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Selected Publications:

2010

  • Luo, J.-J., S. Behera, Y. Masumoto, and T. Yamagata, 2009: Impact of Global Ocean Surface Warming on Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Prediction, Journal of Climate,  (in press).
  • Behera, S., and T. Yamagata, 2010: Imprint of the El Niño Modoki on decadal sea level changes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L23702, doi:10.1029/2010GL045936. (Abstract)
  • Richter, I., S. K. Behera, Y. Masumoto, B. Taguchi, N. Komori, and T. Yamagata, 2010: On the triggering of Benguela Niños: Remote equatorial versus local influences, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L20604, doi:10.1029/2010GL044461. (Abstract)
  • Ratnam, J. V., S. K. Behera, Y. Masumoto, K. Takahashi, and T. Yamagata, 2010: Pacific Ocean origin for the 2009 Indian summer monsoon failure, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L07807, doi:10.1029/2010GL042798. (Abstract)
  • Izumo, T., J. Vialard, M. Lengaigne, S. Masson, S, Cravatte, C.B.  Montégut,   J.-J. Luo,  S. K. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2010: Role of Indian Ocean in Extending El Niño Predictability, Nature Geosciences, 3, 168 – 17. (Abstract)
  • Chowdary, J. S., S.-P. Xie, J.-J. Luo, J. Hafner, S. Behera, Y. Masumoto, and T. Yamagata, 2009: Predictability of Northwest Pacific climate during summer and the role of the Tropical Indian Ocean, Climate Dynamics DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0686-5. (Abstract)

2009

  • Nakamura N., Kayanne H., H. Iijima, T. R. McClanahan, S. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2006: The Indian Ocean Mode shift in the Indian Ocean climate under global warming stress, Geophys. Res. Lett, 36, L23708, doi:10.1029/2009GL040590.  AGU Highlight (Abstract)
  • Izumo T., S. Masson, J. Vialard, C. de Boyer Montegut, S. K. Behera, G. Madec, K. Takahashi and T. Yamagata, 2009: Low and high frequency Madden–Julian oscillations in austral summer: interannual variations, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0655-z. (Abstract)
  • Luo, J.-J., R. Zhang, S. Behera, Y. Masumoto, Fei-Fei Jin, Roger Lukas and T. Yamagata, 2009: Interaction between El Niño and Extreme Indian Ocean Dipole, Journal of Climate, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3104.1. (Abstract)
  • Weng, H., G. Wu, Yimin Liu, S. K. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2009: Tropical Pacific-Indian Ocean SST Related Anomalous Summer Climate in China. Climate Dynamics DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0658-9.  (Abstract)
  • Yamagata T and S. K. Behera, 2009: International Symposium on the Application of Climate Information, EOS, 90, 17, p148.  
  • Rao, S.A., J-J Luo, S. K. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2009: Activation, Maturation and Termination of Indian Ocean Dipole Events in 2003, 2006 and 2007, Climate Dynamics, 10.1007/s00382-008-0498-z. (Abstract)

2008

  •  Izumo, T., Montegut, C., Luo, J.-J., S. Behera, S. Masson, and T. Yamagata, 2007: The role of western Arabian Sea upwelling in Indian monsoon variability, J. Climate, 21(21), 2008.
  • Behera, S.K., J-J Luo, and T. Yamagata, 2008: The Unusual IOD Event of 2007, Geophy. Res. Letter, 35, L14S11, doi:10.1029/2008GL034122 (Abstract)
  • Chan, S., S. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2007: The Indian Ocean Dipole teleconnection to South America, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 35, L14S12, doi:10.1029/2008GL034204. (Abstract)
  • Tangang, F, L. Juneng, E. Salimun, P.N. Vinayachandran, Y.K. Seng, C.J.C. Reason, S.K. Behera and T. Yasunari, 2008: On the roles of the northeast cold surge, the Borneo vortex, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and the Indian Ocean Dipole during the worst 2006/2007 flood in southern Peninsular Malaysia, Geophy. Res. Letter, 35, L14S07, doi:10.1029/2008GL033429. (Abstract)
  • Luo, J.-J., S. Behera, Y. Masumoto, H. Sakuma and T. Yamagata, 2008: Successful prediction of the consecutive IOD in 2006 and 2007, Geophy. Res. Letter, 35, L14S02, doi:10.1029/2007GL032793. (Abstract)
  • Luo, J.-J., S. Masson, S. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2006: Extended ENSO Predictions Using a Fully Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Model, J. Climate, 21 (1), 84-93. (Abstract).
  • Weng, H., S. K. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2008: Anomalous winter climate conditions in the Pacific rim during recent El Nino Modoki and El Nino events. Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0394-6. (Abstract)
  • Navarra, A., S. Gualdi, S. Masina, S. K. Behera, J.J. Luo, S. Masson, E. Guilyardi, P. Delecluse and T. Yamagata, 2008: Atmospheric Horizontal Resolution Affects Tropical Climate Variability in Coupled Models, J. Climate, 21, 730–750. (Abstract)
2007
  • Ashok, K., S. K. Behera, S. A. Rao, H. Weng, T. Yamagata, 2007: El Niño Modoki and its possible teleconnection, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C11007, doi:10.1029/2006JC003798. (Abstract)
  • Luo, J.-J., S. Masson, S. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2007: Experimental Forecasts of the Indian Ocean Dipole Using a Coupled OAGCM, J. Climate.  20, 2178–2190.  (Abstract)
  • Weng, , H., Ashok, K., S. K. Behera, S. A. Rao, T. Yamagata, 2007: Impacts of Recent El Niño Modoki on Droughts/Floods in the Pacific Rim during Boreal Summer, Climate Dyn.  29, 113-129.  (Abstract)
  • Marchant, R., C. Mumbi, S. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2007: The Indian Ocean dipole – the unsung driver of climatic variability in East Africa, Afr. Journal of  Eco45, 4-16. (Abstract
  • Annalisa C., S. Gualdi S. Masson, J.-J. Luo, S. K. Behera, T. Yamagata and A. Navarra, 2007: The influence of Tropical Indian Ocean SST on the Indian summer monsoon. J. Climate20, 3083–3105.  (Abstract)
  • Rao, S. A., S. Masson, J.-J. Luo, S. K. Behera, and T. Yamagata 2007: Termination of Indian Ocean Dipole events in a coupled general circulation model. J. Climate20, 3018–3035. (Abstract)

2006

  • Kayanne, H. H. Iijima, N. Nakamura, T. R. McClanahan, S. Behera, and T. Yamagata, 2006: The Indian Ocean Dipole Index recorded in Kenyan coral annual density bands, Geophys. Res. Lett, 33, L19709, doi:10.1029/2006GL027168.  (Abstract)
  • Chang, P., T. Yamagata, P. Schopf, S. K. Behera, J. Carton,W. S. Kessler, G. Meyers,T. Qu, F. Schott, S. Shetye and S.-P. Xie, 2006: Climate Fluctuations of Tropical Coupled System - The Role of Ocean Dynamics, J. Climate, 19, 5122–5174.  (Abstract)
  • Behera, S. K., J.J. Luo, S. Masson, S. A. Rao, H. Sakuma and T. Yamagata, 2006: A CGCM study on the interaction between IOD and ENSO, J. Climate, 19, 1608-1705.  (Abstract)
  • Chakraborty, A., M. Mujumdar, S. K. Behera, R. Ohba, and T. Yamagata, 2006: A cyclone over Saudi Arabia on 5 January 2002: A case study. J. of Meteo. and Atmos. Phys., doi:10.1007/s00703-005-0183-2.  (Abstract)
  • Chakraborty, A., S. K. Behera, Milind Mujumdar, R. Ohba, and T. Yamagata, 2006: Diagnosis of tropospheric moisture over Saudi Arabia and influences of IOD and ENSO. Mon. Wea. Rev. 134, 598-617.  (Abstract)

2005

  • Behera, S. K., J.J. Luo, S. Masson, T. Yamagata, P. Delecluse, S. Gualdi and A. Navarra 2005: Paramount Impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the East African Short Rains: A CGCM Study, J. Climate, 18, 4514-4530.  (Abstract)
  • Luo, J.-J., S. Masson, S. Behera, S.  Shingu, and T. Yamagata, 2005: Seasonal Climate Predictability in a Coupled OAGCM Using a Different Approach for Ensemble Forecasts, J. Climate 18, 4474-4497.(Abstract)
  • Patra, P.K., S. K. Behera, J. R. Herman, S. Maksyutov, H. Akimoto, and T. Yamagata 2005: The Indian summer monsoon rainfall: interplay of coupled dynamics, radiation and cloud microphysics, Atmos. Chem. Phys.,5, 2181-2188.  (pdf)
  • Tozuka, T., J.J. Luo, S. Masson, S. K. Behera, and T. Yamagata 2005: Annual ENSO simulated in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model, Dynamics of Atmosphere and Ocean, 39, 41-60.  (Abstract)
  • Rao, S.A., and S. K. Behera, 2005: Subsurface influence on SST in the Tropical Indian Ocean: Structure and Interannual Variability, Dynamics of Atmosphere and Ocean, 39, 103-135.  (Abstract)
  • Masson, S.,  J.-J. Luo, G. Madec, J. Vialard, F. Durand, S. Gualdi, E.Guilyardi, S. K. Behera, P. Delecluse, A. Navarra and T. Yamagata, 2005: Impact of barrier layer on winter-spring variability of the South-Eastern Arabian Sea, Geophy. Res. Letter 32, L07703, doi:10.1029/2004GL021980.  (Abstract)

2004

  • Suzuki, R., S. K. Behera, S. Iizuka, and T. Yamagata 2004: The Indian Ocean subtropical dipole simulated using a coupled GCM, J. Geoph. Res. 109, C09001, doi:10.1029/2003JC001974.  (Abstract)
  • Yamagata, T., S. K. Behera, J.J. Luo, S. Masson, M. R. Jury, and S. A. Rao 2004: Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Variability in the Tropical Indian Ocean. AGU Book Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction and Climate Variability, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie and J.A. Carton (eds.), Geophys. Monogr., 147, AGU, Washington D.C., 189-212.  

2003

  • Luo, J.J., S. Masson, S. K. Behera, P. Delecluse, S. Gualdi, A. Navarra, and T. Yamagata 2003: South Pacific Origin of the Decadal ENSO-like Variation as Reproduced by a Coupled GCM, Geophy. Res. Letter, 30, 2250, doi:10.1029/2003GL018649.  (Abstract)
  • Behera, S. K., J.J. Luo, S. Masson, T. Yamagata, P. Delecluse, S. Gualdi and A. Navarra 2003: Impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the East African Short Rains: A CGCM Study. CLIVAR Exchanges, 27, 43-45.  (pdf)
  • Behera, S. K., and T. Yamagata, 2003, Reply to Hastenrath’s Comments on "Influence of the Indian Ocean dipole on the Southern Oscillation". J. of the Met. Soc. of Japan, , 81, 1507-1509.  (Abstract)
  • Behera, S. K., A. S. Rao, H.N. Saji, and T. Yamagata, 2003: Comments on “A Cautionary Note on the Interpretation of EOFs”, J. Climate , 16, 1087-1093.  (Abstract)
  • Yamagata, T., S. K. Behera, S. A. Rao, Z. Guan, K. Ashok, H. N. Saji, 2003: Comments on “Dipoles, Temperature Gradient, and Tropical Climate Anomalies”, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc, 84, 1418-1422  (Abstract)
  • Behera, S. K., and T. Yamagata, 2003, Influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Southern Oscillation. J. of the Met. Soc. of Japan, 81, 169-177.  (Abstract)

2002

  • Yamagata, T., S. K. Behera, S. A. Rao, Z. Guan, K. Ashok, H. N. Saji, 2002: The Indian Ocean Dipole: a Physical Entity, CLIVAR Exchanges, 24, 15-18. (pdf)
  • Yamagata, T., and S. K. Behera 2002: Symposium investigates the Indian Ocean Dipole, Eos, 83, No.12, 131-134.  (Abstract)
  • Rao, S.A., S. K. Behera, Y. Masumoto and T. Yamagata, 2002: Subsurface interannual variability associated with the Indian Ocean Dipole, CLIVAR Exchanges, 23, pages-12,14,17. (pdf)
  • Rao, S.A., S. K. Behera, Y. Masumoto and T. Yamagata, 2002: Interannual variability in the subsurface Tropical Indian Ocean with a Special Emphasis on the Indian Ocean Dipole, Deep-Sea Research II, 49, 1549-1572.  (Abstract)

2001

  • Yamagata, T., and S. K. Behera 2001: Dynamics of the South China Sea circulation, Ocean Development News, 29, 5, 25-30 (in Japanese)
  • Behera, S. K., and T. Yamagata, 2001; Subtropical SST dipole events in the southern Indian Ocean, Geophy. Res. Letter, 28, 327-330.  (Abstract)
  • Deo, A.A., P.S. Salvekar and S. K. Behera, 2001, Oceanic response to cyclone moving in different directions over Indian Ocean using IRG model, Mausam, 52, 163-174.  

2000

  • Behera, S. K., P.S. Salvekar and  T. Yamagata, 2000: Simulation of interannual SST variability in the tropical Indian Ocean,  J. Climate, 13, pp. 3487-3499.  (Abstract)

1999

  • Behera, S. K., R. Krishnan and T. Yamagata, 1999: Unusual ocean-atmosphere conditions in the tropical Indian Ocean during 1994, Geophy. Res. Letter, 26, 3001-3004. (Abstract)

1998

  • Behera, S. K., A.A. Deo and P.S. Salvekar, 1998; Investigation of mixed layer response to a Bay of Bengal cyclone using a simple model, J. of Meteo. and Atmos. Phys., 65, 77-91.
  • Behera, S. K., P.S. Salvekar, D.W. Ganer and A.A. Deo, 1998;  Interannual variability in simulated east coast circulation, Indian J. of Marine Res., 27, 115-120
  • Behera, S. K., and P.S. Salvekar, 1998;  Numerical investigation of coastal circulation around India, Mausam, 49, 345-360.

1995

  • Behera, S. K., and P.S. Salvekar, 1995;  Numerical study of the Interannual  variability in Indian Ocean, Mausam, 46, 409-422.

1992

  • Kordzadze, A.A., S. K. Behera and H.J. Sawant 1992: Numerical model  for dynamics  of baroclinic ocean : Experiment  for North Indian Ocean, Physical Process in Atmospheric Model, Willey, Ed. D.R. Sikka and S.S. Singh
  • Behera, S. K., H.J. Sawant and P.S. Salvekar, 1992; Simulation of north  Indian  Ocean circulation using simple barotropic model and some sensitivity studies,  Mausam,  43, 353-360.

 

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