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104
Citations
46006
World Ranking
282
National Ranking
129

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mark A. Cane is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics covered by their work include Climate variability and models, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine and coastal ecosystems, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Mark A. Cane has authored several papers, including:

  • Explainable El Niño predictability from climate mode interactions, 2024, Nature
  • Understanding the recent increase in multiyear La Niñas, 2023, Nature Climate Change
  • Persistent Discrepancies between Observed and Modeled Trends in the Tropical Pacific Ocean, 2022, Journal of Climate
  • A North Atlantic Warming Hole Without Ocean Circulation, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters
  • NAO predictability from external forcing in the late 20th century, 2021, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

The frequent co-authors of Mark A. Cane include Richard Seager, Jeremy M. Klavans, Amy Clement, Lisa N. Murphy, and Adam H. Sobel.

The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Nature
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Throughout their career, Mark A. Cane has been recognized with several honors, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1995
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1994

Best Publications

  • A Model El Niño–Southern Oscillation

    Stephen E. Zebiak;Mark A. Cane

  • Analyses of global sea surface temperature 1856–1991

    Alexey Kaplan;Mark A. Cane;Yochanan Kushnir;Amy C. Clement

  • On the Weakening Relationship Between the Indian Monsoon and ENSO

    K. Krishna Kumar;Balaji Rajagopalan;Mark A. Cane

  • Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought.

    Colin P. Kelley;Shahrzad Mohtadi;Mark A. Cane;Richard Seager

  • Civil conflicts are associated with the global climate

    Solomon M. Hsiang;Kyle C. Meng;Mark A. Cane

  • Experimental forecasts of El Niño

    Mark A. Cane;Stephen E. Zebiak;Sean C. Dolan

  • North American drought: Reconstructions, causes, and consequences

    Edward R. Cook;Richard Seager;Mark A. Cane;David W. Stahle

  • Unraveling the Mystery of Indian Monsoon Failure During El Niño

    K. Krishna Kumar;Balaji Rajagopalan;Balaji Rajagopalan;Martin Hoerling;Gary Bates

  • Current Approaches to Seasonal to Interannual Climate Predictions

    Lisa M. Goddard;Simon J. Mason;Stephen E. Zebiak;Chester F. Ropelewski

  • A Theory for El Niño and the Southern Oscillation

    Mark A. Cane;Stephen E. Zebiak

  • Oceanographic events during el nino.

    Mark A. Cane

  • Closing of the Indonesian seaway as a precursor to east African aridification around 3-4 million years ago.

    Mark A. Cane;Peter Molnar;Peter Molnar

  • An Ocean Dynamical Thermostat

    Amy C. Clement;Richard Seager;Mark A. Cane;Stephen E. Zebiak

  • Twentieth-century sea surface temperature trends

    Mark A. Cane;Amy C. Clement;Alexey Kaplan;Yochanan Kushnir

  • Interannual Variability of Caribbean Rainfall, ENSO, and the Atlantic Ocean

    Alessandra Giannini;Yochanan Kushnir;Mark A. Cane

  • Predictability of El Niño over the past 148 years

    Dake Chen;Dake Chen;Mark A. Cane;Alexey Kaplan;Stephen E. Zebiak

  • El nino chaos: overlapping of resonances between the seasonal cycle and the pacific ocean-atmosphere oscillator.

    Eli Tziperman;Lewi Stone;Mark A. Cane;Hans Jarosh

  • A review of the predictability and prediction of ENSO

    Mojib Latif;D. Anderson;T. Barnett;M. Cane

  • Climate Change during and after the Roman Empire: Reconstructing the Past from Scientific and Historical Evidence

    Michael McCormick;Ulf Büntgen;Mark A. Cane;Edward R. Cook

  • The evolution of El Nino, past and future

    Mark A. Cane

  • Orbital controls on the El Niño/Southern Oscillation and the tropical climate

    A. C. Clement;A. C. Clement;R. Seager;M. A. Cane

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Seager
Richard Seager Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Stephen E. Zebiak
Stephen E. Zebiak Columbia University
Amy C. Clement
Amy C. Clement University of Miami
Alexey Kaplan
Alexey Kaplan Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Yochanan Kushnir
Yochanan Kushnir Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Naomi Naik
Naomi Naik Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Dake Chen
Dake Chen Columbia University in the City of New York
Michael N. Evans
Michael N. Evans University of Maryland, College Park
Axel Timmermann
Axel Timmermann Pusan National University
Julien Emile-Geay
Julien Emile-Geay University of Southern California

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