Peer-reviewed Publications

Francis, J. A., D. M. White, J. J. Cassano, W. J. Gutowski, L. D. Hinzman, M. M. Holland, M. A. Steele, and C. J. Vorosmarty,2009: An Arctic Hydrologic System in Transition: Feedbacks and Impacts on Terrestrial, Marine, and Human Life. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2008JG000902, in press. PDF

Francis, J.A., W. Chan, D.J. Leathers, J.R. Miller, and D.E. Veron, 2009: Winter northern hemisphere weather patterns remember summer Arctic sea ice extent. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L07503, doi:10.1029/2009GL037274. PDF

Skific, N., J.A. Francis, and J.J. Cassano, 2009: Attribution of Seasonal and Regional Changes in Arctic Moisture Convergence. J. Climate, 22, 5115–5134, DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2829.1. PDF

Skific, N., J.A. Francis, and J.J. Cassano, 2009: Attribution of Projected Changes in Atmospheric Moisture Transport in the Arctic: A Self-Organizing Map Perspective. J. Climate, 22, 4135–4153, DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2645.1. PDF

Overland, J., J. Turner, J. Francis, N. Gillett, G. Marshall, and M. Tjernstrom, 2008: The Arctic and Antarctic: Two faces of climate change. Eos Trans., 89, 177-184. PDF

Vavrus, S.J., D. Waliser, A. Schweiger, and J. Francis, 2008: Simulations of 20th and 21st century Arctic cloud amount in the global climate models assessed in the IPCC AR4, Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0475-6.

Schweiger, A.J., R.W. Lindsay, S. Vavrus, and J.A. Francis,2008: Relationships between Arctic sea ice and clouds during autumn.Jounal of Climate, 21, 4799-4810. PDF

Menon, S., N. Unger, D. Koch, J. Francis, T. Garrett, I. Sednev, D. Shindell, and D. Streets, 2008: Aerosol climate effects and air quality impacts from 1980 to 2030. Environmental Research Letters, 3, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/3/2/024004.

Francis, J.A. and E. Hunter, 2007: Drivers of declining sea ice in the Arctic Winter, Geophysical Research Letters,34, L17503, doi:10.1029/2007GL030995. PDF

Francis, J.A. and E. Hunter, 2007: Changes in the fabric of the Arctic’s greenhouse blanket, Environ. Res. Lett., 2, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/045011. PDF

Miller, J., Y. Chen, G. L. Russell, and J. A. Francis, 2007: Future regime shift in feedbacks during Arctic winter,Geophysical Research Letters,34, L23707, doi:10.1029/2007GL031826. PDF

White et al., 2007:The arctic freshwater system: Changes and impacts, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S54, doi:10.1029/2006JG000353. PDF

Liu, Y., J. R. Key, J. A. Francis and X. Wang, 2007: Possible causes of decreasing cloud cover in the Arctic winter, 1982-2000,Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L14705,doi:10.1029/2007GL030042 . PDF

Francis, J.A. and E. Hunter, 2006: New insight into the disappearing Arctic sea ice, Eos Tranactions of the AGU, 87, 509-524. PDF

Kato, S., N.G. Loeb, P. Minnis, J.A. Francis, and T.P. Charlock, 2006: Seasonal and interannual variations of top-of-atmosphere irradiance and cloud cover over polar regions derived from the CERES data set. Geophys. Res. Lett., VOL. 33, L19804, doi:10.1029/2006GL026685. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2006GL026685.shtml

Liu, Y. J.R. Key, A. Schweiger, and J.A. Francis, 2006: Characteristics of Satellite-Derived Clear-Sky Atmospheric Temperature Inversion Strength in the Arctic, 1980–96. J. Clim., 19, 4902-4913. PDF

Serreze, M.C. and J. Francis, 2006: The Arctic on the Fast Track of Change, Weather, 61, 65-69. PDF

Francis, J.A., E. Hunter, and C.-Z. Zou, 2005: Arctic tropospheric winds derived from TOVS satellite retrievals. J. Clim., 18, 2270-2285. PDF

Serreze, M.C. and J.A. Francis, 2006: The Arctic amplification debate. Climatic Change, doi: 10.1007/s10584-005-9017-y. PDF

Overpeck, J.T., M. Sturm, J.A. Francis, D.K. Perovich, M.C Serreze, and 16 others, 2005: Arctic system on trajectory to new, seasonally ice-free state. Eos Trans., 86.PDF

Francis, J.A., E. Hunter, J. Key, and X. Wang, 2005: Clues to variability in Arctic minimum sea ice extent. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21501, doi:10.1029/2005GL024376. PDF

Chen, Y., F. Aires, J.A. Francis, J.R. Miller, 2005: Observed relationships between Arctic longwave cloud forcing and cloud parameters using a neural network. J. Clim., 19, 4087-4104. PDF

Chen, Y., J. R. Miller, J.A. Francis, G.G. Russell, and F. Aires, 2003: Observed and modeled relationships among Arctic climate variables. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D24), 4799, doi:10.1029/2003JD003824.

Francis, J.A., 2002: Validation of reanalysis upper-level winds in the Arctic with independent rawinsonde data, Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 10.1029/2001GL014578.

Groves, D.G. and J.A. Francis, 2002: The moisture budget of the Arctic atmosphere from TOVS satellite data, J. Geophys. Res., D19, 4391, doi:10.1029/2001JD001191.PDF

Groves, D.G. and J.A. Francis, 2002: Variability of the Arctic Atmospheric Moisture Budget from TOVS Satellite Data, J. Geophys. Res., D24, 4785, doi:10.1029/2002JD002285.PDF

Chen, Y., J.A. Francis, and J. R. Miller, 2002: Surface temperature of the Arctic: comparison of TOVS satellite retrievals with surface observations, J. Clim., 15, 3698-3708.

Chiacchio, M. and J.A. Francis, 2002: Evaluation of methods ot estimate the surface downwelling longwave flux during Arctic winter, J. Applied Meteor., 41, 306-318.

Schweiger, A.J., R.W. Lindsay, J.A. Francis, J. Key, J. Intrieri, and M. Shupe, 2002: Validation of TOVS Path-P data during SHEBA. J. Geophys. Res., 107(C10), 8041, 10.1029/2000JC000453.

Francis, J.A. and A.J. Schweiger, 2000: A new window opens on the Arctic, Eos Trans., AGU, 81, 77-78.

Scott, N.A., A. Chedin, R. Armante, J. Francis, C. Stubenrauch, J.-P. Chaboureau, F. Chevallier, C. Claud, and F. Cheruy, 1999: Characteristics of the TOVS Pathfinder Path-B dataset. Bulletin of the Am. Meteor. Soc., 80, 2679-2701.

Schweiger, A.J., R.W. Lindsay, J.R. Key, and J.A. Francis, 1999: Arctic clouds in multiyear satellite data sets. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1845-1848.

Francis, J.A., 1997: A Method to Derive Downwelling Longwave Fluxes at the Arctic Surface from TOVS Data, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 1795-1806.

Presentations and Proceedings

Francis, J.A., 2005: Invited presentation: Data fusion meets Arctic change: Teachings from wise elder sensors. NASA Terra Data Fusion Workshop, Williamsburg, VA.

Francis, J.A., E. Hunter, J.R. Key, and X. Wang, 2005: Invited Presentation: Attribution of variability in Arctic minimum sea ice extent. Annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society, 11-14 Jan. 2005, San Diego, CA.

Francis, J.A., 2004: Is the Arctic going where no climate has gone before? IMCS seminar.

Francis, J.A., 2004: Two decades of Arctic Change: A perspective from space, seminar at U. of Delaware.

Francis, J.A., 2004: Two decades of Arctic Change: A perspective from space, Invited Presentation, IGARSS 2004, Anchorage, AK.

Francis, J.A., E. Hunter, and J. Secora, 2004: Clues to sea ice change from satellite-derived atmospheric parameters. Poster. Annual meeting of Arctic Research Consortium of the U. S., 13-14 May 2004, Washington, DC.

Francis, J.A., 2004: Arctic change observed by satellite sounders. Central Arctic: Battleground of Natural and Man-made Climate Forcing, 7-9 Jan. 2004, LDEO, Palasaides, NY.

Francis, J.A. 2004: Is the Arctic going where no climate has gone before? IMCS invited seminar, Rutgers University.

Francis, J.A., 2004: Two decades of Arctic Change: A perspective from space, invited seminar at U. of Delaware.

Francis, J.A., 2004: Two decades of Arctic Change: A perspective from space, Invited Presentation, IGARSS 2004, Anchorage, AK.

Francis, J.A., J. Miller, W. Chan, Y. Chen, and D. Groves, 2004: Pieces of the Arctic freshwater puzzle: Clues from space, the surface and a GCM. Poster. NSF Science Team meeting for the Freshwater Initiative, 4-7 May, 2004, Woods Hole, MA.

Francis, J.A., 2004: Arctic Change Observed from Satellite Sounders, Lecture, 19 May 2004, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences, New York, NY.

Francis, J.A., 2003: 20 Years of Downwelling Longwave Fluxes at the Arctic Surface from TOVS Satellite Data (Invited). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Science Team Meeting, 1-3 April 2003, Broomfield, CO.

Francis, J.A. and E. Hunter, 2003: Arctic Upper-Level Winds from Reanalyses and TOVS Satellite Retrievals. 7th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 May 2003, Hyannis, MA.

Groves, D. and J. A. Francis, 2003: Variability of the Arctic Atmospheric Moisture Budget Derived from TOVS Satellite Data. 7th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 May 2003, Hyannis, MA.

Francis, J.A., A. Schweiger, and J. Key, 2003: A 20-Year Data Set of Downwelling Longwave Flux at the Arctic Surface from TOVS Satellite Data. 7th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 May 2003, Hyannis, MA.

Chen, Y., J. A. Francis, J. R. Miller, and G. L. Russell, 2003: Observed and Modeled Relationships Among Arctic Climate Variables. 7th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 May 2003, Hyannis, MA.

Yan, L. and J. A. Francis, 2003: Cloud Properties in the Winter Arctic from MODIS Data. 7th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 May 2003, Hyannis, MA.

Wang, S.-H., J. A. Francis, and D. H. Bromwich, 2003: Evaluation of the NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF 15-year Reanalyses over the Data Sparse Arctic Ocean. 7th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., 12-16 May 2003, Hyannis, MA.

Francis, J.A., A. Schweiger, D. Groves, and E. Hunter, 2002: Observations of the Arctic atmosphere for assimilation by and validation of models: New data sets, new problems, and new solutions, Workshop on Measurements and Modeling of Arctic Ocean Circulation, 17-20 June 2002, Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs., NY.

Francis, J.A., 2002: Observations of the Arctic Atmosphere for Assimilation by and Validation of Models: New Data Sets, New Problems, and New Solutions. Workshop on Sea Ice Data Assimilation Annapolis, MD, 23-24 July 2002.

Chen, Y., J.A. Francis, and J.R. Miller, 2002: Surface temperature of the Arctic: comparison of TOVS satellite retrievals with surface observations, Workshop on Measurements and Modeling of Arctic Ocean Circulation, Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs., NY, 17-20 June 2002.

Francis, J.A. and R. Cermak, 2001: Satellite-Observed Changes in Energy Advection within the Arctic. 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., 14-18 May 2001, San Diego, CA.

Chen, Y., J. Miller, and J.A. Francis, 2001: Arctic surface temperature: A comparison among satellite retrievals and conventional observations. 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., 14-18 May 2001, San Diego, CA.

Francis, J.A., 1999 (invited): Polar clouds: Now you see them, now you don't. IUGG General Assembly, 18-30 July 1999, Birmingham, U.K.

Francis, J.A. and A.J. Schweiger, 1999: Investigations of atmosphere/ice/ocean interactions using satellite sounder data in polar regions, IUGG General Assembly, 18-30 July 1999, Birmingham, U.K.

Schweiger, A.J. and J.A. Francis, 1999: The TOVS Pathfinder Path-P data set for Arctic climate studies: Data set properties and validation. Proceedings of the 10th International TOVS Study Conference , International TOVS Working Group, 27 Jan. - 2 Feb. 1999, Boulder, Colorado.

Francis, J.A., 1999: Cloud radiative forcing over Arctic surfaces. 5th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., 10-15 Jan. 1999, Dallas, TX.

Francis, J.A. and A. Schweiger, 1999: The NASA/NOAA TOVS Polar Pathfinder: 18 years of Arctic data. 5th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., 10-15 Jan. 1999, Dallas, TX.

Lindsay, R.W, J.A. Francis, P.O.G. Persson, D.A. Rothrock, and A.J. Schweiger, 1997: Surface turbulent fluxes over pack ice inferred from TOVS observations, Ann. Geophys., 25, 393-399.

Francis, J.A., 1996 (invited): What's Hot in Polar Remote Sensing. International Radiation Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 19-24,1996.