Refereed Publications by Brant Liebmann

Refereed Publications

Liebmann, Brant, and Dennis L. Hartmann, 1982: Interannual Variations of Outgoing IR Associated with Tropical Circulation Changes During 1974-1978. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 39, 1153-1162.
Liebmann, Brant, and Dennis L. Hartmann, 1984: An Observational Study of Tropical-Midlatitude Interaction on Intraseasonal Time Scales During Winter. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 41, 3333-3350.
Liebmann, Brant, 1987: Observed Relationships Between Large-Scale Tropical Convection and the Tropical Circulation on Subseasonal Time Scales During Northern Hemisphere Winter. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 44, 2543-2561.
Liebmann, Brant, and Arnold Gruber, 1988: Annual Variation of the Diurnal Cycle of Outgoing Longwave Radiation. Monthly Weather Review, 116, 1659-1670.
Liebmann, Brant, M. Chelliah, and H.M. van den Dool, 1989: On the Persistence of Outgoing Longwave Radiation Anomalies in the Tropics. Monthly Weather Review, 117, 670-679.
Liebmann, Brant, and Harry H. Hendon, 1990: Synoptic-Scale Disturbances Near the Equator. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 47, 1463-1479.
Hendon, Harry H., and Brant Liebmann, 1990: A Composite Study of Onset of the Australian Summer Monsoon. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 47, 2227-2240.
Hendon, Harry H., and Brant Liebmann, 1990: The Intraseasonal (30-50 day) Oscillation of the Australian Summer Monsoon. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 47, 2909-2923.
Joseph Porathur V., Brant Liebmann, and Harry H. Hendon, 1991: Interannual Variability of the Australian Summer Monsoon Onset: Possible influence of El Niño. Journal of Climate, 4, 529-538.
Hendon, Harry H., and Brant Liebmann, 1991: The structure and Annual Variation of Antisymmetric Fluctuations of Tropical Convection and Their Association with Rossby-Gravity Waves. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48, 2127-2140.
Sardeshmukh, Prashant D., and Brant Liebmann, 1993: An Assessment of Low-Frequency Variability in the Tropics as Indicated by Some Proxies of Tropical Convection. Journal of Climate, 6, 569-575.
Hendon, Harry H., and Brant Liebmann, 1994: Organization of Convection within the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 8073-8083.
Liebmann, Brant, Harry H. Hendon, and John D. Glick, 1994: The Relationship between Tropical Cyclones of the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 72, 401-412.
Liebmann, Brant, and Catherine A. Smith, 1996: Description of a Complete (Interpolated) Outgoing Longwave Radiation Dataset. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77, 1275-1277.
Liebmann, Brant, Harry H. Hendon, and John D. Glick, 1997: On the Generation of Two-Day Convective Disturbances Across the Western Equatorial Pacific. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 75, 939-946.
Hendon, Harry H., Brant Liebmann and John D. Glick, 1998: Oceanic Kelvin Waves and the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 55, 88-101.
Liebmann, Brant, José A. Marengo, John D. Glick, Vernon E. Kousky, Ilana C. Wainer, and Oswaldo Massambani, 1998: A Comparison of Rainfall, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, and Divergence over the Amazon Basin. Journal of Climate, 11, 2898-2909.
Liebmann, Brant, George N. Kiladis, José A. Marengo, Tércio Ambrizzi, and John D. Glick, 1999: Submonthly Convective Variability over South America and the South Atlantic Convergence Zone. Journal of Climate, 12, 1877-1891.
Hendon, Harry H., Brant Liebmann, Mathew Newman, John D. Glick, and Jae-Kyung E. Schemm, 2000: Medium-Range Forecast Errors Associated with Active Episodes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Monthly Weather Review, 128, 69-86.
Barros, Vicente, Marcela Gonzalez, Brant Liebmann, and Inés Camilloni, 2000: Influence of the South Atlantic Convergence Zone and South Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature on Interannual Summer Rainfall Variability in southeastern South America. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 67, 123-133.
Liebmann, Brant, Charles Jones, and Leila M.V. de Carvalho, 2001: Interannual Variability of Daily Extreme Precipitation Events in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Journal of Climate, 14, 208-218.
Marengo, José A., Brant Liebmann, Vernon E. Kousky, Naziano P. Filizola, and Ilana C. Wainer, 2001: Onset and End of the Rainy Season in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. Journal of Climate, 14, 833-852.
Lucas, Lisanne E., Duane E. Waliser, Ping Ping Xie, John E. Janowiak, and Brant Liebmann, 2001: Estimating the Satellite Equatorial Crossing Time Biases in the Daily, Global Outgoing Longwave Radiation Dataset. Journal of Climate, 14, 2583-2605.
Liebmann, Brant, and José A. Marengo, 2001: Interannual Variability of the Rainy Season and Rainfall in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. Journal of Climate, 14, 4308-4318.
Carvalho, L.M.V., Charles Jones, and Brant Liebmann, 2002: Extreme Precipitation Events in Southeastern South America and Large-Scale Convective Patterns in the South Atlantic Convergence Zone. Journal of Climate, 15, 2377-2394.
Marengo, José A., Tércio Ambrizzi, George N. Kiladis, and Brant Liebmann, 2002: Upper-Air Wave Trains Over the Pacific Ocean and Wintertime Cold Surges in Tropical-Subtropical South America Leading to Freezes in Southern and Southeastern Brazil. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 73, 223-242.
Carvalho, L.M.V., Charles Jones, and Brant Liebmann, 2004: The South Atlantic Convergence Zone: Intensity, Form, Persistence, Relationships with Intraseasonal to Interannual Activity and Extreme Rainfall. Journal of Climate, 17, 88-108.
Liebmann, Brant, George N. Kiladis, Carolina S. Vera, A. Celeste Saulo, and Leila M.V. Carvalho, 2004: Subseasonal variations of Rainfall in South America in the Vicinity of the Low-Level Jet East of the Andes and Comparison to Those in the South Atlantic Convergence Zone. Journal of Climate, 17, 3829-3842.
Liebmann, Brant, Carolina S. Vera, Leila M.V. Carvalho, Inés A Camilloni, Martin P. Hoerling, Dave Allured, Vicente R. Barros, Julián Báez, and Mario Bidegain, 2004: An Observed Trend in Central South American Precipitation. Journal of Climate, 17, 4357-4367.
Seth, Anji, Maisa Rojas, Brant Liebmann, and Jian-Hua Qian, 2004: Daily Rainfall Analysis for South America from a Regional Climate Model and Station Observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L07213, doi10.1029/2003GL019220.
Liebmann, Brant, and Dave Allured, 2005: Daily Precipitation Grids for South America. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86, 1567-1570.
Williams, Earle, Alaor Dall' Antonia, Vitoria Dall' Antonia, Jorge Mathias de Almeida, Francisco Suarez, Brant Liebmann, and Ana Claudia Mendes Malhado, 2005: The Drought of the Century in the Amazon Basin: An Analysis of the Regional Variation of Rainfall in South America. Acta Amazonica, 35, 231-238.
Liebmann, Brant, and Dave Allured, 2006: Reply to Comments on Daily Precipitation Grids for South America. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87, 1096.
Vera, Carolina, Gabriel Silvestri, Brant Liebmann, and Paula González, 2006: Climate Change Scenarios for Seasonal Precipitation in South America From IPCC-AR4 Models. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L13707, doi:10.1029/2006GL025759.
Cerne, S. Bibiana, Carolina S. Vera, and Brant Liebmann, 2007: The Nature of a Heat Wave Occurring in Eastern Argentina During SALLJEX. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 1165-1174.
Rauscher, Sara A., Anji Seth, Brant Liebmann, Jian-Hua Qian, and Suzana J. Camargo, 2007: Regional Climate Model-Simulated Timing and Character of Seasonal Rains in South America. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 2642-2657.
Liebmann, Brant, Suzana J. Camargo, Anji Seth, José A. Marengo, Leila M.V. Carvalho, Dave Allured, Rong Fu, and Carolina S. Vera, 2007: Onset and End of the Rainy Season in South America in Observations and the ECHAM 4.5 Atmospheric General Circulation Model. Journal of Climate, 20, 2037-2050.
González, Marcela, Carolina S. Vera, Brant Liebmann, José A. Marengo, Vernon Kousky, and Dave Allured, 2007: The Nature of the Rainfall Onset over Central South America. Atmosfera, 20, 377-394.
González, Paula L.M., Carolina S. Vera, Brant Liebmann, and George Kiladis, 2007: Intraseasonal Variability in Subtropical South America as Depicted by Precipitation Data. Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0319-9.
Liebmann, Brant, Ileana Bladé, Nicholas A. Bond, David Gochis, Dave Allured, and Gary T. Bates, 2008: Characteristics of North American Summertime Rainfall with Emphasis on the Monsoon. Journal of Climate, 21, 1277-1294.

Presentations

Wet and dry periods during SALLJEX and their relationship with SALLJ events (power point) Presented at the SALLJEX data workshop, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10-12 December, 2003
Regression of global OLR and South American rainfall onto Madden-Julian oscillation index (animated gif)
Side-by-side comparison of daily SALLJEX V2 (Argentina) rainfall totals with ETA model run (from Hugo Berbery, University of Maryland) (animated gif)
200 mb 4x daily winds and SALLJEX V2 daily rain (animated gif)
850 mb 4x daily winds and SALLJEX V2 daily rain (animated gif)
An observed trend of precipitation in the PROSUR area of South America (power point) Presented at PROSUR 4th annual Principal Investigators Meeting (CRN-055), Cruzeiro, Brazil, 6-8 October, 2003
Gridded SALLJEX data from Argentina (3 passes 1-2-1 temporal filter)[SALLJEX V1 data] (animated gif)
An observed trend in South American precipitation (pdf file) Poster presented at CLIVAR/PACS Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, 17-18 September, 2003
Interannual variability of the rainy season in the tropics of South America (power point) Presented at the Department of Meteorology, Salt Lake City, Utah, 22 July, 2003
La variabilidad interanual de la estación lluviosa en la cuenca del Amazonas (power point) Presented at X Congreso Latinoamericano e Iberico de Meteorologia, Havana, Cuba, 3-7 March 2003
Observed trends in South American precipitation (power point) Presented at 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, San Diego, California, 10-14 January 2005
Tendencias de precipitación observadas en Sudamérica (power point) Presented at XI Congreso Latinoamericano e Iberico de Meteorologia, Cancún, Mexico, 28 February - 4 March 2005
Problems in diagnosing precipitation trends in South America (power point) Presented at 1st MESA Science Working Group (SWG-1) meeting, Mexico City, Mexico, 9 - 11 March 2005
Onset and end of the rainy season in South America in observations and the ECHAM 4.5 atmospheric general circulation model (power point) Presented at the 8th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, 24 - 28 April 2006
Onset and end of the wet season in the Americas and comparisons with the ECHAM 4.5 atmospheric general circulation model (power point) Presented at the USGS FEWS NET Science Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 3 August 2007
Forcing of Kelvin waves over South America (power point) Presented at the First Ibero-American Workshop on climate dynamics and climate change, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20-23 August 2007

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