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Recent submissions, accepted papers, and papers in print

Holloway, C. E. and J. D. Neelin: The Convective Cold Top and Quasi-Equilibrium. J. Atmos. Sci., Submitted, March, 2006. Preprint (PDF 320KB)

Neelin, J. D., M. Munnich, H. Su, J. E. Meyerson, and C. Holloway: Tropical drying trends in global warming models and observations. Proc. Nat. Acd. Sci., Submitted, Jan., 2006.

Sobel A. H. and J. D. Neelin: The boundary layer contribution to intertropical convergence zones in the quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model framework. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Submitted, Oct. 2005. Preprint (PDF 611KB)

Chou, C., J. D. Neelin, J.-Y. Tu, and C.-T. Chen: Regional tropical precipitation change mechanisms in ECHAM4/OPYC3 under global warming. J. Climate, (in press). Preprint (7.2 MB)

Hales, K. and J. D. Neelin: Interaction of Vegetation and Atmospheric Dynamical Mechanisms in the mid-Holocene African Monsoon. J. Climate, (in press). Preprint (PDF 4.7 MB)


2005

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)

Munnich, M, and J. D. Neelin, 2005: Seasonal Influence on the Atlantic ITCZ and equatorial South America. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21709, doi:10.1029/2005GL023900. Paper (PDF 227 KB)

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)


2004

Tang, B. H. and J. D. Neelin, 2004: ENSO Influence on Atlantic Hurricanes via Tropospheric Warming. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L24204, doi:10.1029/2004GL021072. Paper (PDF 327 KB)

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)

Munnich, M., and J. D. Neelin, 2004: Where is ENSO stress balanced? Atmos. Sci. Lett., 5 (2004), 13-22. Preprint (PDF 675 KB)


2003

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 2.6 MB). - AGU Journal Highlights - January 28, 2004

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

Dijkstra, H. A., W. Weijer, and J. D. Neelin: Imperfections of the three-dimensional thermohaline ocean circulation: Hysteresis and unique-state regimes. J. Phys. Oceanog., 33, 2796-2814. Paper (PDF 914 KB).

Roulston, M. S., and J. D. Neelin, 2003: Non-linear coupling between modes in a low-dimensional model of ENSO. Atmosphere-Ocean, 41(3), 217-231. Paper (PDF 1.1MB).

Chou, C. and J. D. Neelin, 2003: 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).

Lin, J. W.-B., and J. D. Neelin, 2003: Toward stochastic deep convective parameterization in general circulation models. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(4), 1162, doi: 10.1029/2002GL016203. Paper (PDF 510 KB)

Mechoso, C. R., J. D. Neelin, and J.-Y. Yu, 2003: Testing simple models of ENSO. J. Atmos. Sci. 60, 305-318. Paper (PDF 1.1MB).


2002

Stevens, B., J. Duan, J. C. McWillians, M. Munnich, and J. D. Neelin, 2002: Entrainment, Rayleigh Friction, and Boundary Layer Winds over the Tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 15, 30-44. Paper (PDF 460KB).

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, 2002: Teleconnection mechanisms for tropical Pacific descent anomalies during El Niño. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2694-2712. Paper (PDF 4.5MB)

Lin, J. W.-B., and J. D. Neelin, 2002: Considerations for stochastic convective parameterization. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 959-975. Paper (PDF 3.1MB)


2001

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)


2000

Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, C. Chou, J. Lin and H. Su, 2000: Climate and Variability in the First Quasi-equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model. General Circulation Model Development: Past, Present, and Future. Academic Press, 457--488. Paper (PDF 1.5MB)

Lin, J. W.-B., and J. D. Neelin, 2000: Influence of a stochastic moist convection parameterization on tropical climate variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3691-3694. Paper (PDF 587KB)

Neelin, J. D., F-F. Jin, and H-H. Syu, 2000: Variations in ENSO phase locking. J. Climate , 13, 2570-2590. Paper (PDF 427KB)

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)

Lin, J. W.-B., J. D. Neelin, and N. Zeng, 2000: Maintenance of tropical variability: Impact of evaporation-wind feedback and midlatitude storms. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2793-2823. Paper (PDF 1.4MB)

Dijkstra, H. A., and J. D. Neelin, 2000: Imperfections of the thermohaline circulation: Latitudinal asymmetry and preferred northern sinking. J. Climate, 13, 366-382. Paper (PDF 206KB).

Perigaud, C. M., C. Cassou, D. Dewitte, L.-L. Fu, and J. D. Neelin, 2000: Using data and intermediate coupled models for seasonal-to-interannual forecasts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 3025-3049. Paper (PDF 1.3MB).

Syu, H.-H., and J. D. Neelin, 2000: ENSO in a hybrid coupled model. Part I: sensitivity to physical parameterizations. Climate Dynamics, 16, 19-34. Paper (PDF 561KB)

Syu, H.-H., and J. D. Neelin, 2000: ENSO in a hybrid coupled model. Part II: prediction with piggyback data assimilation. Climate Dynamics, 16, 35-48. Paper (PDF 585KB)

Roulston, M. and J. D. Neelin, 2000: The response of an ENSO model to climate noise, weather noise and intraseasonal forcing. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, no. 22, 3723-3726. Paper (PDF 228KB).

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

Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, and C. Chou, 2000: A quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model---implementation and simulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1767-1796. Paper (PDF 2.7MB).


1999

Chou, C. and J. D. Neelin, 1999: Cirrus detrainment-temperature feedback. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(9), 1295-1298. Paper (PDF 681 KB)

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).

Dijkstra, H. A., and J. D. Neelin, 1999: Imperfections of the thermohaline circulation: Multiple equilibria and flux-correction. J. Climate, 12, 1382-1392. Paper (PDF 199KB)

Zeng, Ning, and J. D. Neelin, 1999: A land-atmosphere interaction theory for the tropical deforestation problem. J Climate, 12, 857-872. Paper (PDF 185KB)

Weng, W., and J. D. Neelin, 1999: Analytical prototypes for ocean-atmosphere ineraction at midlatitudes. Part I: Coupled feedbacks as multiplicative noise stochastic forcing. J Climate, 12, 697-721. Paper (PDF 517KB)

Weng, W., and J. D. Neelin, 1999: Analytical prototypes for ocean-atmosphere ineraction at midlatitudes. Part II: Mechanisms for coupled gyre modes. J Climate, 12, 2757-2774. Paper (PDF 314KB)

Dijkstra, H. A., and J. D. Neelin, 1999: Coupled processes and the tropical climatology. Part III: Instabilities of the fully coupled climatology. J. CLimate, 12, 1630-1643. Paper (PDF 273KB)


1998

Neelin, J. D., and M. Latif, 1998: El Niño Dynamics. Physics Today, 51, 32-36.

Neelin, J. D., D. S. Battisti, A. C. Hirst, F.-F. Jin, Y. Wakata, T. Yamagata, S. Zebiak, 1998: ENSO Theory J. Geophys. Res. 103(C7), 14261-14290. Paper (PDF 11 MB)

Yu, J.-Y., C. Chou, and J. D. Neelin, 1998: Estimating the gross moist stability of the tropical atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 1354-1372. Paper (PDF 1.1MB) .

Weng, W., and J. D. Neelin, 1998: On the role of ocean-atmosphere interaction in midlatitude interdecadal variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 167-170. Paper (PDF 1.5)


1997

Yang, J.-Y., and J. D. Neelin, 1997: Sea-ice interaction and the stability of the thermohaline circulation. Atmosphere--Ocean, 35, 433-469.

Neelin, J. D., 1997: Implications of convective quasi-equilibria for the large-scale flow. In The physics and parameterization of moist atmosphyeric convection. R. K. Smith, ed., pp. 413-446, Elsevier.

Yu, J.-Y., and J. D. Neelin, 1997: Analytic approximations for moist convectively adjusted regions. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 1054-1063. Paper (PDF 185KB).

Blanke, B., J. D. Neelin and D. Gutzler, 1997: Estimating the effects of stochastic wind stress forcing on ENSO irregularity. J. Climate, 10, 1473-1486. Paper (PDF 286KB)

Yang, J.-Y., and J. D. Neelin, 1997: Decadal Variability in Coupled Sea-Ice-Thermohaline Circulation Systems. J. Clim.,10, 3059-3076. Paper (PDF 402KB)


1996

Chou, C., and J. D. Neelin, 1996: Linearization of a longwave radiation scheme for intermediate tropical atmospheric models. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 15,129-15,145. Paper (PDF 6.1MB)

Jin, F.-F., J. D. Neelin and M. Ghil, 1996: El Niño/Southern Oscillation and the annual cycle: subharmonic frequency locking and aperiodicity. Physica D, 98, 442-465. Paper (PDF 1.6MB)


1995

Dijkstra, H. A., and J. D. Neelin, 1995: On the attractors of an intermediate coupled equatorial ocean-atmosphere model. Dyn. Atm. Oceans, 22, 19-48. Paper (PDF 1.5MB)

Neelin, J. D. and H. A. Dijkstra, 1995: Ocean-atmosphere interaction and the tropical climatology. Part I: The angers of flux correction. J. Climate, 8, 1325-1342. Paper (PDF 1.4MB)

Dijkstra, H. A. and J. D. Neelin, 1995: Ocean-atmosphere interaction and the tropical climatology. Part II: Why the Pacific cold tongue is in the east. J. Climate, 8, 1343-1359. Paper (PDF 1.3MB)

Syu, H.-H., J. D. Neelin and D. Gutzler, 1995: Seasonal and interannual variability in a hybrid coupled GCM. J. Climate, 8, 2121-2143. Paper (PDF 2.4MB)

Jiang, N., J. D. Neelin and M. Ghil, 1995: Quasi-quadrennial and quasi-biennial variability in the equatorial Pacific. Climate Dynamics, 12, 101-112. Paper (PDF 636KB)

Mechoso, C. R., A. W. Robertson, N. Barth, M. K. Davey, P. Delecluse, P. R. Gent, S. Ineson, B. Kirtman, M. Latif, H. Le Treut, T. Nagai, J. D. Neelin, S. G. H. Philander, J. Polcher, P. S. Schopf, T. Stockdale, M. J. Suarez, L. Terray, O. Thual, and J. J. Tribbia, 1995: The seasonal cycle over the tropical Pacific in coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 2825-2838.


1994

Neelin, J. D., M. Latif and F.-F. Jin, 1994: Dynamics of coupled ocean-atmosphere models: the tropical problem. Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 26, 617-659. Paper (PDF 2.6 MB)

Neelin, J. D., and J.-Y. Yu, 1994: Modes of tropical variability under convective adjustment and the Madden-Julian oscillation. Part I: Analytical results. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1876-1894. Paper (PDF 1.6MB)

Yu, J.-Y., and Neelin, J. D., 1994: Modes of tropical variability under convective adjustment and the Madden-Julian oscillation. Part II: Numerical results. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1895-1914. Paper (PDF 1.6MB)

Jin, F.-F., J. D. Neelin and M. Ghil, 1994: El Niño on the devil's staircase: annual subharmonic steps to chaos. Science, 264, 70-72. Paper (PDF 784 KB)

Emanuel, K. A., J. D. Neelin and C. S. Bretherton, 1994: On large-scale circulations in convecting atmospheres. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 120, 1111-1143.

Neelin, J. D., and J. Marotzke, 1994: Representing ocean eddies in climate models. Science, 264, 1099-1100. Paper (PDF 1.1 MB)

Waliser, D. E., B. Blanke, J. D. Neelin and C. Gautier, 1994: Shortwave feedbacks and El Niño \Southern Oscillation: Forced ocean and coupled ocean-atmosphere experiments. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 99, 25109-25125. Paper (PDF 9.6 MB)


1993

Jin, F.-F., and Neelin, J. D., 1993: Modes of interannual tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction ---a unified view. Part I: Numerical results. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3477-3503. Paper (PDF 2.3MB)

Neelin, J. D., and Jin, F.-F., 1993: Modes of interannual tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction ---a unified view. Part II: Analytical results in the weak coupling limit. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3504-3522. Paper (PDF 1.6MB)

Jin, F.-F., and Neelin, J. D., 1993: Modes of interannual tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction ---a unified view. Part III: Analytical results in fully coupled cases. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3523-3540. Paper (PDF 1.5MB)

Yang, J.-Y., and J. D. Neelin, 1993: Sea-ice interactions with the thermohaline circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 217-220.

Hao, Z., J. D. Neelin and F.-F. Jin, 1993: Nonlinear tropical air-sea interaction in the fast-wave limit. J. Climate, 6, 1523-1544. Paper (PDF 1.8MB)

Liu, W., M. Ghil, J. D. Neelin and C. A. Hall, 1993: A simple coastal ocean model for the Central Californian basin during late Miocene. Paleoceanogr., 8, 799-810.


1992

Neelin, J. D., M. Latif, M. A. F. Allaart, M. A. Cane, U. Cubasch, W. L. Gates, P. R. Gent, M. Ghil, C. Gordon, N. C. Lau, C. R. Mechoso, G. A. Meehl, J. M. Oberhuber, S. G. H. Philander, P. S. Schopf, K. R. Sperber, A. Sterl, T. Tokioka, J. Tribbia and S. E. Zebiak, 1992: Tropical air-sea interaction in general circulation models. Climate Dynamics, 7, 73-104.

Neelin, J. D., Z. Hao and F.-F. Jin, 1992: Reply to 'A note on the fast-wave limit and interannual oscillations'. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 1950-1953. Paper (PDF 271KB)


1991

Neelin, J. D., 1991: The slow sea surface temperature mode and the fast-wave limit: Analytic theory for tropical interannual oscillations and experiments in a hybrid coupled model. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 584-606. Paper (PDF 2.3MB)

Ghil, M., M. Kimoto and J. D. Neelin, 1991: Nonlinear dynamics and predictability in the atmospheric sciences. Rev. Geophys., Supplement, pp. 46-55, U.S. National Report to the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1987-1990.


1990

Neelin, J. D., 1990: A hybrid coupled general circulation model for El Niño studies. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 674-693. Paper (PDF 1.9MB)


Pre 1990's

Neelin, J. D., 1989: On the interpretation of the Gill model. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 2466-2468. Paper (PDF 244KB)

Neelin, J. D., 1989: Interannual oscillations in an ocean general circulation model coupled to a simple atmosphere model. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A, 329, 189-205.

Neelin, J. D., 1988: A simple model for surface stress and low-level flow in the tropical atmosphere driven by prescribed heating. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 114, 747-770.

Lau, N. C., I. M. Held and J. D. Neelin, 1988: The Madden-Julian oscillation in an idealized general circulation model. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 3810-3832. Paper (PDF 2.2MB)

Neelin, J. D., 1988: Reply to Comments on an air-sea interaction model of intraseasonal oscillation in the tropics. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 3526-3527. Paper (PDF 159KB)

Neelin, J. D., and I. M. Held, 1987: Modeling tropical convergence based on the moist static energy budget. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 3-12. Paper (PDF 871KB)

Neelin, J. D., I. M. Held and K. H. Cook, 1987: Evaporation-wind feedback and low frequency variability in the tropical atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 2341-2348. Paper (PDF 743KB)

Neelin, J. D., and C. A. Lin, 1984: Baroclinic generation of planetary transient and stationary waves from forced stationary waves. J. Geophys. Res., 89, D5, 7202-7214.