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Regional Climate Modeling for the Northeast United States

Collaborators: Wei-Chyung Wang, Wei Gong

Funding:

Publications:
Notaro, M., W.-C. Wang, and W. Gong, 2006: Model and observational analysis of the Northeast’s regional winter
climate and its relationship to the PNA pattern. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 3477-3503.
Notaro, M., 2002: Model and observational analysis of the Northeast’s regional winter climate and its relationship
to the PNA pattern. Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Albany.

Methods: The impact of the Pacific North American (PNA) pattern on the winter climate of the Northeast US is investigated using the SUNYA RCM (regional climate model) and observations. Five simulations during a strong +PNA and five during a strong –PNA are compared.

Key finding: Positive PNA pattern produces significant cooling, drying, reduced cloud cover, and an earlier Great Lakes ice season across the Northeast US as the jet shifts to the southeast.

Domain used in SUNYA RCM regional model experiments in which the impacts of the Pacific North American (PNA) pattern on the wintertime climate of the Northeast US are investigated.