YOTC Science Publications

This bibliography is constructed based on a search of peer-reviewed literature or formal technical reports that included either YOTC or Year of Tropical Convection in the title, abstract or text. Many thanks to Ann Coppin, JPL Library.

Articles in Press

Jung, T., et al. (2016), Advancing polar prediction capabilities on daily to seasonal time scales, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Online Early Release, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00246.1

Penny, A. B., P. A. Harr, and J. D. Doyle (2016), Sensitivity to the representation of microphysical processes in numerical simulations during tropical storm formation, Monthly Weather Review, Online Early Release, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0259.1

Parsons, D. B., and Coauthors (2016), THORPEX Research and the Science of Prediction,  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,  in press.

2016

Kim, H.K., and K.H. Seo (2016), Cluster Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Tracks over the Western North Pacific Using a Self-Organizing Map, Journal of Climate, 29, 3731-3751, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0380.1

Matsui, T., J.D. Chern, W.K. Tao, S. Lang, M. Satoh, T. Hashino, and T. Kubota (2016), On the Land-Ocean Contrast of Tropical Convection and Microphysics Statistics Derived from TRMM Satellite Signals and Global Storm-Resolving Models, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17, 1425-1445, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0111.1

Ogrosky, H. R., and S. N. Stechmann (2016), Identifying convectively coupled equatorial waves using theoretical wave eigenvectors, Monthly Weather Review,144, 2235-2264. doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0292.1

Teubler, F., and M. Riemer (2016), Dynamics of Rossby Wave Packets in a Quantitative Potential Vorticity–Potential Temperature Framework, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73(3), 1063-1081, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0162.1

Vincent, C. L., and T. P. Lane (2016), Evolution of the diurnal precipitation cycle with the passage of a Madden-Julian Oscillation event through the Maritime Continent, Monthly Weather Review, 144, 1983-2005, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0326.1

Yano, J-I., and M. W. Moncrieff (2016), Numerical archetypal parameterization for mesoscale convective systems. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 2585-2602, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-0207.1

Zhao, H., X. Jiang, and L. Wu (2016), Boreal Summer Synoptic-Scale Waves over the Western North Pacific in Multi-model Simulations, Journal of Climate, 29, 4487-4508, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0696.1

2015

Bi, M., T. Li, X. Shen, and M. Peng (2015), To what extent the presence of real-strength tropical cyclones influences the estimation of atmospheric intraseasonal oscillation intensity?, Atmospheric Science Letters, 16, 438-444, doi: 10.1002/asl.579

Cavanaugh, N., T. Allen, A. Subramanian, B. Mapes, H. Seo, and A. Miller (2015), The skill of atmospheric linear inverse models in hindcasting the Madden–Julian Oscillation, Climate Dynamics, 44(3-4), 897-906, doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2181-x

Christensen, H. M., I. M. Moroz, and T. N. Palmer (2015), Stochastic and perturbed parameter representations of model uncertainty in convection parameterization*, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72(6), 2525–2544, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0250.1

Del Genio, A. D., J. Wu, A. B. Wolf, Y. Chen, M.-S. Yao, and D. Kim (2015), Constraints on Cumulus Parameterization from Simulations of Observed MJO Events, Journal of Climate, 28, 6419-6442, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00832.1

Eguchi, N., K. Kodera, and T. Nasuno (2015), A global non-hydrostatic model study of a downward coupling through the tropical tropopause layer during a stratospheric sudden warming, Atmos.Chem.Phys., 15(1), 297-304, doi: 10.5194/acp-15-297-2015

Evans, B., et al. (2015), The NCI High Performance Computing and High Performance Data Platform to Support the Analysis of Petascale Environmental Data Collections, in Environmental Software Systems. Infrastructures, Services and Applications, edited by R. Denzer, R. Argent, G. Schimak and J. Hřebíček, pp. 569-577, Springer International Publishing, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-15994-2_58

Holloway, C. E., S. J. Woolnough, and G. M. S. Lister (2015), The effects of explicit versus parameterized convection on the MJO in a large-domain high-resolution tropical case tudy. Part II: Processes leading to differences in MJO development, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72, 2719-2743, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0308.1

Jiang, X., et al. (2015), Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Exploring key model physics in climate simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120, 4718-4748, doi: 10.1002/2014JD022375

Klingaman, N. P., X. Jiang, P. K. Xavier, J. Petch, D. Waliser, and S. J. Woolnough (2015), Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Synthesis and summary, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023196

Klingaman, N. P., et al. (2015), Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Linking hindcast fidelity to simulated diabatic heating and moistening, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, doi: 10.1002/2014JD022374

Lee, S.-S., B. Wang, D. Waliser, J. Neena, and J.-Y. Lee (2015), Predictability and prediction skill of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation in the Intraseasonal Variability Hindcast Experiment, Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2461-5

Luo, Q., and W.-w. Tung (2015), Case study of moisture and heat budgets within atmospheric rivers, Monthly Weather Review, 143, 4145-4152, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0006.1

Ma, P.L., P. J. Rasch, M. Wang, H. Wang, S. J. Ghan, R. C. Easter, W. I. Gustafson, X. Liu, Y. Zhang, and H.-Y. Ma (2015), How does increasing horizontal resolution in a global climate model improve the simulation of aerosol-cloud interactions?, Geophysical Research Letters; 2015GL064183, doi: 10.1002/2015GL064183

Moncrieff, M.W., and D.E. Waliser (2015), Organized convection and the YOTC project, Chapter 15: Seamless Prediction of the Earth-System: From Minutes to Months, (G. Brunet, S Jones, P.M. Ruti Eds.), WMO-No. 1156, ISBN 978-92-63-11156-2, Geneva, Switzerland, http://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/wmo_1156_en.pdf

Ogrosky, H. R., and S. N. Stechmann (2015), The MJO skeleton model with observation-based background state and forcing, Q.J.R.Meteorol.Soc., doi: 10.1002/qj.2552

Oh, J.H., X. Jiang, D. E. Waliser, M. W. Moncrieff, and R. H. Johnson (2015), Convective Momentum Transport Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation Based on a Reanalysis Dataset, Journal of Climate, 72, 5763-5782, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00570.1

Oh, J-H, Xianan Jiang, Duane E. Waliser, Mitchell W. Moncrieff, Richard H. Johnson, and Paul Ciesielski (2015), A Momentum Budget Analysis of Westerly Wind Events Associated with the Madden–Julian Oscillation during DYNAMO. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 3780–3799, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0044.1

Papritz, L., and T. Spengler (2015), Analysis of the slope of isentropic surfaces and its tendencies over the North Atlantic, Q.J.R.Meteorol.Soc., doi: 10.1002/qj.2605

Penny, A. B., P. A. Harr, and M. M. Bell (2015), Observations of a non-developing tropical disturbance in the western North Pacific during TCS-08 (2008), Monthly Weather Review, 143, 2459-2484, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00163.1

Seiki, T., C. Kodama, M. Satoh, T. Hashino, Y. Hagihara, and H. Okamoto (2015), Vertical grid spacing necessary for simulating tropical cirrus clouds with a high-resolution atmospheric general circulation model, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1002/2015GL064282

Ulate, M., C. Zhang, and J. Dudhia (2015), Role of water vapor and convection-circulation decoupling in MJO simulations by a tropical channel model, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., doi: 10.1002/2014MS000393

Wang, C.C., H. C. Kuo, R. H. Johnson, C.-Y. Lee, S.-Y. Huang, and Y. H. Chen (2015), A numerical study of convection in rainbands of Typhoon Morakot (2009) with extreme rainfall: roles of pressure perturbations with low-level wind maxima, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 15, 8479-8523, doi: 10.5194/acpd-15-8479-2015

Wang, C.C., B.-X. Lin, C.-T. Chen, and S.-H. Lo (2015), Quantifying the Effects of Long-term Climate Change on Tropical Cyclone Rainfall using A Cloud-Resolving Model: Examples of Two Landfall Typhoons in Taiwan, Journal of Climate, 28(1), 66-85, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00044.1

Wyant, M. C., et al. (2015), Global and regional modeling of clouds and aerosols in the marine boundary layer during VOCALS: the VOCA intercomparison, Atmos.Chem.Phys., 15(1), 53-172, doi: 110.5194/acp-15-153-2015

Xavier, P. K., et al. (2015), Vertical structure and diabatic processes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Biases and uncertainties at short range, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120, 4671-4689, doi: 10.1002/2014JD022718

2014

Barton, N. P., S. A. Klein, and J. S. Boyle (2014), On the Contribution of Longwave Radiation to Global Climate Model Biases in Arctic Lower Tropospheric Stability, Journal of Climate, 27, 7250–7269, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00126.1

Boos, W. R., J. V. Hurley, and V. S. Murthy (2014), Adiabatic westward drift of Indian monsoon depressions, Q.J.R.Meteorol.Soc., doi: 10.1002/qj.2454

de Boer, G., M. D. Shupe, P. M. Caldwell, S. E. Bauer, P. O. G. Persson, J. S. Boyle, M. Kelley, S. A. Klein, and M. Tjernström (2014), Near-surface meteorology during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS): evaluation of reanalyses and global climate models, Atmos.Chem.Phys., 14, 427-445, doi: 10.5194/acp-14-427-2014

Fermepin, S., and S. Bony (2014), Influence of low-cloud radiative effects on tropical circulation and precipitation, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 6(3), 513-526, doi: 10.1002/2013MS000288

Grant, L. D., and S. C. van den Heever (2014), Aerosol-cloud-land surface interactions within tropical sea breeze convection, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119(13), 8340–8361, doi: 10.1002/2014JD021912

Hogan, E., A. Shelly, and P. Xavier (2014), The observed and modelled influence of the Madden–Julian Oscillation on East African rainfall, Meteorol.Appl., doi: 10.1002/met.1475

Kiladis, G. N., J. Dias, K. H. Straub, M. C. Wheeler, S. N. Tulich, K. Kikuchi, K. M. Weickmann, and M. J. Ventrice (2014), A comparison of OLR and circulation based indices for tracking the MJO, Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 2491-2505, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00301.1

Klingaman, N. P., and S. J. Woolnough (2014), Using a case-study approach to improve the Madden-Julian Oscillation in the Hadley Centre model, Q.J.R.Meteorol.Soc., 140, 2491–2505, doi: 10.1002/qj.2314

Ma, H. Y., et al. (2014), On the correspondence between mean forecast errors and climate errors in CMIP5 models, Journal of Climate, 27(4), 1781-1798, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00474.1

Maheskumar, R. S., S. G. Narkhedkar, S. B. Morwal, B. Padmakumari, D. R. Kothawale, R. R. Joshi, C. G. Deshpande, R. V. Bhalwankar, and J. R. Kulkarni (2014), Mechanism of high rainfall over the Indian west coast region during the monsoon season, Climate Dynamics, 43(5-6), 1513-1529, doi: 10.1007/s00382-013-1972-9

Park, M.-S., H.-S. Kim, C.-H. Ho, R. L. Elsberry, and M.-I. Lee (2014), Tropical Cyclone Mekkhala (2008) Formation over the South China Sea: Mesoscale, Synoptic-scale and Large-scale Contributions, Monthly Weather Review, 143, 88-110, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00119.1

Riemer, M., M. Baumgart, and S. Eiermann (2014), Cyclogenesis downstream of extratropical transition analyzed by Q-vector partitioning based on flow geometry, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71, 4204–4220, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0023.1

Shelly, A., P. Xavier, D. Copsey, T. Johns, J. M. Rodríguez, S. Milton, and N. Klingaman (2014), Coupled versus uncoupled hindcast simulations of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in the Year of Tropical Convection, Geophysical Research Letters, 41(15), 5670-5677, doi: 10.1002/2013GL059062

Tu, C.C., Y.L. Chen, C.-S. Chen, P.-L. Lin, and P.-H. Lin (2014), A comparison of two heavy rainfall events during the Terrain-influenced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (TiMREX) 2008, Monthly Weather Review, 142, 2436–2463, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00293.1

Ulate, M., J. Dudhia, and C. Zhang (2014), Sensitivity of the water cycle over the Indian Ocean and Maritime Continent to parameterized physics in a regional model, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 6(4), 1095-1120, doi: 10.1002/2014MS000313

Wood, R., et al. (2014), Clouds, Aerosols, and Precipitation in the Marine Boundary Layer: An Arm Mobile Facility Deployment, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96(3), 419-440, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00180.1.

Zhu, Z., T. Li, P.C. Hsu, and J. He (2014), A spatial–temporal projection model for extended- range forecast in the tropics, Climate Dynamics, Online First Articles doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2353-8

2013

Beattie, J. C. and R. L. Elsberry (2013), Horizontal Structure of Monsoon Depressions in the Western North Pacific at Formation Time, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40(5), 983-987, doi: 10.1002/grl.50198

Bony, S., G. Bellon, D. Klocke, S. Sherwood, S. Fermepin, and S. Denvil (2013), Robust direct effect of carbon dioxide on tropical circulation and regional precipitation, Nature Geosci, 6(6), 447-451, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1799

Bourassa, M. A., S. T. Gille, C. Bitz, D. Carlson, I. Cerovecki, C. A. Clayson, M. F. Cronin, W. M. Drennan, C. W. Fairall, R. N. Hoffman, G. Magnusdottir, R. T. Pinker, I. A. Renfrew, M. Serreze, K. Speer, L. D. Talley, and G. A. Wick (2013), High-Latitude Ocean and Sea Ice Surface Fluxes: Challenges for Climate Research, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94(3), 403-423, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00244.1

Chang, E. K. M., M. Peña, and Z. Toth (2013), International Research Collaboration in High Impact Weather Prediction, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94(11), ES149-ES151, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00057.1

Davis, C. A., S. C. Jones, D. Anwender, J. Badey, and L. Scheck (2013), Mesoscale cyclogenesis over the western North Pacific Ocean during TPARC, Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 65, 18621, doi: 10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.18621

Davis, J., P. Knippertz, and A. H. Fink (2013), The predictability of precipitation episodes during the West African dry season, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 139(673), 1047-1058, doi: 10.1002/qj.2014

De, S. and A. K. Sahai (2013), Predictability of Indian Monsoon Circulation with High Resolution ECMWF Model in the Perspective of Tropical Forecast During the Tropical Convection Year 2008, Pure Appl. Geophys., 1-18, doi: 10.1007/s00024-013-0642-5

Fu, X., J. Lee, B. Wang, W. Wang, and F. Vitart (2013), Intraseasonal Forecasting of Asian Summer Monsoon in Four Operational and Research Models, J. Climate, 26(12), 4186-4203, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00252.1

Harikumar, R., T. M. Balakrishnan Nair, G. S. Bhat, S. Nayak, V. S. Reddem, and S. S. C. Shenoi (2013), Ship-mounted real-time surface observational system on board Indian Vessels for validation and refinement of model forcing fields, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 30(3), 626-637, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00212.1

Hashino, T., M. Satoh, Y. Hagihara, T. Kubota, T. Matsui, T. Nasuno, and H. Okamoto (2013), Evaluating cloud microphysics from NICAM against CloudSat and CALIPSO, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118(13), 7273-7292, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50564

Hirons, L. C., P. Inness, F. Vitart, and P. Bechtold (2013), Understanding advances in the simulation of intraseasonal variability in the ECMWF model. Part I: The representation of the MJO, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 139(675), 1417-1426, doi: 10.1002/qj.2060

Hirons, L. C., P. Inness, F. Vitart, and P. Bechtold (2013), Understanding advances in the simulation of intraseasonal variability in the ECMWF model. Part II: The application of process-based diagnostics, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 139(675), 1427-1444, doi: 10.1002/qj.2059

Holloway, C. E., S. J. Woolnough, and G. M. S. Lister (2013), The effects of explicit versus parameterized convection on the MJO in a large-domain high-resolution tropical case study. Part I: Characterization of large-scale organization and propagation, J. Atmos. Sci., 70(5), 1342-1369, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0227.1

Kumar, A., A. K. Mitra, A. K. Bohra, G. R. Iyengar, and V. R. Durai (2013), Multi-model ensemble (MME) prediction of rainfall using neural networks during monsoon season in India, MAUSAM, 64(2), 211-220, doi: http://metnet.imd.gov.in/mausamdocs/16421_F.pdf

Li, J., R. Swinbank, R. Ding, and W. Duan (2013), Dynamics and Predictability of High-Impact Weather and Climate Events, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94(12), ES179-ES182, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00213.1

Manoj, M. G., P. C. S. Devara, and S. Taraphdar (2013), Lidar investigation of tropical nocturnal boundary layer aerosols and cloud macrophysics, Atmos. Res., 132–133(0), 65-75, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.05.007

Masarik, M. T. and W. H. Schubert (2013), Analytical solutions of the potential vorticity invertibility principle, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 5(2), 366-381, doi: 10.1002/jame.20011

Ruppert, J. H., R. H. Johnson, and A. K. Rowe (2013), Diurnal Circulations and Rainfall in Taiwan during SoWMEX/TiMREX (2008), Mon. Wea. Rev., 141(11), 3851-3872, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00301.1

Ryoo, J., Y. Kaspi, D. W. Waugh, G. N. Kiladis, D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, and J. Kim (2013), Impact of Rossby wave breaking on U.S. west coast winter precipitation during ENSO events, J. Climate, 26(17), 6360-6382, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00297.1

Wang, C., H. Kuo, T. Yeh, C. Chung, Y. Chen, S. Huang, Y. Wang, and C. Liu (2013), High-resolution Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts and Simulations by the Cloud-Resolving Storm Simulator (CReSS) for Typhoon Morakot (2009), Journal of Hydrology, 506, 26-41, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.018.

Wang, C. and B. Lin (2013), Effects of Long-term Climate Change on A Rainy Typhoon near Taiwan, Focus, 3(3), doi: http://www.apectyphoon.org/sdt175/img/img/3863/Newsletter_September_2013/3._Focus__Wang.pdf

Wheeler, M., E. Maloney, and MJO Task Force (2013), Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) Task Force: a joint effort of the climate and weather communities, CLIVAR Exchanges(61), 9-12, doi: http://www.clivar.org/sites/default/files/Exchanges/Exchanges%2061.pdf

Williams, K. D., A. Bodas-Salcedo, M. Déqué, S. Fermepin, B. Medeiros, M. Watanabe, C. Jakob, S. A. Klein, C. A. Senior, and D. L. Williamson (2013), The Transpose-AMIP II experiment and its application to the understanding of Southern Ocean cloud biases in climate models, J. Climate, 26(10), 3258-3274, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00429.1

Xu, Y., T. Li, and M. Peng (2013), Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Western North Pacific as Revealed by the 2008-2009 YOTC data, Wea. Forecasting, 28(4), 1038-1056, doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-12-00104.1

Yoneyama, K., C. Zhang, and C. N. Long (2013), Tracking Pulses of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94(12), 1871-1891, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00157.1

Yu, C. and L. Cheng (2013), Distribution and Mechanisms of Orographic Precipitation Associated with Typhoon Morakot (2009), J. Atmos. Sci., 70(9), 2894-2915, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0340.1

Zhang, C. (2013), Madden-Julian Oscillation: Bridging Weather and Climate, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94(12), 1849-1870, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00026.1

Zhang, C., J. Gottschalck, E. D. Maloney, M. W. Moncrieff, F. Vitart, D. E. Waliser, B. Wang, and M. C. Wheeler (2013), Cracking the MJO nut, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40(6), 1223-1230, doi: 10.1002/grl.50244

2012

Barton, N. P., S. A. Klein, J. S. Boyle, and Y. Y. Zhang (2012), Arctic synoptic regimes: Comparing domain-wide Arctic cloud observations with CAM4 and CAM5 during similar dynamics, J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 117, D15205, doi: 10.1029/2012JD017589

Beattie, J. C. and R. L. Elsberry (2012), Western North Pacific Monsoon Depression Formation, Wea. Forecasting, 27(6), 1413-1432, doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00094.1

Bennartz, R. and M. Schroeder (2012), Convective Activity over Africa and the Tropical Atlantic Inferred from 20 Years of Geostationary Meteosat Infrared Observations, J. Climate, 25(1), 156-169, doi:10.1175/2011JCLI3984.1

Bosart, L. F., J. M. Cordeira, T. J. Galarneau, B. J. Moore, and H. M. Archambault (2012), An Analysis of Multiple Predecessor Rain Events ahead of Tropical Cyclones Ike and Lowell: 10–15 September 2008, Mon. Wea. Rev., 140(4), 1081-1107, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00163.1

Hande, L. B., S. T. Siems, M. J. Manton, and D. Belusic (2012), Observations of wind shear over the Southern Ocean, J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 117, D12206, doi: 10.1029/2012JD017488

Holloway, C. E., S. J. Woolnough, and G. M. S. Lister (2012), Precipitation distributions for explicit versus parametrized convection in a large-domain high-resolution tropical case study, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 138(668), 1692-1708, doi: 10.1002/qj.1903

Hsu, P. and T. Li (2012), Role of the Boundary Layer Moisture Asymmetry in Causing the Eastward Propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation*, J. Clim., 25(14), 4914-4931, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00310.1

Jiang, C., S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, K. Yoshimura, and M. Kanamitsu (2012), Spatial Variation in Turbulent Heat Fluxes in Drake Passage, J. Clim., 25(5), 1470-1488, doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI4071.1

Kamae, Y. and M. Watanabe (2012), Tropospheric adjustment to increasing CO2: its timescale and the role of land–sea contrast, Clim. Dyn., 1-18, doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1555-1

Kubar, T. L., D. E. Waliser, J. Li, and X. Jiang (2012), On the Annual Cycle, Variability, and Correlations of Oceanic Low-Topped Clouds with Large-Scale Circulation Using Aqua MODIS and ERA-Interim, J. Clim., 25(18), 6152-6174, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00478.1

Lang, S. T. K., M. Leutbecher, and S. C. Jones (2012), Impact of perturbation methods in the ECMWF ensemble prediction system on tropical cyclone forecasts, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 138(669), 2030-2046, doi: 10.1002/qj.1942

Liu, Z., D. Ostrenga, W. Teng, and S. Kempler (2012), Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Data and Services for Research and Applications, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93(9), 1317-1325, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00152.1

Ma, H. -Y., S. Xie, J. S. Boyle, S. A. Klein, and Y. Zhang (2012), Metrics and diagnostics for precipitation-related processes in climate model short-range hindcasts, J. Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00235.1

Mitovski, T., I. Folkins, R. V. Martin, and M. Cooper (2012), Testing convective transport on short time scales: Comparisons with mass divergence and ozone anomaly patterns about high rain events, J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 117, D02109, doi: 10.1029/2011JD016321

Moncrieff, M. W., D. E. Waliser, and J. Caughey (2012), Progress and direction in tropical convection research: YOTC International Science Symposium, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93(8), ES65-ES69, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00253.1

Moncrieff, M. W., D. E. Waliser, M. J. Miller, M. A. Shapiro, G. R. Asrar, and J. Caughey (2012), Multiscale Convective Organization and the YOTC Virtual Global Field Campaign, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93(8), 1171-1187, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00233.1

Robertson, F. R. and J. B. Roberts (2012), Intraseasonal Variability in MERRA Energy Fluxes over the Tropical Oceans, J. Clim., 25(17), 5629-5647, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00428.1

Rosenfeld, J. (2012), Letter from the Editor: the Best Laid Plans, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 93(8), 1112-1112.

Shen, B., W. Tao, Y. Lin, and A. Laing (2012), Genesis of twin tropical cyclones as revealed by a global mesoscale model: The role of mixed Rossby gravity waves, J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 117, D13114, doi: 10.1029/2012JD017450

Shen, B., W. Tao, Y. Lin, and A. Laing (2012), Genesis of twin tropical cyclones as revealed by a global mesoscale model: The role of mixed Rossby gravity waves (vol 117, D13114, 2012), J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 117, D16199, doi: 10.1029/2012JD018598

Silvers, L. G. and W. H. Schubert (2012), A Theory of Topographically Bound Balanced Motions and Application to Atmospheric Low-Level Jets, J. Atmos. Sci., 69(9), 2878-2891, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0309.1

Sperber, K. R., J. M. Slingo, and P. M. Inness (2012), Modeling intraseasonal variability, in Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System, 2^nd ed., edited by W. K. M. Lau et al, pp. 399-431, Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 10.1007/978-3-642-13914-7_11

Sperber, K. R. and D. Kim (2012), Simplified metrics for the identification of the Madden?Julian oscillation in models, Atmospheric Science Letters, 13(3), 187-193, doi: 10.1002/asl.378

Waliser, D. (2012), Predictability and forecasting, in Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System, 2^nd ed., edited by W. K. M. Lau et al, pp. 433-476, Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 10.1007/978-3-642-13914-7_12

Waliser, D. E., M. W. Moncrieff, D. Burridge, A. H. Fink, D. Gochis, B. N. Goswami, B. Guan, P. Harr, J. Heming, Huang-Hsuing Hsu, C. Jakob, M. Janiga, R. Johnson, S. Jones, P. Knippertz, J. Marengo, H. Nguyen, M. Pope, Y. Serra, and C. Thorncroft (2012), The "Year" of Tropical Convection (May 2008-April 2010), Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 93(8), 1189-1218, doi: 10.1175/2011BAMS3095.1

Wang, C., H. Kuo, Y. Chen, H. Huang, C. Chung, and K. Tsuboki (2012), Effects of Asymmetric Latent Heating on Typhoon Movement Crossing Taiwan: The Case of Morakot (2009) with Extreme Rainfall, J. Atmos. Sci., doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0346.1

Xie, S., H. Ma, J. S. Boyle, S. A. Klein, and Y. Zhang (2012), On the Correspondence between Short- and Long- Timescale Systematic Errors in CAM4/CAM5 for the Years of Tropical Convection, J. Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00134.1

Yamaguchi, M., T. Nakazawa, and K. Aonashi (2012), Tropical cyclone track forecasts using JMA model with ECMWF and JMA initial conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L09801, doi: 10.1029/2012GL051473

Zhou, L., A. H. Sobel, and R. Murtugudde (2012), Kinetic Energy Budget for the Madden–Julian Oscillation in a Multiscale Framework, J. Climate, 25(15), 5386-5403, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00339.1

2011

Chang, C., N. Lau, R. H. Johnson, and M. Jiao (2011), Bridging Weather and Climate in Research and Forecasts of the Global Monsoon System, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92(3), 369-373, doi: 10.1175/2010BAMS2984.1

Chien, F. and H. Kuo (2011), On the extreme rainfall of Typhoon Morakot (2009), J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 116, D05104, doi: 10.1029/2010JD015092

Fu, X. and P. Hsu (2011), Extended-range ensemble forecasting of tropical cyclogenesis in the northern Indian Ocean: Modulation of Madden-Julian Oscillation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L15803, doi: 10.1029/2011GL048249

Fu, X., B. Wang, J. Lee, W. Wang, and L. Gao (2011), Sensitivity of Dynamical Intraseasonal Prediction Skills to Different Initial Conditions*, Mon. Wea. Rev., 139(8), 2572-2592, doi: 10.1175/2011MWR3584.1

Grams, C. M., H. Wernli, M. Böttcher, J. ?ampa, U. Corsmeier, S. C. Jones, J. H. Keller, C. Lenz, and L. Wiegand (2011), The key role of diabatic processes in modifying the upper-tropospheric wave guide: a North Atlantic case-study, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 137(661), 2174-2193, doi: 10.1002/qj.891

Hamill, T. M., J. S. Whitaker, D. T. Kleist, M. Fiorino, and S. G. Benjamin (2011), Predictions of 2010's Tropical Cyclones Using the GFS and Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation Methods, Mon. Weather Rev., 139(10), 3243-3247, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00079.1

Hendon, H. H., K. R. Sperber, D. E. Waliser, and M. C. Wheeler (2011), Modeling monsoon intraseasonal variability: from theory to operational forecasting, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92(9), E32-ES35, doi: 10.1175/2011BAMS3164.1

Kahn, B. H., J. Teixeira, E. J. Fetzer, A. Gettelman, S. Hristova-Veleva, X. Huang, A. K. Kochanski, M. Köhler, S. K. Krueger, R. Wood, and M. Zhao (2011), Temperature and Water Vapor Variance Scaling in Global Models: Comparisons to Satellite and Aircraft Data, J. Atmos. Sci., 68(9), 2156-2168, doi: 10.1175/2011JAS3737.1

Kim, D., A. H. Sobel, E. D. Maloney, D. M. W. Frierson, and I. Kang (2011), A Systematic Relationship between Intraseasonal Variability and Mean State Bias in AGCM Simulations, J. Clim., 24(21), 5506-5520, doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI4177.1

Klingaman, N. (2011), Meeting Report: Tropical convection, Weather, 66(12), 336-337, doi: 10.1002/wea.859

Kubar, T. L., D. E. Waliser, and J. -L. Li (2011), Boundary Layer and Cloud Structure Controls on Tropical Low Cloud Cover Using A-Train Satellite Data and ECMWF Analyses, J. Clim., 24(1), 194-215, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3702.1

Ray, P., C. Zhang, M. W. Moncrieff, J. Dudhia, J. M. Caron, L. Ruby Leung, and C. Bruyere (2011), Role of the atmospheric mean state on the initiation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in a tropical channel model, Clim. Dyn., 36(1-2), 161-184, doi: 10.1007/s00382-010-0859-2

Ridout, J. A. and M. K. Flatau (2011), Convectively coupled Kelvin wave propagation past Sumatra: A June case and corresponding composite analysis, J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 116, D07106, doi: 10.1029/2010JD014981

Ridout, J. A. and M. K. Flatau (2011), Kelvin wave time scale propagation features of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) as measured by the Chen-MJO index, J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 116, D18102, doi:10.1029/2011JD015925

Teo, C., T. Koh, J. C. Lo, and B. C. Bhatt (2011), Principal Component Analysis of Observed and Modeled Diurnal Rainfall in the Maritime Continent, J. Clim., 24(17), 4662-4675, doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI4047.1

Wood, R., Mechoso, B. C. R. C. S., R. A. Weller, B. Huebert, F. Straneo, H. C. Albrecht, G. Allen, G. Vaughan, P. Daum, C. Fiarall, D. Chand, L. G. Klenner, R. Garreaud, C. Grados, D. S. Covert, T. S. Bates, R. Krejci, L. M. Russell, S. de Szoeke, A. Brewer, S. E. Yuter, S. R. Springston, A. Chaigneau, T. Toniazzo, P. Minnis, R. Palikonda, S. J. Abel, W. O. J. Brown, S. Williams, J. Fochesatto, J. Brioude, and K. N. Bower (2011), The VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study Regional Experiment (VOCALS-REx): goals, platforms, and field operations. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 627-654, doi: 10.5194/acp-11-627-2011

2010

Brunet, G., M. Shapiro, B. Hoskins, M. Moncrieff, R. Dole, G. N. Kiladis, B. Kirtman, A. Lorenc, B. Mills, R. Morss, S. Polavarapu, D. Rogers, J. Schaake, and J. Shukla (2010), Collaboration of the Weather and Climate Communities to Advance Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91(10), 1397-1406, doi: 10.1175/2010BAMS3013.1

Chakraborty, A. (2010), The Skill of ECMWF Medium-Range Forecasts during the Year of Tropical Convection 2008, Mon. Weather Rev., 138(10), 3787-3805, doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3217.1

Gottschalck, J., M. Wheeler, K. Weickmann, F. Vitart, N. Savage, H. Lin, H. Hendon, D. Waliser, K. Sperber, M. Nakagawa, C. Prestrelo, M. Flatau, and W. Higgins (2010), A Framework for Assessing Operational Madden–Julian Oscillation Forecasts: A CLIVAR MJO Working Group Project, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91(9), 1247-1258, doi: 10.1175/2010BAMS2816.1

Hong, C., M. Lee, H. Hsu, and J. Kuo (2010), Role of submonthly disturbance and 40-50 day ISO on the extreme rainfall event associated with Typhoon Morakot (2009) in Southern Taiwan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L08805, doi: 10.1029/2010GL042761

Jordan, N. S., R. M. Hoff, and J. T. Bacmeister (2010), Validation of Goddard Earth Observing System-version 5 MERRA planetary boundary layer heights using CALIPSO, J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 115, D24218, doi: 10.1029/2009JD013777

Moncrieff, M. W. (2010), The multiscale organization of moist convection and the intersection of weather and climate, in Why does Climate Vary?, AGU Geophysical Monographs, vol. 189, edited by D. -. Sun et al, pp. 3-26.

Shapiro, M., J. Shukla, G. Brunet, C. Nobre, M. Béland, R. Dole, K. Trenberth, R. Anthes, G. Asrar, L. Barrie, P. Bougeault, G. Brasseur, D. Burridge, A. Busalacchi, J. Caughey, D. Chen, J. Church, T. Enomoto, B. Hoskins, Ø. Hov, A. Laing, H. Le Treut, J. Marotzke, G. McBean, G. Meehl, M. Miller, B. Mills, J. Mitchell, M. Moncrieff, T. Nakazawa, H. Olafsson, T. Palmer, D. Parsons, D. Rogers, A. Simmons, A. Troccoli, Z. Toth, L. Uccellini, C. Velden, and J. M. Wallace (2010), An Earth-System Prediction Initiative for the Twenty-First Century, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91(10), 1377-1388, doi: 10.1175/2010BAMS2944.1

2009

Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, W. S. Olson, W. Tao, T. S. L'Ecuyer, J. Li, B. Tian, Y. L. Yung, A. M. Tompkins, S. E. Lang, and M. Grecu (2009), Vertical Heating Structures Associated with the MJO as Characterized by TRMM Estimates, ECMWF Reanalyses, and Forecasts: A Case Study during 1998/99 Winter, J. Climate, 22(22), 6001-6020, doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI3048.1

Knight, J., J. J. Kennedy, D. E. Parker, C. Folland, G. Harris, G. S. Jones, M. Palmer, D. Parker, A. Scaife, P. Stott, R. A. Feely, A. G. Dickson, M. A. Lander, B. Ward, H. J. Diamond, A. MacDonald, L. Bowling, B. Fekete, R. Lammers, R. Lawford, J. A. Marengo, M. Bidegain, L. N. Njau, A. Kruger, C. McBride, C. Achberger, A. Walther, D. Chen, A. Obregón, P. Bissolli, M. Rogers, S. Sensoy, O. Bulygina, F. Rahimzadeh, Y. Guo, S. Attaher, and A. B. Watkins (2009), State of the Climate in 2008, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 90(8), 0_1-S13,S17-S45,S47-S73,S75-S95,S97-S121,S123-S170,S178-S196, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-90-8-StateoftheClimate

Tao, W. and M. W. Moncrieff (2009), Multiscale Cloud System Modeling, Rev. Geophys., 47, RG4002, doi: 10.1029/2008RG000276

2008

Sperber, K. R. and D. E. Waliser (2008), New Approaches to Understanding, Simulating, and Forecasting the Madden–Julian Oscillation, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89(12), 1917-1920, doi: 10.1175/2008BAMS2700.1

Waliser, D. and M. Moncrieff (2008), Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC): The YOTC Science Plan, A Joint WCRP – WWRP/THORPEX International Initiative, WMO/TD-No.1452; WCRP-130; WWRP/THORPEX- No. 9, 34, doi: http://www.ucar.edu/yotc/documents/YOTC_Science_Plan.pdf