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Draft Manuscripts (email me for a copy)
Ocean response to warming scenarios in a simple model. In Prep.
A dynamical constraint on the vertical structure of biogeochemical tracers. To be submitted, GBC.
Publications
Zanna L., 2011. Forecast Skill and Predictability of Observed Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures. Submitted, J. of Climate. [pdf]
Zanna L., 2011. Ocean Model Uncertainty in Climate Prediction. Submitted, ECMWF Proceedings, Workshop on Representing model uncertainty and error in numerical weather and climate prediction models . [pdf]
Zanna L., P. Heimbach, A.M. Moore and E. Tziperman, 2011. Upper ocean singular vectors of the North Atlantic Climate with Implications for Linear Predictability and Variability. In Press, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.. [pdf]
Zanna L., P. Heimbach, A.M. Moore and E. Tziperman, 2011. Optimal excitation of interannual Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability. J. of Climate, 24, 2, 413-427. [pdf]
Zanna L., P. Heimbach, A.M. Moore and E. Tziperman, 2010. The role of ocean dynamics in the optimal growth of tropical SST anomalies. J. of Phys. Oceanog., 40, 5, 983–1003.[pdf]
Tziperman E., L. Zanna and C. Penland, 2008. Non normal thermohaline circulation dynamics in a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM. J. of Phys. Oceanog., 38, 3, 588-604. [pdf]
Zanna L. and E. Tziperman, 2008. Surface optimal excitation of the thermohaline circulation. J. of Phys. Oceanog., 38, 8, 1820-1830. [pdf]
Zanna L. and E. Tziperman, 2005. Non normal amplification of the thermohaline circulation. J. of Phys. Oceanog., 35, 9, 1593-1605. [pdf]