Publications
* denotes work led by a student from the Climate System Dynamics group
Under Review
*Harrington T, Nusbaumer J, Skinner CB, The contribution of transpiration, ground evaporation, and canopy evaporation to local and remote precipitation across North America, in review.
Thompson AJ, Zhu J, Poulsen CJ, Tierney J, Skinner CB, Holocene thermal maximum driven by Northern Hemisphere vegetation change, in review.
Singh J, Ashfaq M, Skinner CB, Anderson WB, Mishra V, Singh D, Enhanced risk of concurrent regional droughts with increased ENSO variability and warming, in review.
Coe D, Barlow M, Agel L, Colby F, Skinner CB, Qian JH, Clustering analysis of autumn weather regimes in the Northeast U.S., in review.
Published
Agel L, Barlow M, Skinner CB, Colby F, Cohen J (2021), Four distinct Northeast US heat wave circulation patterns: associated mechanisms, trends, and electric usage, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4, 31, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00186-7.
*Harrington T, Zhu J, Skinner CB (2021), Terrestrial sources of summer Arctic moisture and the implication for Arctic temperature patterns, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4, 25, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00181-y.
Singh J, Ashfaq M, Skinner CB, Anderson WB, Singh D (2021), Amplified risk of spatially compounding droughts during co-occurrences of modes of natural ocean variability, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4, 7, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00161-2.
Thompson AJ, Tabor CR, Poulsen CJ, Skinner CB (2021), Water isotopic constraints on the enhancement of the mid-Holocene West African monsoon, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116677.
Skinner CB, Lora JM, Payne AE, Poulsen CJ (2020) Atmospheric river changes shaped mid-latitude hydroclimate since the mid-Holocene, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 541, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116293.
Thompson AJ, Skinner CB, Poulsen CJ, Zhu J (2019) Modulation of mid-Holocene African rainfall by dust aerosol direct and indirect effects. Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081225.
Skinner CB, Poulsen CJ, Mankin JS (2018) Amplification of heat extremes by plant CO2 physiological forcing. Nature Communications, 9, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03472-w.
Chadwick R, Douville H, Skinner CB (2017) Timeslice experiments for understanding regional climate projections: Applications to the tropical hydrological cycle and European winter circulation. Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3488-6.
Webb MJ, Andrews T, Bodas-Salcedo A, Bony S, Bretherton CS, Chadwick R, Chepfer H, Douville H, Good P, Kay JE, Klein SA, Marchand R, Medeiros B, Siebesma AP, Skinner CB, Stevens B, Tselioudis G, Tsushima Y, and Watanabe M (2017)
The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) contribution to CMIP6. Geoscientific Model Development, 10(1), 359-384, doi:10.5194/gmd-10-359-2017.
Skinner CB, Poulsen CJ, Chadwick R, Diffenbaugh NS, Fiorella RP (2017) The role of plant CO2 physiological forcing in shaping future daily-scale precipitation. Journal of Climate, 30, 2319-2340, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-1606031.
Skinner CB, Poulsen CJ (2016) The role of fall season tropical plumes in enhancing Saharan rainfall during the African Humid Period. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 349-358, doi:10.1002/2015GL066318.
Horton DE, Skinner CB, Singh D, Diffenbaugh NS (2014) Occurrence and persistence of future atmospheric stagnation events. Nature Climate Change, 4(8), 698-703, doi:10.1038/nclimate2272.
Skinner CB, Diffenbaugh NS (2014) Projected changes in African easterly wave intensity and track in response to greenhouse forcing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 6882- 6887, doi:10.1073/pnas.1319597111.
-- Highlighted in Nowcast News and Notes, BAMS, 95(8).
Skinner CB, Diffenbaugh NS (2013) The contribution of African easterly waves to monsoon precipitation in the CMIP3 ensemble. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 118(9), 3590– 3609, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50363.
Skinner CB, Ashfaq M, Diffenbaugh NS (2012) Influence of 21st century atmospheric and sea surface temperature forcing on West African climate. Journal of Climate, 25(2), 527-542, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI4183.1.
Ashfaq M, Skinner CB, Diffenbaugh NS (2010) Influence of SST biases on future climate change projections. Climate Dynamics, 36(7-8), 1303-1319, doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0875-2.
Skinner CB, DeGaetano A, Chabot B (2010) Implications of 21st century climate change on northeastern United States maple syrup production: impacts and adaptations. Climatic Change, 100(3-4), 685-702, doi:10.1007/s10584-009-9685-0.
Under Review
*Harrington T, Nusbaumer J, Skinner CB, The contribution of transpiration, ground evaporation, and canopy evaporation to local and remote precipitation across North America, in review.
Thompson AJ, Zhu J, Poulsen CJ, Tierney J, Skinner CB, Holocene thermal maximum driven by Northern Hemisphere vegetation change, in review.
Singh J, Ashfaq M, Skinner CB, Anderson WB, Mishra V, Singh D, Enhanced risk of concurrent regional droughts with increased ENSO variability and warming, in review.
Coe D, Barlow M, Agel L, Colby F, Skinner CB, Qian JH, Clustering analysis of autumn weather regimes in the Northeast U.S., in review.
Published
Agel L, Barlow M, Skinner CB, Colby F, Cohen J (2021), Four distinct Northeast US heat wave circulation patterns: associated mechanisms, trends, and electric usage, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4, 31, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00186-7.
*Harrington T, Zhu J, Skinner CB (2021), Terrestrial sources of summer Arctic moisture and the implication for Arctic temperature patterns, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4, 25, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00181-y.
Singh J, Ashfaq M, Skinner CB, Anderson WB, Singh D (2021), Amplified risk of spatially compounding droughts during co-occurrences of modes of natural ocean variability, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4, 7, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00161-2.
Thompson AJ, Tabor CR, Poulsen CJ, Skinner CB (2021), Water isotopic constraints on the enhancement of the mid-Holocene West African monsoon, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116677.
Skinner CB, Lora JM, Payne AE, Poulsen CJ (2020) Atmospheric river changes shaped mid-latitude hydroclimate since the mid-Holocene, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 541, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116293.
Thompson AJ, Skinner CB, Poulsen CJ, Zhu J (2019) Modulation of mid-Holocene African rainfall by dust aerosol direct and indirect effects. Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081225.
Skinner CB, Poulsen CJ, Mankin JS (2018) Amplification of heat extremes by plant CO2 physiological forcing. Nature Communications, 9, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03472-w.
Chadwick R, Douville H, Skinner CB (2017) Timeslice experiments for understanding regional climate projections: Applications to the tropical hydrological cycle and European winter circulation. Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3488-6.
Webb MJ, Andrews T, Bodas-Salcedo A, Bony S, Bretherton CS, Chadwick R, Chepfer H, Douville H, Good P, Kay JE, Klein SA, Marchand R, Medeiros B, Siebesma AP, Skinner CB, Stevens B, Tselioudis G, Tsushima Y, and Watanabe M (2017)
The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) contribution to CMIP6. Geoscientific Model Development, 10(1), 359-384, doi:10.5194/gmd-10-359-2017.
Skinner CB, Poulsen CJ, Chadwick R, Diffenbaugh NS, Fiorella RP (2017) The role of plant CO2 physiological forcing in shaping future daily-scale precipitation. Journal of Climate, 30, 2319-2340, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-1606031.
Skinner CB, Poulsen CJ (2016) The role of fall season tropical plumes in enhancing Saharan rainfall during the African Humid Period. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 349-358, doi:10.1002/2015GL066318.
Horton DE, Skinner CB, Singh D, Diffenbaugh NS (2014) Occurrence and persistence of future atmospheric stagnation events. Nature Climate Change, 4(8), 698-703, doi:10.1038/nclimate2272.
Skinner CB, Diffenbaugh NS (2014) Projected changes in African easterly wave intensity and track in response to greenhouse forcing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 6882- 6887, doi:10.1073/pnas.1319597111.
-- Highlighted in Nowcast News and Notes, BAMS, 95(8).
Skinner CB, Diffenbaugh NS (2013) The contribution of African easterly waves to monsoon precipitation in the CMIP3 ensemble. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 118(9), 3590– 3609, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50363.
Skinner CB, Ashfaq M, Diffenbaugh NS (2012) Influence of 21st century atmospheric and sea surface temperature forcing on West African climate. Journal of Climate, 25(2), 527-542, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI4183.1.
Ashfaq M, Skinner CB, Diffenbaugh NS (2010) Influence of SST biases on future climate change projections. Climate Dynamics, 36(7-8), 1303-1319, doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0875-2.
Skinner CB, DeGaetano A, Chabot B (2010) Implications of 21st century climate change on northeastern United States maple syrup production: impacts and adaptations. Climatic Change, 100(3-4), 685-702, doi:10.1007/s10584-009-9685-0.