Publications (with links to papers)

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Bourassa, M. and other members of the High-latitude surface flux Working Group, 2009:  High-latitude ocean and sea ice surface fluxes: Requirements and challenges for climate research. BAMS, submitted.

Strong, C. and G. Magnusdottir, 2009:  Dependence of NAO on coupling with sea ice. Climate Dynamics, submitted.

Strong, C., G. Magnusdottir and H. Stern, 2009: Observed Feedback between winter sea ice and the North Atlantic Oscillation.  Journal of Climate, in press.

Scharenbroich, L., G. Magnusdottir, P. Smyth, H. Stern and C.-C. Wang, 2009: A Bayesian framework for storm tracking using a hidden state representation  Monthly Weather Review, in press.

Strong, C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2009: Modeled winter sea ice variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation: a multi-century perspective  Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0550-7.

Strong, C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2009: The role of Rossby wave breaking in shaping the equilibrium atmospheric response to North Atlantic boundary forcing  Journal of Climate, in press.

 Strong, C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2009: The role of Rossby wave breaking in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation  Journal of Climate, 22, 1819--1833.

Strong, C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2008:  How Rossby wave breaking over the Pacific forces the North Atlantic Oscillation, Geophys. Research Letters, 35, L10706, doi:10.1029/2008GL033578.

Strong, C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2008:  Tropospheric Rossby wave breaking and the NAO/NAM, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2861--2876.

Magnusdottir, G. and C.-C. Wang, 2008:  Intertropical convergence zones during the active season in daily data, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2425--2436.

Abatzoglou, J.T., and G. Magnusdottir, 2007:   Correction to "Wave breaking along the stratospheric polar vortex as seen in ERA-40 data", Geophys. Research Letters, 34, L11805, doi:10.1029/2007GL030608.

Abatzoglou, J.T., and G. Magnusdottir, 2007:   Wave breaking along the stratospheric polar vortex as seen in ERA-40 data, Geophys. Research Letters, 34, L08812, doi:10.1029/2007GL029509.

Abatzoglou, J.T., and G. Magnusdottir, 2006:  Opposing effects of reflective and non-reflective planetary wave breaking on the NAO.  J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 3448-3457.

Wang, C.-C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2006:  The ITCZ in the Central and Eastern Pacific on Synoptic Timescales.  Mon. Wea. Rew., 132, 1405-1421.

Abatzoglou, J.T., and G. Magnusdottir, 2006:  Planetary wave breaking and nonlinear reflection:  Seasonal cycle and interannual variability  J. Climate, 19, 6139-6152.

Wang, C.-C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2005:  ITCZ breakdown in three-dimensional flows  J. Atmos. Sci., 62,1497--1512.

Abatzoglou, J.T., and G. Magnusdottir, 2004:  Nonlinear planetary wave reflection in the troposphere Geophys. Research Letters, 31, No. 9, 01 May 2004.

Wang, C.-C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2004:  ITCZ breakdown: An observational study over the Tropical East Pacific. Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, May 3--7, 2004.

Wang, C.-C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2004:  ITCZ breakdown in 3-dimensional flows  Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, May 3--7, 2004.

G. Magnusdottir, C. Deser and R. Saravanan, 2004:  The effects of North Atlantic SST and sea-ice anomalies on the winter circulation in CCM3. Part I: Main features and storm-track characteristics of the response.  J. Climate, 17, 857--876.

Deser, C, G. Magnusdottir, R. Saravanan and A. Philips, 2004:  The effects of the North Atlantic SST and sea-ice anomalies on the winter circulation in CCM3. Part II: Direct and indirect components of the response. J. Climate, 17, 877--889.

Magnusdottir, G., R. Saravanan and C. Deser, 2003:  The modelled response of the atmospheric winter circulation to North Atlantic SST and sea-ice anomalies corresponding to multidecadal trends. Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics., San Antonio, June 9--13, 2003.

Walker, C.-C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2003:  Nonlinear planetary-wave reflection in an atmospheric GCM.  Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics., San Antonio, June 9--13, 2003.

Wang, C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2003:  ITCZ breakdown in 3-dimensional simulations.  Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics., San Antonio, June 9--13, 2003.

Walker, C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2003:  Nonlinear planetary-wave reflection in an atmospheric GCM.  J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 279--286.

Walker, C., and G. Magnusdottir, 2002:  Effect of the Hadley circulation on the reflection of planetary waves in three-dimensional tropospheric flows.  J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2846--2859.

Magnusdottir, G, 2001 : The modeled response of the mean winter circulation to zonally averaged SST trends. J. Climate, 14, 4166--4190.

Magnusdottir, G., and C. Walker, 2000:  On the effects of the Hadley circulation and westerly equatorial flow   on planetary-wave reflection.  Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 126, 2725--2745.

Magnusdottir, G., and R. Saravanan, 1999: The response of atmospheric heat transport to zonally-averaged SST trends.Tellus,51A, No. 5, 815--832.

Magnusdottir, G., and P.H. Haynes, 1999: Reflection of planetary waves in three-dimensional tropospheric flows. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, No. 4, 652--670.

Magnusdottir, G., and P.H. Haynes, 1996: Wave-activity diagnostics applied to baroclinic-wave life cycles. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2317--2353.

Magnusdottir, G., and P. H. Haynes, 1995: Idealized modelling of the interactions of planetary waves with the subtropics. Proc. of The Tenth Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, June 1995, Big Sky, Montana.

Schubert, W.H., and G. Magnusdottir, 1994: Vorticity coordinates and a canonical form for balanced models, J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 3309--3319.

Magnusdottir, G., 1993: Vorticity coordinates and a canonical form for balanced models. Geometrical Fluid Dynamics. Wood Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Rept., WHOI-94-12, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole MA 02543, USA.

Magnusdottir, G., and W.H. Schubert, 1991: Semigeostrophic theory on the hemisphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 1449-1456.

Magnusdottir, G. and W. H. Schubert, 1990: The generalization of semigeostrophic theory to the beta-plane. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1714--1720.

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