1996 Refereed Journal Articles

Chen, F. and M. Ghil, 1996: Interdecadal variability in a hybrid coupled ocean-atmosphere model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 1561–1578.

DeWitt, D.G., E.K. Schneider, and A.D. Vernekar, 1996: Factors determining the precipitation distribution and low level flow in the tropics of an atmospheric general circulation model: Diagnostic studies. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2247-2263.

Dirmeyer, P.A., and J. Shukla, 1996: The effect on regional and global climate of expansion of the world’s deserts. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 122, 451-482.

Huang, B., and J. Shukla, 1996: A comparison of two surface wind stress analyses over the tropical Atlantic during 1980-1987. J. Climate, 9, 906-927.

Kirtman, B.P. and E.K. Schneider, 1996: Model based estimates of equatorial zonal wind stress. J. Climate, 9, 1077-1091.

Nobre, P. and J. Shukla, 1996: Variations of sea surface temperature, wind stress, and rainfall over the tropical Atlantic and South America. J. Climate, 9, 2464-2479.

Reale, O., 1996: Modeling the Effects on Climate Caused by the Changes in Vegetation from the Roman Classical Period. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland.

Schneider, E.K., 1996: Flux correction and the simulation of changing climate. Ann. Geophys., 14, 336-341.

Tanajura, C., 1996: Modeling and Analysis of the South American Summer Climate. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland.

Wetzel, P.J., X. Liang, P. Irannejad, A. Boone, J. Nolihan, Y. Shao, C. Skely, Y. Xue, and Z.-l. Yang, 1996: Modeling vadose zone liquid water fluxes: infiltration, runoff, drainage, interflow. Global & Planetary Change, 13, 57-72.

Xue, Y., 1996: The impact of desertification in the Mongolian and the Inner Mongolian grassland on the east Asian monsoon. J. Climate, 9, 2173-2189.

Xue, Y. and J. Shukla, 1996: The influence of land surface properties on Sahel climate. Part II: Afforestation. J. Climate, 9, 3260-3275.

Xue, Y., J. Zeng and C.A. Schlosser, 1996: SSIB and its sensitivity to soil properties - a case study using HAPEX-Mobilhy data. Global & Planetary Change, 13, 183-194.

Xue, Y., M.J. Fennessy and P.J. Sellers, 1996: Impact of vegetation properties on U.S. summer weather prediction. J. Geophys. Res., 101, D3, 7419-7430.