Blue papers are currently in review, black papers are accepted, in press, or available online. Please contact me if you're unable to access specific manuscripts.
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Proctor, J., Huybers, P. "Water stress explains the steep decline in crop yield found at high temperatures" (In review at Nature Water)
- Bauer, A.M, Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Proistosescu, C. "On the role of soil moisture in midlatitude temperature extremes" (In review at Journal of Climate)
- Cowheard, M., Rahimi, S., Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Hall, A., and Girotto, M. "Surface and atmosphere drivers of snow drought are topography-dependent" (Revising for Water Resources Research)
- Byrne, M.P., Hegerl, G.C., Scheff, J., Adam, O., Berg, A., Biasutti, M., Bordoni, S., Dai, A., Geen, R., Henry M., Hill, S.A., Hohenegger, C., Humphrey, V., Joshi, M., Konings, A.G., Laguë, M.M., Lambert F.H., Lehner, F., Mankin, J.S., McColl, K.A., McKinnon, K.A., Pendergrass A.G., Pietschnig, M., Schmidt, L., Schurer, L., Scott, E.M., Sexton, D., Sherwood, S.C., Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Zhang, Y. (2024) "Theory and the future of land-climate science" Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/s41561-024-01553-8. Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01553-8
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Zhang, L.N., Battisti, D.S., Laguë, M.M. (2024) "How much does land-atmosphere coupling influence summertime temperature variability in the western United States?" Journal of Climate, 35, (13), 3457-3478, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0716.1
- Masuda, Y.J., Parsons, L.A., Spector J.T., Battisti, D.S., Castro, B., Erbaugh, J.T., Game, E.T., Garg, T., Kalmus, P., Kroeger, T., Mishra, V., Shindell, D., Tigchelaar, M., Wolff, N.H., Vargas Zeppetello, L.R. (2024) "Impacts of warming on outdoor worker well-being in the tropics and adaptation options" One Earth, doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.02.001
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Trevino, A. M. and Huybers, P. (2024): Disentangling Contributions to Past and Future Trends in U.S. Surface Soil Moisture. Nature Water, doi: 10.1038/s44221-024-00193-x
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., McColl, K.A., Bernau, J.A., Bowen, B.B., Tang, L.I., Holbrook, N.M., Gentine, P., and Huybers, P. (2023): Apparent surface conductance sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit in the absence of plants. Nature Water, doi: 10.1038/s44221-023-00147-9
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Raftery, A.E, Battisti, D.S. (2022): Probabilistic projections of increased heat stress driven by climate change. Communications Earth & Environment 3, (183), doi: 10.1038/s43247-022-00524-4
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Battisti D.S., Baker, M.B. (2022): The Physics of Heat Waves: What Causes Extremely High Summertime Temperatures? Journal of Climate, 35, (7), 2231-2251, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0236.1
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., S.C. Cook-Patton, L.A. Parsons, N.H. Wolff, T. Kroeger, J.T. Spector, Battisti D.S., A. Balakumar, J. Bettles, Y.J. Masuda (2022): Consistent cooling benefits of silvopasture in the tropics. Nature Communications, 13, 708, doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28388-4.
- Parsons, L.A, J. Jung, Y.J. Masuda, Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., N.H. Wolff, T. Kroeger, D.S. Battisti, J.T. Spector (2021): Tropical Deforestation Accelerates Local Warming and Loss of Safe Outdoor Working Hours. One Earth, 4, 1-11, doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.11.016.
- Wolff, N., Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Parsons, L.A., I. Aggraeni, D.S. Battisti, K.L. Ebi, E.T. Game, T. Kroeger, Y.J. Masuda, and J.T. Spector (2021): The Effect of Deforestation and Climate Change on All-Cause Mortality and Unsafe Work Conditions due to Heat Exposure in Berau, Indonesia: A Modelling Study. Lancet Planetary Health, doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00279-5.
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Battisti, D.S. (2020): Projected Increases in Summertime Temperature Variance are Driven by Local Thermodynamics. Geophysical Research Letters 47 (19) e2020GL090197, doi: 10.1029/2020GL090197
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Parsons, L.A., Naylor, R.A., J.T. Spector, Battisti, D.S., Y.J. Matsuda, N. Wolff (2020): Large Scale Tropical Deforestation Drives Extreme Warming. Environmental Research Letters 15, 084012, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab96d2
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Battisti D.S., Baker M.B (2020): A New Look at Land Surface Summertime Temperature Variance. Journal of Climate, 33 (13) 5465-5477, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0887.1
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Tétreault-Pinard, E., Battisti, D.S., Baker, M.B. (2020): Identifying the Sources of Continental Summertime Temperature Variance Using a Diagnostic Model of Land-Atmosphere Interactions. Journal of Climate, 33 (9) 3547–3564, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0276.1
- Chan, D., Cobb, A., Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Battisti D.S., P. Huybers (2020): Summertime Temperature Variability Increases with Local Warming in Midlatitude Regions. Geophysical Research Letters 47 (13) e2020GL087624, doi: 10.1029/2020GL087624.
- Vargas Zeppetello, L.R., Battisti, D.S., Baker, M.B. (2019): The Origin of Soil Moisture Evaporation “Regimes.” Journal of Climate, 32 (20) 6939 - 6960 doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0209.1
- Vargas Zeppetello, L. R., Donohoe, A., Battisti, D.S. (2019): Does Surface Temperature Respond to or Determine Downwelling Longwave Radiation? Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 2781– 2789. doi: 10.1029/2019GL082220