Works (176)
2025 article
The role of Rossby wave dynamics in spatially compounding heatwaves in mid-summer 2023
Liu, C., Galfi, V. M., Cai, F., Robinson, W. A., & Coumou, D. (2025, February 18). Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 20.
open access via doi.org (publisher)
2025 article
The role of Rossby wave dynamics in spatially compounding heatwaves in mid-summer 2023
Liu, C., Galfi, V. M., Cai, F., Robinson, W. A., & Coumou, D. (2025, March 14).
2024 conference paper
Extratropical Cyclones and Storm Tracks on a Warming Earth
KNMI. Presented at the KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands.
2024 article
Hemisphere-Dependent Impacts of ENSO and Atmospheric Eddies on Hadley Circulation
Hasan, M., Larson, S. M., McMonigal, K., Robinson, W. A., & Aiyyer, A. (2024, September 25). Journal of Climate, Vol. 37, pp. 6533–6548.
2024 conference paper
Summer Storm Tracks
Institute of the Environment (IVM). Presented at the Institute of the Environment (IVM), Vrijie Universiteit, Amsterdam.
2023 conference paper
Atmospheric blocking (or persistent anomalies): an inevitable outcome of macroturbulence
Ocean University of China. Presented at the Ocean University of China.
2023 conference paper
Climate change & extreme events
Climate change & extreme events. Penick Village. Presented at the Penick Village, Southern Pines, NC.
2023 conference paper
Climate change & extreme events
Climate change & extreme events. Osher Life-long Learning Institute. Presented at the Osher Life-long Learning Institute, Raleigh, NC.
2023 conference paper
Climate change impacts are worse than expected sooner than expected: how can climate science do better?
Lahore College for Women University and Fatima Jinnah Women University. Presented at the Lahore College for Women University and Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan.
2023 conference paper
Weather Extremes in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Progress
Ocean University of China. Presented at the Ocean University of China.
2022 article
An Atmospheric Bridge Between the Subpolar and Tropical Atlantic Regions:A Perplexing Asymmetric Teleconnection
Baek, S. H., Kushnir, Y., Robinson, W., Lora, J., Lee, D. E., & Ting, M. (2022, March 28). (Vol. 3). Vol. 3.
2022 conference paper
Climate change & extreme events
Climate change & extreme events. Osher Life-long Learning Institute. Presented at the Osher Life-long Learning Institute, Raleigh, NC.
2022 journal article
Model Projections of Increased Severity of Heat Waves in Eastern Europe
Geophysical Research Letters, 49(22).
2022 conference paper
North American warm-season extremes in a changing climate: large-scale drivers and local feedbacks
Vrije Universiteit. Presented at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.
2022 conference paper
The climate crisis: how to fix it?” 5/19/2022
Osher Life-long Learning Institute. Presented at the Osher Life-long Learning Institute.
2021 article
An Atmospheric Bridge Between the Subpolar and Tropical Atlantic Regions: A Perplexing Asymmetric Teleconnection
Baek, S. H., Kushnir, Y., Robinson, W. A., Lora, J. M., Lee, D. E., & Ting, M. (2021, December 13). Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 48.
2021 article
Climate change and extreme weather: A review focusing on the continental United States
Robinson, W. A. (2021, June 15). Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, Vol. 71, pp. 1186–1209.
2021 conference paper
Climate change: what’s happening & why it matters for NC nature
Climate change: what’s happening & why it matters for NC nature. Carolina Backyard Naturalist.
2021 chapter
Eddy-mediated interactions between low latitudes and the extratropics
In T. Schneider & A. Sobel (Eds.), The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere (pp. 104–142).
Ed(s): T. Schneider & A. Sobel
2021 article
Persistent Anomaly Changes in High-Resolution Climate Simulations
Lackmann, G. M., Miller, R. L., Robinson, W. A., & Michaelis, A. C. (2021, April 14). Journal of Climate, Vol. 34, pp. 5425–5442.
Contributors: G. Lackmann n , R. Miller n, n & A. Michaelis*
2021 article
The Sensitivity of Persistent Geopotential Anomalies to the Climate of a Moist Channel Model
Tierney, G., Robinson, W. A., Lackmann, G., & Miller, R. (2021, April 2). Journal of Climate, Vol. 34, pp. 5093–5108.
Contributors: G. Tierney n , n , G. Lackmann n & R. Miller n
2020 conference paper
Climate Change: Where Physics Meets Social Justice
Credit Suisse Sustainability Network.
2020 conference paper
Climate Change: what to expect, what’s happening, & why it matters to gardeners (& everybody else)
Climate Change: what to expect, what’s happening, & why it matters to gardeners (& everybody else). Wake County Master Gardener Volunteers.
2020 conference paper
Climate change in North Carolina
South Wake Conservationists.
2020 conference paper
Climate change: what to expect, what’s happening, & why it matters
Climate change: what to expect, what’s happening, & why it matters. Rotary International District 7710.
2020 conference paper
Climate change: what’s happening & why it matters for NC nature”
Climate change: what’s happening & why it matters for NC nature.” Carolina Backyard Naturalist.
2020 conference paper
Climate “13s”: how climate change causes extreme weather & why it matters
Climate “13s”: how climate change causes extreme weather & why it matters. Triangle EPA Retirees.
2020 book
North Carolina Climate Science Report
North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies.
2020 conference paper
Why does climate change matter for North Carolina?
Center for Energy Education. Roanoke Rapids, NC.
2019 article
A New Variable-Threshold Persistent Anomaly Index: Northern Hemisphere Anomalies in the ERA-Interim Reanalysis
Miller, R. L., Lackmann, G. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2019, October 4). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 148, pp. 43–62.
Contributors: R. Miller n, G. Lackmann n & n
2019 article
Does increased atmospheric resolution improve seasonal climate predictions?
Scaife, A. A., Camp, J., Comer, R., Davis, P., Dunstone, N., Gordon, M., … Vidale, P. L. (2019, July 1). Atmospheric Science Letters, Vol. 20.
Contributors: A. Scaife *, J. Camp *, R. Comer *, P. Davis *, N. Dunstone *, M. Gordon*, C. MacLachlan *, N. Martin *
2019 article
Evaluation of a Unique Approach to High-Resolution Climate Modelling using the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) version 5.1
Michaelis, A. C., Lackmann, G. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2019, April 3). Geoscientific Model Development Discussions.
2019 article
Evaluation of a unique approach to high-resolution climate modeling using the Model for Prediction Across Scales – Atmosphere (MPAS-A) version 5.1
Michaelis, A. C., Lackmann, G. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2019, August 26). Geoscientific Model Development, Vol. 12, pp. 3725–3743.
Contributors: A. Michaelis*, G. Lackmann n & n
2019 article
Ocean Climate Observing Requirements in Support of Climate Research and Climate Information
Stammer, D., Bracco, A., AchutaRao, K., Beal, L., Bindoff, N. L., Braconnot, P., … Vialard, J. (2019, July 31). Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol. 6.
Contributors: D. Stammer *, A. Bracco *, K. AchutaRao *, L. Beal *, N. Bindoff *, P. Braconnot *, W. Cai *, D. Chen *
2018 article
AMS Journals Welcome Review Articles
Schultz, D. M., DelSole, T. M., Rauber, R. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2018, April 23). Weather Climate and Society, Vol. 10, pp. 397–398.
2018 article
AMS Journals Welcome Review Articles
Schultz, D. M., DelSole, T. M., Rauber, R. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2018, April 1). Earth Interactions, Vol. 22.
2018 article
AMS Journals Welcome Review Articles
Schultz, D. M., DelSole, T. M., Rauber, R. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2018, April 23). Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 146, pp. 1281–1282.
2018 article
AMS Journals Welcome Review Articles
Schultz, D. M., DelSole, T. M., Rauber, R. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2018, April 23). Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol. 57, pp. 1061–1062.
2018 article
AMS Journals Welcome Review Articles
Schultz, D. M., DelSole, T. M., Rauber, R. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2018, April 30). Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Vol. 35, pp. 941–942.
2018 article
AMS Journals Welcome Review Articles
Schultz, D. M., DelSole, T. M., Rauber, R. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2018, May 1). Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 48, pp. 1013–1014.
2018 article
AMS Journals Welcome Review Articles
Schultz, D. M., DelSole, T. M., Rauber, R. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2018, April 24). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 75, pp. 1369–1370.
2018 article
AMS Journals Welcome Review Articles
Schultz, D. M., DelSole, T. M., Rauber, R. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2018, April 12). Journal of Climate, Vol. 31, pp. 3729–3730.
2018 article
AMS Journals Welcome Review Articles
Schultz, D. M., DelSole, T. M., Rauber, R. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2018, April 25). Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 33, pp. 613–614.
2018 article
AMS Journals Welcome Review Articles
Schultz, D. M., DelSole, T. M., Rauber, R. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2018, April 1). Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 19, pp. 641–642.
2018 magazine article
Exploring the interplay between ocean eddies and the atmosphere
Eos, 99.
2018 chapter
How will storms and the storm track change: Extratropical cyclones on a warmer earth
In Our Warming Planet: Topics In Climate Dynamics (pp. 133–154). http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045595017&partnerID=MN8TOARS
2018 book
How will storms and the storm track change: Extratropical cyclones on a warmer earth
In Our Warming Planet: Topics In Climate Dynamics (pp. 133–154). http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045595017&partnerID=MN8TOARS
2018 article
The 75th Anniversary of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Robinson, W. A., & Brune, W. H. (2018, November 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 75, pp. 4069–4070.
Contributors: * & W. Brune *
2017 article
Changes in Winter North Atlantic Extratropical Cyclones in High-Resolution Regional Pseudo–Global Warming Simulations
Michaelis, A. C., Willison, J., Lackmann, G. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2017, June 8). Journal of Climate, Vol. 30, pp. 6905–6925.
Contributors: A. Michaelis n, J. Willison n, G. Lackmann n & n
2017 article
Dynamical Heating of the Arctic Atmosphere during the Springtime Transition
Long, X., & Robinson, W. A. (2017, August 14). Journal of Climate, Vol. 30, pp. 9539–9553.
Contributors: X. Long n & n
2017 article
Dynamical Heating of the Arctic Atmosphere during the Springtime Transition
Journal of Climate, Vol. 30, pp. 9539–9553,
2016 magazine article
A departmental approach to addressing the problem of sexual harassment and assault in field experiences
In The Trenches, 6, 12–13.
2016 conference paper
Arctic Spring
United Kingdom Meteorological Office.
2015 article
Editorial
Rauber, R. M., Brune, W., & Robinson, W. (2015, January 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 72, p. 3.
Contributors: R. Rauber, W. Brune * & *
2015 article
North Atlantic Storm-Track Sensitivity to Warming Increases with Model Resolution
Willison, J., Robinson, W. A., & Lackmann, G. M. (2015, March 24). Journal of Climate, Vol. 28, pp. 4513–4524.
Contributors: J. Willison n, n & G. Lackmann n
2015 conference paper
The science of climate change
Fayetteville NC Public Library.
2014 article
Changes in U.S. East Coast Cyclone Dynamics with Climate Change
Marciano, C. G., Lackmann, G. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2014, October 28). Journal of Climate, Vol. 28, pp. 468–484.
Contributors: C. Marciano n, G. Lackmann n & n
2014 article
The Role of Stratospheric Polar Vortex Breakdown in Southern Hemisphere Climate Trends
Sun, L., Chen, G., & Robinson, W. A. (2014, April 2). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 71, pp. 2335–2353.
2013 conference paper
Jet and storm track variability and change: adiabatic QG zonal averages and beyond
AGU Fall meeting. San Francisco, CA.
2013 article
The Importance of Resolving Mesoscale Latent Heating in the North Atlantic Storm Track
Willison, J., Robinson, W. A., & Lackmann, G. M. (2013, January 25). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 70, pp. 2234–2250.
Contributors: J. Willison n, n & G. Lackmann n
2011 conference paper
Commitment, chaos, and noise: insights into global warming from the world’s simplest climate models
University of Georgia. Athens, GA.
2011 conference paper
Earth’s greenhouse blanket: the basic science of global warming
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Raleigh, NC.
2011 article
The Predictability of Stratospheric Warming Events: More from the Troposphere or the Stratosphere?
Sun, L., Robinson, W. A., & Chen, G. (2011, September 8). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 69, pp. 768–783.
2011 article
The Role of Planetary Waves in the Downward Influence of Stratospheric Final Warming Events
Sun, L., Robinson, W. A., & Chen, G. (2011, April 28). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 68, pp. 2826–2843.
2010 conference paper
The predictability of stratospheric warming events: more from the troposphere or the stratosphere?
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
2009 conference paper
Climate change for dummies: a systems thinking approach to global warming
Central North Carolina Chapter of the American Meteorological Society. Raleigh, NC.
2009 journal article
Downward influence of stratospheric final warming events in an idealized model
Geophysical Research Letters, 36(3), n/a-n/a.
Contributors: L. Sun * & *
2009 journal article
Sources of gravity waves in the lower stratosphere above South Pole
Journal of Geophysical Research, 114(D14).
2008 chapter
Chapter 5 Eddy-Mediated Interactions Between Low Latitudes and the Extratropics
In T. Schneider & A. Sobel, (Eds.), The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere (pp. 104–142).
Ed(s): T. Schneider & A. Sobel,
2007 conference paper
Atmospheric jets: From fluid dynamics to Southwest drought
Geologic Society of Washington.
2007 article
Dynamics of the Extratropical Response to a Tropical Atlantic SST Anomaly
Li, S., Robinson, W. A., Hoerling, M. P., & Weickmann, K. M. (2007, February 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 20, pp. 560–574.
Contributors: S. Li *, * , M. Hoerling* & K. Weickmann*
2007 conference paper
Global greenhouse warming
Arlington Civic Federation. Arlington, VA.
2007 conference paper
How does the weakening Hadley cell in global warming cause subtropical drying?
American Meteorological Society 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics. Santa Fe, NM.
2007 conference paper
Intraseasonal stratosphere-troposphere coupling and tropospheric prediction
Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop. Tallahassee, FL.
2007 article
Sensitivity of the Latitude of the Surface Westerlies to Surface Friction
Chen, G., Held, I. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2007, August 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 64, pp. 2899–2915.
2006 article
Effects of Ekman Transport on the NAO Response to a Tropical Atlantic SST Anomaly
Peng, S., Robinson, W. A., Li, S., & Alexander, M. A. (2006, October 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, pp. 4803–4818.
Contributors: S. Peng*, * , S. Li * & M. Alexander *
2006 article
On the Self-Maintenance of Midlatitude Jets
Robinson, W. A. (2006, August 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 63, pp. 2109–2122.
2006 article
Stratosphere–Troposphere Coupling during Spring Onset
Black, R. X., McDaniel, B. A., & Robinson, W. A. (2006, October 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, pp. 4891–4901.
Contributors: R. Black *, B. McDaniel* & *
2006 article
The Physical Basis for Predicting Atlantic Sector Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Variability*
Kushnir, Y., Robinson, W. A., Chang, P., & Robertson, A. W. (2006, December 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, pp. 5949–5970.
Contributors: Y. Kushnir *, * , P. Chang * & A. Robertson
2005 article
Atmospheric Stability in a Generalized Barotropic Model
Mitas, C. M., & Robinson, W. A. (2005, February 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 62, pp. 476–491.
2005 conference paper
Atmospheric dynamics of the zonally symmetric extratropical response to ENSO
15th AMS Conference on Atmopsheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics. Boston.
2005 journal article
ENSO-driven warming and cooling of the midlatitude troposphere
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86(10), 1420–1421. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27844459538&partnerID=MN8TOARS
2005 article
Mechanisms of ENSO-forcing of hemispherically symmetric precipitation variability
Seager, R., Harnik, N., Robinson, W. A., Kushnir, Y., Ting, M., Huang, H.-P., & Velez, J. (2005, April 1). Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. 131, pp. 1501–1527.
Contributors: R. Seager *, N. Harnik *, * , Y. Kushnir *, M. Ting *, H. Huang *, J. Velez*
2005 article
Observations of gravity wave breakdown into ripples associated with dynamical instabilities
Li, F., Liu, A. Z., Swenson, G. R., Hecht, J. H., & Robinson, W. A. (2005, March 29). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Vol. 110, pp. 1–12.
Contributors: F. Li *, A. Liu *, G. Swenson *, J. Hecht * & *
2005 article
Polar stratospheric clouds observed by a lidar at Rothera, Antarctica (67.5°S, 68.0°W)
Simpson, S. E., Chu, X., Liu, A. Z., Robinson, W., Nott, G. J., Diettrich, J., … Shanklin, J. (2005, August 18). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5887, pp. 1–13.
Contributors: S. Simpson*, X. Chu *, A. Liu *, * , G. Nott *, J. Diettrich *, P. Espy *, J. Shanklin*
2005 conference paper
Self-maintaining eddy-driven jets
NOAA/CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center. Boulder, CO.
2005 article
Tropical Atlantic SST Forcing of Coupled North Atlantic Seasonal Responses
Peng, S., Robinson, W. A., Li, S., & Hoerling, M. P. (2005, February 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 18, pp. 480–496.
Contributors: S. Peng*, * , S. Li * & M. Hoerling*
2005 conference paper
Why do baroclinic eddies increase the temperature gradient?
15th AMS Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics. Boston.
2004 article
CORRIGENDUM
Peng, S., Robinson, W. A., & Li, S. (2004, August 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 17, p. 3055.
2004 article
Comments on “The Structure and Composition of the Annular Modes in an Aquaplanet General Circulation Model”
Robinson, W. A. (2004, April 1). Comments on “The Structure and Composition of the Annular Modes in an Aquaplanet General Circulation Model.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 61, pp. 949–953.
2004 article
Dynamical Mechanisms for Stratospheric Influences on the Troposphere
Song, Y., & Robinson, W. A. (2004, July 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 61, pp. 1711–1725.
Contributors: Y. Song * & *
2004 conference paper
Dynamical mechanisms for stratospheric influences on the troposphere
SPARC 3rd General Assembly. Victoria, B.C.
2004 conference paper
Eddy mediated interactions between low latitudes and the extra-tropics
Conference on the Global Circulation of the Atmosphere. Pasadena.
2003 article
Dynamical nonlinearity in the atmospheric response to Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies
Robinson, W. A., Li, S., & Peng, S. (2003, October 1). Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 30.
2003 journal article
Eddy-driven jets from a mean-flow perspective
14th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, 69–70. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000224565100023&KeyUID=WOS:000224565100023
2003 conference paper
How does the stratosphere influence the troposphere in mechanistic GCMs?
Workshop on the Role of the Stratosphere in Tropospheric Climate. Whistler, British Columbia.
2003 article
Influence of the North Atlantic SST tripole on northwest African rainfall
Li, S., Robinson, W. A., & Peng, S. (2003, October 1). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Vol. 108.
Contributors: S. Li *, * & S. Peng*
2003 article
Mechanisms for the NAO Responses to the North Atlantic SST Tripole
Peng, S., Robinson, W. A., & Li, S. (2003, June 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 16, pp. 1987–2004.
2003 article
Mechanisms of Hemispherically Symmetric Climate Variability*
Seager, R., Harnik, N., Kushnir, Y., Robinson, W., & Miller, J. (2003, September 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 16, pp. 2960–2978.
Contributors: R. Seager *, N. Harnik *, Y. Kushnir *, * & J. Miller*
2003 conference paper
On the physical reality of annular modes
IUGG2003. Sapporo, Japan.
2003 journal article
Physical basis for empirical PV-streamfunction spectral relationships
14th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, 20–23. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000224565100008&KeyUID=WOS:000224565100008
2003 chapter
Stratospheric influences on weather and climate
In McGraw-Hill 2003 Yearbook of Science and Technology. McGraw-Hill.
2002 article
Atmospheric GCM Response to Extratropical SST Anomalies: Synthesis and Evaluation*
Kushnir, Y., Robinson, W. A., Bladé, I., Hall, N. M. J., Peng, S., & Sutton, R. (2002, August 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 15, pp. 2233–2256.
Contributors: Y. Kushnir *, * , I. Blade *, N. Hall *, S. Peng * & R. Sutton *
2002 conference paper
Dynamical influences of the winter stratosphere on the troposphere
NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies. New York, New York.
2002 article
General circulation model simulations of recent cooling in the east‐central United States
Robinson, W. A., Ruedy, R., & Hansen, J. E. (2002, December 19). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Vol. 107, pp. ACL 4–1-ACL 4–14.
Contributors: * , R. Reudy * & J. Hansen *
2002 conference paper
How does the stratosphere influence the troposphere?
International Symposium on Stratospheric Variations and Climate. Fukuoka, Japan.
2002 conference paper
How might the stratosphere influence the troposphere?
Climate Diagnostics Center. Boulder, Colorado.
2002 article
North Atlantic SST Forcing of the NAO and Relationships with Intrinsic Hemispheric Variability
Peng, S., Robinson, W. A., & Li, S. (2002, April 1). Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29.
Contributors: S. Peng*, * & S. Li *
2002 article
On the midlatitude thermal response to tropical warmth
Robinson, W. A. (2002, April 1). Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 29.
2001 conference paper
Does the troposphere care about the stratosphere?
AMS Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability. Breckenridge, Colorado.
2001 conference paper
How does the stratosphere influence the troposphere?
AGU Fall meeting. San Francisco.
2001 book
Modeling Dynamic Climate Systems
2001 article
Relationships between Atmospheric Internal Variability and the Responses to an Extratropical SST Anomaly
Peng, S., & Robinson, W. A. (2001, July 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 14, pp. 2943–2959.
2001 journal article
Where's the-heat? Insights from GCM experiments into the lack of Eastern US warming
12th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, 5–6. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000177601900002&KeyUID=WOS:000177601900002
2000 article
A Baroclinic Mechanism for the Eddy Feedback on the Zonal Index
Robinson, W. A. (2000, February 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 57, pp. 415–422.
2000 article
Review of WETS—The Workshop on Extra–Tropical SST anomalies
Robinson, W. A. (2000, March 1). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 81, pp. 567–577.
2000 article
Stochastic and oscillatory forcing of global atmospheric angular momentum
Weickmann, K. M., Robinson, W. A., & Penland, C. (2000, June 1). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Vol. 105, pp. 15543–15557.
1999 book review
History of a young science
[Review of Greenhouse: The 200-Year story of global warming, by G. Christianson]. IEEE Spectrum, 36(11), 16–17.
1999 article
Nonlinear Behavior in the Propagation of Atmospheric Gravity Waves
Franke, P. M., & Robinson, W. A. (1999, September 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 56, pp. 3010–3027.
1999 article
Observational evidence of quasi two‐day/gravity wave interaction using MF Radar
Herman, R. L., Robinson, W. A., & Franke, S. J. (1999, April 15). Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 26, pp. 1141–1144.
Contributors: R. Herman*, * & S. Franke *
1999 journal article
Self maintenance of baroclinic jets by transient-eddy feedback and surface drag
12th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, 148–149. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000168477900046&KeyUID=WOS:000168477900046
1998 conference paper
Climate variability in middle latitudes—the unpredictable continuum
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Palisades, New York.
1998 article
HRDI Observations of Mean Meridional Winds at Solstice
Lieberman, R. S., Robinson, W. A., Franke, S. J., Vincent, R. A., Isler, J. R., Fritts, D. C., … Tsuda, T. (1998, May 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 55, pp. 1887–1896.
Contributors: R. Lieberman *, * , S. Franke, R. Vincent *, . Isler *, D. Fritts *, A. Manson*, C. Meek *
1998 article
Health Care Reform and Public Health: A Paper on Population-Based Core Functions: The Core Functions Project, U.S. Public Health Service, 1993
Lee, P. R., Elders, M. J., McGinnis, J. M., Satcher, D., Clinton, J. J., Kessler, D. A., … Olivas, G. (1998, January 1). Journal of Public Health Policy, Vol. 19, pp. 394–419.
1998 conference paper
The frequency dependence of transient eddy feedback
Climate Diagnostics Center and Colorado Research Associates. Boulder, Colorado.
1998 article
Two-Dimensional Turbulence and Persistent Zonal Jets in a Global Barotropic Model
Huang, H.-P., & Robinson, W. A. (1998, February 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 55, pp. 611–632.
Contributors: H. Huang * & *
1997 conference paper
Climate variability driven by mid-latitude chaos
Weizmann Institute. Rehovot, Israel.
1997 article
Dissipation Dependence of the Jet Latitude
Robinson, W. A. (1997, February 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 10, pp. 176–182.
1997 journal article
Forecasting the Next Century’s Weather
IEEE Spectrum, 34(1), 10–14.
1997 journal article
Low frequency variability in a stochastically forced barotropic model
11th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, 328–331. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000071010100101&KeyUID=WOS:000071010100101
1997 journal article
On the dynamics of the observed zonal index
11th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, 275–276. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000071010100083&KeyUID=WOS:000071010100083
1997 article
The Modeled Atmospheric Response to Midlatitude SST Anomalies and Its Dependence on Background Circulation States
Peng, S., Robinson, W. A., & Hoerling, M. P. (1997, May 1). Journal of Climate, Vol. 10, pp. 971–987.
1997 conference paper
‘Modeling the Earth System’: a new interdisciplinary STELLA-based course at the University of Illinois
Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Baltimore, Maryland.
1996 article
Does Eddy Feedback Sustain Variability in the Zonal Index?
Robinson, W. A. (1996, December 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 53, pp. 3556–3569.
1996 conference paper
Zonally symmetric low-frequency variability in middle latitudes
National Center for Atmospheric Research. Boulder, Colorado.
1995 article
Barotropic Model Simulations of the North Pacific Retrograde Disturbances
Huang, H.-P., & Robinson, W. A. (1995, May 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 52, pp. 1630–1641.
1995 book review
Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, by Cushman-Roisin
[Review of Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, by B. Cushman-Roisin]. Journal of Geological Education, 43, 433–434.
1995 conference paper
Linear and nonlinear barotropic governors in a simple model of the general circulation
9th AMS Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability. Big Sky, Montana.
1995 article
The Impact of Tropical Forcing on Extratropical Predictability in a Simple Global Model
Qin, J., & Robinson, W. A. (1995, November 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 52, pp. 3895–3910.
1994 article
Comments on 'Spatial structure of ultra-low frequency variability of the flow in a simple atmospheric circulation model' by I. N. James and P. M. James (October 1992, 118, 1211-1233)
FELDSTEIN, S. T. E. V. E. N. B., & ROBINSON, W. A. L. T. E. R. A. (1994, April 1). Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. 120, pp. 739–745.
1994 article
Comments on ‘Spatial structure of ultra‐low frequency variability of the flow in a simple atmospheric circulation model’ by I. N. James and P. M. James (October 1992, 118, 1211–1233.)
Feldstein, S. B., & Robinson, W. A. (1994, April 1). Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. 120, pp. 739–745.
Contributors: S. Feldstein * & *
1994 article
Comments on “Horizontal Divergence Associated with Zonally Isolated Jet Streams”
Robinson, W. A. (1994, June 1). Comments on “Horizontal Divergence Associated with Zonally Isolated Jet Streams.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 51, pp. 1760–1761.
1994 article
Eddy Feedbacks on the Zonal Index and Eddy–Zonal Flow Interactions Induced by Zonal Flow Transience
Robinson, W. A. (1994, September 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 51, pp. 2553–2562.
1993 article
Mechanisms of Low-Frequency Variability in a Simple Model with Orography
Robinson, W. A. (1993, March 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 50, pp. 878–888.
1993 article
On the Rossby Wave Source and the Steady Linear Response to Tropical Forcing
Qin, J., & Robinson, W. A. (1993, June 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 50, pp. 1819–1823.
1993 article
The Generation of Ultralow-Frequency Variations in a Simple Global Model
Robinson, W. A. (1993, January 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 50, pp. 137–143.
1993 conference paper
Transient eddy feedback and low-frequency variability
17th Stanstead Seminar. Lennoxville, Quebec.
1992 article
BAROTROPIC DYNAMICS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SYNOPTIC AND LOW-FREQUENCY EDDIES
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 49, pp. 71–79.
1992 article
Barotropic Dynamics of Interactions between Synoptic and Low-Frequency Eddies
Qin, J., & Robinson, W. A. (1992, January 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 49, pp. 71–79.
1992 conference paper
Linear models of planetary waves: Results and implications
NASA Ames Research Center.
1992 book review
Physics of Climate. Jose P. Peixoto and Abraham H. Oort. 1992. 520 pp. $95.00. Hardbound. American Institute of Physics. ISBN 0-88318-711-6
[Review of Physics of Climate, by J. P. Peixoto & A. H. Oort]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 73(11), 1856–1857.
1992 article
Predictability of the zonal index in a global model
ROBINSON, W. A. L. T. E. R. A., & JIANCHUN, Q. I. N. (1992, August 1). Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, Vol. 44A, pp. 331–338.
1992 article
Predictability of the zonal index in a global model
Robinson, W. A., & Qin, J. (1992, January 1). Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, pp. 331–338.
1992 article
Propagation of Planetary Waves between the Troposphere and Stratosphere
Chen, P., & Robinson, W. A. (1992, December 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 49, pp. 2533–2545.
Contributors: P. Chen * & *
1991 conference paper
Mechanisms of low-frequency variability in a simple global model with orography
8th AMS Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability.
1991 article
The Dynamics of Low-Frequency Variability in a Simple Model of the Global Atmosphere
Robinson, W. A. (1991, February 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 48, pp. 429–441.
1991 article
The Effects of Transience on the Propagation of Stratospheric Planetary Waves
Chen, P., & Robinson, W. A. (1991, April 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 48, pp. 1078–1092.
Contributors: P. Chen * & *
1991 article
The dynamics of the zonal index in a simple model of the atmosphere
ROBINSON, W. A. L. T. E. R. A. (1991, October 1). Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, Vol. 43, pp. 295–305.
1991 journal article
The dynamics of the zonal index in a simple model of the atmosphere
Tellus, Series A, 43 A(5), 295–305. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0026299353&partnerID=MN8TOARS
1991 book review
Tradition, Tradition
[Review of Physics: Principles and Problems]. Bookwatch Reviews, 4(6).
1990 conference paper
The dynamics of low-frequency variability in a simple model
NCAR Workshop on Dynamical Extended Range Forecasting.
1989 article
On the structure of potential vorticity in baroclinic instability
ROBINSON, W. A. L. T. E. R. A. (1989, August 1). Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, pp. 275–284.
1989 journal article
On the structure of potential vorticity in baroclinic instability
Tellus, Series A, 41 A(4), 275–284. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0024798404&partnerID=MN8TOARS
1989 conference paper
The modification of the zonal mean flow during baroclinic life cycles
7th AMS Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability.
1988 article
Analysis of LIMS Data by Potential vorticity Inversion
Robinson, W. A. (1988, August 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 45, pp. 2319–2342.
1988 article
Irreversible Wave–Mean Flow Interactions in a Mechanistic Model of the Stratosphere
Robinson, W. A. (1988, November 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 45, pp. 3413–3430.
1988 journal article
Potential vorticity thinking
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
1987 conference paper
Numerical simulations of a wave-1 minor warming
19th General Assembly of the IUGG.
1987 article
Two Applications of Potential Vorticity Thinking
Robinson, W. A. (1987, June 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 44, pp. 1554–1557.
1986 article
Interactions between Stationary Planetary Waves in the Stratosphere
Robinson, W. A. (1986, May 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 43, pp. 1006–1016.
1986 article
The Application of the Quasi-Geostrophic Eliassen–Palm Flux to the Analysis of Stratospheric Data
Robinson, W. A. (1986, May 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 43, pp. 1017–1023.
1986 article
The Behavior of Planetary Wave 2 in Preconditioned Zonal Flows
Robinson, W. A. (1986, December 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 43, pp. 3109–3121.
1985 article
A Model of the Wave 1–Wave 2 Vacillation in the Winter Stratosphere
Robinson, W. A. (1985, November 1). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 42, pp. 2289–2304.
1984 article
Use of recompressed impulse response to identify sources and paths of structure-borne noise in wide flange I-beams and pipes conveying fluid
Kalme, J. S., Uldrick, J. P., Robinson, W. A., & Larrabbee, D. (1984, August 1). Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 95, pp. 439–467.
1982 report
Second order constraints on the amplitudes of vertically propagating Rossby waves
In Woods Hole technical report, 1982 Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.
1981 article
Stratospheric Variability in Summer
Rind, D., Donn, W. L., & Robinson, W. (1981, August 1). Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 20, pp. 900–909.
Contributors: D. Rind *, W. Donn* & *
Funding History
Funding history based on the linked ORCID record. Updated: January 16th, 2025 12:57