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Western Boundary Current Working Group Publications
Kelly, K.A., R.J. Small, R.M. Samelson, B. Qiu, T.M.
Joyce, Y-O. Kwon, M.F. Cronin, 2010: Western Boundary Currents and
Frontal Air-Sea Interaction: Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension, J.
Climate, in press.
Alexander, M. A. and C. Deser 1995:A mechanism for the
recurrence of midlatitude SST anomalies during winter. J. Phys.
Oceanogr., 25, 122-137.
Alexander, M. A., N.-C. Lau, and J. D. Scott, 2004: Broadening
the atmospheric bridge paradigm: ENSO teleconnections to the North
Pacific in summer and to the tropical west Pacific- Indian Oceans
over the seasonal cycle. Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction. Eds.
C. Wang, S.-P. Xie and J. Carton. AGU Monograph. pp. 85-104.
Alexander, M., J. Yin, G. Branstator, A. Capotondi, C.
Cassou, R. Cullather, Y.-O. Kwon, J Norris, J. Scott, I. Wainer,
2006. Extratropical Atmosphere-Ocean Variability in CCSM3. J. Climate, 19,
2496-2525.
Cassou, C., C. Deser and M. A. Alexander, 2007: Investigating
the impact of reemerging sea surface temperature anomalies on the
winter atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic. J. Climate,
in press.
Czaja, A. and C. Frankignoul : Influence of
the North Atlantic SST on the atmospheric circulation. Geophys.
Res. Letters, 1999, 26, 2969-2972.
Czaja, A. and C. Frankignoul: Observed impact of
Atlantic SST anomalies on the North Atlantic Oscillation. J. Climate,
2002, 15, 606-623.
de Coëtlogon, G., C. Frankignoul, M. Bentsen,
C. Delon, H. Haak, S. Massina, and A . Pardaens : Gulf Stream
variability in five oceanic general circulation models. J. Phys.
Oceanogr., 2006, 36, 2119-2135.
Deser, C., M. A. Alexander, and M. S. Timlin, 2002: On
the persistence of sea surface temperature anomalies in midlatitudes. J.
Climate, 16, 16, 57-72.
Frankignoul, C., G. de Coëtlogon, T.M. Joyce
and S. Dong : Gulf Stream variability and ocean-atmosphere interactions. J.
Phys. Oceanogr., 2001, 31, 3516-3529.
Frankignoul, C., E. Kestenare, M. Botzet, A.F. Carril,
H. Drange, A. Pardens, L. Terray, and R. Sutton: An intercomparison
between the surface heat flux feedback in five coupled models, COADS,
and the NCEP reanalysis. Clim. Dyn., 2004, 22, 373-388
Frankignoul, C. and E. Kestenare : Observed
Atlantic SST anomaly impact on the NAO: an update. J. Climate,
2005, 18, 4089-4094.
Frankignoul, C. and N. Sennéchael: Observed
influence of North Pacific SST anomalies on the atmospheric circulation. J.
Climate, 2007, 20, 592-606.Kwon, Y.-O., and C. Deser, 2007: North Pacific Decadal
Variability in the Community Climate System Model Version 2. J.
Climate, in press.
Liu, Z., Y. Liu, L. Wu., and R. Jacob, 2007: Seasonal
and longtem atmospheric responses to reemerging North Pacific Ocean
Varaibility: A combined dynamical and statistical assessment. J.
Climate, in press.
Park, S., M. A. Alexander, and C. Deser, 2006: The impact
of cloud radiative feedback, remote ENSO forcing, and entrainment
on the persistence of North Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies. J.
Climate19, 6243-6261.
Peng, S., W.A. Robinson, S. Li, and M.A. Alexander, 2006:
Effects of Ekman transport on the NAO response to a tropical Atlantic
SST anomaly. J. Climate, 19, 4803-4818.
Peng, S., W.A. Robinson, S. Li, and M.P. Hoerling, 2005:
Tropical Atlantic SST forcing of coupled North Atlantic seasonal
responses. J.
Climate, 18, 480-496.
Donohue, K. A., and colleagues. An integrated system
study of the Kuroshio Extension. Submitted to EOS, 2007.
Bond, N. A. and M. F. Cronin. Regional weather patterns
during anomalous air-sea fluxes at the Kuroshio Extension Observatory
(KEO). Submitted to J. Climate, 2006.
Cronin, M.F., C. W. Fairall, and M. J. McPhaden. An
assessment of buoy-derived and numerical weather prediction surface
heat fluxes in the tropical Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C06038,
doi:10.1029/2005JC003324, 2006.
Cronin, M. F., N. A. Bond, C. W. Fairall, and R. A.
Weller. Surface cloud forcing in the east Pacific stratus deck/cold
tongue/ITCZ complex. J. Climate, 19(3), 392-409, 2006.
Cronin, M.. Eddy-mean flow interaction in the
Gulf Stream at 68°W: Part II. Eddy forcing on the time-mean
flow. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2132-2151, 1996.
Cronin, M. and D. R. Watts. Eddy-mean flow
interaction in the Gulf Stream at 68°W: Part I. Eddy energetics.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2107-2131, 1996.
Kelly, K.A. and S. Dong, 2004: The relationship of
western boundary current heat transport and storage to mid-latitude
ocean-atmosphere interaction, in Earth's Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere
Interaction, edited by C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton,
pp. 347-363, American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph
147.
Nakamura, H., T. Sampe, Y. Tanimoto, and A. Shimpo,
2004: Observed Associations Among Storm Tracks, Jet Streams, and Midlatitude
Oceanic Fronts, in Earth's Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere
Interaction, edited by C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton,
pp.329-345, American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph 147.
Chelton, D. B., M. G. Schlax and R.M. Samelson.
Summertime coupling between sea surface temperature and wind stress
in the California Current System. Journal of Physical Oceanography,
accepted.
Dewar, W. K., R. M. Samelson, and G. K. Vallis,
2005. The ventilated pool: A model of subtropical mode water.
Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 137-150.
Maloney, E. D., and D. 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, 19, 2743-2762.
Perlin, N, E. Skyllingstad, R. Samelson, and
P. Barbour. Numerical simulation of air-sea coupling during coastal
upwelling. Journal of Physical Oceanography, accepted.
Samelson, R. M., E. D. Skyllingstad, D. B. Chelton,
S. K. Esbensen, L. W. O'Neill, and N. Thum, 2006. A note on the
coupling of wind stress and sea surface temperature. Journal
of Climate, 19, 1557-1566.
Skyllingstad, E., D. Vickers, L. Mahrt, and R.
Samelson, 2006. Effects of mesoscale sea-surface temperature
fronts on the marine boundary layer. Boundary Layer Meteorology,
DOI 10.1007/s10546-006-9127-8.