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Duane E. Waliser
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 183-501
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
818-393-4094 (tel); 818 354 0966 (fax)
duane.waliser@jpl.nasa.gov

Research Interests (see vitae for more complete publication listing)

  • Intraseasonal Variability - observational, modeling and predictability studies, particularly in terms of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, including its affects on the Asian-Australian monsoons, influence on mid-latitude weather and interactions with the tropical Oceans.

    • Waliser, D. E., K. Jin, I.-S. Kang, W. F. Stern, S. D. Schubert, M.L.C Wu,K.-M. Lau, M.-I. Lee, V. Krishnamurthy, A. Kitoh, G. A. Meehl, V. Y. Galin, V. Satyan, S. K. Mandke, G. Wu, Y. Liu, and C.-K. Park, 2003, AGCM Simulations of Intraseasonal Variability Associated with the Asian Summer Monsoon, Clim. Dyn., 21, 423-446.
    • Waliser, D. E., K. M. Lau, W. Stern, C. Jones, 2003: Potential Predictability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84, 33-50.
    • Waliser, D. E., R. Murtugudde, and L. Lucas, 2004: Indo-Pacific Ocean Response to Atmospheric Intraseasonal Variability. Part II: Boreal Summer and the Intraseasonal Oscillation, J. Geoph. Res. - Oceans, 109, C03030, 10.1029/2003JC002002.
    • Zheng, Y., D. E. Waliser, W. Stern, and C. Jones, 2004: The role of coupled sea surface temperatures in the simulation of the tropical intraseasonal oscillation, J. Climate, 17, 4109-4134.
    • W. K. M. Lau and D. E. Waliser, Eds., 2005: Intraseasonal Variability of the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, 474.
    • Jones, C., D. E. Waliser, K. M. Lau, and W. Stern, 2004: The Madden-Julian Oscillation and its Impact on Northern Hemisphere Weather Predictability, Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 6, 1462-1471.

  • Climate Dynamics - observational and global modeling studies of large-scale circulation and dynamics, climate variability, and ocean-atmosphere coupled processes.

    • Kang I.S., Jin K, Lau K.M., Shukla J., Krishnamurthy V., Schubert S.D., Waliser D.E., Stern W.F., Satyan V., Kitoh A., Meeh G.A., Kanamitsu M., Galin V.Y., Kim J.K., Sumi A., Wu G., Liu Y., 2002: Intercomparion of GCM simulated anomalies associated with the 1997-98 El Niño. J. Climate. 15, 2791-2805.
    • Waliser, D. E., and T. Hogan, 2000: Analysis of NOGAPS Surface Heat Fluxes: Coupling To Convection, Cloud And Dynamical Processes. J. Geoph. Res., 105, 4587-4606.
    • Waliser, D. E., 2002, Tropical Meteorology: Intertropical Convergence Zones (ITCZ). Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences. Edited by J. Holton, J. Pyle, J. Curry. Academic Press.
    • Waliser, D. E., Z. Shi, J. Lanzante and A. Oort, 1999: The Hadley Circulation: Assessing Reanalysis and Sparse In-Situ Estimates. Clim. Dyn., 15, 719-735.
    • Waliser, D. E., 1996: Some Considerations on the Thermostat Hypothesis. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 77, 357-360.
    • Waliser, D. E, B. Blanke, J. D. Neelin and C. Gautier, 1994: Shortwave Feedbacks and ENSO: Forced Ocean and Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modeling Experiments. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 25109-25125.
    • Waliser, D. E., and R. C. J. Somerville, 1994: The Preferred Latitudes of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1619-1639.

  • Observational Data Assessment and Analysis - evaluating the consistency of observational data sets to provide a coherent picture of the underlying physical phenomena.

    • Waliser, D. E., Z. Shi, J. Lanzante and A. Oort, 1999: The Hadley Circulation: Assessing Reanalysis and Sparse In-Situ Estimates. Clim. Dyn., 15, 719-735.
    • Waliser, D. E., J. Ridout, S. Xie, and M. Zhang, 2002: Variational Objective Analysis for Atmospheric Field Programs: A Model Assessment, J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 3436-3456.
    • Medovaya, M.,D. E. Waliser, R. A. Weller, M. McPhaden, 2002: Assessing Ocean Buoy Shortwave Observations using Clear-Sky Model Calculations. J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans., 107, C2, 10.1029/2000JC000558.
    • Waliser, D. E., N. E. Graham, C. Gautier, 1993: Comparison of the Highly Reflective Cloud and Outgoing Longwave Data Sets for use in Estimating Tropical Deep Convection, J. Climate, 6, 331-353.
    • Waliser, D. E., W. D. Collins and S. P. Anderson, 1996: An Estimate of the Surface Shortwave Cloud Forcing over the Western Pacific During TOGA COARE. Geoph. Res. Let.,23, 519-522.
    • Lucas, L.E., D.E. Waliser, P. Xie, J.E. Janowiak, B. Liebmann, 2001: Estimating the Satellite Equatorial Crossing Time Biases in the Daily, Global Outgoing Longwave Radiation Data Set. J. Climate, 14, 2583-2605.

  • Climate and Weather Model Evaluation - evaluating the capabilities of general circulation models of the ocean and atmosphere to represent observed conditions and provide guidance for improving their representations.

    • Li,, J.-L., D. E. Waliser, J. H. Jiang, D. L. Wu, W. Read, J. W. Waters, A. Tompkins, L. J. Donner, J. Chern, W.-K. Tao, R. Atlas, Y. Gu, K.L. Liou7, A. Del Genio, M. Khairoutdinov, and A. Gettelman, Comparisons of EOS MLS Cloud Ice Measurements with ECMWF analyses and GCM Simulations: Initial Results, Geoph. Res. Lett., Submitted..
    • Waliser, D., S. Schubert, A. Kumar, K. Weickmann, and R. Dole, 2003: Proceedings from a workshop on "Modeling, Simulation and Forecasting of Subseasonal Variability", 4-5 June 2003, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, NASA/CP 2003-104606, vol. 25, pp. 62.
    • Waliser, D. E., K. Jin, I.-S. Kang, W. F. Stern, S. D. Schubert, M.L.C Wu,K.-M. Lau, M.-I. Lee, V. Krishnamurthy, A. Kitoh, G. A. Meehl, V. Y. Galin, V. Satyan, S. K. Mandke, G. Wu, Y. Liu, and C.-K. Park, 2003, AGCM Simulations of Intraseasonal Variability Associated with the Asian Summer Monsoon, Clim. Dyn., 21, 423-446.\
    • Kang IS, Jin K, Wang, B., Lau KM, Shukla J, Schubert SD, Waliser DE, Krishnamurthy V, Stern WF, Satyan V, Kitoh A, Meeh GA, Kanamitsu M, Galin VY, Kim JK, Sumi A, Wu G, Liu Y, 2002: Intercomparison of the climatological variations of Asian summer monsoon precipitation simulated by 10 GCMs. Clim. Dyn. 19, 383-395.
    • Waliser, D. E., R. A. Weller, R. D. Cess, 1999: Comparisons Between Buoy-Observed, Satellite-Derived and Modeled Surface Shortwave Flux over the Subtropical North Atlantic During the Subduction Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 31,301-31,320.
    • Waliser, D. E., and T. Hogan, 2000: Analysis of NOGAPS Surface Heat Fluxes: Coupling To Convection, Cloud And Dynamical Processes. J. Geoph. Res., 105, 4587-4606.

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