1997 Refereed Journal Articles

Bamzai, A.S., 1997: Observational and modeling study of snow its relation to the Indian summer monsoon. Ph.D. Dissertation, George Mason University.

Chen T.H. and Collaborators (including Y. Xue), 1997: Cabauw experimental results from the project for intercomparison of land surface parameterization schemes. J. Climate, 10, 1194-1215.

D’Andrea, F., S. Tibaldi, M. Blackburn, G. Boer, M. Déque, B. Dugas, L. Ferranti, B. Hunt, A. Kitoh, D. Randall, E. Roeckner, C. Hall, D. Straus, N. Sato, W. Stern, H. van den Dool, and D. Williamson, 1997: Northern Hemisphere atmospheric blocking as simulated by 15 atmospheric general circulation models in the period 1979-1988. J. Climate (submitted).

Fennessy, M.J. and Y. Xue, 1997: Impact of USGS vegetation map on GCM simulations over the United States. Ecol. Appl. 7, 22-23. Huang, B., and J. Shukla, 1997a: An examination of the AGCM simulated surface wind stress and low level winds over tropical Pacific. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 985-998.

Huang, B. and J. Shukla, 1997b: Characteristics of the interannual and decadal variability in a general circulation model of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 1693-1712.

Kirtman, B.P., 1997: Oceanic Rossby wave dynamics and the ENSO period in a coupled model. J. Climate, 10, 1690-1704.

Kirtman, B.P. and D.G. DeWitt, 1997: Comparison of atmospheric model wind stress with three different convective parameterizations: Sensitivity of tropical Pacific Ocean simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 1231-1250.

Kirtman, B.P., J. Shukla, B. Huang, Z. Zhu and E.K. Schneider, 1997: Multi-seasonal predictions with a coupled tropical ocean global atmosphere system. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 789-808.

Kirtman, B.P. and S.E. Zebiak, 1997: ENSO simulation and prediction with a hybrid coupled model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 2620-2641.

Oki, T., T. Nishimura, and P.A. Dirmeyer, 1997: Validating estimates of land surface parameterizations by annual discharge using Total Runoff Integrating Pathways. J. Japan Soc. Hydrol. Water Resour., 9, 416-425.

Schlosser, C.A., A. Robock, K.Y. Vinnikov, N.A. Speranskaya, and Y. Xue, 1997: 18 year land surface hydrology model simulations for a midlatitude grassland catchment in Valdai, Russia. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 3279-3296.

Schneider, E.K., R.S. Lindzen and B.P. Kirtman, 1997: A tropical influence on global climate. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 1349-1358.

Schneider, E.K., Z. Zhu, B.S. Giese, B. Huang, B.P. Kirtman, J. Shukla, and J.A. Carton, 1997: Annual cycle and ENSO in a couple ocean-atmosphere model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 680-706.

Straus, D.M. and J. Shukla, 1997: Variations of mid-latitude transient dynamics associated with ENSO. J. Atmos. Sci. 54, 777-790.

Straus, D.M. and Q. Yang, 1997: Vertical structure and dominant horizontal scales of baroclinic waves in the NASA DAO and NCEP reanalysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 3266-3278.

Xue, Y., 1997: Biosphere feedback on regional climate in tropical north Africa. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 123, 1483-1516.

Xue, Y., P.J. Sellers, F.J. Zeng, and C.A. Schlosser, 1997: Comments on "Use of Russian soil moisture and meteorological observations to validate soil moisture simulations with biosphere and bucket models". J. Climate, 10, 374-376.

Zhu, Z., 1997: Precipitation and water vapor transport simulated by a hybrid isentropic-sigma GCM. J. Climate, 10, 988-1003.

Zhu, Z. and E.K. Schneider, 1997: Improvement in stratosphere and upper-troposphere simulation with a hybrid isentropic-sigma coordinate GCM. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 123, 2095-2114.