Unit Affiliation: Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
DESCRIPTION: The project will ensemble numerical modeling using atmospheric and partially coupled general circulation models forced with observed SST to determine the relationships among global and region SSTs, GHG forcing, and North American droughts in present and future climate.
OUTCOMES: A set of GCM simulations forced with tropical and subtropical Atlantic SST anomalies has been completed and six sets of hindcasts each comprising 75 one year runs also completed. Showed that SSTs could have predicted the Dust Bowl drought, but in the wrong area.
Blog on the ENSO Phenomenon to Help Educate and Inform National and International Non-Climate Scientists
Collaborative Research: P2C2-Reconstructing Tropical Pacific Climate Variability and Monsoon Systems, and Abrupt Changes from Ice Cores on Irain Jaya, Indonesia and Hualcan, Peru
Collaborative Research: Calibrating Southeast Asian Proxies Speleothems and Tree Rings
Collaborative Research: Coring the Line Islands Ridge for Paleoceanographic Research