Isla Simpson is a Scientist 3 in the Climate Analysis Section of the Climate and Global Dynamics Division, studying large scale atmospheric dynamics and its representation in Global Climate Models. She works to understand dynamical mechanisms involved in the variability and change of the large scale atmospheric circulation and its impacts on regional climate and hydroclimate using a hierarchy of modelling approaches. The overall aim being to determine the extent which models can successfully capture the processes of relevance for the real atmosphere and to determine how they can be improved.

Publications

Submitted/In Press

McKinnon, K. A., Simpson, I. R., Williams, A. P. (2024) The pace of change of summertime temperature extremes, PNAS, doi:10.1073/pnas.2406143121

McKinnon, K. A., Simpson, I. R., Williams, A. P. (2024) The pace of change of summertime temperature extremes, PNAS, In Press

Larson, S. M., McMonigal, K., Okumura, Y., Amaya, D., Capotondi, A., Bellomo, K., Simpson, I. R., Clement, A. C. (2024), Ocean complexity shapes sea surface temperature variability in a CESM2 coupled model hierarchy, J. Clim., In Press

Karpechko, A. U., Wu, Z., Simpson, I. R., Afargan-Gerstman, H., BUtler, A. H., Domeisen, D. I. V., Garny, H., Kretschmer, M., Lawrence, Z., Manzini, E., Sigmond, M., Northern Hemisphere Stratosphere-Troposphere Circulation Change in CMIP6 Models. Part 2: mechanisms and sources of spread. JGR-Atmospheres, In Press

Wills, R. C. G., Herrington, A., Simpson, I. R., Battisti, D. S., Resolving weather fronts increases the large-scale circulation response to Gulf Stream SST anomalies in variable-resolution CESM2 simulations, JAMES, In Press

Seager, R., Wu, Y., Cherchi, A., Simpson, I. R., Osborn, T. J., Kushnir, Y., Lukovic, J., Liu, H., Nakamura, J., Recent and near-term future changes in impacts-relevant seasonal hydroclimate in the worlds Mediterranean climate regions, Int. J. Climatol, In Press

Martinez, C. J., Simpson, I. R., Fasullo, J. T., Prein, A. F., An Evaluation of the Seasonal Caribbean Hydroclimate in Low and High-Resolution CESM and other CMIP6 Models

Simpson, I. R., McKinnon, K. A., Kennedy, D., Lawrence, D. M., Lehner, F., Seager, R., Observed humidity trends in dry regions contradict climate models, Submitted to PNAS

Duan, S. Q., McKinnon, K. A., Simpson, I. R., Two perspecctives on amplified warming over tropical land, Submitted to J. Clim.

Cohen, S., Sobel, A., Biasutti, M., Wang, S., Simpson, I., Gettelman, A., Hu, I. (2024) Implementation and Exploration of Parameterizations of Large-Scale Dynamics in NCAR's Single Column Atmospheric Model SCAM6, JAMES, In Press

Lee, H.-K., Chunk, H.-Y., Richter, J. H., Simpson, I. R., Garcia, R. R. (2024) Contributions of Parameterized Gravity Waves and Resolved Equatorial Waves to the QBO Period in a Future Climate of CESM2, J. Geophys. Res., In Press

Dai, Y., Hitchcock, P., Simpson, I. R. (2024) What drives the spread and bias in the surface impact of sudden stratospheric warmings in CMIP6 models? J. Clim., In Press

Published
2024

Sanderson, B. M. et al (2024) The need for carbon emissions-driven climate projections in CMIP7, GMD, 17, 22, 8141-8172 Article

Kang, J. M., Shaw, T. A., Kang, S. M., Simpson, I. R., Yu, Y (2024) Revisiting the reanalysis-model discrepancy in Southern Hemisphere winter storm track trends, NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7, 252 Article

Jacobson, T. W. P., Seager, R., Williams, A. P., Simpson, I. R., McKinnon, K. A. and Liu, H. (2024) An Unexpected Decline in Spring Atmospheric Humidity in the Interior Southwestern United States and Implications for Forest Fires, J. Hydromet., 25, 373-390, Articls

2023

Holland, M. M., Hannay, C., Fasullo, J., Jahn, A., Kay, J. E., Mills, M., Simpson, I. R., Wieder, W., Lawrence, P., Kluzek, E., Bailey, D., New model ensemble reveals how forcing uncertainty and model structure alter climate simulated across CMIP generations of the Community Earth System Model, GMD, 17, 1585-1602 Article

Lu, K., He, J., Simpson, I. R. (2023) Origins of Uncertainty in the Response of the Summer North Pacific Subtropical High to CO2 Forcing, GRL, 50, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105042 Article

Martin, Z. K., Simpson, I. R., Lin, P., Orbe, C., Tang, Q., Caron, J. M., Chen, C.-C., Kim, H., Leung, L. R., Richter, J. R., Xie, S. (2023) The Lack of a QBO-MJO Connection in Climate Models with a Nudged Stratosphere, JGR Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD038722 Article

Strommen, K., Woollings, T., Davini, P., Ruggieri, P., Simpson, I. R. Predictable Decadal Forcing of the North Atlantic Jet Stream by Sub-Polar North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures, Weather and Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-853-2023

Yeager, S., Chang, P., Danabasoglu, G., Rosenbloom, N., Zhang, Q., Castruccio, F., Gopal, A., Rencurrel, M. C., and Simpson, I. R. (2023) Reduced Southern Ocean Warming Enhances Global Skill and Signal-to-Noise in an Eddy-Resolving Decadal Prediction System, Nature Climate and Atmospheric Science, 6, 107, Article

Goldenson, N., Leung, R., Mearns, L. O., Pierce, D. W., Reed, K. A., Simpson, I. R., Ullrich, P., Krantz, W., Hall, A., Jones, A., Rahimi, S. (2023) Use-Inspired, Process-Oriented GCM selection: Prioritizing Models for Regional Dynamical Downscaling, BAMS, in Press Article

Simpson, I. R., Rosenbloom, N., Danabasoglu, G., Deser, C., Yeager, S. G., McCluskey, C. S., Yamaguchi, R., Lamarque, J.-F., Tilmes, S., Mills, M. J., Rodgers, K. B., The CESM2 single forcing large ensemble and comparison to CESM1: Implications for Experimental Design, Journal of Climate, 36, 5687-5711, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0666.1, manuscript, supplemental material

Frolov, S., Rousseaux, C. S., Auligne, T., Dee, D., Gelaro, R., Heimbach, P., Simpson, I. R., Slivinski, L (2023) Road Map for the Next Decade of Earth System Reanalysis in the United States, BAMS, 104, 706-714. Article

Dai, Y., Hitchcock, P. Simpson, I. R. (2022) Dynamics and Impacts of the North Pacific Eddy-Driven Jet Response to Sudden Stratospheric Warmings, J. Clim., 36, 865--884, Article

2022

Smith, D. M. and Gillett, N. P. and Simpson, I. R., Athanasiadis, P. J. Baehr, J., Bethke, I., Bilge, T. A., Bonnet, R., Boucher, O., Findell, K. L., Gastineau, G., Gualdi, S., Hermanson, L., Leung, L, R., Mignot, J., Muller, W. A., Osprey, S., Ottera, O. H., Persad, G. G., Scaife, A. A., Schmidt, G. A., Shiogama, H., Sutton, R. T., Swingedouw, D., Yang, S., Zhou, T., Ziehn, T. (2022), Attribution of multi-annual to decadal changes in the climate system: The Large Ensemble Single Forcing Model Intercomparison Project (LESFMIP), Frontiers, 4, Article

McKinnon, K. A. and Simpson, I. R. How Unexpected Was the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heatwave? GRL, 49, e2022GL100380 Article

Karpechko, A. Y., Afargan-Gerstman, H., Butler, A. H., Domeisen, D. I. V., Kretschmer, M., Lawrence, Z., Manzini, E., Sigmond, M., Simpson, I. R., Wu, Z. (2022), Northern Hemisphere Stratosphere-Troposphere Circulation Change in CMIP6 Models. Part 1: Inter-Model Spread and Scenario Uncertainty, JGR, 127, e2022JD036992, Article

Chen, R., Simpson, I. R., Deser, C., Wang, B., Du, Y. (2022), Mechanisms behind the springtime North Pacific ENSO teleconnection bias in Climate Models, J. Clim., 35, 7691--7710, PDF

Seager, R., Ting, M., Alexander, P., Nakamura, J., Liu, H., Li, C. and Simpson, I. R. Mechanisms of a meteorological drought onset: summer 2020 to spring 2021 in southwestern North America, J. Clim., 35, 7367--7385, Article

Wieder, W. R., Kennedy, D., Lehner, F., Musselman, K. N., Rodgers, K. B., Rosenbloom, N., Simpson, I. R. and Yamaguchi, R. (2022), Pervasive alterations to snow-dominated ecosystem functions under climate change, PNAS, Article

Kong, W., McKinnon, K. A., Simpson, I. R. and Lague, M. M. (2022) Understanding responses of summer continental daily temperature variance to perturbations in the land surface evaporative resistance, J. Clim., 36, 1653--1678, Article

Hoell, A., Quan, X.-W., Hoerling, M., Diaz, H., Fu, R., He, C., Lisonbee, J., Mankin, J., Seager, R., Sheffield, A., Simpson, I., Wahl, E., (2022) Water Year 2021 Compound Precipitation and Temperature Extremes in California and Nevada, BAMS, 103, E2905--E2911, Article

Horrowitz, R., McKinnon, K. A. and Simpson, I. R., (2022) Circulation and Soil Moisture Contributions to United States Heatwaves, J. Clim, 35, 8031--8048, Article

Hitchcock, P., et al, (2022) Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI): A Protocol for Investigating the Role of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex in Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasts, GMD, 15, 5073--5092, Article

Yeager, S. G., Rosenbloom, N., Glanville, A. A., Wu, X., Simpson, I.R., Li, H., Molina, M. J., Krumhardt, K., Mogen, S., Lindsay, K., Lombardozzi, D., Wieder, W., Kim, W. M., Richter, J. H., Long, M., Danabasoglu, G., Bailey, D., Holland, M., Lovenduski, N., Strand, W. G. (2022), The Seasonal-to-Multiyear Large Ensemble (SMYLE) Prediction System using the Community Earth System Model Version 2 , GMD, 15, 6451--6492Article

Serva, F., Anstey, J. A., Bushell, A. C., Butchard, N., Cagnazzo, C., Gray, L. J., Kawatani Y., Osprey, S. M., Richter, J. H., Simpson, I. R. (2022), The impact of the QBO on the region of the tropical tropopause in QBOi models: present-day simulations, QJRMS, 148, 1945-1964, Article

Simpson, I. R., Lawrence, D. M., Swenson, S. C., Hannay, C., McKinnon, K. A. and Truesdale, J. E. (2022), Improvements in wintertime surface temperature variability in the Community Earth System Model version 2 (CESM2) related to the representation of snow density, Article

Sun, L., Deser, C., Simpson, I. R., Sigmond, M. (2022), Uncertainty in the winter tropospheric response to Arctic Sea ice loss: the role of stratospheric polar vortex internal variability, J. Clim., Article

2021

Rodgers, K. B., Lee, S.-S., Rosenbloom, N., Timmermann, A., Danabasoglu, G., Deser, C., Edwards, J., Kim, J.-E., Simpson, I.R., Stein, K., Stuecker, M. F., Yamaguchi, R., Bodai, Tamas, Chung, E.-S., Huang, L., Kim, W. N., Lamarque, J.-F. Lombardozzi, D. L., Wieder, W. R., Yeager, S. G. (2021) Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability, Earth System Dynamics, 12, 1393-1411, Article

Charlton-Perez, A. J., Brocker, J., Karpechko, A. Y., Lee, S. H., Sigmond, M. and Simpson, I. R. (2021) A Minimal Model to Diagnose the Contribution of the Stratosphere to Tropospheric Forecast Skill, JGR Atmospheres, Article

Davis, N. A., Callaghan, P., Simpson, I. R. and Tilmes, S. (2021) Specified dynamics scheme impacts on wave-mean flow dynamics, convection, and tracer transport in CESM2(WACCM6), ACP, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-169 Article

Simpson, I. R., McKinnon, K. A., Davenport, F. V., Tingley, M., Lehner, F., Al Fahad, A., Chen, D. (2021) Emergent constraints on the large-scale atmospheric circulation and regional hydroclimate: do they still work in CMIP6 and how much can they actually constrain the future? J. Clim., 34, 6355-6377 Article

McKinnon, K. A., Poppick, Simpson, I. R. (2021) Hot extremes have become drier in the United States Southwest, Nature Climate Change, 11, 598-604 Article

Anstey, J. A., Simpson, I. R., Richter, J. H., Naoe, H., Taguchi, M., Serva, F., Gray, L. J., Butchart, N., Hamilton, K., Ospresy, S., Bellprat, O., Braesicke, P., Bushell, A. C., Cagnazzo, C., Chen, C.-C., Chun, H.-Y., Garcia, R. R., Holt, L., Kawatani, Y., Kerzenmacher, T., Kim, Y.-H., Lott, F., McLandress, C., Scinocca, J., Stockdale, T. N., Versick, S., Watanabe, S., Yoshida, K., Yukimoto, Y. (2021) Teleconnections of the quasi-biennial oscillation in a multi-model ensemble of QBO resolving models, QJRMS, Article

Haynes, P., Hitchcock, P., Hitchman, M., Yoden, S., Hendon, H., Kiladis, G., Kodera, K., Simpson, I. R. (2021): The influence of the stratosphere on the tropical troposphere, J. Met. Soc. Japan., 99Article

Banerjee, A., Butler, A. H., Polvani, L. M., Robock, A., Simpson, I. R., Sun, L (2021): Robust winter warming over Eurasia under stratospheric sulfate geoengineering - the role of stratospheric dynamics, ACP, 21, 6985-6997 Article

Fu, R., Hoell, A., Mankin, J., Sheffield, A. and Simpson, I. Tackling challenges of a drier, hotter, more fire-prone future, EOS Article

2020

Bacmeister, J. T., Hannay, C., Medeiros, B., Gettelman, A., Neale, R., Fredriksen, H.-B., Lipscomp, W. H., Simpson, I. R., Bailey, D. A., Holland, M. M., Lindsay, K., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., CO2 increase experiments using the Community Earth System Model (CESM): Relationship to climate sensitivity and comparison of CESM1 to CESM2, JAMES, doi:10.1029/2020MS002120 Article

Visioni, D., MacMartin, D. G., Kravitz, B., Lee, W., Simpson, I. R., Richter, J. H., Reduced poleward transport due to stratospheric heating under stratospheric aerosols geoengineering, GRL, doi:10.1029/2020GL089470Article

Chen, R., Simpson, I. R., Deser, C., Wang, B. (2020) Model Biases in the Simulation of the Springtime North Pacific ENSO Teleconnection, J. Clim. 33, 9985-10002 PDF

Deser, C., Phillips, A. S., Simpson, I. R., Rosenbloom, N., Coleman, D., Lehner, F. and Pendergrass, A. G. (2020) Isolating the Evolving Contributions of Anthropogenic Aerosols and Greenhouse Gases: A New CESM1 Large Ensemble Community Resource, Article

Simpson, I. R., Bacmeister, J., Neale, R. B., Hannay, C., Gettelman, A., Garcia, R. R., Lauritzen, P. H., Marsh, D. R., Mills, M. J., Medeiros, B., Richter, J. H. (2020) An evaluation of the large scale atmospheric circulation and its variability in the CESM2 and other CMIP models, JGR Atmospheres, PDF

Seager, R., Liu, H., Kushnir, Y., Osborn, T. J., Simpson, I. R., Kelley, C. R. and Nakamura, J. (2020) Mechanisms of winter precipitation variability in the European-Meditteranean region associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation, J. Clim., Article

Kim, H., Caron, J. M., Richter, J. H. and Simpson, I. R. (2020) The lack of QBO-MJO connection in CMIP6 models, 47, Article

Richter, J. H., Anstey, J., Butchart, N., Kawatani, Y., Meehl, G., Osprey, S., Simpson, I. R. (2020) Progress in simulating the Quasi-biennial Oscillation in CMIP models, JGR atmospheres, 125 Article

Deser, C., Lehner, F., Rodgers, K. B., Ault, T., Delworth, T. L., DiNezio, P. N., Fiore, A., Frankignoul, C., Fyfe, J. C., Horton, D. E., Kay, J. E., Knutti, R., Lovenduski, N. S., Marotzke, J., McKinnon, K. A., Minobe, S., Randerson, J., Screen, J. A., Simpson, I. R., Ting, M. (2020) Insights from Earth system model initial-condition large ensembles and future prospects, Nat. Clim. Change, 10, 277-286 Article

Ayarzaguena, B., Charlton-Perez, A. J., Butler, A. H., Hitchcock, P., Simpson, I. R., Polvani, L. M., Butchart, N., Gerber, E. P., Gray, L., Hassler, B., Lin, P., Lott, F., Manzini, E., Mizuta, R., Orbe, C., Osprey, S., Saint-Martin, D., Sigmond M., Taguchi, M., Volodin, E. M., Watanabe, S. (2020) Uncertainty in the response of sudden stratospheric warmings and stratosphere-troposphere coupling to quadrupled CO2 concentrations in CMIP6 models, JGR atmospheres doi: 10.1029/2019JD032345 Article

Maycock, A. C., Masukwedza, G. I. T., Hitchcock, P. and Simpson, I. R., (2020) A regime perspective on the North Atlantic eddy-driven jet response to sudden stratospheric warmings, J. Clim., https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0702.1 Article

Michel, C., Li, C., Simpson, I. R., Bethke, I., King, M. P. and Sobolowski, S., (2020) The change in the ENSO teleconnection under a low global warming scenario and the uncertainty due to internal variability, J. Clim., https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0730.1 Article

Domiesen, D. I.V., Butler, A. H., Charlton-Perez, A. J., Ayarzaguena, B., Baldwin, M. P., Dunn-Sigouin, E., Furtado, J. C., Garfinkel, C. I., Hitchcock, P., Karpechko, A. Y., Kim, H., Knight, J., Lang, A. L., Lim, E.-P., Marshall, A., Roff, G., Schwartz, C., Simpson, I. R., Son, S.-W., Taguchi, M. (2020), The role of the stratosphere in subseasonal to seasonal prediction. Part 1: predictability of the stratosphere, JGR atmospheres, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030920 Article

Domiesen, D. I.V., Butler, A. H., Charlton-Perez, A. J., Ayarzaguena, B., Baldwin, M. P., Dunn-Sigouin, E., Furtado, J. C., Garfinkel, C. I., Hitchcock, P., Karpechko, A. Y., Kim, H., Knight, J., Lang, A. L., Lim, E.-P., Marshall, A., Roff, G., Schwartz, C., Simpson, I. R., Son, S.-W., Taguchi, M. (2020), The role of the stratosphere in subseasonal to seasonal prediction. Part 2: predictability arising from stratosphere-troposphere coupling, JGR Atmospheres https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030923 Article

Richter, J. H., Butchart, N., Kawatani, Y., Bushell, A. C., Holt, L., Serva, F., Anstey, J., Simpson, I. R., Osprey, S., Hamilton, K., Braesicke, P., Cagnazzo, C., Chen, Chih-Chieh, Garcia, R. R., Gray, L. J., Kerzenmacher, T., Lott, F., McLandress, C., Naoe, H., Scinocca, J., Stockdale, T. N., Versick, S., Watanabe, S., Yoshida, K., Yukimoto, S. (2020), Response of the quasi-biennial oscillation to a warming climate in global climate models, QJRMS, doi:10.1002/qj.3749 Article

2019

Wu, Y., Simpson, I. R. and Seager, R. (2019) Inter-model spread in the Northern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex response to climate change in the CMIP5 models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 13290-13298 Article

Jiang, J., MacMartin, D. G., Simpson, I. R., Kravitz, B., Cheng, W., Visioni, D., Tilmes, S., Richter, J. H., Mills, M. J. (2019) Stratospheric Sulfate Geoengineering Could Alter the High-Latitude Seasonal Cycle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 14153-14163 doi:10.1029/2019GL085758 Article

Cheng, W., MacMartin, D. G., Dagon, K., Kravitz, B., Tilmes, S., Richter, J. H., Mills, M. J.,Simpson, I. R., Soil moisture and other hydrological changes in a stratospheric aerosol geoengineering large ensemble. JGR Atmospheres, 124, 12773-12793 doi:10.1029/2018JD030237 Article

Merrifield, A. L. and Simpson, I. R. and McKinnon, K. A. and Sippel, S. and Xie, S.-P. and Deser, C. Local and non-local land surface influence in European heatwave initial condition ensembles, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, doi:10.1029/2019GL083945 Article

Simpson, I. R., Tilmes, S., Richter, J. H., Kravitz, B., MacMartin, D. G., Mills, M. J., Fasullo, J. T. and Pendergrass, A. G. The regional hydroclimate response to stratospheric sulfate geoengineering and the role of stratospheric heating, JGR Atmospheres, 124, 12587-12616, doi:10.1029/2019JD031093 PDF

Gettelman, A., Mills, M. J., Kinnison, D. E., Garcia, R. R., Smith, A. K., Marsh, D. R., Tilmes, S., Vitt, F., Bardeed, C. G., McInerny, J., Liu, H.-L., Solomon, S. C., Polvani, L. M., Emmons, L. K., Lamarque, J.-F., Richter, J. H., Glanville, A. S., Bacmeister, J. T., Phillips, A. S., Neale, R. B., Simpson, I. R., DuVivier, A. K., Hodzic, A. and Randel, W. J., The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model Version 6 (WACCM6), JGR-Atmospheres, 124, doi:10.1029/2019JD030943 Article.

Pendergrasss, A. G., Coleman, D. B., Deser, C., Lehner, F., Rosenbloom, N. and Simpson, I. R. Nonlinear Response of Extreme Precipitation to Warming in CESM1, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46 ,10,551-10,560 PDF

Butler, A. H., Charlton-Perez, A., Domiesen, D. I. V., Simpson, I. R. and Sjoberg, J., Predictatbility of Northern Hemisphere final stratospheric warmings and their surface impacts, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 10578-10588 PDF

Simpson, I. R., Yeager, S. G., McKinnon, K. A. and Deser, C. (2019) Decadal predictability of late winter precipitation in western Europe through an ocean-jet stream connection, Nature Geoscience, 12, 613-619 Article

Gettelman, A., Truesdale, J. E., Bacmeister, J. T., Caldwell, P. M., Neale, R. B., Bogenschutz, P. A. and Simpson, I. R. (2018) The Single Column Atmosphere Model version 6 (SCAM6): Not a Scam but a Tool for Model Evaluation and Development, JAMES, 11, 1381-1401i PDF

Kravitz, B., MacMartin, D. G., Tilmes, S., Richter, J. H., Mills, M. J., Cheng, W., Dagon, K, Glanville, A. S., Lamarque, J.-F., Simpson, I. R., Tribbia, J. J. and Vitt, F. (2019), Comparing surface and stratospheric impacts of geoengineering with different SO2 injection strategies, JGR-Atmospheres, 124, 7900-7918 PDF

Seager, R., Osborn, T. J., Kushnir, Y., Simpson, I. R., Nakamura, J. and Liu, H. (2019) Climate variability and change of Mediterranean-type climates, J. Clim., 32, 2887-2915 Article

Grise, K. M., Davis, S. M., Simpson, I. R., Waugh, D. W., Fu, Q., Allen, R. J., Rosenlof, K. H., Ummenhofer, C. C., Karnauskas, K. B., Maycock, A. C., Quan, X.-W., Birner, T., Staten, P. W. (2019), Recent Tropical Expansion: Natural Variability or Forced Response?, J. Clim., 32, 1551-1571 PDF

Simpson, I. R., Hitchcock, P, Seager, R, Wu, Y (2019) The role of the stratosphere in future mid-latitude climate projections, USClivar Variations, 17 (1) 33-39, doi:10.5065/q3jb-9642 PDF

2018

Eyring, V., and co-authors (2018) Taking climate model evaluation to the next level, Nat. Clim. Change, doi=10.1038/s41558-018-0355-y Article

Tilmes, S., Richter, J. H., Kravitz, B., MacMartin, D. G., Mills, M. J., Simpson, I. R., Glanville, A. S., Fasullo, J., Phillips, A. S., Lamarque, J.-F., Tribbia, J., Edwards, J., Mickelson, S., Ghosh, S. (2018) CESM1(WACCM) Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering Large Ensemble (GLENS) Project, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 99, 2361-2371, PDF

Fasullo, J. T., Tilmes, S., Richter, J. H., Kravitz, B., MacMartin, D. G., Mills, M. J. and Simpson, I. R. (2018) Persistent polar ocean warming in a strategically geoengineered climate, Nat. Geosc., article

Adam, O., Grise, K. M., Staten, P., Simpson, I. R., Davis, S. M., Davis, N. A., Waugh, D. W. and Birner, T. (2018) : The TropD software package: Standardized methods for calculating Tropical Width Diagnostics, Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 4339--4357 PDF

Simpson, I. R., Deser, C., McKinnon, K. A. and Barnes, E. A. (2018): Modelled and observed multidecadal variability in the North Atlantic jet stream and its connection to sea surface temperatures (2018), J. Clim., 31, 8313-8338, PDF

Zhang, P., Wu, Y., Simpson, I. R., Smith, K. L., Zhang, X., De, B. and Callaghan, P. (2018): A stratospheric pathway linking a colder Siberia to Barents-Kara sea ice loss, Science Avances, 4, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aat6025 Article

Simpson, I. R. (2018): Natural variability in the width of the tropics, USClivar Variations, 16 (2), 14-20, doi:10.5065/D69Z92QF PDF

Waugh, D. W., Grise, K. M., Seviour, W. J. M., Davis, S. M., Davis, N., Adam, O., Son, W.-W., Simpson, I. R., Staten, P. W., Maycock, A. C., Ummenhofer, C. C., Birner, T. and Ming, A. (2018) Revisiting the Relationship among Metrics of Tropical Expansion, J. Clim., 31, 7565--7581 PDF

Richter, J. H., Tilmes, S., Glanville, A., Kravitz, B., MacMartin, D. G., Mills, M. J., Simpson, I. R., Vitt, F., Tribbia, J. J., Lamarque, J.-F. (2018) Stratospheric response in the first geoengineering simulation meeting multiple surface climate objectives, J. Geophys. Res.: Atm., 123, doi:10.1029/2018JD028285PDF

Deser, C., Simpson, I. R., Phillips, A. S. and McKinnon, K. A. (2018) How well do we know ENSO's climate impacts over North America, and how do we evaluate models accordingly? J. Clim., 31, 4991--5041 PDF

Simpson, I. R., Hitchcock, P., Seager, R., Wu, Y. and Callaghan, P. (2018) The downward influence of uncertainty in the Northern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex response to climate change, J. Clim., 31, 6371--6391 PDF

Lehner, F., Deser, C., Simpson, I. R., Terray, L. (2018) Attributing the U.S. Southwests recent shift to drier conditions, GRL, 45, 6251-6261 PDF

Simpson, I. R., Bacmeister, J. T., Sandu, I. and Rodwell, M. J. (2018) Why do modelled and observed surface wind stress climatologies differ in the trade wind regions?, J. Clim., 31, 491--513 PDF

2017

Barnes, E. A. and Simpson, I. R. (2017) Seasonal sensitivity of the Northern Hemisphere jet-streams to Arctic temperatures on subseasonal timescales, J. Clim, 30, 10117--10137 PDF

Deser, C., Simpson, I. R., McKinnon, K. A. and Phillips, A. S. (2017) , The Northern Hemisphere extra-tropical atmospheric circulation response to ENSO: How well do we know it and how do we evaluate models accordingly? J. Clim, 30, 5059--5082 PDF

Polvani, L. M., Clement, A. C., Medeiros, B.. Benedict, J. J. and Simpson, I. R. (2017), When less is More: Opening the Door to Simpler Climate Modelst, EOS, 98, Article

2016

Hitchcock, P. and Simpson, I. R. (2016), Quantifying eddy feedbacks and forcings in the tropospheric response to stratospheric sudden warmings. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 3641-3657 PDF

Seager, R. and Simpson, I. R. (2016) Western boundary currents and climate change, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JC012156. PDF

Shaw, T. A., Baldwin, M., Barnes, E. A., Caballero, R., Garfinkel, C. I., Hwang, Y-T., Li, C., O'Gorman, P. A., Riviere, G., Simpson, I. R., and Voigt, A. (2016): Storm track processes and the opposing influences of climate change, Nature Geoscience, 9, 656-664 Article

Simpson, I. R. and Polvani, L. M. (2016) Revisiting the relationship between jet position, forced response and annular mode variability in the southern mid-latitudes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 2896-2903 PDF. Supplementary material PDF

Simpson, I. R. (2016) Climate change predicted to lengthen transatlantic travel times. Env. Res. Lett., 11, 031002. PDF (Perspective on Williams (2016) Env. Res. Lett., 11, 024008.)

Simpson, I. R., Seager, R., Ting, M. and Shaw, T. A. (2016) Causes of change in Northern Hemisphere winter meridional winds and regional hydroclimate, Nature Climate Change, 6, 65-70: Article

2015

Simpson, I. R., Seager, R., Shaw, T. A. and Ting, M. (2015) Mediterranean summer climate and the importance of Middle East Topography. J. Clim., 28 1977--1996: PDF

2014

Seager, R., Neelin, D., Simpson, I. R., Liu, H., Henderson, N., Shaw, T. A., Kushnir, Y., Ting, M. and Cook, B. (2014) Dynamical and thermodynamical causes of large-scale changes in the hydrological cycle of North America in response to global warming., J. Clim., 27, 7921--7948: PDF

Hitchcock, P. and Simpson, I. R. (2014) The Downward Influence of Stratospheric Sudden Warmings (2014) J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 3856--3876: PDF

Seager, R., Liu, H., Henderson, N., Simpson, I. R., Kelley, C., Shaw, T. A., Kushner, Y. and Ting, M. (2014) Causes of increasing aridification of the Mediterranean region in response to rising greenhouse gases (2014), J. Clim., 27, 4655--4676: PDF

Simpson, I. R., Shaw, T. A. and Seager, R. (2014) A diagnosis of the seasonally and longitudinally varying mid-latitude circulation response to global warming (2014) J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2489--2515: PDF

2013

Simpson, I. R., Shepherd, T. G., Hitchcock, P and Scinocca, J. F. (2013) Southern Annular Mode dynamics in observations and models, part 2: eddy feedbacks. J. Clim., 26, 5220--5241: PDF

Simpson, I. R., Hitchcock, P., Shepherd, T. G. and Scinocca, J. F. (2013) Southern Annular Mode dynamics in observations and models, part 1: the influence of climatological zonal wind biases in a Comprehensive GCM. J. Clim., 26, 3953-3967: PDF

2012

Simpson I. R., Blackburn, M. and Haigh, J. D. (2012) A mechanism for the effect of tropospheric jet structure on the annular mode-like response to stratospheric forcing. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2152-2170: PDF

2011

Simpson I. R., Hitchcock, P., Shepherd, T. G. and Scinocca, J. F. (2011) Stratospheric variability and tropospheric annular mode timescales. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L20806, doi:10.1029/2011GL049304: PDF

Simpson I. R., Shepherd, T. G., Sigmond, M. (2011) Dynamics of the lower stratospheric circulation response to ENSO. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 68, 2537-2556: PDF

2010

Simpson I. R., Blackburn M., Haigh J. D. and Sparrow, S. N. (2010) The impact of the state of the troposphere on the response to stratospheric heating in a simplified GCM. Journal of Climate, 23, 6166-6185: PDF

2009

Simpson I. R., Blackburn M. and Haigh J. D. (2009) The role of eddies in driving the tropospheric response to stratospheric heating perturbations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 1347-1365: PDF

PHD thesis - Solar influence on stratosphere-troposphere dynamical coupling: PDF