The Matsuno-Gill model on the sphere
Shamir, O.; C. I. Garfinkel, E. P. Gerber, and N. Paldor, 2023: The Matsuno-Gill model on the sphere, J. Fluid Mech., in press, doi:10.1017/jfm.2023.369.
CV
Here is a more formal 2 page resume, and a full curriculum vitae in PDF format. They are updated less frequently than this page.
Research Interests
- Climate variability on intraseasonal to interannual time scales
- Anthropogenic impacts on climate
- Atmospheric dynamics and circulation
- Stratosphere-troposphere interactions
Education
- Ph.D. in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, 2006
- M.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, 2002
- B.S. in Mathematics and Chemistry, University of the South, 2000
Experience
- 2008-present: Professor of Atmospheric Ocean Science and Mathematics
- New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- Associate Professor (2014-2018)
- Assistant Professor (2008-2014)
2019-present: Director of Graduate Studies, PhD Program in Atmosphere Ocean Science and Mathematics
- 2011, 2014-2015: Visiting Scientist
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg Germany
- Free University Berlin
- 2006-2008: Postdoctoral Research Scientist
- 2002-2006: Research Assistant
2001: Summer Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole MA
2000: SCAMP Summer Program in Mathematical Cryptology, Institute for Defense Analysis, CCR-P , Princeton NJ
1999: Director’s Summer Program (Mathematics), Department of Defense, Fort Meade MD
- 1998: REU Program in Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington VT
Awards
2021: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.
This award supports a visit to Free University Berlin, DLR-Oberpfaffenhofen, and LMU-Munich, during the 2022-23 academic year.2016: Editors Award for insightful reviews, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, American Meteorological Society.
A colleague joked that this is one award you shouldn’t recieve; it implies you are spending too much time on reviews! But in all seriousness, I’ve benefitted from so many good reviews from AMS journals, and am glad I’ve been able to pay this forward.2000-5: Hertz Foundation Fellow
2000: Valedictorian, University of the South
Professional Service
Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 2013-present
Member, Scientific Steering Group (2010-present ) and Co-chair (2013-2019), DynVar (Dynamics and Variability) Activity of the Stratosphere-Troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) Project, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).
Co-chair of the DynVar Model Intercomparison Project for the Coupled Model Intercomparision Project, Phase 6 (CMIP6). 2014-present
Member, Scientific Steering Group, VolMIP (Model Intercomparison Project on the climate response to Volcanic forcing) for the CMIP6. 2014-present
Member, International Commission on the Middle Atmosphere of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (IAMAS). 2019-present.
Chair, Middle Atmosphere Committee, American Meteorological Society. 2012-17
Member, Scientific Steering Group, World Climate Research Programme’s Stratosphere-Troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) Project. 2013-2015
Panel Member, National Science Foundation. 2011, 2018
Reviewer, Journals: J. Adv. in Model. Earth Syst., Atmos. Chem. Phys., Atmos.-Ocean, J. Atmos. Sci., J. Climate, Climate Dynamics, Envir. Res. Lett., Geophys. Model Dev., J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., Geophys. Res. Lett., Meteor. Zeitschrift, Mon. Weather Rev., Nature Climate Change, Nature Geoscience, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Quarterly J. Royal Met. Soc., Proposals: British Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), Dutch Research Council (NWO), French National Research Agency (ANR), German-Israeli Foundation (GIF), German Research Foundation (DFG), Humboldt Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Quebec Research Fund - Nature and Technologies (FRQNT). 2004-present
Research Grants
2021-2025 US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Award 2020316: Circulation response to changes in cloud radiative forcing under global warming: From the zonal mean to regional changes [Collaboration with Chaim Garfinkel at Hebrew University, Jerusalem]
2021-2026 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund For Strategic Innovation: A Data-Informed Framework for the Representation of Subgrid Scale Gravity Waves to Improve Climate Prediction VESRI Project [Collaboration with Ulrich Achatz (Goethe U.-Frankfurt), Joan Alexander (NWRA), Pedram Hassanzadeh (Rice), Francois Lott (LMD), Adam Scaife (MetOffice), Aditi Sheshardri (Stanford), and Claudia Stephan (MPI for Meteorology)]
2020-2025 NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Inquiry, OAC-2005123: Collaborative Research: Framework: Improving the understanding and representation of atmospheric gravity waves using high-resolution observations and machine learning [Collaboration with Joan Alexander (NWRA), Pedram Hassanzadeh (Rice), and Aditi Sheshardri (Stanford)]
2019-2022 NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, AGS-1852727: The jet streams in a warming world: Incorporating moisture into our understanding of midlatitude circulation change
2016-2021 Subcontract through ERC Grant to Hebrew University-Jerusalem: Forecasting Surface Weather and Climate at One-Month Leads through the Stratosphere-Troposphere [Collaboration with Chaim Garfinkel, HUJI]
2015-2018 NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, AGS-1546585: Stratospheric Age in a Changing Climate: Connecting Theory, Models, and Observations [Collaboration with Alan Plumb, MIT]
2013-2016 NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, AGS-1264195: Understanding the Response of the Austral Jet Stream to Changes in Greenhouse Gases and Stratospheric Ozone
2010-2013 NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, AGS-0938325: Assessing the Impact of Parameterized Gravity Wave Drag on Climate Change Fore- casts: A Systematic Investigation with Global Circulation Models
Publications
Scaling for Saturated Moist Quasi-Geostrophic Turbulence
Brown, M. L., O. Pauluis, and E. P. Gerber, 2023: Scaling for Saturated Moist Quasi-Geostrophic Turbulence, J. Atmos. Sci., in press, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-22-0215.1.
Revealing the statistics of extreme events hidden in short weather forecast data
Finkel, J., E. P. Gerber, D. S. Abbot, and J. Weare, 2023: Revealing the statistics of extreme events hidden in short weather forecast data, AGU Advances, 4, e2023AV000881, doi:10.1029/2023AV000881.
Estimating the Meridional Extent of Adiabatic Mixing in the Stratosphere Using Age-Of-Air
Gupta, A., M. Linz, J. Curbelo, O. Pauluis, E. P. Gerber, and D. E. Kinnison, 2023: Estimating the meridional extent of adiabatic mixing in the stratosphere using age-of-air, J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 128, e2022JD037712. doi:10.1029/2022JD037712.
Data-driven transition path analysis yields a statistical understanding of sudden stratospheric warming events in an idealized model
Finkel, J., R. J. Webber, E. P. Gerber, D. S. Abbot, and J. Weare, 2023: Data-driven transition path analysis yields a statistical understanding of sudden stratospheric warming events in an idealized model, J. Atmos. Sci., 80(2), 519-534, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-21-0213.1.
Stationary waves weaken and delay the near-surface response to stratospheric ozone depletion
Garfinkel, C. I., I. White, E. P. Gerber, S.-W. Son and M. Jucker, 2023: Stationary waves weaken and delay the near-surface response to stratospheric ozone depletion, J. Climate, 36(2), 565-583, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0874.1.
Tropospheric expansion under global warming reduces tropical lower stratospheric ozone
Match, A. and E. P. Gerber, 2022: Tropospheric Expansion Under Global Warming Reduces Tropical Lower Stratospheric Ozone Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2022GL099463, doi: 10.1029/2022GL099463.
Machine Learning Gravity Wave Parameterization Generalizes to Capture the QBO and Response to Increased CO2
Espinosa, Z. I., A. Sheshadri, G. R. Cain, E. P. Gerber, and K. J. DallaSanta, 2022: Machine Learning Gravity Wave Parameterization Generalizes to Capture the QBO and Response to Increased CO2, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2022GL098174, doi:10.1029/2022GL098174.
A QBO cookbook: Sensitivity of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation to resolution, resolved waves, and parameterized gravity waves
Garfinkel, C. I., E. P. Gerber, O. Shamir, J. Rao, M. Jucker, I. White, and N. Paldor, 2022: A QBO cookbook: Sensitivity of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation to resolution, resolved waves, and parameterized gravity waves, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 14, e2021MS002568, doi: 10.1029/2021MS002568.
Extratropical Stratosphere-troposphere Coupling
Gerber, E. P., P. Martineau, B. Ayarzaguena, D. Barriopedro, T. J. Bracegirdle, A. H. Butler, N. Calvo, S. C. Hardiman, P. Hitchcock, M. Iza, U. Langematz, H. Lua, G. Marshall, A. Orr, F. M. Palmeiro, S.-W. Son, and M. Taguchi, 2022: Extratropical Stratosphere–troposphere Coupling, In Stratosphere-troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) (Chap. 6), M. Fujiwara, G. L. Manney, L. Gray, and J. S. Wright, Eds., SPARC Report No. 10, WCRP-6/2021, doi: 10.17874/800dee57d13, p. 221-264.
Learning forecasts of rare stratospheric transitions from short simulations
Finkel, J., R. J. Webber, E. P. Gerber, D. S. Abbot, and J. Weare, 2021: Learning forecasts of rare stratospheric transitions from short simulations, Mon. Wea. Rev., 149, 3647-3669, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-21-0024.1.
Stratospheric adiabatic mixing rates derived from the vertical gradient of age of air
Linz, M., R. A. Plumb, A. Gupta, and E. P. Gerber, 2021: Stratospheric adiabatic mixing rates derived from the vertical gradient of age of air, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, e2021JD035199, doi: 10.1029/2021JD035199.
Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes
Li, X., W. Cai, G. A. Meehl , D. Chen , X. Yuan , M. Raphael, D. M. Holland, Q. Ding, R. L. Fogt, B. R. Markle, G. Wang, D. Bromwich, J. Turner , S.-P. Xie, S. T. Gille, C. Xiao, B. Wu, M. A. Lazzara, E. J. Steig, X. Chen, S. Stammerjohn, P. R. Holland, M. M. Holland, S. F. Price, Z. Wang, C. M. Bitz, J. Shi, X. Cheng, E. P. Gerber, X. Liang, H. Goosse, C. Yoo, M. Ding, L. Geng, M. Xin, C. Li, T. Dou, C. Liu, W. Sun, X. Wang, and C. Song, 2021: Antarctic Climate Changes Attributable to Teleconnections from the Tropics, Nature Rev. Earth Envir., 10.1038/s43017-021-00204-5.
Numerical impacts on tracer transport: Diagnosing the influence of dynamical core formulation and resolution on stratospheric transport
Gupta, A., E. P. Gerber, R. A. Plumb, and P. H. Lauritzen, 2021: Numerical impacts on tracer transport: diagnosing the influence of dynamical core formulation and resolution on stratospheric transport, J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 3575-3592, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-21-0085.1.
Nonlinear Interaction between the Drivers of the Monsoon and Summertime Stationary Waves
Garfinkel, C. I, I. White, E. P. Gerber, O. Adam, and M. Jucker, 2021: Nonlinear Interaction between the Drivers of the Monsoon and Summertime Stationary Waves Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL092321, doi:10.1029/2020GL092321.
Is our dynamical understanding of the circulation changes associated with the Antarctic ozone hole sensitive to the choice of reanalysis dataset?
Orr, A., H. Lu, P. Martineau, E. P. Gerber, G. Marshall, and T. J. Bracegirdle, 2021: Is our dynamical understanding of the circulation changes associated with the Antarctic ozone hole sensitive to the choice of reanalysis dataset? Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 7451–7472, doi:10.5194/acp-21-7451-2021.
Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
Baldwin, M., B. Ayarzaguena, T. Birner, N. Butchart, A. H. Butler, A. J. Charlton-Perez, D. I. V. Domeisen, C. I. Garfinkel, H. Garny, E. P. Gerber, M. I. Hegglin, U. Langematz, N. M. Pedatella, 2021: Sudden Stratospheric Warmings, Rev. Geophys., 59, e2020RG000708, doi:10.1029/2020RG000708.
Downward migration of the zonal-mean circulation in the tropical atmosphere
DallaSanta, K. and E. P. Gerber, 2020: Downward migration of the zonal-mean circulation in the tropical atmosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL088084, doi:10.1029/2020GL088084.
The impact of SST biases in the tropical east Pacific and Agulhas current region on atmospheric stationary waves in the Southern Hemisphere
Garfinkel, C. I., I. White, E. P. Gerber, and M. Jucker, 2020: The impact of SST biases in the tropical east Pacific and Agulhas current region on atmospheric stationary waves in the Southern Hemisphere, J. Climate, 33, 9351-9374, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0195.1.
Numerical impacts on tracer transport: A proposed intercomparison test of Atmospheric General Circulation Models
Gupta, A., E. P. Gerber, and P. H. Lauritzen, 2020: Numerical impacts on tracer transport: A proposed intercomparison test of Atmospheric General Circulation Models, Quart. J. Roy. Meteoro. Soc., 1-28, doi:10.1002/qj.3881.
Uncertainty in the response of sudden stratospheric warmings and stratosphere-troposphere coupling to quadrupled CO2 concentrations in CMIP6 models
Ayarzagüena, B., A. J. Charlton-Perez, A. H. Butler, P. Hitchcock, I. R. Simpson, L. M. Polvani, N. Butchart, E. P. Gerber, L. Gray, B. Hassler, P. Lin, F. Lott, E. Manzini, R. Mizuta, C. Orbe, S. Osprey, D. Saint-Martin, M. Sigmond, M. Taguchi, E. M. Volodin, S. Watanabe, 2020: Uncertainty in the response of sudden stratospheric warmings and stratosphere-troposphere coupling to quadrupled CO2 concentrations in CMIP6 models, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 125, e2019JD032345, doi:10.1029/2019JD032345.
The generic nature of the tropospheric response to sudden stratospheric warmings
White, I., C. I. Garfinkel, E. P. Gerber, M. Jucker, P. Hitchcock, and J. Rao, 2020: The generic nature of the tropospheric response to sudden stratospheric warmings, J. Climate, 33, 5589–5610, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0697.1.
The building blocks of Northern Hemisphere wintertime stationary waves
Garfinkel, C. I., I. White, E. P. Gerber, M. Jucker, and M. Erez, 2020: The building blocks of Northern Hemisphere wintertime stationary waves, J. Climate, 33, 5611–5633, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0181.1.
Imagining Simpler Worlds to Understand the Complexity of Our Own
Gerber, E. P., K. DallaSanta, and A. Gupta, 2019: Imagining Simpler Worlds to Understand the Complexity of Our Own, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 11, 2862–2867, doi:10.1029/2019MS001753.
Model Hierarchies for Understanding Atmospheric Circulation
Maher, P., E. P. Gerber, B. Medeiros, T. Merlis, S. Sherwood, A. Sheshadri, A. Sobel, G. Vallis, A. Voigt, and P. Zurita-Gotor, 2019: Model hierarchies for understanding atmospheric circulation, Rev. Geophys., 57, 250-280, doi:10.1029/2018RG000607.
The Circulation Response to Volcanic Eruptions: The Key Roles of Stratospheric Warming and Eddy Interactions
DallaSanta, K., E. P. Gerber, and M. Toohey, 2019: The Circulation Response to Volcanic Eruptions: The Key Roles of Stratospheric Warming and Eddy Interactions, J. Climate, 32, 1101-1120, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0099.1.
Sub-seasonal Predictability and the Stratosphere
Butler, A., A. Charlton-Perez, D. I. V. Domeisen, C. Garfinkel, E. P. Gerber, P. Hitchcock, A. Y. Karpechko, A. C. Maycock, M. Sigmond, I. Simpson, and S.-W. Son, 2019: Sub-seasonal Predictability and the Stratosphere, Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction: The Gap Between Weather and Climate Forecasting, A. W. Robserton and F. Vitart, Eds., 223-241, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-811714-9.00011-5.
The Downward Influence of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings: Association with Tropospheric Precursors
White, I., C. Garfinkel, E. P. Gerber, M. Jucker, V. Aquila, and L. Oman, 2019: The Downward Influence of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings: Association with Tropospheric Precursors, J. Climate, 32, 85-108 doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0053.1.
Quantifying the variability of the annular modes: Reanalysis uncertainty vs. sampling uncertainty
Gerber, E. P. and P. Martineau, 2018: Quantifying the variability of the annular modes: Reanalysis uncertainty vs. sampling uncertainty. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 17099-17117, doi:10.5194/acp-18-17099-2018.
Isca, v1.0: A Framework for the Global Modelling of the Atmospheres of Earth and Other Planets at Varying Levels of Complexity
Vallis, G. K., G. Colyer, R. Geen, E. P. Gerber, M. Jucker, P. Maher, A. Paterson, M. Pietschnig, J. Penn, and S. I. Thomson, 2018: Isca, v1.0: A Framework for the Global Modelling of the Atmospheres of Earth and Other Planets at Varying Levels of Complexity. Geosci. Model. Dev., 11, 843-859, doi:10.5194/gmd-11-843-2018.
Optimizing the Definition of a Sudden Stratospheric Warming
Butler, A. and E. P. Gerber, 2018: Optimizing the definition of a sudden stratospheric warming. J. Climate, 31, 2337-2344, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0648.1.
The strength of the meridional overturning circulation of the stratosphere
Linz, M., R. A. Plumb, E. P. Gerber, F. J. Haenel, G. Stiller, D. E. Kinnison, A. Ming, and J. L. Neu, 2017: The strength of the meridional overturning circulation of the stratosphere, Nature Geo., 10, 663-667, doi:10.1038/ngeo3013.
Untangling the Annual Cycle of the Tropical Tropopause Layer with an Idealized Moist Model
Jucker, M. and E. P. Gerber, 2017: Untangling the annual cycle of the tropical tropopause layer with an idealized moist model, J. Climate, 30, 7339-7358, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0127.1.
Defining Sudden Stratospheric Warmings in Models: Accounting for Biases in Model Climatologies
Kim, J., S.-W. Son, E. P. Gerber, and H.-S. Park, 2017: Defining Sudden Stratospheric Warmings in Models: Accounting for Biases in Model Climatologies, J. Climate, 30, 5529-5546, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0465.1
Introduction to the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) and overview of the reanalysis systems
Fujiwara, M., Wright, J., and 34 coauthors (including E. P. Gerber), 2017: Introduction to the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (SRIP) and overview of the reanalysis systems, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 1417-1452, doi:10.5194/acp-17-1417-2017.
What Makes an Annular Mode Annular?
Gerber, E. P. and D. W. J. Thompson, 2017: What makes an annular mode annular? J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 317-332, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-16-0191.1.
The Relationship between Age of Air and the Diabatic Circulation of the Stratosphere
Linz, M., R. A. Plumb, E. P. Gerber, and A. Sheshadri 2016: The relationship between age of air and the diabatic circulation of the stratosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 4507-4518, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-16-0125.1.
The Dynamics and Variability Model Intercomparison Project (DynVarMIP) for CMIP6: assessing the stratosphere–troposphere system
Gerber, E. P. and E. Manzini, 2016: The Dynamics and Variability Model Intercomparison Project (DynVarMIP) for CMIP6: Assessing the stratosphere–troposphere system, Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 3413-3425, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-3413-2016.
The Rain Is Askew: Two Idealized Models Relating Vertical Velocity and Precipitation Distributions in a Warming World
Pendergrass, A. and E. P. Gerber, 2016: The rain is askew: Two idealized models relating the vertical velocity and precipitation distributions in a warming world, J. Climate, 29, 6445-6462, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0097.1.
The Model Intercomparison Project on the climatic response to Volcanic forcing (VolMIP): experimental design and forcing input data for CMIP6
Zanchettin, D. and 23 coauthors (including E. P. Gerber), 2016: The Model Intercomparison Project on the climatic response to Volcanic forcing (VolMIP): Experimental design and forcing input data, Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 2701-2719, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-2701-2016.
Examining the Predictability of the Stratospheric Sudden Warming of January 2013 Using Multiple NWP Systems
Tripathi, O. P., M. Baldwin, A. Charlton-Perez, M. Charron, J. C. H. Cheung, S. D. Eckermann, E. Gerber, D. R. Jackson, Y. Kuroda, A. Lang, J. McLay, R. Mizuta, C. Reynolds, G. Roff, M. Sigmond, S.-W. Son, and T. Stockdale, 2016: Examining the Predictability of the Stratospheric Sudden Warming of January 2013 Using Multiple NWP Systems, Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 1935-1960 doi:10.1175/MWR-D-15-0010.1.
Is the Brewer‐Dobson circulation increasing or moving upward?
Oberlaender-Hayn, S., E. P. Gerber, J. Abalichin, H. Akiyoshi, A. Kerschbaumer, A. Kubin, M. Kunze, U. Langematz, S. Meul, M. Michou, O. Morgenstern and L. D. Oman, 2016: Is the Brewer-Dobson circulation increasing, or moving upward? Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2015GL067545.
Constraining Future Summer Austral Jet Stream Positions in the CMIP5 Ensemble by Process-Oriented Multiple Diagnostic Regression
Wenzel, S., V. Eyring, E. P. Gerber and A. Yu. Karpechko 2016: Constraining Future Austral Jet Stream Position and Shifts in the CMIP5 Ensemble by Process-oriented Multiple Diagnostic Regression, J. Climate, 9, 673-687, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0412.1.
Rossby Waves Mediate Impacts of Tropical Oceans on West Antarctic Atmospheric Circulation in Austral Winter
Li, X., D. H. Holland, E. P. Gerber, and C. Yoo, 2015: Rossby Waves Mediate Impacts of Tropical Oceans on West Antarctic Atmospheric Circulation in Austral Winter. J. Climate, 28, 8151-8164, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0113.1.
Seasonal Variability of the Polar Stratospheric Vortex in an Idealized AGCM with Varying Tropospheric Wave Forcing
Sheshadri, A., R. A. Plumb, and E. P. Gerber, 2015: Seasonal Variability of the Polar Stratospheric Vortex in an Idealized AGCM with Varying Tropospheric Wave Forcing. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 2256–2273, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0191.1.
A Rossby Wave Bridge from the Tropical Atlantic to West Antarctica
Li, X., E. P. Gerber, D. H. Holland, and C. Yoo, 2015: A Rossby Wave Bridge from the Tropical Atlantic to West Antarctica. J. Climate, 28, 2256–2273, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00450.1.
The Impact of Baroclinic Eddy Feedback on the Persistence of Jet Variability in the Two-Layer Model
Zurita-Gotor, P., J. Blanco-Fuentes, and E. P. Gerber, 2014: The impact of baroclinic eddy feedback on the persistence of jet variability in the two layer model. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 410-429, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-13-0102.1.
What Drives the Brewer–Dobson Circulation?
Cohen, N. Y., E. P. Gerber, and O. Buhler, 2014: What drives the Brewer-Dobson Circulation? J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 3837-3855, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0021.1.
The predictability of the extratropical stratosphere on monthly time‐scales and its impact on the skill of tropospheric forecasts
Tripathi, O. and 15 Coauthors (including E. P. Gerber), 2014: Review: The Predictability of the Extra-tropical Stratosphere on monthly timescales and its Impacts on the Skill of Tropospheric Forecasts. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 141, 987-1003, doi:10.1002/qj.2432.
Quantifying the Summertime Response of the Austral Jet Stream and Hadley Cell to Stratospheric Ozone and Greenhouse Gases
Gerber, E. P. and S.-W. Son, 2014: Quantifying the Summertime Response of the Austral Jet Stream and Hadley Cell to Stratospheric Ozone and Greenhouse Gases. J. Climate, 27, 5538-5559, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00539.1.
Northern winter climate change: Assessment of uncertainty in CMIP5 projections related to stratosphere‐troposphere coupling
Manzini, E., A. Yu. Karpechko and 21 Coauthors (including E. P. Gerber), 2014: Northern winter climate change: Assessment of uncertainty in CMIP5 projections related to stratosphere – troposphere coupling. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 7979–7998, doi:10.1002/2013JD021403.
Impacts of the north and tropical Atlantic Ocean on the Antarctic Peninsula and sea ice
Li, X., D. H. Holland, E. P. Gerber, and C. Yoo, 2014: Impacts of North and Tropical Atlantic Ocean on the Antarctic Peninsula and Sea Ice. Nature, 505, 538-542, doi:10.1038/nature12945.
Compensation between Resolved and Unresolved Wave Driving in the Stratosphere: Implications for Downward Control
Cohen, N. Y., E. P. Gerber, and O. Buhler, 2013: Compensation between Resolved and Unresolved Wave Driving in the Stratosphere: Implications for Downward Control . J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 3780-3798, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0346.1.
Understanding Hadley Cell Expansion versus Contraction: Insights from Simplified Models and Implications for Recent Observations
Tandon, N. F., E. P. Gerber, A. H. Sobel, and L. M. Polvani, 2013: Understanding Hadley Cell Expansion vs. Contraction: Insights from Simplified Models and Implications for Recent Observations. J. Climate, 26, 4304-4321, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00598.1.
The Role of High-Latitude Waves in the Intraseasonal to Seasonal Variability of Tropical Upwelling in the Brewer–Dobson Circulation
Ueyama, R., E. P. Gerber, J. M. Wallace and D. M. W. Frierson, 2013: The role of high-latitude waves in the intraseasonal to seasonal variability of tropical upwelling in the Brewer-Dobson circulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 1631-1648, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0174.1.
Climate Processes: Clouds, Aerosols and Dynamics
Sherwood, S. C., M. J. Alexander, A. R. Brown, N. A. McFarlane, E. P. Gerber, G. Feingold, A. A. Scaife, and W. W. Grabowski, 2013: Climate Processes: Clouds, Aerosols and Dynamics. Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Modelling and Prediction Priorities, G. R. Asrar and J. W. Hurrell, Eds. 73-103, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6692-1_4.
On the lack of stratospheric dynamical variability in low‐top versions of the CMIP5 models
Charlton-Perez, A. J. and 27 Coauthors (including E. P. Gerber), 2013: On the lack of stratospheric dynamical variability in low-top versions of the CMIP5 models. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 2494-2505, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50125.
The Effect of Tropospheric Jet Latitude on Coupling between the Stratospheric Polar Vortex and the Troposphere
Garfinkel, C. I., D. W. Waugh, and E. P. Gerber, 2013: The Effect of Tropospheric Jet Latitude on Coupling between the Stratospheric Polar Vortex and the Troposphere. J. Climate, 26, 2077-2097, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00301.1.
The role of stratosphere‐troposphere coupling in the occurrence of extreme winter cold spells over northern Europe
Tomassini, L., E. P. Gerber, M. P. Baldwin, F. Bunzel and M. Giorgetta, 2012: The role of stratosphere-troposphere coupling in the occurrence of extreme winter cold spells over Northern Europe. J. Adv. in Model. Earth Syst., 4, M00A03, doi:10.1029/2012MS000177.
Stratospheric versus Tropospheric Control of the Strength and Structure of the Brewer–Dobson Circulation
Gerber, E. P., 2012: Stratospheric versus Tropospheric Control of the Strength and Structure of the Brewer-Dobson Circulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2857-2877, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-0341.1.
Abrupt Circulation Responses to Tropical Upper-Tropospheric Warming in a Relatively Simple Stratosphere-Resolving AGCM
Wang, S., E. P. Gerber, and L. M. Polvani, 2012: Abrupt Circulation Responses to Upper Tropospheric Warming in a Relatively Simple Stratosphere-Resolving AGCM. J. Climate, 25, 4097-4115, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00166.1.
Assessing and Understanding the Impact of Stratospheric Dynamics and Variability on the Earth System
Gerber, E. P., A. Butler, N. Calvo, A. Charlton-Perez, M. Giorgetta, E. Manzini, J. Perlwitz, L. M. Polvani, F. Sassi, A. A. Scaife, T. A. Shaw, S.-W. Son and S. Watanabe, 2012: Assessing and Understanding the Impact of Stratospheric Dynamics and Variability on the Earth System. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 845-859, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00145.1.
Antarctic ozone depletion and trends in tropopause Rossby wave breaking
Ndarana, T., D. W. Waugh, L. M. Polvani, G. Correa, and E. P. Gerber, 2012: Antarctic ozone depletion and trends in tropopause Rossby wave breaking. Atmosph. Sci. Lett., 13, 164-168, doi:10.1002/asl.384.
Impact of stratospheric ozone on Southern Hemisphere circulation change: A multimodel assessment
Son, S.-W., E.P. Gerber, J. Perlwitz, L.M. Polvani, N. Gillett, K.-H.Seo, and CCMVal-2 coauthors, 2010: The Impact of Stratospheric Ozone on Southern Hemisphere Circulation Changes: A Multimodel Assessment. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00M07, doi:10.1029/2010JD014271.
Stratosphere‐troposphere coupling and annular mode variability in chemistry‐climate models
Gerber, E. P., M. P. Baldwin, and CCMVal-2 coauthors, 2010: Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling and Annular Mode Variability in Chemistry-Climate Models. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00M06, doi:10.1029/2009JD013770.
Intermodel variability of the poleward shift of the austral jet stream in the CMIP3 integrations linked to biases in 20th century climatology
Kidston, J. and E. P. Gerber, 2010: Intermodel Variability of the Poleward Shift of the Austral Jet Stream in the CMIP3 Integrations Linked to Biases in 20th Century Climatology. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L09708, doi:10.1029/2010GL042873.
Stratospheric influence on the tropospheric circulation revealed by idealized ensemble forecasts
Gerber, E. P., C. Orbe, and L. M. Polvani, 2009: Stratospheric Influence on the Tropospheric Circulation Revealed by Idealized Ensemble Forecasts. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L24801, doi:10.1029/2009GL040913.
Stratosphere–Troposphere Coupling in a Relatively Simple AGCM: The Importance of Stratospheric Variability
Gerber, E. P. and L. M. Polvani, 2009: Stratosphere-troposphere Coupling in a Relatively Simple AGCM: The Importance of Stratospheric Variability. J. Climate, 22, 1920-1933, doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2548.1.
On the Zonal Structure of the North Atlantic Oscillation and Annular Modes
Gerber E. P. and G. K. Vallis, 2009: On the Zonal Structure of the NAO and Annular Modes. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 332-352, doi:10.1175/2008JAS2682.1.
Annular mode time scales in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report models
Gerber, E. P., L. M. Polvani, and D. Ancukiewicz, 2008: Annular Mode Time Scales in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report Models. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, doi:10.1029/2008GL035712.
Testing the Annular Mode Autocorrelation Time Scale in Simple Atmospheric General Circulation Models
Gerber, E. P., S. Voronin, and L. M. Polvani, 2008: Testing the Annular Mode Autocorrelation Timescale in Simple Atmospheric General Circulation Models. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1523-1536, doi:10.1175/2007MWR2211.1.
Local and hemispheric dynamics of the North Atlantic Oscillation, annular patterns and the zonal index
Vallis G. K. and E. P. Gerber, 2008: Local and Hemispheric Dynamics of the North Atlantic Oscillation, Annular Patterns and the Zonal Index. Dyn. Atmos. and Ocean, 44, 184-212, doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2007.04.003.
Eddy–Zonal Flow Interactions and the Persistence of the Zonal Index
Gerber E. P. and G. K. Vallis, 2007: Eddy–Zonal Flow Interactions and the Persistence of the Zonal Index. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3296-3311, doi:10.1175/JAS4006.1.
A Stochastic Model for the Spatial Structure of Annular Patterns of Variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation
Gerber E. P. and G. K. Vallis, 2005: A Stochastic Model for the Spatial Structure of Annular Patterns of Variability and the NAO. J. Climate, 18, 2101-2118, doi:10.1175/JCLI3337.1.
A Mechanism and Simple Dynamical Model of the North Atlantic Oscillation and Annular Modes
Vallis, G. K., E. P. Gerber, P. J. Kushner and B. A. Cash, 2004: A Mechanism and Simple Dynamical Model of the North Atlantic Oscillation and Annular Modes. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 264-280, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0264:AMASDM>2.0.CO;2.
Talks
Revealing the statistics of extreme sudden stratospheric warming events hidden in short weather forecast data
Invited Talk at 2023 IUGG General Assembly, Berlin Germany
Revealing the statistics of extreme events hidden in short weather forecast data: A case study of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
Seminar at Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich Germany
Revealing the statistics of extreme events hidden in short weather forecast data: A case study of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
Seminar at KlimaCampus Colloquium (MPI for Meteorology and the University of Hamburg), Hamburg Germany
Data driven parameterization of unresolved gravity wave momentum transport: A 1-D Quasi Biennial Oscillation model testbed
Seminar at University of Lausanne, Lausanne Switzerland
Revealing the statistics of extreme events hidden in short weather forecast data: A case study of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
Seminar at University of Bern, Bern Switzerland
Revealing the statistics of extreme events hidden in short weather forecast data: A case study of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
Seminar at ETH, Zurich Switzerland
The Dynamics and Structure of the Baroclinic Annular Mode
Contributed Talk at 2023 EGU Meeting, Vienna Austria
Revealing the statistics of extreme sudden stratospheric warming events hidden in short weather forecast data
Invited Talk at 2023 EGU Meeting, Vienna Austria
Data driven parameterization of unresolved gravity wave momentum transport: A 1-D Quasi Biennial Oscillation model testbed
Seminar at University of Exeter, Exeter United Kingdom
Data driven parameterization of unresolved gravity wave momentum transport: A 1-D Quasi Biennial Oscillation model testbed
Seminar at UK Meteorological Office, Exeter United Kingdom
Data driven parameterization of unresolved gravity wave momentum transport: A 1-D Quasi Biennial Oscillation model testbed
Seminar at DLR (German Aerospace Center), Oberpfaffenhofen Germany
Data driven parameterization of unresolved gravity wave momentum transport: A 1-D Quasi Biennial Oscillation model testbed
Seminar at Joint Goethe University, Frankfurt + Gutenberg University, Mainz Colloquium, Frankfurt Germany
Data driven parameterization of unresolved gravity wave momentum transport: A 1-D Quasi Biennial Oscillation model testbed
Seminar at Free University Institute for Meteorology Colloquium, Berlin Germany
Data driven parameterization of unresolved gravity wave momentum transport: A 1-D Quasi Biennial Oscillation model testbed
Seminar at Imperial College, London United Kingdom
A 1-D QBO model testbed for data-driven gravity wave parameterization: Generalization and calibration
Contributed poster at ECMWF-ESA Workshop on Machine Learning for Earth Observation and Prediction, Reading United Kingdom
A model hierarchy for data-driven gravity wave parameterization
Contributed poster at Oberwolfach Workshop on Multiscale Wave-Turbulence Dynamics in the Atmosphere and Ocean, Oberwolfach Germany
Generalization and Calibration: A 1-D QBO model testbed for data-driven gravity wave parameterization
Invited Talk at SIAM Conference on the Mathematics of Planet Earth, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Climate Modeling*
Outreach at SIAM NYU Chapter, New York New York
Trace gas transport in the stratosphere: Opportunities and challenges
Seminar at Harvard Atmospheric & Environmental Chemistry Seminar, Cambridge Massachusetts
Atmospheric model hierarchies: A bridge from theory to climate prediction
Invited Talk at Confronting Climate Change, Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation, Chicago Illinois
Downward Migration of the Zonal Mean Circulation in the Tropical Atmosphere
Seminar at Atmospheric Dynamics Group, Imperial College London, London, UK
Abrupt changes in the extratropical circulation of the atmosphere: Dynamic vs. Thermodynamic Regimes
Invited Talk at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco California
Downward Migration of the Zonal Mean Circulation in the Tropical Atmosphere
Seminar at Hebrew University Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Downward Migration in the Zonal Mean Circulation of the Tropical Atmosphere
Seminar at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Korea
Downward Migration in the Zonal Mean Circulation of the Tropical Atmosphere
Seminar at Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge MA
Downward Migration in the Zonal Mean Circulation of the Tropical Atmosphere
Seminar at University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Science, Seattle WA
Downward migration of the zonal-mean circulation in the tropical atmosphere
Invited Talk at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco California
Trace Gas Transport in the Stratosphere: Opportunities and Challenges
Invited Talk at ECMWF Workshop on Stratospheric predictability and Impact on the Troposphere, Reading, UK
The Response of the Jet Streams to Global Warming Across a Hierarchy of Models
Contributed Presentation at DynVarMIP Workshop, Madrid, Spain
The Circulation Response to Volcanic Eruptions
Invited Talk at Climate and Wave Dynamics Workshop, Eilat, Israel
Revisiting the Tropopause-Jet Relationship in a Hierarchy of Atmospheric Models
Contributed Talk at 22nd AMS Conference on Atmosphere and Ocean Fluid Dynamics, Portland Maine
The Incredible Shrinking Stratosphere
Invited Talk at Alan Plumb Retirement Celebration, Cambridge MA
Untangling the Annual Cycle of the Tropical Tropopause Layer with an Idealized Moist Model
Seminar at NASA GISS, New York NY
The Circulation Response to Volcanic Eruptions
Seminar at Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Colloquium, Palisades NY
Untangling the Annual Cycle of the Tropical Tropopause Layer with an Idealized Moist Model
Seminar at Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Ocean and Climate Physics Seminar, Palisades NY
The Circulation Response to Volcanic Eruptions
Seminar at Stanford University, Department of Earth System Science, Palo Alto CA
Untangling the Annual Cycle of the Tropical Tropopause Layer with an Idealized Moist Model
Seminar at Stanford University, Department of Earth System Science (Dynamics Group), Palo Alto CA
The annular modes in reanalyses: The value of conventional and surface-observation input reanalyses in the Northern Hemisphere
Invited Talk at AMS Annual Meeting, 20th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere, Phoenix AZ
The Annular Modes in reanalyses: The value of conventional and surface-observation only based reanalyses in the Northern Hemisphere
Contributed Talk at SPARC General Assembly, Kyoto, Japan
How to be a Successful Graduate Student: One Ex-student’s Insight on How to get through Graduate School and Find a Job
Seminar at Courant Graduate Student and Postdoc Seminar, New York NY
Volcanic eruptions: A natural case study for understanding the storm track response to external forcing
Contributed Talk at Storm Tracks 2018: Coming to grips with alternative perspectives on storm tracks in a changing climate, Uto, Stockholm, Sweden
The Circulation Response to Volcanic Eruptions
Seminar at Institute for Atmosphere and Climate, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
The Circulation Response to Volcanic Eruptions
Seminar at NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Boulder CO
Untangling the tropical tropopause layer with an idealized moist model: Tropical vs. extratropical control
Invited Talk at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco California
A case for a new model in the hierarchy
Contributed Talk at 4th SPARC DynVar Workshop, Helsinki Finland
How should we quantify the role of gravity wave driving in the Brewer-Dobson Circulation?
Invited Talk at SPARC Symposium on Gravity waves, State College PA
The tropical tropopause layer in an idealized moist model: Tropical vs. extratropical control
Invited Talk at AGU Fall Meeting, Berlin, Germany
Storm tracks in comprehensive climate models
Invited Talk at WCRP Workshop on Storm Tracks, Grindelwald, Switzerland
Understanding and predicting the Brewer-Dobson circulation
Invited Talk at SPARC General Assembly, Queenstown, New Zealand
The Influence of Ozone Depletion on the Atmospheric Circulation
Keynote Talk at WCRP Special Workshop on Climatic Effects of Ozone Depletion in the Southern Hemisphere, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mechanisms Driving the BDC: A perspective from idealized models
Invited Talk at SPARC Workshop on the Brewer-Dobson Circulation, Grindelwald, Switzerland
Modeling the extratropical jets: Connections between the mean climate, variability, and response to anthropogenic forcing
Invited Talk at WCRP Open Science Conference, Denver CO
Climate Change and Variability in the Southern Hemisphere: An Atmospheric Dynamics Perspective
Invited Talk at 7th CLIVAR Southern Ocean Panel Workshop, Boulder CO
The upper atmosphere in the Earth system and in Earth system modeling
Invited Talk at International Max Planck Research School on Earth Systems Modeling, Annual Retreat, Reinstorf, Germany
On the time scales of midlatitude atmospheric variability
Invited Talk at MFO workshop on Mathematical Theory and Modeling in Atmosphere- Ocean-Science, Oberwolfach, Germany
On the time scales of midlatitude atmospheric variability: Eddy-mean flow interactions and coupling from on high
Invited Talk at IPAM Workshop on Equation Hierarchies for Climate Modeling, Los Angeles CA
What can Idealized GCMs Tell us About the Stratosphere and Climate Change?
Invited Talk at MOCA Joint Assembly, Montreal, Canada
What can Idealized GCMs Tell us About the Stratosphere and Climate Change?
Invited Talk at AGU Joint Assembly, Toronto, Canada
Two lectures on the stratospheric influence on tropospheric weather and climate
Invited Talk at Fundemental Problems in Climate Dynamics, Princeton NJ
Intraseasonal Variability in the Midlatitudes: The Role of Stratosphere
Invited Talk at EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria