Research Interests

My research interests are related to the role of sea ice and polar regions in the climate system, including ice/ocean/atmosphere feedback mechanisms, high latitude climate variability, and abrupt climate change. I am also interested in coupled climate modeling and the improvement of sea ice models for climate simulations.

CGD Scientist Research Catalog

• 2007
• 2006

Recent Publications

Submitted/Accepted

Serreze, M.C., A.P. Barrett, J. Stroeve, and M.M. Holland, 2007: Emerging Arctic amplificiation as seen in the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis, Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted.

Merryfield, W.J., M.M. Holland, and A.H. Monahan, 2007: Multiple equilibria and abrupt transitions in Arctic summer sea ice extent, J. Climate, submitted.

2008 Publications

Jochum, M., G. Danabasoglu, M. Holland, Y.-O. Kwon, and W. G. Large, 2008; Ocean viscosity and climate, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C06017, doi:10.1029/2007JC004515. [article]

Lawrence, D. M., A. G. Slater, R. A. Tomas, M. M. Holland, and C. Deser, 2008: Accelerated Arctic land warming and permafrost degradation during rapid sea ice loss, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L11506, doi:10.1029/2008GL033985. [article]

DeWeaver, E. T., E. C. Hunke, and M. M. Holland (2008), Comment on "On the reliability of simulated Arctic sea ice in global climate models" by I. Eisenman, N. Untersteiner, and J. S. Wettlaufer, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04501, doi:10.1029/2007GL031325. [article]

2007 Publications

White, D., et al., 2007: The arctic freshwater system: Changes and impacts, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S54, doi:10.1029/2006JG000353. [article]

Finnis, J., M. M. Holland, M. C. Serreze, and J. J. Cassano (2007), Response of Northern Hemisphere extratropical cyclone activity and associated precipitation to climate change, as represented by the Community Climate System Model, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S42, doi:10.1029/2006JG000286. [article]

Holland, M. M., J. Finnis, A. P. Barrett, and M. C. Serreze (2007), Projected changes in Arctic Ocean freshwater budgets, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S55, doi:10.1029/2006JG000354. [article]

Stroeve, J., M.M. Holland, W. Meier, T. Scambos, and M.C. Serreze, 2007: Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Faster than Forecast, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L09501, doi: 10.1029/2007GL029703, 2007.

L.B. Tremblay, M.M. Holland, I.V. Gorodetskaya, and G.A. Schmidt, 2007: An Ice-Free Arctic? Opportunities for computational science, Journal of Computing in Science and Engineering, 9, 65-74.

Hunke, E.C. and M.M. Holland, 2007: Global atmospheric forcing data for Arctic ice-ocean modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 12, C04S14, doi:10.1029/2006JC003640.

Serreze, M.C., M.M. Holland, and J. Stroeve, 2007: Perspectives on the Arctic's shrinking sea-ice cover, Science, 315, 1533-1536.

2006

Holland, M.M., C.M. Bitz, and B. Tremblay, 2006: Future abrupt reductions in the Summer Arctic sea ice, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L23503, doi:10.1029/2006GL028024.

Holland, M.M., J. Finnis, and M.C. Serreze, 2006: Simulated Arctic Ocean freshwater budgets in the 20th and 21st centuries, J. Climate, 19, 6221-6242.

Holland, M.M., C.M. Bitz, E.C. Hunke. W.H. Lipscomb, and J.L. Schramm, 2006: Influence of the sea ice thickness distribution on polar climate in CCSM3, J. Climate, 19, 2398-2414.

Bitz, C.M., P.R. Gent, R.A. Woodgate, M.M. Holland, and R. Lindsay, 2006: The influence of sea ice on ocean heat uptake in response to increasing CO2. J. Climate, 19, 2437-2450.

Bony, S, R Colman, V.M. Kattsov, R.P. Allan, C.S. Bretherton, J Dufresne, A Hall, S Hallegatte, M.M. Holland, W Ingram, D.A. Randall, B.J. Soden, G Tselioudis, and M.J. Webb, 2006: How Well do we Understand Climate Change Feedback Processes?, J. Climate, 19, 3445-3482.

Hack, J.J., J.M. Caron, S.G. Yeager, K.W. Oleson, M.M. Holland, J.E. Truesdale, and P.J. Rasch, 2006: Simulation of the global hydrological cycle in the CCSM Community Atmosphere Model (CAM3): Mean Features. J. Climate, 19, 2199-2221.

Raphael, M. and M.M. Holland, 2006: Twentieth Century Simulation of the Southern Hemisphere in Coupled Models. Part I: Large scale Circulation Variability, Climate Dynamics, 26, 217-228.

Holland, M.M., and M. Raphael, 2006: Twentieth Century Simulation of the Southern Hemisphere in Coupled Models. Part II: Sea ice conditions and variability, Climate Dynamics, 26, 229-245.

2005

Holland, M.M., C. M. Bitz, and E. Hunke, 2005: Mechanisms forcing an Antarctic dipole in simulated sea ice and surface ocean conditions, J Climate, 18, 2052-2066.

Bitz, C.M, M.M. Holland, E. Hunke, and R.E. Moritz, 2005: Maintenance of the sea-ice edge, J. Climate, 18, 2903-2921.

Goosse, H., and M.M. Holland, 2005: Mechanisms of interdecadal Arctic climate variability in the Community Climate System Model CCSM2, J Climate, 18, 3552-3570.

2003

Holland, M.M. and C.M. Bitz, 2003: Polar amplification of climate change in coupled models, Clim. Dyn, 21,221-232, doi:00382-003-0332-6.

Holland, M.M., 2003: The North Atlantic Oscillation in the CCSM2 and its influence on Arctic climate variability, J. Climate, 16, 2767-2781.

Holland, M.M., 2003: An improved single-column model representation of ocean mixing associated with summertime leads - results from a SHEBA case study, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2002JC001557.

2002

Deser, C., M.M. Holland, G. Reverdin, M.S. Timlin, 2001: Decadal variations in Labrador Sea ice cover and North Atlantic sea surface temperatures, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (C5), 10.1029/2000JC000683.

2001

Bitz, C.M., M.M. Holland, M. Eby, and A.J. Weaver, 2001: Simulating the ice-thickness distribution in a coupled climate model, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 2441-2463.

Holland, M.M, C.M. Bitz, and A.J. Weaver, 2001: The influence of sea ice physics on simulations of climate change, J. Geophys. Res., accepted.

Holland, M.M, C.M. Bitz, M. Eby, and A.J. Weaver, 2001: The role of ice-ocean interactions in the variability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation, J. Climate, 14, 656-675. PDF File (627 KB)

2000

Holland, M.M, A.J. Brasket and A.J. Weaver, 2000: The impact of rising atmospheric CO2 levels on simulated sea ice induced thermohaline circulation variability, Geophys. Res. Letters, 10, 1519-1522. PDF File (215 KB)

1999

Holland, M.M, and J.A. Curry, 1999: The role of physical processes in determining the interdecadal variability of Central Arctic sea ice, J. Climate, 12, 3319-3330.

Weaver, A.J., C.M. Bitz, A.F. Fanning, and M.M. Holland, 1999: Thermohaline circulation: High latitude phenomena and the difference between the Pacific and Atlantic, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 27, 231-285.

1997

Schramm, J.L., Holland, M.M., Curry, J.A., and E.E. Ebert, 1997: Modeling the thermodynamics of a sea ice thickness distribution 1. Sensitivity to ice thickness resolution, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 23,079-23,091.

Holland, M.M., Curry J.A., and J.L. Schramm, 1997: Modeling the thermodynamics of a sea ice thickness distribution 2. Sea ice/ocean interactions, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 23,093-23,107.

Holland, M.M., Schramm, J.L., and J.A. Curry, 1997: Thermodynamic feedback processes in a single-column sea-ice-ocean model, Annals of Glaciology, 25, 327-332.

Schramm, J.L., Holland, M.M., and J.A. Curry, 1997: The effects of snowfall on a snow-ice-thickness distribution, Annals of Glaciology, 25, 287-291.

Arbetter, T.E., Curry, J.A., Holland, M.M., and J.A. Maslanik, 1997: Response of sea-ice models to perturbations in surface heat flux, Annals of Glaciology, 25, 193-197.

1995

Holland, W.R., Capotondi, A., and M.M. Holland, 1995: Advances in ocean modeling for climate change research, Reviews of Geophys., Supplement, 1411-1424.