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Maraun, D., Osborn, T.J. and Rust, H.W., 2010
“The influence of synoptic airflow on UK daily precipitation extremes, part 1: observed spatio-temporal relationships.”
Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-009-0710-9

Maraun, D., Rust, H.W. and Osborn, T.J., 2010
“Synoptic airflow and UK daily precipitation extremes: development and validation of a vector generalised model.”
Extremes, doi:10.1007/s10687-010-0102-x

Kleinen, T., Osborn. T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2009
“Sensitivity of climate response to changes in freshwater hosting location.”
Ocean Dynamics (in press)

Rust, H.W., Maraun, D. and Osborn, T.J., 2009
“Modelling seasonality in extreme rainfall: a UK case study.”
European Physical Journal Special Topics (submitted)

Rust, H.W., Maraun, D. and Osborn, T.J., 2009
“Modelling seasonality in extreme rainfall: a UK case study.”
European Physical Journal Special Topics, 174, doi:10.1140/epjst/e209-01093-7 99-111

Kleinen, T., Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2009
“Sensitivity of climate response to changes in freshwater hosing location.”
Ocean Dynamics, 59, 509-521

Agnew, M., Goodess, C.M., Jones, P.D. and Osborn, T.J., 2009
“The Science of Climate Change - implications for risk management.”
Chapter 3 in Coping with climate change: risk and opportunities for insurers (ed. Dlugoleckki, A. etc al.), Chartered Insurance Institute (www.cii.co.uk), London, UK. 37 pp

Maraun, D., Osborn, T.J. and Gillett, N.P., 2008
“United Kingdom daily precipitation intensity: improved early data, error estimates and an update from 2000 to 2006”
International Journal of Climatology 28, doi:10.1002/joc.1672 833-842

Jones, P.D., Briffa, K.R., Osborn, T.J., Lough, J.M., van Ommen, T.D., Vinther, B.M. and others, 2008
“High-resolution paleoclimatology of the last millennium: a review of current status and future prospects.”
Holocene, 19, 3-49

O'Neill, S.J., Osborn, T.J., Hulme, M., Lorenzoni, I., Watkinson, A., 2008
“Expert assessment of the uncertainties of polar bear population dynamics under climate change”
Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 1649-1659

Maraun, D., Rust, H.W., and Osborn, T.J., 2008
“The annual cycle of heavy precipitation across the UK: a model based on extreme value statistics”
International Journal of Climatology, 29, doi:10.1002/joc.1811 1731-1744

O'Neill, S.J., Osborn, T.J., Hulme, M., Lorenzoni, I. and Watkinson, A., 2008
“Using expert knowledge to assess uncertainties in future polar bear populations under climate change”
Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01552.x 1649-1660

Mitchell, T.D., Osborn, T.J., Raper, S.C.B., et al., 2008
“Development and illustrative outputs of the Community Integrated Assessment System (CIAS), a multi-institutional modular integrated assessment approach for modelling climate change.”
Environmental Modelling and Software, 23, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.09.002 592-610

Blenkinsop, S., Jones, P.D., Dorling, D.R. and Osborn, T.J., 2008
“Observed and modelled influence of atmospheric circulation on central England temperature extremes.”
International Journal of Climatology, 29, doi:10.1002/joc.1807 1642-1660

Blenkinsop, S., Jones, P.D., Dorling, S.R. and Osborn, T.J., 2008
“Observed and modelled influence of atmospheric circulation on central England temperature extremes.”
International Journal of Climatology 29, 1642-1660

van der Schrier, G., Osborn, T.J., Briffa, K.R. and Cook, E.R., 2007
“Exploring an ensemble approach to estimating skill in multiproxy palaeoclimate reconstructions.”
The Holocene 17, 119-129

Tett, S.F.B., Betts, R., Crowley, T.J., Gregory, J., Johns, T.C., Jones, A., Osborn, T.J., Ostrom, E., Roberts, D.L. and Woodage, M.J., 2007
“The impact of natural and anthropogenic forcings on climate and hydrology since 1550.”
Climate Dynamic, 28 (doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0165-1). 3-34

Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2007
“Response to the Comment on: "The spatial extent of the 20th century warmth in the context of the past 1200 years".”
Science, 316, 1844b (doi:10.1126/science.1141446)

Busby, S.J., Briffa, K.R. and Osborn, T.J., 2007
“Simulation of ENSO forcings on U.S. drought by the HadCM3 coupled climate model.”
Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D18112, doi:10.1029/2007JD008705

Juckes, M.N., Allen, M.R., Briffa, K.R., Esper, J., Hegerl, G.C., Moberg, A., Osborn, T.J. and Weber, S.L., 2007
“Millennial temperature reconstruction intercomparison and evaluation.”
Climate of the Past, 3 591-609

Van der Schrier,G., Briffa, K.R., Jones, P.D. and Osborn, T.J., 2006
“Summer moisture variability across Europe”
Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D11102

Wade, S., Jones, P.D. and Osborn, T.J., 2006
“The impact of climate change on severe droughts: Implications for decision making.”
Science Report: SC040068/SR3 86pp Environment Agency, Bristol, UK. ISBN: 1844326160

Jones, P.D., Leadbetter, A., Osborn, T.J. and Bloomfield, J.P., 2006
“The impact of climate change on severe droughts: River-flow reconstructions and implied groundwater levels.”
Science Report: SC040068/SR2 58pp Environment Agency, Bristol, UK. ISBN: 1844326152.

van der Schrier, G., Briffa, K.R., Osborn, T.J. and Cook, E.R., 2006
“Summer moisture availability across North America”
Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D11102

Osborn, T.J., 2006
“Recent variations in the winter North Atlantic Oscillation”
Weather, 61 353-355

Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2006
“The spatial extent of 20th century warmth in the context of the last 1200 years”
Science, 311 841-844

van der Schrier, G., Briffa, K.R., Jones, P.D. and Osborn, T.J., 2006
“Summer moisture variability across Europe”
Journal of Climate, 19 2818-2834

Osborn, T.J., Raper, S.C.B. and Briffa, K.R., 2006
“Simulated climate change during the last 1000 years: comparing the ECHO-G general circulation model with the MAGICC simple climate model.”
Climate Dynamics, 27 185-197

Wilson, R., Tudhope, A., Brohan, P., Briffa, K.R., Osborn, T. and Tett, S., 2006
“Two-hundred-fifty years of reconstructed and modeled tropical temperatures.”
Journal of Geophysical Research 111, C10007 (doi:10.1029/2005JC3188)

Tsimplis, M.N., Woolf, D.K., Osborn, T.J. and others, 2005
“Towards a vulnerability assessment of the UK and northern European coasts: the role of regional climate variability”
Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A 363 1329-1358
(keywords: sea level; waves; North Atlantic Oscillation; regional variability; scenarios)

Rutherford, S., Mann, M.E., Osborn, T.J., Bradley, R.S., Briffa, K.R., Hughes, M.K. and Jones, P.D., 2005
“Proxy-based Northern Hemisphere Surface Temperature Reconstructions: Sensitivity to Method, Predictor Network, Target Season, and Target Domain”
Journal of Climate, Volume 18 , doi:10.1175/JCLI3351.1 2308-2329 American Meteorological Society

Briffa, K.R., Osborn, T.J. and Schweingruber, F.H., 2004
“Large-scale temperature inferences from tree rings: a review.”
Global and Planetary Change 40, 11-26 Elsevier. (R)
(keywords: temperature climate change tree rings dendro methodology statistics)

Trigo, R.M., Pozo-Vazquez, D., Osborn, T.J., Castro-Diez, Y., Gamiz-Fortis, S. and Estaban-Parra, M.J., 2004
“North Atlantic Oscillation influence on precipitation, river flow and water resources in the Iberian Peninsula.”
International Journal of Climatology 24, 925-944 (R)
(keywords: NAO precipitation hydrology water Spain Iberian Peninsula Portugal Europe regional)

Trigo, R.M., Corte-Real, J. and Osborn, T.J., 2004
“The impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on European climate and river flow of three major Iberian rivers.”
In: La Oscilacion del Atlantico Norte y su influencia sobre la Penonsula Iberica y Canarias (Ed. Gimeno, L. Garcia, R., Trigo, R.M. and de lla Torre, L.), 135-158 Parque Tecnologico de Galicia, Ourense, Spain (In Spanish)
(keywords: NAO Europe climate change hydrology Iberian Peninsula)

Osborn, T.J., 2004
“Simulating the winter North Atlantic Oscillation: the roles of internal variability and greenhouse gas forcing.”
Climate Dynamics 22, 605-623 Springer-Verlag. DOI 10.01007/s00382-004-0405-1 (R)
(keywords: winter NAO modelling variability greenhouse gas global warming oceans)

Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2004
“The real colour of climate change?”
Science 306, 621-622 (doi.10.1126/science/1104416)
(keywords: climate change)

Gillett, N.P., Graf, H.F. and Osborn, T.J., 2003
“Climate change and the North Atlantic Oscillation.”
In: North Atlantic Oscillation: climatic significance and environmental impact (Eds. J.W. Hurrell, Y. Kushnir, G. Ottersen and M. Visbeck), Geophysical Monograph 134, pp.193-209 American Geophysical Union. (doi:10.1029/134GM09)
(keywords: climate change NAO North Atlantic oceans global warming)

Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2003
“Pressure-based measurements of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO): A comparison and an assessment of changes in the strength of the NAO and in its influence on surface climate parameters.”
In: North Atlantic Oscillation: climatic significance and environmental impact (Eds. J.W. Hurrell, Y. Kushnir, G. Ottersen and M. Visbeck), Geophysical Monograph 134, pp.51-62 American Geophysical Union, Washington. (R)
(keywords: pressure NAO North Atlantic oceans methodology surface climate parameters)

Bradley, R.S., Briffa, K.R., Cole, J., Hughes, M.K. and Osborn, T.J., 2003
“The climate of the last millennium.”
In: Paleoclimate, Global Change and the Future (Eds. K.D. Alverson, R.S. Bradley and Thomas F. Pedersen),Global Change - The IGBP series (PAGES), pp.105-141 Springer-Verlag
(keywords: climate millennium historical change global warming trends)

Goodess, C.M., Osborn, T.J. and Hulme, M., 2003
“The identification and evaluation of suitable scenario development methods for the estimation of future probabilities of extreme weather events.”
Technical Report 4, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, April 2003, 65pp Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. Can be located at: http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/research/theme3/final_reports/it1_16.pdf
(keywords: scenario extreme weather impacts methodology)

Jones, P.D., Moberg, A., Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2003
“Surface climate responses to explosive volcanic eruptions seen in long European temperature records and mid-to-high latitude tree-ring density around the Northern Hemisphere.”
In: Volcanism and the Earth's Atmosphere (A. Robock et al., Eds.). 239-254 American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
(keywords: climate change volcanoes Europe historical records proxy temperature tree rings dendrochronology NH)

Bigg, G.R., Jickells, T.D., Liss, P.S. and Osborn, T.J., 2003
“The role of the oceans in climate.”
International Journal of Climatology 23, 1127-1159 (doi:10.1002/joc.926)
(keywords: oceans oceanography climate)

Hanson, C., Palutikof, J., Osborn, T., Davies, T.D., Holt, T. and Quine, C., 2003
“An integrated assessment of the potential for change in storm activity over Europe: implications for forestry in the UK.”
In: Proc. International Conf. on Wind Effects on Trees (eds. B. Ruck, C. Kottmeier, C. Mattheck, C. Quine and G. Wilhelm), Laboratory for Buildings and Environmental Aerodynamics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 129-136
(keywords: storms Europe climate change forestry trees dendrochronology)

Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2003
“Changes in the Northern Hemisphere annual cycle: implications for paleoclimatology?”
Journal of Geophysical Research 108, 4588 (doi.10.1029/2003JD003695) (R)
(keywords: NH palaeoclimatology palaeo paleoclimatology climate change)

Mann, M., Ammann, C., Bradley, R., Briffa, K., Jones, P., Osborn, T., Crowley, T., Hughes, M., Oppenheimer, M. and others, 2003
“On past temperatures and anomalous late-20th century warmth.”
EOS 84, 256-257
(keywords: historical temperature reconstruction climate change global warming)

Osborn, T.J. and Jones, P.D., 2003
“Circulation anomalies and UK climate.”
Weather 58, 129-130
(keywords: atmospheric circulation UK climate change Europe regional ae^)

Renssen, H. and Osborn, T., 2003
“Holocene climate variability investigated using data-model comparisons.”
CLIVAR Exchanges 26 (electronic supplement), 1-3
(keywords: Holocene climate variability change modelling methodology)

Renssen, H. and Osborn, T., 2003
“Investigating Holocene climate variability: data-model comparisons.”
PAGES News 11(2/3), 32-33
(keywords: Holocene climate change variability modelling methodology)

Goodess, C.M., Hanson, C., Hulme, M. and Osborn, T.J., 2003
“Representing climate and extreme weather events in integrated assessment models: a review of existing methods and options for development.”
Integrated Assessment 4(3), 145-171 Swets and Zeitlinger (R)
(keywords: climate change extreme events impacts modelling methodology)

Thorne, P.W., Jones, P.D., Tett, S.F.B., Allen, M.R., Parker, D.E., Stott, P.A., Jones, G.S., Osborn, T.J. and Davies, T.D., 2003
“Probable causes of late twentieth century tropospheric temperature trends.”
Climate Dynamics 21, 573-591 Springer Verlag. DOI 10.1007/s00382-003-0353-1 (R)
(keywords: troposphere temperature trends historical causes)

Gillett,N.P., Graf,H.F., Osborn,T.J., 2003
“Climate Change and the North Atlantic Oscillation”
Geophysical Monograph 134 193-209 R
(keywords: NAO, Boreal winter index, Eurasia, external forcings, greenhouse gases)

Mann, M., Ammann, C., Bradley, R., Briffa, K.R., Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J. and others., 2003
“Response to Soon et al's comment on 'On past temperatures and anomalous late-20th century warmth'.”
EOS 84, 473-476
(keywords: historical temperature reconstruction climate change global warming)

Briffa, K.R. and Osborn, T.J., 2002
“Blowing hot and cold.”
Science 295, 2227-2228 (R)
(keywords: paper)

Thorne, P.W., Jones, P.D., Tett, S.F.B., Parker, D.E., Osborn, T.J. and Davies, T.D., 2002
“Ascribing potential causes of recent trends in free atmosphere temperatures.”
Atmospheric Science Letters 2, 132-142 May be accessible at http://www.idealibrary.com/servlet/doi/10.1006/asle.2001.0046/pdf
(keywords: temperature radiosonde climate change modelling historical datasets paper)

Parry, M., Park, S., Osborn, T., Viner, D., Jones, P., Rounsevell, M., Butterfield, R., Harrison, P. and 6 others., 2002
“Investigation of thresholds of impact of climate change on agriculture in England and Wales.”
Jackson Environment Institute research report no.4, 136pp University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K.
(keywords: climate change impacts agriculture England Wales UK Europe report)

Trigo, R.M., Osborn, T.J. and Corte-Real, J., 2002
“The North Atlantic Oscillation influence on Europe: climate impacts and associated physical mechanisms.”
Climate Research 20, 9-17 (R)
(keywords: NAO Europe climate change impacts paper)

Turnpenny, J.R., Crossley, J.F., Hulme, M. and Osborn, T.J., 2002
“Air flow influences on local climate: comparison of simulations from a regional climate model with observations over the United Kingdom.”
Climate Research 20, 189-202
(keywords: air flow climate change modelling UK regional Europe)

Osborn, T.J. and Hulme, M., 2002
“Evidence for trends in heavy rainfall events over the U.K.”
Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. (A), 360, 1313-1325 The Royal Society, London. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2002.1002) (R)
(keywords: rainfall precipitation statistics UK Europe regional methodology)

Collins, M., Osborn, T.J., Briffa, K.R. and Schweingruber, F.H., 2002
“A comparison of the variability of a climate model with palaeo-temperature estimates from a network of tree-ring densities.”
Journal of Climate 15, 1497-1515
(keywords: climate change modelling palaeo temperature tree-rings methodology)

Wallace, C.J. and Osborn, T.J., 2002
“Recent and future modulation of the annual cycle.”
Climate Research 22, 1-11
(keywords: climate change)

Osborn, T.J., 2002
“The winter North Atlantic Oscillation: roles of internal variability and greenhouse gas forcing.”
CLIVAR Exchanges 25, 54-58
(keywords: seasonal NOA Atlantic ocenas global warming greenhouse gases)

Trigo, R., Osborn, T.J. and Corte-Real, J., 2002
“Influencia da Oscilacao do Atlantico Norte no clima do continente Europeu e no caudal dos rios Ibericos Atlanticos.”
Finisterra XXXVII, 5-31
(keywords: Europe climate change NAO hydrology Iberia Spain Portugal)

Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2002
“Comments on the paper of R.N. Harris and D.S. Chapman 'Mid-latitude (30 degrees N - 60 degrees N) climatic warming inferred by combining borehole temperatures with surface air temperatures.”
Geophysical Research Letters 29(16), 10.1029/2001 GL013605, 45(1)-45(2) American Geophysical Union (R)
(keywords: climate change borehole temperature surface air global warming)

Briffa, K.R., Osborn, T.J., Schweingruber, F.H., Jones, P.D., Shiyatov, S.G. and Vaganov, E.A., 2002
“Tree-ring width and density around the Northern Hemisphere: Part 1, local and regional climate signals.”
The Holocene 12, 737-757
(keywords: tree rings dendro NH regional Europe climate proxy)

Briffa, K.R., Osborn, T.J., Schweingruber, F.H., Jones, P.D., Shiyatov, S.G. and Vaganov, E.A., 2002
“Tree-ring width and density around the Northern Hemisphere: Part 2, spatio-temporal variability and associated climate patterns.”
The Holocene 12, 759-789
(keywords: Holocene tree rings NH time series climate change proxy data)

Jones, P.D., Briffa, K.R., Osborn, T.J., Moberg, A. and Bergstrom, H., 2002
“Relationships between circulation strength and the variability of growing-season and cold-season climate in northern and central Europe.”
The Holocene 12, 643-656
(keywords: climate change dendro tree rings Europe regional NH proxy)

Thorne, P.W., Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J., Davies, T.D., Tett, S.F.B., Parker, D.E., Stott, P.A., Jones, G.S. and Allen, M.R., 2002
“Assessing the robustness of zonal mean climate change detection.”
Geophysical Research Letters 29 (doi:10.1029/2002GL0015717), xxxx-yyyy
(keywords: climate change detection)

Hulme, M., Jenkins, G., Brooks, N., Cresswell, D., Doherty, R., Durman, C., Gregory, J., Lowe, J. and Osborn, T., 2002
“Whta is happening to global climate and why?”
In: Health Effects of Climate Change in the U.K., pp.18-49 Department of Health, London.
(keywords: global climate change impacts health)

Livermore, M.T.J., Palutikof, J.P., Bentham, C.G. and Osborn, T.J., 2002
“Climate change impacts in Europe - the role of extreme temperature events.”
In: Proc. 13th conf. on Applied Climatology, Portland, Oregon, May 2002, pp.104-105 American Meteorological Society, Boston, U.S.A.
(keywords: climate change impacts Europe extreme events temperature)

Trigo, R.M., Osborn, T.J. and Corte-Real, J., 2002
“Erratum.”
Climate Research 22, 97-97

Briffa, K.R., Osborn, T.J., Schweingruber, F.H., Harris, I.C., Jones, P.D., Shiyatov, S.G. and Vaganov, E.A., 2001
“Low frequency temperature variations from a northern tree-ring density network.”
Journal of Geophysical Research 106, 2929-2941 There are no reprints, but this is downloadable from: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/jgr2001/
(keywords: temperature variability tree rings NH statistics)

Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J., Briffa, K.R., Folland, C.K., Horton, E.B., Alexander, L.V., Parker, D.E. and Rayner, N.A., 2001
“Adjusting for sampling density in grid box land and ocean surface temperature time series.”
Journal of Geophysical Research 106, 3371-3380 (R)
(keywords: land oceanography surface temperature methodology climate change global statistics)

Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2001
“The evolution of climate over the last Millennium.”
Science 292, 662-667 NOTE, bits are in colour. This is downloadable from Tim Osborn's web page. (R)
(keywords: historical records climate change global warming temperature ENSO NAO SOI palaeoclimate variability tree rings proxy)

Raper, S.C.B., Gregory, J.M. and Osborn, T.J., 2001
“Use of an upwelling-diffusion energy balance climate model to simulate and diagnose A/OGCM results.”
Climate Dynamics 17, 601-613 (R)
(keywords: modelling climate change energy A/OGCMs GCMs methodology)

Goodess, C.M., Hulme, M. and Osborn, T.J., 2001
“The identification and evaluation of suitable scenario development methods for the estimation of future probabilities of extreme weather events.”
Tyndall Centre Working Paper TWP6, Tyndall Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K., 44pp
(keywords: scenarios modelling impacts statistics forecasting paper)

Goodess, C.M., Hulme, M. and Osborn, T.J., 2001
“The identification and evaluation of suitable scenario development methods for the estimation of future probabilities of extreme weather events.”
Tyndall Centre Working Paper TWP6, Tyndall Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K., 44pp
(keywords: scenarios methodology probability extreme weather impacts forecasting)

Osborn, T.J., Hulme, M., Jones, P.D. and Basnett, T., 2000
“Observed trends in the daily intensity of United Kingdom precipitation.”
International Journal of Climatology 20, 347-364 (R)
(keywords: precipitation rainfall UK Europe observations statistics)

Dickson, R.R., Osborn, T.J., Hurrell, J.W., Meincke, J., Blindheim, J., Adlandsvik, T., Vinje, G., Alekseev, G. and Maslowski, W., 2000
“The Arctic Ocean response to the North Atlantic Oscillation.”
Journal of Climate 13(15), 2671-2696 (R)
(keywords: Arctic Ocean NAO oceanography Atlantic climate change global warming)

Collins, M., Osborn, T.J., Tett, S.F.B., Briffa, K.R. and Schweingruber, F.H., 2000
“A comparison of the variability of a climate model with palaeo-temperature estimates from a network of tree-ring densities.”
Hadley Centre Technical Note 16, 41pp Please note: Technical notes can be downloaded from the Hadley Centre's website, or you can request a paper copy from them. http://www.metoffice.com/research/hadleycentre/pubs/HCTN/index.html
(keywords: climate change temperature variability modelling tree rings methodology)

Collins, M., Osborn, T.J., Tett, S.F.B., Briffa, K.R. and Schweingruber, F.H., 2000
“Testing the 'natural' variability of a climate model: an example using tree-ring data.”
CLIVAR Exchanges 5, 21-24 Please note: CLIVAR exchanges is the newsletter of the international CLIVAR programme, and you can download copies from their website or request a paper copy. http://www.clivar.org/
(keywords: variability natural modelling climate change tree rings methodology)

Osborn, T.J. and Jones, P.D., 2000
“Air flow influences on local climate: observed United Kingdom climate variations.”
Atmospheric Science Letters 1, (doi:10.1006/asle.2000.0017), 62-74 (R)
(keywords: air flow climate change UK regional variations)

Viner, D., Osborn, T., Jones, P., Briffa, K., Hulme, M. and Raper, S., 2000
“Global warming: the world heats up.”
Weather 55, 144-145
(keywords: global warming climate change)

Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 2000
“Revisiting timescale-dependent reconstruction of climate from tree-ring chronologies.”
Dendrochronologia 18, 9-25 (R)
(keywords: historical reconstructions climate change tree rings dendrochronology methodology)

Osborn, T.J. and Hulme, M., 2000
“Observed trends in the intensity of daily precipitation over the UK.”
In: Proc. 12th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Asheville, May 2000, pp.111-114 American Meteorological Society, Boston, U.S.A.
(keywords: trends precipitation rainfall snow UK Europe regional climate change)

Wallace, C.J. and Osborn, T.J., 2000
“Recent modulation of the seasonal cycle.”
In: Proc. 12th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Asheville, May 2000, pp.117-118 American Meteorological Society, Boston, U.S.A.
(keywords: climate change seasonal cycle)

Briffa, K.R. and Osborn, T.J., 1999
“Seeing the wood from the trees.”
Science 284, 926-927 (R)
(keywords: tree rings climate change global warming methodology)

Osborn, T.J., Briffa, K.R., Tett, S.F.B., Jones, P.D. and Trigo, R.M., 1999
“Evaluation of the North Atlantic Oscillation as simulated by a coupled climate model.”
Climate Dynamics 15, 685-702 (R)
(keywords: NAO climate change modelling GCMs oceans methodology)

Osborn, T.J., Conway, D., Hulme, M., Gregory, J.M. and Jones, P.D., 1999
“Air flow influences on local climate: observed and simulated mean relationships for the United Kingdom.”
Climate Research 13, 171-191 (R)
(keywords: climate change regional air flow UK Europe)

Carter, T.R., Hulme, M., Tuomenvirta, H., New, M.G., Osborn, T.J., Crossley, J., Doherty, R.M. and Jones, P.D., 1999
“Interim characterizations of regional climate and related changes up to 2100 associated with the SRES emissions scenarios.”
IPCC Working Group II, Technical Support Unit, Washington DC, USA. 33pp + maps
(keywords: regional climate change forecasting scenarios SRES emissions global warming IPCC)

Osborn, T.J., 1999
“Revisiting the North Atlantic Oscillation.”
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~timo/paperpages/osborn1999/osborn1999.pdf
(keywords: NAO ae^)

Osborn, T.J. and Hulme, M., 1998
“Evaluation of the daily precipitation characteristics of AMIP atmospheric model simulations over Europe.”
Int. J. Climatol. 18, 505-522
(keywords: modelling GCMs precipitation Europe evaluation methodology)

Briffa, K.R., Schweingruber, F.H., Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J., Shiyatov, S.G. and Vaganov, E.A., 1998
“Reduced sensitivity of recent tree growth to temperature at high northern latitudes.”
Nature 391, 678-682 (R)
(keywords: tree rings dendro NH statistics)

Osborn, T.J., 1998
“The vertical component of epineutral diffusion and the dianeutral component of horizontal diffusion.”
Journal of Physical Oceanography 28, 485-494 (R)
(keywords: oceanography modelling climate change)

Briffa, K.R., Schweingruber, F.H., Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J., Harris, I.C., Shiyatov, S.G., Vaganov, E.A. and Grudd, H., 1998
“Trees tell of past climates: but are they speaking less clearly today?”
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 353, 65-73 (R)
(keywords: dendro climate change observations proxy)

Osborn, T.J. and Hulme, M., 1998
“Evaluation of the European daily precipitation characteristics from the atmospheric model intercomparison project.”
International Journal of Climatology 18, 505-522 (R)
(keywords: GCMs modelling atmospheric precipitation Europe methodology)

Briffa, K.R., Jones, P.D., Schweingruber, F.H. and Osborn, T.J., 1998
“Influence of volcanic eruptions on Northern Hemisphere summer temperature over the past 600 years.”
Nature 393, 450-455 (R)
(keywords: volcanoes NH temperature historical climate change)

Hulme, M., Osborn, T.J. and Johns, T.C., 1998
“Precipitation sensitivity to global warming: comparisons of observations with HadCM2 simulations.”
Geophys. Res. Letts. 25(17), 3379-3382 (R)
(keywords: precipitation drought scenarios GCMs)

Choi, B.-C., Davies, T.D., Osborn, T.J. and Lee, S.H., 1998
“On the relationship between Eurasian snow cover and summer rainfall in South Korea, part I: statistical analysis.”
Journal of the Korean Meteorological Society 34, 478-485
(keywords: Eurasia snow precipitation rainfall Korea Asia statistics modelling methodology)

Osborn, T.J., Briffa, K.R., Tett, S.F.B. and Jones, P.D., 1998
“The North Atlantic Oscillation: observations, models and paleodata.”
In: Proc. 2nd European Conf. on Applied Climatology, Vienna, October 1998. [CD-ROM available from ZAMG, Vienna, Austria
(keywords: NAO modelling palaeo datasets paleo)

Osborn, T.J. and Hulme, M., 1997
“Development of a relationship between station and gridbox rainday frequencies for climate model validation.”
Journal of Climate 10, 1885-1908 (R)
(keywords: precipitation validation GCMs methodology)

Osborn, T.J., 1997
“Thermohaline oscillations in the LSG OGCM: propagating anomalies and sensitivity to parameterizations.”
Journal of Physical Oceanography 27, 2233-2255 (R)
(keywords: GCMs (14/11/97) statistics methodology)

Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J. and Briffa, K.R., 1997
“Estimating sampling errors in large-scale temperature averages.”
Journal of Climate 10, 2548-2568 (R)
(keywords: statistics methodology)

Osborn, T.J., 1997
“Areal and point precipitation intensity changes: implications for the application of climate models.”
Geophysical Research Letters 24, 2829-2832 (R)
(keywords: methodology precipitation climate modelling GCMs)

Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J., Wigley, T.M.L., Kelly, P.M. and Santer, B.D., 1997
“Comparisons between the microwave sounding unit temperature record and the surface temperature record from 1979 to 1996: real differences or potential discontinuities?”
Journal of Geophysical Research 102(D25), 20,135-30,145 (R)
(keywords: microwave temperature surface methodology statistics)

Davies, T.D., Kelly, P.M. and Osborn, T., 1997
“Explaining the climate of the British Isles.”
In: Climates of the British Isles (Eds. M. Hulme and E. Barrow), pp.11-32 Routledge.
(keywords: climate change UK regional historical)

Dickson, R.R., Osborn, T.J., Hurrell, J.W., Meincke, J., Blindheim, J., Adlandsvik, B., Vigne, T., Alekseev, G., Maslowski, W. and Cattle, H., 1997
“The Arctic Ocean response to the North Atlantic Oscillation.”
In: Proc. ACSYS/WCRP Conference on Polar Processes and Global Climate, Rosario, Washington, 3-6 Nov. 1997, pp.46-47 Available from International ACSYS Project Office, Oslo, Norway.
(keywords: oceanography NAO climate change)

Osborn, T.J., Briffa, K.R. and Jones, P.D., 1997
“Adjusting variance for sample-size in tree-ring chronologies and other regional mean timeseries.”
Dendrochronologia 15, 89-99 (R)
(keywords: statistics methodology tree rings datasets timeseries modelling)

Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J., Wigley, T.M.L., Kelly, P.M. and Santer, B.D., 1997
“Comparisons between MSU2R temperature record and the surface temperature record over 1979 to 1996: real differences or potential discontinuities?”
Journal of Geophysical Research 102, 30135-30145
(keywords: temperature surface climate change analysis statistics)

Jones, P.D., Osborn, T.J., Wigley, T.M.L., Kelly, P.M. and Santer, B.D., 1997
“Potential discontinuities in the MSU2R temperature record revealed by comparisons with the surface record over 1979 to 1996.”
Journal of Geophysical Research, 102 30135-30145

Osborn, T.J., 1996
“Comment on 'Climate drift in a global ocean general circulation model'.”
Journal of Physical Oceanography 26(8), 1661-1663 (R)
(keywords: GCMs oceanography climate change)

Osborn, T.J., 1996
“Are model simulations of oceanic variability relevant to the real world?”
Climate Monitor 24, 23-28 Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
(keywords: modelling GCMs oceans methodology)

Osborn, T.J., 1995
“Internally-generated variability in some ocean models on decadal to millennial timescales.”
PhD Thesis, University of East Anglia, 650pp
(keywords: modelling GCMs oceans methodology)

Srinivasan, G., Hulme, M., Jones, C.G., Jones, P.D. and Osborn, T.J., 1995
“An evaluation of the spatial and interannual variability of tropical precipitation as simulated by GCMs.”
In Proc. 1st International AMIP Scientific Conference (W.L. Gates, Ed.), pp.193-198 WCRP no. 92.
(keywords: precipitation GCMs modelling climate change tropics)

Osborn, T.J. and Wigley, T.M.L., 1994
“A simple model for estimating methane concentration and lifetime variations.”
Climate Dynamics 9, 181-193 Springer-Verlag. (R)
(keywords: methane modelling climate change methodology)

Dickson, R.R., Briffa, K.R. and Osborn, T.J., 1994
“Cod and climate: the spatial and temporal context.”
ICES marine science symposium 198, 280-286
(keywords: fishing climate change)


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