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Photograph taken at 65°20'N on the Kougarok Road, Seward Peninsula, Alaska,
close to the Arctic Circle. This photograph was taken a short time after
I saw a Bristle-thighed Curlew, a rare shorebird that flies nonstop for a distance
in excess of 6,000 km between Alaska and islands in the South Pacific.
Photograph taken at Seguam Pass in the Central Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
This photograph was taken a short time after I saw a Short-tailed
Albatross, a very rare bird that was believe to be extinct 70 years ago.
Professor
Postdoc: Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 1986-1988
Ph.D: The Pennsylvania State University, Meteorology, 1986
M.S: The Pennsylvania State University, Meteorology, 1981
B.Sc: York University, Applied Mathematics and Physics, 1979
Work Address:
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric
Science
The Pennsylvania State University
516 Walker Building
University Park, PA
16802 USA
email: sbf1@psu.edu
Tel: 814-865-7042
Research
interests
Atmospheric and Climate
Dynamics
Atmospheric teleconnections, low-frequency variability, wave dynamics,
baroclinic life cycles,
tropical-extratropical interaction, circumglobal wave packets,
eastern Mediterranean precipitation, Arctic atmospheric dynamics,
subseasonal prediction
Earth Rotation
Atmospheric dynamics
associated with solid earth length-of-day and polar motion
PUBLICATIONS
Jiang, Z., S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2021: Two atmospheric responses
to winter sea ice decline over the Barents-Kara Seas. Geophys. Res. Lett.,
in press.
Clark, J. P., V. Shenoy, S. B. Feldstein, S. Lee, and M. Goss, 2021:
The role of horizontal temperature advection on Arctic Amplification.
J. Climate, in press.
Sokolowsky, G. A., E. E. Clothiaux, C. F. Baggett, S. Lee, S. B. Feldstein,
E. W. Eloranta, M. P. Cadeddu, N. Bharadway, and K. L. Johnson, 2020:
Contributios to the surface downwelling irradiance during Arctic winter
at Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska. J. Climate, 33, 4555-4577.
doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0876.1
Gong, T., S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2020: Rossby wave propagation
from the Arctic into midlatitudes: Does it arise from in-situ latent
heating or a trans-Arctic wave train? J. Climate, 33, 3619-3633.
[Online]
Clark, J. P., and S. B. Feldstein, 2020: What Drives the North Atlantic
Oscillation’s Temperature Anomaly Pattern? Part II: A Decomposition of
the Surface Downward Longwave Radiation Anomalies. J. Atmos. Sci., 77,
199-216.
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0028.1
Clark, J. P., and S. B. Feldstein, 2020: What Drives the North Atlantic
Oscillation’s Temperature Anomaly Pattern? Part I: The Growth and Decay
of the Surface Air Temperature Anomalies. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 185-198.
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0027.1
Cohen, J., and 31 coauthors (including S. B. Feldstein), 2019: Divergent
consensuses on Arctic amplification influence on mid-latitude severe winter
weather. Nature Climate Change, 10, 20-29.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0662-y
Franzke, C. L. E., D. Jelic, S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2019:
Systematic Decomposition of the MJO and its Northern Hemispheric
Extra-Tropical Response into Rossby and Inertio-Gravity Components.
Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3484.
Yoo, C., N. C. Johnson, C-H. Chang, S. B. Feldstein, and Y-H. Kim, 2018:
Subseasonal prediction of wintertime East Asian temperature based on
atmospheric teleconnections J. Climate, 31(22), 9351-9366.
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0811.1.
Goss, M., S. Lee, S. B. Feldstein and N. S. Diffenbaugh, 2018:
Can ENSO-like convection force an ENSO-like extratropical response on
subseasonal timescales? J. Climate, 31(20), 8339-8349.
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0771.1
Luo, D., X. Chen, and S. B. Feldstein, 2018: Linear and nonlinear dynamics
of North Atlantic Oscillations: A new thinking of symmetry breaking.
J. Atmos. Sci., 75(6), 1955-1977. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0274.1
de Vries, A. J. de Vries, H. G. Ouwersloot, S. B. Feldstein, M. Riemer,
A. M. El Kenawy, M. F. McCabe, and J. Lelieveld, 2018: Identification
of tropical-extratropical interactions and extreme precipitation events
in the Middle East based on potential vorticity and moisture transport.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123, 861–881.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ 2017JD027587.
[Online]
Chen, X., D. Luo, S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2018: Impact of winter
Ural blocking on Arctic sea ice: Short-time variability. J. Climate,
31, 2267-2282.
[Online]
Goss, M., and S. B. Feldstein, 2018: Testing the sensitivity of the
extratropical response to the location, amplitude, and propagation
speed of tropical convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 639-655.
[Online]
Lee, S., T. Gong, S. B. Feldstein, J. Screen and I. Simmonds, 2017:
Revisiting the cause of the 1989-2009 Arctic surface warming using the
surface energy budget: downward infrared radiation dominates the surface fluxes
Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 10654-10661.
[Online]
Agel, L., M. Barlow, S. B. Feldstein, and W. J. Gutowski, 2017: Identification
of large-scale meteorological patterns associated with extreme
precipitation in the US Northeast. Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3724-8.
[Online]
Black, J., N. Johnson, S. Baxter, S. B. Feldstein, D. Harnos,
and M. L'Heureux, 2017: The predictors and forecast skill of Northern
Hemisphere teleconnection patterns for lead times of 3-4 weeks.
Mon. Wea. Rev, DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0394.1.
[Online]
Gong, T., S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2017: The role of downward
infrared radiation in the recent Arctic winter warming trend.
J. Climate, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0180.1.
[Online]
Dai, Y., S. B. Feldstein, B. Tan, and S. Lee, 2017: Formation
mechanisms of the Pacific/North American teleconnection with and
without its canonical tropical convection pattern.
J. Climate, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0411.1.
[Online]
Lukens, K. E., S. B. Feldstein, C. Yoo, and S. Lee, 2017: The
dynamics of the extratropical response to Madden-Julian Oscillation convection.
Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., DOI: 10.1002/qj.2993.
[Online]
Goss, M., and S. B. Feldstein, 2017: Why do similar patterns of tropical
convection yield extratropical circulation anomalies of opposite sign?
J. Atmos. Sci., DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0067.1.
[Online]
Jiang, Z., S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2017: The relationship between the
Madden Julian Oscillation and the North Atlantic Oscillation.
Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc.,Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., DOI: 10.1002/qj.2917.
[Online]
Feldstein, S. B., and C. L. E. Frankze, 2017: Atmospheric Teleconnection
Patterns. In "Nonlinear and Stochastic Climate Dynamics", C. L. E.
Franzke and T. J. O'Kane, Eds., Cambridge University Press, 54-104.
[PDF]
Harnik, N., G. Messori, R. Caballero, and S. B. Feldstein, 2016:
The Circumglobal North American wave pattern and its relation to cold
events in Eastern North America. Geophys. Res. Lett., Geophys. Res. Lett.,
43, doi:10.1002/2016GL070760.
[PDF]
Baggett, C., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2016: An investigation of the
presence of atmospheric rivers over the North Pacific during
planetary-scale wave life cycles and their role in Arctic warming.
J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 4329-4347.
[PDF]
Franzke, C. L. E., S. Lee, and S B. Feldstein, 2016: Evaluating Arctic
warming mechanisms in CMIP5 models. Clim. Dyn., DOI 10.1007/s00382-016-3262-9.
[PDF]
de Vries, A. J., S. B. Feldstein, E. Tyrlis, M. Riemer, M. Baumgart,
M. Fnais, M. Sprenger, J. Lelieveld, 2016:
Dynamics of Tropical-Extratropical Interactions and Extreme Precipitation
Events in Saudi Arabia in Autumn, Winter and Spring. Quart. J. Roy.
Met. Soc., DOI:10.1002/qj.2781.
[PDF]
Krichak, S. O., S. B. Feldstein, P. Alpert, S. Gualdi, E. Scoccimarro,
and J-I. Yano, 2016:
Discussing the role of tropical and subtropical moisture sources in extreme
precipitation events in the Mediterranean region from a climate change
perspective. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 269–285, 2016 www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/269/2016/ doi:10.5194/nhess-16-269-2016.
[PDF]
Yao, Y., D. Luo, A. Dai, and S. B. Feldstein, 2016: The Positive North
Atlantic Oscillation with Downstream Blocking and Middle East Snowstorms:
Impacts of the North Atlantic Jet Atmospheric Teleconnection
Patterns. J. Climate, 29, 1853-1876.
[PDF]
Goss, M., S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2016:
Stationary wave interference, and its relation to tropical convection and
Arctic warming J. Climate, 29, 1369-1389. [PDF]
Flournoy, M. D., S. B. Feldstein, S. Lee, and E. E., Clothiaux, 2016:
Exploring the Tropically Excited Arctic Warming Mechanism with station
data: Links between tropical convection and Arctic downward infrared radiation.
J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 1143-1158. [PDF]
Yuan, J., B. Tan, S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2015: Wintertime North
Pacific teleconnection patterns: seasonal and interannual variability.
J. Climate, 28, 8247–8263. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00749.1
[PDF]
Luo, D. ,Y. Yao, A. Dai, and S. B. Feldstein, 2015: The positive North
Atlantic Oscillation with downstream blocking and Middle East
snowstorms: The large-scale environment. J. Climate, 28, 6398-6418.
[PDF]
Tan, B., J. Yuan, Y. Dai, S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2015: The linkage
between the Eastern Pacific teleconnection pattern and convective
heating over the tropical western Pacific. J. Climate, 28, 5783-5794.
[PDF]
Park, H-S., S. Lee, S-W. Son, S. B. Feldstein, and Y. Kosaka, 2015: The
impact of poleward moisture and sensible heat flux on Arctic winter
sea ice variability J. Climate, 28, 5030-5040.
[PDF]
Park, D-S., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2015: Attribution of the Recent
Winter Sea-Ice Decline over the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean.
J. Climate, 28, 4027-4033.
[PDF]
Goss, M., and S. B. Feldstein, 2015: The impact of the initial flow on
the extratropical response to Madden Julian Oscillation convective heating.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 1104-1211.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., and S. Lee, 2014: The influence of tropical
convection on Arctic climate variability. US CLIVAR Variations, 12, 3, 6-9.
[PDF]
Luo, D., Y. Yao, and S. B. Feldstein, 2014: Regime transition of the
North Atlantic Oscillation and the extreme cold event over Europe in
January-February 2012. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 4735-4757.
[PDF]
Krichak, S. O., J. Barkan, J. S. Breitgand, S. Gualdi, and S. B. Feldstein,
2014: The role of the export of tropical moisture into midlatitudes for
extreme precipitation events in the Mediterranean region.
Theor. Appl. Climatol., 117, 679-692.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S., and S. Lee, 2014: Intraseasonal and interdecadal jet shifts in the Northern Hemisphere: The role
of warm pool tropical convection and sea ice. J. Climate, 27, 6497-6518,
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00057.1.
[PDF]
Johnson, N. C., D. C. Collins, S. B. Feldstein, M. L. L’Heureux, and E. E. Riddle, 2014: Skillful wintertime North American temperature forecasts out to four weeks based on the state of ENSO and the MJO. Wea. and Forecasting,
29, 23-38.
[PDF]
Krichak, S. O., J. S. Breitgand, S. Gualdi, and S. B. Feldstein, 2014:
Teleconnection-extreme precipitation relationships over the Mediterranean
region. Theor.Appl. Climatol., 117, 679-692,
DOI 10.1007/s00704-013-1036-4.
[PDF]
Yoo, C., S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2013: The prominence of a tropical convective signal in the wintertime Arctic temperature. Atmos. Sci. Let., DOI:
10.1002/asl2.455.
[PDF]
Lee, S., and S. B. Feldstein, 2013: Detecting ozone- and greenhouse-gas-driven
wind trends with observational data. Science, 1 February 2013, 339, (6119), 563-567, DOI: 10.1126/science.1225154. To download, please go to
Sukyoung Lee's website .
Science: News & Analysis The Psst That Pierced the Sky is Now Churning the Sea (by
Richard A. Kerr).
Nature: Research Highlights: Jet-stream shifts linked to ozone .
Nature Climate Change: Research Highlights Shifting westerly winds .
Gong, T., S. B. Feldstein, and D. Luo, 2013: A simple GCM model study
on the relationship between ENSO and the Southern Annular Mode.
J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 1821-1832.
[PDF]
Garfinkel, C. I., S. B. Feldstein, D. W. Waugh, C. Yoo, and S. Lee, 2012: Observed
connection between stratospheric sudden warmings and the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012GL053144.
[PDF]
Riddle, E. E., M. B. Stoner, N. C. Johnson, M. L. L'Heureux, D. C. Collins,
and S. B. Feldstein, 2012: The impact of the MJO on clusters of wintertime circulation anomalies
over the North American region. Clim. Dyn., doi 10.1007/s00382-012-1493-y.
[PDF]
Yoo*, C., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2012: The impact of the MJO trend on
the inter-decadal high latitude warming in the Southern Hemisphere during
the 1979-2008 austral winter. Atmos. Sci. Let., 13, 194-199,
doi: 10.1002/asl.379.
[PDF]
Yoo*, C., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2012: Arctic response to an MJO-like
tropical heating in an idealized GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2379-2393,
doi: 10.1175/ JAS-D-11-0261.1.
[PDF]
Luo, D., J. Cha, and S. B. Feldstein, 2012: Weather regime transitions and
the interannual variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation.
Part I: A likely connection. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2329-2346.
[PDF]
Luo, D., J. Cha, and S. B. Feldstein, 2012: Weather regime transitions
and the interannual variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation.
Part II: Dynamical processes. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2347-2363.
[PDF]
Yoo*, C., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2012: Mechanisms of extratropical
surface air temperature change in response to the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
J. Climate, 25, 5777-5790.
[PDF]
Krichak, S., Y. Breitgand, and S. B. Feldstein, 2012: A conceptual
model for the identification of active Red Sea trough synoptic events
over the southeastern Mediterranean J. Appl. Met. and Clim., 51, 962-971,
doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0223.1.
[PDF]
Yoo*, C., S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2011: Impact of the Madden-Julian
Oscillation (MJO) trend on the Arctic amplification of surface air temperature
during the 1979-2008 boreal winter.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L24804, doi:10.1029/2011GL049881.
[PDF]
Yuan*, J., S. B. Feldstein, S. Lee, and B. Tan, 2011: The relationship
between the North Atlantic jet and tropical convection over the
Indian and western Pacific Oceans.
J. Climate, 24, 6100-6113.
[PDF]
Lee, S., T. Gong*, N. C. Johnson, S. B. Feldstein, and D. Pollard, 2011:
On the possible link between tropical convection and the Northern
Hemisphere Arctic surface air temperature change between 1958-2001.
J. Climate, 24, 4350-4367.
[PDF]
S. B. Feldstein, 2011:
Subtropical rainfall and the Antarctic ozone hole. Science,
332, 6032, 925-926. [Science Perspective]
Lee, S., S. B. Feldstein, D. Pollard, and T. S. White, 2011: Can
planetary wave dynamics explain equable climates?
J. Climate, 24, 2391-2404.
[PDF]
Franzke, C., S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2011: Synoptic analysis of
the Pacific-North American teleconnection pattern.
Quart. J. Roy. Meteorl. Soc., 137, 329-346.
[PDF]
Luo, D., Y. Diao, and S. B. Feldstein, 2011: The variability of the
Atlantic storm track and the North Atlantic Oscillation: A link
between intraseasonal and interannual variabilty.
J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 577-601. [PDF]
Gong*, T., S. B. Feldstein, and D. Luo, 2010: The impact of ENSO on
wave breaking and Southern Annular Mode events.
J. Atmos. Sci, 67, 2854-2870.
[PDF]
Johnson*, N. C., and S. B. Feldstein, 2010: The continuum of North
Pacific sea level pressure patterns:
Intraseasonal, interannual, and interdecadal variability.
J. Climate, 23, 851-867.
[PDF]
Moon*, W., and S. B. Feldstein , 2009: Two types of baroclinic life
cycles during the Southern Hemisphere summer.
J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 1401-1417.
[PDF]
Kravtsov, S., J. E. Ten Hoeve*, S. B. Feldstein, S. Lee, and S.-W. Son*, 2009:
The relationship between statistically
linear and nonlinear
feedbacks and zonal-mean flow variability in an idealized climate model.
J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 353-372.
[PDF]
Johnson*, N. C., S. B. Feldstein, and B. Trembley, 2008: The continuum
of Northern Hemisphere teleconnection
patterns and a description of the NAO shift with the use of self-organizing
maps. J. Climate, 21, 6354-6371.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2008: The dynamics of atmospherically-driven intraseasonal
polar motion. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2290-2307.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., and U. Dayan, 2008: Circumglobal teleconnections
and wave packets associated with Israeli
winter precipitation. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorl.
Soc., 134, 455-467.
[PDF]
Son*, S-W, S. Lee, S. Feldstein, and J. Ten Hoeve*, 2008: Time
scale and feedback of zonal mean flow variability. J. Atmos. Sci,
65, 935-952. [PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2007: The dynamics of the North Atlantic
Oscillation during the summer season. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorl. Soc.,
133, 1509-1518. [PDF]
Lee, S., S-W. Son*, K. Grise*, and S. B. Feldstein, 2007: A
mechanism for poleward propagation of zonal mean flow anomalies.
J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 849-868.
[PDF]
Son*, S-W., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2007: Intraseasonal
variability of extratropical tropopause height. J. Atmos.
Sci., 64, 608-620. [PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., and C. Franzke, 2006: Are the
North Atlantic Oscillation and the Northern Annular Mode distinguishable?
J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 2915-2930.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2006: Dynamical processes of equatorial
angular momentum. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 565-581.
[PDF]
Franzke, C., and S. B. Feldstein, 2005: The
continuum and dynamics of Northern Hemisphere teleconnection
patterns. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3250-3267.
[PDF]
Franzke*, C., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2004:
Is the North Atlantic Oscillation a breaking wave? J. Atmos.
Sci., 61, 145-160. [PDF]
Benedict*, J. J., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2004: Synoptic
view of the North Atlantic Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci.,
61, 121-144. [PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2003: The dynamics associated with
equatorial atmospheric angular momentum in an aquaplanet GCM.
J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 1822-1834.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2003: The dynamics of NAO teleconnection
pattern growth and decay. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorl. Soc., 129,
901-924. [PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2002: Fundamental mechanisms of PNA teleconnection
pattern growth and decay. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorl. Soc., 128,
775-796. [PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2002: The recent trend and variance increase
of the annular mode. J. Climate, 15, 88-94.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2001: Friction torque dynamics associated
with intraseasonal Length-of-Day variability. J. Atmos.
Sci., 58, 2942-2953. [PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2000: Teleconnections and ENSO: The timescale,
power spectra, and climate noise properties. J. Climate, 13,
4430. [PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2000: Is interannual zonal mean flow variability
simply climate noise? J. Climate, 13, 2356-2362.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1999: The atmospheric dynamics of intraseasonal
Length-Of-Day fluctuations during the austral winter.
J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3043-3058.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., and S. Lee, 1998: Is the atmospheric zonal
index driven by an eddy feedback? J. Atmos. Sci., 55,
3077-3086. [PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1998: An observational study of the intraseasonal
poleward propagation of zonal mean flow anomalies. J.
Atmos. Sci., 55, 2516-2529.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1998: The growth and decay of low-frequency
anomalies in a GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 415-428.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., and S. Lee, 1996: Mechanisms of zonal index
variability in an aquaplanet GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3541-3555.
[PDF]
Lee, S., and S. B. Feldstein, 1996: Mechanism of zonal index
evolution in a two-layer model. J. Atmos. Sci., 53,
2232-2246. [PDF]
Lee, S., and S. B. Feldstein, 1996: Two types of wave breaking
in an aquaplanet GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 842-857.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., and S. Lee, 1995: The intraseasonal evolution
of angular momentum in aquaplanet and realistic GCMs. J.
Atmos. Sci., 52, 625-649.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1995: The relationship between interannual
and intra-annual variability in atmospheric angular momentum
in a GCM with climatological SSTs. Tellus, 47A, 240-258.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., and W. R. Robinson, 1994: Comments on "Spatial
structure of ultra-low frequency variability of the flow in
a simple atmospheric circulation model" by I. N.
James and P. M. James (October 1992, QJRMS, 118, 1211-1233). Quart.
J. Roy. Met. Soc., 120, 739-745.
[PDF]
Kiladis, G. N., and S. B. Feldstein, 1994: Rossby wave propagation
into the tropics in two GFDL general circulation models.
Climate Dynamics, 9, 245-252.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1994: A weakly nonlinear primitive equation
baroclinic life cycle. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 23-34.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1992: Wave-mean flow interaction during the
life cycles of baroclinic waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 1893-1902.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1991: A comparison of the weakly nonlinear
instability of westerly and easterly jets in a two-layer
beta-plane model. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 1701-1717.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., and I. M. Held, 1989: Barotropic decay of
baroclinic waves in a two-layer beta-plane model. J.
Atmos. Sci., 46, 3416-3430.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1988: Nonlinear instability of a forced baroclinic
Rossby wave. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 993-1006.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1987: Bifurcation Analysis of Periodic Solutions.
In "Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Modelling: A mathematical introduction."
Lecture Notes in Physics. H. N. Shirer, Ed., Springer-Verlag.
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ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE/ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS
Hameed, S., H. Norwood, M. Flanagan,
S. B. Feldstein, and C.-h. Yang, 2009: The influence of El Nino
on the
spring fallout of Asian bird species at Attu Island.
Earth Interactions, 13, 7, 1-22.
[PDF]
Mlodinow, S. G., S. B. Feldstein, and B. Tweit, 1999:
The Bristle-thighed Curlew landfall of 1998: Climatic factors and
notes on identification. Western Birds, 30, 133-155.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 2003: El Nino/Southern Oscillation and North
American land birds. Birding, 35, 606-614.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1997: An annotated list of the
field-identifiable and non-field-identifiable bird subspecies
and morphs of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Birds, 11, 178-186.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1996: Documentation of Bicknell's
Thrush for P.O.R.C. Pennsylvania Birds, 10, 47-47.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1995: A fallout of Horned Grebes during
a snowstorm. Pennsylvania Birds, 9, 61-63.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1994: A late Yellow Warbler.
Pennsylvania Birds, 8, 218-219.
[PDF]
Feldstein, S. B., 1993: Pine and Palm Warblers in
Boulder during the 1992/1993 winter. Colorado Field Ornithology
Journal, 27, 137-139.
[PDF]
* denotes a student or a post-doc
Feldstein, S. B., 1974: New Rating System. Canadian Table Tennis
Association News, 9, 5&15.
NORTH PACIFIC CONTINUUM
The amplitude time series for 24 North Pacific (SLP) cluster patterns
similar to those in Johnson and Feldstein (2010).
[TXT]
This data is for the winter season, defined as the months of
December through March. Please see
Johnson and Feldstein (2010) for information on
the methodology. The 24 SOM patterns can be seen in Fig. 1 of the attached
manuscript.
The amplitude time series for the 24 North Pacific
(SLP) cluster patterns
for September through November.
[TXT]
In the above datasets, the first three columns are the dates,
followed by the 24 amplitude time series.
NORTH ATLANTIC CONTINUUM
The amplitude time series for 20 (SLP) cluster patterns similar to
those in Johnson, Feldstein, Tremblay (2008).
[TXT]
This data is for the winter season, defined as the months of
December through March. Please see
Johnson et al. (2008) for information on
the methodology. The 20 SOM patterns can be seen in the attached
figure. The first three columns are the date and the last 20 columns
correspond to the SOM patterns. The patterns are numbered as follows.
Pattern 1 corresponds to the pattern in the top left corner, pattern 5
is the last pattern in the first row (top right corner), pattern 6 is
the first pattern in the second row, etc.
IDEALIZED CLIMATE MODELS
Data
from the seven idealized climate model runs of Son and Lee (2005)
[PDF], Son and
Lee (2006) [PDF], and
Son et al. (2008) [PDF]
These model runs, referred to CS1, CS2,..,CS7, correspond to those
combinations of the cooling and heating parameters, C and H, that are
located along the diagonal in Fig. 4 of Son and Lee (2005) and
Fig. 1 of Son and Lee (2006).
CIRCUMGLOBAL WAVE PACKET INDICES
The daily amplitude time series
for the circumglobal wave packet (based on Feldstein and Dayan (2008)).
This data is for the winter season, defined as the months of
November through March, for the years 1958 through 2004.
Please see
[TXT]
for a description of the methodology used to generate the circumglobal
wave packet indices.
See Benedict, Lee, and Feldstein (2004, J. Atmos. Sci.)
Visible Satellite Image: Positive NAO Event, December 27, 1990 (NCDC)
Visible Satellite Image: Negative NAO Event, December 20, 1995 (NCDC)
READING ABOUT THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION
WHILE SITTING ON A BEACH NEXT TO THE
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OTHER LINKS
NOAA/Climate Prediction Center Week 3-4 Probablistic Forecast
Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Penn State Department of Meteorology
NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/Physical Sciences Division
NOAA/Climate Prediction Center
American Birding Association
International Table Tennis Federation
Sukyoung Lee's website
Nat Johnson's website
BIRDING MILESTONES in the Continental ABA Area (Canada and the 49
Continental US states)
* I took only one photograph. This was Aplomado Falcon, my Continental ABA
Area species number 700. Most of the photographs were downloaded from
eBird, some were sent to me by other birders, and a few (numbers 300-600)
were downloaded from the web.
Number of species seen in the Continental ABA Area (Canada and the 49
Continental US states):721*
Number of code 1-3 species seen in the Continental ABA Area: 707*
This particular Fork-tailed Flycatcher, seen at Cape May, New Jersey, was
Continetal ABA Area species number 700 for legendary birder
Roger Tory Peterson. I saw this bird on the following day. It was this bird,
and its link to Roger Tory Peterson, that inspired my goal to see
700 Continental ABA Area species.
Glaucous Gull: Species number 300, January 4, 1985, Maple, Ontario.
I did not see this particular individual.
Lark Sparrow: Species number 400, January 19, 1988, Laguna Mountains,
California. I did not see this particular individual.
Olive Warbler: Species number 500, May 13, 1990, Rustler Park, Arizona.
I did not see this particular individual.
Pinyon Jay: Species number 600, May 24,1992, Grand Mesa, Colorado.
I did not see this particular individual.
Cassins's Auklet: This was one of several individuals corresponding to
my 650th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen about 40km west of Half Moon Bay, California, August 18, 2013.
Scripps's Murrelet: This individual was my 651st Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen about 40km west of Half Moon Bay, California, August 18, 2013.
652. Bell's Sparrow, August 21, 2013, Fort Ord, CA
La Sagra's Flycatcher: This individual was my 653rd Continental ABA Area
Species. Seen in Matheson Hammock Park, Florida, December 22, 2013.
Great Gray Owl: This individual was my 654th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Brooklin, Ontario, January 19, 2014.
Pink-footed Goose: These two individuals correspond to my 655th
Continenta ABA Area Species.
Seen at Bald Eagle State Park, Pennsylvania, March 21, 2014.
656. Ridgway's Rail, February 21, 1988, Salton Sea, CA
657. Egyptian Goose, December 25, 2012, Wakotahatchee, FL
658. Crested Myna, June 15, 1997, Vancouver, BC
659. California Condor, December 22, 2015, Pinnacles National Park, CA
660. Black-vented Shearwater, December 24, 2015, San Simeon, CA
661. Scaly-breasted Munia, December 24, 2015, San Luis Obispo, CA
662. Island Scrub-Jay, December 26, 2015, Santa Cruz Island, CA
663. California Scrub-Jay, January 18, 1988, San Diego, CA
Tufted Duck: This individual was my 664th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Darthmouth, Nova Scotia, April 4, 2017.
665. Gyrfalcon, December 27, 1987, Brigantine NWR, NJ
Gray-tailed Tattler: This individual was my 666th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Gambell, Alaska, May 29, 2017.
Eyebrowed Thrush: This individual was my 667th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Gambell, Alaska, May 29, 2017.
Lesser Sand-Plover: This individual was my 668th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Gambell, Alaska, May 29, 2017.
Hawfinch: This individual was my 669th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Gambell, Alaska, May 29, 2017.
670. Horned Puffin, May 30, 2017, Gambell, AK
671. Crested Auklet, May 30, 2017, Gambell, AK
672. Parakeet Auklet, May 30, 2017, Gambell, AK
673. Least Auklet, May 30, 2017, Gambell, AK
674. Spectacled Eider, May 30, 2017, Gambell, AK
Steller's Eider: These two individuals correspond to my 675th Continental
ABA Area Species. Seen in Gambell, Alaska, May 30, 2017.
Slaty-backed Gull: This individual was my 676th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Gambell, Alaska, May 30, 2017.
677. White Wagtail, May 30, 2017, Gambell, AK
Common Chiffchaff
This individual was my 678th Continental Area Species. Seen in Gambell,
Alaska, May 30, 2017. (This subspecies, Phylloscopus collybita tristis, is
often considered as a distinct species, known as Siberian Chiffchaff.)
679. Bluethroat, May 30, 2017, Gambell, AK
Arctic Loon: This individual was my 680th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Gambell, Alaska, May 30, 2017.
Common Ringed Plover: This individual was my 681st Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Gambell, Alaska, May 31, 2017.
Red-throated Pipit: This individual was my 682nd Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Gambell, Alaska, May 31, 2017.
Pallas's Bunting:
This individual was my 683rd Continental ABA Area Species. Seen in Gambell, Alaska,
May 31, 2017.
Emperor Goose: These four individuals correspond to my 684th Continental ABA
Area Species. Seen in Gambell, Alaska, June 1, 2017.
Rock Sandpiper: This individual was my 685th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Gambell, Alaska, June 1, 2017.
Wood Sandpiper: This individual was my 686th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen in Gambell, Alaska, June 1, 2017.
687. Eastern Yellow Wagtail, June 3, 2017, Gambell, AK
688. Aleutian Tern, June 5, 2017, Nome River mouth, AK
689. Pacific Golden-Plover, June 5, 2017, Nome River mouth, AK
Bar-tailed Godwit: This individual was my 690th Continental ABA Area Species.
Nome River Mouth, Alaska, June 5, 2017.
691. Arctic Warbler, June 6, 2017, Safety Sound, Council Road, AK
Bristle-thighed Curlew: This bird was one of six individuals that correspond
to my 692nd Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen at Coffee Dome, Kougarok Road, Alaska, June 7, 2017
Rock Ptarmigan: This individual was my 693rd Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen at Coffee Dome, Kougarok Road, Alaska, June 7, 2017
I lost one species from my Continental ABA Area list because of the lumping of
Iceland and Thayer's Gull. My list dropped to 692 ABA Area Species.
White-winged Tern: This individual was my 693rd Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen at Nessmuk Lake, Pennsylvania, August 11, 2017.
694. Rose-ringed Parakeet, December 26, 2003, Naples, FL, 2003
695. Spotted Dove, Avalon, CA, December 18, 2017
696. Rosy-faced Lovebird, Encanto Park, Phoenix, AZ, December 26, 2017
Rufous-backed Robin: This individual was my 697th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen at Paradise Valley, Arizona, December 26, 2017
Ruddy Ground-Dove: This individual was my 698th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen at Mesa, Arizona, December 26, 2017
699. Clay-colored Thrush, January 3, 2018, Quinta Mazatlan, TX
Aplomado Falcon: This individual was my 700th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen at Old Port Isabel Road, Texas, January 4, 2018. I took this
digiscoped photograph. The was first time that I tried digiscoping, so the quality is poor.
This is a selfie that I took several minutes after seeing the above Aplomado
Falcon. It took me almost 34 years to reach my goal of seeing 700
Continental ABA Area species. The was first time I took a selfie.
My next goal. Trying to see 750 Continental ABA Species.
Blue Bunting: This individual was my 701st Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen at Quinta Mazatlan, Texas, January 5, 2018.
702. Kittlitz’s Murrelet, May 30, 2018, Clam Lagoon, Adak Island, AK
703. Red-faced Cormorant, May 31, 2018, Seawall, Adak Island, AK
704. Common Snipe, June 1, 2018, Contractor’s Camp Marsh, Adak Island, AK
Falcated Duck: This individual was my 705th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen at Clam Lagoon, Adak Island, Alaska, June 2, 2018.
Gray-streaked Flycatcher: This individual was my 706th Continental ABA Area
Species. Seen at the Thrush Feeder, Adak Island, Alaska, June 2, 2018.
Tundra Bean-Goose: This individual was my 707th Continental ABA Area
Species. Seen at Adak Airport, Adak Island, Alaska, June 3, 2018.
Whiskered Auklet: These individuals were part of flock of auklets that
corresponded to my 708th Continental ABA Area Species. Seen in Tagalak Pass,
Central Aleutian Islands, Alaska, June 4, 2018.
709. Laysan Albatross, June 4, 2018, Tagalak Pass, AK
710. Short-tailed Shearwater, June 4, 2018, Tagalak Pass, AK
Short-tailed Albatross: This individual was my 711th Continental ABA Area
Species, an adult, and my 700th Continental ABA Area Codes 1-3 Species.
Seen at the Seguam Pass, Central Aleutian Islands, Alaska, June 5, 2018.
Short-tailed Albatross: This was the second individual that I saw, a subadult.
Seen at the Seguam Pass, Alaska, June 5, 2018
Red-legged Kittiwake: This was one of several individuals corresponding to
my 712th Continental ABA Area Species. Seen north of Amlia Island,
Central Aleutians, Alaska, June 5, 2018.
Mottled Petrel: This individual was my 713th Continental ABA Area
Species. Seen north of Amlia Island, Central Aleutians, Alaska, June 5, 2018.
Dark-sided Flycatcher: This individual was my 714th Continental ABA Area
Species. Seen at Adak National Forest, Adak Island, Alaska, June 6, 2018.
Oriental Cuckoo: This individual was my 715th Continental ABA Area
Species. Seen at the Kamanista Quarry, St. Paul Island, Alaska, June 8, 2018.
Terek Sandpiper: This individual was my 716th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen at Marunich, St. Paul Island, Alaska, June 10, 2018.
Barnacle Goose: This individual was my 717th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen at Sweet Arrow Lake, Pennsylvania, December 13, 2018.
I lost one species from my Continental ABA Area list because of the new
information that recently became available on the Evergreen, Colorado
record of Baikal Teal. My list dropped to 716 ABA Area Species.
717. Black-capped Petrel, July 26, 2019, Hatteras Pelagic-Gulf Stream, NC
White-faced Storm-PetrelThis individual was my 718th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen on a Hatteras Pelagic-Gulf Stream trip, North Carolina, July 26, 2019
Scopoli's Shearwater: This individual does not count on my Continental ABA Area list, as it is
not recognized by the AOS Classification and Nomenclature (NACC) Committee as a species that
is distinct from Cory's Shearwater. Several other national committees do
recognize Scopoli's Shearwater as a distinct species. Seen on a Hatteras Pelagic-Gulf Stream trip, North Carolina, July 27, 2019
Bermuda Petrel: This individual was my 719th Continental ABA Area Species.
Seen on a Hatteras Pelagic-Gulf Stream trip, North Carolina, July 27, 2019
720. Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, May 9, 1991, Kendall, FL
White-cheeked Pintail: This individual was my 721st Continental ABA Area
Species. Seen at Lely Resort, Naples, Florida, December 29, 2019
I lost one species from my Continental ABA Area list because of the lumping of
American and Northwestern Crow. My list dropped to 720 ABA Area Species.
721. Mexican Duck, May 11, 1990, Willcox, AZ
My dream-come-true birding trip. Photograph taken in Gambell, Alaska.
June 2017.
Number of species Continental ABA Area species seen inside and/or outside
the Continental ABA Area: 805
Number of species seen in the ABA Area (Continental ABA Area plus Hawaii): 744
Number of mammal species seen in the USA and Canada: 125
Moments after finding Bicknell's Thrush near the summit of Mt. Mansfield, Vermont.
It took 11 hours of searching to finally see this species.
Looking at a Black-faced Spoonbill at Ganghwa Island, South Korea. This is
one of South Korea's rarest breeding birds.
My Teenage Years as a Table Tennis Player
Canadian Open (Toronto, Canada) 1973
Toronto Open (Toronto, Canada) 1974
Dream Come True" Member of the Canadian Men's Table Tennis Team,
1975 World Championships, Calcutta India (2nd from left)
MY 2013 ONLINE-INTERVIEW OF JOO SAEHYUK (The best defensive table tennis player in the world, 2nd in the 2003 World Championships, #5 player in the world in 2011)
OOAK Interview with Joo SaeHyuk
MY 2013 ONLINE-INTERVIEW OF SEO HYOWON (The best female defensive table tennis player in South Korea, the 2013 Korea Open Champion, #8 woman in the world in 2014)
OOAK Interview with Seo Hyowon
MY 2015 ONLINE-INTERVIEW OF NORIO TAKASHIMA (The best male defensive table tennis player in the
world from the early 1970s to the early 1980s, semi-finalist in the 1975 World
Championships, and ranked #5 in the world in 1975.)
OOAK Interview with Norio Takashima
MY RECENT PHOTOS (AUGUST 2013) from the SHIN JAE KOOK TABLE TENNIS CLUB in SEOUL, KOREA
Forehand Offense (my weakness)
Forehand Defense
Backhand Defense (my strength)
Photographs taken over the Arctic Ocean on June 7, 2012 from Korean Air Flight 94
Photograph taken over Meville Island, Arctic Canada (75N,111W)
Photograph of sea ice taken over the Arctic Ocean at about 80N, 150W
Photograph of sea ice taken over the Arctic Ocean at about 80N, 150W
Teleconnection Seminar
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