| 47. Seager, R., Y. Wu, A. Cherchi, I.R. Simpson, T.J. Osborn, Y. Kushnir, J. Lukovic, H. Liu, and J. Nakamura, 2024: Recent and near-term future changes in impacts-relevant seasonal hydroclimate in the world's Mediterranean climate regions International Journal of Climatology, 10.1002/joc.8551: 1-24. |
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| 46. Nakamura, J., R. Seager, H. Liu, F. Cottier, M.J. Puma, D.J. Wrathall, B. Katz, A. de Sherbinin, and S.B. Adamo, 2024: Recent trends in agriculturally relevant climate in Central America International Journal of Climatology, 44: 2701-2724. |
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| 45. Nakamura, J., U. Lall, Y. Kushnir, P.A. Harr, 2023: A saturated stochastic simulator: synthetic US Gulf coast tropical cyclone precipitation fields Natural Hazards, 120(2): 1295-1318. |
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| 44. Seager, R, M. Ting, P. Alexander, H. Liu, J. Nakamura, C. Li and M. Newman, 2023: Ocean-forcing of cool season precipitation drives ongoing and future decadal drought in southwestern North America. npj Clim. Atm. Sci., 6(1): 141. |
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| 43. Seager, R., Ting, M., Alexander, P., Nakamura, J., Liu, H., Li. C. and I.R. Simpson, 2022: Mechanisms of a meteorological drought onset: Summer 2020 to spring 2021 in southwestern North America. J. Climate, 35(22): 3767-3785. |
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| 42. Reed, C., Anderson, W., Kruczkiewicz, A., Nakamura, J., Seager, R. and S.S. Shukla, 2022: The impact of flooding on food security across Africa. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 119(43): 4249-4264. |
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| 41. Seager, R., N. Henderson, M.A. Cane, H. Zhang and J. Nakamura, 2021: Atmosphere–Ocean Dynamics of Persistent Cold States of the Tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Climate, 34: 5195-5214. |
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| 40. Nakamura, J., Y. Kushnir U. Lall, P.A. Harr, and K. McCreery, 2021: Early Season Hurricane Risk Assessment: Climate-Conditioned HITS Simulation of North Atlantic Tropical Storm Tracks. J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 60: 559-575. |
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| 39. Seager, R., J. Nakamura and M. Ting, 2020: Prediction of seasonal meteorological drought onset and termination over the southern Great Plains in the North American Multimodel Ensemble. J. Hydromet., 21: 2237 - 2255. |
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| 38. Seager, R. , H. Liu, Y. Kushnir, T.J. Osborn, I.R. Simpson, C.R. Kelley and J. Nakamura, 2020: Mechanisms of Winter Precipitation Variability in the European–Mediterranean Region Associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation J. Climate, 33: . |
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| 37. Seager, R. , T.J. Osborn, Y. Kushnir, I.R. Simpson, H. Liu and J. Nakamura, 2019: Climate variability and change in Mediterranean-type climate regions. J. Climate, 32(10): 2887-2915. |
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| 36. Seager, R., J. Nakamura and M. Ting, 2019: Mechanisms of seasonal soil moisture drought onset and termination in the southern Great Plains. J. Hydrology, 20: 751 - 771. |
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| 35. Seager, R., J. Feldman, N. Lis, M. Ting, A.P. Williams, J. Nakamura, H. Liu and N. Henderson, 2018: Wither the 100th meridian? The once and future physical and human geography of America’s arid-humid divide. Part II: The meridian moves east. Earth Interactions, 22(5): 1-24. |
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| 34. Seager, R., N. Lis, J. Feldman, M. Ting, A.P. Williams, J. Nakamura, H. Liu and N. Henderson, 2018: Wither the 100th meridian? The once and future physical and human geography of America’s arid-humid divide. Part I: The story so far. Earth Interactions, 22(5): 1-22. |
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| 33. Seager, R. , N. Henderson, M.A. Cane, H. Liu and J. Nakamura, 2017: Is There a Role for Human-Induced Climate Change in the Precipitation Decline that Drove the California Drought? J. Climate, 30: 10237-10258. |
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| 32. Nakamura, J. , S.J. Camargo, A.H. Sobel, N. Henderson, K.A. Emanuel, A. Kumar, T.E. LaRow, H. Murakami, M.J. Roberts, E. Scoccimarro, P. Luigi Vidale, H. Wang, M.F. Wehner and M. Zhao, 2017: Western North Pacific tropical cyclone model tracks in present and future climates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 18(122): 4249-4264. |
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| 31. Robertson, A.W., Y. Kushnir, U. Lall and J. Nakamura, 2015: Extreme events: observations, modeling, and economics: Weather and climatic drivers of extreme flooding events over the midwest of the United States Geophysical Monograph Series, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: 113-124. |
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| 30. Seager, R., M. Hoerling, S. Schubert, H. L. Wang, B. Lyon, A. Kumar, J. Nakamura and N. Henderson, 2015: Causes of the 2011-14 California Drought. J. Climate, 28(18): 6997-7024. |
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| 29. Nakamura, J., U. Lall, Y. Kushnir and B. Rajagopalan, 2015: HITS: Hurricane Intensity and Track Simulator with North Atlantic Ocean Applications for Risk Assessment. J. Appl. Meteor. Cliamtol., 54: 1620-1636. |
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| 28. Seager, R., A. Hooks, A.P. Williams, B.I. Cook, J. Nakamura and N. Henderson, 2015: Climatology, Variability, and Trends in U.S. Vapor Pressure Deficit, an Important Fire-Related Meteorological Quantity. J. Applied Meteorlogy and Climatology, 54: 1121-1141. |
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| 27. Ballard, T., R. Seager, J.E. Smerdon, B.I. Cook, A.J. Ray, B. Rajagopalan, Y. Kushnir, J. Nakamura and N. Henderson, 2014: Hydroclimate Variability and Change in the Prairie Pothole Region, the “Duck Factory” of North America. Earth Interactions, 18(14): 1-28. |
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| 26. Seager, R., L. Goddard, J. Nakamura, N. Henderson and D. Lee, 2014: Dynamical causes of the 2010/11 Texas-northern Mexico drought. J. Hydrometeorology, 15(1): 39-68. |
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| 25. Nakamura, J., 2014: Hydroclimatology of Extreme Precipitation and Floods Originating from the North Atlantic Ocean Columbia University, doi: 10.7916/D86H4FM1 |
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| 24. Ballard, T., R. Seager, J.E. Smerdon, B.I. Cook, A.J. Ray, B. Rajagopalan, Y. Kushnir, J. Nakamura and N. Henderson, 2014: Hydroclimate Variability and Change in the Prairie Pothole Region, the “Duck Factory” of North America. Earth Interactions, 18(14): 1-28. |
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| 23. Seager, R., M. Ting, C. Li, N. Naik(Henderson), B. Cook, J. Nakamura and H. Liu, 2013: Projections of declining surface-water availability for southwestern United States. Nature Climatic Change: doi:10.1038/nclimate1787. |
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| 22. Nakamura, J., U. Lall, Y. Kushnir, A.W. Robertson and R. Seager, 2013: Dynamical Structure of Extreme Floods in the U.S. Midwest and the United Kingdom. J. Hydrometeor., 14(2): 485-504. |
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| 21. Ziv, B., Y. Kushnir, J. Nakamura, N. Naik(Henderson) and T. Harpaz, 2013: Coupled climate model simulations of Mediterranean winter cyclones and large-scale flow patterns. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13(3): 779-793. |
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| 20. Seager, R., N. Pederson, Y. Kushnir and J. Nakamura, 2012: The 1960s Drought and the Subsequent Shift to a Wetter Climate in the Catskill Mountains Region of the New York City Watershed. J. Climate, 25(19): 6721-6742. |
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| 19. Robertson, A.W., Y. Kushnir, U. Lall and J. Nakamura, 2011: Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin: 150-152. |
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| 18. Kushnir, Y., R. Seager, M. Ting, N. Naik(Henderson) and J. Nakamura, 2010: Mechanisms of Tropical Atlantic SST Influence on North American Precipitation Variability. J. Climate, 23(21): 5610-5628. |
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| 17. Seager, R. , N. Naik(Henderson), W. Baethgen, A. Robertson, Y. Kushnir, J. Nakamura and S. Jurburg, 2010: Tropical oceanic causes of interannual to multidecadal precipitation variability across southeast South America over the past century. J. Climate, 23(20): 5517–5539. |
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| 16. Seager, R., Y. Kushnir, J. Nakamura, M. Ting and N. Naik(Henderson), 2010: Northern hemisphere winter snow anomalies: ENSO, NAO and the winter of 2009/10. Geo. Res. Letters, 37(L14703): doi:10.1029/2010GL043830. |
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| 15. Nakamura, J., U. Lall, Y. Kushnir and S. J. Camargo, 2009: Classifying North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks by Mass Moments. J. Climate, 22(20): 5481-5494. |
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| 14. Seager, R., A. Tzanova and J. Nakamura, 2009: Drought in the Southeastern United States: Causes, Variability over the Last Millennium, and the Potential for Future Hydroclimate Change. J. Climate, 22(19): 5021-5045. |
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| 13. Seager, R., M. Ting, M. Davis, M. Cane, N. Naik(Henderson), J. Nakamura, C. Li, E. Cook and D. W. Stahle, 2009: Mexican drought: an observational modeling and tree ring study of variability and climate change. Atmosfera, 22(1): 1-31. |
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| 12. Seager, R., R. Burgman, Y. Kushnir, A. Clement, E. Cook, N. Naik(Henderson) and J. Miller(Nakamura), 2008: Tropical Pacific Forcing of North American Medieval Megadroughts: Testing the Concept with an Atmosphere Model Forced by Coral-Reconstructed SSTs J. Climate, 21(23): 6175-6190. |
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| 11. Seager, R., Y. Kushnir, M. Ting, M. Cane, N. Naik(Henderson) and J. Miller(Nakamura), 2008: Would advance knowledge of 1930s SSTs have allowed prediction of the dust bowl drought? J. Climate, 21(13): 3261-3281. |
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| 10. Seager, R., M. F. Ting, I. Held, Y. Kushnir, J. Lu, G. Vecchi, H. P. Huang, N. Harnik, A. Leetmaa, N. C. Lau, C. H. Li, J. Velez(Nakamura) and N. Naik(Henderson), 2007: Model projections of an imminent transition to a more arid climate in southwestern North America. Science, 316(5828): 1181-1184. |
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| 9. Seager, R., Y. Kushnir, C. Herweijer, N. Naik(Henderson) and J. Velez(Nakamura), 2005: Modeling of tropical forcing of persistent droughts and pluvials over western North America: 1856-2000. J. Climate, 18(19): 4065-4088. |
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| 8. Seager, R., A. R. Karspeck, M. A. Cane, Y. Kushnir, A. Giannini, A. Kaplan, B. Kerman and J. Velez(Nakamura), 2004: Predicting Pacific decadal variability. In: C. Wang, S.P. Xie and J.A. Carton (Editors), Earth Climate: The ocean-atmosphere interaction, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC,: pp. 105-120. |
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| 7. Seager, R., N. Harnik, Y. Kushnir, W. Robinson and J. Miller(Nakamura), 2003: Mechanisms of hemispherically symmetric climate variability. J. Climate, 16(18): 2960-2978. |
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| 6. Seager, R., R. Murtugudde, N. H. Naik(Henderson), A. Clement, N. Gordon and J. Miller(Nakamura), 2003: Air-sea interaction and the seasonal cycle of the subtropical anticyclones. J. Climate, 16(12): 1948-1966. |
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| 5. Kushnir, Y., R. Seager, J. Miller(Nakamura) and J. C. H. Chiang, 2002: A simple coupled model of tropical Atlantic decadal climate variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 29(23): 2133. |
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| 4. Miller, J.(Nakamura), Kovacs, T.A. and P. R. Bannon, 2001: Journal of the atmospheric sciences, 58(22): 3508-3524. |
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| 3. Seager, R., Y. Kushnir, N. H. Naik(Henderson), M. A. Cane and J. Miller(Nakamura), 2001: Wind-driven shifts in the latitude of the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension and generation of SST anomalies on decadal timescales. J. Climate, 14(22): 4249-4264. |
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| 2. Seager, R., Y. Kushnir, P. Chang, N. H. Naik(Henderson), J. Miller(Nakamura) and W. Hazeleger, 2001: Looking for the role of the ocean in tropical Atlantic decadal climate variability. J. Climate, 14(5): 638-655. |
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| 1. Seager, R., Y. Kushnir, M. Visbeck, N. H. Naik(Henderson), J. Miller(Nakamura), G. Krahmann and H. Cullen, 2000: Causes of Atlantic Ocean climate variability between 1958 and 1998. Journal of Climate, 13(16): 4655-4675 |
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