Publications

In preparation

Efficient, robust and timely analysis of Earth System Models: a database-query approach

Laliberté, F., Juckes, M., Denvil, S. and Kushner, P. J.

In preparation.


Sensitivity of Summer Arctic warming to circulation key for lapse rate feedback in models

Laliberté, F. and Kushner, P. J.

To be submitted.



2016

The influence of declining sea ice on shipping activity in the Canadian Arctic

Pizzolato, L., Howell, S., Dawson, J., Laliberté, F., Copland, L.,

Geophys. Res. Lett., 43

doi:10.1002/2016GL071489.


The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Hydrothermohaline Circulation

Döös, K., Kjellsson, J., Zika, J., Laliberté, F., Brodeau, L., Campino, A. A.,

  1. J.Clim.  (in press)

doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0759.1


Landfast ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from Observations and Models

Howell, S. E. L., Laliberté, F., Kwok, R., Derksen, C., and King, J.

The Cryosphere, 10, 1463-1475,

doi:10.5194/tc-10-1463-2016


Regional variability of a projected sea ice-free Arctic during the summer months

Laliberté, F., Howell, S. E. L., and Kushner, P. J.

Geophys. Res. Lett., 43

doi:10.1002/2015GL066855.


2015

Maintenance and broadening of the ocean's salinity distribution by the water cycle

Zika, J., Skliris, N., Nurser, G., Mudryk, L., Laliberté, F.; Josey, S., Marsh, R.

  1. J.Clim., 28 (24), 9550-9560

doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0273.1


Changes in ocean vertical heat transport with global warming

Zika, J., Laliberté, F., Mudryk, L., Sijp, W. and Nurser, G.

Geophys. Res. Lett., 42.

doi: 10.1002/2015GL064156


Secondary circulation of tropical cyclones in vertical wind shear: Lagrangian diagnostic and pathways of environmental interaction

Riemer, M. and Laliberté, F.

  1. J.Atmos. Sci., 72, 3517–3536.

doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0350.1


Constrained work output of the moist atmospheric heat engine in a changing climate

Laliberté, F., Zika, J., Mudryk, L., Kushner, P. J., Kjellsson, J. and Döös, K.

Science (30 January 2015), Vol. 347, no. 6221, 540-543.

doi: 10.1126/science.1257103

Press coverage

  1. English: Press Release, Smithsonian, Washington Post, CBC, Science Daily, IB Times, Richard Dawkins, Press TV, IOP Environmental Research, U. of Toronto, The Varsity, Nature World News, Daily Mail, Global News (Interview)

  2. Français: Radio-Canada (Interview), Actualité Environnment

  3. Deutsch: Wissenschaft-Actuell


2014

Midlatitude moisture contribution to recent Arctic tropospheric summertime variability

Laliberté, F. and Kushner, P. J.

J. Clim., 27, 5693–5707.

doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00721.1


The Representation of Ocean Circulation and Variability in Thermodynamic Coordinates

S. Groeskamp, Zika, J., McDougall, T., Sloyan, B. and Laliberté, F.

J. Phys. Oceanogr.,

doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0213.1


The Atmospheric General Circulation in Thermodynamical Coordinates

Kjellsson, J., Döös, K., Laliberté, F. & Zika, J.

  1. J.Atmos. Sci., 71, 916–928.

doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0173.1


2013

Isentropic constraints by midlatitude surface warming on the Arctic midtroposphere

Laliberté, F. and Kushner, P. J.

Geophys. Res. Let., 40, 606–611.

doi: 10.1029/2012GL054306


A theory for the lower tropospheric structure of the moist isentropic circulation

Laliberté, F., Shaw, T. and Pauluis, O.

  1. J.Atmos. Sci., 70, 843–854.

doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-066.1


2012

Moist Recirculation and Water Vapor Transport on Dry Isentropes

Laliberté, F., Shaw, T. and Pauluis, O.

J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 875–890.

doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0124.1


2011

A statistical generalization of the transformed Eulerian-mean circulation for an arbitrary vertical coordinate system

Pauluis, O., Shaw, T. and Laliberté, F., 2011

J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1766–1783.

doi: 10.1175/2011JAS3711.1


A Description of Midlatitudes Eddies within the Moist Isentropic Meridional Circulation

Laliberté, F., 2011 with Pauluis, O.

PhD Thesis


2010

Winter Intensification of the Moist Branch of the Circulation in Simulations of 21st Century Climate

Laliberté, F. and Pauluis, O., 2010

Geophys. Res. Let., 37, L20707, 6 PP.

doi: 10.1029/2010GL045007