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Dr. Kristopher Karnauskas
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Ocean and Climate Physics
301E Oceanography
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8531
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Education
PhD
University of Maryland-College Park
12/2007
BS
University of Wisconsin-Madison
05/2004
Selected Publications: 
Observed strengthening of the zonal sea surface temperature gradient across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, Karnauskas, K. B.; Seager, R.; Kaplan, A.; Kushnir, Y.; Cane, M. A. , Journal of Climate, (Submitted)

The role of SST in the east Pacific warm pool in the interannual variability of Central American rainfall, Karnauskas, K. B.; Busalacchi, A. J. , Journal of Climate, (In Press)

Mechanisms for the interannual variability of SST in the east Pacific warm pool, Karnauskas, K. B.; Busalacchi, A. J. , Journal of Climate, (In Press)

North American droughts in ERA–40 global and NCEP North American regional reanalyses: A Palmer Drought Severity Index perspective, Karnauskas, K. B.; Ruiz–Barradas, A.; Nigam, S.; Busalacchi, A. J. , Journal of Climate, Volume 21, p.2102–2123, (2008)

Low–frequency variability and remote forcing of gap winds over the east Pacific warm pool, Karnauskas, K. B.; Busalacchi, A. J.; Murtugudde, R. , Journal of Climate, Volume 21, p.4901–4918, (2008)

The effect of the Galápagos Islands on ENSO in forced ocean and hybrid coupled models, Karnauskas, K. B.; Murtugudde, R.; Busalacchi, A. J. , Journal of Physical Oceanography, Volume 38, p.2519–2534, (2008)

The effect of the Galápagos Islands on the equatorial Pacific cold tongue, Karnauskas, K. B.; Murtugudde, R.; Busalacchi, A. J. , Journal of Physical Oceanography, Volume 37, p.1266–1281, (2007)

Interannual variability of sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and Central American rainfall, Karnauskas, K. B. , Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College Park, p.301, (2007)

The African meridional OLR contrast as a diagnostic for Atlantic tropical cyclone activity and implications for predictability, Karnauskas, K. B. , Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, (2006)