Professor
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
& School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
E-Mail: pjw@eas.gatech.edu
Phone: 404-894-1748
Fax: 404-894-3928
School of
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Earth Science & Technology Building, Room 3216
311 Ferst Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0355
EDUCATION
| 1972 | Ph.D. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1964 | B.S. | The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
| 2002- | Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2000-2002 | Professor, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado |
| 1992-2000 | Director and Professor, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado |
| 1983-1992 | Professor of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University |
| 1990-1991 | Visiting Scientist, European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Visiting Professor, University of Reading |
| 1977-1983 | Principal Research Scientist, Division of Atmospheric Physics, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1982-1983 | Haltiner Chair Professor, Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California |
| 1979-1983 | Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics, Monash |
| 1981-1982 | Visiting Professor, TATA Institute of Fundamental Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India |
| 1973-1977 | Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A. |
| 1972-1973 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A. |
HONORS AND AWARDS
| 2007 | Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award: Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2005 | Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 2004 | Carl Gustav Rossby Research award, Americam Meterological Society |
| 2003 | Adrian Gill Medal: Royal Society |
| 2000 | Fellow: American Geophysical Union |
| 1999 | National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award |
| 1995 | American Meteorological Society Special Award |
| 1990 | The Jule G. Charney Award, The American Meteorological Society |
| 1990 | National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award |
| 1990 | Senior Humboldt Research Award: The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| 1989 | The Wilson Research Award, The Pennsylvania State University |
| 1984 | Fellow, American Meteorological Society |
| 1984 | Fellow: Royal Meteorological Society |
COMMITTEES
| 2006- | Member: NRC Research Associateship Programs on the Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Panel |
| 2006- | Presidential Climate Change Science Program's (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3 |
| 2005-2006 | AGU committee of experts on the rebuilding of New Orleans |
| 2004-2005 | Member: NOAA Hurricane Intensity Committee |
| 2001-2005 | Co-chair, CLIVAR Asian - Australian Monsoon Panel |
| 2001 | Co-convener, NCAR summer colloquium (with A. M. Moore) "Tropical Atmosphere and Oceans", July 9-23 |
| 2000 | Director and Principal Scientist: Climate Forecast Applications in Bangladesh (CFAB) project |
| 1999- | Director and Principal Scientist: Climate Forecast Applications in Bangladesh (CFAB) project |
| 1999- | Member, Asian-Australian Monsoon Working Group, National Research Council, Washington, DC |
| 1998- | Advisor: Indian Ocean Climate Initiative, Western Australian Government |
| 1998-1999 | Member: International Research Institute Advisory Board (Modeling) |
| 1998-1999 | Member: Climate Reseach Committee, National Academy of Science |
| 1998 | Organizer and Program Chair: Workshop on the Asian-Autralian Monsoon, St. Michaels, Maryland. July |
| 1994-1998 | Chair, National Academy of Sciences Global Ocean Atmosphere Land System Panel |
| 1997-1999 | Member: USGCRP Committee (ex officio) |
| 1997 | Nominating Committee: American Meteorological Society |
| 1994- | Member: DOE/ARM Tropical Western Pacific Site Advisory Committee |
| 1995 | Chair: Scientific Organizing Committee; WCRP International TOGA Conference, Melbourne, Australia, April |
| 1996- | Member: WCRP CLIVAR Working Group on the Asian-Australasian Monsoons |
| 1994-1998 | Member of the White House Review Committee on the US Global Climate Research Program |
| 1993-1998 | Member, WCRP CLIVAR Committee |
| 1993 | Co-convener (with R. Lukas): TOGA COARE Session, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December |
| 1993 | Co-convener (with G. Holland): Predictability of Low Frequency Systems: IAMAP Meeting, Yokahama, Japan, July |
| 1989-1994 | Chairperson, US TOGA COARE Panel |
| 1988-1994 | Co-chairperson, US TOGA COARE Science Working Group |
| 1985-1991 | Chairperson, WCRP TOGA Scientific Steering Group |
| 1983-1987 | Member, ICSU/WMO Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) |
| 1982-1995 | Member, WCRP TOGA Scientific Steering Group |
| 1984-1986 | Member, National Academy of Science TOGA Panel |
| 1984-1990 | Member, Executive Committee NASA STEP Project |
| 1977-1983 | Member, International Commission on Dynamic Meteorology |
| 1987-1988 | Chairman, AMS Committee on Climate Variations |
| 1979-1982 | Member, Australian Academy of Science Committee on Climate of Australia and New Zealand |
| 1974-1980 | Member of the International Monsoon Experiment (MONEX) Steering Group. |
EDITORSHIPS
| 1999 | Associate Editor: Encyclopedia of Atmopsheric Sciences: Academic press |
| 1998 | Guest Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres & Oceans ). Special TOGA Decade Edition |
| 1995 | Editor of the TOGA Volumes: The Proceedings of the International TOGA Conference. Melbourne, Australia, April 1-7 |
| 1989 | Guest Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres & Oceans) |
| 1986-1990 | Associate Editor of the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences |
| 1983-1986 | Chief Editor, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences |
PhD GRADUATES, Theses and Current Positions
| 2007 | Jian, Jun, "Predictability of current and future multi-river discharge: The Ganges, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, Blue Nile and Murray-Darling Rivers." Georgia Tech Research Associate. |
| 2006 | Hoyos, Carlos, "Intraseasonal variability in the monsoon regions: Understanding and prediction." Georgia Tech, Research Scientist II. |
| 2005 | Hopson, Thomas, "Operational Flood forecasting for Bangladesh." Postdoc., NCAR. |
| 2004 | Halkides, Daria, (with Prof. Weiqing Han) "The effects of the seasonal cycle on the development and termination of the Indian Ocean Zonal Mode." Scientist, NASA JPL. |
| 2002 | Sahami, Kamran, "Aspects of the heat balance of the Indian Ocean on intra-annual and interannual time scales." Postdoc. CIRES, University of Colorado. |
| 2000 | Oefkle-Clark, C., "Influence of SSTs on the Littoral Zones of the Indian Ocean," Postdoc. Postdoc., University of Colorado and Florida State University |
| 1999 | Lawrence, D., "Intraseasonal variability of the South Asian monsoon." Postdoc: U. Reading: UK |
| 1998 | Loschnigg, J., "On the heat balance of the Indian Ocean," Research Associate: U. Hawaii. Congressional Fellow |
| 1998 | Quan, X-. W., "Interannual variability associated with ENSO: Seasonal dependence and interdecadal change." Res. Assoc. NOAA/CRC |
| 1998 | Wheeler, M., "Convectively-coupled equatorial waves." Senior Research Associate, BMRC, Australia |
| 1997 | Compo, G., "Modulation of East-Asian pressure surges." Res. Assoc. NOAA/CRC |
| 1997 | Torrence, C., "The El Nino-Southern Oscillation: Interannual predictability and interdecadal variability." Res. Scientist. RSI |
| 1997 | Fasullo, J., "Analysis and Interpretation of tropical intraseasonal variability." Res. Assoc. PAOS/CU |
| 1997 | Duane, G., "Atmospheric self-organization: A thermodynamic view and a dynamical systems view." Postdoc: NCAR |
| 1994 | Tomas, R, "A Horizontal and vertical structure of cross-equatorial wave propagation." Res. Assoc. PAOS/CU |
| 1994 | Dixit, S., "Mean flow and interannual variability in the Pacific Ocean." |
| 1993 | Reynolds, C., "Regional sources of error growth in the National Meteorological Center's Medium-Range Forecast model." Res. Scientist, Naval Res. Lab. |
| 1991 | Wainer, I., "Monsoon-ENSO relationships." Assoc. Prof. Univ. San Paulo, Brazil |
| 1990 | Yang, S., "Atmospheric teleconnections: Emphasis on the El Nino-Southern Oscillation and monsoons." Senior Res. Sci. NASA/Goddard |
| 1990 | Tilley, J. S., "On the application of edge-wave theory to terrain-bounded cold surges: A numerical study." Res. Assoc. Univ. Alaska |
| 1989 | Zhang, C., "Equatorially trapped waves in varying basic states: Structures and lateral forcing processes." Asso. Prof. Univ. Miami |
| 1978 | Lau, K. M., "A large scale ocean-atmosphere interaction model." Branch Head (Acting), NASA/Goddard |
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
| Toma, Violetta | PhD Candidate. Tropical dynamics (2007) |
| Viera, Sara | PhD Candidate. Ocean modeling (2008) |
| Zuluaga, Manuel | PhD Candidate. Monsoon modeling (2010) |
| Widlansky, Matthew | PhD Candidate. Climate diagnostics (2010) |
RESEARCH GROUP ASSOCIATES
| 2006- | Carlos Hoyos, CU/GT (Research Scientist II) |
| 1991- | Hai-Ru Chang, PSU (Senior Research Associate) |
| 2003-2005 | Dan Collins, NYU (Research Scientist) |
| 2003-2004 | Claire M Cosgrove, UVA (Research Scientist) |
| 1999-2002 | Weiqing Han, NOVA (Postdoctoral Fellow) |
| 1995-2002 | Robert Tomas, PSU (Research Associate) |
| 1999-2002 | John Fasullo, CU (Research Associate) |
| 1997-2003 | Robert Grossman, CSU (Senior Research Associate) |
| 1999-2000 | David Lawrence, CU (Research Associate) |
| 1999-2000 | Paquita Zuidema, CU (Research Associate) |
| 1995-1997 | Brian Mapes, UW (Postdoctoral Fellow) |
FIELD EXPERIMENTS
| 1999- | JASMINE: (Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment). Lead scientist and principal investigator. Participant in field phase. JASMINE was an international experiment in the eastern Indian ocean measuring the interaction of the ocean and the atmosphere |
| 1992-1995 | TOGA COARE: (Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment) Lead Scientists & Principal Investigator, Co-Chairperson of the TOGA COARE Science Working Group, Chairman of the TOGA COARE Panel. TOGA COARE culminated in a four month field phase in the western Pacific Ocean involving 19 nations and a $50m budget. |
| 1987-1988 | EMEX: (Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment) Lead Scientist. A joint US-Australian-UK experiment investigating strong convective storms of the winter monsoon. |
| 1978-1979 | MONEX (Monsoon Experiment) Member of the MONEX Scientific steering Group, Lead Scientist, Winter MONEX. |
RECENT INVITED LECTURES
| 2007 | San Francisco, CA | Changes in the discharge of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Nile and Yangtze rivers during the next century. AGU Annual Winter meeting. Invited lecture. |
| 2007 | San Francisco, CA | Forecasting flooding in the Brahmaputra and Ganges delta on short (1-10 days) medium (20-30 days) and seasonal time scales (1-6 months). AGU Annual Winter meeting. Invited lecture. |
| 2007 | Acalpulco, Mexico | Interactions between climate and tropical cyclones. The Jule Charney Lecture. American Geophysical Union. May 5 |
| 2006 | San Francisco, CA | Monsoon variability and hydrology of South Asia. AGU Annual Winter meeting. Invited talk, December 11-15 |
| 2006 | San Francisco, CA | Role of Hurricanes in the Global Heat Balance. AGU Annual Winter meeting. Invited talk, December 11-15 |
| 2006 | San Francisco, CA | Expanding tropical warm pool: Increased tropical cyclone season length and storm duration. AGU Annual Winter meeting. Invited talk, December 11-15 |
| 2006 | Tallahassee, FL | Sustainability in a warming world. Inaugural Baum Library Lecture. |
| 2006 | Raleigh, NC | Environmental tipping points and hurricanes in a warming world. NCS College of Science Alumni Keynote Speaker. October 13 |
| 2006 | Atlanta, GA | Environmental and social tipping points in warming world. Georgia Tech. Alumi Association. October 27 |
| 2006 | Atlanta, GA | Three-tiered hydrometeorological Forecasting: A useful system for the developing world with ungauged river basins. American Meteorological Society annual meeting. |
| 2006 | Atlanta, GA | Mixing politics and science: American Meteorological Society annual meeting. (Invited paper) |
| 2006 | Treiste, Italy | Empirical forecasting of the Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillation. International Centre for Theoretical Physics. March |
| 2005 | Tallahassee, FL | Briefing of Gov. J. Bush on hurricane risk in Florida. |
| 2005 | New York, NY | The frequency, duration and intensity of hurricanes in a warming world. Keynote address: Environmental Defense. November 7 |
| 2005 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Briefing to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Office: The Climate Forecast Application Project for Bangladesh. August 24 |
| 2005 | Cairns, Australia | The coupled monsoon system. Dynamic Planet 2005. IAPSO/IAG. August 22-23 |
| 2005 | Irvine, CA | Modeling intraseasonal variability of the monsoon. GEWEX Special Conference on Monsoon predictability. June 11-12 |
| 2005 | Athens, Greece | Slow Manifold modeling and the reduction of erros in convective parameterizations. GEWEX Cloud Systems Studies (GCSS) May 12-20 |
| 2005 | Hobart, Australia | State of predictability of the intraseasonal variability of the Indian monsoon. Indian Ocean Panel, March 30 |
| 2005 | Hawaii | Monsoon prediction using Bayesian and slow manifold modeling. IPRC, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 11 |
| 2005 | Hawaii | The coupled ocean-atmosphere monsoon. AGU Chapman Conference, Honolulu Hawaii, February 10 |
| 2005 | New Delhi, India | Regulation of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system. MONEX-25 |
| 2005 | New Delhi, India | Modeling monsoon intraseasonal variability with Bayesian and slow manifold modeling. National centre for medium Range Weather Forecasting: Feb 1 |
| 2005 | San Diego, CA | American Meteorological Society |
| 2004 | Hangzhou, PRC | Experimental three-tier overlapping prediction. WMO Forecasters Conference. November 2004 |
| 2004 | Hangzhou, PRC | Overview of the physics of the monsoon. WMO Forecasters Conference. November 2004 |
| 2004 | Baltimore, Maryland | Monsoons (with J. Slingo and R. Mechoso). CLIVAR International Science Conference. June |
| 2004 | Miami, FL | AMS conference |
| 2004 | Charlottesville, VA | Monsoons in a Warming World: Moore Lecture, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia. April 7. |
| 2004 | Pune, India | Intraseasonal variability of the monsoon: processes and prediction (keynote address: February . |
| 2003 | Melbourne, Australia | Empirical forecasting of monsoon intraseasonal variability and the utility to numerical prediction. Convection Conference BMRC October, 2003 |
| 2003 | ECMWF, Reading UK | Intraseasonal variability. Invited talk, ECMWF , Reading , UK.Workshop on Madden-Julian Oscillation. November (This is my first time on this committee). |
| 2003 | Denver , CO | Monsoons in a warming world: Racing with the 4 horsemen. (with B. A. Webster). Invited paper AAAS annual meeting. |
| 2003 | Long Beach CA | Coupled ocean-atmosphere aspects of the monsoon intraseasonal variability and consequences forprediction. AMS annual meeting Invited paper. February 11. |
| 2003 | New Delhi, India | Forecasting monsoon variability on 20-25 day time scales: UNDP New Delhi, India |
| 2003 | Bangkok, Thailand | Forecasting monsoon variability on 20-25 day timescales. GEWEX Scientific Steering Group. |
| 2003 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | The Climate Forecasting Applications in Bangladesh (CFAB) Plenary seminar. National Consortium meeting. January 17-18. |
| 2002 | Reading, UK | ECMWF Annual Seminar:Dynamics of the monsoon and the forecasting of deltaic floods in Bangladesh. November. |
| 2001 | Boulder | NCAR summer colloquium: ("Tropical Atmosphere and Oceans": Four lectures on the dynamics of low latitudes, wave propagation and monsoons. July 9-20. |
| 2001 | Seattle, WA | "The monsoon as a coupled ocean-atmosphere system". Invited seminar: Dept. Atmos. Sci., University of Washington. |
| 2001 | New Delhi, India | "The physics of the monsoon". Invited address International Colloquium on Monsoons, March 21 |
| 2001 | Reading, UK | "The monsoon".Invited seminar: Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. February 19. |
| 2001 | London, UK | "The monsoon as a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomena". Invited seminar at the Royal Society, London. February 20. |
| 2001 | Southhampton, UK | The monsoon as a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomena". Invited seminar: Southhampton Oceanographic Institute, February 21. |
| 2001 | Reading, UK | "Preliminary results from the Joint Air Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment: JASMINE". European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. February 22. |
| 2000 | Fort Collins, CO | "Monsoons, Part 2:A theoretical view of the monsoon as a self-regulating coupled ocean-atmosphere system." November. |
| 2000 | Perth, Australia | "Predictability in the Australian sector resulting from the coupled ocean-atmosphere nature of the Indian Ocean monsoon." Workshop on Sustained Observations of Climate in the Indian Ocean (SOCIO), November 13-15. |
| 2000 | Perth, Australia | "A case for sustained climate observations in the Indian Ocean: Emphasis on intraseaonal variability." Indian Ocean Climate Initiative (IOCI 2000), November 9-10. |
| 2000 | Venice, Italy | "Coupled ocean-atmosphere processes in the Indian Ocean: Intraseasonal to interannual. "Conference on The Shallow Tropical/Subtropical Overturning Cells and Their Interaction With the Atmosphere. October 9-13: Presentation given by Dr. Weiqing Han. |
| 2000 | Cambridge, UK | "Monsoons at the millennium." Royal Society Conference on Meteorology at the Millennium. Cambridge, England. |
| 2000 | Honolulu, HW | "The Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment (JASMINE): A Review." Presentation to the International WMO/WCRP CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group. May 2-3. |
| 2000 | Oracle, AZ | "Abrupt climate change: A tropical perspective," NRC/CRC Abrupt Change Panel, April 6-7. |
| 2000 | Fort Collins, CO | "Monsoons, Part 1: An observational perspective," Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Feb. 24. |
| 2000 | Honolulu, HW | "The Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment (JASMINE): A Review," CLIVAR Extended Observation Program, January 27-Feb. 4. |
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Webster, P. J., T. Hopson, C. Hoyos, A. Subbiah, H-. R. Chang, R. Grossman, 2006: A three-tier overlapping prediction scheme: Tools for strategic and tactical decisions in the developing world. In Predictability of Weather and Climate, Ed. T. N. Palmer, Cambridge University Press. pp. 645-673.
Webster, P. J, 2006: The coupled monsoon system. In The Asian Monsoon. Editor Bin Wang, p 3-66.
Webster, P. J., 2004: The Elementary Hadley Circulation. The Hadley Circulation: Past, Present and Future.Editors: H. Diaz and R.Bradley. Cambridge University Press. pp. 9-60.
Webster, P. J., and J. Fasullo:, 2003: Monsoon: Dynamical Theory. Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences. Eds. J. Holton and J. A. Curry. Academic Press, pp. 1370-1385.
Tomas, R. A. and P. J. Webster:, 2003: Tropical Meteorology: Overview and Theory, Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences. Eds. J. Holton and J. A. Curry. Academic Press, pp. 2306-2313.
Webster, P. J., C. Clark, G. Chirikova, J. Fasullo, W. Han, J. Loschnigg, and K. Sahami, 2002: "The Monsoon as a self-regulating coupled ocean-atmosphere system." Meteorology at the Millennium. Academic Press, pp. 198-219.
Han, W. and P. J. Webster, 2001: Interannual Variability of Sea Level in the Arabian Sea: Remote Versus Local Wind Forcing. Dynamics of Atmospheric-Oceanic Circulations and Climate, Eds. IAP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Meteorological Press, pp. 461-474, 872pp.
Webster, P. J., A. Moore and J. A. Curry, 2000: The Tropical Atmosphere and Oceans. In preparation.
Webster, P. J., R. A. Houze Jr. and J. A. Curry, 2000: Tropical Meteorology and Climate. International Geophysics Series. Academic press, (under contract).
Curry, J. A. and P. J. Webster, 1998: Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. International Geophysics Series, Academic press, Volume 65, 471 pp.16
Webster, P. J. and J. A. Curry, 1998: "The ocean and the weather". Scientific American, September, 38-47.
Curry, J.A. and P.J. Webster, 1998: Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. Academic Press, London, 467 pp.
Webster, P. J., S. Yang, I. Wainer and S. Dixit, 1992: "Processes Involved in Monsoon Variability, Physical Processes". Atmospheric Models, (Eds. D. R. Sikka and S. S. Singh), Wiley Eastern (New Delhi), 492-500.
Webster, P. J., 1989: Great Events, Grand Experiments: Man's Study of the Variable Climate. Part III: Exploring Climate's Boiler-box. Earth and Mineral Sciences, 58, 46-51
Webster, P. J., 1987: "The Elementary Monsoon". Monsoons, J. Wiley Co., (Eds., Fein and Stephens), 3-32.
Webster, P. J., 1987: "The Variable and Interactive Monsoon". Monsoons, J. Wiley Co., (Eds., Fein and Stephens), 269-330.
Webster, P. J., 1986: Great Events, Grand Experiments: Man's Study of the Variable Climate. Part II: Prospects of a Warming Earth." Earth and Mineral Sciences, 55, 21-24.
Webster, P. J., 1985: Great Events, Grand Experiments: Man's Study of the Variable Climate. Part I: Interannual Variability. Earth and Mineral Sciences, 55, 3-5.
Webster, P. J., and G. L. Stephens, 1984: Cloud-Radiation Feedback and the Climate Problem. The Global Climate, (Ed., J. Houghton), Cambridge University Press, 63-78.
Webster, P. J., 1983: "The Large Scale Structure of the Tropical Atmosphere." General Circulation of the Atmosphere (Eds., Hoskins and Pearce), Academic Press, 235-275.
Webster, P. J., 1981: "Monsoon." Scientific American, 108-118.
Webster, P. J., and G. L. Stephens, 1980: Gleaning CO2-Climate Relationships from Model Calculations. Carbon Dioxide, Australian Academy of Science (Ed., G. I. Pearman), Canberra.
Webster, P. J., 1980: "A Model of the Seasonally Varying Planetary Scale Monsoon." Monsoon Dynamics, (Eds., Lighthill and Pearce), Cambridge University Press, 165-192.
Webster, P. J., 1973: Aspects of the Climate of the Southern Hemisphere. Climate of the Arctic, University of Alaska Press, University of Alaska, 190-203.
Webster, P. J., and N. A. Streten, 1972: Aspects of Late Quaternary Climate in Tropical Australasia. Bridge and Barrier: The Natural and Cultural History of Torres Strait, (Editor, D. Walker), Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 39-.61
SUBMITTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Hopson, T. M., P. J. Webster, 2007: Producing Reliable and Skillful Hydrologic Ensemble Forecasts for the Country of Bangladesh. Water Resources (invited paper)
Agudelo, P., C. Hoyos, P. J. Webster, J. A. Curry, 2007: Understanding the poor simulation and prediction of intraseasonal variability by numerical models. Submitted to Climate Dyn.
Hopson, T. M., P. J. Webster, 2007: Medium-range probabilistic river discharge forecasts for the Ganges and Brahmaputra: A template for extended hydrological flood forecasting. Submitted to J. Hydromet.
Belanger, J. J. , B. Miller, A. Curry, P.J. Webster, 2007: Recent increase in tornadoes spawned by U.S. landfalling tropical cyclones In revision J. Appl. Met. Clim.
Jian, J., P. J. Webster, C. Hoyos, 2007: Intraseasonal and interannual variability of Ganges and Brahmaputra river discharge. Submitted to Quar. J. R. Met. Soc.
Toma, V. and P. J. Webster, 2007: Oscillations of the intertropical convergence zone. In revision J. Atmos. Sci.
Webster, P. J., T. M. Hopson, C. Hoyos. J. Jian, 2007: Forecasting the Brahmaputra floods of 2007 using a new meteorological-hydrological probabilistic model. Submitted to Science.
REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Han, W., P. J. Webster, J-. J Lin, W. T. Liu, R. Fu, D. Yang, and A Hu, 2008: Dynamics of intraseasonal sea level and thermocline variability in the equatorial Atlantic dring 2002-2003. In press, J. Phys. Ocean.
Kim, H-M, C. D. Hoyos, P. J. Webster, I-S. Kang, 2007: Sensitivity of MJO simulation and predictability to sea surface temperature variability. In press J. Clim.
Han, W., P. J. Webster, J-L Lin, W. T. Liu, 2007: Dynamics of intraseasonal sea level and thermocline variability in the equatorial Atlantic during 2002-2003. In press J. Clim.
Holland, G. J., and P. J. Webster, 2007: Recent heightened tropical cyclone activity in the North Atlantic: Natural variability or climate trend? Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A doi:10.1098/rsta.2007.2083.
Hoyos, C. and P. J. Webster, 2007: The role of intraseasonal oscillation on the nature of monsoon precipitation. J. Climate, 20 (17), 4402-4424.
Nicholson, S. E. and P. J. Webster, 2007: "A physical basis for rainfall variability over West Africa." Quar. J. Roy. Met. Soc. , DOI: 10.1002/qj.104
Mann, M.E., K.A. Emanuel, G.J. Holland, and P. J. Webster, 2007: Atlantic Tropical Cyclones Revisited. EOS 88, 349-350.
Halkides, D. J., W. Han, P. J. Webster, 2006: The effects of the seasonal cycle on the development and termination of the Indian Ocean Zonal Mode. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C12017, doi:10.1029/2005JC003247.
Wang B, Webster P, Kikuchi K, Yasunari T, Qi Y, 2006: Boreal summer quasi-monthly oscillation in the global tropics, Clim. Dyn. 27, 661-675.
Curry, J. A., P.J. Webster, G. H. Holland 2006: Mixing science and politics: Testing the hypothesis that greenhouse warming is causing a global increase in hurricane intensity. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. August 2006, 87 (8), 1025-1037.
Agudelo, P.A., J.A. Curry, C.D. Hoyos, P.J. Webster, 2005: Transition between suppressed and active phases of intraseasonal oscillations in the Indo-Pacific warm pool. J. Climate, 19 (21), 5519-5530.
Hoyos, C. D., P. A. Agudello, P. J. Webster and J. A. Curry, 2006: Deconvolution of the factors contributing to the increase in global hurricane intensity. Science, Vol 312, 94-97 April 7 (March 16).
Webster P.J., Curry J.A., Liu J., et al. 2006: Response to comment on "Changes in tropical cyclone number, duration, and intensity in a warming environment," Science 311 (5768): Mar 24 2006.
Chirokova, G. and P. J. Webster, 2006: Interannual Variability of the Indian Ocean Heat Transport. J. Clim. 19, 1013-1031.
Webster, P. J., G. J. Holland, J. A. Curry and H-R. Chang, 2005: Changes in tropical cyclone number, duration and intensity in a warming environment. Science 309 (5742), 1844-1846 (September 16).
Wang, B., P. J. Webster and H. Teng, 2005: Antecedents and Perpetuation of the Active-Break Indian Monsoon Cycles. Geophys. Res. Lettr. 32(4), Art. No. L02704 (Feb 18 2005).
Quan, X-. W., P. J. Webster, A. M. Moore, H-. R. Chang, 2004: Seasonality in SST-Forced Atmospheric Short-term Climate predictability. J. Climate, 17, 3090-3108.
Webster, P. J. and C. Hoyos, 2004: Forecasting monsoon rain fall and river discharge variability on 20-25 day time scales. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 85, 1745-1765.
Han, W., P. J. Webster, R. Lukas and P. Hacker , 2004: Impact of atmospheric intraseasonal variability in the Indian Ocean: low-frequency rectification in equatorial surface current and transport. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1350-1372.
Stephens, G. L., P. J. Webster, R. H. Johnson, R. Englen, T, L’eculer, 2004: Observational evidence for the mutual regulation of the tropical hydological cycle and tropical sea surface temperature. J. Climate: 17(11), 2213-2224.
Curry, J. A., A. Bentamy, M.A Bourassa, D. Bourras, E.F. Bradley, M. Brunke, S. Castro. S.H. Chou, C.A. Clayson, W.J. Emery, L. Eymard, C.W. Fairall, M. Kubota, B. Lin, W. Perrie, R.R. Reeder, I.A. Renfrew, W.B. Rossow, J. Schulz, S.R Smith, P.J. Webster, G.A. Wick, X. Zen, 2004: Seaflux. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85(3), 409-424.
Fasullo, J., and P. J., Webster, 2003: A hydrological definition of the Indian summer monsoon onset and withdrawal. J. Clim. 16, 3200-3211.
Loschnigg, J., G. A. Meehl, P. J. Webster, J. M. Arblaster, G. P. Compo, 2003: The Asian monsoon, the tropospheric biennial oscillation and the Indian ocean dipole in the NCAR CSM. J. Clim., 16, 1617-1642.
Clark, C. O., P. J. Webster, and J. E. Cole, 2003: The Indian Ocean dipole and the prediction of East African precipitation. J. Clim., 16, 548-554.
Webster, P. J., E. F. Bradley, C. W. Fairall, J. S. Godfrey, P. Hacker, R. A. Hopuze jr., R. Lukas, Y. Serra, J. M. Hummon, T. D. M. Lawrence, C. A. Russel, M. N. Ryan, K. sahami, P. Zuidema, 2002: The Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment (JASMINE) Pilot Study. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 83, 1603-1630.
Fasullo, J., and P. J., Webster, 2002: Hydrologic signatures relating the Asian summer monsoon and ENSO, J. Climate, 15, (21), pp. 3082-3095.
Han, W., D. Lawrence, and P. J. Webster, 2002: Dynamical response of equatorial Indian Ocean to intraseasonal winds: Zonal flow. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 4215-4218.
Han, W. and P. J. Webster, 2002: Forcing mechanisms of sea-level interannual variability in the Bay of Bengal. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 32, 216-239.
Holland, G.H., P.J. Webster, J. A. Curry, et al., 2001: The Aerosonde robotic aircraft: A new paradigm for environmental observations. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 82(5), 889-991.
Lawrence, D, and P. J. Webster, 2002: The boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation and the South Asian monsoon. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1593-1606.
Lawrence, D, and P. J. Webster, 2001: Interannual variability of intraseasonal convection and the Asian monsoon. J. Clim., 14(3), 2910-2922.
Clark, C. O., J. E. Cole and P. J. Webster, 2000: SST and Indian summer rainfall: predictive relationships and their decadal variability. J. Clim., 13, 2503-2519.
Fasullo, J. T. and P. J. Webster, 2000: Structure of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical western Pacific during strong westerly wind bursts. Q. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 126, 899-924.
Loschnigg, J. and P. J. Webster, 2000: A coupled ocean-atmosphere system of SST regulation for the Indian Ocean. J. Clim., 13, 3342-3360.
Torrence, C. and Peter. J. Webster, 2000: Comment on "The connection between the Boreal Spring Southern Oscillation Persistence Barrier and Biennial Variability," by A. J. Clarke and S. Van Gorder. J. Clim., 13, 665-667.
Wheeler, M., G. Kilidas and P. J. Webster, 2000: Large-scale dynamical fields associated with convectively-coupled equatorial waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 613-640.
Webster, P. J., A. Moore, J. Loschnigg and M. Leban: 1999: Coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics in the Indian Ocean during 1997-98. Nature, 40, 23 September, 1999, 356-360.
Curry, J. A., C. A. Clayson, W. B. Rossow, R. Reeder, Y.C. Zhang, P. J. Webster, G. Liu, and R. S. Sheu, 1999: High-resolution satellite-derived dataset of the surface fluxes of heat, freshwater and momentum for the TOGA COARE IOP. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 80, 2059-2080.
Duane, G., P. J. Webster and J. Weiss, 1999: Co-occurrence of northern and southern hemisphere blocks as partially synchronized chaos. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 4183-4205.
Fasullo, J. T. and P. J. Webster, 1999: Warm pool sea surface temperature variability in relation to the surface energy balance. J. Clim., 12, 1292-1305.
Torrence, T. and P. J. Webster, 1999: Interdecadal changes in the ENSO-Monsoon System. J. Clim., 12, 2679-2690.
Tomas, R., J. R. Holton and P. J. Webster, 1999: On the theory of the location of convection in strong cross-equatorial pressure gradient flows. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 125, 1107-1127.
Webster, P. J., and H-. R. Chang, 1998: Atmospheric wave propagation in heterogeneous flow: Basic flow constraints on tropical-extratropical interaction and equatorial wave modification. Dyn. Oceans and Atmos., 27, 91-134.
Webster, P. J. and J. A. Curry, 1998: The ocean and the weather. Scientific American, September, 38-47.
Webster, P. J., T. Palmer, M. Yanai, R. Tomas, V. Magana, J. Shukla and A. Yasunari, 1998: Monsoons: Processes, Predictability and the prospects for prediction. J. Geophys. Res., 103 (TOGA special issue), 14451-14510.
Hendersen-Sellers A., H. Zhang, G. Berz, K. Emanuel, W. Gray, C. Landsea, G. Holland, J. Lighthill, S. Shieh, P. Webster, K. McGriffuie, 1998: Tropical Cyclones and Global Change: A Post-IPCC Assessment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 19-38.
Webster, P. J., T. Palmer, M. Yanai, R. Tomas, V. Magana, J. Shukla and A. Yasunari, 1998: Monsoons: Processes, Predictability and the prospects for prediction. J. Geophys. Res., 103 (TOGA special issue), 14451-14,510.
Anderson, D. L. T., E. S. Sarachik and P. J. Webster, 1998: The TOGA decade: a preface. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 14,167.
Compo, G., G. Kilidas and P. Webster, 1998: East Asian Winter Monsoon Pressure Surges and Their Relationship to Tropical Variability. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 125, 29-54.
Torrence, C. and P. J. Webster, 1998: The Predictability Barrierin El Nino-Southern Oscillation Statistics and Coupled Models. Q. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 124, 1985-2004.
Webster, P. J. and T. N. Palmer, 1997: The past and future of El Nino. Nature, December 12, 390, 562-564.
Tomas, R. and P. J. Webster, 1997: On the location of the intertropical convergence zone and near-equatorial convection: The role of inertial instability. Quar. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 123, 1445-1482.
Webster, P. J., C. A. Clayson and J. A. Curry, 1996: Clouds, radiation and the diurnal cycle of sea surface temperature in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. J. Clim., 9, 1712-1730.
Wainer I., and P. J. Webster, 1996: Monsoon-ENSO relationships in a simple coupled ocean-atmosphere model. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 25,599-25,614.
Webster, P. J., 1995: The annual cycle and the predictability of the tropical coupled ocean-atmosphere system. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 56, 33-55.
Chang, H-. R., and P. J. Webster, 1995: Energy Accumulation and Emanation at Low Latitudes. Part III: Forward and Backward Accumulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 2384-2403.
Gosnell, R., C. Fairall, and P. Webster, 1995: The Sensible Heat of Rain. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 18437-18442.
Leslie, L. M., Holland, G. L. and Webster P. J., 1995: Introductory comments" Special issue of scale interactions in the tropics. Meteor. Atmos. Phys. 56, 1-1.
Lukas, R., P. J. Webster, M. Ji, and A. Leetmaa, 1995: The large scale context for the TOGA COARE coupled ocean-atmosphere response experiment. Meteor. Atmos. Phy., 56, 3-16.
Webster, P. 1994: The Role of Hydrological Processes in Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction. Rev. of Geophys., 32, 427-476.
Palmer, T. N. and P. J. Webster, 1994: Towards a unified approach to climate and weather prediction. Global Climate Change, 1, 265-280.
Reynolds, C., P. J. Webster, and E. Kalnay, 1994: Random error growth in the numerical prediction models. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1281-1305.
Tomas, R. and P. J. Webster, 1994: Vertical and Horizontal Structure of Cross-equatorial Wave Propagation. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1417-1430.
Srinivasan, J, S. Gadgil, and P. J. Webster, 1993: Meridional Propagation of Large-Scale Monsoon Convective Zones. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 52, 15-35.
Webster, P. J., and M. Dong, 1992: The Structure of Low Frequency Phenomena in the Tropics and Its Interactions with the Extratropics. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 10, 303-334.
Webster, P. J., and R. Lukas, 1992: TOGA-COARE: The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 73, 1377-1416.
Webster, P. J. and S. Yang, 1992: Monsoon and ENSO: Selectively Interactive Systems. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 118, 877-926.
Lukas, R., and P. J. Webster, 1992: TOGA COARE, OCEANUS. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 2, September.
Webster, P. J. and M. Dong, 1992: Longitudinal Heating Gradient: Another possible factor influencing the intensity of the Asian Summer Monsoon Circulation. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 9, 397-410. (NS)
Yang, S., P. J. Webster, and M. Dong, 1992: Longitudinal Heating Gradient: Another possible factor influencing the intensity of the Asian Summer Monsoon Circulation. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 9, 397-410.
Zhang, C. and P. J. Webster, 1992: Laterally Forced Equatorial Waves in Mean Zonal Flows. Part I: Stationary Transient Forcing. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 585-607.
Webster, P. J., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1991: The Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment, EMEX. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 72, 1481-1505.
Lukas, R., P. J. Webster, and J. Picaut, 1991: Preface: Papers from the Western Pacific International Meeting on TOGA COARE, 24-30 May 1989. J. Geophys. Res., Special Supplement, 96, 3125-3150.
Yang, S., and Webster, P. J., 1990: The Effect of Summer Tropical Heating on the Location and Intensity of the Extratropical Westerly Jet Stream. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 18705-18721.
Chang, H. -R. and P. J. Webster, 1990: Energy Accumulation and Emanation at Low Latitudes. Part II: Nonlinear Response to Strong Episodic Forcing. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 2624-2644.
Webster, P. J., 1989: Great Events, Grand Experiments: Man's Study of the Variable Climate. Part III: Exploring Climate's Boiler-box. Earth and Mineral Sciences, 58, 46-51.
Zhang, C. and P. J. Webster, 1989: Effects of Zonal Flows on the Equatorially Trapped Waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 3632-3652.
Webster, P. J., and S. Yang, 1989: The Three-Dimensional Structure of Perturbation Kinetic Energy and Its Relationship to the Zonal Wind. J. Clim., 2, 1186-1198.
Webster, P. J., and H. -R. Chang, 1988: Energy Accumulation and Emanation Regions at Low Latitudes: Impacts of a Zonally Varying Basic State. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 803-829.
Frederiksen, J. S., and P. J. Webster, 1988: Alternative Theories of Teleconnections and Low Frequency Fluctuations. Rev. Geophys., 26, 459-494.
Webster, P. J., 1986: Great Events, Grand Experiments: Man's Study of the Variable Climate. Part II: Prospects of a Warming Earth". Earth and Mineral Sciences, 55, 21-24.
Wallace, J. M., P. J. Webster, K. Trenberth, et al., 1986: On El Nino. Scientific American, 257, 6-7.
Webster, P. J., 1985: Great Events, Grand Experiments: Man's Study of the Variable Climate. Part I: Interannual Variability. Earth and Mineral Sciences, 55, 3-5.
Arkin, P., and P. J. Webster, 1985: Annual and Interannual Variability of Tropical-Extratropical Interactions: An Empirical Study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 1510-1523.
Webster, P. J., 1984: The Climate-CO2 Controversy: Some Personal Comments. Climate Change, 6, 377-390.
Webster, P. J., and G. L. Stephens, 1984: Cloud-Radiation Feedback and the Climate Problem. The Global Climate, (Ed., J. Houghton), Cambridge University Press, 63-78.
Stephens, G. L., and P. J. Webster, 1984: Cloud Decoupling of the Surface and Planetary Radiative Budgets. J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 681-686.
Webster, P. J., 1983: Mechanisms of Monsoon Transition: Surface Hydrology Effects. J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 2110-2124.
Webster, P. J., 1982: Seasonality of Atmospheric Response to Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies. J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 29-40.
Webster, P. J., and J. R. Holton, 1982: Wave Propagation Through a Zonally Varying Basic Flow: The Influences of Mid-Latitude Forcing in the Equatorial Regions. J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 722-733.
Webster, P. J., 1981: The Surface Circulation of the Indian Ocean During the Last Glacial Maximum, Approximately 18,000 Yr. B.P. Quat. Res.
Webster, P. J., 1981: Mechanisms Determining the Atmospheric Response to Large-Scale Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies. J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 554-571.
Webster, P. J., 1981: Monsoon. Scientific American, 108-118.
Webster, P. J., 1981: The Surface Circulation of the Indian Ocean During the Last Glacial Maximum, Approximately 18,000 Yr. B.P. Quat. Res. 16, 421-423. (0)
Stephens, G. L., and P. J. Webster, 1981: Clouds and Climate: Sensitivity of Simple Systems. J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 235-245.
Webster, P. J. and L. C. Chou, 1980: Low-Frequency Transitions of a Simple Monsoon System. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 368-382.
Webster, P. J., and L. C. Chou, 1980: Seasonal Structure of a Simple Monsoon System. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 354-367.
Webster, P. J., and G. L. Stephens, 1980: Gleaning CO2-Climate Relationships from Model Calculations. Carbon Dioxide, Australian Academy of Science (Ed., G. I. Pearman), Canberra.
Webster, P. J., and G. L. Stephens, 1980: Tropical Upper-Tropospheric Extended Clouds: Inferences from Winter MONEX. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 1521-1541.
Stephens, G. L., and P. J. Webster, 1979: Sensitivity of Radiative Forcing to Variable Cloud and Moisture. J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 1542-1556.
Webster, P. J., 1978: Lateral Effects on Monsoon Systems. Indian Journal of Meteorology, Hydrology and Geophysics, 29, 235-244.
Webster P. J. and K-Ming Lau, 1978: Simulation of the global monsoon sequence by a simple ocean-atmosphere interaction model. Indian Journal of Meteorology, Hydrology and Geophysics, 29, 235-244. (NS)
Webster, P. J., and N. A. Streten, 1978: Late Quaternary Ice-Age Climates of Tropical Australasia: Interpretations and Reconstructions. Quat. Res., 10, 279-309.
Webster, P. J., 1977: The Low-Latitude Circulation of Mars. ICARUS, 30, 626-664.
Webster, P. J., and K. M. W. Lau, 1977: A Simple Ocean-Atmosphere Climate Model: Basic Model and a Simple Experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1065-1084.
Webster, P. J., K. M. W. Lau, and L. C. Chou, 1977: Mechanisms Affecting the State, Evolution and Transition of the Planetary Scale Monsoon. PAGEOPH, 5, 1463-1492.
Leovy, C. B., and P. J. Webster, 1976: Stratospheric Long Waves: Comparisons of Thermal Structure in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere: Reply. J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 435-436.
Leovy, C. B., and P. J. Webster, 1976: Stratospheric Long Waves: Comparisons of Thermal Structure in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 33, 1141-1154.
Webster, P. J., and D. G. Curtin, 1975: Interpretation of the EOLE Experiment: (II) Spatial Variation of Stationary and Transient Modes. J. Atmos. Sci., 32, 1848-1863.
Webster, P. J., and J. L. Keller, 1975: Atmospheric Variations, Vacillation and Index Cycles. J. Atmos. Sci., 32, 1283-1300.
Webster, P. J., and D. G. Curtin, 1974: Interpretations of the EOLE Experiment: (I) Temporal Variations of Eulerian Quantities. J. Atmos. Sci., 31, 1860-1875.
Webster, P. J., and J. L. Keller, 1974: A Strong Long-Period Tropospheric and Stratospheric Rhythm in the Southern Hemisphere. Nature, 248, 212-213.
Webster, P. J., 1973: Remote Forcing of the Time-Independent Tropical Atmosphere. Mon. Wea. Rev., 101, 58-68.
Webster, P. J., 1973: Temporal Variation of Low-Latitude
Webster, P. J., 1973: Aspects of the Climate of the Southern Hemisphere. Climate of the Arctic, University of Alaska Press, University of Alaska, 190-203.
Webster, P. J. 1972: Response of the Tropical Atmosphere to Local Steady Forcing. Mon. Wea. Rev., 100, 518-541.
Webster, P. J., 1972: Response of the Tropical Atmosphere to Steady Forcing. Doctoral Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Meteorology, 182pp.
Webster, P. J., and N. A. Streten, 1972: Aspects of Late Quaternary Climate in Tropical Australasia. Bridge and Barrier: The Natural and Cultural History of Torres Strait, (Editor, D. Walker), Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 39-61.
Final preparation:
Hopson, T. M., P. J. Webster, 2007: Seasonal probabilistic river discharge forecasts for the Ganges and Brahmaputra. To be submitted to J. Hydrometeor.
Hopson, T. M., P. J. Webster, 2007: A Simplification on the correlation between ensemble spread and skill. To be submitted to Mon. Wea. Rev.
Hoyos C. and P. J. Webster, 2007: The expanding warm pool of the tropics. To be submitted to Nature.
Webster, P. J. and J. Jian, 2007: The flow rate of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Yangtze rivers and the implications for flood risk and the availability of fresh water. To be submitted to Nature.
Webster, P. J., 2007: Climate and tropical cyclones. Reviews of Geophysics.
Webster, P. J. and C. D. Hoyos 2007: Predictability of the coupled ocean-atmosphere monsoon system. Invited review, Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc.
National Science Foundation: "Dynamics of Low Frequency Phenomena." Duration: 2001-2004, ($930K). Principal Investigator: P. J. Webster.
National Science Foundation: "JASMINE: The Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment: A Pilot Study of Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction During Active and Break Phases of the Summer Monsoon". Duration: 3/1/99-2/28/01 ($226,000). Principal Investigator: P. J. Webster, Co-Investigator: C. W. Fairall. (PI to be funded .5 mo. AY)
NASA: "Global and regional impacts of mesoscale variability in air/sea fluxes." Duration: 2/1/00-1/31/03. ($1,674,270 for CU with NASA GISS budget, an additional $600,000 for a total of $2,274,270). Principal Investigator: P. J. Webster. Co-PIs: C. Clayson, J. Curry, W. Emery, et al.
US-AID: "Experimental Forecasting of Major Bangladesh Floods: Science and Applications." Duration: 9/1/99-8/31/02. ($1,350,702). Principal Investigator: P. J. Webster. Co-PI: L. Kantha.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
(a) Development of the Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (PAOS): During the last nine years, as Director of PAOS has increased the number of tenure track faculty from 3 to 13 and the number of graduate students from 5 to about 50. Student credit hours have increased from 350/year to 6000/year. PAOS is now an autonomous academic unit offering masters and doctorate degrees in Astrophysics, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences and tenures its own faculty.
(b) Development of Graduate Curriculum PAOS: Oversaw the development of a core curriculum in graduate studies in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. The core curriculum consists of 9 graduate courses with topics ranging from atmospheric and oceanic dynamics, atmospheric physics, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric and oceanic thermodynamics and remote sensing. The core curriculum also forms the basis for graduate certificates in atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
(c) Development of Undergraduate Curriculum in PAOS: At the inception of PAOS in 1991, only three undergraduate course existed in atmospheric sciences. Since then a variety of undergraduate courses are offered as well as a PAOS undergraduate minor. Multiple sections of the three freshman survey courses are offered each semester.
COURSES
A variety of graduate and undergraduate courses have been taught at both Pennsylvania State University and the University of Colorado. These are listed briefly below.
Dynamics of tropical atmospheres and oceans
Introduction to atmosphere and oceans
Dynamics of the atmosphere
Dynamics of climate
Prediction and predictability
Various undergraduate courses in meteorology and climate