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Recent Publications

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Journals and Books

Kessler, W.S., L.M. Rothstein and D. Chen, 1999. The annual cycle of SST in the eastern tropical Pacific, diagnosed in an ocean GCM. J. Climate. 11, 777-799.

Zhang, Q. and L.M. Rothstein, 1999. Modeling the oceanic response to westerly wind bursts in the western equatorial Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 2227-2249.

Zhang, R. H., L.M. Rothstein, A.J. Busalacchi, and X.Z. Liang. 1999. The onset of the 1991-92 El Nino event in the tropical Pacific ocean: The NECC Subsurface Pathway, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(7), 847-850.

Richardson, R.A., I. Ginis and L.M. Rothstein, 1999. A numerical investigation of the local response to westerly wind burst forcing in the western equatorial Pacific, J. Phys. Ocean., 29, 1334-1352.

Richardson, R.A., G.G. Sutyrin, D. Hebert and L.M. Rothstein, 1999. Universality of the small-scale response of the upper tropical ocean to squall wind forcing, J. Phys. Ocean., 29, 519-529.

Zhang, R. H., L.M. Rothstein and A.J. Busalacchi, 1999. Interannual and decadal variability of the subsurface thermal structure in the Pacific Ocean: 1961-90. Climate Dynamics, 15, 703-717

Zhang, R.-H., L.M. Rothstein and A.J. Busalacchi, 1998: Origin of upper-ocean warming and El Nino change on decadal time scale in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. Nature, 391, 879-883. The abstract of the paper is available.

Rothstein, L.M., R-H Zhang, A.J. Busalacchi and D. Chen, 1998: A Numerical Simulation of the Mean Water Pathways in the Subtropical and Tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 322-343.

Anderson, D.A., E.S Sarachik, P.Webster and L.M. Rothstein (Editors), 1998. The TOGA Decade: Reviewing the Progress of El Nino Research and Prediction, American Geophysical Union Special Publication, 343 pages.

Ginis I., L.M. Rothstein, and R.A. Richardson, 1998: Design of a multiply - nested primitive equation ocean model. Mon. Wea. Rev. 126, 1054-1079.

Kessler, W.S., L.M. Rothstein and D. Chen, 1998: The Annual Cycle of SST in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, Diagnosed in an Ocean GCM. J. Climate, In Press. The abstract and preprint of the paper is available.

Zhang, Q. and L.M. Rothstein, 1998. Local mixed layer response to wind and buoyancy forcing in the western equatorial Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 1301-1323.

Zhang, R.-H. and L. M. Rothstein, 1998: On the phase propagation and relationship of interannual variability in the tropical Pacific climate system. Climate Dynamics, In Press.

Zhang, R.-H., 1998: Decadal variability of temperature at a depth of 400 meters in the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Let. In Press.

Zhang, R.-H., and S. Levitus, 1997: Interannual variability of the coupled Tropical Pacific ocean-atmosphere system associated with the El Nino/Southern Oscillation. J. Climate, 10, 1312-1330.

Zhang, R.-H., and S. Levitus, 1997: Structure and cycle of decadal variability of upper ocean temperature in the North Pacific. J. Climate, 10, 710-727.

Rothstein, L.M. and D. Chen, 1997: Recent Progress and New Directions in ENSO Research. Oceanus, 39, 39-41.

Zhang, R-H, S. Levitus and L.M. Rothstein, 1997: Interannual Variability of the Coupled Tropical Pacific Ocean-Atmosphere System Associated with the El Nino/Southern Oscillation. J. Climate In Press.

Zhang, R.-H., and S. Levitus, 1996: Structure and evolution of interannual variability of the Tropical Pacific upper ocean temperature. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 20501-20524.

Zhang, R.-H., Q.-C. Zeng, G.-Q. Zhou, and X.-Z. Liang, 1995: A coupled general circulation model for the tropical Pacific Ocean and global atmosphere. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 12, 127-142.

Rothstein, L. M. and C. Gilman, 1994: Gulf Stream Thermal Amonalies: Local dynamics and implications for the syre circulation in: The Oceans: Physiochemical Dynamics and Human Impact, S. K. Mojumdar, E. W. Miller, G.S. Forbes, R. F. Schmalz, and A. A. Panah (Eds.) The Penn. Academy of Science, 204-223.

Chen, D., L.M. Rothstein and A.J. Busalacchi, 1994: A hybrid vertical mixing scheme and its application to tropical ocean models, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 2156-2179

Chen, D., A.J. Busalacchi and L.M. Rothstein, 1994: The Roles of Vertical Mixing, Solar Radiation, and Wind Stress in a Model Simulation of the Sea Surface Temperature Seasonal Cycle in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 20,345-20,359.

Gilman, C. and L.M. Rothstein, 1994: Gulf Stream warm surges: Thermal anomalies resulting from cold core ring interactions," J. Geophys. Res., 99(C8), 15991-16000.

D. Wang, D. W. Moore and L. M. Rothstein, 1994: Exact Solutions to Kawase's Linear Model of Deep Ocean Circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 2188-2195.

Zhang, R.-H. and M. Endoh, 1994: Simulation of the 1986-87 El Nino and 1988 La Nina events with a free surface tropical Pacific Ocean general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 7743- 7759.

Zhang, R.-H. and M. Endoh, 1992: A free surface general circulation model for the tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 97, 11237-11255.

Kawase, M., L.M. Rothstein, and S. Springer, 1992: Encounter of the deep western boundary current with the equator: A spin-up numerical experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 97(C4), 5447-5463, 1992.




Recent Conference Proceedings

Rowley, C. and L. M. Rothstein, 1998: On the Interaction of the North Atlantic Current with the Bathymetry of the Newfoundland Basin. AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 6-10, San Francisco, CA.

Rothstein, L..M., A. Kochurov, I. Ginis, and R. Richardson. 1998. Regional ocean simulations during TOGA-COARE within the context of the basin-scale circulation. COARE98 CLIVAR/GEWEX Conference Handbook and Abstract Volume, 20.

Richardson, R. , I. Ginis and L.M. Rothstein, 1998. A numerical investigation of the local ocean response to westerly wind burst forcing in the western equatorial Pacific. COARE98 CLIVAR/GEWEX Conference Handbook and Abstract Volume, 55.

Richardson, R. L.M. Rothstein and I. Ginis, 1998. Toward the construction of a generalized inversion of a primitive equation ocean model and the assimilation of COARE ocean data. COARE98 CLIVAR/GEWEX Conference Handbook and Abstract Volume, 62.

Weller, R.A., S.P. Anderson, H.W. Wijesekera, C.A. Paulson, M.F. Cronin and L.M. Rothstein 1998. Oceanic response to buoyancy flux and wind stress during COARE, COARE98 CLIVAR/GEWEX Conference Handbook and Abstract Volume, 73-74.

Richardson R., I. Ginis, L.M. Rothstein, 1997: A numerical study of the ocean response to observed westerly wind bursts in the TOGA-COARE region using a nested-grid ocean model, Proc. of the 22nd Conference of hurricanes and tropical meteorology. Ft. Collins, CO. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 598-599

Ginis, I., L.M. Rothstein, A.J. Busalacchi, and R. Richardson, 1996: Numerical studies of the effect of the westerly wind bursts on the tropical Pacific ocean using a multi-nested grid model, Proc. Conf. on the Global Ocean-Atm.-Land System, Atlanta, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 62-66

Rowley, C. and L.M. Rothstein, 1996: On the formation of zonal jets in the Newfoundland Basin. EOS Trans. AGU, 77(3), Ocean Sciences Meet. Suppl., OS91.

Dutkiewicz, S. and L. Rothstein, 1996: Processes of Inter-gyre Exchange in a Wind-driven Ocean. EOS Trans. AGU, 77(3), Ocean Sciences Meet. Suppl., OS106.

Ginis, I., L.M. Rothstein, D. Chen, and A.J. Busalacchi, 1996: The Response of the Thermohaline Structure in the Western Equatorial Pacific to Combined Momentum and Buoyancy Forcing. Invited, 76th American Meteorological Society Meeting, Atlanta.

R. -H. Zhang, 1996: A Numerical Model of Water Pathways in the Subtropical and Tropical Pacific Ocean. Invited paper. Western Pacific AGU Meeting, Brisbane, Australia.

L.M. Rothstein, 1996: Mean and Interannual Variability of Subtropical/Tropical Ocean Pathways in the Pacific. Invited paper. Symposium on Climate Prediction and Predictability, The 8th Bureau of Meteorology Research Center Modelling Workshop, Melbourne, Australia.

Dutkiewicz, S. and L.M. Rothstein, 1995: The Influence of Asymmetric and Seasonal Wind Forcing on Cross-Gyre Exchange. IAPSO, Honolulu.

Rothstein, L.M. and M. Prater, 1995: A Study of Mixed Layer Evolution in the Region of the North Atlantic Current (with M. Prater). Trans Am. Geophys. Union, (no. 3, suppl)), 75, 63.

Rothstein, L.M., I. Ginis and A.J. Busalacchi, 1995: TOGA-COARE Nested Grid Ocean Modeling. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on the TOGA Programme, Melbourne, Australia, 527-531.

Rothstein, L.M., D. Chen and A.J. Busalacchi, 1995: Modeling the Upper Ocean Salinity Structure in the Western Equatorial Pacific. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on the TOGA Programme, Melbourne, Australia, 675-679.

Zhang, Q., L.M. Rothstein and D. Chen, 1994: Simulation of Temperature at 90 Meters During the IOP. TOGA-COARE International Scientific Workshop, Toulousse, France.

Ginis, I., L.M. Rothstein, and A.J. Busalacchi, 1994: Design of a Nested-mesh Primitive Equation Model for the TOGA-COARE Domain. TOGA-COARE International Scientific Workshop, Toulousse, France.

L.M. Rothstein, 1994: Seasonal Variability of SST in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. TOGA-COARE Large Scale Circulation Group, Seattle.

L.M. Rothstein, 1992: Equatorial Mixed Layer Modeling. (Invited paper). Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, Hong Kong.

L.M. Rothstein, 1992: Tropical Ocean Mixed Layer Modeling. TOGA-COARE Small Scale Mixing Group, Seattle.