meeting summary The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) (2009)
Gerald A. Meehl, George J. Boer, Curt Covey, Mojib Latif, Ronald J. Stouffer
The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) was established to study and intercompare climate simulations made with coupled ocean–atmosphere–cryosphere–land GCMs. There are two main phases...
Gabi Hegerl, Gerald Meehl, Curt Covey, Mojib Latif, Bryant Mcavaney, Ron Stouffer
Many modelling groups have completed or are in the process of performing simulations of the 20th century with ocean-atmosphere general circulation models. The simulations are driven with various...
Niklas Schneider, Stephan Venzke, Arthur J. Miller, David W. Pierce, Tim P. Barnett, Clara Deser, ...
Abstract. The coupling on decadal time scales of the midlatitude and tropical Pacific via an oceanic `bridge ' in the thermocline is investigated using ocean general circulation model hindcasts...
The WCRP CMIP3 multimodel dataset: A new ero in climate change research (2007)
A. Meehl, Curt Covey, Thomas Delworth, Mojib Latif, Bryant Mcavaney, ...
Open access to an unprecedented, comprehensive coordinated set of global coupled climate model experiments for twentieth and twenty-first century climate and other experiments is changing the way...
Jungclaus,Johann H., Haak,Helmuth, Latif,Mojib, Mikolajewicz,Uwe
Analyses of a 500-yr control integration with the non-flux-adjusted coupled atmosphere–sea ice–ocean model ECHAM5/Max-Planck-Institute Ocean Model (MPI-OM) show pronounced multidecadal...
Keenlyside,Noel, Latif,Mojib, Botzet,Michael, Jungclaus,Johann, Schulzweida,Uwe
A simple method for initializing coupled general circulation models (CGCMs) using only sea surface temperature (SST) data is comprehensively tested in an extended set of ensemble hindcasts with the...
The dependence of the air–sea interactions over the North Atlantic on the ocean dynamics is explored by analyzing multicentury integrations with two different coupled ocean–atmosphere models. One...
Keenlyside, Noel, Latif, Mojib, Botzet, Michael, Jungclaus, Johann, Schulzweida, Uwe
A simple method for initializing coupled general circulation models (CGCMs) using only sea surface temperature (SST) data is comprehensively tested in an extended set of ensemble hindcasts with the...
Jungclaus, Johann H., Haak, Helmuth, Latif, Mojib, Mikolajewicz, Uwe
Analyses of a 500-yr control integration with the non-flux-adjusted coupled atmosphere–sea ice–ocean model ECHAM5/Max-Planck-Institute Ocean Model (MPI-OM) show pronounced multidecadal...
The dependence of the air–sea interactions over the North Atlantic on the ocean dynamics is explored by analyzing multicentury integrations with two different coupled ocean–atmosphere models. One...
Latif,Mojib, Roeckner,Erich, Botzet,Michael, Esch,Monika, Haak,Helmut, Hagemann,Stefan, ...
Sea surface temperature (SST) observations in the North Atlantic indicate the existence of strong multidecadal variability with a unique spatial structure. It is shown by means of a new global...
Tropical Pacific decadal variability and the Subtropical-Tropical cells (2004)
We have analyzed the decadal-scale variability in the Tropical Pacific by means of observations and numerical model simulations. The two leading modes of the sea surface temperature (SST) variability...
Combining ENSO forecasts: A feasibility study (2004)
Metzger,Swen, Latif,Mojib, Fraedrich,Klaus
Numerical and statistical predictions of simplified models are linearly combined in a sensitivity study to identify the crucial parameters that are needed to enhance predictability of the El...
Combining ENSO forecasts: A feasibility study (2004)
Metzger, Swen, Latif, Mojib, Fraedrich, Klaus
Numerical and statistical predictions of simplified models are linearly combined in a sensitivity study to identify the crucial parameters that are needed to enhance predictability of the El...
Latif, Mojib, Roeckner, Erich, Botzet, Michael, Esch, Monika, Haak, Helmut, Hagemann, Stefan, ...
Sea surface temperature (SST) observations in the North Atlantic indicate the existence of strong multidecadal variability with a unique spatial structure. It is shown by means of a new global...
Tropical Pacific decadal variability and the Subtropical-Tropical cells (2004)
We have analyzed the decadal-scale variability in the Tropical Pacific by means of observations and numerical model simulations. The two leading modes of the sea surface temperature (SST) variability...
The challenge of long-term climate change (2003)
Hasselmann,Klaus F., Latif,Mojib, Hooss,Georg, Azar,C., Edenhofer,O., Jaeger,C. C., ...
The sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the tropical Indian Ocean show a pronounced warming since the 1950s. We have analyzed the impact of this warming on Sahelian rainfall and on the North Atlantic...
Formation and propagation of great salinity anomalies (2003)
Haak,Helmuth, Jungclaus,Johann, Mikolajewicz,Uwe, Latif,Mojib
The Max-Planck-Institute global ocean/sea ice model with orthogonal curvilinear coordinates (2003)
Marsland,Simon J., Haak,Helmuth, Jungclaus,Johann H., Latif,Mojib, Röske,Frank
The Hamburg Ocean Primitive Equation model has undergone significant development in recent years. Most notable is the treatment of horizontal discretisation which has undergone transition from a...
Variability of the thermohaline circulation (THC) (2003)
Meincke,J., Quadfasel,Detlef, Berger,W.H., Brander,K., Dickson,R., Haugan,P.M., ...
The sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the tropical Indian Ocean show a pronounced warming since the 1950s. We have analyzed the impact of this warming on Sahelian rainfall and on the North Atlantic...
Formation and propagation of great salinity anomalies (2003)
Haak, Helmuth, Jungclaus, Johann, Mikolajewicz, Uwe, Latif, Mojib
The challenge of long-term climate change (2003)
Hasselmann, Klaus F., Latif, Mojib, Hooss, Georg, Azar, C., Edenhofer, O., Jaeger, C. C., ...
Tropical pacific influences on the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation (2003)
Most global climate models simulate a weakening of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation (THC) in response to enhanced greenhouse warming. Both surface warming and freshening in high latitudes,...
The Max-Planck-Institute global ocean/sea ice model with orthogonal curvilinear coordinates (2003)
Marsland, Simon J., Haak, Helmuth, Jungclaus, Johann H., Latif, Mojib, Röske, Frank
The Hamburg Ocean Primitive Equation model has undergone significant development in recent years. Most notable is the treatment of horizontal discretisation which has undergone transition from a...
Variability of the thermohaline circulation (THC) (2003)
Meincke, J., Quadfasel, Detlef, Berger, W.H., Brander, K., Dickson, R., Haugan, P.M., ...
OVERVIEW OF THE COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT (2003)
A. Meehl, Curt Covey, Bryant Mcavaney, Mojib Latif, J. Stouffer
For the last decade the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) has worked to improve our understanding of processes and simulation capabilities in global coupled models (Meehl 1995). The...
Impact of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation on visceral leishmaniasis, Brazil (2002)
Franke,C. R., Ziller,M., Staubach,C., Latif,Mojib
We used time-series analysis and linear regression to investigate the relationship between the annual Nino-3 index from 1980 to 1998 and the annual incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the...
Analysis of observed and simulated SST spectra in the midlatitudes (2002)
Dommenget,Dietmar, Latif,Mojib
Statistical analyses of monthly mean sea surface temperatures (SST) from observations and from a hierarchy of global coupled ocean atmosphere models were carried out with the focus on the...
On dipolelike variability of sea surface temperature in the tropical Indian Ocean (2002)
Baquero-Bernal,Astrid, Latif,Mojib, Legutke,Stefanie
The interannual variability of the tropical Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) is studied with observational data and a hierarchy of coupled general circulation models (CGCMs). Special...
A high resolution AGCM study of the El Niño impact on the North Atlantic/European sector (2002)
[1] An atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) sensitivity study has been performed with the ECHAM4 model forced by anomalous sea surface temperatures to investigate the role of the horizontal...
A cautionary note on the interpretation of EOFs (2002)
Dommenget,Dietmar, Latif,Mojib
Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analyses (rotated or not) are widely used in climate research. In recent years there have been several studies in which EOF analyses were used to highlight...
STOIC: a study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions (2002)
Davey,M. K., Huddleston,M., Sperber,K. R., Braconnot,P., Bryan,F., Chen,D., ...
We describe the behaviour of 23 dynamical ocean-atmosphere models, in the context of comparison with observations in a common framework. Fields of tropical sea surface temperature (SST), surface wind...
A cautionary note on the interpretation of EOFs (2002)
Dommenget, Dietmar, Latif, Mojib
Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analyses (rotated or not) are widely used in climate research. In recent years there have been several studies in which EOF analyses were used to highlight...
STOIC: a study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions (2002)
Davey, M. K., Huddleston, M., Sperber, K. R., Braconnot, P., Bryan, F., Chen, D., ...
We describe the behaviour of 23 dynamical ocean-atmosphere models, in the context of comparison with observations in a common framework. Fields of tropical sea surface temperature (SST), surface wind...
On dipolelike variability of sea surface temperature in the tropical Indian Ocean (2002)
Baquero-Bernal, Astrid, Latif, Mojib, Legutke, Stefanie
The interannual variability of the tropical Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) is studied with observational data and a hierarchy of coupled general circulation models (CGCMs). Special...
Analysis of observed and simulated SST spectra in the midlatitudes (2002)
Dommenget, Dietmar, Latif, Mojib
Statistical analyses of monthly mean sea surface temperatures (SST) from observations and from a hierarchy of global coupled ocean atmosphere models were carried out with the focus on the...
Impact of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation on visceral leishmaniasis, Brazil (2002)
Franke, C. R., Ziller, M., Staubach, C., Latif, Mojib
We used time-series analysis and linear regression to investigate the relationship between the annual Nino-3 index from 1980 to 1998 and the annual incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the...
A high resolution AGCM study of the El Niño impact on the North Atlantic/European sector (2002)
[1] An atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) sensitivity study has been performed with the ECHAM4 model forced by anomalous sea surface temperatures to investigate the role of the horizontal...
ENSIP: the El Nino simulation intercomparison project (2001)
Latif,Mojib, Sperber,K., Arblaster,J., Braconnot,P., Chen,D., Colman,A., ...
An ensemble of twenty four coupled ocean-atmosphere models has been compared with respect to their performance in the tropical Pacific. The coupled models span a large portion of the parameter space...
Is there an Indian Ocean dipole and is it independent of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation? (2001)
Allan, Rob J., Chambers, Don, Drosdowsky, Wasyl, Hendon, Harry, Latif, Mojib, Nicholls, Neville, ...
The papers by Saji et al (1999) and Webster et al (1999) describe an equatorial Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) dipole pattern (IOD) which they claim modulates rainfall in East Africa and...
Is there an Indian Ocean dipole and is it independent of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation? (2001)
Allan, Rob J., Chambers, Don, Drosdowsky, Wasyl, Hendon, Harry, Latif, Mojib, Nicholls, Neville, ...
The papers by Saji et al (1999) and Webster et al (1999) describe an equatorial Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) dipole pattern (IOD) which they claim modulates rainfall in East Africa and...
Is there an Indian Ocean dipole and is it independent of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation? (2001)
Allan, Rob J., Chambers, Don, Drosdowsky, Wasyl, Hendon, Harry, Latif, Mojib, Nicholls, Neville, ...
The papers by Saji et al (1999) and Webster et al (1999) describe an equatorial Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) dipole pattern (IOD) which they claim modulates rainfall in East Africa and...
Is there an Indian Ocean dipole and is it independent of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation? (2001)
Allan, Rob J., Chambers, Don, Drosdowsky, Wasyl, Hendon, Harry, Latif, Mojib, Nicholls, Neville, ...
The papers by Saji et al (1999) and Webster et al (1999) describe an equatorial Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) dipole pattern (IOD) which they claim modulates rainfall in East Africa and...
ENSIP: the El Nino simulation intercomparison project (2001)
Latif, Mojib, Sperber, K., Arblaster, J., Braconnot, P., Chen, D., Colman, A., ...
An ensemble of twenty four coupled ocean-atmosphere models has been compared with respect to their performance in the tropical Pacific. The coupled models span a large portion of the parameter space...
Is there an Indian Ocean dipole and is it independent of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation? (2001)
Allan, Rob J., Chambers, Don, Drosdowsky, Wasyl, Hendon, Harry, Latif, Mojib, Nicholls, Neville, ...
The papers by Saji et al (1999) and Webster et al (1999) describe an equatorial Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) dipole pattern (IOD) which they claim modulates rainfall in East Africa and...
Is there an Indian Ocean dipole and is it independent of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation? (2001)
Allan, Rob J., Chambers, Don, Drosdowsky, Wasyl, Hendon, Harry, Latif, Mojib, Nicholls, Neville, ...
The papers by Saji et al (1999) and Webster et al (1999) describe an equatorial Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) dipole pattern (IOD) which they claim modulates rainfall in East Africa and...
Impact of El Niño/Southern Oscillation on Visceral Leishmaniasis, Brazil
Franke, Carlos Roberto, Ziller, Mario, Staubach, Christoph, Latif, Mojib
We used time-series analysis and linear regression to investigate the relationship between the annual Niño-3 index from 1980 to 1998 and the annual incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the...