Publications
2002
Sassi, F.S., R.R. Garcia, B.A. Boville, and H. Liu, On temperature inversions and the mesospheric surf zone, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (D19), 4380, doi: 10.1029/2001JD001525, 2002.
2003
Forkman, P., P. Eriksson, A. Winnberg, R.R. Garcia, and D. Kinnison, Longest continuous ground-based measurements of CO. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (10), 10.1029/2003GL016931, 2003.Hourinouchi, T., S. Pawson, K. Shibate, U. Langematz, E. manzini, F. Sassi, R.J. Wilson, K.P. Hamilton, J. de Granpre, and A.A. Scaife, Tropical cumulus convection and upward propagating waves in middle atmosphere GCMs, J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 2765-2782, 2003.
2004
Park, M., W.J. Randel, D.E. Kinnison, R.R. Garcia, W. Choi,
Seasonal variations of methane, water vapor and nitrogen oxides near
the tropopause:Satellite observations and model simulations, J.Geophys.
Res.,109 (D3),D03302, doi:10.1029/2003JD003706, 2004.
Sassi, F., D. Kinnison, B.A. Boville, R.R. Garcia, and R. Roble,
The Effect of ENSO on the dynamical, thermal and chemical structure of
the middle atmosphere, J. Geophys.Res., 109, D17108,
doi:10.1029/2003JD004434, 2004.
Gettelman, A., D. E. Kinnison, T. J. Dunkerton, and G. P. Brasseur, The
impact of monsoon circulations on the upper troposphere and lower
stratosphere, J. Geophys., Res.,
109, D22101, doi:10.1029/2004JD004878, 2004.
Nevison, C.D., D.E. Kinnison, and R.F. Weiss, Stratospheric influences
on the tropospheric seasonal cycles of nitrous oxide and
chlorofluorocarbons, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L20103,
doi:10.1029/2004GL020398, 2004.
Cionni, I., G. Visconti, and F. Sassi, Fluctuation-dissipation
theorem in a General Circulation Model,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 31,
doi:10.1029/2004GL019739, 2004.
2005
Beres, J.H., R.R. Garcia, B.A. Boville and F. Sassi, Implementation
of
a gravity wave source spectrum parameterization dependent on the
properties of convection in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate
Model (WACCM). J. Geophys. Res.,
110, D10108, doi:10.1029/2004JD005504, 2005.
Sassi, F., B.A. Boville, D. Kinnison, and R.R. Garcia, The effects of
interactive ozone chemistry on simulations of the middle atmosphere. Geophys.
Res. Lett., 32, L07811, doi:10.1029/2004GL022131, 2005.
Solomon, S.C. and L. Qian, Solar extreme-ultraviolet
irradiance for general circulation models, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A10306,
doi:10.1029/2005JA011160, 2005.
2006
Richter, J. and R.R. Garcia, On the forcing of the mesospheric
semi-annual oscillation in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate
Model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L01806,
doi:10.1029/2005GL024378, 2006.
Garcia Herrera, R., N. Calvo Fernandez, R.R. Garcia, and M.
Giorgetta, Propagation of ENSO temperature signals into the
middle atmosphere: A comparison of two General Circulation Models and
ERA-40 reanalysis data, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D06101,
doi:10.1029/2005JD006061, 2006.
Taguchi, M. and D. Hartmann, Increased occurrence of stratospheric
sudden warmings during El Niño simulated
by WACCM, J. Climate, 19, 324-332, 2006.
Butchart, N. et al., Simulations of anthropogenic change in the
strength of the Brewer-Dobson circulation, Clim. Dyn., doi
10.1007/s00382-006-0162-4, 2006.
Eyring, V., et al., Assessment of coupled climate-chemistry models:
Evaluation of dynamics, transport characteristics, and ozone, J.
Geophys. Res., , 111,
D22308, doi:10.1029/2006JD007327, 2006.
2007
Charlton, A.J., L. Polvani, J. Perlwitz, F. Sassi, E. Manzini, K.
Shibata,
S. Pawson, J.E. Nielsen, and D. Rind, A new look at stratospheric
sudden warmings.
Part II: Evaluation of numerical model simulations, J. Climate ,
20, 470-488, 2007.
Pan, L. L. , J. C. Wei, D. E. Kinnison, R. R. Garcia, D. J.
Wuebbles, and G. P. Brasseur, A set of diagnostics for evaluating
chemistry-climate models in the extratropical tropopause region, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D09316,
doi:10.1029/2006JD007792, 2007.
Rohrer, F., D. Ehhalt, D. Blake, D. Kinnison, P. Konopka, On
the Use of NMHC form the Determination of Age Spectra in the Lower
Stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res.,
112, D12208,
doi:10.1029/2006JD007686, 2007.
Gettelman, A., and D. E. Kinnison, The global impact of supersaturation in a coupled chemistry-climate model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 1629-1643, 2007.
Eyring, V., et al., Multi-model projections of stratospheric ozone
in the 21st century, J.
Geophys. Res. , 112,
D16303, doi:10.1029/2006JD008332, 2007.
Tilmes, S., D.E. Kinnison, R.R. Garcia, R. Müller, F. Sassi,
D.R. Marsh, and B.A. Boville, Evaluation of heterogeneous
processes in the polar lower stratosphere in the Whole Atmosphere
Community Climate Model, J. Geophys.
Res., 112,
D24301,
doi:10.1029/2006JD008334, 2007.
Kinnison, D.E., et al., Sensitivity of chemical
tracers to meteorological parameters in the MOZART-3 chemical transport
model, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D20302,
doi:10.1029/2006JD007879, 2007.
Marsh, D.R. and R.R. Garcia, Attribution of decadal variability in
lower-stratospheric tropical ozone, Geophys.
Res. Lett, 34, L21807,
doi:10.1029/2007GL030935, 2007.
Marsh, D.R., R.R. Garcia, D.E. Kinnison, B.A. Boville, F. Sassi, and
S.C. Solomon, Modeling the whole atmosphere response to solar cycle
changes in radiative and geomagnetic forcing, J.
Geophys. Res., 112,
D23306,
doi:10.1029/2006JD008306, 2007.
Gettelman, A. and T. Birner, Insights on tropical tropopause layer
processes using global models,
J. Geophys. Res., 112,
D23104, doi:10.1029/2007JD008945, 2007.
2008
Yuan, T., C.-Y. She, D.A. Krueger, F. Sassi, R.R. Garcia, R.G.
Roble, H. Liu, and H. Schmidt, Climatology of mesopause region
temperature, zonal wind, and meridional wind over Fort Collins,
Colorado (41°N, 105°W), and comparison with model simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D03105,
doi:10.1029/2007JD008697, 2008.
Jackman, C. H. , D.R. Marsh, F.M. Vitt, R.R. Garcia, E. L. Fleming,
G.J. Labow, C.E. Randall, M. López-Puertas, B. Funke, T. von
Clarmann, and G. P. Stiller, Short- and medium-term atmospheric
constituent effects of very large solar proton events, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 765–785, 2008.
Richter, J., F. Sassi, R.R. Garcia, K. Matthes, and C.A. Fischer,
Dynamics of the middle atmosphere as simulated by the Whole Atmosphere
Community Climate Model, version 3 (WACCM3), J. Geophys. Res., 133, D08101,
doi:10.1029/2007JD009269.
Gettelman, A., et al., The tropical tropopause layer
1960-2100, Atmos. Chem. Phys.
Discuss., 8, 1367-1413,
2008.
Garcia, R.R. and W.J. Randel, Acceleration of the Brewer-Dobson
circulation due to increases in greenhouse gases, J. Atmos. Sci., in press, 2008.
Son, S.-W., L.M. Polvani, D.W. Waugh, T. Birner, R.R. Garcia,
A. Gettelman, and D.A. Plummer, The tropopause in the 21st
century as simulated by stratosphere-resolving Chemistry-Climate
Models,
J. Climate, in press, 2008.
Lamarque, J.-F., D.E. Kinnison, P.G. Hess, J.J. Orlando, and F.
Vitt, Simulated lower stratospheric trends between 1970 and 2005:
identifying the role of climate and chemistry changes, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2008.