J. David Neelinneelin@atmos.ucla.edu | Back |
Research interests
The research areas below include links
Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
Land-surface climate interaction
Tropical atmospheric dynamics for tropical climate problems
Hierarchical ocean-atmosphere-land modeling
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Hierarchical Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Modeling: |
QTCM1 (version 2.2):
QTCMs are models of intermediate complexity suitable for the modeling of tropical climate and its variability. It occupies a niche among climate models between complex general circulation models and simple models.
The primitive-equation-based dynamical framework
is constructed using analytical solutions from the quasi-equilibrium
convective parameterization as the first basis function in a
Galerkin representation of vertical structure.
A uniqueness of the QTCM is its balanced treatment of
dynamics and physical parameterizations. It includes a
linearized longwave radiation scheme,
simple cloud prediction and shortwave radiation schemes, and the
Simple-Land (SLand)
land model.
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QTCM Formulation Publications
Neelin, J. D., and N. Zeng, 2000: A quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model---formulation. J. Atmos. Sci. , 57, 1741-1766.Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, and C. Chou, 2000: A quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model---implementation and simulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1767-1796.
Chou, C. and J. D. Neelin, 2002: Mechanisms limiting the northward extent of the northern summer convection zones. J. Climate, 16, 406-425.
Su, H., J. D. Neelin, and J. E. Meyerson, 2003: Sensitivity of tropical tropospheric temperature to sea surface temperature forcing. J. Climate, 16, 1283-1301. - Related: IGPP 2001 Poster Session (PDF 1.6MB).
Zeng, N., K. Hales, and J. D. Neelin, 2002: Nonlinear dynamics in a Coupled Vegetation-Atmosphere System and Implications for Desert-Forest Gradient. J. Climate, 15, 3474-3487.
Su, H., and J. D. Neelin, 2001: Teleconnection mechanisms for tropical Pacific descent anomalies during El Niño. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2682-2700.
Su, H., J. D. Neelin, and C. Chou, 2001: Tropical teleconnection and local response to SST anomalies during the 1997-1998 El Niño. J. Geophys. Res., 106, No. D17, 20,025-20,043.
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.
Zeng, N., and J. D. Neelin, 2000: The role of vegetation-climate interaction and interannual variability in shaping the African Savanna. J. Climate, 13, 2665-2670.
Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, K.-M. Lau, and C. J. Tucker, 1999: Enhancement of interdecadal climate variability in the Sahel by vegetation interaction. Science, 286, 1537-1540.
Lin, J. W.-B., J. D. Neelin, and N. Zeng, 2000: Maintenance of tropical variability: Impact of evaporation-wind feedback and midlatitude storms. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2793-2823.
Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, C. Chou, J. W.-B. Lin, H. Su, 2000: Climate and variability in the first quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model. General Circulation Model Development: Past, Present, and Future, Academic Press, 457--488.