Refereed Publications

  • Richter Ingo, Tokinaga Hiroki, Kosaka Yu, Doi Takeshi, Kataoka Takahito. Revisiting the tropical Atlantic influence on El Niño-Southern Oscillation. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 2021, 34, 21, p. 8533-8548, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0088.1

  • Yang Jun-Chao, Zhang Yu, Richter Ingo, Lin Xiaopei. Interannual Variability of Tropical Atlantic-to-Pacific Moisture Transport Linked to ENSO, Atlantic Niño, and the Freshwater Budget in the Northwestern Tropical Atlantic. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 2021, 34, 11, p. 4625-4641, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0728.1

  • Hyacinth C. Nnamchi, Mojib Latif, Noel S. Keenlyside, Joakim Kjellsson, Ingo Richter. Diabatic heating governs the seasonality of the Atlantic Nino. Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 376, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20452-1

  • Richter Ingo, Chang Ping, Liu Xue. Impact of Systematic GCM Errors on Prediction Skill as Estimated by Linear Inverse Modeling. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 2020, 33, p. 10073-10095, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0209.1

  • Richter Ingo, Tokinaga Hiroki. An overview of the performance of CMIP6 models in the tropical Atlantic: mean state, variability, and remote impacts. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 2020, 55, p. 2579-2601, doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05409-w

  • Tokinaga Hiroki, Richter Ingo, Kosaka Yu. ENSO influence on the Atlantic Nino, revisited: Multi-year versus single-year ENSO events. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 2019, 32, 14, p. 4585-4600, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0683.1

  • Ingo Richter, Takeshi Doi. Estimating the role of SST in atmospheric surface wind variability over the tropical Atlantic and Pacific. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 2019, 32, 13, p. 3899-3915, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0468.1

  • G. R. Foltz, P. Brandt, I. Richter, B. Rodríguez-Fonseca, F. Hernandez, M. Dengler, R. R. Rodrigues, J. O. Schmidt, L. Yu, N. Lefevre, L. Cotrim Da Cunha, M. J. McPhaden, M. Araujo, J. Karstensen, J. Hahn, M. Martín-Rey, C. M. Patricola, P. Poli, P. Zuidema, R. Hummels, R. C. Perez, V. Hatje, J. F. Lübbecke, I. Polo, R. Lumpkin, B. Bourlès, F. E. Asuquo, P. Lehodey, A. Conchon, P. Chang, P. Dandin, C. Schmid, A. Sutton, H. Giordani, Y. Xue, S. Illig, T. Losada, S. A. Grodsky, F. Gasparin, T. Lee, E. Mohino, P. Nobre, R. Wanninkhof, N. Keenlyside, V. Garcon, E. Sánchez-Gómez, H. C. Nnamchi, M. Drévillon, A. Storto, E. Remy, A. Lazar, S. Speich, M. Goes, T. Dorrington, W. E. Johns, J. N. Moum, C. Robinson, C. Perruche, R. B. de Souza, A. T. Gaye, J. López-Parages, P.-A. Monerie, P. Castellanos, N. U. Benson, M. N. Hounkonnou, J. Trotte Duhá, R. Laxenaire and N. Reul. The Tropical Atlantic Observing System. Frontiers in marine science, 2019, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00206

  • Richter, I., and T. Doi, 2018: Estimating the role of SST in atmospheric surface wind variability over the tropical Atlantic and Pacific. Clim. Dyn., under review [manuscript]

  • Joke F. Luebbecke, Peter Brandt, Marcus Dengler, Robert Kopte, Jan Luedke, Ingo Richter, Meike Sena Martins, Pedro C. M. Tchipalanga. Causes and evolution of the southeastern tropical Atlantic warm event in early 2016. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 2018, 53, 1-2, p. 261-274, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4582-8

  • Joke F. Luebbecke, Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca, Ingo Richter, Marta Martin-Rey, Teresa Losada, Irene Polo, Noel S. Keenlyside. Equatorial Atlantic variability - Modes, mechanisms, and global teleconnections. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change, 2018, 9, 4, doi: 10.1002/wcc.527

  • Maraun Douglas, Shepherd Theodore, Widman Martin, Zappa Giuseppe, Walton Daniel, Gutierrez Jose, Hagemann Stefan, Richter Ingo, Soares Pedro, Hall Alex, Mearns Linda. Towards process-informed bias correction of climate change simulations. Nature Climate Change, 2017, 7, p. 764-773, doi: 10.1038/nclimate3418

  • Richter, I., T. Doi, S. K. Behera, and N. Keenlyside, 2017: On the link between mean state biases and prediction skill in the tropics: an atmospheric perspective. Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3809-4 [abstract] [final manuscript]

  • Richter, I.,  S.-P. Xie, Y. Morioka, T. Doi, B. Taguchi, and S. K. Behera, 2016: Phase locking of equatorial Atlantic variability through the seasonal migration of the ITCZ. Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3289-y [abstract] [final manuscript]

  • Zuidema, P., P. Chang, B. Medeiros, B. Kirtman, R. Mechoso, E. Schneider, T. Toniazzo, I. Richter, J. Small, K. Bellomo, P. Brandt, S. de Szoeke, T. Farrar, E. Jung, S. Kato, M. Li, C. Patricola, Z. Wang, R. Wood, and Z. Xu, 2016: Challenges and prospects for reducing coupled climate model SST biases in the eastern tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans: The US CLIVAR Eastern Tropical Oceans Synthesis Working Group.  Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00274.1

  • Richter, I., P. Chang, Z. Xu, T. Doi, T. Kataoka, M. Nagura, Pascal Oettli, S. de Szoeke, and T. Tozuka, 2016: An overview of coupled GCM performance in the tropics. in Indo-Pacific Climate Variability and Predictability (Vol. 8), T. Yamagata and S. K. Behera, eds., [abstract] [final manuscript]

  • Richter, I., 2015: Climate model biases in the eastern tropical oceans: causes, impacts and ways forward. WIREs Climate Change, doi: 10.1002/wcc.338 [abstract] [pdf]

  • Xu, Z., P. Chang, I. Richter, and W. Kim, 2014: Diagnosing southeast tropical Atlantic SST and ocean circulation biases in the CMIP5 ensemble. Clim. Dyn., 43, 3123-3145. doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2247-9 [abstract] [final manuscript]
  • Richter, I., S. K. Behera, T. Doi, B. Taguchi, Y. Masumoto, and S.-P. Xie, 2014: What controls equatorial Atlantic winds in boreal spring? Clim. Dyn., 43, 3091-3104. doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2170-0 [abstract] [final manuscript]
  • Richter, I., S.-P. Xie, S. K. Behera, T. Doi, and Y. Masumoto, 2012: Equatorial Atlantic variability and its relation to mean state biases in CMIP5. Clim. Dyn., doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1624-5 [abstract] [final manuscript]

  • Richter, I., S. K. Behera, Y. Masumoto, B. Taguchi, H. Sasaki, and T. Yamagata, 2012: Multiple causes of interannual sea surface temperature variability in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Nature Geosci., doi: 10.1038/NGEO1660 [abstract] [final manuscript] [suppl_1] [suppl_2]

  • Richter, I., S.-P. Xie, A. T. Wittenberg, and Y. Masumoto, 2012: Tropical Atlantic biases and their relation to surface wind stress and terrestrial precipitation.  Clim. Dyn., 38, 985-1001. doi: 10.1007/s00382-011-1038-9. [abstract] [final manuscript]

  • 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] [pdf] [suppl]

  • Richter, I., and S.-P. Xie, 2010: Moisture transport from the Atlantic to the Pacific basin and its response to North Atlantic cooling and global warming. Clim. Dyn., 35, 551-566, doi:10.1007/s00382-009-0708-3. [abstract] [final manuscript]

  • Richter, I., and S.-P. Xie, 2008: Muted precipitation increase in global warming simulations: A surface evaporation perspective. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 113, D24118, doi:10.1029/2008JD010561. [abstract] [pdf] [suppl_1] [suppl_2]

  • Richter, I., and S.-P. Xie, 2008: On the origin of equatorial Atlantic biases in coupled general circulation models. Clim. Dyn., 31, 587-598. doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0364-z [abstract] [final manuscript]

  • Richter, I., C. R. Mechoso, and A. W. Robertson, 2008: What Determines the Position and Intensity of the South Atlantic Anticyclone in Austral Winter?—An AGCM Study. J. Climate, 21, 214–229. [abstract] [pdf]

  • Richter, I., and C. R. Mechoso, 2006: Orographic influences on subtropical stratocumulus, J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 2585–2601. [abstract] [pdf]

  • Richter, I., and C. R. Mechoso, 2004: Orographic influences on the annual cycle of Namibian stratocumulus clouds, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L24108, doi:10.1029/2004GL020814 [abstract] [pdf]

  • Oltchev, A., A. Ibrom, J. Constantin, M. Falk, I. Richter, K. Morgenstern, Y. Joo, H. Kreilein, and G. Gravenhorst, 1998: Stomatal and surface conductance of a spruce forest: model simulation and field measurements. J. Phys. Chem. Earth, 23, 453-458 [abstract]