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Chou, C., J. D. Neelin, C.-A. Chen and J.-Y. Tu:
Evaluating the rich-get-richer mechanism in tropical
precipitation change under global warming.
J. Climate, submitted, Feb. 2008.
Preprint (PDF 4.1MB)
Neelin, J. D., O. Peters, J. W.-B. Lin, K. Hales and C. E. Holloway:
Rethinking convective quasi-equilibrium: observational constraints for
stochastic convective schemes in climate models
Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A, Submitted Dec. 2007.
Preprint (PDF 536KB)
Hall, A., X. Qu, and J. D. Neelin:
Improving predictions of summer climate
change in the United States
Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted.
Link to Alex Hall's Pub. page
Su, H., J. H. Jiang, Y. Gu, J. David Neelin, B. H. Kahn, D. Feldman, Y. L. Yung,
J. W. Waters, N. J. Livesey and M. L. Santee, 2008:
Tropical upper tropospheric clouds: variation with sea surface temperature and
radiative effects
J. Geophys. Res., accepted.
Preprint requests:Hui.Su@jpl.nasa.gov
Lintner, B. R. and J. D. Neelin:
Time scales and spatial patterns of passive ocean-atmosphere decay modes.
J. Climate, accepted.
Preprint (PDF 1.1MB)
2008
2007
Neggers, R., J. D. Neelin and B. Stevens, 2007:
Impact mechanisms of shallow cumulus convection on
tropical climate dynamics.
J. Climate, 20, 2623-2642. doi:10.1175/JCLI4079.1
Paper (PDF 2.6MB)
Holloway, C. E. and J. D. Neelin, 2007:
The convective cold top and quasi equilibrium.
J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1467-1487.
AMS article
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)
2006
Neggers, R., B. Stevens and J. D. Neelin, 2006: A simple equilibrium model for shallow cumulus convection. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 20, 305-322. Paper (PDF 1.74MB)
Sobel A. H. and J. D. Neelin, 2006: The boundary layer contribution to intertropical convergence zones in the quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model framework. Theor. Comp. Fluid Dyn., 20, 323-350. Paper (PDF 585KB)
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)
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)
Peters, O. and J. D. Neelin, 2006: Critical phenomena in atmospheric precipitation. Nature Physics, 2, 393-396, doi:10.1038/nphys314. Submitted preprint 238KB.
Neelin, J. D., M. Munnich, H. Su, J. E. Meyerson, and C. E. Holloway, 2006:
Tropical drying trends in global warming models and observations.
Proc. Nat. Acd. Sci., 103, 6110-6115.
Paper (PDF 1.9 MB),
Supporting Information (PDF 564 KB)
2005
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
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., J. D. Neelini and N. Zeng, 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
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
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
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, and C. Chou, 2000: A quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model---implementation and simulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1767-1796. Paper (PDF 2.7MB).
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).
1999
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., 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
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
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., 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
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., 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
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
Pre-1990's
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.
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