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Jennifer A. Francis is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant work in the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The researcher has contributed extensively to topics such as climate variability and models, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, cryospheric studies and observations, meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate change and permafrost, geology and paleoclimatology research, and oceanographic and atmospheric processes.

Frequent coauthors include Judah Cohen, Natasa Skific, Timo Vihma, Stephen J. Vavrus, and James E. Overland. These collaborations indicate a consistent engagement with peers specializing in related atmospheric and climate sciences.

Their work has appeared commonly in Environmental Research Letters, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, and Scientific American, with an additional publication in Science.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Jennifer A. Francis include:

  • "How do intermittency and simultaneous processes obfuscate the Arctic influence on midlatitude winter extreme weather events?", 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Fluctuating Atlantic inflows modulate Arctic atlantification", 2023, Science
  • "Why has no new record-minimum Arctic sea-ice extent occurred since September 2012?", 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Wind amplifies the polar sea ice retreat", 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "A recent weakening of winter temperature association between Arctic and Asia", 2022, Environmental Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Recent Arctic amplification and extreme mid-latitude weather

    Judah Cohen;James A. Screen;Jason C. Furtado;Mathew Barlow

  • Evidence linking Arctic amplification to extreme weather in mid‐latitudes

    Jennifer A. Francis;Stephen J. Vavrus

  • The Arctic Amplification Debate

    Mark C. Serreze;Jennifer A. Francis

  • Divergent consensuses on Arctic amplification influence on midlatitude severe winter weather

    J. Cohen;X. Zhang;J. Francis;T. Jung;T. Jung

  • Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming

    Jennifer A Francis;Stephen J Vavrus

  • Winter Northern Hemisphere weather patterns remember summer Arctic sea‐ice extent

    Jennifer A. Francis;Weihan Chan;Daniel J. Leathers;James R. Miller

  • Cold winter extremes in northern continents linked to Arctic sea ice loss

    Qiuhong Tang;Xuejun Zhang;Xuejun Zhang;Xiaohua Yang;Jennifer A Francis

  • The Melting Arctic and Midlatitude Weather Patterns: Are They Connected?*

    James Overland;Jennifer A. Francis;Richard Hall;Edward Hanna

  • Analysis of the Arctic System for Freshwater Cycle Intensification: Observations and Expectations

    Michael A. Rawlins;Michael Steele;Marika M. Holland;Jennifer C. Adam

  • Nonlinear response of mid-latitude weather to the changing Arctic

    James E. Overland;Klaus Dethloff;Jennifer A. Francis;Richard J. Hall

  • Warm Arctic episodes linked with increased frequency of extreme winter weather in the United States

    Judah Cohen;Karl Pfeiffer;Jennifer A. Francis

  • The Arctic freshwater system: Changes and impacts

    Daniel White;Larry Hinzman;Lilian Alessa;John Cassano

  • Extreme summer weather in northern mid-latitudes linked to a vanishing cryosphere

    Qiuhong Tang;Xuejun Zhang;Jennifer A. Francis

  • The recent shift in early summer Arctic atmospheric circulation

    James E. Overland;Jennifer A. Francis;Edward Hanna;Muyin Wang

  • Relationships between Arctic sea ice and clouds during autumn

    Axel J. Schweiger;Ron W. Lindsay;Steve Vavrus;Jennifer A. Francis

  • New insight into the disappearing Arctic sea ice

    Jennifer A. Francis;Elias Hunter

  • Contribution of sea-ice loss to Arctic amplification is regulated by Pacific Ocean decadal variability

    James A. Screen;Jennifer A. Francis

  • Amplified Arctic warming and mid-latitude weather: new perspectives on emerging connections

    Jennifer A. Francis;Stephen J. Vavrus;Judah Cohen

  • Arctic system on trajectory to new, seasonally ice‐free state

    Jonathan T. Overpeck;Matthew Sturm;Jennifer A. Francis;Donald K. Perovich

  • Evidence linking rapid Arctic warming to mid-latitude weather patterns.

    Jennifer Francis;Natasa Skific

  • Warm Arctic episodes linked with increased frequency of extreme winter weather in the United States

    J. L. Cohen;J. A. Francis;K. Pfeiffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey R. Key
Jeffrey R. Key National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Axel Schweiger
Axel Schweiger University of Washington
Larry D. Hinzman
Larry D. Hinzman University of Alaska Fairbanks
James E. Overland
James E. Overland Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Marika M. Holland
Marika M. Holland National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ron Lindsay
Ron Lindsay University of Washington
John J. Cassano
John J. Cassano University of Colorado Boulder
Mark C. Serreze
Mark C. Serreze University of Colorado Boulder
Charles J. Vörösmarty
Charles J. Vörösmarty City College of New York

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