Climate Analysis Branch Publications - 1996
Including introductions or abstracts; PSL authors are in boldface
Alexander, M. A., and C. Penland, 1996: Variability in a mixed layer ocean model driven by stochastic atmospheric forcing. J. Climate, 9, 2424-2442. [Abstract]
Bates, J. J., X. Wu, and D. L. Jackson, 1996: Interannual variability of upper troposphere water vapor band brightness temperature. J. Climate, 9, 427-438. [Abstract]
Cai, M., J. S. Whitaker, R. M. Dole and K. L. Paine, 1996: Dynamics of systematic error evolution in the NMC medium range forecast model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 265-274. [Abstract]
Chen, P., 1996: The influences of zonal flow on wavebreaking and tropical/extratropical interaction in the lower stratosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2379-2392. [Abstract]
Deser, C., M. A. Alexander, and M. S. Timlin, 1996: Upper ocean thermal variations in the North Pacific during 1970-1991. J. Climate, 9, 1840-1855. [Abstract]
Diaz, H. F., 1996: Precipitation monitoring for climate change detection. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 60, 179-190. [Abstract]
Diaz, H. F., 1996: Temperature changes on long time and large spatial scales: Inferences from instrumental and proxy records. In Climatic Variations and Forcing Mechanisms of the Last 2000 Years, P. D. Jones, R. S. Bradley, and J. Jouzel (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, 585-601. [Abstract]
Diaz, H. F., and N. E. Graham, 1996: Recent changes in tropical freezing heights and the role of sea surface temperature. Nature, 383, 152-155. [Abstract]
Dole, R. M., 1996: Blocking. In Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, S. H. Schneider (Ed.), Oxford University Press, 93-99. [No abstract]
Fernandez-Partagas, J., and H. F. Diaz, 1996: Atlantic hurricanes in the second half of the Nineteenth Century. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 77, 2899-2906. [Abstract]
Hendon, H. H., and M. L. Salby, 1996: Planetary-scale circulations forced by intraseasonal variations of observed convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1751-1758. [Abstract]
Kumar, A., M. P. Hoerling, M. Ji, A. Leetmaa, and P. D. Sardeshmukh, 1996: Assessing a GCM's suitability for making seasonal predictions. J. Climate, 9, 115-129. [Abstract]
Lee, S., and S. B. Feldstein, 1996: Two types of wave breaking in an aquaplanet GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 842-857. [Abstract]
Liebmann, B., and C. A. Smith, 1996: Description of a complete (interpolated) outgoing longwave radiation dataset. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 77, 1275-1277. [Introduction]
Meehl, G., G. Kiladis, K. Weickmann, M. Wheeler, D. Gutzler, and G. Compo, 1996: Modulation of equatorial subseasonal convective episodes by tropical-extratropical interaction in the Indian and Pacific Ocean regions. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 15033-15049. [Abstract]
O'Sullivan, D., and P. Chen, 1996: Modeling QBO influence on isentropic tracer transport in the tropics. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 6811-6821. [Abstract]
Penland, C., 1996: A stochastic model of IndoPacific sea surface temperature anomalies. Physica D, 98, 534-558. Reprinted in Nonlinear Phenomena in Ocean Dynamics, D. D. Holm, R. C. Malone, and L. G. Margolin (Eds.), Elsevier, 534-558. [Abstract]
Sun, G., and Q. Ye, 1996: A study on the variation of drought periods occurring in northwest China and other Africa-Asia contiental regions. Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 10, 473-484. [Abstract]
Ting, M., M. P. Hoerling, T. Xu, and A. Kumar, 1996: Northern Hemisphere teleconnection patterns during extreme phases of the zonal mean circulation. J. Climate, 9, 2614-2623. [Abstract]