Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas

Associate Research Professor
Maryland State Climatologist
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
University of Maryland

Publications

• Referred Journals

• Hicks, J., B. Guan, S. Nigam, and A. Ruiz-Barradas, 2023.
• Large-scale circulation context for North American west coast atmospheric rivers: Influence of the subseasonal NPO/WP teleconnection. (pdf).
• J. Geophys. Res.: Atm., 128, e2023JD038693.

• Nigam, S., A. Ruiz-Barradas, and A. Sengupta, 2021.
• The Chennai Water Crisis: Insufficient Rainwater or Suboptimal Harnessing of Runoff? (pdf).
• Current Sci., 120, 43-55.

• Nigam, S., A. Sengupta, and A. Ruiz-Barradas, 2020.
• Atlantic-Pacific Links in Observed Multidecadal SST Variability: Is the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation's Phase Reversal Orchestrated by the Pacific Decadal Oscillation? (pdf).
• J. Climate, 33, 5479-5505.

• Bach, E., S. Motesharrei, E. Kalnay, and A. Ruiz-Barradas, 2019.
• Local Atmosphere-Ocean Predictability: Dynamical Origins, Lead Times, and Seasonality (pdf).
• J. Climate, 32, 7507-7519.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A., L. Chafik, S. Nigam, and S. Häkkinen, 2018.
• Recent Subsurface North Atlantic Cooling Trend in context of Atlantic Decadal-to-Multidecadal Variability (pdf).
• Tellus A, 70, 1-19, DOI: 10.1080/16000870.2018.1481688.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A., and S. Nigam 2018
• Hydroclimate Variability and Change over the Mekong River Basin: Modeling, and Predictability and Policy Implications (pdf).
• J. Hydrometeorology, 19, 849-869.

• Nigam, S., A. Ruiz-Barradas, and L. Chafik, 2018.
• Gulf Stream Excursions Generate the Decadal Pulses in the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (pdf).
• J. Climate, 31, 2853-2870.

• Nigam, S., N. P. Thomas, A. Ruiz-Barradas, and S. J. Weaver, 2017.
• Striking Seasonality in the Secular Warming of the Northern Continents: Structure and Mechanisms (pdf).
• J. Climate, 30, 6521-6541.

• Chafik, L., S. Häkkinen, M. H. England, J. A. Carton, S. Nigam, A. Ruiz-Barradas, A Hannachi, and L. Miller, 2016.
• Global Linkages Originating from Decadal Oceanic Variability in the Subpolar North Atlantic (pdf).
• Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 10909-10919.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A. E. Kalnay, M. Peña, A. E. BozorgMagham, and S. Motesharrei, 2016.
• Finding the driver of local ocean-atmosphere coupling in reanalyses and CMIP5 climate models. (pdf).
• Climate Dynamics, 48, 2153-2172.

• Sheffield, J., et al. (including Ruiz-Barradas), 2014.
• Regional Climate Processes and Projections for North America: CMIP3/CMIP5 differences, attribution and outstanding issues (pdf).
• NOAA Technical Report OAR CPO-2.

• Sheffield, J., et al. (including Ruiz-Barradas), 2013.
• North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments. Part I: Evaluation of 20th Century Continental and Regional Climatology (pdf).
• J. Climate, 26, 9209-9245.

• Sheffield, J., et al. (including Ruiz-Barradas), 2013.
• North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments. Part II: Evaluation of 20th Century Intra-Seasonal to Decadal Variability (pdf).
• J. Climate, 26, 9247-9290.

• Ruiz-Barradas A., S. Nigam, and A. Kavvada 2013.
• The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in 20th Century Climate Simulations: Uneven Progress from CMIP3 to CMIP5 (pdf).
• Climate Dynamics, 41, 3301-3315.

• Kavvada A., A. Ruiz-Barradas, and S. Nigam 2013.
• AMO's Structure and Climate Footprint in Observations and IPCC AR5 Climate Simulations (pdf).
• Climate Dynamics, 41, 1345-1364.

• Ruiz-Barradas A., and S. Nigam 2013.
• Atmosphere-Land-surface Interactions over the Southern Great Plains: Characterization from Pentad Analysis of DOE-ARM Field Observations and NARR Reanalysis (pdf).
• J. Climate, 26, 875-886.

• Nigam, S., B. Guan, and A. Ruiz-Barradas, 2011.
• Key role of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in 20th century drought and wet periods over the Great Plains (pdf).
• Geophys. Res. Lett,38, L16713, doi:10.1029/2011GL048650.

• Ruiz-Barradas. A., S. Nigam, 2010.
• Great Plains precipitation and its SST links in 20th century climate simulations, and 21st and 22nd century climate projections (pdf.
• J. Climate, 23, 6409-6429.

• Ruiz-Barradas. A., S. Nigam, 2010.
• SST-North American hydroclimate links in AMIP simulations of the Drought Working Group Models: A proxy for the idealized drought modeling experiments (pdf).
• J. Climate, 23, 2585-2598.

• Schubert, S., et al. (including Ruiz-Barradas), 2009.
• A USCIVAR project to assess and compare the responses of global climate models to drought-related SSTforcingpatterns: Overview and results (pdf).
• J. Climate, 22, 5251-5272.

• Weaver, S. J.,A. Ruiz-Barradas, and S. Nigam, 2009.
• Pentad Evolution of the 1988 Drought and 1993 Flood over the Great Plains: A NARR Perspective on the Atmospheric and Terrestrial Water Balance (pdf).
• J. Climate, 22, 5366-5384.

• Karnauskas, K. B., A. Ruiz-Barradas, S. Nigam, and A. J. Busalacchi, 2008.
• North American Droughts in ERA-40 global and NCEP North American Regional Reanalysys; A Palmer Drought Severity Index Perspective (pdf).
• J. Climate, 21, 2102-2123.

• Muñoz, E., A. J. Busalacchi, S. Nigam, and A. Ruiz-Barradas, 2008.
• Winter and Summer Structure of the Caribbean Low-Level Jet (pdf).
• J. Climate, 21, 1260-1276.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A. S. Nigam, 2006.
• IPCC's 20th century climate simulations: varied representations of North American hydroclimate variability (pdf).
• J. Climate, 19, 4041-4058.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A., S. Nigam, 2006.
• Great Plains hydroclimate variability: the view from North American Regional Reanalysis (pdf).
• J. Climate, 19, 3004-3010.

• Nigam, S., and A. Ruiz-Barradas, 2006.
• Seasonal hydroclimate variability over North America in global and regional reanalyses and AMIP Simulations: a mixed assessment (pdf).
• J. Climate, 19, 815-837.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A., S. Nigam, 2005.
• Warm-season rainfall variability over the US Great Plains in observations, NCEP and ERA-40 reanalyses, and NCAR and NASA atmospheric model simulations ((pdf).
• J. Climate, 18, 1808-1829.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A., J. A. Carton, S. Nigam, 2003.
• Role of the atmosphere in climate variability of the tropical Atlantic (pdf).
• J. Climate, 16, 2052-2065.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A., J. A. Carton, S. Nigam, 2000.
• Structure of interannual-to-decadal climate variability in the tropical Atlantic sector (pdf).
• J. Climate, 13, 3285-3297.

• Adem, J., V. M. Mendoza, A. Ruiz, E. E. Villanueva and R. Garduño, 2000.
• Recent numerical experiments on three-months extended and seasonal weather prediction with a thermodynamic model (pdf).
• Atmósfera, 13, 53-84.

• Adem, J., A. Ruiz, V.M. Mendoza, R. Garduño and V. Barradas, 1995.
• Recent experiments on monthly weather prediction with the Adem Thermodynamic Climate Model, with especial emphasis in Mexico (pdf).
• Atmósfera, 8, 23-34.

• Referred Conference Proceedings & Public Outreach

• Averill J., et al. (including Ruiz-Barradas), 2023.
• Workshop on Incorporating Climate Change Data in U.S. Building Codes and Standards (pdf).
• NIST Special Publication 1291.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A., 2015.
• Variabilidad del Clima y Oscilaciones. (Climate Variabilty and Oscillations; pdf, in Spanish).
• Magazine: La Ciencia y el Hombre (Science and Mankind), 27, 2, Universidad Veracruzana.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A., 2012.
• Inundaciones 2010: Lluvias extremas en Veracruz y su relación con la variabilidad natural del clima (Floods in 2010: Extreme rainfall in Veracruz and its relationship with natural climate variability; pdf, in Spanish).
• Book: Inundaciones 2010 en el estado de Veracruz (Floods in 2010 in the state of Veracruz, Mexico), Universidad Veracruzana, COVECYT, Ed. Tejeda Martínez, A., 113-134.

• Torres Alavés, J. A., A. Tejeda Martínez, J. L. Vázquez Aguirre, M. Brunet India, P. Hernández Avila and A. Ruiz-Barradas, 2010.
• Indices de cambio climático y análisis de variabilidad en el Estado de Veracruz, México. (Climate change indices and analysis of climate variability in the state of Veracruz, Mexico; pdf, in Spanish).
• Proceedings: VII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Climatología: Clima, Ciudad y Ecosistemas, Madrid, España. (VII Congress of the Spanish Association of Climatology: Climate, City and Ecosystems, Madrid, Spain). Series A, no. 7, 295-304.

• Chapters in Books

• Ruiz-Barradas, A., and S. Nigam, 2023:
• Climate and climate change in the Mekong River basin. (pdf).
• Chapter 1 in the Book: The Mekong River Basin. Ecohydrological Complexity from Catchment to Coast
• Ecohydrology from Catchment to Coast Series, Elsevier, 600pp.
• Eds. H. Q. Nguyen, H. Apel, Q. B. Le, V. Sridhar. ISBN 9780323908146.

• Nigam, S. and A. Ruiz-Barradas, 2016.
• Key Role of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in 20th Century Drought and Wet Periods over the US Great Plains and the Sahel (pdf).
• Chapter 21 in the Book: Dynamics and Predictability of Large-scale High-Impact Weather and Climate Events.
• Eds. Jianping Li, Richard Swinbank, Hans Volkert and Richard Grotjahn. Cambridge University Press.

• Nigam, S., Y. Zhao, A. Ruiz-Barradas, and T. Zhou, 2015:
• The South-Flood North-Drought Pattern over Eastern China and the Drying of the Gangetic Plain: Observations, Simulations, and Origin (pdf).
• Chapter 22 in the Book: Climate Change: Multidecadal and Beyond
• World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, V. 6, 376pp.
• Eds. Michael Ghil, Mojif Latif, Mike Wallace and C.P. Chang. World Press. ISBN 978-981-4579-92-6.

• Tejeda-Martínez, A., J. A. Torres-Alavés, A. Ruiz-Barradas, S. Miranda-Alonso, and S. Salazar-Lizán, 2011.
• Evaluations and Perceptions of the Climate Change in the State of Veracruz (Mexico): An Overview (pdf).
• Chapter 8 in the book: Climate Change - Socioeconomic Effects.
• Ed. H. Kheradmand. ISBN 978-953-307-411-5.

• Ruiz-Barradas, A., A. Tejeda Martínez, S. Miranda Alonso, and R. H. Flores Zamudio, 2010.
• Climatología (Climatology; pdf, in Spanish).
• Chapter 3 in the Book: Atlas del Patrimonio Natural, Histórico y Cultural del Estado de Veracruz, Vol 1. Recursos Naturales (Atlas of the Natural, Historic and Cultural Heritage in the State of Veracruz, Mexico), Vol. 1: Natural Resources.
• Ed. Griselda Benítez Badillo and Carlos Welsh Rodríguez. ISBN 978-607-95131-6-0.

• Unpublished

• Ruiz-Barradas, A. and S. Nigam, 2008:
• Terrestrial Water Balance over North America in Atmosphere Reanalyses and Land-Surface Simulations: Variance in Runoff. (pdf)

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