Research interests
The research areas below include links
to sample papers in each area.
Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
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El Niño/Southern oscillation
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Midlatitude ocean-atmosphere interaction
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Ocean-atmosphere interaction in the tropical climatology
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Monsoon theory as a problem in ocean-atmosphere-land interaction
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Thermohaline circulation-atmosphere interaction
Sea-ice-ocean interaction
Land-surface climate interaction
Tropical atmospheric dynamics for tropical climate problems
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Interaction between moist convection and large-scale motions
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Moist teleconnections
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Tropical precipitation change under global warming
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Intraseasonal oscillations
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Stochastic moist convection
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Hurricanes
Hierarchical ocean-atmosphere-land modeling
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Hybrid coupled models
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Quasi-equilibrium Tropical Circulation Models (QTCMs)
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Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction:
Monsoon theory as a problem in ocean-atmosphere-land interaction
Selected links to abstracts and paper downloads.
Current Climate
Chou, C. and J. D. Neelin, 2001:
Mechanisms limiting the southward extent of the South American
summer monsoon.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, no.12, 2433-2436.
Chou, C., J. D. Neelin and H. Su, 2001:
Ocean-atmosphere-land feedbacks in an idealized monsoon.
Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 127, 1869-1891.
Chou, C. and J. D. Neelin, 2003:
Mechanisms limiting the northward extent of the northern summer
convection zones.
J. Climate, 16, 406-425.
Mid-Holocene Climate
Su, H. and J. D. Neelin:
Dynamical Mechanisms for African Monsoon Changes During the
Mid-Holocene.
J. Geophys. Res., In Press.
Hales, K., and J. D. Neelin, 2004:
Sensitivity of Tropical Land Climate to Leaf Area Index:
Role of Surface Conductance versus Albedo.
J. Climate, 17, 1459-1473.
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