Staff information

Research Interests

• Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions
• Uncertainty quantification of model parameters
• Resolution dependence of model physics

Education and Credentials

• Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2010
• M.S.E.L., Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, 2002
• M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2002
• B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1999

Affiliations and Professional Service

• Member, American Geophysical Union
• Member, American Meteorological Society
• Aerosol Liaison, CESM Chemistry-Climate Working Group

PNNL Publications

2013

• Gustafson WI, Jr, PL Ma, H Xiao, B Singh, PJ Rasch, and JD Fast. 2013. "The Separate Physics and Dynamics Experiment (SPADE) framework for determining resolution awareness: A case study of microphysics." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 118(16):9258-9276.  doi:10.1002/jgrd.50711
• Ma PL, JR Gattiker, X Liu, and PJ Rasch. 2013. "A Novel Approach for Determining Source-Receptor Relationships in Model Simulations: A Case Study of Black Carbon Transport in Northern Hemisphere Winter." Environmental Research Letters 8(2):Article No. 02042.  doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024042
• Ma PL, PJ Rasch, H Wang, K Zhang, RC Easter, Jr, S Tilmes, JD Fast, X Liu, JH Yoon, and JF Lamarque. 2013. "The Role of Circulation Features on Black Carbon Transport into the Arctic in the Community Atmosphere Model Version 5 (CAM5)." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 118(10):4657-4669.  doi:10.1002/jgrd.50411
• Wang H, RC Easter, Jr, PJ Rasch, M Wang, X Liu, SJ Ghan, Y Qian, JH Yoon, PL Ma, and V Vinoj. 2013. "Sensitivity of Remote Aerosol Distributions to Representation of Cloud-Aerosol Interactions in a Global Climate Model." Geoscientific Model Development 6(3):765-782.  doi:10.5194/gmd-6-765-2013

2012

• Yoon JH, and PL Ma. 2012. "Ocean General Circulation Models." In Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, ed. RA Meyers, pp. 7365-7381.  Springer, New York, NY. 
• Ma PL, K Zhang, JJ Shi, T Matsui, and A Arking. 2012. "Direct Radiative Effect of Mineral Dust on the Development of African Easterly Waves in Late Summer, 2003-07." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 51(12):2090-2104.  doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0215.1