Pedro DiNezio
Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Studies
NOAA/AOML/Physical Oceanography Division
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway,
Miami, FL 33149, USA
Phone: (305) 361-4505
pedro.dinezio@noaa.gov
pdinezio@rsmas.miami.edu
Research Focus
- Role of the ocean on climate.
- Low frequency ocean-atmosphere variability, ENSO, PDV.
- Tropical climate change, sensitivity of ENSO to Global Warming, paleo-ENSO.
- Paleoclimate modelling.
- Ocean heat storage and the Earth´s radiation budget.
- Ocean observing systems.
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Recent Talks
DiNezio, P.N., A.C. Clement, B.P. Kirtman, and M. Cane: Observational Evidence for a Weakly Coupled Mode of Pacific Decadal Variability. XBT Science Workshop, Melbourne Australia, 8 July 2011.[presentation pdf]
DiNezio, P. N., and Coauthors: Tropical Pacific Climate Change. MIT/EAPS, Boston MA, 9 June 2011.[abstract html]
DiNezio, P. N., and Coauthors: Projected ENSO Changes in Response to Global Warming: Subtle Changes that Make all the Difference. APAM Colloquium, Columbia U., 5 May 2011
DiNezio, P. N., and Coauthors: Tropical Pacific Climate Change. NCAR, Boulder CO, 3 May 2011.[abstract pdf]
DiNezio, P. N., and Coauthors: Sensitivity of ENSO to Global Warming. CLIVAR Workshop: New strategies for evaluating ENSO processes in climate models, Paris, France, 17-19 November 2010.[workshop website html]
DiNezio, P.N., and Coauthors: Robust Climate Response of the Equatorial Pacific to Global Warming: Implications for Seasonal and ENSO-like Variability. Eos Trans. AGU meeting of the Americas, Iguassu, Brazil, 8-12 August 2010.
DiNezio, P.N., and Coauthors: Systematic Errors in XBT Observations. CLIVAR Fourth Global Synthesis and Observations Panel Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 11-13 November 2009.
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Refereed Journals
2011
DiNezio, P.N., A.C. Clement, G.A. Vecchi, B. Soden, A. J. Broccoli, B. Otto-Bliesner, and P. Braconnot: The Response of the Walker Circulation to LGM Forcing: Implications for Detection in Proxies. Paleoceanography in press. [pdf]
Clement A.C., DiNezio, P.N., and C. Deser: Rethinking the Ocean's Role in the Southern Oscillation. J. of Climate in press. [pdf]
DiNezio, P.N., and G. Goni: Direct Evidence of a Changing Fall-rate Bias in XBTs Manufactured During 1986-2008. . J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. in press. [pdf]
Goni, G.J., F. Bringas, and P.N. DiNezio, 2011: Observed Low Frequency Variability of the Brazil Current Front. J. Geophys. Res. in press. [pdf]
DiNezio, P.N., B.P. Kirtman, A.C. Clement, S.-K. Lee, G.A. Vecchi, and A. Wittenberg: Projected Changes in ENSO Amplitude in Response to Global Warming: Sensitivity to Background Ocean Changes. J. Climate submitted. [pdf]
2010
DiNezio, P.N., and G. Goni, 2010: Identifying and Estimating Biases between XBT and Argo Observations Using Satellite Altimetry. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 27, 226-240. [pdf]
DiNezio, P.N., A.C. Clement, and G.A. Vecchi, 2010: Reconciling Differing Views of Tropical Pacific Climate Change. Eos, Trans. AGU, 91(16), 141-142. [pdf] [pdf (Eos)] [online suppl. material ]
Goni G.J., D. Roemmich, R. Molinari, G. Meyers, C. Sun, T. Boyer, M. Baringer, V. Gouretski, P.N. DiNezio, F. Reseghetti, G. Vissa, S. Swart, R. Keeley, S. Garzoli, T. Rossby, C. Maes, and G. Reverdin, 2010: The Ship Of Opportunity Program. in Proceedings of the "OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison D.E. and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306. [pdf]
2009
DiNezio, P.N., A.C. Clement, G.A. Vecchi, B.J. Soden, B.P. Kirtman, and S.-K. Lee, 2009: Climate Response of the Equatorial Pacific to Global Warming. J.Climate, 22, 4873-4892. [pdf]
DiNezio, P.N., L.J. Gramer, W.E. Johns, C.S. Meinen, and M.O. Baringer, 2009: Observed interannual variability of the Florida Current: Wind forcing and the North Atlantic oscillation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 721-736. [pdf]
In Preparation
DiNezio, P.N., A.C. Clement, and B.P. Kirtman The Role of the Bjerknes Feedback on Pacific Decadal Variability.To be submitted to J. Climate.
Awards
2009 Meteorology and Physical Oceanography (MPO) Best Student Paper Award (DiNezio et al. 2009b).
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