Manuscripts under Review:

• Xie, S.-P., Y. Du, G. Huang, X.-T. Zheng, H. Tokinaga, K. Hu, and Q. Liu, 2010: Interdecadal change of the 1970s in El Nino influences on Indo-western Pacific and East Asian climate. J. Climate, submitted.
• Deser, C., M. A. Alexander, S.-P. Xie and A. S. Phillips, 2009: Sea surface temperature variability: Patterns and mechanisms. Ann. Rev. Marine Sci., submitted.
• Kuwano-Yoshida, A., S. Minobe, and S.-P. Xie, 2010: Precipitation response to the Gulf Stream in an atmospheric GCM. J. Climate, submitted.
• Lubbecke, J. F., C. W. Boning, N. S. Keenlyside and S.-P. Xie, 2010: On the connection between Benguela and Equatorial Atlantic Ninos and the role of the South Atlantic Anticyclone. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, submitted.
• Meng, S., L. Zhang, L. Wu, S.-P. Xie, and P. Chang, 2010: Dipole-like warming trend in the tropical Indian Ocean. Adv. Atmos. Sci., submitted.
• Matsumura, S., G. Huang, S.-P. Xie, and K. Yamazaki, 2010: SST-forced and internal variability of the atmosphere in an ensemble GCM simulation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, revised.
• Minobe, S., A. Kuwano-Yoshida, M. Miyashita, H. Tokinaga, and S.-P. Xie, 2010: Atmospheric response to the Gulf Stream: Seasonal variations. J. Climate, submitted.
• Richter, I. and S.-P. Xie, 2010: Moisture transport from the Atlantic to the Pacific basin and its response to North Atlantic cooling and global warming. Clim. Dyn., revised.
• Small, R. J., S.-P. Xie, E. D. Maloney, S. P. deSzoeke, and Toru Miyama, 2010: Intraseasonal variability in the far-east Pacific: Investigation of the role of air-sea coupling in a regional coupled model. Clim. Dyn., submitted.
• Taguchi, B., B. Qiu, M. Nonaka, H. Sasaki, N. Schneider, S.-P. Xie, 2010: Decadal variability of the Kuroshio Extension: Mesoscale eddies and recirculations. Ocean Dyn., submitted.
• Xu, H., H. Tokinaga, and S.-P. Xie, 2010: Atmospheric effects of the Kuroshio large meander during 2004-05. J. Climate, submitted.

Refereed Publications:

• Xie, S.-P., C. Deser, G.A. Vecchi, J. Ma, H. Teng, and A.T. Wittenberg, 2010: Global warming pattern formation: Sea surface temperature and rainfall. J. Climate, in press. [pdf]
• Chowdary, J. S., S.-P. Xie, J.-J. Luo, J. Hafner, S. Behera, Y. Masumoto, and T. Yamagata, 2010: Predictability of Northwest Pacific climate during summer and the role of the tropical Indian Ocean. Clim. Dyn., in press. [pdf]
• Sampe, T. and S.-P. Xie, 2010: Large-scale dynamics of the Meiyu-Baiu rain band: Environmental forcing by the westerly jet. J. Climate, in press. [pdf]
• Sasaki, H., S.-P. Xie, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, and Y. Masumoto, 2010: Seasonal variations of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent induced by the meridional migration of the trade winds. Ocean Dyn., in press.
• Seo, H., S.-P. Xie, R. Murtugudde, M. Jochum, and A. J. Miller, 2010: Seasonal effects of Bay of Bengal barrier layer dynamics in a regional coupled model. J. Climate, in press. [pdf]
• Taguchi, B. H. Nakamura, M. Nonaka, and S.-P. Xie, 2010: Influences of the Kuroshio/Oyashio Extensions on air-sea heat exchanges and storm track activity as revealed in regional atmospheric model simulations for the 2003/4 cold season. J. Climate, in press. [pdf]
• Tanimoto, Y., T. Kajitani, H. Okajima, and S.-P. Xie, 2010: A peculiar feature of the seasonal migration of the South American rain band. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, in press. [pdf]
• Zheng, X.-T., Xie, S.-P., G.A. Vecchi, Q. Liu, and J. Hafner, 2010: Indian Ocean dipole response to global warming: Analysis of ocean-atmospheric feedbacks in a coupled model. J. Climate, in press. [pdf]
• Zhuang, W., S.-P. Xie, D. Wang, B. Taguchi, H. Aiki, and H. Sasaki, 2010: Intraseasonal variability in sea surface height over the South China Sea. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, in press, doi:10.1029/2009JC005647.

• Xie, S.-P., K. Hu, J. Hafner, H. Tokinaga, Y. Du, G. Huang, and T. Sampe, 2009: Indian Ocean capacitor effect on Indo-western Pacific climate during the summer following El Nino. J. Climate, 22, 730–747. [pdf]
• Chowdary, J.S., C. Gnanaseelan, and S.-P. Xie, 2009: Westward propagation of barrier layer formation in the 2006-07 Rossby wave event over the tropical Southwest Indian Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L04607, doi:10.1029/2008GL036642. [pdf]
• Du, Y., S.-P. Xie, G. Huang, and K. Hu, 2009: Role of air-sea interaction in the long persistence of El Nino-induced North Indian Ocean warming. J. Climate, 22, 2023-2038. [pdf]
• Okumura, Y., C. Deser, A. Hu, A. Timmermann, and S.-P. Xie, 2009: North Pacific climate response to freshwater forcing in the subarctic North Atlantic: Oceanic and atmospheric pathways. J. Climate, 22, 1424-1445. [pdf]
• Oouchi, K. A. T. Noda, M. Satoh, B. Wang, S.-P. Xie, H. Takahashi and T. Yasunari, 2009: Asian summer monsoon simulated by a global cloud-system-resolving model: Diurnal to intra-seasonal variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L11815, doi:10.1029/2009GL038271.
• Richards, K., S.-P. Xie, and T. Miyama, 2009: Vertical mixing in the ocean and its impact on the coupled ocean/atmosphere system in the eastern tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 22, 3703-3719.
• Schott, F.A., S.-P. Xie, and J.P. McCreary, 2009: Indian Ocean circulation and climate variability. Rev. Geophys., 47, RG1002, doi:10.1029/2007RG000245. [pdf]
• Small, R.J., K. Richards, S.-P. Xie, P. Dutrieux, and T. Miyama, 2009: Damping of tropical instability waves caused by the action of surface currents on stress. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 114, C04009, doi:10.1029/2008JC005147.
• Tanimoto, Y., S.-P. Xie, K. Kai, H. Okajima, H. Tokinaga, T. Murayama, M. Nonaka, and H. Nakamura, 2009: Observations of marine atmospheric boundary layer transitions across the summer Kuroshio Extension. J. Climate, 22, 1360-1374. [pdf]
• Tokinaga, H., Y. Tanimoto, S.-P. Xie, T. Sampe, H. Tomita, and H. Ichikawa, 2009: Ocean frontal effects on the vertical development of clouds over the western North Pacific: In situ and satellite observations. J. Climate, 22, 4241-4260. [pdf]
• Tokinaga, H., and S.-P. Xie, 2009: Ocean tidal cooling effect on summer sea fog over the Okhotsk Sea. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 114, D14102, doi:10.1029/2008JD011477. [pdf]
• Ueda, H., M. Ohba, and S.-P. Xie, 2009: Important factors for the development of the Asian-Northwest Pacific summer monsoon. J. Climate, 22, 649-669. [pdf]
• Wu, S., L. Wu, Q. Liu, and S.-P. Xie, 2009: Development processes of the tropical Pacific meridional mode. Adv. Atmos. Sci., in press. [pdf]
• Zeng, L., Y. Du, S.-P. Xie, and D.Wang, 2009: Barrier layer in the South China Sea during summer 2000. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 47, 38-54. [pdf]
• Zhang, S., S.-P. Xie, Q.-Y. Liu, Y.-Q., Yang, X.-G. Wang, and Z.-P. Ren, 2009: Seasonal variations of Yellow Sea fog: Observations and mechanisms. J. Climate, in press. [pdf]

• Xie, S.-P., Y. Okumura, T. Miyama, and A. Timmermann, 2008: Influences of Atlantic climate change on the tropical Pacific via the Central American Isthmus. J. Climate, 21, 3914–3928. [pdf]
• Minobe, S., A. Kuwano-Yoshida, N. Komori, S.-P. Xie, and R.J. Small, 2008: Influence of the Gulf Stream on the troposphere. Nature, 452, 206-209. [Cover & Abstract]
• de Szoeke, S.P., and S.-P. Xie, 2008: The tropical eastern Pacific seasonal cycle: Assessment of errors and mechanisms in IPCC AR4 coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models. J. Climate, 21, 2573-2590. [pdf]
• Du, Y., and S.-P. Xie, 2008: Role of atmospheric adjustments in the tropical Indian Ocean warming during the 20th century in climate models. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08712, doi:10.1029/2008GL033631. [pdf]
• Kobashi, F., S.-P. Xie, N. Iwasaka and T. Sakamoto, 2008: Deep atmospheric response to the North Pacific oceanic subtropical front in spring. J. Climate, 21, 5960–5975. [pdf]
• Nakamura, H., T. Sampe, A. Goto, W. Ohfuchi, and S.-P. Xie, 2008: On the importance of mid-latitude oceanic frontal zones for the mean state and dominant variability in the tropospheric circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L15709, doi:10.1029/2008GL034010. [pdf]
• Richter, I. and S.-P. Xie, 2008: The muted precipitation increase in global warming simulations: A surface evaporation perspective. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 113, D24118, doi:10.1029/2008JD010561. [pdf]
• Richter, I. and S.-P. Xie, 2008: On the origin of equatorial Atlantic biases in coupled general circulation models. Clim. Dyn., 31, 587-598. [pdf]
• Small, R. J., S. deSzoeke, S. P. Xie, L. O'Neill, H. Seo, Q. Song, P. Cornillon, M. Spall, and S. Minobe, 2008: Air-sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 45, 274–319. [pdf]
• Wu, L., C. Li, C. Yang, and S.-P. Xie, 2008: Global teleconnections in response to a shutdown of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. J. Climate, 21, 3002-3019. [pdf]
• Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, W. Zhuang, and D.-X. Wang, 2008: Orographic effects on South China Sea summer climate. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 100, 275-289.
• Yang, Y., J. Ma, and S.-P. Xie, 2008: Observations of the trade-wind wakes of Kauai and Oahu. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04807, doi:10.1029/2007GL031742. [pdf]
• Yang, Y., S.-P. Xie, and J. Hafner, 2008: The thermal wake of Kuaui Island: Satellite observations and numerical simulations. J. Climate, 21, 4568–4586. [pdf]
• Yang, Y., S.-P. Xie, and J. Hafner, 2008: Cloud patterns lee of Hawaii Island: A synthesis of satellite observations and numerical simulation. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos,., 35, L04807, doi:10.1029/2008JD009889. [pdf]

• Xie, S.-P., T. Miyama, Y. Wang, H. Xu, S.P. de Szoeke, R.J. Small, K.J. Richards, T. Mochizuki, and T. Awaji, 2007: A regional ocean-atmosphere model for eastern Pacific climate: Towards reducing tropical biases. J. Climate, 20, 1504-1522. [pdf]
• Xie, S.-P., C.-S. Chang, Q. Xie, and D. Wang, 2007: Intraseasonal variability in the summer South China Sea: The wind jet, cold filament, and recirculations. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 112, C10008, doi:10.1029/2007JC004238. [pdf]
• de Szoeke, S.P., S.-P. Xie, T. Miyama, K.J. Richards, and R.J.O. Small, 2007: What maintains the SST front north of the equatorial cold tongue? J. Climate, 20, 2500-2514. [pdf]
• Okajima, H., and S.-P. Xie, 2007: Orographic Effects on the Northwestern Pacific Monsoon: Role of Air-Sea Interaction. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L21708, doi:10.1029/2007GL032206. [pdf]
• Pahnke, K. J. Sachs, L. Keigwin, A. Timmermann, and S.-P. Xie, 2007: Eastern tropical Pacific hydrologic changes during the past 27,000 years from D/H ratios in alkenones. Paleoceanogr., 22, PA4214, doi:10.1029/2007PA001468. [pdf]
• Sampe, T., and S.-P. Xie, 2007: Mapping high sea winds from space: A global climatology. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 1965-1978. [pdf] & [Reply to comments]
• Small, R.J.O., S.P. de Szoeke, and S.-P. Xie, 2007: The Central American mid-summer drought: Regional aspects and large scale forcing. J. Climate, 20, 4147-4159. [pdf]
• Taguchi, B., S.-P. Xie, N. Schneider, M. Nonaka, H. Sasaki, Y. Sasai, 2007: Decadal variability of the Kuroshio Extension: Observations and an eddy-resolving model hindcast. J. Climate, 20, 2357-2377. [pdf]
• Timmermann, A., Y. Okumura, S.-I. An, A. Clement, B. Dong, E. Guilyardi, A. Hu, J. Jungclaus, U. Krebs, M. Renold, T.F. Stocker, R.J. Stouffer, R. Sutton, S.-P. Xie, J, Yin, 2007: The influence of a weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation on ENSO. J. Climate, 20, 4899-4919. [pdf]
• Timmermann, A., S. Lorenz, S.-I An, A. Clement, S.-P. Xie, 2007: Generation of precessional cycles in tropical climate. J. Climate, 20, 4147-4159. [pdf]
• Yang, J., Q. Liu, S.-P. Xie, Z. Liu, and L. Wu, 2007: Impact of the Indian Ocean SST basin mode on the Asian summer monsoon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L02708, doi: 10.1029/2006GL028571. [pdf]

• Xie, S.-P., H. Xu, N.H. Saji, Y. Wang, and W.T. Liu, 2006: Role of narrow mountains in large-scale organization of Asian monsoon convection. J. Climate, 19, 3420-3429. [pdf]
• Saji, N.H., S.-P. Xie, and T. Yamagata, 2006: Tropical Indian Ocean variability in the IPCC 20th-century climate simulations. J. Climate, 19, 4397-4417. [pdf]
• Okumura, Y., and S.-P. Xie, 2006: Some overlooked features of tropical Atlantic climate leading to a new Nino-like phenomenon. J. Climate, 19, 5859-5874. [pdf]
• Chang, P., T. Yamagata, P. Schopf, S. K. Behera, J.A. Carton, W. S. Kessler, G. Meyers, T. Qu, F.A. Schott, S. Shetye, and S.-P. Xie, 2006: Climate fluctuations of tropical coupled system: The role of ocean dynamics. J. Climate, 19, 5122-5174. [pdf]
• Tokinaga, H., Y. Tanimoto, M. Nonaka, B. Taguchi, T. Fukamachi, S.-P. Xie, H. Nakamura, T. Watanabe, and I. Yasuda, 2006: Atmospheric sounding over the winter Kuroshio Extension: Effect of surface stability on atmospheric boundary layer structure. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L04703, doi: 10.1029/2005GL025102. [pdf]
• Kobashi, F., H. Mitsudera and S.-P. Xie, 2006: Three subtropical fronts in the North Pacific: Observational evidence for mode water-induced subsurface frontogensis. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 111, C09033, doi: 10.1029/2006JC003479. [pdf]
• Lin, X., S.-P. Xie, X. Chen, and L. Xu, 2006: A well-mixed warm water column in the central Bohai Sea in summer: Effects of tidal and surface wave mixing. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 111, C11017, doi: 10.1029/2005JC003504. [pdf]
• Nonaka, M., J.P. McCreary, and S.-P. Xie, 2006: Influence of midlatitude winds on the stratification of the equatorial thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 222-237. [pdf]
• de Szoeke, S.P., Y. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and T. Miyama, 2006: The effect of shallow cumulus convection on the eastern Pacific climate in a coupled model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L17713, doi: 10.1029/2006GL026715. [pdf]
• Saji, N.H., S.-P. Xie, and C.-Y. Tam, 2006: Satellite observations of intense intraseasonal cooling events in the tropical South Indian Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L14704, doi: 10.1029/2006GL026525. [pdf]
• Fu, G., J. Guo, S.-P. Xie, Y. Duan, and M. Zhang, 2006: Analysis and high-resolution modeling of a dense sea fog event over the Yellow Sea. Atmos. Res., 81, 293-303.

• Xie, S.-P., H. Xu, W.S. Kessler, and M. Nonaka, 2005: Air-sea interaction over the eastern Pacific warm pool: Gap winds, thermocline dome, and atmospheric convection. J. Climate, 18, 5-25. [pdf]
• Annamalai, S.-P. Xie, J.P. McCreary, and H.R. Murtugudde, 2005: Impact of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature on developing El Nino. J. Climate, 18, 302-319. [pdf]
• Annamalai, H., P. Liu and S.-P. Xie, 2005: Southwest Indian Ocean SST variability: Its local effect and remote influence on Asian monsoons. J. Climate, 18, 4150-4167. [pdf]
• Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, and R.J. Small, 2005: Effects of Central American mountains on the eastern Pacific winter ITCZ and moisture transport. J. Climate, 18, 3856-3873. [pdf]
• Wang, Y., S.-P. Xie, B. Wang and Xu, H., 2005: Large-scale atmospheric forcing by southeast Pacific boundary-layer clouds: A regional model study. J. Climate, 18, 934-951. [pdf]
• Small, R. J., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, S. K. Esbensen, and D. Vickers, 2005: Numerical simulation of boundary layer structure and cross-equatorial flow in the eastern Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1812-1830. [pdf]
• Small, R.J., S.-P. Xie, and J. Hafner, 2005: Satellite observations of mesoscale ocean features and co-propagating atmospheric surface fields in the tropical belt, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C02021, doi: 10.1029/2004JC002598. [pdf]
• Taguchi, B., S.-P. Xie, H. Mitsudera, and A. Kubokawa, 2005: Response of the Kuroshio Extension to Rossby waves associated with the 1970s climate regime shift in a high-resolution ocean model. J. Climate, 18, 2979-2995. [pdf]
• Tokinaga, H., Y. Tanimoto, and S.-P. Xie, 2005: SST-induced surface wind variations over the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence: Satellite and in situ observations. J. Climate, 18, 3470-3482. [pdf]
• Xu, H., S.-P. Xie and Y. Wang, 2005: Subseasonal variability of the Southeast Pacific stratus cloud deck. J. Climate, 18, 131-142. [pdf]
• Liu, Q., S.-P. Xie, L. Li, and N. A. Maximenko, 2005: Ocean thermal advective effect on the annual range of sea surface temperature. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24604, doi: 10.1029/2005GL024493. [pdf]

• Xie, S.-P., 2004: Satellite observations of cool ocean-atmosphere interaction. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 195-208. [Download] >>> BAMS cover
• Xie, S.-P., 2004: The shape of continents, air-sea interaction, and the rising branch of the Hadley circulation. In The Hadley Circulation: Past, Present and Future, H. F. Diaz and R. S. Bradley (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 121-152. [pdf]
• Xie, S.-P. and J.A. Carton, 2004: Tropical Atlantic variability: Patterns, mechanisms, and impacts. In Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie and J.A. Carton (eds.), Geophysical Monograph, 147, AGU, Washington D.C., 121-142. [pdf]
• Wang, C., S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, 2004: A global survey of ocean-atmosphere and climate variability. In Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and J.A. Carton (eds.), Geophysical Monograph, 147, AGU, Washington D.C., 1-19. [pdf]
• Okumura, Y. and S.-P. Xie, 2004: Interaction of the Atlantic equatorial cold tongue and African monsoon. J. Climate, 17, 3588-3601. [pdf]
• Vecchi, G.A., S.-P. Xie and A.S. Fischer, 2004: Ocean-atmosphere covariability in the western Arabian Sea. J. Climate, 17, 1213-1224. [pdf]
• Wang, Y., S.-P. Xie, Xu, H. and B. Wang, 2004: Regional model simulations of marine boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific off South America. Part I: Control experiment. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 274-296. [pdf]
• Wang, Y., H. Xu, and S.-P. Xie, 2004: Regional model simulations of marine boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific off South America. Part II: Sensitivity experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 2650-2668.
• Xu, H., Y. Wang and S.-P. Xie, 2004: Effects of the Andes on eastern Pacific climate: A regional atmospheric model study. J. Climate, 17, 589-602. [pdf]
• Liu, Q., X. Jiang, S.-P. Xie, and W.T. Liu, 2004: A gap in the Indo-Pacific warm pool over the South China Sea in boreal winter: Seasonal development and interannual variability. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 109, C07012, doi:10.1029/2003JC002179. [pdf]
• Endoh, T., H. Mitsudera, S.-P. Xie, B. Qiu, 2004: Thermohaline structure in the subarctic North Pacific simulated in a general circulation model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 360-371. [pdf]
• Hosoda, S., S.-P. Xie, K. Takeuchi and M. Nonaka, 2004: Interdecadal temperature variations in the North Pacific central mode water simulated by an OGCM. J. Oceanogr., 60, 865-877. [pdf]
• Fu, G., Y. Duan, X. Liang and S.-P. Xie, 2004: Observations of a heavy rainfall event in Shanghai on 5 August 2001. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, accepted.

• Xie, S.-P., Q. Xie, D.X. Wang and W.T. Liu, 2003: Summer upwelling in the South China Sea and its role in regional climate variations. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 108, 3261, doi: 10.1029/2003JC001867. [pdf]
• Inatsu, M., H. Mukougawa, and S.-P. Xie, 2003: Atmospheric response to zonal variations in mid-latitude SST: Transient and stationary eddies and their feedback. J. Climate, 16, 3314-3329. [pdf]
• Okajima, H., S.-P. Xie and A. Numaguti, 2003: Interhemispheric coherence of tropical climate variability: Effect of climatological ITCZ. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 81, 1371-1386. [pdf]
• Nonaka, M. and S.-P. Xie, 2003: Co-variations of sea surface temperature and wind over the Kuroshio and its extension: Evidence for ocean-to-atmospheric feedback. J. Climate, 16, 1404-1413. [pdf]
• Cronin, M.F., S.-P. Xie and H. Hashizume, 2003: Barometric pressure variations associated with eastern Pacific tropical instability waves. J. Climate, 16, 3050-3057. [pdf]
• Small, R.J., S.-P. Xie and Y. Wang, 2003: Numerical simulation of atmospheric response to Pacific tropical instability waves. J. Climate, 16, 3723-3741. [pdf]
• Fujiwara, M., S.-P. Xie, M. Shiotani, H. Hashizume, F. Hasebe, H. Vomel, S.J. Oltmans and T. Watanabe, 2003: Upper tropospheric inversion and easterly jet in the tropics. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 108, 4797, doi: 10.1029/2003JD003928. [pdf]
• Hafner, J. and S.-P. Xie, 2003: Far-field simulation of the Hawaiian wake: Sea surface temperature and orographic effects. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 3021-3032. [pdf]
• Yu, Z., N. Maximenko, S.-P. Xie and M. Nonaka, 2003: On the termination of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1215, doi: 10.1029/2002GL016710.
• Wu, R. and S.-P. Xie, 2003: On equatorial Pacific surface wind changes around 1977: NCEP-NCAR reanalysis versus COADS observation. J. Climate, 16, 167-173. [pdf]
• Annamalai, H.R. Murtugudde, J. Potemra, S.-P. Xie, P. Liu and B. Wang, 2003: Coupled dynamics in the Indian Ocean: Spring initiation of the zonal mode. Deep Sea Res. II, 50, 2305-2330.

• Xie, S.-P., H. Annamalai, F.A. Schott and J.P. McCreary, 2002: Structure and mechanisms of South Indian Ocean climate variability. J. Climate, 15, 864-878. [pdf]
• Xie, S.-P., J. Hafner, Y. Tanimoto, W.T. Liu, H. Tokinaga and H. Xu, 2002: Bathymetric effect on the winter sea surface temperature and climate of the Yellow and East China Seas. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 2228, doi: 10.1029/2002GL015884. [pdf]
• Xie, S.-P., 2002: Rich structures of ocean-atmosphere interaction. Tenki (Bull. Meteor. Soc. Japan), 49, 955-968. [MS-WORD files]
• Hashizume, H., S.-P. Xie, M. Fujiwara, M. Shiotani, T. Watanabe, Y. Tanimoto, W. T. Liu, K. Takeuchi, 2002: Direct observations of atmospheric boundary layer response to SST variations associated with tropical instability waves over the eastern equatorial Pacific. J. Climate, 15, 3379-3393. [pdf]
• Inatsu, M., H. Mukougawa and S.-P. Xie, 2002: Tropical and extratropical SST effects on the midlatitude storm track. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1069-1076. [pdf]
• Tanimoto, Y. and S.-P. Xie, 2002: Inter-hemispheric decadal variations in SST, surface wind, heat flux and cloud cover over the Atlantic Ocean. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1199-1219. [Abstract] & [pdf]
• Tomita, T., S.-P. Xie and M. Nonaka, 2002: Estimates of surface and subsurface forcing for decadal sea surface temperature variability in the mid-latitude North Pacific. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1289-1300. [pdf]
• Nonaka, M., S.-P. Xie and J.P McCreary, 2002: Decadal variations in the subtropical cells and equatorial Pacific SST. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 1116, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013676.[pdf]
• Inatsu, M., H. Mukougawa and S.-P. Xie, 2002: Stationary eddy response to surface boundary forcing: Idealized GCM experiments. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1898-1915. [pdf]
• Kubokawa, A. and S.-P. Xie, 2002: Steady response of a ventilated thermocline to enhanced Ekman pumping. J. Oceanogr., 58, 565-575.[Abstract] [, pdf]
• Qu, T., S.-P. Xie, H. Mitsudera, and A. Ishida, 2002: Subduction of the North Pacific mode waters in a global high-resolution GCM. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 746-763.

• Xie, S.-P., W.T. Liu, Q. Liu and M. Nonaka, 2001: Far-reaching Effects of the Hawaiian Islands on the Pacific Ocean-atmosphere system. Science, 292, 2057-2060. [html & pdf (no subsription to Science is necessary)] >>> Press Coverage
• Xie, S.-P. and K. Saito, 2001: Formation and variability of a northerly ITCZ in a hybrid coupled AGCM: Continental forcing and ocean-atmospheric feedback. J. Climate, 14, 1262-1276. pdf
• Okumura, Y., S.-P. Xie, A. Numaguti, Y. Tanimoto, 2001: Tropical Atlantic air-sea interaction and its influence on the NAO. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1507-1510. Download preprint in ps or pdf
• Hashizume, H., S.-P. Xie, W.T. Liu and K. Takeuchi, 2001: Local and remote atmospheric response to tropical instability waves: A global view from the space. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 106, 10 173-10 185. [pdf]
• Hosoda, S., S.-P. Xie, K. Takeuchi and M. Nonaka, 2001: Eastern North Pacific subtropical mode water in a GCM: Formation mechanism and salinity effects. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 106, 19 671-19 681.
• Nonaka, M. and S.-P. Xie, 2000: Propagation of North Pacific interdecadal subsurface temperature anomalies in an ocean GCM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3747-3750. Download preprint in pdf

• Xie, S.-P., T. Kunitani, A. Kubokawa, M. Nonaka and S. Hosoda, 2000: Interdecadal thermocline variability in the North Pacific for 1958-1997: A GCM simulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 2798-2813.---->pdf
• Liu, W.T., X. Xie, P.S. Polito, S.-P. Xie and H. Hashizume, 2000: Atmospheric manifestation of tropical instability waves observed by QuikSCAT and Tropical Rain Measuring Mission. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2545-2548.
• Nonaka, M., S.-P. Xie and K. Takeuchi, 2000: Equatorward spreading of a passive tracer with application to North Pacific interdecadal temperature variations. J. Oceanogr., 56, 173-183. [pdf]
• Inatsu, M., H. Mukougawa and S.-P. Xie, 2000: Formation of subtropical westerly jet in GCMs without mountains. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 529-532.
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• Xie, S.-P. and N. Saiki, 1999: Abrupt onset and slow seasonal evolution of summer monsoon in an idealized GCM simulation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 77, 949-968.----> pdf
• Xie, S.-P., Y. Tanimoto, H. Noguchi and T. Matsuno, 1999: How and why climate variability differs between the tropical Pacific and Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1609-1612.----> pdf
• Xie, S.-P., H. Noguchi and S. Matsumura, 1999: A hemispheric-scale quasi-decadal oscillation and its signature in northern Japan. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 77, 573-582.
• Tanimoto, Y. and S.-P. Xie, 1999: Ocean-atmospheric variability over the pan-Atlantic basin. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 77, 31-46.
• Xie, S.-P., 1999: A dynamic ocean-atmosphere model of the tropical Atlantic decadal variability. J. Climate, 12, 64-70.

• Xie, S.-P., M. Ishiwatari, H. Hashizume and K. Takeuchi, 1998: Coupled ocean-atmospheric waves on the equatorial front. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 3863-3866.
• Xie, S.-P. and Y. Tanimoto, 1998: A pan-Atlantic decadal climate oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2185-2188.---->
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• Xie, S.-P., 1998: Ocean-atmosphere interaction in the making of the Walker circulation and the equatorial cold tongue, J. Climate, 11, 189-201.

• Xie, S.-P. and M. Seki, 1997: Causes of equatorial asymmetry in sea surface temperature over the eastern Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 2581-2584.
• Xie, S.-P., 1997: Stability of equatorially symmtetric and asymmetric climates under annual solar forcing. Q.J.R. Meteor. Soc., 123, 1359-1375.
• Xie, S.-P., 1997: Ocean-atmosphere interaction in the formation of equatorial asymmtery of the tropical climate: Yamamoto-Shyono Medal Lecture. Tenki (Bulletin Meteor. Soc. Japan), 44, 389-398 (in Japanese).
• Xie, S.-P., 1997: Unstable transition of the tropical climate to an equatorially asymmetric state in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 667-679.

• Xie, S.-P., 1996: Effects of seasonal solar forcing on latitudinal asymmetry of the ITCZ. J. Climate, 9, 2945-2950.
• Xie, S.-P., 1996: Westward propagation of latitudinal asymmetry in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3236-3250.
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• Xie, S.-P., 1995: Interaction between the annual and interannual variations in the equatorial Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 1930-1941.

• Xie, S.-P., 1994: On the genesis of the equatorial annual cycle. J. Climate, 7, 2008-2013.
• Xie, S.-P., 1994: The maintenance of an equatorially asymmetric state in a hybrid coupled GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2602-2612.
• Xie, S.-P., 1994: Oceanic response to the wind forcing associated with an ITCZ in the northern hemisphere. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 99, 20393-20402.
• Xie, S.-P., 1994: On preferred zonal scale of wave-CISK with conditional heating. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 72, 19-30.
• Xie, S.-P. and S.G.H. Philander, 1994: A coupled ocean-atmosphere model of relevance to the ITCZ in the eastern Pacific. Tellus, 46A, 340-350.---->[pdf]
• Liu, Z. and S.-P. Xie, 1994: Equatorward propagation of coupled air-sea disturbances with application to the annual cycle of the eastern tropical Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 3807-3822.

• Xie, S.-P., A. Kubokawa and K. Hanawa, 1993: Evaporation-wind feedback and the organizing of tropical convection on the planetary scale. Part I: Quasi-linear instability. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3873-3883.
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• Xie, S.-P., A. Kubokawa and K. Hanawa, 1993: Evaporation-wind feedback and the organizing of tropical convection on the planetary scale. Part II: Nonlinear evolution. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3884-3893.

• Xie, S.-P. and A. Kubokawa, 1990: On the wave-CISK in the presence of a frictional boundary layer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 68, 651-657.

• Xie, S.-P., A. Kubokawa and K. Hanawa, 1989: Oscillations with two feedback processes in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model. J. Climate, 2, 946-964.

Other Notable Publications:

• Xie, S.-P., 2009: Ocean-atmosphere interaction and tropical climate. In Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), submitted. [pdf]
• Tokinaga, H., S.-P. Xie, F. Kobashi, and Y. Tanimoto, 2009: Local and remote influences of the Kuroshio Extension on the atmosphere. Variations (U.S. CLIVAR Newsletter), 7(1), 1-4. [pdf]
• Sampe, T., and S.-P. Xie, 2008: Reply. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 1380. [pdf]
• Donohue, K.A., N. Bond, S. Chen, M. Cronin, P. Hacker, N.G. Hogg, S.R. Jayne, J.-H. Park, J. McClean, G. Mizuta, H. Mitsudera, B. Qiu, L. Rainville, Y. Tanimoto, K. Tracey, D.R. Watts, M. Wimbush, and S.-P. Xie, 2008: Program studies the Kuroshio Extension. EOS, 89, 161-162. [pdf]
• Xie, S.-P., J. Luo, N.H. Saji, and W. Yu, 2006: Thermocline dome and climate variability over the tropical South Indian Ocean. CLIVAR Exchanges, 11, 11-14. [pdf]
• Xie, S.-P., M. Nonaka, Y. Tanimoto, H. Tokinaga, H. Xu, W. S. Kessler, R. J. Small, W. T. Liu, and J. Hafner, 2004: A fine view from space. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 1060-1062. [pdf]
• S.-P. Xie, 2000: Japanese team measures tropical instability effects. Physics Today, 53-12, 11.
• Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy. R. Matzner (Ed.), 526pp, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2001).

Selected Publications in Japanese:

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