Matthew Shupe

Matthew Shupe on board of RV Polarstern during MOSAiC expedition

Matthew David Shupe (fl. 1995–present) is an American mathematician, chemist, meteorologist and climatologist.

Personal life

Matthew Shupe was born in Washington state but grew up in Idaho. He attended college in Colorado. After that, he studied mathematics and chemistry with a focus on atmospheric sciences at the University of Puget Sound in Washington state. He completed his studies in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and mathematics.

In 2006, he received a master's degree in astrophysics and atmospheric sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2007, he received his doctorate there with a thesis on An intricate balance of liquid and ice: The properties, processes, and significance of Arctic stratiform mixed-phase clouds.

Shupe is married and has two sons.

Career

Matthew Shupe in the bus arriving from the MOSAiC expedition during the onset of COVID-19 pandemic

In 1996, he worked as a research assistant at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. From 1998 to 2004, he was a research scientist at the Environmental Technology Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Since 2004, he has been a research associate at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) at NOAA.

From 2019 to 2020, he was a co-leader of the MOSAiC Expedition together with Klaus Dethloff and expedition leader Markus Rex. In leg 1 of MOSAiC (from 20 September 2019 to 13 December 2019) and leg 4 (from 8 June 2020 to 9 August 2020), Shupe was on board the research vessel Polarstern. During these periods, he led the Atmosphere team and was a member of the Communications / Outreach and Data teams.

Research

Markus Rex and Matthew Shupe aboard the research icebreaker Polarstern during the MOSAiC expedition.

His research is related to understanding the role of clouds, atmospheric structure, and surface energy exchange in the melting of sea ice and ice sheets. Based on the measurements collected during the SHEBA expedition, he showed the importance and abundance of supercooled liquid clouds in the Arctic. He discovered that clouds in which the water is liquid occur in the Arctic, even though they are much colder than zero degrees Celsius. They don't freeze into ice because there are no condensation nuclei. He also contributed to the inclusion of supercooled liquid clouds in numerical climate models, which otherwise had an incorrect representation of the surface energy budget. He showed that the cloud phase (liquid, solid, and mixed) is poorly represented in Earth climate models.

Research projects and expeditions

In various capacities, Shupe took part in the following projects:

References

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  2. 1 2 "Five questions for Matthew Shupe". CU Connections, University of Colorado. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  3. ↑ "MOSAiC Arctic Expedition – Matthew Shupe". YouTube. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  4. ↑ "Matthew Shupe". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  5. ↑ "An intricate balance of liquid and ice: The properties, processes, and significance of Arctic stratiform mixed-phase clouds". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  6. ↑ "Matthew Shupe". MOSAiC Expedition. 2020-04-30. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  7. ↑ Shupe, Matthew D.; Intrieri, Janet M. (2004). "Cloud Radiative Forcing of the Arctic Surface: The Influence of Cloud Properties, Surface Albedo, and Solar Zenith Angle". Journal of Climate. 17 (3): 616–628. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0616:CRFOTA>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0894-8755.
  8. 1 2 "Five questions for Matthew Shupe". CU Connections. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  9. ↑ de Boer, Gijs; Chapman, William; Kay, Jennifer E.; Medeiros, Brian; Shupe, Matthew D.; Vavrus, Steve; Walsh, John (2012-04-15). "A Characterization of the Present-Day Arctic Atmosphere in CCSM4" (PDF). Journal of Climate. 25 (8): 2676–2695. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00228.1. ISSN 0894-8755. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
  10. ↑ Shupe, Matthew D.; Matrosov, Sergey Y.; Uttal, Taneil (2006-02-01). "Arctic Mixed-Phase Cloud Properties Derived from Surface-Based Sensors at SHEBA" (PDF). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63 (2): 697–711. doi:10.1175/JAS3659.1. ISSN 1520-0469. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  11. ↑ Intrieri, J. M.; Shupe, M. D.; Uttal, T.; McCarty, B. J. (2002). "An annual cycle of Arctic cloud characteristics observed by radar and lidar at SHEBA". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 107 (C10): 8030. Bibcode:2002JGRC..107.8030I. doi:10.1029/2000JC000423. ISSN 0148-0227.
  12. ↑ "Matthew Shupe: NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory". Home. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  13. ↑ Tjernström, M.; Leck, C.; Birch, C. E.; Bottenheim, J. W.; Brooks, B. J.; Brooks, I. M.; Bäcklin, L.; Chang, R. Y.-W.; de Leeuw, G.; Di Liberto, L.; de la Rosa, S.; Granath, E.; Graus, M.; Hansel, A.; Heintzenberg, J.; Held, A.; Hind, A.; Johnston, P.; Knulst, J.; Martin, M.; Matrai, P. A.; Mauritsen, T.; Müller, M.; Norris, S. J.; Orellana, M. V.; Orsini, D. A.; Paatero, J.; Persson, P. O. G.; Gao, Q.; Rauschenberg, C.; Ristovski, Z.; Sedlar, J.; Shupe, M. D.; Sierau, B.; Sirevaag, A.; Sjogren, S.; Stetzer, O.; Swietlicki, E.; Szczodrak, M.; Vaattovaara, P.; Wahlberg, N.; Westberg, M.; Wheeler, C. R. (2014-03-19). "The Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS): overview and experimental design". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 14 (6). Copernicus GmbH: 2823–2869. doi:10.5194/acp-14-2823-2014. hdl:1956/10535. ISSN 1680-7324.
  14. ↑ "Matthew Shupe". Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  15. ↑ "Collaborative Research: Integrated Characterization of Energy, Clouds, Atmospheric state, and Precipitation at Summit (ICECAPS)". GEOSummit. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  16. ↑ Mace, J; Matrosov, S; Shupe, M; Lawson, P; Hallar, G; McCubbin, I; Marchand, R; Orr, B; Coulter, R; Sedlacek, A; Avallone, L; Long, C (2010-09-29). STORMVEX: The Storm Peak Lab Cloud Property Validation Experiment Science and Operations Plan (PDF) (Report). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). doi:10.2172/989263. OSTI 989263. Retrieved 2025-10-14.