QBOi Publications

Journal Publications

Butchart, N. et al., 2018. Overview of experiment design and comparison of models participating in phase 1 of the SPARC Quasi-Biennial Oscillation initiative (QBOi). Geoscientific Model Development, 11, 1009-1032, 10.5194/gmd-11-1009-2018.

Rajendran K., I. M. Moroz, S. M. Osprey, P. L. Read, 2018: Descent rate models of the synchronization of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation by the annual cycle in tropical upwelling. J. Atmos. Sci., 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0267.1

Watanabe S., Hamilton K., Osprey S., Kawatani Y., Nishimoto N., 2018: First Successful Hindcasts of the 2016 Disruption of the Stratospheric Quasi-biennial Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45(3), 10.1002/2017GL076406.

Osprey, S., Geller M., and Yoden S., 2018: The stratosphere and its role in tropical teleconnections. Eos. 2018 99, 10.1029/2018EO097387.

Schenzinger V., Osprey S., Gray L., Butchart N.: Defining metrics of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in global climate models. Geosci Model Dev., 8 Jun 2017, 10(6):2157-68, 10.5194/gmd-10-2157-2017

Osprey, S. M., N. Butchart, J. R. Knight, A. Scaife, K. Hamilton, J. A. Anstey, V. Schenzinger, and C. Zhang, 2016: An unexpected disruption of the atmospheric quasi-biennial oscillation. Science, 08 Sep 2016, 10.1126/science.aah4156

Rajendran K., I. M. Moroz, P. L. Read and S. M. Osprey, 2016: Synchronisation of the equatorial QBO by the annual cycle in tropical upwelling in a warming climate. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 10.1002/qj.2714

Hamilton, K., S. Osprey, and N. Butchart, 2015: Modeling the stratosphere’s “heartbeat,” EOS, 96, 10.1029/2015EO032301.

SPARC Activity Updates

SPARC Newsletter No. 50, 2018, p. 19: Report on the Joint SPARC Dynamics and Observations Work- shop: SATIO-TCS, FISAPS and QBOi, Kyoto, Japan, by James Anstey, Shigeo Yoden, Marvin Geller, Scott Osprey, Kevin Hamilton, Neal Butchart

SPARC Newsletter No. 48, 2017, p. 33: Report on the SPARC QBO Workshop: The QBO and its Global Influence – Past, Present and Future, by Anstey, J., S. Osprey, N. Butchart, K. Hamilton, L. Gray and M. Baldwin

SPARC Newsletter No. 45, 2015, p. 19: Report on the 1st QBO Modelling and Reanalyses Workshop, by Anstey, J., K. Hamilton, S. Osprey, N. Butchart, and L. Gray

Phase One Papers

The following lists groups contributing to phase one publications. If you are interested in participating please contact co-leads.

Paper 1: Multi-model comparison and evaluation for the present climate based on a coordinated set of experiments.

Experiments: 1 (AMIP)

Co-leads: Andrew Bushell, Verena Schenzenger, Scott Osprey
Contributors: Yaga Richter, John Scinocca, Charles McLandress, Lesley Gray, Neal Butchart, Rolando Garcia...

Paper 2: Robustness of QBO's response to climate forcing.
Experiments: 2 (present-day), 3 (2xCO2 and +2K SST), 4 (4xCO2 and +4K SST)

Co-leads: Yaga Richter, Neal Butchart
Contributors: Jack Chen, John Scinocca, Charles McLandress, James Anstey, Rolando Garcia...

Paper 3: QBO mean-flow forcing in initialized experiments. Predictability in different models, given same start dates.
Experiments: 5 / 5A (hindcasts)
Co-leads: Adam Scaife, James Anstey, Tim Stockdale

Contributors: Young-Ha Kim, Shingo Watanabe, Yoshio Kawatani, Javier García-Serrano...

Paper 4: Tropical waves.
Experiments: 5 / 5A (hindcasts), 1 (AMIP)
Co-leads: Laura Holt, Francois Lott, Rolando Garcia

Contributors: Young-Ha Kim, Yoshio Kawatani...

Paper 5: Teleconnections (Holton-Tan).

Experiments: 2 (present-day), 3 (2xCO2 and +2K SST), 4 (4xCO2 and +4K SST)
Co-leads: Yaga Richter, James Anstey

Contributors: Isla Simpson, Hiroaki Naoe...