.H. Pau, D.M. Ricciuto, K. Schaefer, C.R. Schwalm, S.P. Serbin, E. Shevliakova, A.G. Slater, J. Tang, M. Williams, J. Xia, C. Xu, R. Joseph, and D. Koch, 2017: 2016 International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Workshop Report. DOE/SC-0186. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, doi:10.2172/1330803.
, 2017: Biosignatures of exoplanets. Capeia, 2017, Apr. 20.
, , , , T. Clune, , , , , , and , 2017: Resolving orbital and climate keys of Earth and extraterrestrial environments with dynamics 1.0: A general circulation model for simulating the climates of rocky planets. Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser., 231, no. 1, 12, doi:10.3847/1538-4365/aa7a06.
2016
, , , , D.H. Grinspoon, , , and T. Clune, 2016: Was Venus the first habitable world of our solar system? Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, no. 16, 8376-8383, doi:10.1002/2016GL069790.
2015
Kim, Y., P.R. Moorcroft, , , and , 2015: Variability of phenology and fluxes of water and carbon with observed and simulated soil moisture in the Ent Terrestrial Biosphere Model (Ent TBM version 1.0.1.0.0). Geosci. Model Dev., doi:10.5194/gmd-8-3837-2015.
, , , , , , , , , , , , , T.L. Clune, , , , , , , , , , , S. Menon, , , , , , , , S. Sun, , N. Unger, , , and J. Zhang, 2015: Future climate change under RCP emission scenarios with GISS ModelE2. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 7, no. 1, 244-267, doi:10.1002/2014MS000403.
2014
, 2014: Looking for life elsewhere: Photosynthesis and astrobiology. Biochemist, 36, no. 6, 24-30, doi:10.1042/BIO03606024.
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , T.L. Clune, , , , , D. Koch, , , , S. Menon, , , , , , , , , S. Sun, , N. Unger, , , and J. Zhang, 2014: CMIP5 historical simulations (1850-2012) with GISS ModelE2. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 6, no. 2, 441-477, doi:10.1002/2013MS000266.
, , , , , , , , M.K. Bhat, , , , , T.L. Clune, , R. de Fainchtein, , , , , , , , , , , S. Menon, , , A.O. Oloso, , , W.M. Putman, , , , , , R.A. Syed, , , N. Unger, , , and J. Zhang, 2014: Configuration and assessment of the GISS ModelE2 contributions to the CMIP5 archive. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 6, no. 1, 141-184, doi:10.1002/2013MS000265.
2013
, , R.E. Blankenship, and D. Mauzerall, 2013: Photosystem trap energies and spectrally-dependent energy-storage efficiencies in the Chl d-utilizing cyanobacterium, Acaryochloris marina. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Bioenerg., 1827, 255-265, doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.11.002.
Sanromá, E., E. Pallé, M.N. Parenteau, , A.M. Gutíerrez-Navarro, R. Lopez, and P. Montañés-Rodríguez, 2013: Characterizing the purple Earth: Modelling the globally-integrated spectral variability of the Archean Earth. Astrophys. J., 780, 52, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/780/1/52.
Unger, N., K. Harper, Y. Zheng, , , A. Arneth, G. Schurgers, C. Amelynck, A. Goldstein, A. Guenther, B. Heinesch, C.N. Hewitt, T. Karl, Q. Laffineur, B. Langford, K.A. McKinney, P. Misztal, M. Potosnak, J. Rinne, S. Pressley, N. Schoon, and D. Serça, 2013: Photosynthesis-dependent isoprene emission from leaf to planet in a global carbon-chemistry-climate model. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 10243-10269, doi:10.5194/acp-13-10243-2013.
2011
, , R.E. Blankenship, M.R. Gunner, and D. Mauzerall, 2011: Efficiency of photosynthesis in a Chl d-utilizing cyanobacterium is comparable to or higher than that in Chl a-utilizing oxygenic species. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Bioenerg., 1807, 1231-1236, doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.06.007.
2010
Ni-Meister, W., W. Yang, and , 2010: A clumped-foliage canopy radiative transfer model for a global dynamic terrestrial ecosystem model. I: Theory. Agric. Forest Meteorol., 150, 881-894, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.02.009.
Yang, W., W. Ni-Meister, , P.R. Moorcroft, A.H. Strahler, and A. Oliphant, 2010: A clumped-foliage canopy radiative transfer model for a global dynamic terrestrial ecosystem model. II: Comparison to measurements. Agric. Forest Meteorol., 150, 895-907, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.02.008.
2008
, 2008: The color of plants on other worlds. Sci. Amer., 298, no. 4, 48-55.
2007
Friend, A.D., A. Arneth, , M. Lomas, J. Ogée, C. Rödenbeck, S.W. Running, J.-D. Santaren, S. Sitch, N. Viovy, F.I. Woodward, and S. Zaele, 2007: FLUXNET and modelling the global carbon cycle. Glob. Change Biol., 13, 610-633, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01223.x.
, , , , , , , , , , , , E. Baum, , , , , A. Cohen, , , E. Fleming, A. Friend, , C. Jackman, , , , , G. Labow, , , T. Novakov, , , , , , , , P. Stone, , D. Streets, , D. Thresher, N. Unger, , and S. Zhang, 2007: Climate simulations for 1880-2003 with GISS modelE. Clim. Dyn., 29, 661-696, doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0255-8.
, , , , , , , , , , , , E. Baum, , , , , A. Cohen, , , E. Fleming, A. Friend, , C. Jackman, , , , D. Koch, G. Labow, , S. Menon, T. Novakov, , , , , , , , P. Stone, , D. Streets, , D. Thresher, N. Unger, , and S. Zhang, 2007: Dangerous human-made interference with climate: A GISS modelE study. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 2287-2312, doi:10.5194/acp-7-2287-2007.
, A. Segura, G. Tinetti, Govindjee, R.E. Blankenship, M. Cohen, J. Siefert, D. Crisp, and V.S. Meadows, 2007: Spectral signatures of photosynthesis II: Coevolution with other stars and the atmosphere on extrasolar worlds. Astrobiology, 7, 252-274, doi:10.1089/ast.2006.0108.
, J. Siefert, Govindjee, R.E. Blankenship, and V.S. Meadows, 2007: Spectral signatures of photosynthesis I: Review of Earth organisms. Astrobiology, 7, 222-251, doi:10.1089/ast.2006.0105.
2006
, , , , , , , , , , , , A.D. Friend, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , P.H. Stone, , , , and , 2006: Present day atmospheric simulations using GISS ModelE: Comparison to in-situ, satellite and reanalysis data. J. Climate, 19, 153-192, doi:10.1175/JCLI3612.1.
Tinetti, G., V.S. Meadows, D. Crisp, , B.H. Kahn, E. Bosc, E. Fishbein, T. Velusamy, and M. Turnbull, 2006: Detectability of planetary characteristics in disk-average spectra II: Synthetic spectra and light-curves of Earth. Astrobiology, 6, 881-900, doi:10.1089/ast.2006.6.881.
2005
Friend, A.D., and , 2005: Land surface model development for the GISS GCM: Effects of improved canopy physiology on simulated climate. J. Climate, 18, 2883-2902, doi:10.1175/JCLI3425.1.
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , E. Fleming, A. Friend, , C. Jackman, , , , J. Lean, , , S. Menon, , P. Minnis, T. Novakov, , , , , , , P. Stone, , , , B. Wielicki, T. Wong, , and S. Zhang, 2005: Efficacy of climate forcings. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D18104, doi:10.1029/2005JD005776.
2004
Baldocchi, D.D., L. Xu, and , 2004: How plant functional-type, weather, seasonal drought, and soil physical properties alter water and energy fluxes of an oak-grass savanna and an annual grassland. Agric. Forest Meteorol., 123, 13-39, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2003.11.006.
1996
, and L. Schipper, 1996: Energy trends in Japan's transportation sector. Transp. Policy, 3, 21-35, doi:10.1016/0967-070X(96)00001-7.
Scholl, L., L. Schipper, and , 1996: CO2 emissions from passenger transport: A comparison of international trends from 1973 to 1992. Energy Policy, 24, 17-30, doi:10.1016/0301-4215(95)00148-4.

