Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Detection and Attribution of Changes in the Hydrologic Regimes of the Mackenzie, the Kuparuk and the Lena River Basins Publications

Cassano, E.N., and J.J. Cassano, 2009: Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon River basins. Int. J. Clim., In press. Abstract

Cassano, J.J., P. Uotila, A.H. Lynch, and E.N. Cassano, 2007: Predicted changes in synoptic forcing of net precipitation in large Arctic river basins during the 21st century. J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S49, doi:10.1029/2006JG000332. Abstract

Cassano, J.J., P. Uotila, and A.H. Lynch, 2006: Changes in synoptic weather patterns in the polar regions in the 20th and 21st centuries. Part 1. Arctic. Int. J. Climatol., 26, 1027-1049. DOI: 10.1002/joc.1306 Abstract

Finnis, J., J.J. Cassano, M.M. Holland, and M.C. Serreze, 2009: Synoptically forced hydroclimatology of major Arctic watersheds in general circulation models, Part 1: the Mackenzie River basin. Int. J. Climatology, in press. Abstract

Finnis, J., J.J. Cassano, M.M. Holland, M.C. Serreze, and P. Uotila 2009: Synoptically forced hydroclimatology of major Arctic watersheds in general circulation models, Part 2: Eurasian watersheds. Int. J. Climatology, in press. Abstract

Finnis, J., M.M. Holland, M.C. Serreze, and J.J. Cassano, 2007: Response of Northern hemisphere extratropical cyclone activity and associated precipitation to climate change, as represented by CCSM3, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S42, doi:10.1029/2006JG000286. Abstract

Francis, J., Cassano, J.J., Gutowski, W.J., Hinzman, L.D., Holland, M.M., Steele, M.A., White, D.M. and Vorosmaty, C.J., 2009: An Arctic hydrologic system in transition: Feedbacks and impacts on terrestrial, marine, and human life. J. Geophys. Res., Accepted pending revisions. Abstract

Schuenemann, K., J.J. Cassano, and J. Finnis, 2009: Forcing of precipitation over Greenland: Synoptic climatology for 1961 to 1999. J. Hydrometeorology, 10, 60-78. Abstract

Skific, N., J.A. Francis, and J.J. Cassano, 2009: Attribution of seasonal and regional changes in Arctic moisture convergence. J. Clim., in press. Abstract

Skific, N., J.A. Francis, and J.J. Cassano, 2009: Attribution of projected changes in atmospheric moisture transport in the Arctic: A self-organizing map perspective. J. Clim., in press. Abstract

White, D., J. Hinzman, L. Alessa, J. Cassano, M. Chambers, K. Falkner, J. Francis, W. Gutowski, M. Holland, M. Holmes, H. Huntington, D. Kane, A. Kliskey, C. Lee, J. McClelland, B. Peterson, S. Rupp, F. Straneo, M. Steele, R. Woodgate, D. Yang, K. Yoshikawa, and T. Zhang, 2007: The Arctic freshwater system: Changes and impacts. J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S54, doi:10.1029/2006JG000353. Abstract

Wyser, K., C.G. Jones, P. Du., E. Girard, U. Willén, J. Cassano, J.H. Christensen, J.A. Curry, K. Dethloff, J.-E. Haugen, D. Jacob, M. Koltzow, R. Laprise, A. Lynch, S. Pfeifer, A. Rinke, M. Serreze, M.J. Shaw, M. Tjernström, and M. Zagar, 2007: An evaluation of Arctic cloud and radiation processes during the SHEBA year: Simulation results from 8 Arctic regional climate models. Climate Dynamics. doi:10.1007/S00382-007-0286-1. Abstract

Rinke, A., K. Dethloff, J.J. Cassano, J.H. Christensen, J.A. Curry, P. Du, E. Girard, J.E. Haugen, D. Jacob, C.G. Jones, M. Koltzow, R. Laprise, A.H. Lynch, S. Pfeifer, M.C. Serreze, M.J. Shaw, M. Tjernstrom, K. Wyser, and M. Zagar, 2006: Evaluation of an ensemble of Arctic regional climate models: spatiotemporal fields during the SHEBA year. Climate Dynamics, 26, 459-472. Abstract

Tjernstrom, M., M. Zagar, G. Svensson, J.J. Cassano, S. Pfeifer, A. Rinke, K. Wyser, K. Dethloff, C. Jones, T. Semmler, and M. Shaw, 2005: Modelling the arctic boundary layer: An evaluation of six arcmip regional-scale models using data from the Sheba project. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 117, 337-381. Abstract