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Overview

Kenneth R. Sperber is affiliated with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with significant contributions in the fields of climate variability and models, atmospheric science, and global and planetary change. Sperber's work spans several related subfields including meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and plant responses to elevated CO2.

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications, frequently collaborating with coauthors such as Jiwoo Lee, Peter J. Gleckler, Min-Seop Ahn, Daehyun Kim, and Yann Planton. Their research output includes articles published in prominent scientific venues, reflecting a diverse range of topics within climate science and modeling.

Some of the notable recent papers by Sperber include:

  • "MJO Propagation Across the Maritime Continent: Are CMIP6 Models Better Than CMIP5 Models?", 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Robust Evaluation of ENSO in Climate Models: How Many Ensemble Members Are Needed?", 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Representation of Modes of Variability in Six U.S. Climate Models", 2020, Journal of Climate
  • "Systematic and objective evaluation of Earth system models: PCMDI Metrics Package (PMP) version 3", 2024, Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Benchmarking performance changes in the simulation of extratropical modes of variability across CMIP generations", 2021, Journal of Climate

Sperber's frequent coauthors include:

  • Jiwoo Lee
  • Peter J. Gleckler
  • Min-Seop Ahn
  • Daehyun Kim
  • Yann Planton

The frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Climate
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Climate Dynamics

Main fields of study for Sperber's research include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields of study associated with their work are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Plant Science

The key research topics covered by Sperber encompass:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Best Publications

  • An Overview of the Results of the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP I)

    W. Lawrence Gates;James S. Boyle;Curt Covey;Clyde G. Dease

  • Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4 Climate Models. Part I: Convective Signals

    Jia Lin Lin;George N. Kiladis;Brian E. Mapes;Klaus M. Weickmann

  • The Asian Summer Monsoon: An Intercomparison of CMIP5 vs. CMIP3 Simulations of the Late 20th Century

    K. R. Sperber;H. Annamalai;I. Kang;A. Kitoh

  • Intraseasonal oscillations in 15 atmospheric general circulation models: results from an AMIP diagnostic subproject

    J. M. Slingo;K. R. Sperber;J. S. Boyle;J.-P. Ceron

  • Climatology and Interannual Variation of the East Asian Winter Monsoon: Results from the 1979-95 NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis

    Yi Zhang;Kenneth R. Sperber;James S. Boyle

  • An Observational Study of the Relationship between Excessively Strong Short Rains in Coastal East Africa and Indian Ocean SST

    Emily Black;Julia Slingo;Kenneth R. Sperber

  • Interannual Tropical Rainfall Variability in General Circulation Model Simulations Associated with the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project

    K. R. Sperber;T. N. Palmer

  • The South Asian Summer Monsoon and Its Relationship with ENSO in the IPCC AR4 Simulations

    H. Annamalai;K. Hamilton;K. R. Sperber

  • MJO Simulation Diagnostics

    D Waliser;K Sperber;H Hendon;D Kim

  • STOIC: a study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions

    M. K. Davey;M. Huddleston;K. R. Sperber;P. Braconnot

  • Application of MJO Simulation Diagnostics to Climate Models

    D. Kim;K. Sperber;W. Stern;D. Waliser

  • On the predictability of the interannual behaviour of the Madden‐Julian oscillation and its relationship with el Nin̄o

    J. M. Slingo;D. P. Rowell;K. R. Sperber;F. Nortley

  • ENSIP: The El Niño simulation intercomparison project

    Mojib Latif;K. Sperber;J. Arblaster;P. Braconnot

  • The mean evolution and variability of the Asian summer monsoon: comparison of ECMWF and NCEP/NCAR reanalyses

    H. Annamalai;J. M. Slingo;K. R. Sperber;K. Hodges

  • ENSO Simulation in Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models: Are the Current Models Better?

    Krishna AchutaRao;Kenneth R. Sperber

  • Tropical air-sea interaction in general circulation models

    J. D. Neelin;Mojib Latif;M. A. F. Allaart;M. A. Cane

  • The effect of horizontal resolution on simulation quality in the Community Atmospheric Model, CAM5.1

    Michael F. Wehner;Kevin A. Reed;Fuyu Li;Prabhat

  • Regional Heat Sources and the Active and Break Phases of Boreal Summer Intraseasonal (30–50 Day) Variability*

    H. Annamalai;K. R. Sperber

  • Propagation and the Vertical Structure of the Madden Julian Oscillation

    Kenneth R. Sperber

  • Predictability and the relationship between subseasonal and interannual variability during the Asian summer monsoon

    Kenneth R. Sperber;Julia M. Slingo;H. Annamalai

Frequent Co-Authors

Duane E. Waliser
Duane E. Waliser Jet Propulsion Lab
Daehyun Kim
Daehyun Kim University of Washington
Julia Slingo
Julia Slingo University of Bristol
Matthew C. Wheeler
Matthew C. Wheeler Bureau of Meteorology
Harry H. Hendon
Harry H. Hendon Bureau of Meteorology
H. Annamalai
H. Annamalai University of Hawaii at Manoa
Eric D. Maloney
Eric D. Maloney Colorado State University
Peter J. Gleckler
Peter J. Gleckler Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Klaus M. Weickmann
Klaus M. Weickmann National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Wanqiu Wang
Wanqiu Wang National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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