Publications
2016
- Shukla, R., and B. Huang, 2016: Interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon associated with the air-sea feedback in the northern Indian Ocean. Clim. Dyn., 46, 1977-1990. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2687-x.
- Hu, Z.-Z., A. Kumar, and B. Huang, 2016: Spatial distribution and the interdecadal change of leading modes of heat budget of the mixed-layer in the tropical Pacific and the association with ENSO. Clim. Dyn., 46, 1753-1768, DOI 10.1007/s00382-015-2672-4.
- Zhu, J., A. Kumar, B. Huang, M. A. Balmaseda, Z.-Z. Hu, L. Marx, and J. L. Kinter III, 2016: The role of off-equatorial surface temperature anomalies in the 2014 El Niño prediction. Scientific Report, 6, 19677, doi:10.1038/srep19677.
2015
- Shin, C.-S. and B. Huang, 2015: Slow and fast annual cycles of the Asian Summer Monsoon in the NCEP CFSv2. Clim. Dyn., (online first), DOI:10.1007/s00382-015-2854-0.
- Shukla, R., and B. Huang, 2015: Mean state and interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon in NCEP CFSv2. Clim. Dyn., (online first), DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2808-6.
- Zhu. J., B. Huang, J.L. Kinter, and A. Kumar, 2015: Seasonality in predictive skill and predictable pattern of the tropical Indian Ocean SST. J. Climate, 28, 7962-7984.
- Zhu, J., A. Kumar, and B. Huang, 2015: The relationship between thermocline depth and SST anomalies in the eastern equatorial Pacific: seasonality and decadal variations. Geophy. Res. Letter, 42, 4507-4515, doi:10.1002/2015GL064220.
- Huang, B., J. Zhu, L. Marx, X. Wu, A. Kumar, Z.-Z. Hu, M. Balmaseda, S. Zhang, J. Lu, E. K. Schneider, J. L. Kinter III, 2015: Climate drift of AMOC, North Atlantic salinity and Arctic sea ice in CFSv2 decadal predictions. Clim. Dyn., 44, 559-583, DOI 10.1007/s00382-014-2395-y.
- Zhu, J., B. Huang, B. Cash, J. L. Kinter III, J. Manganello, R. Barimalala, E. Altshuler, F. Vitart, F. Molteni, P. Towers, 2015: ENSO prediction in Project Minerva: sensitivity to atmospheric horizontal resolution and ensemble size. J. Climate, 28, 2080-2095.
- Zhu, J., A. Kumar, H. Wang, and B. Huang, 2015: Sea surface temperature predictions in NCEP CFSv2 using a simple ocean initialization scheme. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 3176-3191.
- Chen, H.-C., C.-H. Sui, Y.-H. Tseng, and B. Huang, 2015: An analysis of climate oscillations in Pacific subtropical cells. J. Climate, 28, 3786-3805.
- Cash, B., J. L. Kinter III, J. Adams, E. Altshuler, B. Huang, E. Jin, J. Manganello, L. Marx, T. Jung, 2015: Regional structure of the Indian Monsoon in observations, reanalysis, and simulation. J. Climate, 28, 1824-1841.
- Bombardi, R.J., J. Zhu, L. Marx, B. Huang, H. Chen, J. Lu, L. Krishnamurthy, V. Krishnamurthy, I. Colfescu, J. L. Kinter, A. Kumar, Z.-Z. Hu, S. Moorthi, P. Tripp, X. Wu, and E. K. Schneider, 2015: Evaluation of the CFSv2 CMIP5 decadal predictions. Clim. Dyn., 44, 543-557, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2360-9.
2014
- Zhu, J., B. Huang, R.-H. Zhang, Z.-Z. Hu, A. Kumar, M. A. Balmaseda, L. Marx, and J.L. Kinter, 2014: Salinity anomaly as a trigger for ENSO events. Scientific Reports, 4: 6821, | DOI: 10.1038/srep06821.
- Manganello, J. V., K. I. Hodges, B. Dirmeyer, J. L. Kinter, B. A. Cash, L. Marx, T. Jung, D. Achuthavarier, J. M. Adams, E. L. Altshuler, B. Huang, E. K. Jin, C. Stan, P. Towers and N. Wedi, 2014: Future changes in the western North Pacific tropical cyclone activity projected by a multi-decadal simulation with a 16-km global atmospheric GCM. J. Climate, 27, 7622-7646.
- Hu, Z.-Z., A. Kumar, B. Huang, J. Zhu, and Y. Guan, 2014: Prediction skill of North Pacific variability in NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2: Impact of ENSO and beyond. J. Climate, 27, 4263-4272. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00633.1.
- Guan, Y., B. Huang, J. Zhu, Z.-Z. Hu and J.L. Kinter, 2014: Interannual variability of the South Pacific Ocean in observations and simulated by the NCEP Climate Forecast System, version 2. Clim. Dyn., 43, 1141-1157, DOI10.1007/s00382-014-2148-y.
- Guan, Y., J. Zhu, B. Huang, Z.-Z. Hu and J.L. Kinter, 2014: Southern Subtropical Pacific Dipole: A predictable mode on multi-seasonal time scales, J. Climate, 27, 1648-1658.
2013
- Zhu, J., B. Huang, M. A. Balmaseda, J. L. Kinter III, P. Peng, Z.-Z. Hu, and L. Marx, 2013: Improved reliability of ENSO hindcasts with multi-ocean analyses ensemble (MAE) initialization. Clim. Dyn., 41, 2785-2795. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1965-8.
- Zhu, J., B. Huang, Z.-Z. Hu, J.L. Kinter, and L. Marx, 2013: Predicting US summer precipitation using NCEP Climate Forecast System version 2 initialized by multiple ocean analyses. Clim. Dyn., 41, 1941-1954. DOI 10.1007/s00382-013-1785-x.
- Zuo, Z., S. Yang, Z.-Z. Hu, R. Zhang, W. Wang, B. Huang and F. Wang, 2013: Predictable patterns and predictive skills of monsoon precipitation in Northern Hemisphere summer in NCEP CFSv2 reforecasts. Clim. Dyn., 40, 3071-3088, DOI 10.1007/s00382-013-1772-2.
- Hu, Z.-Z., A. Kumar, B. Huang and J. Zhu, 2013: Leading modes of the upper ocean temperature interannual variability along the equatorial Atlantic Ocean in NCEP GODAS. J. Climate, 26, 4649-4663.
- Hu, Z.-Z., A. Kumar, B. Huang, W. Wang, J. Zhu, and C. Wen, 2013: Prediction skill of monthly SST in the North Atlantic Ocean in NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2. Clim. Dyn., 40, 2745-2759, DOI 10.1007/s00382-012-1431-z.
- Zhang, S., M. Winton, A. Rosati, T. Delworth, and B. Huang, 2013: Impact of enthalpy-based ensemble filtering sea ice data assimilation on decadal predictions: simulation with a conceptual pucnocline prediction model. J. Climate, 26, 2368-2378.
- Cai, M., and B. Huang, 2013a: A new look at the physics of Rossby Waves: A mechanical-Coriolis oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 303-316.
- Cai, M., and B. Huang, 2013b: A dissection of energetics of the geostrophic flow: reconciliation of Rossby wave energy flux and group velocity. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 2179-2196.
- Kinter, J. L., B. Cash, D. Achuthavarier, J. Adams, E. Altshuler, P. Dirmeyer, B. Doty, B. Huang, L. Marx, J. Manganello, C. Stan, T. Wakefield, E. Jin, T. Palmer, M. Hamrud, T. Jung, M. Miller, P. Towers, N. Wedi, M. Satoh, H. Tomita, C. Kodama, T. Nasuno, K. Oouchi, Y. Yamada, H. Taniguchi, P. Andrews, T. Baer, M. Ezell, C. Halloy, D. John, B. Loftis, R. Mohr, and K. Wong, 2013: Revolutionizing Climate Modeling - Project Athena, 2013: A Multi-Institutional, International Collaboration. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94, 231-245.
2012
- Huang, B., Z.-Z. Hu, E.K. Schneider, Z. Wu, Y. Xue, B. Klinger, 2012: Influences of tropical-extratropical interaction on the multidecadal AMOC variability in the NCEP Climate Forecast System. Clim. Dyn., 39, 531-555 (DOI 10.1007/s00382-011-1258-z).
- Huang, B., Z.-Z. Hu, J. L. Kinter III, Z. Wu, and A. Kumar, 2012: Connection of stratospheric QBO with global atmospheric general circulation and tropical SST. Part I: Methodology and composite life cycle. Clim. Dyn., 38, 1-23, DOI 10.1007/s00382-011-1250-7.
- Hu, Z.-Z., B. Huang, J. L. Kinter III, Z. Wu, and A. Kumar, 2012: Connection of stratospheric QBO with global atmospheric general circulation and tropical SST. Part II: Interdecadal variations. Clim. Dyn., 38, 25-43, DOI 10.1007/s00382-011-1073-6.
- Kumar, A., M. Chen, L. Zhang, W. Wang, Y. Xue, C. Wen, L. Marx, and B. Huang, 2012: An analysis of the nonstationarity in the bias of sea surface temperature forecasts for the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFS) version 2. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 3003-3016.
- Zhu, J., B. Huang, and Z. Wu, 2012: The role of ocean dynamics in the interaction between the Atlantic meridional and equatorial modes. J. Climate, 25, 3583-3598.
- Zhu, J., B. Huang and M. Balmaseda, 2012: An ensemble estimation of the variability of upperocean heat content over the tropical Atlantic Ocean with multi-ocean reanalysis products. Clim. Dyn., 39, 1001-1020, DOI 10.1007/s00382-011-1189-8.
- Zhu, J., B. Huang, L. Marx, J. L. Kinter III, M. A. Balmaseda, R.-H. Zhang, and Z.-Z. Hu, 2012: Ensemble ENSO hindcasts initialized from multiple ocean analyses. Geophy. Res. Lett., 39, L09602, DOI:10.1029/2012GL051503.
- Dirmeyer, P. A. B. A. Cash, J. L. Kinter III, T. Jung, L. Marx, M. Satoh, C. Stan, H. Tomita, P. Towers, N. Wedi, D. Achuthavarier, J. M. Adams, E. L. Altshuler, B. Huang, E. K. Jin, and J. Manganello, 2012: Simulating the diurnal cycle of rainfall in global climate models: Resolution versus parameterization. Clim. Dyn., 39, 399-418 (DOI 10.1007/s00382-011-1127-9).
- Manganello, J.V., K.I. Hodges, J.L. Kinter, B.A. Cash, L. Marx, T. Jung, D. Achuthavarier, J.M. Adams, E.L. Altshuler, B. Huang, E.K. Jin, C. Stan, P. Towers, and N. Wedi., 2012: Tropical cyclone climatology in a 10-km global atmospheric GCM: toward weather resolving climate modeling. J. Climate, 25, 3867-3893.
- Achuthavarier, D., V. Krishnamurthy, B. Kirtman, and B. Huang, 2012: Role of Indian Ocean in the ENSO-Indian summer monsoon teleconnection in the NCEP Climate Forecast System. J. Climate, 25, 2490-2508.
- Hu, Z.-Z., A. Kumar, B. Jha, and B. Huang, 2012: An analysis of forced and internal variability in a warmer climate in CCSM3. J. Climate, 25, 2356-2373.
- Hu, Z.-Z., A. Kumar, B. Jha, W. Wang, Bohua Huang, and Boyin Huang, 2012: An analysis of warm pool and cold tongue El Niño events: coupled interactions, atmospheric response, and recent trends. Climate Dyn., 38, 2017-2035, DOI 10.1007/s00382-011-1224-9.
2011
- Pan, X., B. Huang, and J. Shukla, 2011: The influence of mean climate on the equatorial Pacific seasonal cycle and ENSO: simulation and prediction experiments using CCSM3. Clim. Dyn., 37, 325-341, DOI 10.1007/s00382-010-0923-y.
- Hu, Z.-Z., A. Kumar, B. Huang, Y. Xue, and W. Wang, 2011: Persistent Oceanic anomalies in the North Atlantic from summer 2009 to spring 2010. J. Climate, 24, 5812-5830.
- Gao, H., S. Yang, A. Kumar, Z.-Z. Hu, B. Huang, Y. Li, and B. Jha, 2011: Variations of the East Asian Mei-yu and simulations and prediction by the NCEP Climate Forecast System. J. Climate, 24, 94-108.
- Hu, Z.-Z., B. Huang, Y.-T. Hou, W. Wang, F. Yang, C. Stan, and E. K. Schneider, 2011: Sensitivity of tropical mean climate to prescribed low-level clouds in the NCEP CFS. Clim. Dyn., 36, 1795-1811, DOI 10.1007/s00382-010-0797-z.
2009
- Hu, Z.-Z., and B. Huang, 2009: Interferential Impact of ENSO and PDO on dry and wet conditions in the U. S. Great Plains. J. Climate, 22, 6047-6065.
- Hu, Z.-Z., B. Huang, and K. Pegion, 2009: Biases and the most predictable patterns in the NCEP CFS over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. In The Atlantic and Indian Oceans: New Oceanographic Research, edited by Edward S. Askew and James P. Bromley, Science Publishers, Inc., New York, USA (ISBN: 978-1-60692-475-4), pp.1-15.
- Liang, J., S. Yang, Z.-Z. Hu, B. Huang, A. Kumar, and Z. Zhang, 2009: Predictable patterns of the Asian and Indo-Pacific summer precipitation in NCEP CFS. Clim. Dyn., 32, 989-1001, DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0420-8.
- Manganello, J.V., and B. Huang, 2009: The influence of systematic errors in the Southeast Pacificon ENSO variability and prediction in a coupled GCM. Clim. Dyn., 32, 1015-1034, DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0407-5.
2008
- Huang, B., and J. Shukla, 2008: Interannual variability of the South Indian Ocean in observations and a coupled model. Ind. J, Mar. Sci., 38, 13-34.
- Hu, Z.-Z., B. Huang, and K. Pegion, 2008a: Low cloud error over the southeastern Atlantic in the NCEP CFS and their association with lower-tropospheric stability and air-sea interaction. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D12114, DOI 10.1029/2007JD009514.
- Hu, Z.-Z., B. Huang, and K. Pegion, 2008b: Leading patterns of the tropical Atlantic variability in a coupled general circulation model. Clim. Dyn., 30, 703-726; DOI10.1007/s00382.007.0318x.
2007
- Huang, B., Z.-Z. Hu, and B., Jha, 2007: Evolution of model systematic errors in the tropical Atlantic basin from coupled climate hindcasts. Clim. Dyn., 28, 661-682, DOI:10.1007/s00382-006-0223-8.
- Huang, B., and Z.-Z. Hu, 2007: Cloud-SST feedback in southeastern tropical Atlantic anomalous events. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C03015, doi:10.1029/2006JC003626.
- Huang, B., and J. Shukla, 2007a: On the mechanisms for the interannual variability in the tropical Indian Ocean, Part I: The role of remote forcing from tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 20, 2917-2936.
- Huang, B., and J. Shukla, 2007b: On the mechanisms for the interannual variability in the tropical Indian Ocean, Part II: Regional processes. J. Climate, 20, 2937-2960.
- Hu, Z.-Z., and B. Huang, 2007a: The predictive skill and the most predictable pattern in the tropical Atlantic: The effect of ENSO. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 1786-1806.
- Hu, Z.-Z., and B. Huang, 2007b: Physical processes associated with tropical Atlantic SST gradient: The anomalous evolution in the southeastern ocean. J. Climate, 20, 3366-3378.
2006
- Hu, Z.-Z., and B. Huang, 2006a: Air-sea coupling in the North Atlantic during summer. Clim. Dyn., 26, 441-457, doi: 10.1007/s00382-005-0094-4.
- Hu, Z.-Z., and B. Huang, 2006b: On the significance of the relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation in early winter and Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12103, doi: 10.1029/2005JD006339.
- Hu, Z.-Z., and B. Huang, 2006c: Physical processes associated with tropical Atlantic meridional SST gradient. J. Climate, 19, 5500-5518.
- Klinger, B., B. Huang, B.P. Kirtman, P. Schopf, J. Wang, 2006: Monthly climatology of friction velocity cubed from SSM/I wind data. J. Climate, 19, 5700-5708.
2005
- Huang, B., and J. Shukla, 2005: The ocean-atmospheric interactions in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate, 18, 1652-1672.
2004
- Jury, M.R., and B. Huang, 2004: The Rossby wave as a key mechanism of Indian Ocean climate variability. Deep Sea Res, I, 51, 2123-2136.
- Huang, B., P.S. Schopf, and J. Shukla, 2004: Intrinsic ocean-atmosphere variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate, 17, 2058-2077.
- Huang, B., 2004: Remotely forced variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Clim. Dyn., 23, 133-152, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0443-8.
2002
- Huang, B., P.S. Schopf, and Z.Pan, 2002: The ENSO effect on the tropical Atlantic variability: a regionally coupled model study. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 2039, doi:10.1029/2002GL014872.
- Huang, B., and J.L. Kinter III, 2002: The interannual variability in the tropical Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 107(C11), 3199, doi: 10:1029/2001JC001278.
- Huang, B., J.L. Kinter III, and P.S. Schopf, 2002: An ocean data assimilation system with intermittent analyses and continuous model error correction. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 19, 965-992.
2001
- Zhu, Z., E.K. Schneider, and B. Huang, 2001: Experimental ENSO predictions with a CGCM: A comparison of two different approaches. p819-840, Dynamics of Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation and Climate, Ed: Bin Wang, China Meteorological Press.
1999
- Schneider, E.K., B. Huang, Z. Zhu, D.G. DeWitt, J.L. Kinter III, B.P. Kirtman, and J. Shukla, 1999: Ocean data assimilation, initialization, and predictions of ENSO with a coupled GCM. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 1187-1207.
1997
- Huang, B., and J. Shukla, 1997a: An examination of AGCM simulated surface wind stress and low level winds over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 985-998.
- Huang, B., and J. Shukla, 1997b: Characteristics of interannual and decadal variability in a general circulation model of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 1693-1712.
- Kirtman, B.P., J. Shukla, B. Huang, Z. Zhu, and E.K. Schneider, 1997: Multiseasonal predictions with a coupled tropical ocean global atmosphere system. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 789-808.
- Schneider, E.K., Z. Zhu, B.S. Giese, B. Huang, B.P. Kirtman, J. Shukla, J.A. Carton, 1997: Annual cycle and ENSO in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 680-702.
1996
- Huang, B., and J. Shukla, 1996: A comparison of two surface wind stress analyses over the tropical Atlantic during 1980-87. J. Climate, 9, 906-927.
1995
- Huang, B., J.A. Carton, and J.Shukla, 1995: A numerical simulation of the variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, 1980-88. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 835-854.
- Huang, B., and E.K. Schneider, 1995: The response of an ocean general circulation model to surface wind stress produced by an atmospheric general circulation model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 3059-3085.
- Schneider, E.K., B. Huang, and J. Shukla, 1995: Ocean wave dynamics and El Niño. J.Climate, 8, 2415-2439.
1994
- Carton, J.A., and B. Huang, 1994: Warm events in the tropical Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 888-903.