Adam Phillips, Associate Scientist

Research

I am an associate scientist in the Climate Analysis Section, and work with Dr. Clara Deser and Dr. Jim Hurrell. My research interests include climate variability, the simulated climate of coupled models, and the regional effects of global warming. I am the CCSM Climate Variability Working Group liaison, and organize/run simulations on behalf of the working group.

To accomplish most data processing and graphical needs, I use NCL, an interpreted language similar to IDL or MATLAB.

Education

  • M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999, Thesis: "A Climatological Study of the Evolution and Thermodynamics of Severe Arctic Cold Waves East of the Rockies"
  • B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, University of Missouri, 1997.

References

Ghatak, D., C. Deser, A. Frei, G. Gong, A. Phillips, D. Robinson, and J. Stroeve, 2012: Simulated Eurasian Snow Cover Response to Observed Arctic Sea Ice Loss, 1979-2009. J. Geophys. Res., submitted. [Article]

Deser, C., A. S. Phillips, R. A. Tomas, Y. Okumura, M. A. Alexander, A. Capotondi, J. D. Scott, Y. -O. Kwon, and M. Ohba, 2012: ENSO and Pacific Decadal Variability in Community Climate System Model Version 4. J. Climate, 25, 2622-2651, 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00301.1 [Article (.pdf)]

Deser, C., R. Knutti, S. Solomon, and A. S. Phillips, 2012: Communication of the role of natural variability in future North American climate. Nat. Clim. Change, accepted. [Article (.pdf)]

Danabasoglu, G., S. G. Yeager, Y. -O. Kwon, J. J. Tribbia, A. S. Phillips, and J. W. Hurrell, 2012. Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in CCSM4. J. Climate, accepted. [Article (.pdf)]

Deser, C., A. S. Phillips, V. Bourdette, and H. Teng, 2010: Uncertainty in climate change projections: The role of internal variabiity. Clim. Dyn., 38, 527-546, DOI 10.1007/s00382-010-0977-x. [Article (.pdf)]

Anderson, B. T., J. R. Knight, M. A. Ringer, C. Deser, A. S. Phillips, J. -H. Yoon, and A. Cherchi, 2010: Climate forcings and climate sensitivities diagnosed from atmospheric global circulation models. Climate Dyn., 35, 1461-1475, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0798-y. [Article (.pdf)]

Deser, C., A. S. Phillips, and M. A. Alexander, 2010: Twentieth Century Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Trends Revisited. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L10701, doi:10.1029/2010GL043321. [Article (.pdf)] [Supplemental Material]

Deser, C., M. A. Alexander, S. -P. Xie, and A. S. Phillips, 2010: Sea surface temperature variability: patterns and mechanisms. Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci., 2010.2, 115-143, doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-120408-151453. [Article (.pdf)]

Schubert, S., D. Gutzler, H. Wang, A. Dai, T. Delworth, C. Deser, K. Findell, R. Fu, W. Higgins, M. Hoerling, B. Kirtman, R. Koster, A. Kumar, D. Legler, D. Lettenmaier, B. Lyon, V. Magana, K. Mo, S. Nigam, P. Pegion, A. Phillips, R. Pulwarty, D. Rind, A. Ruiz-Barradas, J. Schemm, R. Seager, R. Stewart, M. Suarez, J. Syktus, M. Ting, C. Wang, S. Weaver, N. Zeng, 2009: A USCLIVAR project to assess and compare the responses of global climate models to drought-related SST forcing patterns: Overview and results.J. Climate, 22, 5251-5272, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3060.1 [Article (.pdf)]

Deser, C., and A.S. Phillips, 2009: Atmospheric Circulation Trends, 1950-2000: The Relative Roles of Sea Surface Temperature Forcing and Direct Atmospheric Radiative Forcing. J. Climate, 22, 396-413, doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2453.1. [Article (.pdf)]

Jochum, M., C. Deser, and A. Phillips, 2007: Tropical atmospheric variability forced by oceanic internal variability. J. Climate, 20, 765-771. [Print Version (.pdf)]

Hoerling, M.P., J.W. Hurrell, J. Eischeid, and A.S. Phillips, 2006: Detection and Attribution of 20th Century Northern and Southern African Monsoon Change. J. Climate, 19, 3989-4008. [Print Version (.pdf)]

Deser, C., and A. S. Phillips, 2006: Simulation of the 1976/1977 climate transition over the North Pacific: Sensitivity to tropical forcing. J. Climate, 19, 6170-6180. [Print Version (.pdf)]

Deser, C., A. Capotondi, R. Saravanan, and A. S. Phillips, 2006: Tropical Pacific and Atlantic climate variability in CCSM3. J. Climate, 19, 2451-2481. [Print Version (.pdf)] [Supplementary Figures]

Hurrell, J. W., J. J. Hack, A. S. Phillips, J. Caron, and J. Yin, 2006: The dynamical simulation of the Community Atmosphere Model Version 3 (CAM3). J. Climate, 19, 2162-2183. [Print Version (.pdf)]

Cassou, C., L. Terray, and A. S. Phillips, 2005: Tropical atlantic influence on European heat waves J. Climate, 18, 2805-2811. [Print Version (.pdf)]

Hurrell, J. W., M. P. Hoerling, A. S. Phillips, and T. Xu, 2004: Twentieth century North Atlantic climate change. Part I: Assessing determinism. Climate Dyn., 23, 371-389. [Print Version (.pdf)]

Hoerling, M. P., J. W. Hurrell, T. Xu, G. T. Bates, and A. S. Phillips, 2004: Twentieth century North Atlantic climate change. Part II: Understanding the effect of Indian Ocean warming. Climate Dyn., 23, 391-405. [Print Version (.pdf)]

Deser, C., A. S. Phillips, and J. W. Hurrell, 2004: Pacific interdecadal climate variability: Linkages between the tropics and North Pacific during boreal winter since 1900. J. Climate, 17, 3109-3124. [Print Version (.pdf)] [Supplementary Figures (.html, added 2/12/04)]

Deser, C., G. Magnusdottir, R. Saravanan, and A. Phillips, 2004: The effects of North Atlantic SST and sea-ice anomalies on the winter circulation in CCM3, Part II: Direct and indirect components of the response. J. Climate, 17, 877-889. [Print Version (.pdf)]

Walsh, J. E., A. S. Phillips, D. H. Portis, W. L. Chapman, 2001: Extreme cold outbreaks in the United States and Europe, 1948-99. J. Climate, 14, 2642-2658. [Print Version (.pdf)]