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Matthew Widlansky Postdoctoral Fellow[Past Staff] International Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808) 956-2822 Fax: (808) 956-9425 Email: Webpage: http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/users/mwidlans/ |
Education
- 2010 - Ph.D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Dissertation: Dynamics of the South Pacific Convergence Zone
Minor in Environmental Public Policy - 2007 - M.S., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Thesis: Variability of the South Pacific Convergence Zone and its influence on the general atmospheric circulation - 2005 - B.S., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Research Interests
- Hierarchical modeling of Pacific climate change
- Pacific climate variability on interannual and longer timescales
- Climate change uncertainties and policy-relevant risk assessment
Scientific Work Experience
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 2011 – present
Professional Service and Activities
- Contributing Author, 2013: Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
- Coauthor, 2013: Advances from the Southwest Pacific Ocean Circulation and Climate Experiment (SPICE). CLIVAR Newsletter Exchanges. 18(61), 16–23.
- Participant on oceanographic research cruise to Station ALOHA on R/V Thompson, Feb. 2012
- Member of the American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society
Journal Reviews
- J. Climate, Climate Dynamics, JGR-Atmospheres, Int. J. Climate, and NSF proposals
Refereed Publications
- Long, X., M.J. Widlansky, F. Schloesser, P. R. Thompson, H. Annamalai, M.A. Merrifield, and H. Yoon, 2020: Higher Sea Levels at Hawaii Caused by Strong El Niño and Weak Trade Winds. J. Climate, 33, 3037-3059, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0221.1. IPRC-1452.
- Widlansky, M.J., H. Annamalai, S.B. Gingerich, C.D. Storlazzi, J.J. Marra, K.I. Hodges, B. Choy, and A. Kitoh, 2018: Tropical cyclone projections: Changing climate threats for Pacific Island defense installations. Weather Climate and Society, 11 (1), 3-15, doi:10.1175/WCAS-D-17-0112.1.
- Annamalai, H., V. Keener, M.J. Widlansky, and J. Hafner, 2015: El Niño Strengthens in the Pacific: Preparing for the Impacts of Drought. AsiaPacific Issues, (122), 1‐10. IPRC-1162.
- McPhaden, M.J., A. Timmermann, M.J. Widlansky, M.A. Balmaseda, and T.N. Stockdale, 2015: The Curious Case of the El Niño That Never Happened:A perspective from 40 years of progress in climate research and forecasting. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96 (10), 1647-1665, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00089.1. IPRC-1084.
- Niznik, M.J., B. Lintner, A. Matthews, and M.J. Widlansky, 2015: The role of tropical-extratropical interaction and synoptic variability in maintaining the South Pacific Convergence Zone in CMIP5 models. J. Climate, 28 (8), 3353-3373, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00527.1. IPRC-1100.
- Widlansky, M.J., A. Timmermann, and W. Cai, 2015: Future extreme sea level seesaws in the tropical Pacific. Science Advances, 1 (8), e1500560, doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500560. IPRC-1128.
- Ganachaud, A., S. Cravatte, A. Melet, A. Schiller, N.J. Holbrook, B.M. Sloyan, M.J. Widlansky, K.J. Richards, U. Send, et al., 2014: The Southwest Pacific Ocean circulation and climate experiment (SPICE). J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 119 (11), 7660-7686, doi:10.1002/2013JC009678. IPRC-1085.
- Widlansky, M.J., A. Timmermann, S. McGregor, M.F. Stuecker, and W. Cai, 2014: An interhemispheric tropical sea level seesaw due to El Niño Taimasa. J. Climate, 27 (3), 1070-1081, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00276.1. IPRC-1018.
- Widlansky, M.J., P.J. Webster, and C.D. Hoyos, 2011: On the location and orientation of the South Pacific Convergence Zone. Clim. Dyn., 36 (3-4), 561-578., doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0871-6.