Raymond Bradley

NE CASC Principal Investigator
Director of Climate Systems Research Center
Distinguished Professor of Geosciences

Consortium Institution: 

University of Massachusetts

Education: 

B.S.: University of Southampton, Southampton, England, 1969
M.S.: University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 1971
Ph.D.: University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 1974

Website: 

http://www.geo.umass.edu/faculty/bradley/

Experience: 

Department Head, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993 to 2000
Distinguished Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2002 to present

Research Interests: 

Climate change assessments and projections

Recent Publications

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A 900-year New England temperature reconstruction from in situ seasonally produced branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs), Miller, Daniel R., M. Habicht Helen, Keisling Benjamin A., Castañeda Isla S., and Bradley Raymond S. , Climate of the Past, nov-7-2018, Volume 14, Issue 11, p.1653 - 1667, (2018)
A 900-year New England temperature reconstruction from in situ seasonally produced branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs), Miller, Daniel R., M. Habicht Helen, Keisling Benjamin A., Castañeda Isla S., and Bradley Raymond S. , Climate of the Past Discussions, 11/2018, p.1 - 26, (2018)
Consequences of Global Warming of 1.5 °C and 2 °C for Regional Temperature and Precipitation Changes in the Contiguous United States, Karmalkar, A., and Bradley Raymond S. , PLOS ONE, Jan-11-2017, Volume 12, Issue 1, p.e0168697, (2017)
Different influences on the tropical Pacific SST gradient from natural and anthropogenic forcing, Ning, Liang, Liu Jian, Wang Zhiyuan, and Bradley Raymond S. , International Journal of Climatology, 12-October-2017, Volume 38, Issue 4, p.2015 - 2028, (2017)
Influence of North Pacific decadal variability on the western Canadian Arctic over the past 700 years, Lapointe, François, Francus Pierre, Lamoureux Scott F., Vuille Mathias, Jenny Jean-Philippe, Bradley Raymond S., and Massa Charly , Climate of the Past, April-21-2017, Volume 13, Issue 4, p.411 - 420, (2017)
Local and regional wildfire activity in central Maine (USA) during the past 900 years, Miller, Daniel R., Castañeda Isla S., Bradley Raymond S., and MacDonald Dana , Journal of Paleolimnology, oct-14-2017, p.1-12, (2017)
Future Decreases in Freezing Days across North America, Rawlins, Michael A., Bradley Raymond S., Diaz Henry F., Kimball John S., and Robinson David A. , Journal of Climate, Jan-10-2016, Volume 29, Issue 19, p.6923 - 6935, (2016)
NAO and PNA influences on winter temperature and precipitation over the eastern United States in CMIP5 GCMs, Ning, Liang, and Bradley Raymond S. , Climate Dynamics, 02/2016, Volume 46, Issue 3, p.1257-1276, (2016)
Climate change in the Northeast United States: An analysis of the NARCCAP multimodel simulations, Fan, Fangxing, Bradley Raymond S., and Rawlins Michael A. , Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2015, p.n/a - n/a, (2015)
Climate change in the Northeast United States: An analysis of the NARCCAP multimodel simulations, Fan, Fangxing, Bradley Raymond S., and Rawlins Michael A. , Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2015, p.n/a - n/a, (2015)
Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world, Pepin, N., Bradley Raymond S., Diaz Henry F., Baraer M., Caceres E. B., Forsythe N., Fowler H., Greenwood G., Hashmi M. Z., Liu X. D., et al. , Nature Climate Change, 4/2015, Volume 5, p.424 - 430, (2015)
Glacier response to North Atlantic climate variability during the Holocene, Balascio, N. L., D’Andrea W. J., and Bradley Raymond S. , Climate of the Past, 27-Oct-2015, Volume 11, p.1587 - 1598, (2015)
Influence of eastern Pacific and central Pacific El Niño events on winter climate extremes over the eastern and central United States, Ning, Liang, and Bradley Raymond S. , International Journal of Climatology, 04/2015, p.n/a - n/a, (2015)
NAO and PNA influences on winter temperature and precipitation over the eastern United States in CMIP5 GCMs, Ning, Liang, and Bradley Raymond S. , Climate Dynamics, 07/2015, (2015)
Projected Changes in Climate Extremes over the Northeastern United States, Ning, Liang, RIDDLE EMILY E., and Bradley Raymond S. , Journal of Climate, 01/2015, p.150127131552007, (2015)
Snow occurrence changes over the central and eastern United States under future warming scenarios, Ning, Liang, and Bradley Raymond S. , Scientific Reports, 11/2015, Volume 5, p.17073, (2015)
Snow occurrence changes over the central and eastern United States under future warming scenarios, Ning, Liang, and Bradley Raymond S. , Scientific Reports, Nov-20-2015, Volume 5, p.17073, (2015)
Climate change in the northeastern US: regional climate model validation and climate change projections, Fan, Fangxing, Bradley Raymond S., and Rawlins Michael A. , Climate Dynamics, 7/2014, Volume 43, p.145 - 161, (2014)
Climatic changes in mountain regions of the American Cordillera and the tropics: historical changes and future outlook, Diaz, Henry F., Bradley Raymond S., and Ning Liang , Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 11/2014, Volume 46, p.1-9, (2014)
Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary (3rd edition)., Bradley, Raymond S. , San Diego, p.675pp, (2014)
Recent changes of climate in mountain regions of the American Cordillera and the Tropics , Diaz, Henry F., Bradley Raymond S., and Ning L. , Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research , Volume 46, Issue 1-9, (2014)
Winter climate extremes over the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada and teleconnections with large-scale modes of climate variability, Ning, Liang, and Bradley Raymond S. , Journal of Climate, 12/2014, p.141217142445008, (2014)
Winter precipitation variability and corresponding teleconnections over the northeastern United States, Ning, Liang, and Bradley Raymond S. , Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Apr-07-2015, Volume 119, Issue 13, p.7931 - 7945, (2014)
Winter precipitation variability and corresponding teleconnections over the northeastern United States, Ning, Liang, and Bradley Raymond S. , Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 07/2014, Volume 119, p.7931 - 7945, (2014)
Assessment of regional climate model simulation estimates over the northeast United States, Rawlins, Michael A., Bradley Raymond S., and Diaz Henry F. , Journal of Geophysical Research, 2012, Volume 117, (2012)
What can we learn from past warm periods?, Bradley, Raymond S. , Contributions to Science, Volume 8, p.53-59, (2012)
Climate change in Central America and Mexico: regional climate model validation and climate change projections, Karmalkar, A., Bradley Raymond S., and Diaz Henry F. , Climate Dynamics, 8/2011, Volume 37, p.605 - 629, (2011)
Global Warming and Political Intimidation, Bradley, Raymond S. , Amherst, MA, p.167pp, (2011)
High-resolution paleoclimatology, Bradley, Raymond S. , Dendroclimatology: Progress and Prospects, Volume 11, Berlin, p.3-15, (2011)
Natural archives, changing climates, Bradley, Raymond S. , Contributions to Science, Volume 7, p.21-25, (2011)
Where do we stand on global warming?, Bradley, Raymond S. , Contributions to Science, Volume 7, p.45-49, (2011)
Changes in Extreme Climate Indices for the Northeastern United States, 1870–2005, Brown, Paula J., Bradley Raymond S., and Keimig Frank T. , Journal of Climate, 12/2010, Volume 23, p.6555 - 6572, (2010)
Global Signatures and Dynamical Origins of the Little Ice Age and Medieval Climate Anomaly, Mann, M. E., Zhang Z., Rutherford S., Bradley Raymond S., Hughes M.K., Shindell D., Ammann Caspar, Faluvegi G., and Ni F. , Science, 11/2009, Volume 326, p.1256 - 1260, (2009)
Recent Warming Reverses Long-Term Arctic Cooling, Kaufman, D. S., Schneider D. P., McKay N. P., Ammann Caspar, Bradley Raymond S., Briffa K. R., Miller G. H., Otto-Bliesner B. L., Overpeck J. T., Vinther B. M., et al. , Science, 09/2009, Volume 325, p.1236 - 1239, (2009)
A 1,000-year, annually-resolved record of hurricane activity from Boston, Massachusetts, Besonen, Mark R., Bradley Raymond S., Mudelsee Manfred, Abbott Mark B., and Francus Pierre , Geophysical Research Letters, 2008, Volume 35, (2008)
Climate change scenario for Costa Rican montane forests, Karmalkar, A., Bradley Raymond S., and Diaz Henry F. , Geophysical Research Letters, 2008, Volume 35, (2008)
Holocene perspectives on future climate change, Bradley, Raymond S. , Natural Climate Variability and Global Warming: a Holocene Perspective, Chichester, p.254-268, (2008)
Proxy-based reconstructions of hemispheric and global surface temperature variations over the past two millennia, Mann, M. E., Zhang Z., Hughes M.K., Bradley Raymond S., Miller S. K., Rutherford S., and Ni F. , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 09/2008, Volume 105, p.13252 - 13257, (2008)
Variations of Twentieth-Century Temperature and Precipitation Extreme Indicators in the Northeast United States, Griffiths, Michael L., and Bradley Raymond S. , Journal of Climate, 11/2007, Volume 20, p.5401 - 5417, (2007)
Multidecadal North Atlantic climate variability and its effect on North American salmon abundance, Condron, Alan, DeConto Robert, Bradley Raymond S., and Juanes Francis , Geophysical Research Letters, 2005, Volume 32, (2005)