Annular Modes Website

Research papers: General

(Please send all additions to the following list to David W. J. Thompson davet@atmos.colostate.edu)

Cheng, X., and T. J. Dunkerton, 1995: Orthogonal rotation of spatial patterns derived from singular value decomposition analysis. J. Climate, 8, 2631-2643.
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M. Collins, S. F. B. Tett, C. Cooper, 2001: The internal climate variability of HadCM3, a version of the Hadley Centre coupled model without flux adjustments Climate Dyn., 17, 61-81.
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Deser C, 2000: On the teleconnectivity of the "Arctic Oscillation" Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 779-782.
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DeWeaver, E., and S. Nigam, 2000: Zonal-eddy dynamics of the North Atlantic Oscillation. J. Climate, 13, 3893-3914.
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DeWeaver, E., and S. Nigam, 2000: Do stationary waves drive the zonal-mean jet anomalies of the Northern Winter? J. Climate, 13, 2160-2176
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Feldstein, S., and S. Lee, 1996: Mechanisms of zonal index variability in an aquaplanet GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3541-3555.

Feldstein, S. B., and S. Lee, 1998: Is the atmospheric zonal index driven by an eddy feedback? J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3077-3086.
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Gong, D., and S. Wang, 1999: Definition of Antarctic Oscillation index. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 459-462.
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Greatbatch, R. J., 2000: The North Atlantic Oscillation (review paper). Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, in press.
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Hartmann, D. L., and F. Lo, 1998: Wave-driven zonal flow vacillation in the Southern Hemisphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 1303-1315.

Hurrell, J. W., 1995: Decadal trends in the North Atlantic Oscillation region temperatures and precipitation. Science, 269, 676-679.

Kelly, P. M., P. D. Jones, and J. Pengqun, 1996: The spatial response of the climate system to explosive volcanic eruptions. Int. Journal of Climatology, 16, 537-550.

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Kerr, R. A., 1999: A new force in high-latitude climate. Science, 284, 241-242.

Kidson, J. W., and M. R. Sinclair, 1995: The influence of persistent anomalies on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks. J. Climate, 8, 1938-1950.
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Kidson, J. W., and I. G. Watterson, 1999: The structure and predictability of the "High-Latitude Mode" in the CSIRO9 general circulation model. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3859-3873.

Kitoh, A., H. Koide, K. Kodera, S. Yukimoto and A. Noda, 1996: Interannual variability in the stratospheric-tropospheric circulation in a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 543-546.

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Kodera, K., M. Chiba, H. Koide, A. Kitoh, and Y. Nikaidou, 1996: Interannual variability of the winter stratosphere and troposphere in the Northern Hemisphere. J. Met. Soc. Japan, 74, 365-382.

Kodera K, Koide H, Yoshimura H, 1999: Northern Hemisphere winter circulation associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation and stratospheric polar-night jet Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 443-446.
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Koide H, Kodera K, 1999: A SVD analysis between the winter NH 500-hPa height and surface temperature fields J. Met. Soc. Japan, 77, 47-61.

Lee, S., and S. Feldstein, 1996: Mechanism of zonal index evolution in a two-layer model. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2232-2246.

Lee, S., 1997: Maintenance of multiple jets in a baroclinic flow. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 1726-1738.
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Limpasuvan, V., and Hartmann, D. L. Eddies and the Annular Modes of Climate Variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3133-3136 (1999).
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Marshall, J., and Kushnir, Y., 1997: "A white paper on Atlantic Climate Variability."
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Mestas-Nunez, Alberto M., David B. Enfield, 1999: Rotated Global Modes of Non-ENSO Sea Surface Temperature Variability J. Climate, 12, 2734-2746.
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Monahan AH, Pandolfo L, Fyfe JC, 2000: The preferred structure of variability of the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted.
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Ohhashi Y, Yamazaki K, 1999: Variability of the Eurasian pattern and its interpretation by wave activity flux J. Met. Soc. Japan, 77, 495-511.

Osborn TJ, Briffa KR, Tett SFB, et al., 1999: Evaluation of the North Atlantic Oscillation as simulated by a coupled climate model Clim. Dyn., 15, 685-702.
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Overland, J. E., J. M. Adams, and N. A. Bond, 1999: Decadal variability of the Aleutian low and its relation to high-latitude circulationJ. Climate, 12, 1542-1548.
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Thompson, D. W. J, and J. M. Wallace, 1998: The Arctic Oscillation signature in the wintertime geopotential height and temperature fields. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1297-1300.
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Thompson, D. W. J., and J. M. Wallace, 2000: Annular modes in the extratropical circulation. Part I: Month-to-month variability. J. Climate, 13, 1000-1016.
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Ting, M., M. P. Hoerling, T. Xu, A. Kumar, 1996: Northern Hemisphere teleconnection patterns during extreme phases of the zonal-mean circulation. J. Climate, 9, 2614-2633.
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Ting MF, Hoerling MP, Xu TY, 2000: "Northern hemisphere teleconnection patterns during extreme phases of the zonal-mean circulation" - Reply J. Climate, 13, 1040-1043.
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H. M. Van den Dool, S. Saha and A. Johansson, 2000: Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnections. J. Climate, 13, 1421-1435.
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H. M. Van den Dool, A. Johansson, and S. Saha, 2000: Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnections as seen in NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis. Proceedings of XXIVth Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Tucson AZ Nov,1999, p 233-236.

Volodin E.M. and Galin V.Ya. Investigation of the first mode of low-frequency variability of winter atmospheric circulation in the midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. Russian Meteorology and Hydrology, 9, 26-40 (1998).

von Storch, J. -S., 1999: On the reddest atmospheric modes and the forcings of the spectra of these modes. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 1614-1626.
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von Storch, J. -S., 2000: Angular Momenta of the Antarctic and the Arctic Oscillations. J. Climate., 13, 681-685.
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Wallace, J. M., D. W. J. Thompson, and Z. Fang, 2000: Comments on "Northern Hemisphere teleconnection patterns during extreme phases of the zonal-mean circulation". J. Climate, 13, 1037-1039.
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Wallace, J. M. North Atlantic Oscillation/Northern Hemisphere annular mode, 2000: One phenomenon, two paradigms. Q. J. Roy. Met. Soc., in press.
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Xie SP, Noguchi H, Matsumura S, 1999: A hemispheric-scale quasi-decadal oscillation and its signature in Northern Japan J. Met. Soc. Japan, 77, 573-582.