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Recent Publications on Decadal Variability

Please check the DecVar bibliography for a more complete list of published articles and abstracts.

The full text of any of the AMS journal papers below can be found on the bibliography in the documents section on DecVar.

• Anctil, François, Coulibaly, Paulin. 2004: Wavelet Analysis of the Interannual Variability in Southern Québec Streamflow. Journal of Climate: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 163–173.
• Atger, Frédéric. 2003: Spatial and Interannual Variability of the Reliability of Ensemble-Based Probabilistic Forecasts: Consequences for Calibration. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 131, No. 8, pp. 1509–1523.
• Auad, Guillermo. 2003: Interdecadal Dynamics of the North Pacific Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography: Vol. 33, No. 12, pp. 2483–2503.
• Auad, G., J. P. Kennett, and A. J. Miller, North Pacific Intermediate Water response to a modern climate warming shift, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C11), 3349, doi:10.1029/2003JC001987,2003.
• Belchansky, G. I., Douglas, D. C., Platonov, N. G.. 2004: Duration of the Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season: Regional and Interannual Variability, 1979–2001. Journal of Climate: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 67–80.
• Branstator, Grant, Frederiksen, Jorgen. 2003: The Seasonal Cycle of Interannual Variability and the Dynamical Imprint of the Seasonally Varying Mean State. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 60, No. 13, pp. 1577–1592.
• Carvalho, Leila M. V., Jones, Charles, Liebmann, Brant. 2004: The South Atlantic Convergence Zone: Intensity, Form, Persistence, and Relationships with Intraseasonal to Interannual Activity and Extreme Rainfall. Journal of Climate: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 88–108.
• Cessi, Paola, Otheguy, Pantxika. 2003: Oceanic Teleconnections: Remote Response to Decadal Wind Forcing. Journal of Physical Oceanography: Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 1604–1617.
• Chen, Tsing-Chang, Huang, Wan-Ru, Yoon, Jin-ho. 2004: Interannual Variation of the East Asian Cold Surge Activity. Journal of Climate: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 401–413.
• Chou, Chia, Tu, Jien-Yi, Yu, Jia-Yuh. 2003: Interannual Variability of the Western North Pacific Summer Monsoon: Differences between ENSO and Non-ENSO Years. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 13, pp. 2275–2287.
• Eden, Carsten, Greatbatch, Richard J. 2003: A Damped Decadal Oscillation in the North Atlantic Climate System. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 24, pp. 4043–4060.
• Farrara, John D., Yu, Jin-Yi. 2003: Interannual Variations in the Southwest U.S. Monsoon and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies: A General Circulation Model Study. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 11, pp. 1703–1720.
• Fukutomi, Yoshiki, Igarashi, Hiromichi, Masuda, Kooiti, Yasunari, Tetsuzo. 2003: Interannual Variability of Summer Water Balance Components in Three Major River Basins of Northern Eurasia. Journal of Hydrometeorology: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 283–296.
• Hood, L. L., Soukharev, B. E.. 2003: Quasi-Decadal Variability of the Tropical Lower Stratosphere: The Role of Extratropical Wave Forcing. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 60, No. 19, pp. 2389–2403.
• Jung, Thomas, Hilmer, Michael, Ruprecht, Eberhard, Kleppek, Sabine, Gulev, Sergey K., Zolina, Olga. 2003: Characteristics of the Recent Eastward Shift of Interannual NAO Variability. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 20, pp. 3371–3382.
• Kara, A. Birol, Hurlburt, Harley E., Rochford, Peter A., O'Brien, James J. 2004: The Impact of Water Turbidity on Interannual Sea Surface Temperature Simulations in a Layered Global Ocean Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography: Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 345–359.
• Kucharik, Christopher J. 2003: Evaluation of a Process-Based Agro-Ecosystem Model (Agro-IBIS) across the U.S. Corn Belt: Simulations of the Interannual Variability in Maize Yield. Earth Interactions: Vol. 7, No. 14, pp. 1–33.
• Lee, Tong, Fukumori, Ichiro. 2003: Interannual-to-Decadal Variations of Tropical–Subtropical Exchange in the Pacific Ocean: Boundary versus Interior Pycnocline Transports. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 24, pp. 4022–4042.
• Liu, Z. 2003: Tropical Ocean Decadal Variability and Resonance of Planetary Wave Basin Modes. Part I: Theory. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 10, pp. 1539–1550.
• Molteni, Franco, Corti, Susanna, Ferranti, Laura, Slingo, Julia M. 2003: Predictability Experiments for the Asian Summer Monsoon: Impact of SST Anomalies on Interannual and Intraseasonal Variability. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 24, pp. 4001–4021.
• Newman, Matthew, Compo, Gilbert P., Alexander, Michael A. 2003: ENSO-Forced Variability of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 23, pp. 3853–3857.
• Nicholson, Sharon. 2003: Comments on “The South Indian Convergence Zone and Interannual Rainfall Variability over Southern Africa” and the Question of ENSO's Influence on Southern Africa. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 555–562.
• Qiu, Bo. 2003: Kuroshio Extension Variability and Forcing of the Pacific Decadal Oscillations: Responses and Potential Feedback. Journal of Physical Oceanography: Vol. 33, No. 12, pp. 2465–2482.
• Rouse, Wayne R., Oswald, Claire M., Binyamin, Jacqueline, Blanken, Peter D., Schertzer, William M., Spence, Christopher. 2003: Interannual and Seasonal Variability of the Surface Energy Balance and Temperature of Central Great Slave Lake. Journal of Hydrometeorology: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 720–730.
• Salby, Murry L., Callaghan, Patrick F. 2004: Interannual Changes of the Stratospheric Circulation: Influence on the Tropics and Southern Hemisphere. Journal of Climate: Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 952–964.
• Shinoda, Toshiaki, Alexander, Michael A., Hendon, Harry H. 2004: Remote Response of the Indian Ocean to Interannual SST Variations in the Tropical Pacific. Journal of Climate: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 362–372.
• Solomon, Amy, McCreary, Julian P., Kleeman, Richard, Klinger, Barry A. 2003: Interannual and Decadal Variability in an Intermediate Coupled Model of the Pacific Region*. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 383–405.
• Sun, De-Zheng. 2003: A Possible Effect of an Increase in the Warm-Pool SST on the Magnitude of El Niño Warming. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 185–205.
• Teng, Haiyan, Wang, Bin. 2003: Interannual Variations of the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation in the Asian–Pacific Region. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 22, pp. 3572–3584.
• Trenberth, Kevin E., Stepaniak, David P. 2003: Covariability of Components of Poleward Atmospheric Energy Transports on Seasonal and Interannual Timescales. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 22, pp. 3691–3705.
• Verbrugge, Nathalie, Reverdin, Gilles. 2003: Contribution of Horizontal Advection to the Interannual Variability of Sea Surface Temperature in the North Atlantic. Journal of Physical Oceanography: Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 964–978.
• Wang, Xiaochun, Jin, Fei-Fei, Wang, Yuqing. 2003: A Tropical Ocean Recharge Mechanism for Climate Variability. Part II: A Unified Theory for Decadal and ENSO Modes. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 22, pp. 3599–3616.
• Wu, Lixin, Liu, Zhengyu. 2003: Decadal Variability in the North Pacific: The Eastern North Pacific Mode*. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 19, pp. 3111–3131.
• Wu, L., Liu, Z., Gallimore, R., Jacob, R., Lee, D., Zhong, Y. 2003: Pacific Decadal Variability: The Tropical Pacific Mode and the North Pacific Mode. Journal of Climate: Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 1101–1120.
• Wu, Peili, Gordon, Chris. 2002: Oceanic Influence on North Atlantic Climate Variability. Journal of Climate: Vol. 15, No. 14, pp. 1911–1925.
• Zeng, Xubin, Rao, Praveen, DeFries, Ruth S., Hansen, Matthew C. 2003: Interannual Variability and Decadal Trend of Global Fractional Vegetation Cover from 1982 to 2000. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 1525–1530.