Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

2026

Towards a Realistic Representation of Katabatic Storms in Greenland in Reanalysis Data and Global Earth System Models

Lofverstrom, M., A. Herrington, A. Born, and R. L. Beadling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 17, e2024MS004862

2025

The GFDL-CM4X climate model hierarchy, Part II: Case studies

Griffies, S. M., A. Adcroft, R. L. Beadling, and Coauthors

Journal of Advances in Modeling the Earth System, 17, e2024MS004862

The GFDL-CM4X climate model hierarchy, Part I: Model description and thermal properties

Griffies, S. M., A. Adcroft, R. L. Beadling, and Coauthors

Journal of Advances in Modeling the Earth System, 17, e2024MS004861

Southern Ocean [in “State of the Climate in 2024”]

Thomalla, S., A. M. Hancock, R. L. Beadling, S. Josey, J. Milward, A. Mohamed, L. P. Pezzi, M. du Plessis, T. J. Ryan-Keogh, C. Schulz, J-R. Shi, and E. Souza

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

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Robustness and mechanisms of the atmospheric response over the Southern Ocean to idealized freshwater input around Antarctica

Xu, X., T. Martin, R. L. Beadling, and Coauthors

Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL113734

The impact of underestimated Southern Ocean freshening on simulated historical sea surface temperature trends

Kaufman, Z., E. Wilson, A. Purich, R. L. Beadling, and Y. Li

Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2024GL112639

2024

From the surface to the stratosphere: large-scale atmospheric response to Antarctic meltwater

R. L. Beadling, P. Lin, J. Krasting, W. Ellinger, A. Coomans, J. Milward, K. Turner, X. Xu, T. Martin, and M. Molina

Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2024GL110157

Steric sea level rise and relationships with model drift and water mass representation in GFDL CM4 and ESM4

Krasting, J. P., S. M. Griffies, J-E. Tesdal, G. MacGilchrist, R. L. Beadling, and C. M Little

Journal of Climate, 37, 6563 –6583

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Southern Ocean [in “State of the Climate in 2023”]

Thomalla, S., R. L. Beadling, M. du Plessis, E. Souza, D. Fernandez, S. Gille, S. A. Josey, G. A. MacGilchrist, A. Marouchos, C. McMahon, L. Pezzi, C. Schultz, S. Tripathy, J.-R. Shi, and K. Turner

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105 (8), S355–S357

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2023

Reduction in deep convection and bottom water formation due to Antarctic meltwater in a multi-model ensemble

Chen, J.-J., N. Swart, R. Beadling, X. Chenge, T. Hattermann, A. Juling, Q. Li, J. Marshall, T. Martin, M. Muilwijk, A. Pauling, A. Purich, I. Smith, and M. Thomas

Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL106492

Southern Ocean Freshwater Input from Antarctica (SOFIA) Initiative: scientific objectives and experimental design

Swart, N., T. Martin, R. Beadling, J. Chen, M. H. England, R. Farneti, S. M. Griffies, T. Hatterman, F. A. Haumann, Q. Li, J. Marshall, M. Muilwijk, A. G. Pauling, A. Purich, I. J. Smith, and M. Thomas

Geoscientific Model Development, 16, 7289–7309

Southern Ocean [in “State of the Climate in 2022”]

Pezzi, L., R. L. Beadling, M. du Plessis, S. Gille, S. A. Josey, J.-R. Shi, M. Santini, E. Souza, G. A. MacGilchrist, and C. Schultz

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104, S30–S33

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Global Consequences of Regional Connectivity along the Antarctic Margin

R. L. Beadling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128, e2023JC019908

Revisiting interior water mass responses to surface forcing changes and the subsequent effects on overturning in the Southern Ocean

Tesdal, J.-E., G.A. MacGilchrist, R. L. Beadling, S. M. Griffies, J. P. Krasting, and P. J. Durack

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128, e2022JC019105

2022

Southern Ocean [in “State of the Climate in 2021”]

R. L. Beadling, N. Freeman, G. A. MacGilchrist, M. Mazloff, J.-R. Shi, A. Thompson, and E. Wilson

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103, Si–S465

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Importance of the Antarctic Slope Current in the Southern Ocean response to ice sheet melt and wind stress change

R. L. Beadling, J. P. Krasting, S. M. Griffies, W. J. Hurlin, B. Bronselaer, J. L. Russell, G. A. MacGilchrist, J-E. Tesdal, and M. Winton

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC017608

★ One of top 10 most-cited papers in JGR: Oceans in 2022-23

The role of mountains in the present-day ocean’s mean climate

Stouffer, R. J., J. L. Russell, R. L. Beadling, A. J. Broccoli, J. P. Krasting, S. Malyshev, Z. Naiman

Journal of Climate, 35, 1327–1346

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2020

Resolving and parameterizing the ocean mesoscale in Earth System Models

Hewitt, H. T., M. Roberts, P. Mathiot, A. Biastoch, E. Blockley, E. P. Chassignet, B. Fox-Kemper, P. Hyder, D. P. Marshall, E. Popova, A-M. Treguier, L. Zanna, A. Yool, Y. Yu, R. Beadling, and Coauthors

Current Climate Change Reports, 6, 137-152

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Representation of Southern Ocean circulation and properties across model generations: CMIP3 to CMIP6

R. L. Beadling, J. L. Russell, R. J. Stouffer, M. Mazloff, L. D. Talley, P. J. Goodman, J. B. Sallée, H. T. Hewitt, and P. Hyder

Journal of Climate, 33, 6555-6581

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2019

Assessing the quality of Southern Ocean circulation in CMIP5 AOGCM and Earth System Model simulations

R. L. Beadling, J. L. Russell, R. J. Stouffer, P. J. Goodman, and M. Mazloff

Journal of Climate, 32, 5915–5940

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2018

Evaluation of Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean circulation in CMIP5 models against the observational Array at 26.5°N and its changes under continued warming

R. L. Beadling, J. L. Russell, R. J. Stouffer, and P. J. Goodman

Journal of Climate, 31, 9697-9718

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2016

Fate of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation: strong decline under continued warming and Greenland melting

Bakker, P., A. Schmittner, J. T. M. Lenaerts, A. Abe-Ouchi, D. Bi, M. R. van den Broeke, W.-L. Chan, A. Hu, R. L. Beadling, S. J. Marsland, S. H. Mernild, O. A. Saenko, D. Swingedouw, A. Sullivan, and J. Yin

Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 12252–12260