Sumant Nigam - Publications

Affiliations: 
Chemical Physics University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD 
Area:
Geophysics, Physical Oceanography

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2020 Nigam S, Sengupta A, Ruiz-Barradas A. Atlantic–Pacific Links in Observed Multidecadal SST Variability: Is the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation’s Phase Reversal Orchestrated by the Pacific Decadal Oscillation? Journal of Climate. 33: 5479-5505. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-19-0880.1  0.495
2019 Sengupta A, Nigam S. The Northeast Winter Monsoon over the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia: Evolution, Interannual Variability, and Model Simulations Journal of Climate. 32: 231-249. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-18-0034.1  0.457
2018 Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S. Hydroclimate Variability and Change over the Mekong River Basin: Modeling and Predictability and Policy Implications Journal of Hydrometeorology. 19: 849-869. DOI: 10.1175/Jhm-D-17-0195.1  0.375
2018 Thomas N, Nigam S. Twentieth-Century Climate Change over Africa: Seasonal Hydroclimate Trends and Sahara Desert Expansion Journal of Climate. 31: 3349-3370. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-17-0187.1  0.543
2018 Nigam S, Ruiz-Barradas A, Chafik L. Gulf Stream Excursions and Sectional Detachments Generate the Decadal Pulses in the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation Journal of Climate. 31: 2853-2870. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-17-0010.1  0.418
2017 Nigam S, Thomas NP, Ruiz-Barradas A, Weaver SJ. Striking Seasonality in the Secular Warming of the Northern Continents: Structure and Mechanisms Journal of Climate. 30: 6521-6541. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-16-0757.1  0.561
2016 Chafik L, Hakkinen S, England MH, Carton JA, Nigam S, Ruiz-Barradas A, Hannachi A, Miller L. Global linkages originating from decadal oceanic variability in the subpolar North Atlantic Geophysical Research Letters. 43: 10909-10919. DOI: 10.1002/2016Gl071134  0.52
2015 Baxter S, Nigam S. Key role of the North Pacific oscillation-West Pacific pattern in generating the extreme 2013/14 North American Winter Journal of Climate. 28: 8109-8117. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-14-00726.1  0.592
2015 Zhao Y, Nigam S. The Indian Ocean Dipole: A Monopole in SST Journal of Climate. 28: 3-19. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-14-00047.1  0.561
2013 Sheffield J, Camargo SJ, Fu R, Hu Q, Jiang X, Johnson N, Karnauskas KB, Kim ST, Kinter J, Kumar S, Langenbrunner B, Maloney E, Mariotti A, Meyerson JE, Neelin JD, ... Nigam S, et al. North American climate in CMIP5 experiments. Part II: Evaluation of historical simulations of intraseasonal to decadal variability Journal of Climate. 26: 9247-9290. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-12-00593.1  0.56
2013 Sheffield J, Barrett AP, Colle B, Fernando DN, Fu R, Geil KL, Hu Q, Kinter J, Kumar S, Langenbrunner B, Lombardo K, Long LN, Maloney E, Mariotti A, Meyerson JE, ... ... Nigam S, et al. North American Climate in CMIP5 experiments. Part I: Evaluation of historical simulations of continental and regional climatology Journal of Climate. 26: 9209-9245. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-12-00592.1  0.55
2013 Baxter S, Nigam S. A subseasonal teleconnection analysis: PNA Development and Its relationship to the NAO Journal of Climate. 26: 6733-6741. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-12-00426.1  0.551
2013 Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S. Atmosphere-land surface interactions over the southern great plains: Characterization from pentad analysis of DOE ARM field observations and NARR Journal of Climate. 26: 875-886. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-11-00380.1  0.522
2013 Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S, Kavvada A. The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in twentieth century climate simulations: Uneven progress from CMIP3 to CMIP5 Climate Dynamics. 41: 3301-3315. DOI: 10.1007/S00382-013-1810-0  0.511
2013 Kavvada A, Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S. AMO's structure and climate footprint in observations and IPCC AR5 climate simulations Climate Dynamics. 41: 1345-1364. DOI: 10.1007/S00382-013-1712-1  0.543
2012 Grodsky SA, Carton JA, Nigam S, Okumura YM. Tropical Atlantic Biases in CCSM4 Journal of Climate. 25: 3684-3701. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-11-00315.1  0.573
2011 Bollasina M, Nigam S. Modeling of Regional Hydroclimate Change over the Indian Subcontinent: Impact of the Expanding Thar Desert Journal of Climate. 24: 3089-3106. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jcli3851.1  0.729
2011 Weaver SJ, Nigam S. Recurrent Supersynoptic Evolution of the Great Plains Low-Level Jet Journal of Climate. 24: 575-582. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jcli3445.1  0.491
2011 Nigam S, Guan B, Ruiz-Barradas A. Key role of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in 20th century drought and wet periods over the Great Plains Geophysical Research Letters. 38. DOI: 10.1029/2011Gl048650  0.673
2011 Nigam S, Bollasina M. Reply to comment by K. M. Lau and K. M. Kim on “‘Elevated heat pump’ hypothesis for the aerosol–monsoon hydroclimate link: ‘Grounded’ in observations?” Journal of Geophysical Research. 116: 7204. DOI: 10.1029/2010Jd015246  0.635
2011 Nigam S, Guan B. Atlantic tropical cyclones in the twentieth century: Natural variability and secular change in cyclone count Climate Dynamics. 36: 2279-2293. DOI: 10.1007/S00382-010-0908-X  0.657
2011 Bollasina M, Nigam S. The summertime “heat” low over Pakistan/northwestern India: evolution and origin Climate Dynamics. 37: 957-970. DOI: 10.1007/S00382-010-0879-Y  0.743
2010 Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S. SST-north American hydroclimate links in AMIP simulations of the drought working group models: A proxy for the idealized drought modeling experiments Journal of Climate. 23: 2585-2598. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jcli3174.1  0.51
2010 Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S. Great plains precipitation and its SST links in twentieth-century climate simulations, and twenty-first-and twenty-second-century climate projections Journal of Climate. 23: 6409-6429. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jcli3173.1  0.541
2010 Nigam S, Bollasina M. "Elevated heat pump" hypothesis for the aerosol-monsoon hydroclimate link: "Grounded" in observations? Journal of Geophysical Research. 115. DOI: 10.1029/2009Jd013800  0.74
2009 Schubert S, Gutzler D, Wang H, Dai A, Delworth T, Deser C, Findell K, Fu R, Higgins W, Hoerling M, Kirtman B, Koster R, Kumar A, Legler D, Lettenmaier D, ... ... Nigam S, et al. A U.S. Clivar project to assess and compare the responses of global climate models to drought-related SST forcing patterns: Overview and results Journal of Climate. 22: 5251-5272. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jcli3060.1  0.517
2009 Guan B, Nigam S. Analysis of atlantic SST variability factoring interbasin links and the secular trend: Clarified structure of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation Journal of Climate. 22: 4228-4240. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jcli2921.1  0.666
2009 Weaver SJ, Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S. Pentad evolution of the 1988 drought and 1993 flood over the great plains: An NARR perspective on the atmospheric and terrestrial water balance Journal of Climate. 22: 5366-5384. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jcli2684.1  0.528
2009 Chan SC, Nigam S. Residual Diagnosis of Diabatic Heating from ERA-40 and NCEP Reanalyses: Intercomparisons with TRMM Journal of Climate. 22: 414-428. DOI: 10.1175/2008Jcli2417.1  0.363
2009 Nigam S, Chan SC. On the Summertime Strengthening of the Northern Hemisphere Pacific Sea Level Pressure Anticyclone Journal of Climate. 22: 1174-1192. DOI: 10.1175/2008Jcli2322.1  0.538
2009 Bollasina M, Nigam S. Absorbing aerosols and pre-summer monsoon hydroclimate variability over the Indian subcontinent: the challenge in investigating links. Atmospheric Research. 94: 338-344. DOI: 10.1016/J.Atmosres.2009.06.008  0.758
2009 Bollasina M, Nigam S. Indian Ocean SST, evaporation, and precipitation during the South Asian summer monsoon in IPCC-AR4 coupled simulations Climate Dynamics. 33: 1017-1032. DOI: 10.1007/S00382-008-0477-4  0.765
2008 Chang CY, Nigam S, Carton JA. Origin of the springtime westerly bias in equatorial Atlantic surface winds in the community Atmosphere Model version 3 (CAM3) simulation Journal of Climate. 21: 4766-4778. DOI: 10.1175/2008Jcli2138.1  0.514
2008 Bollasina M, Nigam S, Lau K-. Absorbing Aerosols and Summer Monsoon Evolution over South Asia: An Observational Portrayal Journal of Climate. 21: 3221-3239. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jcli2094.1  0.765
2008 Guan B, Nigam S. Pacific sea surface temperatures in the twentieth century: An evolution-centric analysis of variability and trend Journal of Climate. 21: 2790-2809. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jcli2076.1  0.647
2008 Linkin ME, Nigam S. The North Pacific Oscillation-West Pacific teleconnection pattern: Mature-phase structure and winter impacts Journal of Climate. 21: 1979-1997. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jcli2048.1  0.697
2008 Muñoz E, Busalacchi AJ, Nigam S, Ruiz-Barradas A. Winter and summer structure of the Caribbean low-level jet Journal of Climate. 21: 1260-1276. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jcli1855.1  0.588
2008 Karnauskas KB, Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S, Busalacchi AJ. North American droughts in ERA-40 global and NCEP North American Regional Reanalyses: A Palmer drought severity index perspective Journal of Climate. 21: 2102-2123. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jcli1837.1  0.451
2008 Weaver SJ, Nigam S. Variability of the Great Plains Low-Level Jet: Large Scale Circulation Context and Hydroclimate Impacts Journal of Climate. 21: 1532-1551. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jcli1586.1  0.531
2007 Chang CY, Carton JA, Grodsky SA, Nigam S. Seasonal climate of the tropical Atlantic sector in the NCAR community climate system model 3: Error structure and probable causes of errors Journal of Climate. 20: 1053-1070. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli4047.1  0.567
2006 Joseph R, Nigam S. ENSO Evolution and Teleconnections in IPCC’s Twentieth-Century Climate Simulations: Realistic Representation? Journal of Climate. 19: 4360-4377. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli3846.1  0.481
2006 Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S. IPCC's twentieth-century climate simulations: Varied representations of North American hydroclimate variability Journal of Climate. 19: 4041-4058. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli3809.1  0.542
2006 Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S. Great Plains hydroclimate variability: The view from North American Regional Reanalysis Journal of Climate. 19: 3004-3010. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli3768.1  0.558
2006 Nigam S, Ruiz-Barradas A. Seasonal hydroclimate variability over North America in global and regional reanalyses and AMIP simulations: Varied representation Journal of Climate. 19: 815-837. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli3635.1  0.59
2005 Ruiz-Barradas A, Nigam S. Warm season rainfall variability over the U.S. Great Plains in observations, NCEP and ERA-40 reanalyses, and NCAR and NASA atmospheric model simulations Journal of Climate. 18: 1808-1830. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli3343.1  0.545
2004 DeWeaver E, Nigam S. On the Forcing of ENSO Teleconnections by Anomalous Heating and Cooling Journal of Climate. 17: 3225-3235. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3225:Otfoet>2.0.Co;2  0.425
2003 Ruiz-Barradas A, Carton JA, Nigam S. Role of the atmosphere in climate variability of the tropical Atlantic Journal of Climate. 16: 2052-2065. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2052:Rotaic>2.0.Co;2  0.54
2003 Grodsky SA, Carton JA, Nigam S. Near surface westerly wind jet in the Atlantic ITCZ Geophysical Research Letters. 30: OCE 1-1 - OCE 1-4. DOI: 10.1029/2003Gl017867  0.501
2002 DeWeaver E, Nigam S. Linearity in ENSO's Atmospheric Response Journal of Climate. 15: 2446-2461. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2446:Liesar>2.0.Co;2  0.538
2002 Chung C, Nigam S, Carton J. SST-forced surface wind variability in the tropical Atlantic: An empirical model Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107. DOI: 10.1029/2001Jd000324  0.535
2001 Barlow M, Nigam S, Berbery EH. ENSO, Pacific Decadal Variability, and U.S. Summertime Precipitation, Drought, and Stream Flow Journal of Climate. 14: 2105-2128. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<2105:Epdvau>2.0.Co;2  0.477
2000 DeWeaver E, Nigam S. Zonal-Eddy Dynamics of the North Atlantic Oscillation Journal of Climate. 13: 3893-3914. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3893:Zedotn>2.0.Co;2  0.439
2000 Ruiz-Barradas A, Carton JA, Nigam S. Structure of Interannual-to-Decadal climate variability in the tropical Atlantic sector Journal of Climate. 13: 3285-3297. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3285:Soitdc>2.0.Co;2  0.568
2000 Nigam S, Chung C. ENSO Surface Winds in CCM3 Simulation: Diagnosis of Errors Journal of Climate. 13: 3172-3186. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3172:Eswics>2.0.Co;2  0.491
2000 Nigam S, Chung C, DeWeaver E. ENSO Diabatic Heating in ECMWF and NCEP–NCAR Reanalyses, and NCAR CCM3 Simulation Journal of Climate. 13: 3152-3171. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3152:Edhiea>2.0.Co;2  0.445
2000 DeWeaver E, Nigam S. Do Stationary Waves Drive the Zonal-Mean Jet Anomalies of the Northern Winter? Journal of Climate. 13: 2160-2176. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<2160:Dswdtz>2.0.Co;2  0.384
1999 Chung C, Nigam S. Asian Summer Monsoon—ENSO Feedback on the Cane-Zebiak Model ENSO Journal of Climate. 12: 2787-2807. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2787:Asmefo>2.0.Co;2  0.534
1999 Nigam S, Barlow M, Berbery EH. Analysis links pacific decadal variability to drought and streamflow in united states Eos. 80. DOI: 10.1029/99Eo00412  0.538
1999 Chung C, Nigam S. Weighting of geophysical data in Principal Component Analysis Journal of Geophysical Research. 104: 16925-16928. DOI: 10.1029/1999Jd900234  0.313
1998 Barlow M, Nigam S, Berbery EH. Evolution of the North American Monsoon System Journal of Climate. 11: 2238-2257. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2238:Eotnam>2.0.Co;2  0.51
1998 Nigam S, DeWeaver E. Influence of Orography on the Extratropical Response to El Niño Events Journal of Climate. 11: 716-733. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0716:Iooote>2.0.Co;2  0.508
1997 DeWeaver E, Nigam S. Dynamics of Zonal-Mean Flow Assimilation and Implications for Winter Circulation Anomalies. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 54: 1758-1775. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1758:Dozmfa>2.0.Co;2  0.404
1997 Nigam S. The Annual Warm to Cold Phase Transition in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific: Diagnosis of the Role of Stratus Cloud-Top Cooling. Journal of Climate. 10: 2447-2467. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2447:Tawtcp>2.0.Co;2  0.541
1996 Nigam S, Chao Y. Evolution Dynamics of Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Annual Cycle Variability. Journal of Climate. 9: 3187-3205. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<3187:Edotoa>2.0.Co;2  0.559
1995 DeWeaver E, Nigam S. Influence of mountain ranges on the mid-latitude atmospheric response to El Niño events Nature. 378: 706-708. DOI: 10.1038/378706A0  0.443
1994 Nigam S. On the dynamical basis for the Asian summer monsoon rainfall-El Niño relationship Journal of Climate. 7: 1750-1771. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1994)007<1750:Otdbft>2.0.Co;2  0.508
1994 Fennessy M, Kinter J, Kirtman B, Marx L, Nigam S, Schneider E, Shukla J, Straus D, Vernekar A, Xue Y, Zhou J. The Simulated Indian Monsoon: A GCM Sensitivity Study Journal of Climate. 7: 33-43. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1994)007<0033:Tsimag>2.0.Co;2  0.449
1993 Nigam S, Shen H. Structure of Oceanic and Atmospheric Low-Frequency Variability over the Tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans. Part I: COADS Observations Journal of Climate. 6: 657-676. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1993)006<0657:Sooaal>2.0.Co;2  0.562
1990 Nigam S. On the Structure of Variability of the Observed Tropospheric and Stratospheric Zonal-Mean Zonal Wind Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 47: 1799-1813. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1990)047<1799:Otsovo>2.0.Co;2  0.493
1989 Nigam S, Lindzen RS. The sensitivity of stationary waves to variations in the basic state zonal flow Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 46: 1746-1768. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1989)046<1746:Tsoswt>2.0.Co;2  0.405
1989 Held IM, Lyons SW, Nigam S. Transients and the Extratropical Response to El Niño Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 46: 163-174. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1989)046<0163:Tatert>2.0.Co;2  0.408
1988 Nigam S, Held IM, Lyons SW. Linear simulation of the stationary eddies in a GCM. Part II: the "mountain' model Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 45: 1433-1452. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1988)045<1433:Lsotse>2.0.Co;2  0.39
1987 Lindzen RS, Nigam S. On the role of sea surface temperature gradients in forcing low-level winds and convergence in the tropics Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 44: 2418-2436. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1987)044<2418:Otross>2.0.Co;2  0.392
1986 Nigam S, Held IM, Lyons SW. Linear Simulation of the Stationary Eddies in a General Circulation Model. Part I: The No-Mountain Model Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 43: 2944-2961. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1986)043<2944:Lsotse>2.0.Co;2  0.451
1985 Nigam S. On the adequacy of meridional resolution of linear and quasi-linear barotropic models Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 42: 2493-2505. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1985)042<2493:Otaomr>2.0.Co;2  0.382
1983 Nigam S, Held IM. The influence of a Critical latitude on Topographically Forced Stationery Waves in a Barotropic Model Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 40: 2610-2622. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1983)040<2610:Tioacl>2.0.Co;2  0.398
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