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South Atlantic precipitation and sea surface temperature response How land precipitation contributes to SST pattern formation

A Tale of Precipitation and Sea Surface Temperature

Understanding the complex two-way interactions between precipitation and sea-surface temperature patterns, and how their coupling shapes large-scale atmospheric circulation and climate impacts around the world.

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Animated theoretical framework for midlatitude climate extremes A simple framework to understand temperature variance

Physical Scaling of Extratropical Climate Extremes

Deriving simple theoretical frameworks to understand how large-scale atmospheric circulation interacts with land, ocean, and the hydrological cycle to shape mid- to high-latitude climate extremes.

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Walker circulation response figure Mechanisms of Walker circulation changes to increasing CO2

Tropical Climate Dynamics Across Scales

Studying tropical climate change and variability, with a focus on tropical air-sea interactions and their remote Earth-system impacts.

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Physics-informed AI framework for climate dynamics and prediction Neural Extended Recharge Oscillator for ENSO prediction

Physics-Informed AI for Climate Dynamics and Prediction

Combining simple, physically interpretable partial differential equations with AI tools to understand and predict complex climate dynamics.

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