• Neelin, J. D., and N. Zeng, 2000:
  A quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model---formulation.
  J. Atmos. Sci. , 57, 1741-1766. Paper (PDF 438KB).

Revised 05/16/08

Lintner, B. R. and J. D. Neelin, 2007: A prototype for convective margin shifts. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L05812, doi:10.1029/2006GL027305. Paper (PDF 161 KB), Supplement (PDF 200 KB)

Holloway, C. E. and J. D. Neelin, 2007: The convective cold top and quasi equilibrium. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1467-1487. AMS article

Peters, O. and J. D. Neelin, 2006: Critical phenomena in atmospheric precipitation. Nature Physics, 2, 393-396, doi:10.1038/nphys314. Submitted preprint 238KB.

Lintner, B. R. and J. D. Neelin: Time scales and spatial patterns of passive ocean-atmosphere decay modes. J. Climate, submitted, Oct. 2006. Preprint (PDF 1.1MB)

Su, H., J. D. Neelin and J. E. Meyerson, 2005: Mechanisms for Lagged Atmospheric Response to ENSO SST Forcing. J. Climate, 18, 4195-4215. Paper (PDF 2.1 MB)

Hales, K., J. D. Neelin and N. Zeng, 2006: Interaction of Vegetation and Atmospheric Dynamical Mechanisms in the mid-Holocene African Monsoon. J. Climate, 19, 4105-4120. Paper (PDF 2.1 MB)

Neelin, J. D.: Moist dynamics of tropical convection zones in monsoons, teleconnections and global warming. In The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere, T. Schneider and A. Sobel, Eds, in press, 2006. Preprint (PDF 1.7MB)

Chou, C., J. D. Neelin, J.-Y. Tu, and C.-T. Chen, 2006: Regional tropical precipitation change mechanisms in ECHAM4/OPYC3 under global warming. J. Climate, 19 (17), 4207-4223. Paper (2 MB)

Lintner, B. R. and J. D. Neelin: A prototype for convective margin shifts. Geophys. Res. Lett., revised, 11/2006. Preprint (PDF 200 KB) Supplement (PDF 200 KB)

Holloway, C. E. and J. D. Neelin: The convective cold top and quasi-equilibrium. J. Atmos. Sci., in press, 2006. Preprint (PDF 662KB)

Su, H. and J. D. Neelin, 2005: Dynamical Mechanisms for African Monsoon Changes During the Mid-Holocene. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D19, D19105, doi:10.1029/2005JD005806. Paper (PDF 951KB)

Chou, C., J. D. Neelin, U. Lohmann and J. Feichter, 2005: Local and remote impacts of aerosol climate forcing on tropical precipitation. J. Climate, 18, 4621-4636. (Nov. 15) Paper (PDF 2.7MB)

Su, H., J. D. Neelin and J. E. Meyerson, 2005: Mechanisms for Lagged Atmospheric Response to ENSO SST Forcing. J. Climate, 18, 4195-4215. Paper (PDF 2.1 MB)

Neelin, J. D. and H. Su, 2005: Moist teleconnection mechanisms for the tropical South American and Atlantic sector. J. Climate, 18, 3928-3950. Paper (PDF 2.2 MB)

Zeng, N., A. Mariotti, and P. Wetzel, 2005: Terrestrial mechanisms of interannual CO2 variability. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19, GB1016, doi:10.1029/2004GB002273.

Zeng, N., H. F. Qian, E. Munoz, and R. Iacono, 2004: How strong is carbon cycle-climate feedback under global warming? Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L20203, doi:10.1029/2004GL020904.

Su, H., J. D. Neelin, and J. E. Meyerson, 2004: Tropical Tropospheric Temperature and Precipitation Response to Sea Surface Temperature Forcing. In Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction and Climate Variability. Geophysical Monograph Series, 147, 379-392. C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, J. Carton, eds., Amer. Geophys. Union. Preprint (PDF 3.8 MB)

Chou, C. and J. D. Neelin, 2004: Mechanisms of global warming impacts on regional tropical precipitation. J. Climate, 17, 2688-2701. Paper (PDF 2 MB)

Hales, K., and J. D. Neelin, 2004: Sensitivity of Tropical Land Climate to Leaf Area Index: Role of Surface Conductance versus Albedo. J. Climate, 17, 1459-1473. Paper (PDF 1.4 MB)

Chou, C., 2004: Establishment of the low-level wind anomalies over the western North Pacific during ENSO development. J. Climate, 17 (11), 2195-2212.

Chou, C., 2003: Land-sea heating contrast in an idealized Asian summer monsoon Climate Dynamics, 21 (1), 11-25. Neelin, J. D., C. Chou, and H. Su, 2003: Tropical drought regions in global warming and El Nino teleconnections. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(24), 2275, doi:10.1029/2003GLO018625. Paper (PDF 2.6MB).

Su, H. and J. D. Neelin, 2003: The Scatter in Tropical Average Precipitation Anomalies. J. Climate, 16, 3966-3977. Paper (PDF 1.5MB)

Chou, C. and J. D. Neelin, 2002: Mechanisms limiting the northward extent of the northern summer convection zones. J. Climate, 16, 406-425. Paper (PDF 4.3MB)

Su, H., J. D. Neelin, and J. E. Meyerson, 2003: Sensitivity of tropical tropospheric temperature to sea surface temperature forcing. J. Climate, 16, 1283-1301. Paper (PDF 2.7MB) - Related: IGPP 2001 Poster Session (PDF 1.6MB).

Zeng, N., K. Hales, and J. D. Neelin, 2002: Nonlinear dynamics in a Coupled Vegetation-Atmosphere System and Implications for Desert-Forest Gradient. J. Climate, 15, 3474-3487. Paper (PDF 433KB).

Su, H., and J. D. Neelin, 2001: Teleconnection mechanisms for tropical Pacific descent anomalies during El Niño. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2682-2700. Paper (PDF 4.5MB)

Su, H., J. D. Neelin, and C. Chou, 2001: Tropical teleconnection and local response to SST anomalies during the 1997-1998 El Niño. J. Geophys. Res., 106, No. D17, 20,025-20,043. Paper (PDF 7.6MB)

Chou, C. and J. D. Neelin, 2001: Mechanisms limiting the southward extent of the South American summer monsoon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, no.12, 2433-2436.
Paper (PDF 1.1MB)

Chou, C., J. D. Neelin and H. Su, 2001: Ocean-atmosphere-land feedbacks in an idealized monsoon. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 127, 1869-1891. Paper (PDF 3MB)

Zeng, N., and J. D. Neelin, 2000: The role of vegetation-climate interaction and interannual variability in shaping the African Savanna. J. Climate, 13, 2665-2670. Paper (PDF 209KB)

Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, K.-M. Lau, and C. J. Tucker, 1999: Enhancement of interdecadal climate variability in the Sahel by vegetation interaction. Science, 286, 1537-1540. Paper (PDF 363KB).

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