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Chaim I. Garfinkel is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Environmental Engineering.

Their work addresses several main topics such as climate variability and models, atmospheric ozone and climate, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Garfinkel's recent publications cover a variety of themes related to atmospheric science and climate dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • "Sudden Stratospheric Warmings," 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Linking Arctic variability and change with extreme winter weather in the United States," 2021, Science
  • "The Southern Hemisphere Minor Sudden Stratospheric Warming in September 2019 and its Predictions in S2S Models," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Predicting the Downward and Surface Influence of the February 2018 and January 2019 Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events in Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Models," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "The Building Blocks of Northern Hemisphere Wintertime Stationary Waves," 2020, Journal of Climate

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jian Rao
  • Ian White
  • Daniela I. V. Domeisen
  • Amy H. Butler
  • Chen Schwartz

Garfinkel's research is often published in journals such as the Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters, Climate Dynamics, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Storm track processes and the opposing influences of climate change

    T. A. Shaw;M. Baldwin;E. A. Barnes;Rodrigo Caballero

  • Sudden Stratospheric Warmings

    Mark P. Baldwin;Blanca Ayarzagüena;Thomas Birner;Thomas Birner;Neal Butchart

  • The Teleconnection of El Niño Southern Oscillation to the Stratosphere

    Daniela I.V. Domeisen;Chaim I. Garfinkel;Amy H. Butler;Amy H. Butler

  • Tropospheric Precursors of Anomalous Northern Hemisphere Stratospheric Polar Vortices

    Chaim I. Garfinkel;Dennis L. Hartmann;Fabrizio Sassi

  • Linking Arctic variability and change with extreme winter weather in the United States.

    Judah Cohen;Laurie Agel;Mathew Barlow;Chaim I. Garfinkel

  • The role of the stratosphere in subseasonal to seasonal prediction Part II: Predictability arising from stratosphere ‐ troposphere coupling

    Daniela I. V. Domeisen;Amy H. Butler;Amy H. Butler;Andrew J. Charlton-Perez;Blanca Ayarzagüena;Blanca Ayarzagüena

  • Different ENSO teleconnections and their effects on the stratospheric polar vortex

    C. I. Garfinkel;D. L. Hartmann

  • Effects of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation on polar temperatures in the stratosphere

    C. I. Garfinkel;D. L. Hartmann

  • Does the Holton–Tan Mechanism Explain How the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation Modulates the Arctic Polar Vortex?

    Chaim I. Garfinkel;Tiffany Ann Shaw;Dennis L. Hartmann;Darryn W. Waugh

  • The Role of the Stratosphere in Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction: 1. Predictability of the Stratosphere

    Daniela I.V. Domeisen;Amy H. Butler;Amy H. Butler;Andrew J. Charlton‐Perez;Blanca Ayarzagüena;Blanca Ayarzagüena

  • Observed connection between stratospheric sudden warmings and the Madden‐Julian Oscillation

    Chaim I. Garfinkel;Steven B. Feldstein;Darryn W. Waugh;Changhyun Yoo

  • The Influence of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation on the Troposphere in Winter in a Hierarchy of Models. Part I: Simplified Dry GCMs

    Chaim I. Garfinkel;Dennis L. Hartmann

  • The Effect of Tropospheric Jet Latitude on Coupling between the Stratospheric Polar Vortex and the Troposphere

    Chaim I. Garfinkel;Darryn W. Waugh;Edwin P. Gerber

  • The Downward Influence of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings: Association with Tropospheric Precursors.

    Ian White;Chaim I. Garfinkel;Edwin P. Gerber;Martin Jucker

  • On the Influence of North Pacific Sea Surface Temperature on the Arctic Winter Climate

    Margaret M. Hurwitz;Margaret M. Hurwitz;P. A. Newman;C. I. Garfinkel

  • Are the teleconnections of Central Pacific and Eastern Pacific El Niño distinct in boreal wintertime

    C. I. Garfinkel;M. M. Hurwitz;M. M. Hurwitz;D. W. Waugh;A. H. Butler

  • Impact of the MJO on the boreal winter extratropical circulation

    Chaim I. Garfinkel;James J. Benedict;Eric D. Maloney

  • Modifications of the quasi-biennial oscillation by a geoengineering perturbation of the stratospheric aerosol layer

    V. Aquila;C. I. Garfinkel;P.A. Newman;L.D. Oman

  • The 2019 New Year Stratospheric Sudden Warming and Its Real-Time Predictions in Multiple S2S Models

    Jian Rao;Jian Rao;Chaim I. Garfinkel;Haishan Chen;Ian P. White

  • The Southern Hemisphere Minor Sudden Stratospheric Warming in September 2019 and its predictions in S2S Models

    Jian Rao;Jian Rao;Chaim I. Garfinkel;Ian P. White;Chen Schwartz

  • Why might stratospheric sudden warmings occur with similar frequency in El Niño and La Niña winters

    C. I. Garfinkel;A. H. Butler;D. W. Waugh;M. M. Hurwitz;M. M. Hurwitz

  • Tropospheric Precursors of Anomalous Northern Hemisphere Stratospheric Polar Vortices

    Chaim I. Garfinkel

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke D. Oman
Luke D. Oman Goddard Space Flight Center
Amy H. Butler
Amy H. Butler National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Edwin P. Gerber
Edwin P. Gerber Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Darryn W. Waugh
Darryn W. Waugh Johns Hopkins University
Seok-Woo Son
Seok-Woo Son Seoul National University
Dennis L. Hartmann
Dennis L. Hartmann University of Washington
Lorenzo M. Polvani
Lorenzo M. Polvani Columbia University
Uri Dayan
Uri Dayan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Efrat Morin
Efrat Morin Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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