Naomi H. Naik

Research Scientist

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Ocean and Climate Physics

106D Oceanography

61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000

Palisades

10964-8000

Phone:

(845) 365-8320

Fax:

(845) 365-8157

naomi@ldeo.columbia.edu

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Fields of interest:

Ocean Modeling, Model Data Management

Some of my projects include:

Climate Model Data Documentation Project ( details )
OCP Data Catalog ( details )
Lamont Ocean-AML Model (LOAM) ( details )
Abrupt Climate Change Webpage ( details )

Education

List of degrees from highest to lowest:

Ph.D. in Mathematics

University of Wisconsin

1987

B.A.

Earlham College

1977

Lamont Projects:

Referenced in the Following News Items:

Converging Weather Patterns Caused Last Winter's Huge Snows

Selected Publications:

Thermodynamic and dynamic mechanisms for large-scale changes to the hydrological cycle in response to global warming, Seager, R; Naik, N; Vecchi, G , Journal of Climate, (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)

Adjustment of the atmospheric circulation to tropical Pacific SST anomalies: Variability of transient eddy propagation in the Pacific North-America sector, Seager, R; Naik, N; Ting M; Harnik N; Cane M; Kushnir Y , Q J Royal Meteor Soc, Volume 136, p.277-296, (2010)

Mexican drought: an observational modeling and tree ring study of variability and climate change, Seager, R.; Ting, M.; Davis, M.; Cane, M.; Naik, N.; Nakamura, J.; Li, C.; Cook, E.; Stahle, D. W. , Atmosfera, Jan 1, Volume 22, Issue 1, p.1-31, (2009)

Would advance knowledge of 1930s SSTs have allowed prediction of the Dust Bowl drought?, Seager, R.;Kushnir, Y.;Ting, M.F.;Cane, M.A.;Naik, N.;Velez(Nakamura), J. , Journal of Climate, Volume 21, p.3261-3281. DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2134.1, (2008)

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

Model projections of an imminent transition to a more arid climate in southwestern North America, Seager, R.; Ting, M. F.; Held, I.; Kushnir, Y.; Lu, J.; Vecchi, G.; Huang, H. P.; Harnik, N.; Leetmaa, A.; Lau, N. C.; Li, C. H.; Velez, J.; Naik, N. , Science, May 25, Volume 316, Issue 5828, p.1181-1184, (2007), DOI 10.1126/science.1139601

Evaluating the effect of interannual variations of surface chlorophyll on upper ocean temperature, Gildor, H.; Naik, N. H. , Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, Jul 20, Volume 110, Issue C7, p.-, (2005), Doi 10.1029/2004jc002779

Modeling of tropical forcing of persistent droughts and pluvials over western North America: 1856-2000, Seager, R.; Kushnir, Y.; Herweijer, C.; Naik, N.; Velez, J. , Journal of Climate, Oct 1, Volume 18, Issue 19, p.4065-4088, (2005)

How can tropical Pacific Ocean heat transport vary?, Hazeleger, W.; Seager, R.; Cane, M. A.; Naik, N. H. , Journal of Physical Oceanography, Jan, Volume 34, Issue 1, p.320-333, (2004)

Air-sea interaction and the seasonal cycle of the subtropical anticyclones, Seager, R.; Murtugudde, R.; Naik, N.; Clement, A.; Gordon, N.; Miller, J. , Journal of Climate, Jun, Volume 16, Issue 12, p.1948-1966, (2003)

Warren revisited: Atmospheric freshwater fluxes and "Why is no deep water formed in the North Pacific'', Emile-Geay, J.; Cane, M. A.; Naik, N.; Seager, R.; Clement, A. C.; van Geen, A. , Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, Jun 5, Volume 108, Issue C6, p.-, (2003), Doi 10.1029/2001jc001058

Is the Gulf Stream responsible for Europe's mild winters?, Seager, R.; Battisti, D. S.; Yin, J.; Gordon, N.; Naik, N.; Clement, A. C.; Cane, M. A. , Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Oct, Volume 128, Issue 586, p.2563-2586, (2002), Doi 10.1256/Qj.01.128

Decadal upper ocean temperature variability in the tropical Pacific, Hazeleger, W.; Visbeck, M.; Cane, M.; Karspeck, A.; Naik, N. , Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, May 15, Volume 106, Issue C5, p.8971-8988, (2001)

Impact of the midlatitude storm track on the upper Pacific Ocean, Hazeleger, W.; Seager, R.; Visbeck, M.; Naik, N.; Rodgers, K. , Journal of Physical Oceanography, Volume 31, Issue 2, p.616-636, (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)

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)

The bomb C-14 transient in the Pacific Ocean, Rodgers, K. B.; Schrag, D. P.; Cane, M. A.; Naik, N. H. , Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, Apr 15, Volume 105, Issue C4, p.8489-8512, (2000)

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)

Global adjustment of the thermocline in response to deepwater formation, Huang, R. X.; Cane, M. A.; Naik, N.; Goodman, P. , Geophysical Research Letters, Mar 15, Volume 27, Issue 6, p.759-762, (2000)

Meridional location of the Pacific ocean subtropical gyre, Kleeman, R.; Naik, N. H.; Cane, M. A. , Journal of Physical Oceanography, Aug, Volume 30, Issue 8, p.1988-2000, (2000)

An unconditionally stable scheme for the shallow water equations, Israeli, M.; Naik, N. H.; Cane, M. A. , Monthly Weather Review, Mar, Volume 128, Issue 3, p.810-823, (2000)

The role of the Indonesian Throughflow in equatorial Pacific thermocline ventilation, Rodgers, K. B.; Cane, M. A.; Naik, N. H.; Schrag, D. P. , Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, Sep 15, Volume 104, Issue C9, p.20551-20570, (1999)

Sensitivity of primary production to different eddy parameterizations: A case study of the spring bloom development in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea, Levy, M.; Visbeck, M.; Naik, N. , Journal of Marine Research, May, Volume 57, Issue 3, p.427-448, (1999)

An ocean model's response to North Atlantic Oscillation-like wind forcing, Visbeck, M.; Cullen, H.; Krahmann, G.; Naik, N. , Geophysical Research Letters, Dec 15, Volume 25, Issue 24, p.4521-4524, (1998)

Climatological coastal jet collision, intermediate water formation, and the general circulation of the Red Sea, Eshel, G.; Naik, N. H. , Journal of Physical Oceanography, Jul, Volume 27, Issue 7, p.1233-1257, (1997)

A linear equivalent barotropic model of the Antarctic circumpolar current with realistic coastlines and bottom topography, Krupitsky, A.; Kamenkovich, V. M.; Naik, N.; Cane, M. A. , Journal of Physical Oceanography, Sep, Volume 26, Issue 9, p.1803-1824, (1996)

A Solver for the Barotropic Mode in the Presence of Variable Topography and Islands, Naik, N.; Cane, M. A.; Basin, S.; Israeli, M. , Monthly Weather Review, Mar, Volume 123, Issue 3, p.817-832, (1995)