Erich Osterberg

Selected Publications

• *Graduate Student;   **Undergraduate Student;   #Postdoctoral Fellow

  *Chalif, J.I., Osterberg, E.C., Partridge, T., 2025. A wavier polar jet stream contributed to the mid-20th century winter warming hole in the United States. AGU Advances. doi:10.1029/2024AV001399.

• *Jongebloed, U.A., *Chalif, J.I., Tashmim, L., Porter, W.C., Bates, K.H., Chen, Q., Osterberg, E.C., Koffman, B.G., Cole-Dai., J., Winski, D.A., Ferris, D., Kreutz, K.J., Wake, C., Alexander, B., 2025. Dimethyl sulfide chemistry over the industrial era: comparison of key oxidation mechanisms and long-term observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. doi: 10.5194/acp-25-4083-2025.

• *Chalif, J.I., *Jongebloed, U.A., Osterberg, E.C., Koffman, B.G., Alexander, B., Winski, D.A., **Polashenski, D.J., Stamieszkin, K., Ferris, D.G., Kreutz, K.J., Wake, C.P., Cole-Dai, J., 2024. Pollution drives multidecadal decline in subarctic methanesulfonic acid. Nature Geoscience. doi: 10.1038/s41561-024-01543-w.

• *Cockburn, C.F., Winter, J.M., Osterberg, E.C., Magilligan, F.J., 2023. Drivers of future streamflow changes in watersheds across the Northeastern United States. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 59, 894-912. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.13120.

• *Kopec, B., Feng, C., Osterberg, E.C., Posmentier, E.S., 2022. Climatological Significance of δD-δ18O Line Slopes from Precipitation, Snow Pits, and Ice Cores at Summit, Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 127 (21). doi: 10.1029/2022JD037037.

• #Koffman, B., **Saylor, P., Zhong, R., Sethares, L., Yoder, M., Hanschka, L., Methven, T., Cai, Y., Bolge, L., Longman, J., Goldstein, S., and Osterberg, E.C., 2022. Provenance of pollution Pb and atmospheric dust to northwestern North America. Environmental Science and Technology 56 (18), 13,107-13,118. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03767.

• #Coffel, E., Lesk, C., Winter, J., Osterberg, E.C., Mankin, J., 2022. Crop-climate feedbacks boost U.S. maize and soy yields. Environmental Research Letters. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac4aa0.

• *Huang, H., Patricola, C.M., Winter, J., Osterberg, E.C., Mankin, J.S., 2021. Rise in Northeast US extreme precipitation caused by Atlantic variability and climate change. Weather and Climate Extremes. doi: 10.1016/j.wace.2021.100351.

• *Lewis, G., Osterberg, E.C., Hawley, R., Marshall, H.P., *Meehan, T., *Graeter, K., McCarthy, F., Overly, T., **Thundercloud, Z., Ferris, D., Koffman, B., Dibb, J., 2021. Atmospheric blocking drives recent albedo change across the Western Greenland Ice Sheet percolation zone. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2021GL092814.

• *Winski, D., Osterberg, E.C., Kreutz, K.J., Ferris, D.G., Cole-Dai, J., Thundercloud, Z., Huang, J., Alexander, B., Jaeglé, L., Kennedy, J.A., Larrick, C., Kahle, E.C., Steig, E.J., Jones, T.R., 2021. Seasonally-resolved Holocene sea ice variability inferred from South Pole ice core chemistry. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2020GL091602. Selected for a Research Spotlight in EOS.

• Axford, Y., de Vernal, A., Osterberg, E.C., 2021. Past warmth and its impacts in Greenland during the Holocene Thermal Maximum. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 49. doi: 10.1146/annurev-earth-081420-063858.

• **Webb, M., Winter, J., Spera, S., Chipman, J., Osterberg, E.C.,  2020. Water, Agriculture, and Climate Dynamics in Central Chile's Aconcagua River Basin. Physical Geography. doi: 10.1080/02723646.2020.1790719.

• Kehrwald, N., Jasmann, J., **Dunham, M., Ferris, D., Osterberg, E.C., *Kennedy, J., Havens, J., Barber, L., Fortner, S., 2020. Boreal blazes: Biomass burning and vegetation types archived in the Juneau Icefield. Environmental Research Letters. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/AB8FD2.

• Winter, J., *Huang, H., Osterberg, E.C, Mankin, J., 2020. Anthropogenic impacts on the exceptional precipitation of 2018 in the Mid-Atlantic United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, special report: Explaining Extreme Events in 2018 from a Climate Perspective. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0172.1.

• *Lewis, G., Osterberg, E.C., Hawley, R., Marshall, H. P., *Meehan, T., *Graeter, K., McCarthy, F, *Overly, T., **Thundercloud, Z., Ferris, D., 2019. Recent precipitation decrease across the Western Greenland Ice Sheet percolation zone. The Cryosphere 13, 2797-2815. doi: 10.5194/tc-13-2797-2019.

• *Winski, D., Fudge, T.J., Ferris, D., Osterberg, E.C., Fegyveresi, J., Core-Dai, J., **Thundercloud, Z., Cox, T., Kreutz, K., et al., 2019. The SP19 chronology for the South Pole Ice Core – Part 1: volcanic matching and annual layer counting. Climate of the Past 15, 1793-1808. doi: 10.5194/cp-15-1793-2019.

• *Huang, H., Winter, J., Osterberg, E.C., Hanrahan, J., Bruyere C., Clemins, P., Beckage, B., 2019. Simulating Precipitation and Temperature in the Lake Champlain Basin using a Regional Climate Model: Limitations and Uncertainties. Climate Dynamics. doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-04987-8.

• Axford, Y., *Lasher, G.E., Kelly, M., Osterberg, E.C., Landis, J., Schellinger, G., Pfeiffer, A., **Thompson, E., Francis, D., 2019. Holocene temperature history of northwest Greenland – with new ice cap constraints and chironomid assemblages from Deltasø. Quaternary Science Reviews 215, 160-172. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.05.011.

• *Huang, H., Winter, J. M., Osterberg, E.C., 2018. Mechanisms of abrupt extreme precipitation change over the Northeastern United States. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres 123. doi: 10.1029/2017JD028136

• McFarlin, J.M, Axford, Y., Osburn, M., Kelly, M., Osterberg, E.C., Farnsworth, L., 2018. Pronounced summer warming in northwest Greenland during the Holocene and Last Interglacial. Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1720420115.

• **Polashenski, D.A., Osterberg, E.C., Koffman, B.G., Winski, D.A., Stamieszkin, K., Kreutz, K.J., Wake, C.P., Ferris, D.G., Introne, D., Campbell, S., 2018. Denali ice core methanesulfonic acid records North Pacific marine primary productivity. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres 123 (9), 4642-4653. doi: 10.1029/2017JD028123.

• Graeter, K., Osterberg, E.C., Lewis, G., Hawley, R., Marshall, H. P., Meehan, T., Overly, T., Birkel, S., 2018. Ice core records of West Greenland melt and climate forcing. Geophysical Research Letters 45 (7) 3164-3172. doi: 10.1002/2017GL076641.

• *Winski, D., Osterberg, E.C., Kreutz, K., Wake, C., Ferris, D., Campbell, S., Baum, M., Raudzens Baily, A., Birkel, S., Introne, D., Handley, M., 2018. A 400-year ice core melt layer record of summertime warming in the Alaska Range. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres 123 (7), 3594-3611. doi: 10.1002/2017JD027539.

• *Partridge, T., Winter, J. M., Osterberg, E.C., 2018. Spatially distinct seasonal patterns and forcings of the U.S. warming hole. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1002/2017GL076463. 

• *Seo, J., Sharma, M., Osterberg, E.C., Jackson, B., 2018. Determination of osmium concentration and isotope composition at ultra-low level in polar ice and snow. Analytical Chemistry 90 (9) 5781-5787. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00150.

• Osterberg, E.C., Winski, D.A., Kreutz, K.J., Wake, C.P., Ferris, D.G., Campbell, S., Introne, D., Handley, M., Birkel, S., 2017. The 1200 year composite ice core record of Aleutian Low intensification. Geophysical Research Letters 44 (14), 7447-7454. doi: 10.1002/2017GL073697.

• *Winski, D., Osterberg, E.C., Ferris, D., Kreutz, K., Wake C., Campbell, S., Hawley, R., Roy, S., Birkel, S., Introne, D, Handley, M., 2017. Industrial-age doubling of snow accumulation in the Alaska Range linked to tropical ocean warming. Nature Scientific Reports 7, 17869. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18022-5.

• *Huang, H., Winter, J.M., Osterberg, E.C., Horton, R., Beckage, B., 2017. Total and extreme precipitation changes over the Northeastern United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology 18, 1783-1798. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-16-0195.1.

• *Lewis, G., Osterberg, E.C., Hawley, R., Whitmore, B., Marshall, H.P., Box, J., 2017. Regional Greenland accumulation variability from Operation IceBridge airborne accumulation radar. The Cryosphere 11, 773-788. doi: 10.5194/tc-11-773-2017.

• #Koffman, B., Dowd, E., Osterberg, E.C., Ferris, D., Hartman, L., Wheatley, S., Kurbatov, A., Wong, G., Markle, B., Dunbar, N., Kreutz, K., Yates, M., 2017. Rapid transport of ash and sulfate from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon eruption to West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres 122 (16), 8908-8920. doi: 10.1002/2017JD026893.

• Osterberg, E.C., Hawley, R.L., *Wong, G., *Kopec, B., Ferris, D., Howley, J., 2015. Coastal ice core record of recent Northwest Greenland temperature and sea ice concentration. Journal of Glaciology 61, 1137-1146, doi: 10.3189/2015JoG15J054.

• *Beal, S. A., Osterberg, E. C., Zdanowicz, C. M., Fisher, D. A., 2015. Ice core perspective on mercury pollution during the past 600 years, Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01033.

• *Wong, G., Osterberg, E.C., Hawley, R., Courville, Z., Ferris, D., Howley, J., 2015. Coast-to-interior gradient in recent Northwest Greenland precipitation trends (1952-2012). Environmental Research Letters 10 (11), 114008. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/114008.

• Osterberg, E. C., Mayewski, P. A., Fisher, D.A., Kreutz, K. J., Maasch, K. A., Sneed, S. B., Kelsey, E., 2014. Mount Logan ice core record of tropical and solar influences on Aleutian Low variability:
  500–1998 A.D.  Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119, doi:10.1002/2014JD021847.

• Koffman, B., Handley, M., Osterberg, E.C., Wells, M., Kreutz, K., 2014. Dependence of ice-core relative trace-element concentration on acidification. Journal of Glaciology 60 (219), 103-112. doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J137.

• **Kehrl, L. M., Hawley, R. L., Osterberg, E.C., Winski, D.A., and Lee A.P., 2014. 25 years of volumetric change on lower Peyto Glacier, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Glaciology 60 (219), 51-56. doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J039.

• *Wong, G. J., Hawley, R.H., Lutz, E.R., and Osterberg, E.C., 2013. Trace element and physical response to melt percolation in Summit, Greenland snow. Annals of Glaciology 54 (63), 52-62. doi: 10.3189/2013AoG63A602.

• Winski, D., Kreutz, K., Osterberg, E.C., Campbell, S., Wake, C., 2012. High Frequency Observations of Melt Effects on Snowpack Stratigraphy, Kahiltna Glacier, Central Alaska Range, Hydrological Processes 26 (17), 2573-2582.

• Osterberg, E.C .,Mayewski, P.A., Kreutz, K.J., et al., 2008. Ice core record of rising lead pollution in the North Pacific atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett. doi: 10.1029/2007GL032680.

• Osterberg, E.C ., Handley, M.J., Sneed, S.B., Mayewski, P.A., Kreutz, K.J., 2006. A continuous ice core melter system with discrete sampling for major ion, trace element and stable isotope analyses, Environ. Sci. Technol. 40, 10, 3355-3361. DOI: 10.1021/es052536w.

• Fisher, D.A, Osterberg, E.C., Dyke, A. et al., 2008. The Mt. Logan Holocene-Late Wisconsin isotope record: tropical Pacific – Yukon connections, The Holocene 18, 667-677.

• Osterberg, E.C., 2006. Late Quaternary (Marine Isotope Stages 6-1) seismic sequence stratigraphic evolution of the Otago Continental Shelf, New Zealand, Mar. Geol. 229, 159-178.