Current Research Projects

  • El Niño and the Tropical Maximum SST

  • Thermodynamical Control Over the Magnitude of El Niño Warming

  • The Role of Extratropical Cooling in Determining the Level of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Activity

  • The Response of El Niño-Southern Oscillation to Global Warming

  • Understanding the Causes of the Excessive Cold-tongue in the NCAR CCSM

  • Role of Water Vapor and Clouds in Global Climate Change

  • The Response of the Hydrological Cycle to Global Warming

  • Explaining the Changing Environment to the Public

  • Predicting El Nino Using Climate System Models

  • ENSO Impact on Agriculture of China and the U.S.

  • Predicting climate of the coming decades and beyond

  • Climate Change and Food Security