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Ngar-Cheung Lau

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  1. Lau, N-C., and M. J. Nath, 2004: Coupled GCM simulation of atmosphere-ocean variability associated with zonally asymmetric SST changes in the tropical Indian Ocean. Journal of Climate, 17(2), 245-265.

    2. Abstract / PDF

  2. Lau, N-C., and M. J. Nath, 2003: Atmosphere-ocean variations in the Indo-Pacific sector during ENSO episodes. Journal of Climate, 16(1), 3-20.

    3. Abstract / PDF

  3. Alexander, M. A., I. Bladé, M. Newman, J. R. Lanzante, N-C Lau, and J. D. Scott, 2002: The atmospheric bridge: the influence of ENSO teleconnections on air-sea interaction over the global oceans. Journal of Climate, 15(16), 2205-2231.

    4. Abstract / PDF

  4. Broccoli, A. J., T. L. Delworth, and N-C Lau: 2001. The effect of changes in observational coverage on the association between surface temperature and the Arctic Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 14(11), 2481-2485.

    5. Abstract / PDF

  5. Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Mary Jo Nath, 2001: Impact of ENSO on SST Variability in the North Pacific and North Atlantic: Seasonal Dependence and Role of Extratropical Sea-Air Coupling. Journal of Climate, 14(13), 2846-2866.

    6. Abstract / PDF

  6. Lau, N-C., and M. J. Nath, 2000: Impact of ENSO on the variability of the Asian-Australian monsoons as simulated in GCM experiments. Journal of Climate, 13(24), 4287-4309.

    7. Abstract / PDF

  7. Klein, S. A., B. J. Soden, and N-C. Lau, 1999: Remote sea surface temperature variations during ENSO: Evidence for a tropical atmospheric bridge. Journal of Climate, 12(4), 917-932.

    8. Abstract / PDF

  8. Lau, N-C, and M. J. Nath, 1999:  Observed and GCM-simulated westward-propagating, planetary-scale fluctuations with approximately three-week periods. Monthly Weather Review, 127(10), 2324-2345.

    9. Abstract / PDF

  9. Broccoli, A. J., N-C. Lau, and M. J. Nath, 1998: The cold ocean-warm land pattern: Model simulation and relevance to climate change detection. Journal of Climate, 11(11), 2743-2763.

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  10. Trenberth, K. E., G. W.Branstator, D. Karoly, A. Kumar, N-C. Lau, and C. Ropelewski, 1998: Progress during TOGA in understanding and modeling global teleconnections associated with tropical sea surface temperatures. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103(C7), 14,291-14,324.

    11. Abstract / PDF

  11. Lau, N-C., 1997: Interactions between global SST anomalies and the midlatitude atmospheric circulation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 78(1), 21-33.

    12. Abstract / PDF

  12. Lau, N-C., and M. W. Crane, 1997: Comparing satellite and surface observations of cloud patterns in synoptic-scale circulation systems. Monthly Weather Review, 125(12), 3172-3189.

    13. Abstract / PDF

  13. Peng, P., and N-C. Lau, 1997: The impact of the monthly-varying global SST anomalies on the Northern Hemisphere circulation as seen in an ensemble of NCEP-GCM simulations. In Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Springfield, VA: NTIS, 102-105.

    14. [No abstract]

  14. Lau, N-C., 1996: Variability of the midlatitude atmospheric circulation in relation to tropical and extratropical sea surface temperature anomalies. In From Atmospheric Circulation to Global Change - Celebration of the 80th Birthday of Prof. YE Duzheng, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing: China, China Meteorological Press, 549-572.

    15. Abstract

  15. Lau, N-C., and M.W. Crane, 1996: A satellite view of the synoptic-scale organization of cloud properties in midlatitude and tropical circulation systems. In International Workshop on Research Uses of ISCCP Datasets, World Climate Research Programme, WCRP-97, WMO/TD No. 790, WMO, 11.20.

    16. [No abstract]

  16. Lau, N-C., and M. J. Nath, 1996: The role of the "atmospheric bridge" in linking tropical Pacific ENSO events to extratropical SST anomalies. Journal of Climate, 9(9), 2036-2057.

    17. Abstract / PDF

  17. Peng, P., and N-C. Lau, 1996: Zonal mean flow/eddy relationship in a perpetual January GCM experiment. In Proceedings of the 20th Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, U.S. Dept. of Commerce/NOAA/NWS, 216-219.

    18. [No abstract]

  18. Philander, S. G. H., D. Gu, D. Halpern, G. Lambert, N-C. Lau, T. Li, and R.C. Pacanowski, 1996: Why the ITCZ is mostly north of the equator. Journal of Climate, 9(12) Part I, 2958-2972.

    19. Abstract / PDF

  19. Lau, N-C., and M. W. Crane, 1995: A satellite view of the synoptic-scale organization of cloud properties in midlatitude and tropical circulation systems. Monthly Weather Review, 123(7), 1984-2006.

    20. Abstract / PDF

  20. Lau, N-C., and M. J. Nath, 1994: A modeling study of the relative roles of tropical and extratropical SST anomalies in the variability of the global atmosphere-ocean system. Journal of Climate, 7(8), 1184-1207.

    21. Abstract / PDF

  21. Lau, N-C., 1992-1993: The Antarctic ozone hole story. United Bulletin, [Published by the United College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong], 49, 49-53.

    22. Abstract

  22. Ting, M., and N. Lau, 1993: A diagnostic and modeling study of the monthly mean wintertime anomalies appearing in a 100-year GCM experiment. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50(17), 2845-2867.

    23. Abstract / PDF

  23. Wu, G., and N. Lau, 1993: Reply. Monthly Weather Review, 121(7), 2144-2146.

    24. PDF

  24. Kushnir, Y., and N-C. Lau, 1992: The general circulation model response to a North Pacific SST anomaly: Dependence on time scale and pattern polarity. Journal of Climate, 5(4), 271-283.

    25. Abstract / PDF

  25. Lau, K-H., and N-C. Lau, 1992: The energetics and propagation dynamics of tropical summertime synoptic-scale disturbances. Monthly Weather Review, 120(11), 2523-2539.

    26. Abstract / PDF

  26. Lau, N-C., 1992: Climate variability simulated in GCMs. In Climate System Modeling. Cambridge University Press, 617-642.

    27. [No abstract]

  27. Lau, N-C., 1992: Review of book, "Teleconnections linking worldwide climate anomalies. Scientific basis and societal impact." Science, 256(5057), 682.


  28. Lau, N-C., and K. Lau, 1992: Simulation of the Asian summer monsoon in a 40-year experiment with a general circulation model. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on East Asia and Western Pacific Meteorology and Climate. W. J. Kyle, and C. P. Chang, eds., World Scientific, 49-56.

    29. [No abstract]

  29. Lau, N-C., S. G. H. Philander, and M. J. Nath, 1992: Simulation of ENSO-like phenomena with a low-resolution coupled GCM of the global ocean and atmosphere. Journal of Climate, 5(4), 284-307.

    30. Abstract / PDF

  30. Neelin, J. D., M. Latif, M. A. F. Allaart, M. A. Cane, U. Cubasch, W. L. Gates, P. R. Gent, C. Gordon, N-C. Lau, C. R. Mechoso, G. A. Meehl, J. M. Oberhuber, S. G. H. Philander, P. S. Schopf, K. R. Sperber, A. Sterl, T. Tokioka, J. Tribbia, and S. E. Zebiak, 1992: Tropical air-sea interaction in general circulation models. Climate Dynamics, 7, 73-104.

    31. Abstract

  31. Philander, S. G. H., R. C. Pacanowski, N-C. Lau, and M. J. Nath, 1992: Simulation of ENSO with a global atmospheric GCM coupled to a high-resolution, tropical Pacific Ocean GCM. Journal of Climate, 5(4), 308-329.

    32. Abstract / PDF

  32. Wu, G., and N-C. Lau, 1992: A GCM simulation of the relationship between tropical-storm formation and ENSO. Monthly Weather Review, 120(6), 958-977.

    33. Abstract / PDF

  33. Kushnir, Y., and N-C. Lau, 1991: A general circulation model study of the stationary and transient response to midlatitude SST anomalies. In Preprints, Fifth Conference on Climate Variations, Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society, 63-66.

    34. [No abstract]

  34. Lau, N-C., 1991: Variability of the baroclinic and barotropic transient eddy forcing associated with monthly changes in the midlatitude storm tracks. In Preprints, Fifth Conference on Climate Variations, Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society, 59-62.

    35. [No abstract]

  35. Lau, N-C., and M-J. Nath, 1991: Variability of the baroclinic and barotropic transient eddy forcing associated with monthly changes in the midlatitude storm tracks. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48(24), 2589-2613.

    36. Abstract / PDF

  36. Kushnir, Y., and N-C. Lau, 1990: The response of a GCM atmosphere to extratropical SST anomalies. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, U.S. Dept. of Commerce/NOAA/NWS, 289-294.

    37. [No abstract]

  37. Lau, N-C., 1990: GCM simulations of the influences of tropical and extratropical SST changes on the atmospheric circulation. In Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC) Research Report No. 21 - The Role of Sea Surface Temperatures in Numerical Modelling of the Atmosphere, Papers Presented At the First BMRC Modelling Workshop, J. D. Jasper, ed., Melbourne, Victoria; Australia, BMRC, 1-8.

    38. [No abstract]

  38. Lau, A. K-H., and N-C. Lau, 1990: Observed structure and propagation characteristics of summertime synoptic-scale disturbances over the tropical western Pacific. In Internationational Conference on East Asia and Western Pacific Meteorology and Climate, Teaneck, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Co., 48-57.

    39. [No abstract]

  39. Lau, K-H., and N-C. Lau, 1990: Observed structure and propagation characteristics of tropical summertime synoptic scale disturbances. Monthly Weather Review, 118(9), 1888-1913.

    40. Abstract / PDF

  40. Lau, N-C., and M. J. Nath, 1990: A general circulation model study of the atmospheric response to extratropical SST anomalies observed in 1950-79. Journal of Climate, 3(9), 965-989.

    41. Abstract / PDF

  41. Philander, S. G. H., N-C. Lau, R. C. Pacanowski, and M. J. Nath, 1989: Two different simulations of the Southern Oscillation and El Niño with coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A, 329, 167-178.

    42. Abstract

  42. Lau, N-C., 1988: Modeling of ENSO phenomena at GFDL. In Meteorological Research Report, Japan-U.S. Workshop on the El Niño-Southern Oscillation Phenomenon, Japan: Div. of Meteorology, Geophysical Institute, Univ.of Tokyo, 160-168.

    43. [No abstract]

  43. Lau, N-C., 1988: Variability of the observed midlatitude storm tracks in relation to low-frequency changes in the circulation pattern. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 45(19), 2718-2743.

    44. Abstract / PDF

  44. Lau, N-C., I. M. Held, and J. D. Neelin, 1988: The Madden-Julian Oscillation in an idealized general circulation model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 45(24), 3810-3832.

    45. Abstract  / PDF

  45. Philander, S. G. H., and N-C. Lau, 1988: Predictability of El Niño. In Physically-based Modelling and Simulation of Climate and Climatic Change, Part II, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 967-982.

    46. Abstract

  46. Lau, N-C., and M. J. Nath, 1987: Frequency dependence of the structure and temporal development of wintertime tropospheric fluctuations- Comparison of a GCM simulation with observations. Monthly Weather Review, 115(1), 251-271.

    47. Abstract / PDF

  47. Kang, I-S., and N-C. Lau, 1986: Principal modes of atmospheric variability in model atmospheres with and without anomalous sea surface temperature forcing in the tropical pacific. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 43(22), 2719-2735.

    48. Abstract / PDF 

  48. Lau, N-C., 1986: The influences of orography on large-scale atmospheric flow simulated by a general circulation model. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and Mountain Meteorology, Beijing; Science Press, Boston; American Meteorological Society, 241-269.

    49. [No abstract]

  49. Lau, N-C., and K-M. Lau, 1986: The structure and propagation of intraseasonal oscillations appearing in a GFDL general circulation model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 43(19), 2023-2047.

    50. Abstract / PDF

  50. Lau, N-C., 1985: Modeling the seasonal dependence of the atmospheric response to observed El Niños in 1962-76. Monthly Weather Review, 113(11), 1970-1996.

    51. Abstract / PDF

  51. Lau, N-C., 1985: Publication of circulation statistics based on FGGE level III-b analyses produced by GFDL and ECMWF. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 66(10), 1293-1301.

    52. [No abstract]

  52. Lau, N-C., and A. H. Oort, 1985: Response of a GFDL general circulation model to SST fluctuations observed in the tropical Pacific Ocean during the period 1962-1976. In Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models, Elsevier Science Publishers, 289-302.

    53. Abstract

  53. Rosen, R. D., D. A. Salstein, J. P. Peixoto, A. H. Oort, and N-C. Lau, 1985: Circulation statistics derived from level III-b and station-based analyses during FGGE. Monthly Weather Review, 113(1), 65-88.

    54. Abstract / PDF

  54. Wallace, J. M., and N-C. Lau, 1985: On the role of barotropic energy conversions in the general circulation. Advances in Geophysics, 28A, 33-74.

    55. [No abstract]

  55. Lau, N-C., 1984: Circulation Statistics Based on FGGE Level III-B Analysis Produced by GFDL. NOAA Data Report ERL GFDL-5, 427 pp.

    56. [No abstract]

  56. Lau, N-C., 1984: A Comparison of Circulation Statistics Based on FGGE Level III-B Analyses Produced by GFDL and ECMWF for the Special Observing Periods. NOAA Data Report ERL GFDL-6, 237 pp.

    57. [No abstract]

  57. Lau, N-C., and E. O. Holopainen, 1984: Transient eddy forcing of the time-mean flow as identified by geopotential tendencies. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 41(3), 313-328.

    58. Abstract / PDF

  58. Lau, N-C., and K-M. Lau, 1984: The structure and energetics of midlatitude disturbances accompanying cold-air outbreaks over East Asia. Monthly Weather Review, 112(7), 1309-1327.

    59. Abstract / PDF

  59. Lau, N-C., 1983: Mid-latitude wintertime circulation anomalies appearing in a 15-year GCM experiment. In Large-scale Dynamical Processes in the Atmosphere, London; New York: Academic Press, 111-125.

    60. [No abstract]

  60. Lau, N-C., 1983: The structure of stationary and quasi-stationary flows in general circulation models and their seasonal dependence. In Extended abstracts of papers presented at the IAMAP-WMO Symposium on Maintenance of the Quasi-Stationary Components of the Flow in the Atmosphere and in Atmospheric Models, Paris, August 29-September 2, 1983, WMO, 109.

    61. [No abstract]

  61. Holopainen, E. O., L. Rontu, and N-C. Lau, 1982: The effect of large-scale transient eddies on the time-mean flow in the atmosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 39(9), 1972-1984.

    62. Abstract / PDF

  62. Lau, N-C., and A. H. Oort, 1982: A comparative study of observed northern hemisphere circulation statistics based on GFDL and NMC analyses. Part II: Eddy statistics and the energy cycle. Monthly Weather Review, 110(8), 889-906.

    63. Abstract / PDF

  63. Lau, N-C., 1981: A diagnostic study of recurrent meteorological anomalies appearing in a 15-year simulation with a GFDL general circulation model. Monthly Weather Review, 109(11), 2287-2311.

    64. Abstract  / PDF

  64. Lau, N-C., and A. H. Oort, 1981: A comparative study of observed northern hemisphere circulation statistics based on GFDL and NMC analyses. Part I: The time-mean fields. Monthly Weather Review, 109(7), 1380-1403.

    65. Abstract / PDF

  65. Blackmon, M. L., and N-C. Lau, 1980: Regional characteristics of the Northern Hemisphere wintertime circulation: A comparison of the simulation of a GFDL general circulation model with observations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 37(3), 497-514.

    66. Abstract / PDF

  66. Holopainen, E. O., N-C. Lau, and A. H. Oort, 1980: A diagnostic study of the time-averaged budget of atmospheric zonal momentum over North America. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 37(10), 2234-2242.

    67. Abstract / PDF

  67. Lau, N-C., 1980: Diagnostic study of the local sources and sinks of momentum, kinetic energy, vorticity, and heat in the observed Northern Hemisphere winter-time circulation. In Workshop on Diagnostics of Diabatic Processes, Reading, England: European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, 33-60.

    68. [No abstract]

  68. Lau, N-C., 1980: The three-dimensional structure of monthly anomalies appearing in a 15-year simulation of a GFDL general circulation model. In Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, U.S. Dept. of Commerce/NOAA, 403-412.

    69. [No abstract]

  69. Lau, N-C., 1979: The observed structure of tropospheric stationary waves and the local balances of vorticity and heat. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 36(6), 996-1016.

    70. Abstract / PDF

  70. Lau, N-C., 1979: On the distribution of horizontal transports by transient eddies in the northern hemisphere wintertime circulation. In Proceedings of the (Thirteenth) Stanstead Seminar held at Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Québec, Canada, Publication in Meteorology No. 123, McGill University, Montréal, 58-62.

    71. [No abstract]

  71. Lau, N-C., 1979: The structure and energetics of transient disturbances in the northern hemisphere wintertime circulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 36(6), 982-995.

    72. Abstract PDF

  72. Lau, N-C., and J. M. Wallace, 1979: On the distribution of horizontal transports by transient eddies in the northern hemisphere wintertime circulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 36(10), 1844-1861.

    73. Abstract / PDF
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