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Sarah M. Larson

University of California, Los Angeles · US
Area of research
Global and Planetary Change · Oceanography
Research interest
Research interests include Climate variability and models, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.
h-index
17
citations
1,139
works
67
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

The Critical Need for Hindcast Infrastructure in Climate Science and Sectoral Applications
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
New insights on ENSO teleconnection asymmetry and ENSO forced atmospheric circulation variability over North America
Climate Dynamics 2024cited by 8position: middledoi
Java–Sumatra Niño/Niña and Its Impact on Regional Rainfall Variability
Journal of Climate 2022cited by 13position: middledoi
Ocean Dynamics are Key to Extratropical Forcing of El Niño
Journal of Climate 2021cited by 15position: middledoi
Testing the Trade Wind Charging Mechanism and Its Influence on ENSO Variability
Journal of Climate 2020cited by 46position: middledoi
Extracting the Buoyancy-Driven Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Journal of Climate 2020cited by 34position: firstdoi
How Momentum Coupling Affects SST Variance and Large-Scale Pacific Climate Variability in CESM
Journal of Climate 2018cited by 49position: firstdoi
The South Pacific Meridional Mode as a Thermally Driven Source of ENSO Amplitude Modulation and Uncertainty
Journal of Climate 2018cited by 42position: firstdoi
Linking preconditioning to extreme ENSO events and reduced ensemble spread
Climate Dynamics 2017cited by 29position: firstdoi
A Framework to Decompose Wind-Driven Biases in Climate Models Applied to CCSM/CESM in the Eastern Pacific
Journal of Climate 2017cited by 14position: firstdoi
Drivers of coupled model ENSO error dynamics and the spring predictability barrier
Climate Dynamics 2016cited by 49position: firstdoi
Revisiting ENSO Coupled Instability Theory and SST Error Growth in a Fully Coupled Model
Journal of Climate 2015cited by 43position: firstdoi
An alternate approach to ensemble ENSO forecast spread: Application to the 2014 forecast
Geophysical Research Letters 2015cited by 39position: firstdoi
The Pacific Meridional Mode as an ENSO Precursor and Predictor in the North American Multimodel Ensemble
Journal of Climate 2014cited by 115position: firstdoi
The Pacific Meridional Mode as a trigger for ENSO in a high‐resolution coupled model
Geophysical Research Letters 2013cited by 130position: firstdoi
Impacts of non‐canonical El Niño patterns on Atlantic hurricane activity
Geophysical Research Letters 2012cited by 44position: firstdoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Predictability--Initial Condition Signal versus Uncoupled Atmospheric Noise
NSF2241539$480,5802023–2027PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Untangling the Changing Nature of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-Driven Terrestrial Impacts
NSF2223263$341,1172022–2026PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Determining the Role of Ocean Dynamics in Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Variations Using a Hierarchy of Coupled Models
NSF2219934$207,8012022–2026PIRePORTER
Mechanisms of Intrinsic and Anthropogenically Forced Climate Variations
NSF1951713$643,8602020–2025PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Ben P. Kirtman · University of Miami9 papers (2013–2018)Soumi Chakravorty · India Meteorological Department3 papers (2020–2022)Bruce T. Anderson · Boston University2 papers (2020–2021)Amy Clement · University of Miami2 papers (2018–2020)Benjamin S. Giese · Texas A&M University2 papers (2020–2021)Daniel J. Vimont · University of Wisconsin–Madison2 papers (2017–2018)Sang‐Ki Lee · NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories2 papers (2012–2022)Kathy Pegion · University of Colorado Boulder2 papers (2018–2025)Renellys C. Perez · NOAA National Ocean Service2 papers (2020–2021)Valentina Pivotti · Malmö University2 papers (2020–2021)Gregory R. Foltz · NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories1 papers (2022–2022)Erin Towler · University of California System1 papers (2025–2025)Hosmay Lopez · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration1 papers (2022–2022)Kandaga Pujiana · University of Miami1 papers (2022–2022)María J. Molina · University of Maryland, College Park1 papers (2025–2025)Fabian A. Gomez · Northern Gulf Institute1 papers (2022–2022)Sanjiv Kumar · Auburn University1 papers (2025–2025)Emily M. Becker · University of Miami1 papers (2025–2025)David B. Enfield · University of Arizona1 papers (2012–2012)Weston Anderson · Columbia University1 papers (2025–2025)