Papers Published by Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Group

Cane, M. A., Evans, M., 2000: Do the tropics rule? Science, 290, 1107. Online Reprint

Cane, M. A., Molnar, P., 2001: Closing of the Indonesian seaway as a precursor to east African aridification around 3-4 million years ago. Nature, 411, 157-162.

Canizares, R., A. Kaplan, M. A. Cane, D. Chen, and S. Zebiak, 2001: Use of data assimilation via linear low-order models for the initialization of El Nino - Southern Oscillation predictions. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 106, 30947-30959.

Chen, D., 2001: Applying satellite remote sensing to predicting 1999-2000 La Nina. Remote Sensing of Environment, 77, 275-278. Abstract and reprints

Chen, D., 2001: Application of altimeter observation to El Nino prediction. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22, 2621-2626. Abstract and reprints

Chen, D., 2003: A comparison of wind products in the context of ENSO prediction. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(3), 1107, doi:10.1029/2002GL016121. Abstract and reprints

Chen, D., M. A. Cane, S. E. Zebiak, Rafael Canizares and A. Kaplan, 2000: Bias correction of an ocean-atmosphere coupled model. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 2585-2588. Abstract and reprints

Chen, D., W. T. Liu, W. Tang, and Z. Wang, 2003: Air-sea interaction at an oceanic front: Implications for frontogenesis and primary production. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(14), 1745. Abstract and reprints

Chen, D., H. W. Ou, and C. Dong, 2003: A model study of internal tides in coastal frontal zone. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, 170-187. Abstract and reprints

Chiang, J. C. H., Y. Kushnir, and A. Giannini, 2002: Deconstructing Atlantic ITCZ variability: influence from the local cross-equatorial SST gradient, and remote forcing from the eastern equatorial Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres, 107(D10). Abstract and reprints

Chiang, J. C. H., Y. Kushnir, and S. E. Zebiak, 2000: Interdecadal changes in eastern Pacific ITCZ variability and its influence on the Atlantic ITCZ. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 3687-3690. Abstract and reprints

Chiang, J. C. H., and S. E. Zebiak, 2000: Surface wind over tropical oceans: Diagnosis of the momentum balance, and modeling the linear friction coefficient. Journal of Climate, 13(10), 1733-1747. Abstract and reprints

Chiang, J. C. H., S. E. Zebiak, and M. A. Cane, 2001: On the relative roles of elevated heating and surface temperature gradients in driving anomalous surface winds over tropical oceans. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 58, 1371-1394. Abstract and reprints

Clement, A. C., M. A. Cane, R. Seager, 2001: An orbitally driven tropical source for abrupt climate change. Journal of Climate, 14, 2369-2375. Postscipt form

Cullen, H. M., R. D'Arrigo, E. Cook, and M. E. Mann, 2000: Multiproxy reconstructions of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Paleoceanography, 16(1), 27-39. Postscipt form

Cullen, H. M., and P. B. deMenocal, 2000: North Atlantic influence on Tigris-Euphrates streamflow. International Journal of Climatology, 20(8), 853-863. Postscipt form

Cullen, H. M., A. Kaplan, P. A. Arkin, and P. B. deMenocal, 2002: Impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on Middle Eastern climate and streamflow. Climatic Change, 55, 315-338.

Giannini, A., M. A. Cane, and Y. Kushnir, 2000: Interdecadal changes in the ENSO teleconnection to the Caribbean region and the North Atlantic Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 14, 2867-2879. Postscipt form

Giannini, A., Y. Kushnir, and M. A. Cane, 2000: Interannual variability of Caribbean rainfall, ENSO and the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Climate, 13, 297-311. Postscipt form

Hall, A., and M. Visbeck, accepted 2002: Forcing of Ocean and Sea Ice Variability by the Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode. Journal of Climate, 15(21), 3043-3057. Postscipt form

Harnik, N. and E. K. M. Chang, submitted February 2003: The effects of variations in meridional jet structure on the growth of baroclinic waves, and the relevance to the variability of the midwinter Pacific stormtrack. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. Postscipt form

Harnik, N. and E. K. M. Chang, 2003: Storm track variations as seen in radiosonde observations and reanalysis data. Journal of Climate, 16, 480-495. Postscipt form

Hazeleger, W., R. Seager, M. A. Cane, and N. Naik, submitted Aug 2002: How can tropical Pacific ocean heat transport vary? Journal of Physical Oceanography.

Hazeleger, W., M. Visbeck, M. A. Cane, A. Karspeck, and N. Naik, 2001: Decadal upper ocean temperature variability in the tropical Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 106(C5), 8971-8988. Abstract and reprints

Kaplan, A., M.A. Cane, D. Chen, D. Witter, R.E. Cheney, 2003: Signal and noise in tropical Pacific sea level height analyses. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, in press.

Kaplan A., M.A. Cane, and Y. Kushnir, 2001: Reduced space approach to the optimal analysis interpolation of historical marine observations: Accomplishments, difficulties, and prospects, in Advances in the Applications of Marine Climatology: The Dynamic Part of the WMO Guide to the Applications of Marine Climatology, WMO/TD-1081, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 199-216.

Kaplan, A., M. A. Cane, Y. Kushnir, A. C. Clement, M. B. Blumenthal, and B. Rajagopalan, 1998: Analysis of global sea surface temperature 1856-1991. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 103, 18,567-18,589. Postscipt form

Kaplan, A., Y. Kushnir, and M. A. Cane, 2000: Reduced Space Optimal Interpolation of Historical Marine Sea Level Pressure: 1854-1992. Journal of Climate, 13, 2987-3002. Postscipt form

Kaplan, A., Y. Kushnir, M. A. Cane, and M. B. Blumenthal, 1997: Analysis for historical data sets: 136 years of Atlantic sea surface temperatures. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 102, 27,835-27,869. Postscipt form

Khatiwala S., P. Schlosser, and M. Visbeck, 2002: Rates and mechanisms of water mass transformation in the Labrador Sea as inferred from tracer observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 666-686. Postscipt form

Khatiwala S., B. E. Shaw, and M. A. Cane, 2001: Enhanced sensitivity of extreme events to weak forcing in a dynamical system: Implications for climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 2633-2636. Postscipt form

Khatiwala S., and M. Visbeck, 2000: An estimate of the eddy-induced circulation in the Labrador Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 2277-2280. Postscipt form

Khatiwala S., M. Visbeck, and P. Schlosser, 2001: Age Tracers in an Ocean GCM. Deep Sea Research, 48, 1423-1441. Postscipt form

Krahmann, G., M. Visbeck, and G. Reverdin, 2001: Formation and propagation of temperature anomalies along the North Atlantic Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31(5), 1287-1303. Postscipt form

Kushnir, Y., W. A. Robinson, I. Bladé, N. M. J. Hall, S. Peng, and R. T. Sutton, 2002: Atmospheric GCM response to extratropical SST anomalies: synthesis and evaluation, 15(16), 2233-2256. Journal of Climate.

Kushnir, Y., Seager, R., Chiang, J.C.H., and J. Miller(Velez), 2002: A simple coupled model of tropical Atlantic decadal climate variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 29(23), 2133.

Martinson, D. G., R. A. Iannuzzi, 2003: Spatial/temporal patterns in Weddell gyre characteristics and their relationship to global climate. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 108(C4), . Postscipt form

Molnar, P., and M. A. Cane, 2002: El Nino's tropical climate and teleconnections as a blueprint for pre-Ice-Age climates. Paleoceanography, 17, 1-11. Figures

Orlove B. S., Chiang J. C. H., and M. A. Cane, 2000: Forecasting Andean rainfall and crop yield from the influence of El Nino on Pleiades visibility. Nature, 403(6765), 68-71. Abstract and reprints

Perlwitz, J., and N. Harnik, accepted subject to minor revisions 2003: Observational evidence of a stratospheric influence on the troposphere by planetary wave reflection. Journal of Climate. Postscipt form

Rajagopalan, B., Y. Kushnir, and Y. M. Tourre, 1998: Observed Decadal Midlatitude and Tropical Atlantic Climate Variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 25(21), 3967-3970. Postscipt form

Rind, D., M. Chandler, J. Lerner, D. G. Martinson, and X. Yuan, 2001: The climate response to basin-specific changes in latitudinal temperature gradients and the implications for sea ice variability. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres, 106(D17), 20161-20173. Postscipt form

Seager, R., D. S. Battisti, J. Yin, N. Gordon, N. Naik, A. C. Clement, and M. A. Cane, 2002: Is the Gulf Stream responsible for Europe's mild winters? Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 128, 2563-2586. Postscipt form

Seager, R., N. Harnik, Y. Kushnir, W. Robinson, and J. A. Miller(Velez), 2003: Mechanisms of hemispherically symmetric climate variability. Journal of Climate, 16, 2960-2978. Postscript form

Seager, R., R. Murtugudde, N. Naik, A. Clement, N. Gordon, and J. A. Miller(Velez), 2003: Air-sea interaction and the seasonal cycle of the subtropical anticyclones. Journal of Climate, 16(12), 1948-1966. Postscipt form

Seager, R., A. R. Karspeck, M. A. Cane, Y. Kushnir, A. Giannini, A. Kaplan, B. Kerman, and J. Velez, submitted 2003: Predicting Pacific decadal variability. Journal of Climate. Postscipt form

Seager, R., Y. Kushnir, P. Chang, N. Naik, J. A. Miller(Velez), and W. Hazeleger, 2001: Looking for the role of the ocean in tropical Atlantic decadal climate variability. Journal of Climate, 14, 638-655. Postscipt form

Seager, R., Y. Kushnir, N. Naik, M. A. Cane, and J. A. Miller(Velez), 2001: Wind-driven shifts in the latitude of the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension and generation of SST anomalies on decadal timescales. Journal of Climate, 14, 4249-4265. Postscipt form

Seager, R., Y. Kushnir, M. Visbeck, N. Naik, J. A. Miller(Velez), G. Krahmann, and H. M. Cullen, 2000: Causes of Atlantic Ocean climate variability between 1958 and 1998. Journal of Climate, 13(16), 2845-2862. Postscipt form

Tourre, Y. M., B. Rajagopalan, and Y. Kushnir, 1999: Dominant Patterns of Climate Variability in the Atlantic Ocean Region During the Last 136 Years. Journal of Climate, 12(8), 2285-2299. Postscipt form

Tourre, Y. M., B. Rajagopalan, Y. Kushnir, M. Barlow, W. B. White, 2001: Patterns of coherent decadal and interdecadal climate signals in the Pacific basin during the 20th century. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(10), 2069-2072.

Tremblay, L. B., 2001: Can we consider the Arctic Oscillation independently from the Barents Oscillation? Geophysical Research Letters. Postscipt form

Visbeck, M., E. Chassignet, R. Curry, T. Delworth, B. Dickson and G. Krahmann, in press 2002 : The Ocean's Response to North Atlantic Oscillation Variability, in "The North Atlantic Oscillation" edited by J. Hurrell, Y. Kushnir, G. Ottersen and M. Visbeck, American Geophysical Union monograph.

Visbeck, M., H. M. Cullen, G. Krahmann, and N. Naik, 1998: An Ocean model's response to North Atlantic Oscillation-like wind forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 25(24), 4521-4524. Postscipt form

Witter, D. L., and A. L. Gordon, 1999: Interannual variability of South Atlantic circulation from 4 years of TOPEX/POSEIDON satellite altimeter observations. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans. Postscipt form

Yuan, X., D. G. Martinson, and W. T. Liu, 1999: Effect of air-sea-ice interaction on winter 1996 Southern Ocean subpolar storm distribution. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 104(D2), 1991-2007. Postscipt form

Yuan, X., and D. G. Martinson, 2000: Antarctic sea ice extent variability and its connectivity. Journal of Climate, 13, 1697-1717. Postscipt form

Yuan, X., and D. G. Martinson, 2001: The Antarctic dipole and its predictability. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(18), 3609-3612.