EDUCATION:

1979-1985: University of Washington

Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences awarded in December, 1985

1975-1979: University of California at Los Angeles

B.A. in Meteorology awarded in March, 1979 (with honors)

Dissertation:

Title: "An Observational Study of Interaction

Between Large-Scale Tropical Cumulus Convection and the Global Circulation on Subseasonal Time Scales"

Director: Professor Dennis L. Hartmann

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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.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Research Associate: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, November, 1987 to present.

• Postdoctoral Fellow: Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies, University of Maryland, October, 1985 to September, 1987.

• Graduate Research Assistant: University of Washington, January, 1980 to August, 1985, under Professor Dennis L. Hartmann.

• Instructor: Introduction to Atmospheric Science (for non-science majors), University of Washington, Summer quarter, 1984.

• Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Atmospheric Science (for nonscience majors), University of Washington, Fall quarter, 1981, under Professor Richard J. Reed.

• Teaching Assistant: Survey of Atmospheric Science (for first year graduate students), University of Washington, Fall quarter, 1980, under Professor John M. Wallace.

• Fire Weather Forecaster: Forecast the likelihood of lightninginduced forest fires in Alaska, June to August, 1979, for the Bureau of Land Management, Fairbanks.

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GRANTS:

• Liebmann, Brant, and Harry H. Hendon: Scale Interaction within the 40-50 day Oscillation. Funded by NOAA. September 1991 - August 1994.

• Hendon, Harry H., and Brant Liebmann: Intraseasonal Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropical Pacific. Funded by NOAA TOGA-COARE. March 1994 - February 1997.

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