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2024

Fernandes, L. G., and P. C. Loikith, 2024: Does El Niño affect MJO-AR connections over the North Pacific and associated North American precipitation? Clim Dyn, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07177-3.

Russell, E. N., P. C. Loikith, I. Ajibade, J. M. Done, and C. Lower, 2024: The meteorology and impacts of the September 2020 Western United States extreme weather event. Weather and Climate Extremes, 43, 100647, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2024.100647.

2023

Slinskey, E., A. Hall, N. Goldenson, and P. C. Loikith, 2023: Sub-seasonal Clustering of Atmospheric Rivers over the Western United States. Accepted to J. Geophys. Res.

Rupp, D. E., L. W. O’Neill, P. C. Loikith, and E. Fleishman, 2023: Response of gap wind-driven freezing rain and ice accretion to global warming. Accepted to Clim Dyn.

Taylor, G., P. C. Loikith, and C. Aragon, 2023: Projections of Change in Large-Scale Meteorological Patterns over the Pacific Northwest using CMIP6 Models, J. Climate, 36, 7257-7275. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0108.1.  

Kalashnikov, D. A., J. T. Abatzoglou, P. C. Loikith, N. J. Nausler, Y. Bekris, and D. Singh, 2023: Lightning-ignited wildfires in the western United States: ignition precipitation and associated environmental conditions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL103785. 

   https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103785.

Bekris, Y., P. C. Loikith, and J. David Neelin, 2023: Short warm distribution tails accelerate the increase of humid-heat extremes under global warming. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2022GL102164. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102164

P. C. Loikith, and D. A. Kalashnikov, 2023: Meteorological Analysis of the Pacific Northwest June 2021 Heat Wave. Monthly Weather Review, 151, 1303-1319, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0284.1. AMS Link 

Taylor, G., P. C. Loikith, C. M. Aragon, D. E. Waliser, and H. Lee, 2022: CMIP6 Model Fidelity at Simulating Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Patterns and Associated Temperature and Precipitation over the Pacific Northwest. Clim. Dyn., 60, 2199-2218,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06410-1. Springer Link 

2022

Raymond, C., D. E. Waliser, B. Guan, H. Lee, P. C. Loikith, E. Massoud, A. Sengupta, D. Singh, and A. Wooten, 2022: Regional and Elevational 

Patterns of Extreme-Heat-Stress Change in the U.S., Environmental Research Letters, 17, 06046. ERL Link

Loikith, P. C., D. Singh, and G. Taylor, 2022: Projected Changes in Atmospheric Ridges Over the Pacific-North American Region Using CMIP6 Models. J Climate, 35, 5151-5171. AMS Link

Rogers, C. D. W., K. Kornhuber, S. E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick, P. C. Loikith, and D. Singh, 2022: Six-fold increase in historical Northern Hemisphere concurrent large heatwaves driven by warming and changing atmospheric circulation. J. Climate, 35, 1063-1078. AMS Link

2021

Chang, H., P. C. Loikith, L. Masser, 2021: The June 2021 extreme heat event in Portland, OR, USA: Its impacts on ecosystems and human health and potential adaptation strategies. Journal of Extreme Events, 8, 2175001, https://doi.org/10.1142/S2345737621750014. 

Catalano, A., J., P. C. Loikith, J. D. Neelin, 2021: Diagnosing non-Gaussian temperature distribution tails using back-trajectory analysis. J. Geophys. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033726.

Thaler. V. M., P. C. Loikith, L. Albertani-Pampuch-Bortolo, and C. R. Mechoso, 2021: A Multivariate Assessment of Climate Change Projections over South America using CMIP5. Int. J. Climatol., 41, 4265-5282. RMets Link

2020

Slinksey, E., P. C. Loikith, D. E. Waliser, 2020: A Climatology of Atmospheric Rivers and Associated Precipitation for the Seven US National Climate Assessment Regions. J. Hydrometeor., 21, 2439-2456. AMS Link

Massoud, E. C., H. Lee, P. B. Gibson, P. C. Loikith, and D. E. Waliser, 2020: Bayesian Model Averaging of Climate Model Projections Constrained by Precipitation Observations over the Contiguous United States. J. Hydrometeor., 21, 2439-2456. AMS Link

Catalano, A., P. C. Loikith, and J. D. Neelin, 2020: Evaluating CMIP6 Fidelity at Simulating Non-Gaussian Temperature Distribution Tails. Environ. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab8cd0. ERL Link

Kalashnikov, D. A., P. C. Loikith, Arielle Catalano, D. E. Waliser, H. Lee, and J. T. Abatzoglou, 2020: A 30-year climatology of meteorological conditions associated with lightning days in the interior western United States. J. Climate, 33, 3771-3785. AMS Link

Aragon, C. A., P. C. Loikith, N. McCullar, and A. Mandilag, 2020: Large Scale Meteorological Patterns Associated with Extreme Precipitation Events over Portland, OR. Int. J. Climatol., https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6487. RMets Link

2019

Barkhordarian, A., S. S. Saatchi, A. Behrangi, P. C. Loikith, and C. R. Mechoso, 2019: A recent systematic increase in vapor pressure deficit over tropical South America. Nature Scientific Reports, 9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51857-8. 

Loikith, P. C., and J. David Neelin, 2019: Non-Gaussian Cold-Side Temperature Distribution Tails and Associated Synoptic Meteorology. J. Climate, 32, 8399-8414 . AMS Link

Catalano, A., P. C. Loikith, and C. Aragon, 2019: Spatiotemporal variability of 21st-century changes in site-specific snowfall frequency over the Northwest United States. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 10122-10131. AGU Link

Detzer, J, P. C. Loikith, C. R. Mechoso, A. Barkhordarian, and H. Lee, 2019: Characterizing Monthly Temperature Variability States and Associated Meteorology Across Southern South America. Int. J. Climatol., 40, 492-508 . RMetS Link

Lee, J., H. Lee, K. Kunkel, P. C. Loikith, and D. Waliser, 2019: Evaluation of CMIP5 Ability to Reproduce 20th Century Regional Trends in Surface Air Temperature and Precipitation over CONUS. Clim. Dyn., 53, 5459-5480 . Springer Link

Loikith, P. C., L. Albertani-Pampuch, E. Slinskey, J. Detzer, C. R. Mechoso, and A. Barkhordarian, 2019: A Climatology of Daily Synoptic Circulation Patterns and Associated Surface Meteorology over Southern South America. Clim. Dyn., 53, 4019-4035 . Springer Link

Slinskey, E., P. C. Loikith, D. E. Waliser, and A. Goodman, 2019: An Extreme Precipitation Categorization Scheme and its Observational Uncertainty over the Continental United States. J. Hydrometeor., 20, 1029-1052. AMS Link

2018

Lee, H., A. Goodman, L. McGibbney, D. Waliser, J. Kim, P. C. Loikith, P. Gibson, and E. Massoud, 2018: Regional Climate Model Evaluation System powered by Apache Open Climate Workbench v1.3.0: an enabling tool for facilitating regional climate studies. Geoscientific Model Development, 11, 4435-4449. EGU Link

Loikith, P. C., J. David Neelin, J. Meyerson, and J. S. Hunter, 2018: Short warm-side temperature distribution tails drive hotspots of warm temperature extreme increases under near-future warming. J. Climate, 31, 9469-9487. AMS Link

Barkhordarian, A., H. von Storch, E. Zorita, P. C. Loikith, and C. R. Mechoso, 2018: Observed Warming Over Northern South America has an Anthropogenic Origin. Clim. Dyn., 51, 6262-6271. Springer Link 

Barkhordarian, A., H. von Storch, A. Behrangi, P. C. Loikith, C. R. Mechoso, and J. Detzer, 2018: Simulataneous Regional Detection of Land-Use Changes and Elevated GHG Levels: The Case of Spring Precipitation in Tropical South America. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 6262-6271. AGU Link

Loikith, P. C., D. E. Waliser, J. Kim, and R. Ferraro, 2018: Evaluation of Cool Season Precipitation Event Characteristics over the Northeast US in a Suite of Downscaled Climate Model Hindcasts. Clim. Dyn., 50, 3711-3727. Springer Link

2017

Loikith, P. C., J. Detzer, C. R. Mechoso, H. Lee, and A. Barkhordarian, 2017: The Influence of Recurrent Modes of Climate Variability on the Occurrence of Monthly Temperature Extremes over South America. J. Geophys. Res., 10.1002/2017JD027561. AGU Link

Lee, H., D. E. Waliser, R. Ferraro, T. Iguchi, C. D. Peters-Lidard, B. Tian, P. C. Loikith, and D. Wright, 2017: Evaluating hourly rainfall characteristics over the US Great Plains in dynamically downscaled climate model simulations using NASA Unified WRF (NU-WRF). J. Geophys. Res., DOI:10.1002/2017JD026564.

Iguchi, T., W.-K. Tao, D. Wu, C. Peters-Lidard, J. A. Santanello, E. Kemp, Y. Tian, J. Case, W. Wang, R. Ferraro, D. Waliser, J. Kim, B. Guan, and P. C. Loikith, 2017: Sensitivity of CONUS summer rainfall to the selection of cumulus parameterization scheme in NU-WRF seasonal simulations. J. Hydrometeor., 18, 1689-1706.

Loikith, P. C., B. R. Lintner, and A. Sweeney, 2017: Characterizing Large-Scale Meteorological Patterns and Associated Temperature and Precipitation Extremes over the Northwestern United States. J. Climate, 30, 2829-2847. AMS Link

2016

Soares, D. de B., H. Lee, P. C. Loikith, P. C., A. Barkhordarian, and C. R. Mechoso, 2016: Can Significant Trends in Surface Temperature and Precipitation be Detected over South America? Int. J. Climatol. , DOI: 10.1002/joc.4792. RMetS Link

2015

Behrangi, A. P, P. Loikith, E. J. Fetzer, H. M. Nguyen, and S. L. Granger, 2015:  Utilizing Humidity and Temperature Data to Advance Monitoring and Prediction of Meteorological Drought.  Climate, 3, 999-1017.

Loikith, P. C., and J. D. Neelin, 2015:  Short-tailed Temperature Distributions over North America and Implications for Future Changes in Extremes.  Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL065602. AGU Link