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Newsletters:

Keynotes
Monthy AOML-wide newsletter produced by the Office of the Director

Recent papers in press or in print:

2004

Shaji, C., C. Wang, G. R. Halliwell, and A. Wallcraft, 2004: Simulation of tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans using a HYbrid coordinate ocean model. Ocean Modelling, in press.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Wang, C., 2004: ENSO, Atlantic climate variability, and the Walker and Hadley circulations. In: The Hadley Circulation: Present, Past, and Future. H. F. Diaz and R. S. Bradley, Eds., Cambridge University Press, in press.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Wang, C., 2004: Subthermocline tropical cells and equatorial subsurface countercurrents. Deep-Sea Research I, in press.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Wang, C., and J. Picaut, 2004: Understanding ENSO physics -- A review. In: Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction. C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, Eds., AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, in press.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Wang, C., S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, 2004: A global survey of ocean-atmosphere interaction and climate variability. In: Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction. C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, Eds., AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, in press.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

2003

Bentamy, A.,K.B. Katsaros, A.M. Mestas-Nuņez, W.M. Drennan, E.B. Forde, and H. Roquet, 2003: Satellite estimates of wind speed and latent heat flux over the global oceans. Journal of Climate, 16:637-656.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Brenes, C.L., J.E. Coen, D.B. Chelton, D.B. Enfield,S. León, and D. Ballestero, 2003: Small scale wind driven upwelling in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Intl. J. of Remote Sensing, 24:1127-1133.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Richardson, P.L. and S.L. Garzoli, 2003: Characteristics of intermediate water flow in the Buenguela current as measured with RAFOS floats. Deep Sea Research II, 50(1): 87-118.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Wang, C. and D.B. Enfield, 2003: A further study of the tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool. Journal of Climate, 16:1476-1493.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

2002

Jury, M.R., D.B. Enfield, and J.-L. Melice, 2002: Tropical monsoons around Africa: Stability of El Niño-Southern Oscillation associtions and links with continental climate. Journal of Geophysical Research,, 107(C10), 3151, doi:10.1029/2000JC000507.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Taylor, M.A., D.B. Enfield, and A.A. Chen, 2002: The influence of the tropical Atlantic vs. the tropical Pacific on Caribbean Rainfall. Journal of Geophysical Research,, 107(c9)10.1029/2001JC001097.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Thacker, W.C. and O.E. Esenkov, 2002: Assimilating XBT data into HYCOM. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 9(5):709-724.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Wang, C., 2002: Atlantic climate variability and its associated atmospheric circulation cells. Journal of Climate, 15:1516-1536.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Wang, C., 2002: Atmospheric circulation cells associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 15:399-419.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Wang, C., 2002: ENSO and atmospheric circulation cells. CLIVAR Exchanges, 7:9-11.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Wilson, D.W., W.E. Johns, and S.L. Garzoli, 2002: Velocity structure of North Brazil Current rings. Geophysical Research Letters, 29(8):10.1029/2001GL013869.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

2001
Enfield, D.B., 2001: Evolution and historical perspective of the 1997-1998 El Niño- Southern Oscillation event. Bull. Marine Science, 69(1): 7-25.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Enfield, D.B. and A.M. Mestas-Nunez, 2001: Interannual-to-multidecadal climate variability and its relationship to global sea surface temperatures. In: Inter-Hemispheric Climate Linkages, V.Markgraf (ed.), Academic Press, 17-29.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Enfield, D.B., A.M. Mestas-Nunez, and P.J. Trimble, 2001: The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and its relationship to rainfall and river flows in the continental U.S. Geophysical Research Letters, 28: 2077-2080.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Garzoli, S.L. and R.L. Molinari, 2001: Ageostrophic transport in the upper layers of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 28:4619-4622.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Goldenberg, S.B., C.W. Landsea, A.M. Mestas-Nunez and W.M. Gray, 2001: The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity : Causes and implications. Science, 293(5529):474-479.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Goni, G.J. and W.E. Johns, 2001: A Census of North Brazil Current Rings Observed from TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimetry: 1992-1998. Geophysical Research Letters, 28:1-4.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Goni, G.J. and I. Wainer, 2001: Investigation of the Brazil Current front variability from altimeter data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106:31117-31128.
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Mayer, D.A., R.L. Molinari, M.O. Baringer, and G.J. Goni, 2001: Transition regions and thir role in the relationship between sea surface height and subsurface temperature structure in the Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 28:3913-1916.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Mestas-Nunez, A.M and D.B. Enfield, 2001: Eastern Equatorial Pacific SST Variability: ENSO and Non-ENSO Components and their Climatic Associations. Journal of Climate, 14:391-402.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Schmid, C., R.L. Molinari, and S.L. Garzoli, 2001: New observations of the intermediate depth circulation in the tropical Atlantic. Journal of Marine Research, 59(2):281-312.
Available on line in pdf, postscript, and compress ps formats.

Wang, C., 2001: A unified oscillator model for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 14:98-115.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Wang, C., 2001: On the ENSO mechanisms. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 18:674-691.
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Wang, C. and D.B. Enfield, 2001: The tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool. Geophysical Research Letters, 28:1635-1638.
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Wang, C. and R. H. Weisberg, 2001: Ocean circulation influences on SST in the equatorial central Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106:19515-19526.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

2000
Enfield, D.B. and A.M. Mestas-Nunez, 2000: Global modes of ENSO and non-ENSO SST variability and their associations with climate. In: El Niño and the Southern Oscillation: Multiscale Variability and Global and Regional Impacts, H.F. Diaz and V. Markgraf, eds,Cambridge University Press, 89-112.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Ffield, A., K. Vranes, A.L. Gordon, R.D. Susanto, and S.L. Garzoli, 2000: Temperature variability within the Makassar Strait. Geophysical Research Letters, 27:237-240.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher)

Kelly, P.S., K.M.M. Lwiza, R.K. Cowen, and G.J. Goni, 2000: Low-salinity pools at Barbados, West Indies: Their origin, frequency, and variabliltiy. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105:19699-19708.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Mestas-Nunez, A.M, 2000: Orthogonality properties of rotated empirical modes. International Journal of Climatology, 20:1509-1516.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Schmid, C., G.W. Siedler, and W. Zenk, 2000: Dynamics of Intermediate Water Circulation in the Subtropical South Atlantic. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30:3191-3211.
Available on line in html and Compressed PS formats.

Shay, L.K., G.J. Goni, and P.G. Black, 2000: Effects of Warm Oceanic Features on Hurricane Opal. Monthly Weather Review, 128:131-148.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher)

Wang, C., 2000: On the Atmospheric responses to tropical Pacific heating during the mature phase of El Niño. J. Atmos. Sci., 57:3767-3781.
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Wang, C. and R.H. Weisberg, 2000: The 1997-98 El Niño evolution relative to previous El Niño events. Journal of Climate, 13:488-501.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

1999
Enfield, D.B. and E.J. Alfaro, 1999: The Dependence of Caribbean Rainfall on the Interaction of the Tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Journal of Climate, 12:2093-2103.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Enfield, D.B. and A.M. Mestas-Nunez, 1999: Multiscale variabilities in global sea surface temperatures and their relationships with tropospheric climate patterns, Journal of Climate, 12:2719-2733.
Available on line in pdf (acrobat version 3.0 or higher) format.

Enfield, D.B., A.M. Mestas-Nunez,, D.A. Mayer,, and L. Cid-Serrano, 1999: How ubiquitous is the dipole relationship in tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures? J. Geophys. Res., 104:7841-7848.
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Hansen, D.V. and W.C. Thacker, 1999: Estimation of salinity profiles in the upper ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 104:7921-7848.
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Landsea, C.W., R.A. Pielke, Jr., A.M. Mestas-Nunez and J.A. Knaff, 1999: Atlantic basin hurricanes: Indices of climatic changes. Climatic Change, 42: 89-129.
Available on line in HTML format.

Mestas-Nunez, A.M and D.B. Enfield, 1999: Rotated global modes of non-ENSO sea surface temperature variability, Journal of Climate, 12:2734-2746.
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Rodbell, D.T., G.O. Seltzer, D.M. Anderson, M.B. Abbott, D.B. Enfield, and J.H. Newman, 1999: A high-resolution ~15,000 year record of El Niño driven alluviation in southwestern Ecuador, Science, 283:516-520.
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Wang, C., R.H. Weisberg, and J.I. Virmani, 1999: Western Pacific interannual variability associated with El Niño-Southern Oscillation.J. Geophys. Res., 104(C3):5131-5149.
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Wang, C., R.H. Weisberg, and H. Yang, 1999: Effects of the Wind Speed­Evaporation­SST Feedback on the El Niño­Southern Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 12:1391­1403.
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Reports:

2003
Mestas-Nuņez A.M. and D. B. Enfield, 2003: Investigation of Intra-seasonal to Multi-decadal Variability in South Florida Rainfall.
Report prepared for the South Florida Water Management District under contract C-10806.
2001
Cruise Report: Subtropical Cells 1
R/V Oceanus
Cruise No. OC 365-4
March 5 - 25, 2001

2000
Cruise Report: Tropical Atlantic PALACE deployment cruise
R/V Seward Johnson
Cruise No. 2000-01
January 10 - 26, 2000

1999
COSTA Report
Report on the COSTA (Climate Observing System for the Tropical Atlantic) Workshop
held in Miami at AOML
May 4-7, 1999

1998
Cruise Report: North Brazil Current Rings Experiment
R/V Seward Johnson
Cruise No. 9808
November 7 - December 11, 1998

1997
Alantic Climate Variability Report
Proceedings from a Meeting on Atlantic Climate Variability
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
September 24-26, 1997

Cruise Report from SJ9703: The cruise SJ9703, conducted during the summer of 1997 aboard the R/V Seward Johnson, represents one of NOAA's contributions to the Atlantic Circulation and Climate Experiment (ACCE).
html format: (text loads quickly, but the figures are large)
acrobat (pdf) format: (very large - 22 Megabytes - but prints very nicely, if you can download it)

1996

Daneshzadeh, Y.C., Festa, J.F., Molinari, R.L., 1996, Quality Control of XBT Data Collected in the Atlantic Ocean

1994

Daneshzadeh, Y.C., Festa, J.F., Minton, 1994, Procedures Used at AOML to Quality Control Real Time XBT Data Collected in the Atlantic Ocean, NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL AOML-78.

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