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CMEP Publications

Publications resulting from the Coupled Model Experiment Program

  • Annamalai, H., K. Hamilton and K.R. Sperber, 2007: South Asian Summer Monsoon and Its Relationship with ENSO in the IPCC AR4 simulations. Journal of Climate, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 1071-1092.
  • Jia-Lin Lin, 2007: The Double-ITCZ Problem in IPCC AR4 Coupled GCMs: Ocean–Atmosphere Feedback Analysis, Journal of Climate , Volume 20, Issue 18, pp. 4497–4525
  • Lin J.-L. (2007), Interdecadal variability of ENSO in 21 IPCC AR4 coupled GCMs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L12702, doi:10.1029/2006GL028937.
  • Cook, Kerry H. and Edward K. Vizy, 2005: Coupled Model Simulations of the West Africn Monsoon System: 20th Century Simulations and 21st Century Predictions, Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, No. 15, pp. 3681-3703 .
  • Greene, Arthur M., Lisa Goddard and Upmanu Lall, "Probabilistic Multimodel Regional Temperature Change Projections", Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, No., 17, pp. 4326-4343.
  • Joseph, Renu and Sumant Nigam, 2005: ENSO Evolution and Teleconnections in IPCC's 20th Century Climate Simulations: Realistic Representation? Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, No. 17, 4360-4377.
  • Jia-Lin Lin, George N. Kiladis, Brian E. Mapes, Klaus M. Weickmann, Kenneth R. Sperber, Wuyin Lin, Matthew C. Wheeler, Siegfried D. Schubert, Anthony Del Genio, Leo J. Donner, Seita Emori, Jean-Francois Gueremy, Frederic Hourdin, Philip J. Rasch, Erich Roeckner and John F. Scinocca. 2006: Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4 Climate Models. Part I: Convective Signals. Journal of Climate: Vol. 19, No. 12, pp. 2665–2690.
  • Eric D. Maloney and Dudley B. Chelton. 2006: An Assessment of the Sea Surface Temperature Influence on Surface Wind Stress in Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate Models. Journal of Climate: Vol. 19, No. 12, pp. 2743–2762.
  • Yuko Okumura and Shang-Ping Xie. 2006: Some Overlooked Features of Tropical tlantic Climate Leading to a New Niño-Like Phenomenon, Journal of Climate, Volume 19, Issue 22 pp. 5859–5874
  • Ruiz-Barradas, Alfredo and Sumant Nigam, 2006: IPCC's 20th Century Climate Simulations: Varied Representations of North American Hydroclimate Variability. Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, No. 16, 4041-4058.
  • H. Annamalai, S. P. Xie, J. P. McCreary and R. Murtugudde. 2005: Impact of Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature on Developing El Niño*. Journal of Climate: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 302–319.
  • H. Annamalai, Ping Liu and Shang-Ping Xie. 2005: Southwest Indian Ocean SST Variability: Its Local Effect and Remote Influence on Asian Monsoons*. Journal of Climate: Vol. 18, No. 20, pp. 4150–4167.
  • H. Annamalai, J. Potemra, R. Murtugudde and J. P. McCreary. 2005: Effect of Preconditioning on the Extreme Climate Events in the Tropical Indian Ocean*. Journal of Climate: Vol. 18, No. 17, pp. 3450–3469.
  • Lintner, Benjamin R. and John C. H. Chiang. 2005: Reorganization of Tropical Climate during El Niño: A Weak Temperature Gradient Approach. Journal of Climate: Vol. 18, No. 24, pp. 5312–5329.
  • Overland, J.E., and M. Wang (2005): The Third Arctic Climate Pattern: 1930s and early 2000s. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32(23), L23808, doi: 10.1029/2005GL024254.
  • Overland, J.E., and M. Wang (2005): The Arctic climate paradox: the recent decrease of the Arctic Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32(6), L06701, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021752.
  • Wehner, Michael, "Changes in Daily Precipitation and Surface Air Temperature Extremes in the IPCC AR4 Models", US CLIVAR Variations, October 2005.

 

Announcements

First Circular Announcement for WCRP Open Science Conference October 2011

7-9 June 2010 - US CLIVAR Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Annual Meeting (Miami, FL)

International CLIVAR seeks new Director - closing date 29 March 2010.

17-19 March 2010 - High Latitude Surface Flux Workshop in conjunction with SEAFLUX (Boulder, CO)

Postdocs Applying Climate Expertise(PACE) seeking Organizational Partners

PSMI Publication on Best Practices for Process Studies released and has reached #6 on AMS most viewed list. (BAMS, July 2009)

 

 

 

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Science Tidbits    

February 2010

YOTC-GS Alpha Prototype for Satellite data has been released to the public

14 August 2009 - Past Atlantic Hurricanes linked to Climate Change

10 August 2009 - Climate models confirm more moisture in atmosphere attributed to humans

 

 

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