International Pacific Research Center

Papers in Press

Aiki, H., and K.J. Richards: Energetics of the global ocean: The role of layer-thickness form drag. J. Phys. Oceanogr., IPRC-504.
Boer, G.J. and K. Hamilton: QBO influence on extratropical predictive skill. Clim. Dyn., IPRC-506.
Cahyarini,S.Y., M. Pfeiffer, O. Timm, W.-C. Dullo, D.G. Schönberg: Reconstructing seawater δ¹⁸O from paired coral δ¹⁸O and Sr/Ca ratios: Methods, error analysis and problems, with examples from Tahiti (French Polynesia) and Timor (Indonesia). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, IPRC-520.
de Szoeke, S.P., and S.-P. Xie: The tropical eastern Pacific seasonal cycle: Assessment of errors and mechanisms in IPCC AR4 coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models. J. Climate, IPRC-480.
Du, Y., T. Qu, G. Meyers: Interannual variability of the sea surface temperature off Java and Sumatra in a global GCM. J. Climate, IPRC-487.
Du, Y., S.-P. Xie: Role of atmospheric adjustments in the tropical Indian Ocean warming during the 20th century in climate models. Geophys. Res. Lett., IPRC-517.
Fu, X., B. Yang, Q. Bao, and B. Wang: Sea surface temperature feedback extends the predictability of tropical intraseasonal oscillation. Mon. Wea. Rev., IPRC-482.
Ge, X., T. Li, Y. Wang, M.S. Peng: Tropical cyclone energy dispersion in a three-dimensional primitive equation model: Upper tropospheric influence. J. Atmos. Sci., IPRC-489.
Hamilton, K., Y.O. Takahashi and W. Ohfuchi: The mesoscale spectrum of atmospheric motions investigated in a very fine resolution global general circulation model., J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., IPRC-521.
Hamilton, K., S.C. Ryan, W. Ohfuchi: Topographic effects on the solar semidiurnal surface tide simulated in a very fine resolution general circulation model. JGR - Atmospheres, IPRC-518.
Hong, C.-C., T. Li, LinHo, J.-S. Kug: Asymmetry of the Indian Ocean dipole. Part I: Observational analysis , J. Climate, IPRC-499.
Hong, C.-C., T. Li, J.-J. Luo: Asymmetry of the Indian Ocean Dipole. Part II: Model Diagnosis, J. Climate, IPRC-500.
Jochum, M., and J.T. Potemra: Sensitivity of tropical rainfall to Banda Sea diffusivity in the Community Climate System Model. J. Climate, IPRC-528.
Kikuchi, K., and B. Wang: Diurnal precipitation regimes in the global tropics. J. Climate, IPRC-491.
Kobashi, F., S.-P. Xie, N. Iwasaka and T. Sakamoto: Deep atmospheric response to the North Pacific oceanic subtropical front in spring. J. Climate, IPRC-524.
Lin, A., and T. Li: Energy spectrum characteristics of boreal summer intraseasonal oscillations: climatology and variations during the ENSO developing and decaying phases. J. Climate, IPRC-529.
Maximenko, N.A., P. P. Niiler, and O. V. Melnichenko: Global mean dynamic ocean topography reveals new coherent features of surface circulation. Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference "Fluxes and Structures in Fluid", Moscow, Russia, IPRC-488.
Menviel, L., A. Timmermann, A. Mouchet, O. Timm: Climate and marine carbon cycle response to changes in the strength of the Southern Hemispheric westerlies. Paleoceanography, IPRC-526.
Nakamura, H., T. Sampe, A. Goto, W. Ohfuchi, S-P Xie: On the importance of midlatitude oceanic frontal zones for the mean state and dominant variability in the tropospheric circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett., IPRC-531.
Okajima, H., and S.-P. Xie: Orographic effects on the northwestern Pacific monsoon: Role of air-sea interaction. Geophys. Res. Lett., IPRC-477.
Peng, J., M. S. Peng, and T. Li: Dependence of vortex axisymmetrization on the characteristics of the asymmetry. Quarterly Journal Royal Meteorological Society, IPRC- 530.
Qu, T., T. Song, and T. Yamagata: An introduction to the South China Sea throughflow: Its dynamics, variability, and implication for climate. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, IPRC-525.
Richter, I., and S.-P. Xie: On the origin of equatorial Atlantic biases in coupled general circulation models. Climate Dynamics, IPRC-498.
Sasaki, Y. N., S. Minobe, N. Schneider, T. Kagimoto, M. Nonaka and H. Sasaki: Decadal sea level variability in the South Pacific in a global eddy-resolving ocean model hindcast. J. Phys. Oceanogr., IPRC-508.
Schott, F.A., S.-P. Xie, and J.P. McCreary: Indian Ocean circulation and climate variability. Review of Geophysics, IPRC-522.
Small, R. J., S. P. de Szoeke, S.-P. Xie, L. O’Neill, H. Seo, Q. Song, P.
Cornillon, M. Spall and S. Minobe: Air-sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, IPRC-501.
Sui C.-H., P.-H. Chung, and T. Li: Interannual and interdecadal variability of the summertime western North Pacific subtropical high, Geophys. Res. Lett., IPRC-490.
Solomon, A., S.-I. Shin, M. A. Alexander, J. P. McCreary: The relative importance of tropical variability forced from the North Pacific through ocean pathways. Clim. Dyn., IPRC-496.
Sperber, K.R., and H. Annamalai: Coupled model simulations of boreal summer intraseasonal (30-50 day) variability, Part I: Systematic errors and caution on use of metrics. Clim. Dyn., IPRC-519
Timm, O., A. Timmermann, A. Abe-Ouchi, F. Saito, and T. Segawa : On the definition of seasons in paleoclimate simulations with orbital forcing, Paleoceanography, IPRC-513.
Wang, B., and Q. Ding: Global monsoon: Dominant mode of annual variation in the tropics. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, IPRC-502.
Wang, B., J.-Y. Lee, I.-S. Kang, J. Shukla, J.-S Kug, A. Kumar, J. Schemm, J.-J. Luo, T. Yamagata, C.-K. Park: How accurately do coupled climate models predict the leading modes of the Asian-Australian monsoon interannual variability? Clim. Dyn., IPRC-478.
Wang, B., J. Yang, T. Zhou, and B. Wang: Interdecadal changes in the major modes of Asian-Australian monsoon variability: Strengthening relationship with ENSO since later 1970s. J. Climate, IPRC-481.
Wang, B., Z. Wu, J. Li, J. Liu, C.-P. Chang, Y. Ding, and G.-X. Wu: How to measure the strength of the East Asian summer monsoon, J. Climate, IPRC-511.
Wang, B., and H. Yang: Hydrological issues in lateral boundary conditions for regional climate modeling: simulation of East Asian summer monsoon in 1998, Climate Dynamics, IPRC-512.
Wang, Y.: Structure and formation of an annular hurricane simulated in a fully-compressible, nonhydrostatic model - TCM4. J. Atmos. Sci., IPRC-474.
Wang, Y.: Rapid filamentation in a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. J. Atmos. Sci., IPRC-479.
Wu, L., C. Li, C. Yang, and S.-P. Xie: Global teleconnections in response to a shutdown of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. J. Climate, IPRC-492.
Xie, S.-P., Y. Okumura, T. Miyama, and A. Timmermann: Influences of Atlantic climate change on the tropical Pacific via the Central American Isthmus. J. Climate, IPRC-503.
Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, W. Zhuang, and D. Wang: Orographic effects on South China Sea summer climate. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, IPRC-527.
Yang, B., X. Fu; and B. Wang: Atmosphere-ocean conditions jointly guide convection of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation: satellite observations. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., IPRC-510.
Yang Y., J. Ma, and S.-P. Xie: Observations of the trade wind wakes of Kauai and Oahu. Geophys. Res. Lett., IPRC-497.
Yang, Y., S.-P. Xie, and J. Hafner: The thermal wake of Kauai Island: Satellite observations and numerical simulations. J. Climate, IPRC-509.
Yang, Y., S.-P. Xie, and J. Hafner: Cloud patterns lee of Hawaii Island: A synthesis of satellite observations and numerical simulation. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., IPRC-523.
Zhang, Y., and T. Li: Influence of the sea surface temperature in the Indian Ocean on the in-phase transition between the South Asian and North Australian summer monsoons. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci. , IPRC-515.
Zhang, C.-X., Q.-H. Zhang, and Y. Wang: Climatology of hail in China: 1961-2005. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., IPRC-473.
Zhao, Y., B. Wang, and Y. Wang: Initialization and simulation of a landfalling typhoon using a variational bogus mapped data assimilation (BMDA). Meteor. Atmos. Phys., IPRC- 472.
Zhou,T., M. Geller and K. Hamilton: Morphology of tropical upwelling in the Lower Stratosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., IPRC-476.
Zhou, X., and B. Wang: Transition from an Eastern Pacific upper-level mixed Rossby-gravity wave to a Western Pacific tropical cyclone, Geophys. Res. Lett., IPRC-486.