Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder

Maria Antonietta Capotondi

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NOAA/PSL

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Antonietta.Capotondi@noaa.gov

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  • Zhao Y; Jin Y; Capotondi A; Li J; Sun D. (Apr 2023). The Role of Tropical Atlantic in ENSO Predictability Barrier. Geophysical Research Letters , 50(7). 10.1029/2022GL101853
  • Amaya D; Jacox MG; Fewings MR; Saba VS; Stuecker MF; Rykaczewski RR; Ross AC; Stock CA; Capotondi A; Petrik CM. (Apr 2023). Marine heatwaves need clear definitions so coastal communities can adapt. Nature , 616(7955), 29-32. 10.1038/d41586-023-00924-2
  • Capotondi A. (Mar 2023). Simplifying climate complexity. Nature Geoscience. 10.1038/s41561-023-01161-y
  • Amaya DJ; Jacox MG; Alexander MA; Scott JD; Deser C; Capotondi A; Phillips AS. (Mar 2023). Bottom marine heatwaves along the continental shelves of North America. Nature Communications , 14(1). 10.1038/s41467-023-36567-0
  • Capotondi A; Qiu B. (Feb 2023). Decadal Variability of the Pacific Shallow Overturning Circulation and the Role of Local Wind Forcing. Journal of Climate , 36(3), 1001-1015. 10.1175/jcli-d-22-0408.1
  • Di Lorenzo E; Xu T; Zhao Y; Newman M; Capotondi A; Stevenson S; Amaya DJ; Anderson BT; Ding R; Furtado JC. (Jan 2023). Modes and Mechanisms of Pacific Decadal-Scale Variability. Annual Review of Marine Science , 15(1). 10.1146/annurev-marine-040422-084555
  • Minobe S; Capotondi A; Chai F; Jacox MGG; Nonaka M; Rykaczewski RRR. (Dec 2022). North Pacific climate and ecosystem predictability on seasonal to decadal timescales. Frontiers in Marine Science , 9. 10.3389/fmars.2022.1111272
  • Xu T; Newman M; Capotondi A; Stevenson S; Di Lorenzo E; Alexander MA. (Dec 2022). An increase in marine heatwaves without significant changes in surface ocean temperature variability. Nature Communications , 13(1). 10.1038/s41467-022-34934-x
  • Navarra GG; Di Lorenzo E; Rykaczewski RRR; Capotondi A. (Nov 2022). Predictability and empirical dynamics of fisheries time series in the North Pacific. Frontiers in Marine Science , 9. 10.3389/fmars.2022.969319
  • Maher N; Kay JE; Capotondi A. (Nov 2022). Modulation of ENSO teleconnections over North America by the Pacific decadal oscillation. Environmental Research Letters , 17(11). 10.1088/1748-9326/ac9327
  • Augustine JA; Capotondi A. (Aug 2022). Forcing for Multidecadal Surface Solar Radiation Trends Over Northern Hemisphere Continents. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 127(16). 10.1029/2021JD036342
  • Zhao Y; Jin Y; Li J; Capotondi A. (Aug 2022). The Role of Extratropical Pacific in Crossing ENSO Spring Predictability Barrier. Geophysical Research Letters , 49(15). 10.1029/2022GL099488
  • Minobe S; Capotondi A; Jacox MG; Nonaka M; Rykaczewski RR. (Aug 2022). Toward Regional Marine Ecological Forecasting Using Global Climate Model Predictions From Subseasonal to Decadal Timescales: Bottlenecks and Recommendations. Frontiers in Marine Science , 9. 10.3389/fmars.2022.855965
  • Capotondi A; Newman M; Xu T; Di Lorenzo E. (Feb 2022). An Optimal Precursor of Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwaves and Central Pacific El Niño events. Geophysical Research Letters. 10.1029/2021gl097350
  • Zhao Y; Newman M; Capotondi A; Di Lorenzo E; Sun D. (Dec 2021). Removing the Effects of Tropical Dynamics from North Pacific Climate Variability. Journal of Climate , 34(23), 9249-9265. 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0344.1
  • Dieppois B; Capotondi A; Pohl B; Chun KP; Monerie P-A; Eden J. (Oct 2021). ENSO diversity shows robust decadal variations that must be captured for accurate future projections. Communications Earth & Environment , 2(1). 10.1038/s43247-021-00285-6
  • Power S; Lengaigne M; Capotondi A; Khodri M; Vialard J; Jebri B; Guilyardi E; McGregor S; Kug J-S; Newman M. (Oct 2021). Decadal climate variability in the tropical Pacific: Characteristics, causes, predictability, and prospects. Science , 374(6563). 10.1126/science.aay9165
  • Capotondi, A; Ricciardulli, L. (Sep 2021). The influence of pacific winds on ENSO diversity. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS , 11(1). 10.1038/s41598-021-97963-4
  • Cai W; Santoso A; Collins M; Dewitte B; Karamperidou C; Kug J-S; Lengaigne M; McPhaden MJ; Stuecker MF; Taschetto AS. (Aug 2021). Changing El Nino-Southern Oscillation in a warming climate. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 10.1038/s43017-021-00199-z
  • Meehl GA; Teng H; Capotondi A; Hu A. (May 2021). The role of interannual ENSO events in decadal timescale transitions of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. Climate Dynamics. 10.1007/s00382-021-05784-y
  • Meehl GA; Richter JH; Teng H; Capotondi A; Cobb K; Doblas-Reyes F; Donat MG; England MH; Fyfe JC; Han W. (May 2021). Initialized Earth System prediction from subseasonal to decadal timescales. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment , 2(5), 340-357. 10.1038/s43017-021-00155-x
  • Xu T; Newman M; Capotondi A; Di Lorenzo E. (Jan 2021). The Continuum of Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwaves and Their Relationship to the Tropical Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters , 48(2). 10.1029/2020GL090661
  • Amaya DJ; Alexander MA; Capotondi A; Deser C; Karnauskas KB; Miller AJ; Mantua NJ. (Jan 2021). Are Long-Term Changes in Mixed Layer Depth Influencing North Pacific Marine Heatwaves?. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 102(1), S59-S66. 10.1175/bams-d-20-0144.1
  • Capotondi A; Deser C; Phillips AS; Okumura Y; Larson SM. (Dec 2020). ENSO and Pacific Decadal Variability in the Community Earth System Model Version 2. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems , 12(12). 10.1029/2019MS002022
  • Fredriksen H-B; Berner J; Subramanian AC; Capotondi A. (Nov 2020). How Does El Nino-Southern Oscillation Change Under Global Warming-A First Look at CMIP6. Geophysical Research Letters , 47(22). 10.1029/2020GL090640
  • Zeller M; McGregor S; van Sebille E; Capotondi A; Spence P. (Nov 2020). Subtropical-tropical pathways of spiciness anomalies and their impact on equatorial Pacific temperature. Climate Dynamics , 56(3-4), 1131-1144. 10.1007/s00382-020-05524-8
  • Grothe PR; Cobb KM; Liguori G; Di Lorenzo E; Capotondi A; Lu Y; Cheng H; Edwards RL; Southon JR; Santos GM. (Apr 2020). Enhanced El Nino-Southern Oscillation Variability in Recent Decades. Geophysical Research Letters , 47(7). 10.1029/2019GL083906
  • Jacox MG; Alexander MA; Siedlecki S; Chen K; Kwon Y-O; Brodie S; Ortiz I; Tommasi D; Widlansky MJ; Barrie D. (Apr 2020). Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of North American coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments. Progress in Oceanography , 183. 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102307
  • Hagos S; Foltz GR; Zhang C; Thompson E; Seo H; Chen S; Capotondi A; Reed KA; DeMott C; Protat A. (Mar 2020). Atmospheric Convection and Air-Sea Interactions over the Tropical Oceans: Scientific Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 101(3), E253-E258. 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0261.1
  • Carreric, A., B. Dewitte, W. Cai, A. Capotondi, K. Takahashi, S.-W. Yeh, G. Wang, and V. Guemas. (Jan 2020). Change in strong Eastern Pacific El Nino events dynamics in the warming climate. , 54. 10.1007/s00382-019-05036-0
  • Capotondi, A; Jacox, M; Bowler, C; Kavanaugh, M; Lehodey, P; Barrie, D; Brodie, S; Chaffron, S; Cheng, W; Dias, DF; Eveillard, D; Guidi, L; Iudicone, D; Lovenduski, NS; Nye, JA; Ortiz, I; Pirhalla, D; Buil, MP; Saba, V; Sheridan, S; Siedlecki, S; Subramanian, A; de Vargas, C; Di Lorenzo, E; Doney, SC; Hermann, AJ; Joyce, T; Merrifield, M; Miller, AJ; Not, F; Pesant, S. (Oct 2019). Observational Needs Supporting Marine Ecosystems Modeling and Forecasting: From the Global Ocean to Regional and Coastal Systems. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE , 6. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00623
  • Cordero-Quiros, N; Miller, AJ; Subramanian, AC; Luo, JY; Capotondi, A. (Oct 2019). Composite physical-biological El Nino and La Nina conditions in the California Current System in CESM1-POP2-BEC. OCEAN MODELLING , 142. 10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101439
  • Capotondi, A; Sardeshmukh, PD; Di Lorenzo, E; Subramanian, AC; Miller, AJ. (Jul 2019). Predictability of US West Coast Ocean Temperatures is not solely due to ENSO. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS , 9. 10.1038/s41598-019-47400-4
  • Stevenson, S; Capotondi, A; Fasullo, J; Otto-Bliesner, B. (Jun 2019). Forced changes to twentieth century ENSO diversity in a last Millennium context. CLIMATE DYNAMICS , 52(12). 10.1007/s00382-017-3573-5
  • Bianucci, M, A Capotondi, R Mannella and S Merlino. (Nov 2018). Linear or Nonlinear Modeling for ENSO Dynamics?. ATMOSPHERE , 9(11). 10.3390/atmos9110435
  • Capotondi, A, PD Sardeshmukh and L Ricciardulli. (Oct 2018). The Nature of the Stochastic Wind Forcing of ENSO. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 31(19). 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0842.1
  • Bianucci, M, A Capotondi, S Merlino and R Mannella. (Oct 2018). Estimate of the average timing for strong El Nino events using the recharge oscillator model with a multiplicative perturbation. CHAOS , 28(10). 10.1063/1.5030413
  • Timmermann, A, SI An, JS Kug, FF Jin, WJ Cai, A Capotondi, K Cobb, M Lengaigne, MJ McPhaden, MF Stuecker, K Stein, AT Wittenberg, KS Yun, T Bayr, HC Chen, Y Chikamoto, B Dewitte, D Dommenget, P Grothe, E Guilyardi, YG Ham, M Hayashi, S Ineson, D Kang, S Kim, W Kim, JY Lee, T Li, JJ Luo, S McGregor, Y Planton, S Power, H Rashid, HL Ren, A Santoso, K Takahashi, A Todd, GM Wang, GJ Wang, RH Xie, WH Yang, SW Yeh, J Yoon, E Zeller and XB Zhang. (Jul 2018). El Nino-Southern Oscillation complexity. NATURE , 559(7715). 10.1038/s41586-018-0252-6
  • Turi, G, M Alexander, NS Lovenduski, A Capotondi, J Scott, C Stock, J Dunne, J John and M Jacox. (Feb 2018). Response of O-2 and pH to ENSO in the California Current System in a high-resolution global climate model. OCEAN SCIENCE , 14(1). 10.5194/os-14-69-2018
  • Capotondi, A and PD Sardeshmukh. (Aug 2017). Is El Nino really changing?. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 44(16). 10.1002/2017GL074515
  • Bonfils, CJW, BD Santer, TJ Phillips, K Marvel, LR Leung, C Doutriaux and A Capotondi. (Dec 2015). Relative Contributions of Mean-State Shifts and ENSO-Driven Variability to Precipitation Changes in a Warming Climate. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 28(24). 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0341.1
  • Capotondi, A and PD Sardeshmukh. (Nov 2015). Optimal precursors of different types of ENSO events. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS , 42(22). 10.1002/2015GL066171
  • Capotondi, A, AT Wittenberg, M Newman, E Di Lorenzo, JY Yu, P Braconnot, J Cole, B Dewitte, B Giese, E Guilyardi, FF Jin, K Karnauskas, B Kirtman, T Lee, N Schneider, Y Xue and SW Yeh. (Jun 2015). Understanding ENSO Diversity. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY , 96(6). 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00117.1
  • Capotondi A. (Feb 2015). Extreme La Nina events to increase. Nature Climate Change , 5(2), 100-101. 10.1038/nclimate2509
  • Capotondi A. (Dec 2014). Antonietta Capotondi. Oceanography , 27(4), 76-76.
  • Capotondi, A. (Oct 2013). ENSO diversity in the NCAR CCSM4 climate model. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS , 118(10). 10.1002/jgrc.20335
  • Hare, JA, JP Manderson, JA Nye, MA Alexander, PJ Auster, DL Borggaard, AM Capotondi, KB Damon-Randall, E Heupel, I Mateo, L O'Brien, DE Richardson, CA Stock and ST Biegel. (Dec 2012). Cusk (Brosme brosme) and climate change: assessing the threat to a candidate marine fish species under the US Endangered Species Act. ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE , 69(10). 10.1093/icesjms/fss160
  • Capotondi, A, MA Alexander, NA Bond, EN Curchitser and JD Scott. (Apr 2012). Enhanced upper ocean stratification with climate change in the CMIP3 models. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS , 117. 10.1029/2011JC007409
  • Deser, C, AS Phillips, RA Tomas, YM Okumura, MA Alexander, A Capotondi, JD Scott, YO Kwon and M Ohba. (Apr 2012). ENSO and Pacific Decadal Variability in the Community Climate System Model Version 4. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 25(8). 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00301.1
  • Capotondi, A and MA Alexander. (Jun 2010). Relationship between Precipitation in the Great Plains of the United States and Global SSTs: Insights from the IPCC AR4 Models. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 23(11). 10.1175/2009JCLI3291.1
  • Penland, C, DZ Sun, A Capotondi and DJ Vimont. (Jan 2010). A Brief Introduction to El Nino and La Nina. CLIMATE DYNAMICS: WHY DOES CLIMATE VARY? , 189. 10.1029/2008GM000846
  • Capotondi, A. (Jan 2010). El Nino-Southern Oscillation Ocean Dynamics: Simulation by Coupled General Circulation Models. CLIMATE DYNAMICS: WHY DOES CLIMATE VARY? , 189. 10.1029/2008GM000796
  • Guilyardi E; Wittenberg A; Fedorov A; Collins M; Wang C; Capotondi A; van Oldenborgh GJ; Stockdale T. (Mar 2009). UNDERSTANDING EL NINO IN OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS Progress and Challenges. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 90(3), 325-+. 10.1175/2008BAMS2387.1
  • Capotondi, A, V Combes, MA Alexander, E Di Lorenzo and AJ Miller. (Jan 2009). Low-frequency variability in the Gulf of Alaska from coarse and eddy-permitting ocean models. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS , 114. 10.1029/2008JC004983
  • Alexander, M, A Capotondi, A Miller, F Chai, R Brodeur and C Deser. (Feb 2008). Decadal variability in the northeast Pacific in a physical-ecosystem model: Role of mixed layer depth and trophic interactions. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS , 113(C2). 10.1029/2007JC004359
  • Capotondi, A. (Jan 2008). Can the mean structure of the tropical pycnocline affect ENSO period in coupled climate models?. OCEAN MODELLING , 20(2). 10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.08.003
  • Trites, AW, AJ Miller, HDG Maschner, MA Alexander, SJ Bograd, JA Calder, A Capotondi, KO Coyle, E Di Lorenzo, BP Finney, EJ Gregr, CE Grosch, SR Hare, GL Hunt, J Jahncke, NB Kachel, HJ Kim, C Ladd, NJ Mantua, C Marzban, W Maslowski, R Mendelssohn, DJ Neilson, SR Okkonen, JE Overland, KL Reedy-Maschner, TC Royer, FB Schwing, JXL Wang and AJ Winship. (Jan 2007). Bottom-up forcing and the decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatas) in Alaska: assessing the ocean climate hypothesis. FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY , 16(1). 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2006.00408.x
  • Deser, C, A Capotondi, R Saravanan and AS Phillips. (Jun 2006). Tropical pacific and Atlantic climate variability in CCSM3. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 19(11). 10.1175/JCLI3759.1
  • Alexander, M, J Yin, G Branstator, A Capotondi, C Cassou, R Cullather, YO Kwon, J Norris, J Scott and I Wainer. (Jun 2006). Extratropical atmosphere-ocean variability in CCSM3. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 19(11). 10.1175/JCLI3743.1
  • Capotondi, A, A Wittenberg and S Masina. (Jan 2006). Spatial and temporal structure of Tropical Pacific interannual variability in 20th century coupled simulations. OCEAN MODELLING , 15(4-Mar). 10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.02.004
  • Capotondi, A, MA Alexander, C Deser and MJ McPhaden. (Sep 2005). Anatomy and decadal evolution of the Pacific Subtropical-Tropical Cells (STCs). JOURNAL OF CLIMATE , 18(18). 10.1175/JCLI3496.1
  • Miller AJ; Di Lorenzo E; Neilson DJ; Kim HJ; Capotondi A; Alexander MA; Bograd SJ; Schwing FB; Mendelssohn R; Hedstrom K. (Sep 2005). Interdecadal changes in mesoscale eddy variance in the Gulf of Alaska circulation: Possible implications for the Steller sea lion ecline. Atmosphere-Ocean , 43(3), 231-240. 10.3137/ao.430303
  • Capotondi, A, MA Alexander, C Deser and AJ Miller. (Aug 2005). Low-frequency pycnocline variability in the northeast Pacific. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY , 35(8). 10.1175/JPO2757.1
  • Capotondi, A, MA Alexander and C Deser. (Aug 2003). Why are there Rossby wave maxima in the Pacific at 10 degrees S and 13 degrees N?. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY , 33(8). 10.1175/2407.1
  • Capotondi A; Alexander MA. (Dec 2001). Rossby waves in the tropical North Pacific and their role in decadal thermocline variability. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 31(12), 3496-3515. 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)031<3496:RWITTN>2.0.CO;2
  • Capotondi A. (Jan 2000). Oceanic wave dynamics and interdecadal, variability in a climate system model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 105(C1), 1017-1036. 10.1029/1999JC900229
  • Capotondi A; Holland WR. (Jun 1997). Decadal variability in an idealized ocean model and its sensitivity to surface boundary conditions. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 27(6), 1072-1093. 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1072:DVIAIO>2.0.CO;2
  • Capotondi A; Saravanan R. (Jun 1996). Sensitivity of the thermohaline circulation to surface buoyancy forcing in a two-dimensional ocean model. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 26(6), 1039-1058. 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1039:SOTTCT>2.0.CO;2
  • CAPOTONDI A; HOLLAND WR; MALANOTTERIZZOLI P. (Jun 1995). ASSIMILATION OF ALTIMETER DATA INTO A QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL OF THE GULF-STREAM SYSTEM .2. ASSIMILATION RESULTS. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 25(6), 1153-1173. 10.1175/1520-0485(1995)025<1153:AOADIA>2.0.CO;2
  • CAPOTONDI A; MALANOTTERIZZOLI P; HOLLAND WR. (Jun 1995). ASSIMILATION OF ALTIMETER DATA INTO A QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL OF THE GULF-STREAM SYSTEM .1. DYNAMICAL CONSIDERATIONS. Journal of Physical Oceanography , 25(6), 1130-1152. 10.1175/1520-0485(1995)025<1130:AOADIA>2.0.CO;2
  • HOLLAND WR; CAPOTONDI A; HOLLAND MM. (Jan 1995). ADVANCES IN OCEAN MODELING FOR CLIMATE-CHANGE RESEARCH. Reviews of Geophysics , 33, 1411-1424. 10.1029/95RG00293
  • CHASSIGNET EP; HOLLAND WR; CAPOTONDI A. (Jan 1992). IMPACT OF THE ALTIMETER ORBIT ON THE REPRODUCTION OF OCEANIC RINGS - APPLICATION TO A REGIONAL MODEL OF THE GULF-STREAM. Oceanologica Acta , 15(5), 479-490.
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