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Niklas Schneider

Associate Professor of Oceanography

International Pacific Research Center
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Phone: (808) 956-8383
Fax: (808) 956-9425
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Education

1992 - Ph.D. (Oceanography) University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
1983 - Vordiplom (B.S. equivalent) (Oceanography), Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany

Research Interests

Decadal climate variability
Tropical air-sea interaction
Coupled modeling

Professional Experience

Associate Professor of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology, International Pacific Research Center and Department of Oceanography, October 2002–present.
Associate Research Oceanographer, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate Research Division, July 2001–present.
Assistant Research Oceanographer, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate Research Division, July 1995–June 2001.
Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute of Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, September 1997.
Postgraduate Research Oceanographer, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate Research Division, May 1992–June 1995.

Memberships

American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society

Refereed Publications

Widlansky, M.J., A. Timmermann, K. Stein, S. McGregor, N. Schneider, M.H. England, M. Lengaigne, W. Cai, in press: Changes in South Pacific rainfall bands in a warming climate. Nature Clim. Change, IPRC-923.
Chang, C.-H., S.-P. Xie, N. Schneider, B. Qiu, R.J. Small, W. Zhuang, B. Taguchi, H. Sasaki, and X. Lin, 2012: East Pacific ocean eddies and their relationship to subseasonal variability in Central American wind jets. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 117, C10001, doi:10.1029/2011JC007315. IPRC-910.
McGregor, S., A. Timmermann, N. Schneider, M.F. Stuecker, and M.H. England, 2012: The effect of the South Pacific Convergence Zone on the termination of El Niño events and the meridional asymmetry of ENSO. J. Climate, 25 (16), 556634220022, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00332.1. IPRC-857.
McGregor, S., A. Timmermann, N. Schneider, M.F. Stuecker, and M.H. England, 2012: The Effect of the South Pacific Convergence Zone on the Termination of El Niño Events and the Meridional Asymmetry of ENSO. J. Climate, 25 (16), 5566-5586, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00332.1. IPRC-883.
Furtado, J.C., E. Di Lorenzo, N. Schneider, N. Bond, and J. Overland, 2011: North Pacific Decadal Variability and Climate Change in the IPCC AR4 Models. J. Climate, 24, 3049-3067.
Kilpatrick, T., N. Schneider, and E. Di Lorenzo, 2011: Generation of low-frequency spiciness variability in the thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41, 365-377.
Sasaki, Y., and N. Schneider, 2011: Decadal shifts of the Kuroshio Extension jet: Application of thin-jet theory. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41, 979-993.
Sasaki, Y. and N. Schneider, 2011: Interannual to decadal Gulf Stream variability in an eddy-resolving ocean model. Ocean Modelling, 39, 209-219.
Sasaki, Y., S. Minobe, and N. Schneider, 2011: Decadal response of the Kuroshio Extension jet to Rossby waves: Observation and thin-jet theory. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41 (5), 979-993.
Stein, K., A. Timmermann, and N. Schneider, 2011: Phase synchronization of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation with the annual cycle. Phys. Rev. Lett., 107 (12), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.128501.
Chen, J., T. Qu, Y.N. Sasaki, and N. Schneider, 2010: Anti-correlated variability in subduction rate of the western and eastern North Pacific Oceans identified by an eddy-resolving ocean GCM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L23608, doi:10.1029/2010GL045239.
Di Lorenzo, E., K. M. Cobb, J. C. Furtado, N. Schneider, B. Anderson, A. Bracco, M. A. Alexander and D. Vimont, 2010: Central Pacific El Nino and decadal climate change in the North Pacific. Nature Geoscience, 3 (11), 762-765.
Melnichenko, O.V., N.A. Maximenko, N. Schneider, and H. Sasaki, 2010: Quasi-stationary striations in basin-scale oceanic circulation: Vorticity balance from observations and eddy-resolving model. Ocean Dynamics, 60 (3), 653-666.
Sasaki,Y., N. Schneider, N. Maximenko, and K. Lebedev, 2010: Observational evidence for propagation of decadal spiciness anomalies in the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37 L07708, doi:10.1029/2010GL042716.
Stein, K., N. Schneider, A. Timmermann, and F.-F. Jin, 2010: Seasonal synchronization of ENSO events in a linear stochastic model. J. Climate, 23, 5629–5643. doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3292.1.
Taguchi, B., B. Qiu, M. Nonaka, H. Sasaki, N. Schneider, and S.-P. Xie, 2010: Decadal variability of the Kuroshio Extension: Mesoscale eddies and recirculations. Ocean Dynamics, 60 (3), 673-691.
Ceballos, L.I., E. Di Lorenzo, C.D. Hoyos, N. Schneider, and B. Taguchi, 2009: North Pacific Gyre Oscillation synchronizes climate fluctuations in the eastern and western boundary systems. J. Climate, 22 (19), 5163-5174.
Chhak, K.C., E. Di Lorenzo, P. Cummins, and N. Schneider, 2009: Forcing of low-frequency ocean variability in the Northeast Pacific. J. Climate, 22 (5), 1255-1276.
Di Lorenzo, E., J. Fiechter, N. Schneider, A. Bracco, P.J.S. Franks, S.J. Bograd, A.M. Moore, A. Thomas, W. Crawford, A. Pena, and A. Herman, 2009: Nutrient and salinity decadal variations in the central and eastern North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi:10.1029/2009GL038261.
Sasaki, Y.N., S. Minobe, N. Schneider, T. Kagimoto, M. Nonaka, and H. Sasaki, 2008: Decadal sea level variability in the South Pacific in a global eddy-resolving ocean model hindcast. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38, 1764–1779.
Di Lorenzo, E., N. Schneider, K.M. Cobb, P.J.S. Franks, K. Chhak, A. J. Miller, J.C. McWilliams, S.J. Bograd , H. Arango, E. Curchitser, T.M. Powell, and P. Riviere, 2008: North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate and ecosystem change. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08607, doi:10.1029/2007GL032838.
Potemra, J.T., and N. Schneider, 2007: Influence of low-frequency Indonesian throughflow transport on temperatures in the Indian Ocean in a coupled model. J. Climate, 20, 1339–1352.
Potemra, J. T., and N. Schneider, 2007: Interannual variations of the Indonesian throughflow. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 112, C05035, doi:10.1029/2006JC003808.
Qiu, B., N. Schneider, and S. Chen, 2007: Coupled decadal variability in the North Pacific: An observationally-constrained idealized model. J. Climate, 20, 3602–3620.
Taguchi, B., S.-P. Xie, N. Schneider, M. Nonaka, H. Sasaki, and Y. Sasai, 2007: Decadal variability of the Kuroshio Extension: Observations and an eddy-resolving model hindcast. J. Climate, 20 (11), 2357–2377.
Di Lorenzo, E., A.J. Miller, N. Schneider, and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: The warming of the California Current: Dynamics and ecosystem implications. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 336–362.
Huang, B., V. Mehta, and N. Schneider, 2005: Oceanic response to idealized net atmospheric freshwater in the Pacific at decadal timescale. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 2467–2486.
Schneider, N., and B.D. Cornuelle, 2005: The forcing of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. J. Climate, 18 (21), 4355–4373.
Schneider, N., E. Di Lorenzo, and P.P. Niiler, 2005: Salinity variations in the Southern California Current. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35 (8), 1421–1436.
Schneider, N., 2004: The response of tropical climate to the equatorial emergence of spiciness anomalies. J. Climate, 17 (3), 1083–1095.
Miller, A.J., M.A. Alexander, G.J. Boer, F. Chai, K. Denman, D.J. Erickson, R. Frouin, A.J. Gabric, E.A. Laws, M.R. Lewis, Z. Liu, R. Murtugudde, S. Nakamoto, D.J. Neilson, J R. Norris, J.C. Ohlmann, R.I. Perry, N. Schneider, K.M. Shell, and A. Timmermann, 2003: Potential feedbacks between Pacific Ocean ecosystems and interdecadal climate variations. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84 (5), 617–633.
Schneider, N., A.J. Miller, and D.W. Pierce, 2002: Anatomy of North Pacific decadal variability. J. Climate, 15, 586–605.
Gershunov, A., N. Schneider, and T. Barnett, 2001: Low frequency modulation of ENSO-Indian Monsoon rainfall relationship: Signal or noise? J. Climate, 14, 2486–2492.
Pierce, D.W., T.P. Barnett, N. Schneider, R. Saravanan, D. Dommenget, and M. Latif, 2001: The role of ocean dynamics in producing decadal climate variability in the North Pacific. Clim. Dyn., 18, 51–70.
Schneider, N., and A.J. Miller, 2001: Predicting western North Pacific ocean climate. J. Climate, 14, 3997–4002.
Yulaeva, E., N. Schneider, D.W. Pierce, and T. Barnett, 2001: Modeling of North Pacific climate variability forced by oceanic heat fluxes anomalies. J. Climate, 14, 4027–4046.
Miller, A.J., and N. Schneider, 2000: Interdecadal climate regime dynamics in the North Pacific Ocean: Theories, observations and ecosystem impacts. Prog. Oceanogr., 47 (2-4), 355–379.
Schneider, N., 2000: A decadal spiciness mode in the tropics. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 257–260.
Barnett, T.P., D.W. Pierce, R. Saravanan, N. Schneider, D. Dommenget, and M. Latif, 1999: Origins of the midlatitude Pacific decadal variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1453–1456.
Miller, A.J., J.C. McWilliams, N. Schneider, J.S. Allen, J.A. Barth, R.C. Beardsley, T.K. Chereskin, C.A. Edwards, R.L. Haney, K.A. Kelly, J.C. Kindle, L.N. Ly, J.R. Moisan, M.A. Noble, P.P. Niiler, L.Y. Oey, F.B. Schwing, R.K. Shearman, and M.S. Swenson, 1999: Observing and modeling the California Current system: Purposes, achievements and aspirations. EOS Trans. AGU, 80, 533ff.
Schneider, N., A.J. Miller, M.A. Alexander, and C. Deser, 1999: Subduction of decadal north Pacific temperature anomalies: Observations and dynamics. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 1056–1070.
Schneider, N., S. Venzke, A.J. Miller, D.W. Pierce, T.P. Barnett, C. Deser, and M. Latif, 1999: Pacific thermocline bridge revisited. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1329–1332.
Schneider, N., 1998: The Indonesian throughflow and the global climate system. J. Climate, 11, 676–689.
Schneider, N., and T. Barnett, 1997: Indonesian throughflow in a coupled general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 12,341–12,358.
Schneider, N., T. Barnett, M. Latif, and T. Stockdale, 1996: Warm pool physics in a coupled GCM. J. Climate, 9, 219–239.
Schneider, N., and T. Barnett, 1995: The competition of fresh water and radiation in forcing the ocean during El Nino. J. Climate, 8, 980–992.
Schneider, N., and P. Muller, 1994: Sensitivity of the surface equatorial ocean to the parameterization of vertical mixing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24 (7),1623–1640.
Schneider, N., and P. Muller, 1990: The meridional and seasonal structures of the mixed-layer depth and its diurnal amplitude observed during the Hawaii-to-Tahiti Shuttle experiment. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 1395–1404.