Gudrun Magnusdottir

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Professor, Earth System Science
School of Physical Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway
Ph.D., Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science
M.S., Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science
B.S., University of Iceland, Physics
Phone: (949) 824-3520
Fax: (949) 824-3874
Email: gudrun@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
Croul Hall 3321
Mail Code: 3100
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Atmospheric Dynamics, Climate Dynamics, Atmosphere/Ocean Interactions, Atmosphere/Sea-ice Interactions
Appointments
Postdoctoral Research Associate in The Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, 1992--1995.
Research Abstract
Professor Gudrun Magnusdottir is interested in atmospheric and climate dynamics. In her work she uses observations as well as a hierarchy of numerical models to study dynamical processes in the atmosphere, and climate variability. One focus of her research centers on investigating feedback mechanisms influencing the unprecedented high-latitude trends in several climate variables over recent decades. Another focus of her research centers on tropical-extratropical as well as troposphere-stratosphere dynamical interactions. A third focus centers on the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), its variability on different timescales, and what controls it in the climate system. Other areas include 1) sea ice and its climatic effects, 2) variability in the tropics on different time scales, 3) climate modes including the North Atlantic Oscillation/Arctic Oscillation: Forcing mechanisms and trends in observations, and finally 4) geometrical fluid dynamics and balanced flow.
Publications
Strong, C., & Magnusdottir, G. (2010). Modeled winter sea ice variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation: a multi-century perspective. Climate Dynamics, 34(4), 515-525. doi: DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0550-7
Strong, C., & Magnusdottir, G. (2010). The Role of Rossby Wave Breaking in Shaping the Equilibrium Atmospheric Circulation Response to North Atlantic Boundary Forcing. Journal of Climate, 23(6), 1269-1276. doi: Doi 10.1175/2009jcli2676.1
Scharenbroich, L., Magnusdottir, G., Smyth, P., Stern, H., & Wang, C. C. (2010). A Bayesian Framework for Storm Tracking Using a Hidden-State Representation. Monthly Weather Review, 138(6), 2132-2148. doi: Doi 10.1175/2009mwr2944.1
Strong, C., & Magnusdottir, G. (2009). The Role of Tropospheric Rossby Wave Breaking in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 22(7), 1819-1833. doi: Doi 10.1175/2008jcli2593.1
Strong, C., Magnusdottir, G., & Stern, H. (2009). Observed Feedback between Winter Sea Ice and the North Atlantic Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 22(22), 6021-6032. doi: Doi 10.1175/2009jcli3100.1
Magnusdottir, G., & Wang, C. C. (2008). Intertropical convergence zones during the active season in daily data. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65(7), 2425-2436. doi: 10.1175/2007jas2518.1
Strong, C., & Magnusdottir, G. (2008). How Rossby wave breaking over the Pacific forces the North Atlantic Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(10), -. doi: Artn L10706
Doi 10.1029/2008gl033578
Strong, C., & Magnusdottir, G. (2008). Tropospheric Rossby wave breaking and the NAO/NAM. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65(9), 2861-2876. doi: Doi 10.1175/2008jas2632.1
Abatzoglou, J. T., & Magnusdottir, G. (2007). Correction to "Wave breaking along the stratospheric polar vortex as seen in ERA-40 data". Geophysical Research Letters, 34(11), -. doi: Artn L11805 Doi 10.1029/2007gl030608
Abatzoglou, J. T., & Magnusdottir, G. (2007). Wave breaking along the stratospheric polar vortex as seen in ERA-40 data. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(8), -. doi: Artn L08812 Doi 10.1029/2007gl029509
Abatzoglou, J. T., & Magnusdottir, G. (2006). Opposing effects of reflective and nonreflective planetary wave breaking on the NAO. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 63(12), 3448-3457.
Abatzoglou, J. T., & Magnusdottir, G. (2006). Planetary wave breaking and nonlinear reflection: Seasonal cycle and interannual variability. Journal of Climate, 19(23), 6139-6152.
Wang, C. C., & Magnusdottir, G. (2006). The ITCZ in the central and eastern Pacific on synoptic time scales. Monthly Weather Review, 134(5), 1405-1421.
Wang, C. C., & Magnusdottir, G. (2005). ITCZ breakdown in three-dimensional flows. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62(5), 1497-1512.
Abatzoglou, J. T., & Magnusdottir, G. (2004). Nonlinear planetary wave reflection in the troposphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 31(9), -. doi: Artn L09101 Doi 10.1029/2004gl019495
Deser, C., Magnusdottir, G., Saravanan, R., & Phillips, A. (2004). The effects of North Atlantic SST and sea ice anomalies on the winter circulation in CCM3. Part II: Direct and indirect components of the response. Journal of Climate, 17(5), 877-889.
Magnusdottir, G., Deser, C., & Saravanan, R. (2004). The effects of North Atlantic SST and sea ice anomalies on the winter circulation in CCM3. Part I: Main features and storm track characteristics of the response. Journal of Climate, 17(5), 857-876.
Walker, C. C., & Magnusdottir, G. (2003). Nonlinear planetary wave reflection in an atmospheric GCM. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60(2), 279-286.
Walker, C. C., & Magnusdottir, G. (2002). Effect of the Hadley circulation on the reflection of planetary waves in three-dimensional tropospheric flows. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 59(19), 2846-2859.
Magnusdottir, G. (2001). The modeled response of the mean winter circulation to zonally averaged SST trends. Journal of Climate, 14(21), 4166-4190.
Magnusdottir, G., & Walker, C. C. (2000). On the effects of the Hadley circulation and westerly equatorial flow on planetary-wave reflection. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 126(569), 2725-2745.
Magnusdottir, G., & Haynes, P. H. (1999). Reflection of planetary waves in three-dimensional tropospheric flows. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 56(4), 652-670.
Magnusdottir, G., & Saravanan, R. (1999). The response of atmospheric heat transport to zonally-averaged SST trends. Tellus Series a-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 51(5), 815-832.
Magnusdottir, G., & Haynes, P. H. (1996). Wave activity diagnostics applied to baroclinic wave life cycles. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 53(16), 2317-2353.
Schubert, W. H., & Magnusdottir, G. (1994). Vorticity Coordinates, Transformed Primitive Equations, and a Canonical Form for Balanced Models. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 51(22), 3309-3319.
Magnusdottir, G. (1993) Vorticity coordinates and a canonical form for balanced models. Geometrical Fluid Dynamics. Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst. Tech. Rept., WHOI-94-12, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole MA 02543, USA.
Magnusdottir, G., & Schubert, W. H. (1990). The Generalization of Semigeostrophic Theory to the Beta-Plane. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 47(14), 1714-1720.
Magnusdottir, G., & Schubert, W. H. (1991). Semigeostrophic Theory on the Hemisphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48(12), 1449-1456.
Grants
NSF NOAA NASA
Professional Societies
American Meteorological Society.
Royal Meteorological Society
American Geophysical Society
European Geophysical Union
Other Experience
Meteorologist
Icelandic Meteorology Service 1983—1986
Editor, Journal of Climate
American Meteorological Society 2003—2007
Chair, Committee on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
American Meteorological Society 2003—2007
Member, Committee on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
American Meteorological Society 2001—2003
Member, Panel on Climate and Climate Variability (Decadal Earth Sciences Study)
National Academy of the Sciences 2005—2007
Member: Phenomena, Observations and Synthesis Panel
US CLIVAR Program 2007—2010
Member, eScience Programme Board (eVita)
The Research Council of Norway 2005—2009
Chair, Membership Committee
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research 2006—2007
Member Representative for UC Irvine
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Last updated
11/19/2010