Search Results - "Thompson, J W"

The Steady-State Atmospheric Circulation Response to Climate Change–like Thermal Forcings in a Simple General Circulation Model by Butler, Amy H., Thompson, David W. J., Heikes, Ross

“…The steady-state extratropical atmospheric response to thermal forcing is investigated in a simple atmospheric general circulation model. The thermal forcings…”
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Signatures of the Antarctic ozone hole in Southern Hemisphere surface climate change by Thompson, David W. J., Solomon, Susan, Kushner, Paul J., England, Matthew H., Grise, Kevin M., Karoly, David J.

“…Anthropogenic emissions of ozone-depleting gases cause marked changes in surface climate, in addition to rising levels of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. A…”
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Arctic cloud annual cycle biases in climate models by Taylor, Patrick C, Boeke, Robyn C, Li, Ying, Thompson, David W. J

“…Arctic clouds exhibit a robust annual cycle with maximum cloudiness in fall and minimum cloudiness in winter. These variations affect energy flows in the…”
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Quantifying the Role of Internal Climate Variability in Future Climate Trends by Thompson, David W. J., Barnes, Elizabeth A., Deser, Clara, Foust, William E., Phillips, Adam S.

“…Internal variability in the climate system gives rise to large uncertainty in projections of future climate. The uncertainty in future climate due to internal…”
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The signatures of large‐scale patterns of atmospheric variability in Antarctic surface temperatures by Marshall, Gareth J., Thompson, David W. J.

“…We investigate the impact that the four principal large‐scale patterns of Southern Hemisphere (SH) atmospheric circulation variability have on Antarctic…”
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Long-range prediction and the stratosphere by Scaife, Adam A, Baldwin, Mark P, Butler, Amy H, Charlton-Perez, Andrew J, Domeisen, Daniela I. V, Garfinkel, Chaim I, Hardiman, Steven C, Haynes, Peter, Karpechko, Alexey Yu, Lim, Eun-Pa, Noguchi, Shunsuke, Perlwitz, Judith, Polvani, Lorenzo, Richter, Jadwiga H, Scinocca, John, Sigmond, Michael, Shepherd, Theodore G, Son, Seok-Woo, Thompson, David W. J

“…Over recent years there have been concomitant advances in the development of stratosphere-resolving numerical models, our understanding of…”
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Interpretation of Recent Southern Hemisphere Climate Change by David W. J. Thompson, Solomon, Susan

“…Climate variability in the high-latitude Southern Hemisphere (SH) is dominated by the SH annular mode, a large-scale pattern of variability characterized by…”
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A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature by Jones, Phil D, Wallace, John M, Thompson, David W. J, Kennedy, John J

“…Data sets used to monitor the Earth's climate indicate that the surface of the Earth warmed from ∼1910 to 1940, cooled slightly from ∼1940 to 1970, and then…”
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Seasonal Relationships between Large-Scale Climate Variability and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration by Simpkins, Graham R., Ciasto, Laura M., Thompson, David. W. J., England, Matthew H.

“…The observed relationships between anomalous Antarctic sea ice concentration (SIC) and the leading patterns of Southern Hemisphere (SH) large-scale climate…”
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Observed Relationships between the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and the Extratropical Zonal-Mean Circulation by L’Heureux, Michelle L., Thompson, David W. J.

“…There is increasing evidence indicating that the climate response to variations in the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) includes not only thermally forced…”
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On the Observed Relationships between Variability in Gulf Stream Sea Surface Temperatures and the Atmospheric Circulation over the North Atlantic by Wills, Samantha M., Thompson, David W. J., Ciasto, Laura M.

“…The advent of increasingly high-resolution satellite observations and numerical models has led to a series of advances in understanding the role of midlatitude…”
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The mystery of recent stratospheric temperature trends by Thompson, David W. J., Seidel, Dian J., Randel, William J., Zou, Cheng-Zhi, Butler, Amy H., Mears, Carl, Osso, Albert, Long, Craig, Lin, Roger

“…A recently released satellite data set calls into question not only our understanding of observed stratospheric climate change but also our ability to simulate…”
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Identifying Signatures of Natural Climate Variability in Time Series of Global-Mean Surface Temperature: Methodology and Insights by Thompson, David W. J., Wallace, John M., Jones, Phil D., Kennedy, John J.

“…Global-mean surface temperature is affected by both natural variability and anthropogenic forcing. This study is concerned with identifying and removing from…”
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An abrupt drop in Northern Hemisphere sea surface temperature around 1970 by Thompson, David W. J, Wallace, John M, Kennedy, John J, Jones, Phil D

“…The twentieth-century trend in global-mean surface temperature was not monotonic: temperatures rose from the start of the century to the 1940s, fell slightly…”
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The Life Cycle of the Northern Hemisphere Sudden Stratospheric Warmings by Limpasuvan, Varavut, Thompson, David W. J., Hartmann, Dennis L.

“…Motivated by recent evidence of strong stratospheric–tropospheric coupling during the Northern Hemisphere winter, this study examines the evolution of the…”
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The importance of evaluating specific myeloid malignancies in epidemiological studies of environmental carcinogens by Mundt, K A, Dell, L D, Boffetta, P, Beckett, E M, Lynch, H N, Desai, V J, Lin, C K, Thompson, W J

“…Although myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) - including chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) - and…”
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An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends by Randel, William J., Shine, Keith P., Austin, John, Barnett, John, Claud, Chantal, Gillett, Nathan P., Keckhut, Philippe, Langematz, Ulrike, Lin, Roger, Long, Craig, Mears, Carl, Miller, Alvin, Nash, John, Seidel, Dian J., Thompson, David W. J., Wu, Fei, Yoden, Shigeo

“…An updated analysis of observed stratospheric temperature variability and trends is presented on the basis of satellite, radiosonde, and lidar observations…”
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Rare forecasted climate event under way in the Southern Hemisphere by Hendon, Harry H., Thompson, D. W. J., Lim, Eun-Pa, Butler, Amy H., Newman, Paul. A., Coy, Lawrence, Scaife, Adam, Polichtchouk, Inna, Garreaud, Rene S., Shepherd, Theodore G., Nakamura, Hisashi

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A critical comparison of stratosphere–troposphere coupling indices by Baldwin, Mark P., Thompson, David W.J.

“…Assessing stratosphere–troposphere coupling in observational data or model output requires a multi‐level index with high time resolution. Ideally, such an…”
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Annular Modes in the Extratropical Circulation. Part I: Month-to-Month Variability by Thompson, David W. J., Wallace, John M.

“…The leading modes of variability of the extratropical circulation in both hemispheres are characterized by deep, zonally symmetric or “annular” structures,…”
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