Dr. Yutian Wu

Pronouns: she/her/shers
Lamont Associate Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School
Lecturer, M.S. in Sustainability Science School of Professional Studies
Affiliated with: M.P.A. in Environmental Science and Policy
P.O. Box 1000 61 Route 9W Palisades, NY 10964-1000 USA

BIOGRAPHY:

I am currently a Lamont Associate Research Professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. I research the general circulation of the atmosphere, including the midlatitude jet streams, storm tracks and monsoon circulation, using observations and numerical model simulations. My recent research projects focus on understanding the impact of Arctic sea ice loss on the midlatitude weather and climate as well as understanding the summer monsoon circulation and its associated troposphere-stratosphere transport. Before joining Lamont, I worked an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University and before that, a postdoctoral research associate at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. I received Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University in 2011.

PROJECTS

Only select projects listed below

Name	Start Date	End Date
Assessing Transport Pathways into the Arctic and Their Efficiencies	4/15/19	3/31/23
CAREER: Monsoon and the Upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere	9/2/17	4/30/23
Assessing the Role of the Atmosphere in Extreme Arctic Sea Ice Melting Events from Daily to Centennial Time Scales	6/29/20	6/28/23
Changes in Impacts-relevant Climate in the the World’s Mediterranean Climate Regions: A Mechanisms-based Investigation of Atmosphere-Ocean-Land Processes across Seasons	12/15/21	11/30/24
The Impact of Arctic Amplification on the Midlatitude Circulation: Nonlinearity and Non-additivity	8/15/22	7/31/25
Diagnostics Package for MJO-Teleconnections	8/1/22	7/31/24

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Only select publications listed below

Name	Published Date
Recent and near-term future changes in impacts-relevant seasonal hydroclimate in the world's Mediterranean climate regions	2024
Data: The Most Effective Remote Forcing in Causing U.S.-Wide Heat Extremes as Revealed by CESM Green's Function Experiments	2023
Summertime Transport Pathways and Dynamics from Northern India and Southern Slope of the Tibetan Plateau to the Lower Stratosphere: Insights from Idealized Tracer Experiments, version 2	2022
Data: Summertime Transport Pathways and Dynamics from Northern India to the Lower Stratosphere: Insights from Idealized Tracer Experiments, version 1	2021
North Atlantic Oscillation in winter is largely insensitive to autumn Barents-Kara sea ice variability	2021
Summertime transport pathways from different northern hemisphere regions into the Arctic	2021
Data: Linear Response Function Reveals the Most Effective Remote Forcing in Causing September Arctic Sea Ice Melting in CESM	2020
The role of the stratosphere in future mid-latitude climate projections	2019
A stratospheric pathway linking a colder Siberia to Barents-Kara Sea sea ice loss	2018
The Downward Influence of Uncertainty in the Northern Hemisphere Stratospheric Polar Vortex Response to Climate Change	2018
Contrasting short and long term projections of the hydrological cycle in the Southern extratropics	2015
Atmospheric Circulation Response to an Instantaneous Doubling of Carbon Dioxide. Part II: Atmospheric Transient Adjustment and Its Dynamics	2013
The Importance of the Montreal Protocol in Protecting Earth’s Hydroclimate	2013
The ozone hole indirect effect: Cloud-radiative anomalies accompanying the poleward shift of the eddy-driven jet in the Southern Hemisphere	2013
The Ozone Hole Indirect Effect: Cloud-Radiative Anomalies Accompanying the Poleward Shift of the Eddy-Driven Jet in the Southern Hemisphere	2013
Atmospheric Circulation Response to an Instantaneous Doubling of Carbon Dioxide Part I: Model Experiments and Transient Thermal Response in the Troposphere	2012
Midlatitude Storm Track Response to Increased Greenhouse Warming	2012
Changes in storm tracks and energy transports in a warmer climate simulated by the GFDL CM2.1 model	2010

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