Select Publications

2010

Bracco A., McWilliams, J.C (2010) Reynolds number dependency in equilibrium two-dimensional turbulence. J. Fluid Mechanics. In Press

Koszalka, I.*, Ceballos, L.*, Bracco A. Vertical mixing and coherent anticyclones in the ocean: The role of stratification. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics. In Press

2009

Koszalka I.*, Bracco A., McWilliams, J.C., Provenzale A. (2009) Dynamics of wind-forced coherent anticyclones in the open ocean. J. Geophysical Research – Oceans, doi:10.1029/2009JC005388, 114, C08011, doi:10.1029/2009JC005388.

Di Lorenzo, E., Fiechter J., Schneider N., Bracco A., Miller A. J., Franks P. J. S., Bograd S. J., Moore A. M., Thomas A., Crawford  W., Pena A., Herman A., (2009) Nutrient and Salinity Decadal Variations in the central and eastern North Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2009GL038261.

Kucharski F., Bracco A., Yoo J.H., Tompkins A., Feudale L., Ruti P., dell'Aquila  A. (2009) A Gill-Mastuno-type mechanism explains the Tropical Atlantic influence on African and Indian Monsoon rainfall. Quart. J. Royal Meteor. Soc., 135, 569-579, doi:10.1002/qj.406.

Wang C., Kucharski F., Barimalala R.*, Bracco A. (2009) Teleconnections of the Tropical Atlantic to the Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans:A Review of Recent Findings. Special Issue of Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18, 445-454, doi 10.1127/0941

Bracco A, Clayton S.*, Pasquero C. (2009) Horizontal advection, diffusion and plankton spectra at the sea surface. Journal of Geophysical Research – Ocean, 114, C02001, doi:10.1029/2007JC004671

Furtado J. C., Di Lorenzo E., Cobb K., Bracco A. (2009) Paleoclimate reconstructions of tropical seas surface temperatures from precipitation proxies: Methods, uncertainties and nonstationarity. Journal of Climat,. 22(5),1104-1123, doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2415.1

2008

Bracco, A., Pedlosky J., Pickart R. S. (2008) Eddy formation near the West coast of  Greenland  Journal of Physical Oceanography,  38(9), 1992-2002

Kucharski F.,  Bracco A.,  Yoo J.H.,  Molteni F. (2008)  The Atlantic forced component of the Indian Monsoon interannual variability Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 35 L04706, doi:10129/2007GL033037. Also American Geophysical Union Editor Highlights, March 19 2008, EOS Highlights (89(16), April 15 2008, pg. 154 and Global Change collection Highlights)

2007

Koszalka I.*, Bracco A., Pasquero C., Provenzale A. (2007) Plankton cycles disguised by turbulent advection. Theoretical Population Biology. doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2007.03.007

Kucharski F., Bracco A., Yoo J. H. and Molteni F. (2007) Low frequency variability of the Indian Monsoon – ENSO relation and the Tropical Atlantic. The ‘weakening’ of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Journal of Climate, 20(16), 4255-4266

Bracco A., Kucharski F., Molteni F., Hazeleger W., Severijns C., (2007)  A recipe for simulating the interannual variability of the Asian summer monsoon and its relation with ENSO. Climate dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s000382-006-0190-0.

2006

Kucharski F.,  Molteni F., Bracco A. (2006) Decadal interactions between the Western tropical Pacific and the North Atlantic Oscillation Climate Dynamics, 26(1), 79-91, doi:10.1007/s000382-005-0085-5

2005

Bracco A., Kucharski F., Molteni F., Hazeleger W., Severijns C., (2005)  Internal and forced modes of variability in the Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L12707, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023154.

Pasquero C., Bracco A., Provenzale A. (2005) Impact of the spatio-temporal variability of the nutrient flux on primary productivity in the ocean.  Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 110, C07005, doi:10.129/2004JC002738.

Kucharski, F.  Molteni F., Bracco A. (2005). A western tropical Pacific relation to the NAO. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86(10),  1418-1419