David W. J. Thompson

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• 2025

  Influence of anomalous ocean heat transport on the extratropical atmospheric circulation in a high-resolution slab-ocean coupled model

  Sun, L., Patrizio, C., Thompson, D. W. J. & Hurrell, J. W., 28 Feb 2025, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 52, 4, e2024GL111770.

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• 2024

  Links between internal variability and forced climate feedbacks: The importance of patterns of temperature variability and change

  Davis, L. L. B., Thompson, D. W. J., Rugenstein, M. & Birner, T., 28 Dec 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 51, 24, e2024GL112774.

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• Signature of the western boundary currents in local climate variability

  Larson, J. G., Thompson, D. W. J. & Hurrell, J. W., 24 Oct 2024, In: Nature. 634, 8035, p. 862-867 6 p.

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• 2023

  Comparing local versus hemispheric perspectives of extreme heat events

  van Loon, S. & Thompson, D. W. J., 28 Dec 2023, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 24, e2023GL105246.

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• Exceptional stratospheric contribution to human fingerprints on atmospheric temperature

  Santer, B. D., Po-Chedley, S., Zhao, L., Zou, C-Z., Fu, Q., Solomon, S., Thompson, D. W. J., Mears, C. & Taylor, K. E., 16 May 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120, 20, e2300758120.

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• The key role of cloud–climate coupling in extratropical sea surface temperature variability

  Boehm, C. L. & Thompson, D. W. J., 15 Apr 2023, In: Journal of Climate. 36, 8, p. 2753-2762 10 p.

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• 2022

  Climate impacts and potential drivers of the unprecedented Antarctic ozone holes of 2020 and 2021

  Yook, S., Thompson, D. W. J. & Solomon, S., 28 May 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 10, e2022GL098064.

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• Links between climate sensitivity and the large-scale atmospheric circulation in a simple general circulation model

  Davis, L. L. B., Thompson, D. W. J. & Birner, T., 1 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Climate. 35, 15, p. 5119–5136 18 p.

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• Long-range prediction and the stratosphere

  Scaife, A. A., Baldwin, M. P., Butler, A. H., Charlton-Perez, A. J., Domeisen, D. I. V., Garfinkel, C. I., Hardiman, S. C., Haynes, P., Karpechko, A. Y., Lim, E-P., Noguchi, S., Perlwitz, J., Polvani, L., Richter, J. H., Scinocca, J., Sigmond, M., Shepherd, T. G., Son, S-W. & Thompson, D. W. J., 25 Feb 2022, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 22, 4, p. 2601–2623 23 p.

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• Observed linkages between the atmospheric circulation and oceanic-forced sea-surface temperature variability in the western North Pacific

  Patrizio, C. R. & Thompson, D. W. J., 28 Apr 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 8, e2021GL095172.

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• On the southern hemisphere stratospheric response to ENSO and its impacts on tropospheric circulation

  Stone, K. A., Solomon, S., Thompson, D. W. J., Kinnison, D. E. & Fyfe, J. C., 15 Mar 2022, In: Journal of Climate. 35, 6, p. 1963-1981 19 p.

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• Phase unlocking and the modulation of tropopause-level trace gas advection by the quasibiennial oscillation

  Shah, K., Solomon, S., Kinnison, D., Fu, Q. & Thompson, D. W. J., 16 Nov 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 127, 21, e2021JD036142.

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• The simulated atmospheric response to Western North Pacific Sea Surface temperature anomalies

  Yook, S., Thompson, D. W. J., Sun, L. & Patrizio, C., 1 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Climate. 35, 11, p. 3335–3352 18 p.

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• Understanding the role of ocean dynamics in midlatitude sea surface temperature variability using a simple stochastic climate model

  Patrizio, C. R. & Thompson, D. W. J., Jun 2022, In: Journal of Climate. 35, 11, p. 3313-3333 21 p.

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• 2021

  Downstream suppression of baroclinic waves

  Boljka, L., Thompson, D. W. J. & Li, Y., 1 Feb 2021, In: Journal of Climate. 34, 3, p. 919–930 12 p.

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• Emergence of Southern Hemisphere stratospheric circulation changes in response to ozone recovery

  Zambri, B., Solomon, S., Thompson, D. W. J. & Fu, Q., Sept 2021, In: Nature Geoscience. 14, 9, p. 638–644 7 p.

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  28 Citations (Scopus)

• On the effects of the ocean on atmospheric CFC-11 lifetimes and emissions

  Wang, P., Scott, J. R., Solomon, S., Marshall, J., Babbin, A. R., Lickley, M., Thompson, D. W. J., DeVries, T., Liang, Q. & Prinn, R. G., 23 Mar 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118, 12, e2021528118.

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• Quantifying the role of ocean dynamics in ocean mixed layer temperature variability

  Patrizio, C. R. & Thompson, D. W. J., 1 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Climate. 34, 7, p. 2567–2589 23 p.

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• The 2019 Southern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex weakening and its impacts

  Lim, E-P., Hendon, H. H., Butler, A. H., Thompson, D. W. J., Lawrence, Z. D., Scaife, A. A., Shepherd, T. G., Polichtchouk, I., Nakamura, H., Kobayashi, C., Comer, R., Coy, L., Dowdy, A., Garreaud, R. D., Newman, P. A. & Wang, G., Jun 2021, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 102, 6, p. E1150–E1171 22 p.

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• Widespread changes in surface temperature persistence under climate change

  Li, J. & Thompson, D. W. J., 18 Nov 2021, In: Nature. 599, 7885, p. 425-430 6 p.

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• 2020

  A basic effect of cloud radiative effects on tropical sea surface temperature variability

  Li, Y., Thompson, D. W. J. & Olonscheck, D., 15 May 2020, In: Journal of Climate. 33, 10, p. 4333–4346 14 p.

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• Evaluating stratospheric tropical width using tracer concentrations

  Shah, K. S., Solomon, S., Thompson, D. W. J. & Kinnison, D. E., 16 Nov 2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 125, 21, e2020JD033081.

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• The key role of coupled chemistry-climate interactions in tropical stratospheric temperature variability

  Yook, S., Thompson, D. W. J., Solomon, S. & Kim, S-Y., 1 Sept 2020, In: Journal of Climate. 33, 17, p. 7619–7629 11 p.

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• The role of tropical, midlatitude, and polar cloud-radiative changes for the midlatitude circulation response to global warming

  Albern, N., Voigt, A., Thompson, D. W. J. & Pinto, J. G., 15 Sept 2020, In: Journal of Climate. 33, 18, p. 7927–7943 17 p.

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• 2019

  Arctic cloud annual cycle biases in climate models

  Taylor, P. C., Boeke, R. C., Li, Y. & Thompson, D. W. J., 10 Jul 2019, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 19, 13, p. 8759–8782 24 p.

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• A robust constraint on the temperature and height of the extratropical tropopause

  Thompson, D. W. J., Ceppi, P. & Li, Y., 15 Jan 2019, In: Journal of Climate. 32, 2, p. 273–287 15 p.

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• Australian hot and dry extremes induced by weakenings of the stratospheric polar vortex

  Lim, E-P., Hendon, H. H., Boschat, G., Hudson, D., Thompson, D. W. J., Dowdy, A. J. & Arblaster, J. M., Nov 2019, In: Nature Geoscience. 12, p. 896–901 6 p.

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• Rare forecasted climate event under way in the Southern Hemisphere

  Hendon, H. H., Thompson, D. W. J., Lim, E-P., Butler, A. H., Newman, P. A., Coy, L., Scaife, A., Polichtchouk, I., Garreaud, R. S., Shepherd, T. G. & Nakamura, H., 23 Sept 2019, In: Nature. 573, 7775, 495.

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• The importance of unresolved biases in twentieth-century sea surface temperature observations

  Davis, L. L. B., Thompson, D. W. J., Kennedy, J. J. & Kent, E. C., 1 Apr 2019, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 100, 4, p. 621–629 9 p.

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• Thermodynamic control on the poleward shift of the extratropical jet in climate change simulations: The role of rising high clouds and their radiative effects

  Li, Y., Thompson, D. W. J., Bony, S. & Merlis, T. M., 1 Feb 2019, In: Journal of Climate. 32, 3, p. 917–934 18 p.

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• 2018

  Evidence for predictive skill of high-latitude climate due to midsummer sea ice extent anomalies

  He, S., Knudsen, E. M., Thompson, D. W. J. & Furevik, T., 16 Sept 2018, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 45, 17, p. 9114-9122 9 p.

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• On the observed relationships between wintertime variability in Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension sea surface temperatures and the atmospheric circulation over the North Pacific

  Wills, S. M. & Thompson, D. W. J., 15 Jun 2018, In: Journal of Climate. 31, 12, p. 4669–4681 13 p.

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• Revisiting the mystery of recent stratospheric temperature trends

  Maycock, A. C., Randel, W. J., Steiner, A. K., Karpechko, A. Y., Christy, J., Saunders, R., Thompson, D. W. J., Zou, C-Z., Chrysanthou, A., Abraham, N. L., Akiyoshi, H., Archibald, A. T., Butchart, N., Chipperfield, M., Dameris, M., Deushi, M., Dhomse, S., Di Genova, G., Joeckel, P., Kinnison, D. E., & 14 othersKirner, O., Ladstaedter, F., Michou, M., Morgenstern, O., O'Connor, F., Oman, L., Pitari, G., Plummer, D. A., Revell, L. E., Rozanov, E., Stenke, A., Visioni, D., Yamashita, Y. & Zeng, G., 28 Sept 2018, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 45, 18, p. 9919-9933 15 p.

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• Seasonal evolution of stratosphere-troposphere coupling in the Southern Hemisphere and implications for the predictability of surface climate

  Lim, E-P., Hendon, H. H. & Thompson, D. W. J., 16 Nov 2018, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 123, 21, p. 12002-12016 15 p.

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• The risks of contracting the acquisition and processing of the nation's weather and climate data to the private sector

  Serra, Y. L., Haase, J. S., Adams, D. K., Fu, Q., Ackerman, T. P., Alexander, M. J., Arellano, A., Back, L., Chen, S-H., Emanuel, K., Fuchs, Z., Kuang, Z., Lintner, B. R., Mapes, B., Neelin, D., Raymond, D., Sobel, A. H., Staten, P. W., Subramanian, A., Thompson, D. W. J., & 3 othersVecchi, G., Wood, R. & Zuidema, P., 1 May 2018, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99, 5, p. 869–870 2 p.

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• 2017

  Intraseasonal periodicity in the Southern Hemisphere circulation on regional spatial scales

  Thompson, D. W. J., Crow, B. R. & Barnes, E. A., 1 Mar 2017, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74, 3, p. 865–877 13 p.

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• Observed changes in the Southern Hemispheric circulation in May

  Ivy, D. J., Hilgenbrink, C., Kinnison, D., Plumb, R. A., Sheshadri, A., Solomon, S. & Thompson, D. W. J., 15 Jan 2017, In: Journal of Climate. 30, 2, p. 527–536 10 p.

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• Observed connections of Arctic stratospheric ozone extremes to Northern Hemisphere surface climate

  Ivy, D. J., Solomon, S., Calvo, N. & Thompson, D. W. J., 1 Feb 2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 2, 024004.

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• Quantifying the lead time required for a linear trend to emerge from natural climate variability

  Li, J., Thompson, D. W. J., Barnes, E. A. & Solomon, S., 15 Dec 2017, In: Journal of Climate. 30, 24, p. 10179–10191 13 p.

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• The influence of atmospheric cloud radiative effects on the large-scale stratospheric circulation

  Li, Y., Thompson, D. W. J. & Huang, Y., 1 Aug 2017, In: Journal of Climate. 30, 15, p. 5621–5635 15 p.

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• Thermodynamic constraint on the depth of the global tropospheric circulation

  Thompson, D. W. J., Bony, S. & Li, Y., 1 Aug 2017, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114, 31, p. 8181-8186 6 p.

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• The signature of Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation patterns in Antarctic precipitation

  Marshall, G. J., Thompson, D. W. J. & van den Broeke, M. R., 28 Nov 2017, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 44, 22, p. 11580-11589 10 p.

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• What makes an annular mode "annular''?

  Gerber, E. P. & Thompson, D. W. J., 1 Feb 2017, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74, 2, p. 317–332 16 p.

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• 2016

  Observed signatures of the barotropic and baroclinic annular modes in cloud vertical structure and cloud radiative effects

  Li, Y. & Thompson, D. W. J., 1 Jul 2016, In: Journal of Climate. 29, 13, p. 4723–4740 18 p.

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• On the observed relationships between variability in Gulf Stream sea surface temperatures and the atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic

  Wills, S. M., Thompson, D. W. J. & Ciasto, L. M., 15 May 2016, In: Journal of Climate. p. 3719–3730 12 p.

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• Stratospheric temperature changes during the satellite era

  Seidel, D. J., Li, J., Mears, C., Moradi, I., Nash, J., Randel, W. J., Saunders, R., Thompson, D. W. J. & Zou, C-Z., 27 Jan 2016, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 121, 2, p. 664-681 18 p.

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• The signatures of large-scale patterns of atmospheric variability in Antarctic surface temperatures

  Marshall, G. J. & Thompson, D. W. J., 25 Apr 2016, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 121, 7

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• 2015

  Baroclinic and barotropic annular variability in the Northern Hemisphere

  Thompson, D. W. J. & Li, Y., 1 Mar 2015, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 72, 3, p. 1117–1136 20 p.

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  28 Citations (Scopus)

• General Circulation of the Atmosphere: Overview

  Wallace, J. M., Thompson, D. W. J. & Beresford, P., 2015, Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences. 2 ed. Elsevier, p. 33-42 10 p.

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• Quantifying the role of internal climate variability in future climate trends

  Thompson, D. W. J., Barnes, E. A., Deser, C., Foust, W. E. & Phillips, A. S., 15 Aug 2015, In: Journal of Climate. 28, 16, p. 6443–6456

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