In prep
Tong, D., et al. including S. M. Evans (2026), The State of Global Sand and Dust Storms (2020-2025), World Meteorological Organization
Submitted
Adegbola, F., S. M. Evans, O. Sanderfoot, and A. Wilson, Wildfire smoke influences the probability of detecting breeding birds in New York State, Biodiversity and Conservation
In revision
Gurung, S., C. A. Lima, N. Shirchindorj, S. Alsunaidi, S. Lowe, C. A. Jones, D. B. Hogan, L. Dennet, S. M. Evans, and S. S. Yamamoto: Health Impact of Climate Change on older adults living with dementia: A Scoping Review, WIREs Climate Change
Published
Evans, S.M. (2025): Dust-producing weather patterns of the North American Great Plains, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, doi: 10.5194/acp-25-4833-2025.
Adegbola, F.O., A. Crooks, and S.M. Evans (2025): Crowdsourcing Dust Storms in the United States Utilizing Social Media Data, GeoJournal, doi: 10.1007/s10708-025-11359-9
Walcott, C.K., J.P. Briner, J.P. Tulenko, and S.M. Evans (2024): Equilibrium line altitudes of alpine glaciers in Alaska suggest Last Glacial Maximum summer temperature was 2-5 °C lower than during the pre-industrial, Climate of the Past, doi: 10.5194/cp-20-91-2024, 2024
Aryal, Y., and S.M. Evans (2023): Dust emission response to precipitation and temperature anomalies under different climatic conditions, Science of the Total Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162335.
Aryal, Y., and S.M. Evans (2022): Decreasing trends in the Western US dust intensity with rareness of heavy dust, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2021JD036163
Aryal, Y. and S.M. Evans (2021): Global dust variability explained by drought sensitivity in CMIP6 models, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, doi: 10.1029/2021JF006073
Cluett, A.A., E.K. Thomas, S.M. Evans and P.W. Keys (2021): Seasonal variations in moisture origin explain spatial contrast in precipitation isotope seasonality on coastal west Greenland, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2020JD033543
Evans, S.M., E. Dawson, and P. A. Ginoux (2020): Linear relation between shifting ITCZ and dust hemispheric asymmetry, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, doi: 10.1029/2020GL090499
Evans, S.M., S. Malyshev, P. A. Ginoux, and E. Shevliakova (2019): The impacts of the dust radiative effect on vegetation growth in the Sahel, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33, 1582-1593, doi: 10.1029/2018GB006128
Evans, S.M., R.T. Marchand, T.P. Ackerman, L.J. Donner, J.-C. Golaz, and C. Seman (2017): Diagnosing cloud biases in the GFDL AM3 model with atmospheric classification, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 122, 12,827 – 12,844., doi: 10.1002/2017JD027163.
Evans, S.M., P.A. Ginoux, S. Malyshev, and E. Shevliakova (2016): Climate – vegetation interaction and amplification of Australian dust variability, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi: 10.1002/2016GL071016.
Evans, S.M., R.T. Marchand, and T.P. Ackerman (2014): Variability of the Australian monsoon and precipitation trends at Darwin, Journal of Climate, 27, 8487-8500, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00422.1.
Muhlbauer, A., T.P. Ackerman, J.M. Comstock, G.S. Diskin, S.M. Evans, R.P Lawson, and R.T. Marchand (2014): Impact of large-scale dynamics on the microphysical properties of mid-latitude cirrus. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 119, 3976-3996, doi: 10.1002/2013JD020035.
Evans, S.M., R.T. Marchand, T.P. Ackerman, and N. Beagley (2012): Identification and analysis of atmospheric states and associated cloud properties for Darwin, Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 117, D06204, doi: 10.1029/2011JD017010.
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From my time in astronomy
Vestrand, W.T., J.A. Wren, P.R. Wozniak, R. Aptekar, S. Golentskii, V. Pal’shin, T. Sakamoto, R.R. White, S.M. Evans, D. Casperson, and E. Fenimore (2006): Energy input and response from prompt and early optical afterglow emission in gamma-ray bursts. Nature. 442, 172-175.
Wozniak, P.R., W.T. Vestrand, J.A. Wren, R.R. White, S.M. Evans, and D. Casperson (2006): Raptor observations of delayed explosive activity in the high-redshift gamma-ray burst GRB 060206. Astrophysical Journal, 642, L99-L102.
White, R.R., S.M. Evans, W.T. Vestrand, M.S. Warren, J.A. Wren, P.R. Wozniak (2006): Thinking telescopes and the future astronomical meta-network. Astronomische Nachrichten, 327, 758-762.
Wozniak, P.R., W.T. Vestrand, J.A. Wren, R.R. White, S.M. Evans, and D. Casperson (2005): Raptor observations of the early optical afterglow from GRB 050319. Astrophysical Journal, 627, L13-L16.
Vestrand, W.T., P.R. Wozniak, J.A. Wren, E.E. Fenimore, T. Sakamoto, R.R. White, D. Casperson, H. Davis, S.M. Evans, M. Galassi, K.E. McGowan, J.A. Schier, J.W. Asa, S.D. Barthelmy, J.R. Cummings, N. Gehreis, D. Hullinger, H.A. Krimm, C.B. Markwardt, K. McLean, D. Palmer, A. Parsons, and J. Tueller (2005): A link between prompt optical and prompt gamma-ray emission in gamma-ray bursts. Nature. 435. 178-180.