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2026

  • Chen, X., Li, P., Turner, J., Collis, S., Kotamarthi, V. R., Muradyan, P., Sharma, A., Wang, J., Xu, L., & Wang, J. (2026). Lake breeze effects on the urban environment in Chicago. Environ. Sci. Technol., 60(35), 24829–24841. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6c09290.
  • Collis, S., Muradyan, P., Jackson, R., Raut, B. A., O’Brien, J. R., Tuftedal, M. E., Grover, M. A., Kotamarthi, V. R., Negri, M. C., Fytanidis, D. K., Hence, D. A., Nesbitt, S. W., Sharma, A., Weart, B., Wawrzyniak, E., Pal, S., Piot, J., Wagner, T. J., Sherman, Z., Wu, S., Gonzalez-Meler, M. A., Berkelhammer, M., Chen, X., Puttu, U., Chen, J.-H., Li, J., Kamp, J., Xu, L., Wang, J., Zvolanek, E. A., Blind-Doskocil, L., Anderson, G. W., Porter, J., Grange, R. W., King-Cargile, G., & Beaudry, S. (2026). CROCUS Urban Canyons. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 107(9), E2231–E2251. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0263.1.
  • Sharma, A., Kumar, R., Klinenberg, E., & Chow, W. T. L. (2026). Five shifts to rethink urban heat assessment and action. npj Urban Sustain., 6, 108. doi: 10.1038/s42949-026-00451-9.
  • Lourdasamy, M. D. A. L., Vaithilingam, C. A., Ponnan, S., Sharma, A., Diagarajan, M. S., Yap, P. S., & Nasiri-Tabrizi, B. (2026). All-weather bifacial photovoltaic–triboelectric hybrid cell for simultaneous solar and raindrop energy harvesting. Energy Sustain. Dev., 94, 102056. doi: 10.1016/j.esd.2026.102056.
  • Avadhanam, R. M., Sharma, A., Radcliffe, J., Potoglou, D., Rana, O., Teehan, C., Kontou, E., & Anderies, J. M. (2026). An exploration of school-based climate education initiatives in primary through secondary schools in the US and the UK. Discover Environment, 4, 289. doi: 10.1007/s44274-026-00801-5.
  • Peepliwal, V., Swarnkar, S., Wadhwa, A., Sharma, R., & Sharma, A. (2026). When heat meets drought: Understanding the rising persistence of compound dry-hot extremes through Markov-Chain analysis. J. Hydrol. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135734.
  • Li, P., Sharma, A., Kotamarthi, R., Martilli, A., Ghosh, S., Negri, C., Collis, S., Chapman, L., Chen, F., Bettencourt, L. M. A., & Chow, W. T. L. (2026). Unraveling the intractable trilemma in urban weather and climate modeling. npj Urban Sustain., 6, 90. doi: 10.1038/s42949-026-00388-z.
  • Wadhwa, A., Vohra, K., Zholdubaeva, E., Li, P., Wu, S., Bloss, W., & Sharma, A. (2026). Integrating satellite data, modeling, and citizen science to derive critical insights into urban dynamics. In: Poonia, V., Swarnkar, S., & Munoth, P. (Eds.), Climate Extremes and Emerging Solutions: Data-Driven Insights and Geospatial Techniques (pp. 107–124). Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-14457-7_7.
  • Wadhwa, A., Sharma, A., Xia, X., Chan, T. P., Kumar, K., Kumar, D. N., Dodd, C., & Kuetemeyer, C. (2026). GPU-accelerated city-scale urban flood forecasting for real-time decision-making. npj Nat. Hazards, 3(1), 31. doi: 10.1038/s44304-026-00190-y.
  • Chen, X., Wan, C., Vaithilingam, C. A., Ponnan, S., & Sharma, A. (2026). Resolving the thermal incompatibility of CPV–TEG hybrids through asymmetric heat-pipe design. Appl. Therm. Eng., 129860. doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2026.129860.
  • Huidobro, G.*, Sharma, A., & Hamlet, A. F. (2026). Using integrated EOF analysis for evaluation of WRF simulations in urban environments. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., e240077. doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-24-0077.1.
  • Wadhwa, A., Pathak, A., Struss, N., Bagherzadeh, M., & Sharma, A. (2026). Harnessing Community Science to Address Flood Risks and Build Climate Resilience with Nature-based Solutions (NbS): A case study from the Quad Cities region. Community Science. doi: 10.1029/2025CSJ000151.
  • Ibrahim, H. D., Li, P., Sharma, A., & Wuebbles, D. J. (2026). Simulated impacts of nature-based solutions on flooding in the Upper Illinois River Basin. J. Hydrol. Eng., 31(1), 04025049. doi: 10.1061/JHYEFF.HEENG-6279.

2025

  • Wu, S., Kumar, R., Li, P., Kotamarthi, R., Collis, S., Shams, S., & Sharma, A. (2025). Sensitivity of regional WRF-Chem air quality and weather simulations to biomass-burning emission data sets: A case study of the impact of Canadian wildfire on the US. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 130(22), e2025JD043944. doi: 10.1029/2025JD043944.
  • Lee, J., Park, S. Y., Wadhwa, A., Packman, A., Nesbitt, S. W., Garcia, M. H., Berkelhammer, M., Sharma, A., Kotamarthi, R., Hence, D., & Miller, W. M. (2025). Comparing multi-source urban flood indicators: Satellite, simulation, and citizen-reported data. Environ. Res.: Water, 1(3), 035007. doi: 10.1088/3033-4942/ae0aed.
  • Wang, J., Yang, Z., Moustakes, T., Tan, H., Kotamarthi, R., Martilli, A., Jackson, R., Muradyan, P., Collis, S., O’Brien, J., Niyogi, D., & Sharma, A. (2025). Compounding effects of lake and urbanization on summer precipitation in the Greater Chicago area. Urban Climate, 63, 102597. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102597.
  • Kotamarthi, R., Wang, J., Stock, J., Fytanidis, D. K., Munson, T., Niyogi, D., Muradyan, P., Jackson, R., O’Brien, J., Grover, M., Collis, S., Gonzalez-Meler, M. A., Lee, J., Sharma, A., Wang, S., Kaludi, B., Kaplan, M., Nesbitt, S. W., Martilli, A., Jacob, R., & Negri, C. (2025). Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Digital Twin for U.S. Cities. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 106(11), E2411–E2418. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0229.1.
  • Wadhwa, A., Sharma, A., Hamlet, A. F., & Li, P. (2025). Nature-based solutions: An effective approach for flood mitigation and resilience in the Quad Cities in future climate. Hydrol. Sci. J., 70(16), 3048–3058. doi: 10.1080/02626667.2025.2564349.
  • Sivasubramanian, R., Vaithilingam, C. A., Paiman, S., Sharma, A., & Gandhi, I. (2025). Hybrid photovoltaic cell with triboelectric nanogenerator: Overcoming energy availability limits and reducing optical scattering losses. Environ. Prog. & Sustain. Energy, 44(5), e70046. doi: 10.1002/ep.70046.
  • Sharma, A. (2025). Urban climate science needs to step out. Nature Cities, 1–2. doi: 10.1038/s44284-025-00264-4.
  • Sharma, A., Li, P., Wadhwa, A., Wu, S., Veiga, C. 2025. Chapter: Urban Science to Solutions: Bridging Knowledge and Practice for Sustainable Cities. Pathways to Sustainability: Collaborative Solutions for a Resilient Future. University of Illinois Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/edited_volume/chapter/4175143
  • Sharma, A., Kumar, K., Wadhwa, A., Mijic, A., Ignace, V., Negri, C., Marcus, F., Cherrier, J., Matthews, T., Deroubaix, J. F., Deutsch, J. C., & Juran, I. (2025). Advancing urban water resilience: Co-producing knowledge through civic-academic global partnerships on water and climate. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 106(6), E1098–E1107. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0065.1.
  • Wadhwa, A., Sharma, A., Hamlet, A. F., & Li, P. (2025). Effectiveness of nature-based solutions to reduce flooding in the Quad Cities Metro Area (QCMA) using a SWMM–HEC based flood model. Front. Earth Sci., 19, 1–15. doi: 10.1007/s11707-025-1157-y.
  • Shaddick, G., Topping, D., Hales, T. C., Kadri, U., Patterson, J., Pickett, J., Petri, I., Taylor, S., Li, P., Sharma, A., Venkatkrishnan, V., Wadhwa, A., Ding, J., Bowyer, R., & Rana, O. (2025). Data science and AI for sustainable futures: Opportunities and challenges. Sustainability, 17(5), 2019. doi: 10.3390/su17052019.
  • Chen, X. W., Vaithilingam, C. A., Sharma, A., Ponnan, S., & Goh, H. H. (2025). Enhancing the efficiency of hybrid parabolic and parabolic trough concentrators for dual solar applications. Clean Technol. Environ. Policy, 1–17. doi: 10.1007/s10098-024-03125-1.

2024

  • Meidenbauer, K. L., Schertz, K. E., Li, P., Sharma, A., Freeman, T. R., Janey, E. A., Stier, A.J., Samtani, A.L., Gehrke, K., & Berman, M. G. (2024). Variable and dynamic associations between hot weather, thermal comfort, and individuals’ emotional states during summertime. BMC Psychology, 12(1), 1-16. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-02005-z.
  • Li, P., & Sharma, A. (2024). Detailed height mapping of trees and buildings (HiTAB) in Chicago and its implications to urban climate studies. Environmental Research Letters, 19(9), 094013. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad661a.
  • Yu, Y., Li, P., Huang, D., & Sharma, A. (2024). Street-level temperature estimation using Graph Neural Networks: Performance, feature embedding and interpretability. Urban Climate, 56, 102003. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2024.102003.
  • Li, P., & Sharma, A. (2024). Hyper‐local temperature prediction using detailed urban climate informatics. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16(3), e2023MS003943. doi: 10.1029/2023MS003943.

2023

  • Li, P., Sharma, A., Wang, Z.-H., & Wuebbles, D. (2023). Assessing impacts of environmental perturbations on urban biogenic carbon exchange in the Chicago region. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 15, e2023MS003867. doi: 10.1029/2023MS003867.
  • Li, P., Yu, Y., Huang, D., Wang, Z.-H., & Sharma, A. (2023). Regional heatwave prediction using Graph Neural Network and weather station data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL103405. doi: 10.1029/2023GL103405.

2022

  • *Parde, A.N., Ghude, S.D., Sharma, A., Dhangar, N.G., Govardhan, G., Wagh, S., Jenamani, R.K., Pithani, P., Chen, F., Rajeevan, M., Niyogi, D. (2022). Improving simulation of the fog life cycle with high-resolution land data assimilation: A case study from WiFEX. Atmos. Res., p.106331. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106331.
  • *Byun, K., Sharma, A., Wang, J., Tank, J.L., Royer, T.V. & Hamlet, A.F. (2022). Intercomparison of Dynamically and Statistically Downscaled Climate Change Projections over the Midwest and Great Lakes Region. J. Hydrometeorol. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-20-0282.1.

2021

  • Jain, A., Oliveira, D.A.B., Sharma, A., Varshney, L., Watson, C., Weldemariam, K., Wuebbles, D., & Zadrozny, B. (2021). Toward an AI-based Framework for Accelerated Discovery of Climate Impacts on Agriculture. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
  • Dimitrova, R., Sharma, A., Fernando, H.J.S., Gultepe, I., Danchovski*, V., Wagh, S., Bardoel*, S. & Wang, S. (2021). WRF model simulations for coastal fog prediction. Bound.-Layer Meteorol., pp. 1-30, doi: 10.1007/s10546-021-00662-w.
  • 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region. Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC), Illinois. https://mayorscaucus.org/climate-change/
  • Viecco, M.*, Jorquera, H., Sharma, A., Bustamante, W., Fernando, H.J. and Vera, S. (2021). Green roofs and green walls layouts for improved urban air quality by mitigating particulate matter. Built Environ., p.108120. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108120.
  • Wuebbles, D., J. Angel, K. Petersen, and A.M. Lemke, (Eds.), (2021). An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change in Illinois. The Nature Conservancy, Illinois. doi: 10.13012/B2IDB-1260194_V1.
  • Sharma, A., Wuebbles, D. J., Kotamarthi, R. (2021). The Need for Urban-Resolving Climate Modeling Across Scales. AGU Adv., doi: 10.1029/2020AV000271. Editor’s highlighted paper: Modeling Interactions Between Cities and Climate Across Scales, Eos; https://eos.org/editor-highlights/modeling-interactions-between-cities-and-climate-across-scales

2020

  • Huang, J., Mariotti, A., Selz, V., Barros, A., Delworth, T., Hurrell, J., Williams, E., Sharma, A., Lombardozi, D., Fu, R., Naik, V., Vose, R., Ming, Y., Lynch, P., Chang, E., Trtanj, J., Frost, G. (2020). Report on Climate Research to Enhance Resilience to Extreme Heat — Aligning research priorities with stakeholder needs. Earth System Science and Modeling Division (ESSM): Extreme Heat Workshop, November 2019, Climate Program Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). https://cpo.noaa.gov/News/News-Article/ArtMID/6226/ArticleID/1706/2019-CPO-ESSM-Workshop-and-Annual-Council-Meeting
  • Wuebbles, D. J., Sharma, A., Ando, A., Zhao, L. & Rigsbee, C. (2020). Converging on Solutions to Plan Sustainable Cities. Eos, 101; doi: 10.1029/2020EO150149.
  • Wuebbles, D., Kotamarthi, R., Sharma, A., Drewniak, B., Calvin, K., Catlett, C., Jacob, R. (2020). Report: Workshop on Urban Scale Processes and their Representation in High Spatial Resolution Earth System Models, Report to the U.S. Department of Energy, Army Research Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1772582
  • Fernando, H.J.S., Gultepe, I., Dorman, C., Pardyjak, E., Wang, Q., Hoch, S.W., Richter, D., Creegan, E., Gaberšek, S., Bullock, T., Hocut, C., Chang, R., Alappattu, D., Dimitrova, R., Flagg, D., Z Grachev, A., Krishnamurthy, R., Singh, D.K., Lozovatsky, I., Nagare, B., Sharma, A., Wagh, S., Wainwright, C., Wroblewski, M., Yamaguchi, R., Bardoel1, S., Coppersmith, R.S., Chisholm, N., Gonzalez, E., Gunawardena, N., Hyde, O., Morrison, T., Olson, A., Perelet, A., Perrie, W., Wang, S. & Wauer, B. (2020). C-FOG: Life of Coastal Fog. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., pp.1-53, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0070.1.
  • Sharma, A., Wuebbles, D. J., Kotamarthi, R., Calvin, K., Drewniak, B., Catlett, C. E. & Jacob, R. (2020). Urban Scale Processes in High Spatial Resolution Earth System Models (ESMs). Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 101 (9): E1555–E1561. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0114.1.

2019

  • Ando, A., Hanson, A-M., Kocs, A., Klein-Banai, C., Massey, D., Rigsbee, C., Sharma, A., Wuebbles, D., Zellner, M., Zhao, L. (2019). Sustainable Urban Systems Workshop Report: A Proposed Workshop on Interdisciplinary Sustainable Solutions for Urban Systems in a Changing Climate, National Science Foundation. URL: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/109993
  • Dimitrova, R., Danchovski, V., Egova, E., Vladimirov, V., Sharma, A., Gueorguiev, O. & Ivanov, D. (2019). Modeling the Impact of Urbanization on Local Meteorological Conditions in Sofia City. Atmosphere, 10(7), 366; doi: 10.3390/atmos10070366.
  • Kristovich, D.A., E. Takle, G.S. Young & Sharma, A. (2019). 100 Years of Progress in Mesoscale Planetary Boundary Layer Meteorological Research. American Meteorological Society 100-Year Anniversary Monograph, doi: 10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-18-0023.1.
  • Wuebbles, D., Cardinale, B., Cherkauer, K., Davidson-Arnott, R., Hellmann, J., Infante, D., Johnson, L., Loë, R., Lofgren, B., Packman, A., Seglenieks, F., Sharma, A., Sohngen, B., Tiboris, M., Vimont, D., Kunkel, K., Ballinger, A. (2019). An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes, The Environmental Law Policy Center the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. url: https://elpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2019-ELPCPublication-Great-Lakes-Climate-Change-Report.pdf
  • Sharma, A., Hamlet, A. F., Fernando & H.J.S. (2019). Lessons from Inter-Comparison of Decadal Climate Simulations and Observations for the Midwest U.S. and Great Lakes Region. Atmosphere, 10(5), 266; doi: 10.3390/atmos10050266.

2018

  • Pithani, P.*, Ghude, S., Naidu, C.V., Kulkarni, R.G., Steeneveld, G-J., Sharma, A., Prabhakaran, T., Chate, D.M., Gultepe, I., Jenamani, R.K. & Rajeevan, M. (2018) WRF Model Prediction of a Dense Fog Event Occurred During the Winter Fog Experiment (WIFEX). Pure Appl. Geophys., 176(4), pp.1827-1846. doi: 10.1007/s00024-018-2053-0.
  • Sharma, A., Hamlet, A.F., Fernando, H.J.S., Catlett, C.E., Horton, D.E., Kotamarthi, V.R., Kristovich, D.A.R, Packman, A.I., Tank, J.L. & Wuebbles, D.J. (2018). The need for an integrated land-lake-atmosphere modeling system, exemplified by North America’s Great Lakes region. Earth’s Future, doi: 10.1029/2018EF000870.
  • Sharma, A., Woodruff, S., Budhathoki, M., Hamlet, A. F., Fernando, H.J.S. & Chen, F. (2018). Role of green roofs in reducing heat stress in vulnerable urban communities – A multidisciplinary approach. Environ. Res. Lett., 13(9), p.094011. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aad93c. Editor’s featured paper

2017

  • Sharma, A., Huang, H.-P., Zavialov, P. & Khan, V. (2017). Impact of desiccation of Aral Sea on the regional climate of Central Asia using WRF model. Pure Appl. Geophys., 175(1), pp.465-478. doi: 10.1007/s00024-017-1675-y.
  • Sharma, A., Fernando, H.J.S., Hamlet, A. F., Hellmann, J. J., Barlage, M. & Chen, F. (2017). Urban meteorological modeling using WRF: a sensitivity study. Int. J. Climatol., 37(4), 1885–1900. doi: 10.1002/joc.4819.

2016

  • Kulkarni, P. S., Dasari, H. P., Sharma, A., Bortoli, D., Salgado, R. & Silva, A. M. (2016). Nocturnal surface ozone enhancement over Portugal during winter: Influence of different atmospheric conditions. Atmos. Environ., 147, 109–120. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.09.056.
  • Sharma, A., *Conry, P., Fernando, H.J.S., Hamlet, A. F., Hellmann, J. & Chen, F. (2016). Green and cool roofs to mitigate urban heat island effects in the Chicago metropolitan area: evaluation with a regional climate model. Environ. Res. Lett., 11(6), 64004. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/064004.
  • *Arifin, R. R., James, S. C., de Alwis Pitts, D. A., Hamlet, A. F., Sharma, A. & Fernando, H.J.S. (2016). Simulating the thermal behavior in Lake Ontario using EFDC. J. of Great Lakes Res., 42(3), 511–523. doi: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.03.011.

2015

  • *Conry, P., Sharma, A., Potosnak, M. J., Leo, L. S., Bensman, E., Hellmann, J. J. & Fernando, H.J.S. (2015). Chicago’s heat island and climate change: bridging the scales via dynamical downscaling. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 54(7), 1430–1448. doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0241.1.

2013

  • Sharma, A., *Bouchard, F., *Ryan, S., *Parker, D. & Hellmann, J. J. (2013). Species are the building blocks of ecosystem services and environmental sustainability. Ethics, Policy Environ., 16(1), 29–32. doi: 10.1080/21550085.2013.768388.

2012

  • Sharma, A. & Huang, H.-P. (2012). Regional climate simulation for Arizona: impact of resolution on precipitation. Adv. Meteorology, 2012, 13 pp. doi: 10.1155/2012/505726.
  • Sharma, A. (2012). Climate Modeling Downscaling for Semi-Arid Regions, ProQuest Dissertations And Theses; Thesis (Ph.D.)–Arizona State University, 2012.; Publication Number: AAT 3525717; ISBN: 9781267592309; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, 74-01(E), Section: B.; 150 p.

2011

  • Sharma, A., *Brown, J. & Fernando, H.J.S. (2011). Numerical Modeling of Flow in the Condensate Polisher Vessel of a Nuclear Reactor, with Applications to PVNGS. Nuclear Technology, 174(1), 18–28. doi: 10.13182/NT11-A11676.

2009

  • Fernando, H.J.S. Sharma, A. (2009). Numerical Modeling of Flow in the Condensate Polisher Vessel of a Nuclear Reactor: Implications of modifications, Arizona Public Service (APS) PO 500529566.