Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, MIT
N. Lutsko and T.W. Cronin, Mean climate and circulation of mock-Walker simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, in revision.
M. Velez Pardo and T.W. Cronin, The response of tropical rainfall to idealized small-scale thermal and mechanical forcing, in preparation.
T. Abbott and T.W. Cronin, 2023, Multiple Equilibria and Soil Moisture-Precipitation Feedbacks in Idealized Convection-Permitting Simulations With an Open Hydrological Cycle. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi: 10.1029/2023MS003719.
M. Velez Pardo and T.W. Cronin, 2023, Large-Scale Circulations and Dry Tropical Cyclones in Direct Numerical Simulations of Rotating Rayleigh–Benard Convection. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-23-0018.1.
T.W. Cronin and I. Dutta, 2023, How well do we understand the Planck feedback? Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi: 10.1029/2023MS003729.
T.W. Cronin, 2023, An Analytic Model for Tropical Cyclone Outer Winds. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2023GL103942.
K. Emanuel, M. Velez Pardo, and T.W. Cronin, 2023, The Surprising Roles of Turbulence in Tropical Cyclone Physics. Atmosphere, doi: 10.3390/atmos14081254.
E. Freese and T.W. Cronin, 2021, Antarctic Radiative and Temperature responses to a doubling of CO2. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2021GL093676.
B. Richards, D. Koll, and T.W. Cronin, 2021, Seasonal Loops between Local Outgoing Longwave Radiation and Surface Temperature. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2021GL092978.
C. Muller, D. Yang, G. Craig, T.W. Cronin, B. Fildier, J. Haerter, C. Hohenegger, B. Mapes, D. Randall, S. Shamekh, and S. Sherwood, 2021, Spontaneous Aggregation of Convective Storms. Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, doi: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-022421-011319
T. Abbott and T.W. Cronin, 2021, Aerosol invigoration of atmospheric convection through increases in humidity. Science, doi: 10.1126/science.abc5181.
C. Wilka, S. Solomon, T.W. Cronin, D. Kinnison, and R. Garcia, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry Signatures of an Equatorially-Symmetric Matsuno-Gill Circulation Pattern. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-20-0025.1.
T. Abbott, T.W. Cronin, and T. Beucler, 2020, Convective Dynamics and the Response of Precipitation Extremes to Warming in Radiative–Convective Equilibrium. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-19-0197.1.
T. Beucler, T. Abbott, T.W. Cronin, and M. Pritchard, 2019, Comparing Convective Self-Aggregation in Idealized Models to Observed Moist Static Energy Variability near the Equator. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2019GL084130.
D. Koll and T.W. Cronin, 2019, Hot Hydrogen Climates near the inner edge of the Habitable Zone. The Astrophysical Journal, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab30c4.
N. Lutsko, J. Baldwin, and T.W. Cronin, 2019, The impact of large-scale orography on Northern Hemisphere Winter Synoptic Temperature Variability. Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0129.1.
T.W. Cronin and D. Chavas, 2019, Dry and Semi-Dry Tropical Cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-18-0357.1
T. Beucler and T.W. Cronin, 2018, A budget for the size of convective self-aggregation. The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, doi: 10.1002/qj.3468.
N. Lutsko and T.W. Cronin, 2018, Increase in Precipitation Efficiency with Surface Warming in Radiative-Convective Equilibrium. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi: 10.1029/2018MS001482.
F. Pithan, G. Svensson, R. Caballero, D. Chechin, T.W. Cronin, A. Ekman, R. Neggers M. Shupe, A. Solomon, M. Tjernstrom, and M. Wendisch, 2018, Role of air-mass transformations in exchange between the Arctic and mid-latitudes. Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/s41561-018-0234-1.
D. Koll and T.W. Cronin, 2018, Earth's outgoing longwave radiation linear due to H2O greenhouse effect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1809868115.
Z. Hu, T.W. Cronin, and E. Tziperman, 2018, Suppression of Cold Weather Events over High Latitude Continents in Warm Climates. Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0129.1.
L. Birch, T.W. Cronin, and E. Tziperman, 2018, The Role of Regional Feedbacks in Glacial Inception on Baffin Island: The Interaction of Ice Flow and Meteorology. Climate of the Past, doi: 10.5194/cp-14-1441-2018.
T. Beucler, T.W. Cronin, and K. Emanuel, 2018, A Linear Response Framework for Radiative-Convective Instability. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi: 10.1029/2018MS001280.
T.W. Cronin and A. Wing, 2017, Clouds, Circulation, and Climate Sensitivity in a Radiative-Convective Equilibrium Channel Model, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi: 10.1002/2017MS001111.
B. Rose, T.W. Cronin, and C. Bitz, 2017, Ice caps and ice belts: the effects of obliquity on ice-albedo feedback, The Astrophysical Journal, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8306.
T.W. Cronin, H. Li, and E. Tziperman, 2017, Suppression of Arctic air formation with climate warming: Investigation with a 2-dimensional cloud-resolving model, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0193.1.
L. Birch, T.W. Cronin, and E. Tziperman, 2017, Glacial Inception on Baffin Island: The Role of Insolation, Meteorology, and Topography, Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0576.1.
T. Beucler and T.W. Cronin, 2016, Moisture-Radiative Cooling Instability, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi:10.1002/2016MS000763.
A. Wing and T.W. Cronin, 2016, Self-aggregation of convection in long channel geometry, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, doi:10.1002/qj.2628.
T.W. Cronin and M.F. Jansen, 2016, Analytic radiative-advective equilibrium as a model for high-latitude climate, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2015GL067172.
A.E. Payne, M.F. Jansen, and T.W. Cronin, 2015, Conceptual model analysis of the influence of temperature feedbacks on polar amplification, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2015GL065889.
T.W. Cronin and E. Tziperman, 2015, Low clouds suppress arctic air formation and amplify high-latitude continental winter warming, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1510937112.
T.W. Cronin, K. Emanuel, and P. Molnar, 2015, Island precipitation enhancement and the diurnal cycle in radiative-convective equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, doi:10.1002/qj.2443.
P. Molnar and T.W. Cronin, 2015, Growth of the maritime continent and its possible contribution to recurring ice ages. Paleoceanography, doi:10.1002/2014PA002752.
T.W. Cronin, 2014, On the choice of average solar zenith angle. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-13-0392.1. [See also 2017 comment and response.]
T.W. Cronin and K. Emanuel, 2013, The climate time scale in the approach to radiative-convective equilibrium. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi:10.1002/jame.20049.
T.W. Cronin, 2013, A sensitivity theory for the equilibrium boundary layer over land. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi:10.1002/jame.20048.
see my CV for a list of publications from work done at MBL (prior to graduate school at MIT).