Sakaeda Research Group

Publications

*Names in bold indicate the past and current members of this research group. A more updated publication list can be found on Google Scholar profile.

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2025

  • Sakaeda, N., S. Wu, R. Rios-Berrios, E. Martin, K. Núñez-Ocasio, K. Bedka, M. Hollis, B. Lambrigtsen, Q. Lawton, N. Nehrir, M. Rajagopal, M. Schreier, and S. Wong, 2025: Synoptic modulation of the West African coastal atmosphere and mesoscale convective systems. Mon. Wea. Rev. In-press. (Link)
  • Tsai, W. Y, N. Sakaeda, and J. Ruppert, 2025: Subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction skills of rainfall diurnal cycle over the Maritime Continent and their MJO dependence. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmosphere, 130, e2024JD043102. (Link)

2024

  • Sakaeda, N., C. Orbe, R., and Á. Adames-Corraliza, 2024: Chapter 16. Stratosphere-Troposphere: QBO and MJO, Atmospheric Oscillations, Elsevier. (Link)
  • Nowottnick, E., and co-authors, 2024: Dust, convection, winds and waves: the 2022 NASA CPEX-CV Campaign. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., in press. (Link)
  • Sakaeda, N., K. Martinez-Lopez, S. Wu, E. Martin, R. Rios-Berrios, H. Gimenez-González, K. Bedka, B. Lambrigtsen, A. Nehrir, S. Wong, R, Rodriguez Monje, R. Barton-Grimley, J. Collins, M. Schreier, and O. Sy, 2024: Synoptic influence on the diurnal cycle of rainfall over Puerto Rico. Mon. Wea. Rev., 152, 2341–2359 (Link)
  • Tang, M., G. Torri, and N. Sakaeda, 2024: The role of cold pools in modulating convective organization during the MJO. Geophysical Research Letter, 51, e2023GL108050. (Link)
  • Wu, S., N. Sakaeda, E. Martin, R. Rios-Berrios, and J. Russell, 2024: The contribution of mesoscale convective systems from land and ocean to the rainfall maximum over coastal West Africa. Mon. Wea. Rev. 152, 1878-1802. (Link)
  • Foskey, S, N. Sakaeda, J. Basara, and J. Furtado 2024: The impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on extreme winter weather over the Contiguous United States. Quart. J. R. Met. Soc., 1-8. http://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4848. (Link)

2023

  • Sakaeda, N. and Torri, G., 2023: The Observed Effects of Cold Pools on Convection Triggering and Organization during DYNAMO/AMIE.Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD038635. (Link) (Available Data)
  • Rai, S., and Sakaeda, N. 2023: The Lack of Evidence on the MJO to Drive its Relationship with the QBO through Modulation of Stratospheric Wave Activity. Geophysical Research Letter, 50, e2023GL103033. (Link)
  • Najarian, H., and Sakaeda, N., 2023: The Influence of Cloud Types on Cloud-Radiative Forcing during DYNAMO/AMIE. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2022JD038006. (Link)
  • Rios-Berrios, R., Sakaeda, N., Jimenez-González, H., Nieves-Jimenez, A., Zayas, Y., Martin, E., Wu, S.-N., Homeyer, C., and Rodríguez, E., 2023: Observing the Diurnal Cycle of Coastal Rainfall over Western Puerto Rico in Collaboration with University of Puerto Rico Students. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 104, E305–E324. (Link)

2022

  • Berrington, A., Sakaeda, N., Dias, J., and Kiladis, G., 2022: Relationships Between the Eastward Propagation of the Madden‐Julian Oscillation and Its Circulation Structure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2021JD035806. (Link)
  • Sakaeda, N. and Torri, G., 2022: The behaviors of intraseasonal cloud organization during DYNAMO/AMIE. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2021JD035749. (Link)

2020

  • Sakaeda, N., Dias, J., and Kiladis, G., 2020: The unique characteristics and potential mechanisms of the MJO-QBO relationship. J. Geo. Res.: Atmospheres, 125, e2020JD033196. (Link)
  • Sakaeda, N., Kiladis, G., and Dias, J., 2020: The Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall and the Convectively-Coupled Equatorial Waves over the Maritime Continent. J. Climate. 33, 3307-3331. (Link)

2018

  • Dias, J., M. Gehne, G. Kiladis, N. Sakaeda, P. Bechtold, and T. Haiden, 2018: Equatorial waves and the skill of NCEP and ECMWF forecast systems. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 1763–1784. (Link)
  • Sakaeda, N., Powell, S., Kiladis, G., and Dias, J., 2018: The diurnal variability of precipitating cloud populations during DYNAMO. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 1307–1326. (Link)
  • Dole, R. and co-authors, 2018: Advancing science and services during the 2015-16 El Nino: The NOAA El Nino Rapid Response Field Campaign. BAMS., 99, 975–1001. (Link)

2017

  • Dias, J., N. Sakaeda, G. Kiladis, K. Kikuchi, 2017: Influences of the MJO on space-time tropical convection organization. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, 8012-8032. (Link)
  • Sakaeda, N., G. Kiladis, and J. Dias, 2017: The diurnal cycle of tropical rainfall and cloudiness associated with the Madden-Julian oscillation. J. Climate., 30, 3999-4020. (Link)
  • Roundy, P. E., N. Sakaeda, L. Gloeckler, K. MacRitchie, 2017: Weather climate interactions and MJO influences, Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanism, Wang, S. et al., Amer. Geophys. Union Monographs Series, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA.(Link)

2016

  • Sakaeda, N. and P. E. Roundy, 2016: Gross moist stability and the Madden-Julian oscillation in reanalysis data. Quart. J. R. Met. Soc., 142, 2740-2757. (Link)
  • Sakaeda, N. and P. E. Roundy, 2016: The equatorial intraseasonal atmospheric angular momentum associated with the MJO convective initiation. Quart. J. R. Met. Soc., 142, 1371-1384. (Link)
  • Sakaeda, N. and P. E. Roundy, 2016: The development of upper-tropospheric geopotential height anomalies over the Western Hemisphere during MJO convective initiation. Quart. J. R. Met. Soc., 142, 942-956. (Link)

Prior to 2015

  • Sakaeda, N. and P. E. Roundy, 2015: The development of upper-tropospheric wind over the Western Hemisphere in association with MJO convective initiation. J. Atmos. Sci.., 72, 3138-3160. (Link)
  • Sakaeda, N. and P. E. Roundy, 2014: The role of interactions between multi-scale circulations on the observed zonally averaged zonal wind variability associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 3816-3836. (Link)
  • Sakaeda, N., R. Wood, and P. J. Rasch, 2011: Direct and semidirect aerosol effects of southern African biomass burning aerosol, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D12205, doi:10.1029/2010JD015540. (Link)