IPRC Climate Table of Contents
for current and past issues

Volume 14, No. 1, 2014

Research

Projecting Climate Change in Hawaii

Toward an Ocean Drift Model for Marine Applications

The Sea Level Seesaw of El Nino Taimasa

Meetings
News
IPRC Director Steps Down
Visiting Scholars

 

Volume 13, No. 1, 2013

Research

Leaving the Last Ice Age

Imprint of PDO on South China Sea Throughflow

Detecting Salinity from Space

Meetings
News
Visiting Scholars

Volume 12, No. 2, 2012

Research

South Pacific Rainfall in a Warming Climate

How will Tropical Cyclones Respond to Global Warming?

Warming Sea Surface Couples with Weaker Walker Circulation

Field Studies

Mysterious Rotten-egg Smell of Lake Kauhako

Tsunami Debris on Kaho'olawe?

Meetings
News
Visiting Scholars

Volume 12, No. 1, 2012

Research

Ocean Acidity

Walker Circulation Trends

In the True Spirit of Science

Meetings
News
Visiting Scholars

Volume 11, No. 2, 2011

Research

Fine-Grained Ocean Mixing Vital

Modeling the Stratosphere's "Heartbeat"

Swampy Tales Give Clues about Hawaii's Climate Past

IPRC News
IPRC Meetings
Visiting Scholars

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Volume 11, No. 1, 2011

Research

Global Warming Shifts Monsoon Circulation

Monsoon Region Expands

Is the Threshold Rising for Tropical Convection?

Trade Winds Weaken over the Atlantic

Meetings

IPRC News

Visiting Scholars and New Staff

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Volume 10, No. 2, 2010

Research

How Much Will the World Warm?

How Will Low Clouds Respond to Global Warming?

Meetings
What's New at the APDRC?
IPRC News
Visiting Scholars
New Staff

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Volume 10, No. 1, 2010

Research

Patterns of Regional Climate Change

Rising Seas and the Winds

Kuroshio's Impact on Fog, Clouds, and Storms

Meetings

News and New Staff

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Volume 9, No. 2, 2009

Research

Jet Stream Anchors Meiyu-Baiu Rainband

Mysterious Summer Rains: How does the Tropical Indian Ocean affect Summer Climate of the Northwest Pacific and East Asia

Unlocking El Nino's Past to Forecast it's Future,

Meetings

Year of Tropical Convection
9th IPRC Annual Symposium

News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 9, No. 1, 2009

Research

Research with Fine-Resolution Global Atmospheric Models - A personal perspective

NICAM Captures the Leading Weather Disturbance of the Tropics  

Birth, Growth, & Decay of Tropical Cyclones Simulated by NICAM

Meetings

High-Resolution and Cloud Modeling; Tropical Cyclones
Minisymposium on High-Resolution Atmospheric Modeling
First Steps Toward the Next IPCC Assessment Report
Climate Processes over the Asia-Pacific Region
Capturing the Impacts of Ocean Mixing on the Circulation

News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 8, No. 2, 2008

Research

What Controls Tropical Cyclone Size and Intensity

The Cloud Trails of the Hawaiian Islands

The North Pacific Subtropical Countercurrent

Tracking Ocean Debris

Meetings

ENSO Dynamics and Predictability Summer School
Research for Agricultural Risk Management
First OFES International Workshop
IPRC Participates in PaCIS
Pacific Climate Data Meetings

News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 8, No. 1, 2008

Research

The Gulf Stream’s Pathway to Impact Climate
with contributions by A. Kuwano-Yoshida and N. Komori

Model Globally, Measure Locally!

Mapping High Sea Winds from Space

Meetings

Climate Change and the Pacific Islands
Air-Sea Interaction in the Kuroshio Extension
Jets and Fronts
Advanced Institute on "The Asian Monsoon System"
Making Climate Models More Realistic
East Asian Monsoon Variability and Predictability
NICAM and High-Resolution Global Atmospheric Modeling
Atmospheric Composition Minisymposium

News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 7, No. 2, 2007

Research

Analyses of IPCC Climate Model Data at IPRC by Kevin Hamilton

IPCC Climate Models and the Asian Summer Monsoon by. H. Annamalai

IPCC Climate Models and Tropical Climates
by S.de Szoeke, I. Richter, N.H. Saji, and S.-P. Xie

Meetings

Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
Asian-Australian Monsoon Panel
Satellite Data Analysis
The IPRC – Kyousei 7 Partnership
Seventh Annual IPRC Symposium

News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 7, No. 1, 2007

Research

Why Did Antarctica Warm?

Earth Simulator’s Virtual Ocean Brings New Insights

Forecasting the Intensity of Tropical Cyclones

Features

From Polar Ice Cores to Better Climate Models? by Thomas Stocker
Climate Effects of a Regional Nuclear Conflict by Alan Robock
What’s New at the Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center?

Meetings

Informal Workshop on Climate Feedbacks
Sixth IPRC Annual Symposium
Focus: The Tropical Indian Ocean
Meteorology at the University of Hawai‘i Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
Report on Weather and Climate Extremes in a  Changing Climate
Grappling with Global Climate Variability

News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 6, No. 1, 2006

Research

Narrow Mountains of Asia Shape Monsoon Circulation

More Realistic Simulation of Eastern Pacific Climate

Measuring Deep Ocean Currents: A New Velocity Data Set

Features

Klaus Wyrtki and El Niño by Gisela Speidel
Weather Extremes in a Warmer Climate

Meetings

New Thrusts, New Field Programs in the Pacific
Standards for Ocean Models
Plan for Indian Ocean Observing System
High-Resolution Ocean Modeling on the Earth Simulator

News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 5, No. 2, 2005

Research

More Typhoons over the South China Sea?

Capturing the Daily Rain Cycle in the Tropics

ISO Impact on Ocean Depends on Season

Features

“Suki” Manabe, Pioneer of Climate Modeling by Gisela Speidel
Forecasting Monsoon Rainfall
What’s Happening at the Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center?

Meetings

Fifth Annual IPRC Symposium
IPRC Regional Ocean–Atmosphere Model Meeting
IPRC Hosts NASA Science Team for the Earth Observing System

News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 5, No. 1, 2005

Research

Satellites Are Changing Our View of the World Ocean

Simulating Turbulence in the Ocean

The Changing Rainfall in China

Did Ocean Waves Transmit Abrupt Changes in Glacial Climate?

Meetings

The Latest on Tropical Atmopsheric Disturbances: The MJO
Tracking Indian Ocean Climate by Gary Meyers
Ancient and Modern Pathways of Climate Signals
by B. Otto-Bliesner, R. Bradley, and H. Diaz

IPRC Hosts Workshop for Upcoming Climate Assessment Report
Forecasting Climate: The Kyosei-7 Project

News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 4, No.2, 2004

Research

South China Sea Takes Center Stage

Explosive Volcanic Eruptions and the Atmosphere by Kevin Hamilton

Features

What’s New at the Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center?
Data Surprises by Roland Madden
When do the Monsoon Rains Start?

Meetings

Atmospheric Gravity Waves and their Effects on the Global Circulation
Fourth Annual IPRC Symposium
Predicting Tropical Cyclones
Studies with Japan’s Earth Simulator
Scale Interactions in Climate and Marine Ecosystems
IPRC Scientists Play Key Role in Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting

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Volume 4, No. 1, 2004

Research

Ocean Upwelling Slows Wind Jet off Africa’s Coast

The Global Ocean: A 10-Year Portrait of the Near-Surface Circulation

Tropical Rainfall: Within-Season Variations

The Future of Shelf Seas

“Partly Cloudy, Chance of Showers”

Workshops

Monsoon Meetings at IPRC
The Fifth Decadal Climate Workshop

IPRC News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 3, No. 2, 2003

Research

Stirring and Mixing of Marine Ecosystems

Indian Ocean Temperature Patterns Affect Climate

Indian Ocean Climate and El Niño: A Two-Way Affair?

Local Feedbacks and Global Climate Sensitivity

Features

Mysteries of Lightning
The Need for Interdisciplinary Research in Ocean Science by Raleigh Hood

Earth Simulator News

Global Atmospheric Modeling Using the Earth Simulator
Global Ocean Modeling Using the Earth Simulator

Workshops

Progress in Predicting Climate

News and New IPRC Staff

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Volume 3, No. 1, 2003

Research

Variations in the California Current

Tracing the Subarctic Circulation in the North Pacific

The Birth of Tropical Storms

El Niño: Exploring its Background State

Meetings

Field Experiment Examines Effects of Deep
Tropical Convection
Capturing the Daily Cycle in Global Atmospheric Models
The Hadley Circulation: Present, Past, and Future
Stewards of the World Ocean

Features

How Sensitive is Climate to Greenhouse Gases?
What’s New at the Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center?
New International Center for Climate and Society

News and New Staff at IPRC

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Volume 2, No. 2, 2002

Research

Kuroshio’s Surprising Effect on Winds

Ocean Depth Affects Local Climate

A New Method for Tracking Ocean Dynamics

Climate Response to Strong Global Perturbations

Probing into the Workings of Climate with the IPRC Regional Climate Model

Meetings

Will Curbing Air Pollution Reduce Global Warming?
Second IPRC Annual Symposium

Features

New IPRC Staff
Visitors
News of IPRC Scientists
The Making of a Climatologist

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Volume 2, No. 1, 2002

Research

Unraveling the Dynamics of the Tsuchiya Jets

Absolute Sea Level Maps for the Kuroshio Extension

El Niño and Anomalous Asian–Australian Monsoons: Remote Forcing or Local Air–Sea Interaction

The Role of the Stratosphere in Tropospheric  Climate Variability and Climate Change by Kevin Hamilton

Climate and Society: A New Research Area at IPRC 

Meetings

Understanding Stratospheric Processes by Kevin Hamilton
Pacific Climate and Fisheries
Indian Ocean Dipole Takes Center Stage by Shang-Ping Xie
CLIVAR’s Pacific Focus
Closer Japan–US Partnership in Climate Research

Features

Go Data Shopping!
News of IPRC Scientists
New Scientific Staff

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Volume 1, Fall 2001

Research

The Hawaiian Isles’ Remarkable Effect on Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation

Currents of the Western South Pacific

The IPRC-Regional Climate Model  

Effects of Volcanic Eruptions on Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation

Meetings

IPRC Scores High! by Takuji Waseda
IPRC Holds First Annual Symposium
Plans for Ongoing, Real-Time Assimilated Ocean Data by Humio Mitsudera
Monsoon Issues
Forecasting Regional Climate

Features

Keeping Up-to-Date on Decadal Climate Variability
Improving Climate Models
News of IPRC Researchers
New Scientific Staff
Visit by JAMSTEC Chairman

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Volume 1, Spring 2001

Introducing the IPRC Climate Newsletter by Julian McCreary

Research

Searching for the Cause of Slow in the Equatorial Pacific

Modeling North Pacific Ocean Climate

A Mechanism for Long-Term Changes in El Niño and the Southern Oscillation

Workshops

Observational Needs for Climate Research
Coherent Measurements on the Pacific Soon to Come

A Database for North Pacific Climate and Asia-Pacific Network for Climate Information

Events

IPRC Moves into New Offices
Japan’s Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Visits IPRC

Features

Global Warming Predictions
On the Predictability of El Niño
Coming and Going
Visiting Scholars

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