• Diverse Surface Signatures of Stratospheric Polar Vortex Anomalies 

      Kolstad, Erik Wilhelm; Lee, S.H.; Butler, A.H.; Domeisen, D.I.V.; Wulff, C. Ole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Arctic stratospheric polar vortex is an important driver of winter weather and climate variability and predictability in North America and Eurasia, with a downward influence that on average projects onto the North ...
    • Effects of the Congo Basin Rainforest on Rainfall Patterns 

      Barimalala, Rondrotiana; Kolstad, Erik Wilhelm; Parker, Douglas John; Williams, D. Aled (Research report, 2023)
      Large-scale deforestation in the Congo Basin has an impact on rainfall patterns, both in the Basin and beyond. Factors like socio-economic drivers contribute to ongoing deforestation, and forest loss rates are expected to ...
    • Lagged oceanic effects on the East African short rains 

      Kolstad, Erik Wilhelm; MacLeod, David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The East African ‘short rains’ in October–December (OND) exhibit large interannual variability. Drought and flooding are not unusual, and long-range rainfall forecasts can guide planning and preparedness for such events. ...
    • Large‐scale regional model biases in the extra‐tropical North Atlantic storm track and impacts on downstream precipitation 

      Pontoppidan, Marie Louise Nielsen; Kolstad, Erik Wilhelm; Sobolowski, Stefan Pieter; Sorteberg, Asgeir; Changhai, Liu; Rasmussen, Roy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Global climate models have circulation biases that the community aims to reduce, for instance through high‐resolution dynamical downscaling. We used the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) to downscale both ...