Fredericks, W. L., M. Rugenstein, D. W. J. Thompson, S. Van Loon, F. Falasca, R. Basinski-Ferris, P. Ceppi, Q. Wu, J. Bloch-Johnson, M. Alessi, and S. M Kang, 2026: Quantifying the radiative response to surface temperature variability: A critical comparison of current methods.J. Climate, in review.
Wang, P., S. Solomon, C. Deser, D. W. J. Thompson, and N. S. Diffenbaugh, 2026: Antarctic Ozone loss shapes surface cooling pattern and climate sensitivity.Nature, submitted.
Chen, Y.-J. and D. W. J. Thompson, 2026: Identifying the observed influence of the QBO on tropical tropospheric climate.J. Geophys. Res., in review.
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Li, Y., B. D. Santer, S. Solomon, D. W. J. Thompson, and Q. Fu, 2025: Detectable Global Temperature Responses to Wildfires and Volcanic Eruptions.PNAS, in press.
Yook, S., D. W. J. Thompson, 2025: Inferred Increases in the Convective Entrainment Rate under Climate Change: Implications for Tropical Temperature Trends.J. Climate, under revision.
Fredericks, L., D. W. J. Thompson, M. Rugenstein, 2025: An Observational Estimate of the Spatial Sensitivity Governing the Pattern Effect Using Regularized Linear Regression. J. Climate, in press.
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Lim, E.-P., D. W. J. Thompson, A. H. Butler, M. C. Wheeler, H. Nakamura, M. Jucker, J. M. Arblaster, H. H. Hendon, P. A. Newman, L. Coy, 2025: Characteristics of Antarctic stratospheric variability during winter: A case study of the 2024 sudden stratospheric warming and its surface impacts. J. Geophys. Res., 131, e2025JD045089. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD045089.
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Boehm, C., D. W. J. Thompson, E. Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, 2025: The key role of the Southern Annular Mode during the sea-ice maximum for Antarctic sea ice and its recent loss. Commun Earth Environ 6, 833. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02792-2
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Thompson, D. W. J., M. Rugenstein, P. M. Forster, L. Fredericks, 2025: An Observational Estimate of the Pattern Effect on Climate Sensitivity: The Importance of the Eastern Tropical Pacific and Land Areas.J. Climate, 38, 4233-4249. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0737.1.
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Santer, Benjamin D., S. Solomon , D. W. J. Thompson, Q. Fu , and Y. Li., 2025: Human Influence on Climate Detectable in the Late 19th Century. Proceedings of the Nat. Academy Sci., https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2500829122
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Sun, L., Patrizio, C., D. W. J. Thompson, and J. W. Hurrell, 2025: Influence of anomalous ocean heat transport on the extratropical atmospheric circulation in a high-resolution slab-ocean coupled model.Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2024GL111770. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111770
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Davis, L. B., D. W. J. Thompson, M. Rugenstein, and T. Birner, 2024: Links Between Internal Variability and Forced Climate Feedbacks: The Importance of Patterns of Temperature Variability and Change.Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2024GL112774. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112774.
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Larson, J. G., D. W. J. Thompson, and J. W. Hurrell, 2024: Signature of the western boundary currents in local climate variability. Nature, 634, 862-867. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08019-2
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Wallace, J. M., D. S. Battisti, D. W. J. Thompson, and D. L. Hartmann, 2023: The Atmospheric General Circulation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108563857 Online access
Boehm, C. and D. W. J. Thompson, 2023: The Key Role of Cloud - Climate Coupling in Extratropical Sea Surface Temperature Variability. J. Climate, 36, 2753-2762, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0362.1. Download Manuscript
Santer, B. D., S. Po-Chedley, L. Zhao, C.-Z. Zou, Q. Fu, S. Solomon, D. W. J. Thompson, C. Mears and K. E. Taylor, 2023: Exceptional Stratospheric Contribution to Human Fingerprints on Atmospheric Temperature. Proceedings of the Nat. Academy Sci., 120 (20) e2300758120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2300758120. Download Manuscript
van Loon, S. and D. W. J. Thompson, 2023: Comparing local versus hemispheric perspectives of extreme heat events, J. Geophys. Res., 50, e2023GL105246. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105246
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Davis, L. B., D. W. J. Thompson, and T. Birner, 2022: Links between climate sensitivity and the large-scale atmospheric circulation in a simple general circulation model. J. Climate, 35, 5119-5136. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0320.1. Online access
Patrizio, C. R. and D. W. J. Thompson, 2022: Understanding the Role of Ocean Dynamics in Midlatitude Sea Surface Temperature Variability Using a Simple Stochastic Climate Model. J. Climate, 35, 3313-3333. https://doi-org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0184.1 Online access
Patrizio, C. R. and D. W. J. Thompson, 2022: Observed Linkages Between the Atmospheric Circulation and Oceanic-Forced Sea-Surface Temperature Variability in the Western North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2021GL095172. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095172 Download Manuscript
Scaife, A., et al, 2022: Long Range Prediction and the Stratosphere. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 2601-2623. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2601-2022.
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Shah, K., S. Solomon, D. E. Kinnison, Q. Fu, and D. W. J. Thompson, 2022: Phase Unlocking and the Modulation of Tropopause-Level Trace Gas Advection by the Quasibiennial Oscillation. J. Geophys. Res., 127, e2021JD036142. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD036142
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Stone, K. A., S. Solomon, D. W. J. Thompson, D. E. Kinnison, and J. C. Fyfe, 2022: On the Southern Hemisphere Stratospheric Response to ENSO and Its Impacts on Tropospheric Circulation. J. Climate, 35, 1963-1981. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0250.1 Download Manuscript
Yook, S., D. W. J. Thompson, L. Sun, and C. R. Patrizio, 2022: The Simulated Atmospheric Response to Western North Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies. J. Climate, 35, 3335-3352. https://doi-org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0371.1 Download Manuscript
Yook, W., D. W. J. Thompson, and S. Solomon, 2022: Climate impacts and potential drivers of the unprecedented Antarctic ozone holes of 2020 and 2021. Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2022GL098064. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098064 Download Manuscript
Boljka, L., D. W. J. Thompson, and Y. Li, 2021: Downstream suppression of baroclinic waves. J. Climate, 34, 919-930. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0483.1 Download Manuscript
Li, J., D. W. J. Thompson, 2021: Widespread changes in surface temperature persistence under climate change. Nature 599, 425-430. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03943-z Download Manuscript
Lim, E.-P., H. H. Hendon, A. H. Butler, D. W. J. Thompson, et al., 2021: The 2019 Southern Hemisphere polar stratospheric warming and its impacts. Bulletin of the AMS, 102, E1150-E1171. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0112.1 Download Manuscript
Patrizio, C. R. and D. W. J. Thompson, 2021: Quantifying the role of ocean dynamics in mixed-layer temperature variability. J. Climate, 34, 2567-2589. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0476.1 Download Manuscript
Wang. P., J. Scott, S. Solomon, J. Marshall, A. R. Babbin , M. J. Lickley, D. W. J. Thompson, T. DeVries, Q. Liang, R. G. Prinn, 2021: On the Effects of the Ocean on Atmospheric CFC-11 Lifetimes And Emissions. Proceedings of the Nat. Academy Sci., https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2021528118.
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Zambri, B., S. Solomon, D. W. J. Thompson, Q. Fu, and D. Kim, 2021: Emergence of Southern Hemisphere circulation changes in response to ozone recovery. Nature Climate Change, 14, 638-644. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00803-3 Download Manuscript
Li, Y., D. W. J. Thompson, D. Olonscheck, 2020: A basic effect of cloud radiative effects on tropical sea-surface temperature variability. J. Climate, 33, 4333-4346. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0298.1
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Albern, N., A. Voigt, D. W. J. Thompson, and J. G. Pinto, 2020: The role of tropical, midlatitude and polar cloud-radiative changes for the midlatitude circulation response to global warming. J. Climate, 33, 7927-7943. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0073.1
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Yook, S., D. W. J. Thompson, S. Solomon, and S.-Y. Kim, 2020: The key role of coupled chemistry-climate interactions in tropical stratospheric temperature variability. J. Climate, 33, 7619-7629. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0071.1
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Shah, K., S. Solomon, D. W. J. Thompson, and D. Kinnison, 2020: Measuring stratospheric tropical width using tracer concentrations. J. Geophys. Res., 125, e2020JD033081. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033081.
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Thompson, D. W. J., P Ceppi, Y. Li, 2019: A robust constraint on the temperature and height of the extratropical tropopause. J. Climate, 32, 273-287. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0339.1 Download Manuscript
Davis, L. L. B. , D. W. J. Thompson, J. J. Kennedy, and E. C. Kent, 2019: The importance of unresolved biases in 20th century sea-surface temperature observations.Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 100, 621-629. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0104.1.
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Li, Y., D. W. J. Thompson, S. Bony, and T. M. Merlis, 2019: Thermodynamic control on the poleward shift of the extratropical jet in climate change simulations: The role of rising high clouds and their radiative effects. J. Climate, 32, 917-934. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0417.1
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Taylor, P. C., R. C. Boeke, Y. Li, and D. W. J. Thompson, 2019: Arctic cloud annual cycle biases in climate models. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 8759-8782. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8759-2019
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Lim, Eun-Pa, H. H. Hendon, G. Boschat, D. Hudson, D. W. J. Thompson, A. J. Dowdy, and J. Arblaster, 2019: Australian hot and dry extremes induced by weakenings of the stratospheric polar vortex.Nature Geoscience, doi: 10.1038/s41561-019-0456-x. Download Manuscript
Lim, Eun-Pa, H. H. Hendon and D. W. J. Thompson, 2018: On the Seasonal Evolution and Impacts of Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling in the Southern Hemisphere.J. Geophys. Res., 123, 12,002-12,016. Download Manuscript
Wills, S. M., and D. W. J. Thompson, 2018: On the observed relationships between variability in Kuroshio-Oyashio extension sea surface temperatures and the atmospheric circulation over the North Pacific. J. Climate, 31, 4669-4681. Download Manuscript
He, Shengping, E. M. Knudsen, D. W. J. Thompson, and Tore Furevik, 2018: Evidence for predictive skill due to midsummer Arctic sea-ice extent. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 9114-9122. Download Manuscript
Maycock, A. C., et al., 2018: Revisiting the mystery of recent stratospheric temperature trends. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 9919-9933. Download Manuscript
Marshall, G. J., D. W. J. Thompson, and van den Broeke, 2017: The signature of Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation patterns in Antarctic precipitation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL075998. Download Manuscript
Li, J., D. W. J. Thompson, E. A. Barnes, and S. Solomon, 2017: Quantifying the lead time required for a linear trend to emerge from internal climate variability. J. Climate, 30, 10179-10191. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D. W. J., S. Bony, and Y. Li, 2017: Thermodynamic constraint on the depth of the global tropospheric circulation. Proceedings of the Nat. Acadamy of Sciences, 114, 8181-8186. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D. W. J. , B. R. Crow, and E. A. Barnes, 2017: Intraseasonal periodicity in the Southern Hemisphere circulation on regional spatial scales. J. Atmos. Sci. 74, 865-877. Download Manuscript
Li, Y., D. W. J. Thompson, Y. Huang, 2017: The influence of atmospheric cloud radiative effects on the large-scale stratospheric circulation. J. Climate, 30, 5621-5635. Download Manuscript
Gerber, E. P. and D. W. J. Thompson, 2017: What makes an annular mode 'annular'? J. Atmos. Sci. 74, 317-332. Download Manuscript
Ivy, D. J., S. Solomon, N. Calvo, D. W. J. Thompson, 2017: Observed connections of Arctic stratospheric ozone extremes to Northern Hemisphere surface climate. Env. Research Letters 12, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa57a4. Download Manuscript
Ivy, D. J., C. Hilgenbrink, D. Kissison, R. A. Plumb, A. Sheshadri, S. Solomon, D. W. J. Thompson, 2017: Observed changes in the Southern Hemispheric circulation in May. J. Climate 30, 527-536. Download Manuscript
Wills, S. M., D. W. J. Thompson, and L. M. Ciasto, 2016: On the Observed Relationships between Variability in Gulf Stream Sea Surface Temperatures and the Atmospheric Circulation in the North Atlantic. J. Climate, 29, 3719-3730. Download Manuscript
Li, Y. and D. W. J. Thompson, 2016: Observed signatures of the barotropic and baroclinic annular modes in cloud vertical structure and cloud radiative effects. J. Climate, 29, 4723-4740. Download Manuscript
Seidel, D. J., J. Li, C. Mears, I. Moradi, J. Nash, W. J. Randel, R. Saunders, D. W. J. Thompson, and C.-Z. Zou, 2016: Stratospheric Temperature Changes during the Satellite Era. J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JD024039.
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Marshall, G. J., and D. W. J. Thompson, 2016: The signatures of large-scale patterns of atmospheric variability in Antarctic surface temperatures. J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JD024665.
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Thompson, D. W. J., E. A. Barnes, C. Deser, W. E. Foust, and A. S. Phillips, 2015: Quantifying the role of internal climate variability in future climate trends.
J. Climate, 28, 6443-6456. Download Manuscript
Li, Y., D. W. J. Thompson, and S. Bony, 2015: The influence of atmospheric cloud radiative effects on the large-scale atmospheric circulation.
J. Climate, 28, 7263-7278. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D. W. J., and Y. Li, 2015: Baroclinic and barotropic annular variability in the Northern Hemisphere.
J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 1117-1136. Download Manuscript
Wallace, J. M., Thompson, D. W. J., Beresford, P., 2015: General Circulation of the Atmosphere: Overview.
In: Gerald R. North (editor-in-chief), John Pyle and Fuqing Zhang (editors). Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, 2nd edition, 3, 33-42.
Thompson, D. W. J., and E. A. Barnes, 2014: Periodic Variability in the Large-Scale Southern Hemisphere Atmospheric Circulation.
Science, 343, 641-645. Download Manuscript | Accompanying news article
Thompson, D. W. J., and J. D. Woodworth, 2014: Barotropic and baroclinic annular variability in the Southern Hemisphere.
J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 1480-1493. Download Manuscript
Barnes, E. A., and D. W. J. Thompson, 2014: Comparing the roles of barotropic versus baroclinic feedbacks in the atmosphere's response to mechanical forcing.
J. Atmos. Sci. 71, 177-194. Download Manuscript
Li, Y., D. W. J. Thompson, Y. Huang, and M. Zhang, 2014: Observed linkages between the northern annular mode/North Atlantic Oscillation, cloud incidence, and cloud radiative forcing.
Geophysical Res. Lett., 41, 1681-1688, doi:10.1002/2013GL059113. Download Manuscript
Li, Y., D. W. J. Thompson, G. L. Stephens, S. Bony, 2014: A global survey of the instantaneous linkages between cloud vertical structure and large-scale climate.
J. Geophys. Res., 119, doi:10.1002/2013JD020669. Download Manuscript
Ivy, D. J., S. Solomon, and D. W. J. Thompson, 2014: On the Identification of the Downward Propagation of Arctic Stratospheric Climate Change over Recent Decades.
J. Climate, 27, 2789-2799. Download Manuscript
Bandoro, J., S. Solomon, A. Donahue, D. W. J. Thompson, and B. D. Santer, 2014: Influences of the Antarctic Ozone Hole on Southern Hemispheric Summer Climate Change.
J. Climate, 27, 6245-6264. Download Manuscript
Li, Y., and D. W. J. Thompson, 2013: The signature of the Brewer-Dobson circulation in tropospheric clouds.
J. Geophys. Res., 118, 3486-3494. Download Manuscript
Grise, K. M., and D. W. J. Thompson, 2013: On the signatures of equatorial and extratropical wave forcing in tropical tropopause layer temperatures.
J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 857-874. Download Manuscript
Birner, T., D. W. J. Thompson, and T. G. Shepherd, 2013: Up-gradient eddy fluxes of potential vorticity near the subtropical jet.
Geophys. Res. Lett. 40, 5988-5993, doi:10.1002/2013GL057728 Download Manuscript
Thompson, D. W. J., D. J. Seidel, W. J. Randel, C.-Z. Zou, A.H. Butler, C. Mears, A. Osso, C. Long, R. Lin, 2012: The mystery of recent stratospheric temperature trends.
Nature, 491, 692-697. doi:10.1038/nature11579 Download Manuscript
Grise, K. M., and D. W. J. Thompson, 2012: Equatorial Planetary Waves and Their Signature in Atmospheric Variability.
J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 857-874. Download Manuscript
Simpkins, G. R., L. M. Ciasto, D. W. J. Thompson and M. H. England, 2012: Seasonal Relationships Between Large-Scale Climate Variability and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration.
J. Climate., 25, 5451-5469. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D. W. J., and T. Birner, 2012: On the linkages between the tropospheric isentropic slope and eddy fluxes of heat during Northern Hemisphere winter
J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 1811-1823. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., S. Solomon, P.J. Kushner, M.H. England, K.M. Grise and D.J. Karoly, 2011: Signatures of the Antarctic ozone hole in Southern Hemisphere surface climate change.
Nature Geoscience. doi:10.1038/ngeo1296. Download Manuscript
Butler, A. H., D. W. J. Thompson, and T. Birner, 2011: Isentropic slopes, down-gradient eddy fluxes, and the extratropical atmospheric circulation response to tropical tropospheric heating.
J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 2292-2305. Download Manuscript
Verlinden, K.L., D.W.J. Thompson, and G.L. Stephens, 2011: The three-dimensional distribution of clouds over the Southern Hemisphere high latitudes.
J. Climate, 24, 5799-5811. Download Manuscript
Kidston, J., A.S. Taschetto, D.W.J. Thompson, M.H. England, 2011: The Influence of Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Extent on the Latitude of the Mid-Latitude Jet Stream.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L15804, doi:10.1029/2011GL048056. Download Manuscript
Roff, G., D.W.J. Thompson, and H. Hendon, 2011: Does Increasing Model Stratospheric Resolution Improve Extended-Range Forecast Skill?
Geophys. Res. Letts., 38, L05809, doi:10.1029/ 2010GL046515 Download Manuscript
Forster, P.M., and D.W.J. Thompson (Coordinating Lead Authors), M.P. Baldwin, M.P. Chipperfield, M. Dameris, J.D. Haigh, D.J. Karoly, P.J. Kushner, W.J. Randel, K.H. Rosenlof, D.J. Seidel, S. Solomon, et al., 2011: Stratospheric changes and climate, Chapter 4 in Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project. Report No. 52, 516 pp., World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2011. Download PDF
Young, P. J., S. Solomon, D. W. J. Thompson, K. H. Rosenlof, and J. -F. Lamarque, 2011: The seasonal cycle and interannual variability in stratospheric temperatures and links to the Brewer-Dobson circulation: An analysis of MSU and SSU data, 1979-2005.
J. Climate, in press. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., J.M. Wallace, J.J. Kennedy, and P.D. Jones, 2010: An abrupt drop in Northern Hemisphere sea surface temperature around 1970.
Nature, 467, 444-447 doi:10.1038/nature09394. Download Manuscript
Fyfe, J.C., N.P. Gillett, and D.W.J. Thompson, 2010: Comparing variability and trends in observed and modelled global-mean surface temperature.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L16802, doi:10.1029/2010GL044255. Download Manuscript
Butler, A.H., D.W.J. Thompson, and R. Heikes, 2010: The Steady-State Atmospheric Circulation Response to Climate Change-Like Thermal Forcings in a Simple General Circulation Model.
J. Climate, 23, 3474-3496. Download Manuscript
Grise, K.M., D.W.J. Thompson, and T. Birner, 2010: A Global Survey of Static Stability in the Stratosphere and Upper Troposphere.
J. Climate, 23, 2275-2292. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J, J.M. Wallace, P.D. Jones, and J.J. Kennedy, 2009: Identifying signatures of natural climate variability in time series of global-mean surface temperature: Methodology and Insights.
J. Climate, 22, 6120-6141. Download Manuscript Link to Data
Baldwin, M.P., and Thompson, D.W.J, 2009: A critical comparison of stratosphere-troposphere coupling indices.
Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 135, 1661-1672. Download Manuscript
Ciasto, L.M., and D.W.J. Thompson, 2009: Observational Evidence of Reemergence in the Extratropical Southern Hemisphere.
J. Climate, 22, 1446-1453, doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2545.1. Download Manuscript
Grise, K.M., D.W.J. Thompson, and P.M. Forster, 2009: On the Role of Radiative Processes in Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling.
J. Climate, 22, 4154, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2756.1. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., and S. Solomon, 2009: Understanding Recent Stratospheric Climate Change.
J. Climate, 22, 1934-1943. Download Manuscript
Randel, W.J. et al., 2009: An update of observed stratospheric temperature trends.
J. Geophys. Res., 114, D02107, doi:10.1029/2008JD010421. Download Manuscript
Austin, J. et al., 2009: Coupled chemistry climate model simulations of stratospheric temperatures and their trends for the recent past. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L13809, doi:10.1029/2009GL038462.
Thompson, D.W.J., J.J. Kennedy, J.M. Wallace, and P.D. Jones, 2008: A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature.
Nature, 453(29), doi:10.1038/nature06982. Download Manuscript
Ciasto, L.M., and D.W.J. Thompson, 2008: Observations of large-scale ocean-atmosphere interaction in the Southern Hemisphere.
J. Climate, 21(6), 1244-1259. Download Manuscript
Keeley, S.P.E., N.P. Gillett, D.W.J. Thompson, S. Solomon, and P.M. Forster, 2007: Is Antarctic climate most sensitive to ozone depletion in the middle or lower stratosphere?
Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22812, doi:10.1029/2007GL031238. Download Manuscript
Forster, P.M., G. Bodeker, R. Schofield, S. Solomon, and D.W.J. Thompson, 2007: Effects of ozone cooling in the tropical lower stratosphere and upper troposphere.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L23813, doi:10.1029/2007GL031994. Download Manuscript
Butler, A.H., D.W.J. Thompson, and K.R. Gurney, 2007: Observed Relationships between the Southern Annular Mode and Atmpospheric Carbon Dioxide.
Glob. Bio. Cycles, 21, GB4014, doi:10.1029/2006GB002796. Download Manuscript
Hendon, H.H., D.W.J. Thompson, and M.C. Wheeler, 2007: Australian rainfall and surface temperature variations associated with the Southern Hemisphere annular mode.
J. Climate, 20(11), 2452-2467. Download Manuscript
Solomon, S., R.W. Portman, and D.W.J. Thompson, 2007: Contrasts between Antarctic and Arctic Ozone Depletion.
Proc. Nat. Academy of Sciences, 104, 445-449. Download Manuscript
Solomon, S., R.W. Portmann, T. Sasaki, D.J. Hofman, and D.W.J. Thompson, 2006: Four decades of ozonesone measurements over Antarctica.
J. Geophys. Res., 110, D21311, doi:10.1029/2005JD005917. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., J.C. Furtado, and T.G. Shepherd, 2006: On the Tropospheric Response to Anomalous Stratospheric Wave Drag and Radiative Heating.
J. Atmos. Sci., 63(10), 2616-2629. Download Manuscript
L'Heureux, M.L., and D.W.J. Thompson, 2006: Observed relationships between the El-Nino/Southern Oscillation and the extratropical zonal-mean circulation.
J. Climate,19, 276-287. Download Manuscript
Limpasuvan, V., D.L. Hartman, D.W.J. Thompson, K. Jeev, and Y.L. Young, 2005: Stratosphere-troposphere evolution during polar vortex intensification.
J. Geophys. Res., 110, D24101, doi:10.1029/2005JD006302. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., M.P. Baldwin, and S. Solomon, 2005: Stratosphere-troposphere coupling in the Southern Hemisphere.
J. Atmos. Sci., 62(3), 708-715. Download Manuscript
Hall, A., A. Clement, D.W.J. Thompson, A. Broccoli, and C. Jackson, 2005: The importance of atmospheric dynamics in Northern Hemisphere wintertime climate response to changes in the Earth's orbit.
J. Climate, 18, 1315-1325. Download Manuscript
Limpasuvan, V., D.W.J. Thompson, and D.L. Hartman, 2005: Reply.
J. Climate, 18, 2778-2780. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., and S. Solomon, 2005: Recent stratospheric climate trends as evidenced in radiosonde data: Global structure and tropospheric linkages.
J. Climate, 18, 4785-4795. Download Manuscript
Solomon, S., D.W.J. Thompson, R.W. Portmann, S.J. Oltmans, and A.M. Thompson, 2005: On the distribution and variability of ozone in the tropical upper troposphere: Implications for tropical deep convection and chemical-dynamical coupling.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23813, 10.1029/2005GL024323. Download Manuscript
Limpasuvan, V., D.W.J. Thompson, and D.L. Hartmann, 2004: On the Life Cycle of sudden stratospheric warmings.
J. Climate, 17(13), 2584-2596. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., and D.J. Lorenz, 2004: The signature of the annular modes in the tropical troposphere.
J. Climate, 17(22), 4330-4342. Download Manuscript
Ciasto, L., D.W.J. Thompson, 2004: North Atlantic atmosphere ocean interaction on intraseasonal timescales.
J. Climate, 17(8), 1617-1621. Download Manuscript
Baldwin, M.P., D.B. Stephenson, D. W. J. Thompson, T. J. Dunkerton, A. J. Charlton, and A. O'Neill, 2003: Stratospheric memory and skill of extended-range weather forecasts.
Science, 301, 636-640. Download Manuscript
Gillett, N., and D.W.J. Thompson, 2003: Simulation of recent Southern Hemisphere climate change.
Science, 302, 273-275 Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., S. Lee, and M.P. Baldwin, 2003: Atmospheric Processes Governing the Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode/North Atlantic Oscillation.
from AGU Monograph: North Atlantic Oscillation: Climatic Significance and Environmental Impact, 134, 81-112, doi: 10.1029/134GM05 Download Galley of Manuscript
Wallace, J.M. and D.W.J. Thompson, 2002: The Pacific Center of Action of the Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode: Real or Artifact?
J. Climate, 15, 1987-1991. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., M.P. Baldwin, and J. M. Wallace, 2002: Stratospheric connection to Northern Hemisphere wintertime weather: Implications for prediction.
J. Climate, 15, 1421-1428. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., and S. Solomon, 2002: Interpretation of recent Southern Hemisphere climate change.
Science, 296, 895-899. Download Manuscript
Wallace, J.M., and D.W.J. Thompson, 2001: Annular Modes and Climate Prediction.
Physics Today, 55, 28-33. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., and J.M. Wallace, 2001: Regional Climate Impacts of the Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode.
Science, 293, 85-89. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., and J.M. Wallace, 2000: Annular modes in the extratropical circulation. Part I: Month-to-month variability.
J. Climate, 13, 1000-1016. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J.,J.M. Wallace, and G. C. Hegerl, 2000: Annular modes in the extratropical circulation: Part II: Trends.
J. Climate, 13, 1018-1036. Download Manuscript
Hartmann, D.L., J.M. Wallace, V. Limpasuvan, D.W.J. Thompson, and J.R. Holton, 2000: Can Ozone Depletion and Greenhouse Warming Interact to Produce Rapid Climate Change?
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 97, 1412-1417. Download Manuscript
Wallace, J.M., D.W.J. Thompson, and Z. Fang, 2000: Comments on "Northern Hemisphere teleconnection patterns during extreme phases of the zonal-mean circulation.
J. Climate, 13, 1037-1039. Download Manuscript
Thompson, D.W.J., and J.M. Wallace, 1998: The Arctic Oscillation signature in the wintertime geopotential height and temperature fields.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1297-1300. Download Manuscript
