Benjamin Kirtman

2011

Munoz, E., B. Kirtman, and W. Weijer, 2011: Varied representation of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning across multidecadal ocean reanalyses. Deep Sea Research Part II, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.064.

Paolino, D. A., J. L. Kinter III, B. P. Kirtman, D. Min, D. M. Straus, 2011: The impact of land surface initialization on seasonal forecasts with CCSM. Mon. Wea. Rev., (in press).

Yeh, S.-W., B. P. Kirtman, J.-S. Kug, W. Park, and M. Latif (2011), Natural variability of the central Pacific El Niño event on multi-centennial timescales, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L02704, doi:10.1029/2010GL045886.

Solomon, Amy, and Coauthors (… B. P. Kirtman …), 2011: Distinguishing the Roles of Natural and Anthropogenically Forced Decadal Climate Variability. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, 141–156. doi: 10.1175/2010BAMS2962.1

Goddard, L., J. W. Hurrell, B. P. Kirtman, J. Murphy, T. Stockdale and C. Vera, 2011: Two timescales for the price of one (almost). Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., (submitted).

Kirtman, B. P., E. K. Schneider, D. M. Straus, D. Min, R. Burgman, 2011: How weather impacts the forced climate response. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1084-3.

Kirtman, B. P., and co-authors, 2011: Impact of ocean model resolution on CCSM climate simulations. Climate Dynamics, (submitted).

Achuthavarier, D., V. Krishnamurthy, B. P. Kirtman and B. Huang, 2011: Role of Indian Ocean in the ENSO-Indian summer monsoon teleconnection in the NCEP climate forecast system. J. Climate, (submitted).

DiNezio, P. N., B. P. Kirtman, A. C. Clement, S.-K. Lee, G. A. Vecchi, A. Wittenberg, 2011: Diverging ENSO projection in response to global warming: The role of the background ocean changes. J. Climate (submitted).

Siqueira, L. S. P., and B. P. Kirtman, 2011: Predictability and uncertainty in a low order coupled model. J. Atmos. Sci., (submitted).

2010

Brunet, G., M. Shapiro, B. Hoskins, M. Moncrieff, R. Dole, G. N. Kiladis, B. Kirtman, A. Lorenc, B. Mills, R. Morss, S. Polavarapu and D. Rogers, 2010: Toward a seamless process for the prediction of weather and climate: the advancement of subseasonal to seasonal prediction. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., DOI:10.1175/2010BAMS3013.1.

Hurrell, James W., Gerald A. Meehl, Dave Bader, Thomas L. Delworth, Ben Kirtman, Bruce Wielick, 2010: Reply. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91, 1702–1703. doi: 10.1175/2010BAMS3118.1

Jin, D., and B. P. Kirtman (2010), How the annual cycle affects the extratropical response to ENSO, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D06102, doi:10.1029/2009JD012660.

Wu, R., and B. P. Kirtman, 2010: Caribbean Sea rainfall variability during the rainy season and relationship to the equatorial Pacific and tropical Atlantic SST. Climate Dynamics. DOI:10.1007/s00382-010-0927-7.

Yeh, S. W., S. K. Kang, B. P. Kirtman, J. H. Kim, M. H. Kwon, C. H. Kim, 2010: Decadal change in the relationship between western North Pacific tropical cyclone frequency and the tropical Pacific SST. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 106, 179-189.

Kirtman, B.P., and G. Vecchi, 2010: Why Climate Modelers Should Worry About the Weather. WMO Monograph: The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast, 2nd Ed.

2009

Yeh, S.-W., J.-S. Kug, B. Dewitte, M. H. Kwon, B. P. Kirtman, F.-F. Jin, 2009: The flavor of El Nino in a changing climate. Nature, 461, 511-514.

Wu, R., and B. P. Kirtman, 2009: Variability of ENSO-related noise in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 114, D23106, doi:10.1029/2009JD012456..

DiNezio PN, Clement AC, Vecchi GA, Soden BJ, Kirtman BP, et al. (2009) Climate Response of the Equatorial Pacific to Global Warming. J. Climate, 22, 4873-4892.

Schubert, S., D. Gutzler, H. Wang, A. Dai, T. Delworth, C. Deser, K. Findell, R. Fu, W. Higgins, M. Hoerling, B. Kirtman, R. Koster, A. Kumar, D. Legler, D. Lettenmaier, B. Lyon, V. Magana, K. Mo, S. Nigam, P. Pegion, A. Phillips, R. Pulwarty, D. Rind, A. Ruiz-Barradas, J. Schemm, R. Seager, R. Stewart, M. Suarez, J. Syktus, M. Ting, C. Wang, S. Weaver, N. Zeng, 2009: A USCLIVAR Project to Assess and Compare the Responses of Global Climate Models to Drought-Related SST Forcing Patterns: Overview and Results. Bull. Amer. Met Soc., DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3060.1.

Hurrell, J, G. A. Meehl, D. Bader, T. Delworth, B. Kirtman, and B. Wielicki, 2009: Climate system prediction. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2752.1.

Goddard, L., W. Baethgen, B. Kirtman, and G. Meehl (2009), The Urgent Need for Improved Climate Models and Predictions, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(39), doi:10.1029/2009EO390004.

Meehl, G. A., L. Goddard, J. Murphy, R. J. Stouffer, G. Boer, G. Danabasoglu, K. Dixon, M. A. Giorgetta, A. Greene, E. Hawkins, G. Hegerl, D. Karoly, N. Keenlyside, M. Kimoto, B. Kirtman, A. Navarra, R. Pulwarty, D. Smith, D. Stammer and T. Stockdale, 2009: Decadal prediction: Can it be skillful?. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2778.1.

Kishnamurthy, V., and B. P. Kirtman, 2009: Relation between Indian Monsoon variability and SST. J. Climate, DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2520.1.

Jin, D., and B. Kirtman, 2009: The extratropical sensitivity to the meridional extent of tropical ENSO forcing. Climate Dyn. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0600-1.

Jin, D., and B. Kirtman, 2009: Impact of ENSO periodicity on North Pacific SST variability. Climate Dyn., DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0619-3

Jin, D., and B. Kirtman, 2009: Why the Southern Hemisphere ENSO responses precedes ENSO. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D23101, doi:10.1029/2009JD012657.

Kirtman, B. P., D. M. Straus, D. Min, E. K. Schneider and L. Siqueira, 2009: Understanding the link between weather and climate in CCSM3.0. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2009GL038389.

Kirtman, B. P., and D. Min, 2009: Multi-model ensemble ENSO prediction with CCSM and CFS. Mon. Wea. Rev., DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2672.1.

Yeh, S.-W., and B. P. Kirtman, 2009: Interannual atmospheric variability and interannual-to-decadal ENSO variability in a CGCM. J. Climate, 22, 2335-2355.

Wu, R., B. P. Kirtman, H. van den Dool, 2009: An analysis of ENSO prediction skill in the CFS retrospective forecasts. J. Climate, 22, 1801-1818.

Kirtman, B. P., and A. Pirani, 2009: The state of the art of seasonal prediction: Outcomes and recommendations from the first World Climate Research Program (WCRP) workshop on seasonal prediction. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc. 90, 455-458.

Wang, B., June-Yi Lee, In-Sik Kang, J. Shukla, C.-K. Park, A. Kumar, J. Schemm, S. Cocke, J.-S. Kug, J.-J. Luo, T. Zhou, B. Wang, X. Fu, W.-T. Yun, O. Alves, E. K. Jin, J. Kinter, B. Kirtman, T. Krishnamurti, N. C. Lau, W. Lau, P. Liu, P. Pegion, T. Rosati, S. Schubert, W. Stern, M. Suarez and T. Yamagata, 2009: Advance and prospectus of seasonal prediction: assessment of the APCC/CliPAS 14-model ensemble retrospective seasonal prediction (1980–2004). Climate Dynamics, 10.1007/s00382-008-0460-0

2008

DelSole, T., M. Zhao, P. A. Dirmeyer and B. P. Kirtman, 2008: Empirical correction of a coupled land-atmosphere model. Mon Wea Rev., 11, 4063-4076.

Pegion, K. and B. P. Kirtman, 2008: The impact of air-sea interactions on the simulation of tropical intraseasonal variability, J. Climate, 22, 6616-6635.

Pegion, K. and B. P. Kirtman, 2008: The impact of air-sea interactions on the predictability of the Tropical Intra-Seasonal Oscillation, J. Climate, 22, 5870-5886.

Burgman, R. J., P. S. Schopf and B. P. Kirtman, 2008: ENSO decadal variability. J. Climate, 21, 5482-550.

Kallummal, R., and B. P. Kirtman, 2008: Validity of the linear stochastic view of ENSO in a CGM. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 3860-3879.

Jin, E., J. L. Kinter III, B. Wang, I.-S. Kang, B. P. Kirtman, J.-S. Kug, A. Kumar, J.-J. Luo, C.-K. Park, J. Schemm, J. Shukla, and T. Yamagata, 2008: Current status of ENSO prediction skill in coupled ocean-atmosphere models. Clim. Dyn., doi: 10.1007/S00382-008-0397-3.

Misra, V., L. Marx, M. Fennessy, B. Kirtman, and J. L. Kinter III, 2008: A comparison of climate prediction and simulation over tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 21, 3601-3611.

Stan, C., and B. P. Kirtman, 2008: Internal atmospheric dynamics and tropical Pacific predictability in a coupled GCM. J. Climate, 21, 3487-3503.

Yeh, S.-W., and B. P. Kirtman, 2008: The low-frequency relationship of the tropical-North Pacific sea surface temperature teleconnections. J. Climate, 21, 3416-3432.

Wu, R., B. P. Kirtman, V. Krishnamurthy, 2008: An asymmetric mode of tropical Indian Ocean rainfall variability in boreal spring. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 113, D05104, doi:10.29/2007JD009316.

Wu, Z., E. K. Schneider, B. P. Kirtman, E. S. Sarachik, N. E. Huang, and C. J. Tucker, 2008: The modulated annual cycle - An alternative reference frame for climate anomalies. Climate Dyn., doi: 10.1007/S00382-008-0437-z.

2007

Misra, V., L. Marx, J. L. Kinter III, B. P. Kirtman, Z. Guo, D. Min, M. Fennessy, P. D. Dirmeyer, R. Kallummal and D. M. Straus, 2007: Validating and understanding the ENSO simulation in two coupled climate models. Tellus, 59A, 292-308.

Vikhliaev, Y., P. Schopf, T. DelSole, and B. Kirtman, 2007: Finding multiple basin modes in a linear ocean model. J. Ocean Atmos. Tech. 6, 1033-1049.

Vikhliaev, Y., B. P. Kirtman, P. Schopf, 2007: North Pacific bred vectors in a coupled GCM. J. Climate, 23, 5744-5764.

Wu, R., and B. P. Kirtman, 2007: Observed relationship of spring and summer East Asian rainfall with winter and spring Eurasian snow. J. Climate, 20, 1285-1303.

Wu, R., and B. P. Kirtman, 2007: Role of Indian Ocean in the biennial transition of the Indian summer monsoon. J. Climate, 20, 2147-2164.

Wu, R., and B. P. Kirtman, 2007:  Regimes of local air-sea interactions and implications for performance of forced simulations. Climate Dynamics, 29, 393-410.

Wu, R., and B. P. Kirtman 2007: Roles of the Indian Ocean in the Australian summer monsoon-ENSO relationship. J. Climate, 20, 4768-4787.

Wu, R., B. P. Kirtman, and K. Pegion, 2007: Surface latent heat flux and its relationship with sea surface temperature in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction Climate Forecast System simulations and retrospective forecasts. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L17712, doi:10.1029/2007GL030751.

Yeh, S-.W., R. Wu, and B. P. Kirtman, 2007: Impact of the Indian Ocean on ENSO variability in a hybrid coupled model. Quart. J. R. Meteor. Soc., 133, 445-457.

Yeh, S.-W., and B. P. Kirtman, 2007: ENSO amplitude changes in climate change projection. J. Climate, 20, 203-217.

Yeh, S.-W., B. P. Kirtman, and S.-I. An, 2007: Local versus non-local atmospheric weather noise and the North Pacific SST variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14706, doi:10.1029/2007GL030206.