Publications
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D. W. Pierce, T. P. Barnett, B. D. Santer, and P. J. Gleckler, 2009:
Selecting global climate models for regional climate change studies.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
doi:10.1073/pnas.0900094106
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T. P. Barnett and D. W. Pierce, 2009:
Sustainable water deliveries from the Colorado River
in a changing climate.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
doi:10.1073/pnas.0812762106
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T. Das, H. G. Hidalgo, M. D. Dettinger, D. R. Cayan, D. W. Pierce,
C. Bonfils, T. P. Barnett, G. Bala, A. Mirin, 2009:
Structure and detectability of trends in hydrological measures
over the western United States.
J. Hydrometeorology, in press.
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Hidalgo, H. G., T. Das, M. D. Dettinger, D. R. Cayan, D. W. Pierce,
T. P. Barnett, G. Bala, A. Mirin, A. W. Wood, C. Bonfils,
B. D. Santer, T. Nozawa, 2009:
Detection and attribution of streamflow timing changes to climate
change in the western United States.
J. Climate, in press.
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Pierce, D. W., Tim P. Barnett, Hugo G. Hidalgo, Tapash Das, Celine Bonfils, Benjamin D. Santer, Govindasamy Bala, Michael D. Dettinger, Daniel R. Cayan, Art Mirin, Andrew W. Wood, Toru Nozawa, 2008:
Attribution of Declining Western U.S. Snowpack to Human Effects
J. Climate, v. 21, p. 6425-6444.
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Bonfils, C., Benjamin D. Santer, David W. Pierce, Hugo G. Hidalgo, Govindasamy Bala, Tapash Das, Tim P. Barnett, Daniel R. Cayan, Charles Doutriaux, Andrew W. Wood, Art Mirin, Toru Nozawa,
2008:
Detection and Attribution of Temperature Changes in the Mountainous Western United States
J. Climate, v. 21, p. 6404-6424.
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Barnett, T. P. and Pierce, D. W., 2008:
When will Lake Mead run dry?
J. Water Resources Research, v. 44, W03201, doi:10.1029/2007WR006704.
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Barnett, T. P., Pierce, D. W., Hidalgo, H. H., Bonfils, C., Santer, B. D.,
Das, T., Bala, G., Wood, A. W., Nozawa, T., Mirin, A. A., Cayan, D. R.,
and Dettinger, M. D., 2008:
Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States
Science, published online 31 Jan 2008, doi:10.1126/science.1152538.
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Santer, B. D, C. Mears, F. J. Wentz, K. E. Taylor, P. J. Gleckler, T. M. L. Wigley,
T. P. Barnett, J. S. Boyle, W. Bruggemann, N. P. Gillett, S. A. Klein, G. A. Meehl,
T. Nozawa, D. W. Pierce, P. A. Stott, W. M. Washington, M. F. Wehner, 2007:
Identification of human-induced changes in atmospheric moisture content.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., v. 104, p. 15248-15253.
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AchutaRao, K. M., M. Ishii, B. D. Santer, P. J. Gleckler, K. E. Taylor,
T. P. Barnett, D. W. Pierce, R. J. Stouffer, and T. M. L. Wigley, 2007:
Simulated and observed variability in ocean temperature and heat content.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., v. 104, p. 10768-10773.
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Pierce, D. W., T. P. Barnett, E. J. Fetzer, and P. J. Gleckler, 2006:
Three-dimensional tropospheric water vapor in coupled climate models
compared with observations from the AIRS satellite system.
Geophys. Res. Let., v. 33, L21701, doi:10.1029/2006GL027060.
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Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., AchutaRao, K., Gleckler, P., Gregory, J., and Washington, W., 2006:
Anthropogenic warming of the oceans: Observations and model results
J. Climate, v. 19, p. 1873-1900.
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AchutaRao, K. M., Gleckler, P. J., Santer, B. D., Taylor, K. E., Pierce, D. W.,
and Barnett, T. P., 2006:
Variability of Ocean Heat Uptake: Reconciling Observations and Models.
JGR Oceans, v. 111, C05019, doi 10.1029/2005JC003136.
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Barnett, T. P., Pierce, D. W., AchutaRao, K., Gleckler, P., Santer, B., Gregory, J., and Washington, W., 2005:
Penetration of Human-Induced Warming into the World's Oceans
Science, Published online 2 June 2005, doi:10.1126/science.1112418
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Alfaro, E. J., Pierce, D. W., Steinemann, A. C., and Gershunov, A., 2005:
Relationships Between the Irrigation Pumping Electrical Loads and the Local Climate in Climate Division 9, Idaho
J. Appl. Meteorol.
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v. 44, p. 1972-1978.
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Voisin, N., Hamlet, A. F., Graham, L. P., Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., and Lettenmaier, D. P., 2005:
The role of climate forecasts in western U.S. power planning
J. Appl. Meteorol.
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v. 45, p. 653-673.
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Davis, T. D., Gaushell, D., Pierce, D. W., and Altalo, M. G., 2005:
Guessing mother nature's next move: What can be done to improve weather prediction and load forecasts?
Public Utilities Fortnightly
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August 2005, p. 48-54.
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Alfaro, E., Gershunov, A., Cayan, D., Steinemann, A., Pierce, D., and Barnett, T. P., 2004:
A method for prediction of California summer air surface temperature
EOS
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v. 85, p. 553-557.
PDF, 7.2 MB.
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Pierce, D. W., 2004:
Beyond the means: Validating climate models with higher-order statistics
Computing in Science and Engineering
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v. 6 (Sept/Oct), p. 22-29.
PDF, 0.5 MB.
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Pierce, D. W., 2004:
Future changes in biological activity in the North Pacific
due to anthropogenic forcing of the physical environment
Climatic Change
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v. 62 p. 389-418.
PDF, 0.5 MB.
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Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., Tokmakian, R., Semtner, A., Maltrud, M. Lysne, J., and Craig, A., 2004:
The ACPI project, Element 1: Initializing a coupled climate model from observed conditions
Climatic Change
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v. 62 p. 13-28.
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Zhu, C., Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., Wood, A. W., and Lettenmaier, D. P., 2004:
Evaluation of hydrologically relevant PCM climate variables and large-scale variability
over the continental U.S.
Climatic Change
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v. 62 p. 45-74.
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Pierce, D. W., 2002:
The role of sea surface temperatures in interactions between ENSO and the North Pacific Oscillation
J. Climate
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v. 15, 1295-1308.
PDF, 0.5 MB.
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Schneider, N., Miller, A. J., and Pierce, D. W., 2002:
Anatomy of North Pacific decadal variability
J. Climate
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v. 15, p. 586-605
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Pierce, D. W., 2001:
Distinguishing Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions from Background Noise in the North Pacific
Prog. Oceanogr.
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v. 49, p. 331-352.
PDF, 0.5 MB.
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Barnett, T. P., Pierce, D. W., and Schnur, R., 2001:
Detection of anthropogenic climate change in the world's oceans
Science
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v. 292, p. 270-274.
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Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., Schneider, N., Saravanan, R., Dommenget, D., and Latif, M., 2001:
The role of ocean dynamics in producing decadal climate variability in the North Pacific
Climate Dynamics
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v. 18, p. 51-70.
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Yulaeva, E., Schneider, N., Pierce, D. W., and Barnett, T. P., 2001:
Modeling of North Pacific climate variability forced by oceanic heat fluxes anomalies
J. Climate
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v. 14, p. 4027-4046
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Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., and Latif, M., 2000:
Connections between the Pacific Ocean tropics and midlatitudes on decadal time scales
J. Climate
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v. 13, p. 1173-1194
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Barnett, T. P., Pierce, D. W., Saravanan, R., Schneider, N., Dommenget, D., and Latif, M., 1999:
Origins of the midlatitude Pacific decadal variability
Geophys. Rev. Lett.
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v. 26, p. 1453-1456.
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Barnett, T. P., Pierce, D. W., Latif, M., Dommenget, D., and Saravanan, R., 1999:
Interdecadal interactions between the tropics and midlatitudes in the Pacific basin
Geophys. Rev. Lett.
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v. 26, p. 615-618.
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Schneider, N., Venzke, S., Miller, A. J., Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., Deser, C., and Latif, M., 1999:
Pacific thermocline bridge revisited
Geophys. Res. Lett.
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v. 26, p. 1329-1332
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Marotzke, J., and Pierce, D. W., 1997:
On spatial scales and lifetimes of SST anomalies beneath a diffusive atmosphere
J. Phys. Oceanogr.
v. 27, p. 133-139
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Pierce, D. W., and Rhines, P. B., 1997:
Convective Building of a Pycnocline: A Two-Dimensional, Non-Hydrostatic Numerical Model
J. Phys. Oceanogr.
v. 27, p. 909-925
Format: Postscript, 5.4 MB.
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Pierce, D. W., 1996:
"The Hybrid Coupled Model, Version 3: Technical Notes"
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Reference Series No. 96-27.
August, 1996.
Format: PDF, 2 MB.
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Pierce, D. W., 1996:
Reducing Phase and Amplitude Errors in Restoring Boundary Conditions
J. Phys. Oceanogr.
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v. 26, p. 1552-1560.
Format: PDF, 0.5 MB.
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Pierce, D. W., and Rhines, P. B., 1996:
Convective Building of a Pycnocline: Laboratory Experiments
J. Phys. Oceanogr.
v. 26, p. 176-190
Format: Postscript, 1.7 MB. A streak
photograph (GIF, 171K) of the experiment in action.
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Pierce, D. W., Kim, K-Y, and Barnett, T. P., 1996:
Variability of the Thermohaline Circulation in an Ocean General Circulation Model Coupled to an Atmospheric Energy Balance Model
J. Phys. Oceanogr.
v. 26, p. 725-738.
Format: Postscript, 1.5 MB.
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Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., and Mikolajewicz, U., 1995:
Competing Roles of Heat and Fresh Water Fluxes
in Forcing Thermohaline Oscillations,
J. Phys. Oceanogr.
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v. 25, p. 2046-2064.
Format: Postscript, 2.4 MB.
- Pierce, D. W., and Stephens, B. K., 1995:
Visualizing Geophysical Data: Teasing Meaning from Models
IEEE Computational Science & Engineering
December, 1995
Format: HTML. This is a short, general article which should be understandable
to a broad range of readers.
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