Vizy EK and KH Cook (2024) Understanding Extreme Rainfall in the Sahel of Southwestern Mali. Accepted for Climate Dynamics.
Zhao S, Cook KH, Vizy EK (2024) Greenhouse gas-induced modification of intense storms over the West African Sahel through thermodynamics and dynamic processes. Climate Dynamics, accepted.
Cook, KH, Vizy EK, Andrews PC, Zhao S (2024) Temperature increases threaten the Congo Basin rainforest in the 21st century more than precipitation changes. Accepted for Journal of Climate.
Tamoffo AT, Weber T, Cabos W, Monierie PA, Cook KH (2024) West African monsoon system’s response to global ocean-regional atmosphere coupling. J. Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0749.1
Cook KH, Vizy EK (2023) Understanding the regionality and diurnal cycles of precipitation in the Lake Victoria Basin during boreal fall. Climate Dynamics, 62, 1359-1378.
Andrews, PC, KH Cook, EK Vizy, 2023: Mesoscale convective systems in the Congo Basin: Seasonality, regionality, and diurnal cycles. Climate Dynamics, 62, 609-630.
Vizy EK, Manoj H, Cook KH (2023) Is the climate of the Congo Basin becoming less able to support a tropical forest ecosystem? J. Climate, 36, 8171-8193. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0275.1
Vizy EK, Cook KH (2023) West African Sahel extreme rainfall events: Understanding storm development over the Damergou Gap using WRF convection-permitting simulations. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 149, 959-983 https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4443
Zhao S, Cook KH, Vizy EK (2022) How shrinkage of Lake Chad affects the local climate. Climate. Dyn., 61, 595-619. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-022-06597-3
Vizy EK, Cook KH (2022) Distribution of extreme rainfall events and their environmental controls in the West African Sahel and Soudan. Climate Dynamics, 59, 997-1026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06171-x
Cook KH, and E.K. Vizy, 2021: Hydrodynamics of Regional and Seasonal Variations in Congo Basin Precipitation, DOI 10.1007/s00382-021-06066-3
Cook KH, Vizy EK, Liu Y, Liu W, 2021: Greenhouse-gas induced warming amplification over the Arabian Peninsula with implications for Ethiopian rainfall. Climate Dynamics, https://10.1007/s00382-021-05858-x.
Wang, B., M. Biasutti, M.P. Byren, C.Castro, C.P. Change, K.H. Cook, R. Fu, A. Grimm, K.J. Ha. H. Henson, A. Kitoh, R. Krishnan, J.Y. Lee, J. Li, J. Liu, A. Moise, S. Pascale, M.K. Roxy, A. Seth, C.H. Sui, A. Turner, S. Yang, K.S. Yun, L. Zhang, and T. Zhou, 2021. Monsoon Climate Change Assessment. Bulletin of the Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 201, E1-E19. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/102/1/BAMS-D-19-0335.1.xml
Cook, K.H., Y. Liu, and E.K. Vizy, 2020: Congo Basin drying associated with poleward shifts of African thermal lows. Climate Dynamics, 54, 863-883. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-05033-3
Vizy, E.K., and K.H. Cook, 2020: Interannual variability of East African rainfall: Role of seasonal transitions of the low-level cross-equatorial flow. Climate Dynamics, 54, 4563-4587. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05244-z
Cook, K.H., Fitzpatrick, R.G.J., Liu, W., Vizy, E.K., 2020. Seasonal asymmetry of equatorial East African rainfall projections: Understanding differences between the response of the long rains and the short rains to increased greenhouse gases. Climate Dynamics, 55, 1759-1777. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05350-y
Liu, Y., K.H. Cook, and E.K. Vizy, 2020: Delayed retreat of the summer monsoon over the Indochina peninsula linked to surface warming trends. Int. J. Climatol., 41(1000101) https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6938
Zhao, S., and K.H. Cook, 2020: Influence of Walker circulations on East African rainfall. Climate Dynamics, 56, 2127-2147.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05579-7
Fitzpatrick, R.G.J, D.J. Parker; J.H. Marsham; D.P. Rowell; F.M. Guichard; C.M. Taylor; K.H. Cook; E.K. Vizy; L.S. Jackson; D.L. Finney; J.A. Crook; R. Stratton; S. Tucker, 2020: What drives the intensification of mesoscale convective systems over the West African Sahel under Climate Change? J. Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0380.1
Paul W. Staten, Kevin M. Grise, Sean M. Davis, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Darryn W. Waugh, Amanda Maycock, Qiang Fu, Kerry Cook, Ori Adam, Isla R. Simpson, Robert J Allen, Karen Rosenlof, Gang Chen, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Xiao-Wei Quan, James P. Kossin, Nicholas A. Davis, Seok-Woo Son, 2020: Tropical widening: From global variations to regional impacts. Bulletin of the Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 101, E897-E904. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/101/6/BAMS-D-19-0047.1.xml
Khanna J, K.H. Cook, and E.K. Vizy, 2020: Opposite sensitivity to climate change-induced surface warming trends in dry and wet regions in the tropics and subtropics. Int. J. Climatol., 40, 5887-5905. DOI: 10.1002/joc.6554
Liu, W., K.H. Cook, and E.K. Vizy, 2020: Influence of Indian Ocean SSTs on East African short rains. Climate Dynamics, 54, 4991-5011. DOI_ 10.1007/s00382-020-05265-8
Cook, K. H., and E. K. Vizy, 2019: Contemporary climate change of the African monsoon systems. Current Climate Change Reports, 5, 145-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-019-00130-1
Cook, K.H., and E.K. Vizy, 2019: Examining multidecadal trends in the surface heat balance over the tropical and subtropical oceans in atmospheric reanalyses. Int. J. Climatol. https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/joc.6330
Han, F., K.H. Cook, and E.K. Vizy, 2019: Changes in intense rainfall events and drought across Africa in the 21st century. Clim. Dyn., 53, 2757-2777 DOI: 10.1007/s00382-019-04653-z
Liu, W., K.H. Cook, and E.K. Vizy, 2019: Role of the West African westerly jet in the seasonal and diurnal cycles of precipitation over West Africa. Climate Dynamics, 54, 843-861. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-019-05035-1
Vizy, E.K., and K.H. Cook, 2019: Observed relationship between the Turkana low-level jet and boreal summer convection. Clim. Dyn. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04769- 2 Liu, W., K.H. Cook, and E.K. Vizy, 2019: The role of mesoscale convective systems in the diurnal cycle of rainfall and its seasonality over sub-Saharan Northern Africa. Clim. Dyn. 52, 729-745. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4162-y
Sun, X., E.K. Vizy, and K.H. Cook, 2019: Land-atmosphere interactions in the southeastern Atlantic: Interannual variability. Climate Dynamics, 52, 539-561. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4155-x
Vizy, E.K., and K.H. Cook, 2019: Understanding the summertime diurnal cycle of precipitation over sub-Saharan West Africa: Regions with daytime rainfall peaks in the absence of significant topographic features. Clim. Dyn, 52, 2903-2922. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4315-z
Cook, K. H., and E. K. Vizy, 2018: Expanding width of the tropics: Impacts on the ocean. Climate Variations, 16, 27-32. doi:10.5065/D69Z93QF. Vizy, E.K., K.H. Cook, and X. Sun, 2018: Decadal changes of the South Atlantic Ocean Angola-Benguela frontal zone since 1980. Climate Dynamics, 51, 3251-3273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4077-7
Vizy, E.K., and K.H. Cook, 2018: Mesoscale convective systems and nocturnal rainfall over the West African Sahel: Role of the Inter-tropical front. Clim. Dyn. 50, 587-614. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00382-017-3628-7
Cook K.H., 2018: Climate Change Scenarios and African Climate Change, Oxford Research Encyclopedia (Invited contribution). http://climatescience.oxfordre.com/climatescience. H. von Storch, Editor.
Cook, K.H., E. K. Vizy, and X. Sun, 2018: Multidecadal-scale adjustment of the ocean mixed layer heat budget in the tropics: Examining ocean reanalyses. Climate Dynamics, 50, 1513-1532. doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-3703-0
Thiaw, W. M., S. Janicot, E. Bekele, K.H. Cook, B. Fontaine, A. Mekonnen, O. Ndiaye, P.- H. K. TaSerge Janicomo, and E. K. Vizy, 2017: AMMA forecaster’s handbook: Chapter 7: Subseasonal forecasting. Wiley.
Sun, X.M., Cook, K. H., and E. K. Vizy, 2017: The South Atlantic subtropical high: Climatology and interannual variability. Climate Dynamics, 30, 3279-3296. https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0705.1
Vizy, E.K., and K. H. Cook, 2017: Seasonality of the observed amplified Sahara warming trend and implications for Sahel rainfall. J. Climate, 30, 3073-3094, https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0687.1
Zhang, G., K.H. Cook, and E.K. Vizy, 2016a: The diurnal cycle of warm season rainfall over West Africa. Part I: Observational analysis. J. Climate, 29, 8423-8437. https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0874.1.
Zhang, G., K.H. Cook, and E.K. Vizy, 2016b: The diurnal cycle of warm season rainfall over West Africa. Part II: Convection-permitting simulations. J. Climate, 29, 8439-8454. https//doi.org:10.1175/JCLI-d-15-0875.1
Cook, K. H., and E. K. Vizy, 2016: Future Climate Projections over Africa. In “Climate, Conflict, and Governance in Africa”. Program on Climate Change and African Political Stability, The Robert S. Strauss Center, The University of Texas at Austin.
Justino, F., S. Frode, E.K. Vizy, K.H. Cook, and M. Pereira. 2016: Greenhouse gas induced changes in the seasonal cycle of the Amazon Basin in a coupled climate-vegetation regional model. Climate, 4, https://doi.org/10.3390/cli4010003.
Cook, K. H., and E. K. Vizy, 2016: The Congo Basin Walker Circulation: Dynamics and connections to precipitation, Climate Dynamics, 47, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2864-y
Vizy, E.K., and K.H. Cook, 2016: Understanding long-term (1982-2013) multi-decadal change in the equatorial and subtropical South Atlantic climate. Climate Dynamics, 46, 2087-2113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2691-1
Cook, K.H., 2015: Role of inertial instability in the West African Monsoon Jump. JGR - Atmospheres, 120, 3085-3102
Vizy, E.K., K.H. Cook, James Chimphamba, and B. McCusker, 2015: Projected changes in Malawi's growing season. Climate Dynamics, 45, 1673-1698.
Cook, K. H., and E. K. Vizy, 2015: Detection and analysis of an amplified warming of the Sahara Desert. J. Climate, 28, 6560-6580.
Crétat, J., E. K. Vizy, and K. H. Cook, 2015: The relationship between African easterly waves and daily rainfall over West Africa: observations and regional climate simulations. Clim. Dyn. 44, 385-404
Rodrigues-Fonseca, B., E. Mohino, C.R. Mechoso, C. Caminade, M. Biasutti, M. Gaetani, J. García-Serrano, E. K. Vizy, K. Cook, Y. Xue, I. Polo, T. Losada, L. Druyan, B. Fontaine, J. Bader, Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes, L. Goddard, S. Janicot, A. Arribas, W. Lau, A. Colman, M. Vellinga, D. P. Rowell, F. Kucharski, and A. Voldoire, 2015: Variability and Predictability of West African Droughts. A review in the role of Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies. J. Climate, 28, 4034-4060. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14- 00130.1