Interpreting Climate Conditions

Publications

2013
Causes and Predictability of the 2012 Great Plains Drought
    M. Hoerling, J. Eischeid, A. Kumar, R. Leung, A. Mariotti, K. Mo, S. Schubert, and R. Seager
    Submitted to Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
    Supplementary Figures

The Making of An Extreme Event: Putting the Pieces Together (Revised)

    Dole, R., M. Hoerling, A. Kumar, J. Eischeid, J. Perlwitz, X. W. Quan, G. Kiladis, R. Webb, D. Murray, M. Chen, and K. Wolter
    Submitted to Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
    Supplementary Figures

Anatomy of an Extreme Event

    Hoerling, M., A. Kumar, R. Dole, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, J. Eischeid, J. Perlwitz, X.W. Quan, T. Zhang, P. Pegion, and M. Chen
    J. Climate, 26, 2811-2832, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00270.1

2012
Is a Transition to Semi-Permanent Drought Conditions Imminent in the U.S. Great Plains?
    Hoerling, M. P., J. K. Eischeid, X. W. Quan, H. F. Diaz, R. S. Webb, R. M. Dole, R. and D. Easterling
    J. Climate 2012 ; e-View doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00449.1
On the Increased Frequency of Mediterranean Drought
    Hoerling, M., J. Eischeid, J. Perlwitz, X.W. Quan, T. Zhang, and P. Pegion
    J. Climate, 25, 2146-2161, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00296.1

2011
Physics of U.S. surface temperature response to ENSO forcing
    Zhang, T., M. P. Hoerling, J. Perlwitz, D.-Z. Sun and D. Murray
    J. Climate,24,4874-4887
Was There a Basis for Anticipating the 2010 Russian Heat Wave?
    Dole, R. M., Hoerling, J. Perlwitz, J. Eischeid, P. Pegion, T. Zhang, X. Quan, T. Xu, and D. Murray
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L06702, doi:10.1029/2010GL046582
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2010
Contribution of sea ice loss to Arctic amplification
    Kumar, A., J. Perlwitz, J. Eischeid, X. Quan, T. Xu, T. Zhang, M. Hoerling, B. Jha, W. Wang
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L21701, doi:10.1029/2010GL045022
Opposite annular responses of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere to Indian Ocean warming
    Li, S., J. Perlwitz, M. P. Hoerling,and X. Chen
    J. Climate, 23,3720-3738
Regional Precipitation Trends: Distinguishing Natural Variability from Anthropogenic Forcing
    Hoerling, M. J. Eischeid, and J. Perlwitz
    J. Climate, 23, 2131-2145

2009
A strong bout of natural cooling in 2008
    Perlwitz, J., M. Hoerling, J. Eischeid, T. Xu, and A. Kumar
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L23706, doi:10.1029/2009GL041188
Distinct causes for two principal US droughts of the 20th century
    Hoerling M, Quan XW, Eischeid J
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L19708, doi:10.1029/2009GL039860