Yochanan Kushnir

Lamont Research Professor

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Ocean and Climate Physics

Director

The Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR)

Lecturer

Earth and Environmental Sciences

104B Oceanography

61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000

Palisades

10964-8000

Phone:

(845) 365-8669

Fax:

(845) 365-8157

kushnir@ldeo.columbia.edu

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Fields of interest:

Diagnostic analysis of climate variability; Climate impacts; Climate predictability; Ocean-Atmosphere interaction.

Education

List of degrees from highest to lowest:

Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences

Oregon State Univeristy

1985

M.Sc., Meteorology

Tel Aviv Univeristy

1980

B.Sc., Physics

Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

1971

Lamont Projects:

Educational Activities:

CICAR Outreach

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Summer Internship Program for Undergraduates: participating mentor

EESC 2100 - The Climate System: Instructor

Selected Publications:

Low-frequency climate variability in the Atlantic Basin during the 20th century, Tourre, Y M; Paz, S; Kushnir, Y; White, W B , Atmos Sci Lett, Volume on line, E, p.101002/asl265, (2010)

Mechanisms of tropical Atlantic SST influence on North American hydroclimate variability, Kushnir, Y; Seager, R; Ting, M; Naik, N; Nakamura, J , Journal of Climate, (2010)

North Atlantic influence on 19th - 20th century rainfall in the Dead Sea watershed, teleconnections with the Sahel, and implication for Holocene climate fluctuations, Kushnir, Y.; Stein, M. , Quaternary Science Reviews, 12/2010, Volume 29, Issue 27-28, p.3843-3860, (2010)

Forced and Internal 20th Century SST Trends in the North Atlantic, Ting, M.; Kushnir, Y.; Seager, R.; Li, C. , Journal of Climate, March/2009, Volume 22, Issue 6, p.13, (2009), 10.1175/2008JCLI2561.1

Classifying North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks by Mass Moments, Nakamura, J; Lall, U; Kushnir, Y; Camargo, S J , J Climate, Volume 22, Issue 20, p.5481-5494, (2009)

Detecting shifts in correlation and variability with application to ENSO-monsoon rainfall relationships, Robinson, L. F.; de la Pena, V. H.; Kushnir, Y. , Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Nov, Volume 94, Issue 3-4, p.215-224, (2008), DOI 10.1007/s00704-007-0351-z

Tropical Pacific Forcing of North American Medieval Megadroughts: Testing the Concept with an Atmosphere Model Forced by Coral-Reconstructed SSTs, Seager, R.; Burgman, R.; Kushnir, Y.; Clement, A.; Cook, E.; Naik, N.; Miller, J. , Journal of Climate, Dec 1, Volume 21, Issue 23, p.6175-6190, (2008), Doi 10.1175/2008jcli2170.1

Would advance knowledge of 1930s SSTs have allowed prediction of the dust bowl drought?, Seager, R.; Kushnir, Y.; Ting, M.; Cane, M.; Naik, N.; Miller, J. , Journal of Climate, Jul, Volume 21, Issue 13, p.3261-3281, (2008), Doi 10.1175/2007jcli2134.1

Indian summer monsoon rainfall and its link with ENSO and Indian Ocean climate indices, Ihara, C.; Kushnir, Y.; Cane, M. A.; De la Pena, V. H. , International Journal of Climatology, Feb, Volume 27, Issue 2, p.179-187, (2007), Doi 10.1002/Joc.1394

The physical basis for predicting Atlantic sector seasonal-to-interannual climate variability, Kushnir, Y.; Robinson, W. A.; Chang, P.; Robertson, A. W. , Journal of Climate, Dec 1, Volume 19, Issue 23, p.5949-5970, (2006)

Regional and global atmospheric patterns governing rainfall in the southern Levant, Ziv, B.; Dayan, U.; Kushnir, Y.; Roth, C.; Enzel, Y. , International Journal of Climatology, Jan, Volume 26, Issue 1, p.55-73, (2006), Doi 10.1002/Joc.1238

Formation, mechanisms, and predictability of the Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw in ensemble AGCM simulations, Honda, M.; Kushnir, Y.; Nakamura, H.; Yamane, S.; Zebiak, S. E. , Journal of Climate, May 1, Volume 18, Issue 9, p.1423-1434, (2005)

Atmospheric GCM response to extratropical SST anomalies: Synthesis and evaluation, Kushnir, Y.; Robinson, W. A.; Blade, I.; Hall, N. M. J.; Peng, S.; Sutton, R. , Journal of Climate, Aug 15, Volume 15, Issue 16, p.2233-2256, (2002)

Deconstructing Atlantic Intertropical Convergence Zone variability: Influence of the local cross-equatorial sea surface temperature gradient and remote forcing from the eastern equatorial Pacific, Chiang, J. C. H.; Kushnir, Y.; Giannini, A. , Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, Jan, Volume 107, Issue D1-D2, p.-, (2002), Doi 10.1029/2000jd000307

Climate - The North Atlantic oscillation, Hurrell, J. W.; Kushnir, Y.; Visbeck, M. , Science, Jan 26, Volume 291, Issue 5504, p.603-+, (2001)

Looking for the role of the ocean in tropical Atlantic decadal climate variability, Seager, R.; Kushnir, Y.; Chang, P.; Naik, N.; Miller, J.; Hazeleger, W. , Journal of Climate, Volume 14, Issue 5, p.638-655, (2001)

Seasonality in the impact of ENSO and the North Atlantic high on Caribbean rainfall, Giannini, A.; Kushnir, Y.; Cane, M. A. , Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part B-Hydrology Oceans and Atmosphere, Volume 26, Issue 2, p.143-147, (2001)

Wind-driven shifts in the latitude of the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension and generation of SST anomalies on decadal timescales, Seager, R.; Kushnir, Y.; Naik, N. H.; Cane, M. A.; Miller, J. , Journal of Climate, Volume 14, Issue 22, p.4249-4265, (2001)

Causes of Atlantic Ocean climate variability between 1958 and 1998, Seager, R.; Kushnir, Y.; Visbeck, M.; Naik, N.; Miller, J.; Krahmann, G.; Cullen, H. , Journal of Climate, Aug 15, Volume 13, Issue 16, p.2845-2862, (2000)

Interannual variability of Caribbean rainfall, ENSO, and the Atlantic Ocean, Giannini, A.; Kushnir, Y.; Cane, M. A. , Journal of Climate, Jan 15, Volume 13, Issue 2, p.297-311, (2000)

Observed decadal midlatitude and tropical Atlantic climate variability, Rajagopalan, B.; Kushnir, Y.; Tourre, Y. M. , Geophysical Research Letters, Nov 1, Volume 25, Issue 21, p.3967-3970, (1998)

The recent increase in North Atlantic wave heights, Kushnir, Y.; Cardone, V. J.; Greenwood, J. G.; Cane, M. A. , Journal of Climate, Aug, Volume 10, Issue 8, p.2107-2113, (1997)

Equilibrium atmospheric response to North Atlantic SST anomalies, Kushnir, Y.; Held, I. M. , Journal of Climate, Jun, Volume 9, Issue 6, p.1208-1220, (1996)

Interdecadal Variations in North-Atlantic Sea-Surface Temperature and Associated Atmospheric Conditions, Kushnir, Y. , Journal of Climate, Jan, Volume 7, Issue 1, p.141-157, (1994)