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Overview

Harry van Loon is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Global and Planetary Change as well as Atmospheric Science.

The scientist has contributed to topics including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost

One notable recent publication by Harry van Loon is titled "How much has the Sun influenced Northern Hemisphere temperature trends? An ongoing debate," published in 2021 within the journal Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with van Loon include:

  • Ronan Connolly
  • Willie Soon
  • Michael Connolly
  • Sallie L. Baliunas
  • Johan Berglund

Their work has appeared in a range of venues, with Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics highlighted as a repeated publication platform.

Best Publications

  • Decadal Variations in Climate Associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation

    James W. Hurrell;Harry Van Loon

  • The Seesaw in Winter Temperatures between Greenland and Northern Europe. Part I: General Description

    Harry van Loon;Jeffery C. Rogers

  • Associations between the 11-year solar cycle, the QBO and the atmosphere. Part I: the troposphere and stratosphere in the northern hemisphere in winter

    Karin Labitzke;Harry Van Loon

  • Amplifying the Pacific Climate System Response to a Small 11-Year Solar Cycle Forcing

    Gerald A Meehl;Julie Michelle Arblaster;Julie Michelle Arblaster;Katja Matthes;Katja Matthes;Fabrizio Sassi

  • The Half-Yearly Oscillations in Middle and High Southern Latitudes and the Coreless Winter

    Harry van Loon

  • The Southern Oscillation. Part I: Global Associations with Pressure and Temperature in Northern Winter

    Harry van Loon;Roland A. Madden

  • The seesaw in winter temperatures between Greenland and Northern Europe. Part II: Some oceanic and atmospheric effects in middle and high latitudes

    Jefery C. Rogers;Harry Van Loon

  • Spatial Variability of Sea Level Pressure and 500 mb Height Anomalies over the Southern Hemisphere

    Jeffery C. Rogers;Harry van Loon

  • The Southern Oscillation. Part V: The Anomalies in the Lower Stratosphere of the Northern Hemisphere in Winter and a Comparison with the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

    H. van Loon;K. Labitzke

  • A modulation of the atmospheric annual cycle in the Southern Hemisphere

    James W. Hurrell;Harry Van Loon

  • Meteorology of the southern hemisphere

    Harry Van Loon

  • A Coupled Air–Sea Response Mechanism to Solar Forcing in the Pacific Region

    Gerald A. Meehl;Julie M. Arblaster;Grant Branstator;Harry van Loon

  • Coupled air-sea response to solar forcing in the Pacific region during northern winter

    Harry van Loon;Gerald A. Meehl;Dennis J. Shea

  • Zonal harmonic standing waves

    Harry van Loon;Roy L. Jenne;Karin Labitzke

  • The zonal harmonic standing waves in the southern hemisphere

    Harry van Loon;Roy L. Jenne

  • The Connection between Trends of Mean Temperature and Circulation at the Surface: Part II. Summer

    Harry Van Loon;Jill Williams

  • Association between the 11-Year Solar Cycle, the QBO, and the Atmosphere. Part II: Surface and 700 mb in the Northern Hemisphere in Winter

    Harry Van Loon;Karin Labitzke

  • The Southern Oscillation. Part VII: Meteorological Anomalies over the Indian and Pacific Sectors Associated with the Extremes of the Oscillation

    George N. Kiladis;Harry van Loon

  • Origin of the South Pacific Convergence Zone

    George N. Kiladis;Hans von Storch;Harry van Loon

  • The Stratosphere: Phenomena, History, and Relevance

    Karin G. Labitzke;Harry van Loon

Frequent Co-Authors

Karin Labitzke
Karin Labitzke Freie Universität Berlin
Gerald A. Meehl
Gerald A. Meehl National Center for Atmospheric Research
Julie M. Arblaster
Julie M. Arblaster National Center for Atmospheric Research
James W. Hurrell
James W. Hurrell Colorado State University
Tsing-Chang Chen
Tsing-Chang Chen Iowa State University
Hans von Storch
Hans von Storch Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
George N. Kiladis
George N. Kiladis National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Katja Matthes
Katja Matthes GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Grant Branstator
Grant Branstator National Center for Atmospheric Research
Fabrizio Sassi
Fabrizio Sassi United States Naval Research Laboratory

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