Stephen Outten

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Senior Researcher
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Academic Degree:

Doctor in Atmospheric Dynamics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K., 2010

Project leader of the following projects

  1. DEWPAD: Developing the Extreme Winds and Precipitation Assessment Dataset (DEWPAD)
  2. VOLCANOES4CMIP: Applying volcanic impacts to future CMIP projections
  3. AMTEC: Arctic-Midlatitude Teleconnections and Eurasian Cooling
  4. Eu-R-Cool: EuRasian Cooling in CMIP5 Models
  5. BECOME-GYRE: BjerknEs COMpEnsation and the sub-polar GYRE
  6. EXPLAIN: EXamining PotentiaL cAuses for the warmINg hiatus

NERSC Principal Investigator of the following projects

  1. BASIC: Climate response to a Bluer Arctic with increased newly-formed winter Sea ICe (BASIC)
  2. PredictingNorwegianExtremeSeaLevel: Predicting the impact of decadal variability on extreme sea level along the Norwegian coast
  3. MUDYFEET: MUlti-scalar DYnamics of Flood EvEnTs
  4. EMULATE: Enhancing Mechanistic Understanding of mid-latitude LArge-scale circulaTion Errors
  5. CHEX: Climate Hazards and Extremes

Project deputy leader of the following projects

  1. ALERTNESS: Advanced models and weather prediction in the Arctic: Enhanced capacity from observations and polar process representations (

Peer Review Publications and Books

34 total publications.

2023

  1. Outten S, Li C, King MP, Suo L, Siew YF, Cheung H, et al. Reconciling conflicting evidence for the cause of the observed early 21st century Eurasian cooling. Weather and Climate Dynamics (WCD). 2023;4(1).

2022

  1. Xu X, He S, Zhou B, Wang H, Outten S. The Role of Mid-latitude Westerly Jet in the Impacts of November Ural Blocking on Early-Winter Warmer Arctic-Colder Eurasia Pattern. Geophysical Research Letters. 2022;49(16).

2021

  1. Outten S, Sobolowski SP. Extreme wind projections over Europe from the Euro-CORDEX regional climate models. Weather and Climate Extremes. 2021;33.
  2. Michel C, Madonna E, Spensberger C, Li C, Outten S. Dynamical drivers of Greenland blocking in climate models. Weather and Climate Dynamics (WCD). 2021;2(4).

2020

  1. Davy R, Outten S. The Arctic Surface Climate in CMIP6: Status and Developments since CMIP5. Journal of Climate. 2020;33(18).
  2. Gleeson E, Outten S, Engdahl BJK, Whelan E, Andrae U, Rontu L. HARMONIE-AROME single-column tools and experiments. Advances in Science and Research. 2020;17.

2019

  1. Outten S, Davy R, Chen L. Eurasian Cooling Patterns in the CMIP5 Climate Models. Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics. 2019;

2018

  1. Outten S, Esau I, Otterå OH. Bjerknes compensation in the CMIP5 Climate Models. Journal of Climate. 2018;
  2. Robock A, Outten S. Volcanoes: Role in Climate. 2018.
  3. Outten S, Esau I, Otterå OH. Bjerknes compensation in the CMIP5 Climate Models. Journal of Climate. 2018;31(21).

2017

  1. Chernokulsky A, Esau I, Bulygina ON, Davy R, Mokhov II, Outten S, et al. Climatology and interannual variability of cloudiness in the Atlantic Arctic from surface observations since the late nineteenth century. Journal of Climate. 2017;30(6).
  2. Outten S, Esau I. Bjerknes compensation in the Bergen Climate Model. Climate Dynamics. 2017;49(7-8).
  3. Bethke I, Outten S, Otterå OH, Hawkins E, Wagner S, Sigl M, et al. Potential volcanic impacts on future climate variability. Nature Climate Change. 2017;7(11).

2016

  1. Davy R, Chernokulsky A, Outten S, Esau I, Zilitinkevich S. Diurnal asymmetry to the observed global warming. International Journal of Climatology. 2016;37(1).
  2. giovanni forzieri, Feyen L, Russo S, Vousdoukas M, Alfieri L, Outten S, et al. Multi-hazard assessment in Europe under climate change. Climatic Change. 2016;137(1).
  3. Outten S, Esau I. Bjerknes compensation and the multi-decadal variability of heat transports in the Arctic. In: Climatology of the high latitudes. Extended proceedings of the joint GCR and PEEX workshop at NERSC 29.09.2015. 2016.
  4. Outten S, Bethke I, Thorne PS, Otterå OH. Assessing the role of volcanoes in future climate prediction. In: Climatology of the high latitudes. Extended proceedings of the joint GCR and PEEX workshop at NERSC 29.09.2015. 2016.
  5. Outten S, Esau I. Bjerknes compensation in the Bergen Climate Model. Climate Dynamics. 2016;

2015

  1. Davy R, Outten S, Chernokulsky A, Zilitinkevich S. Diurnal asymmetry to the observed global warming. International Journal of Climatology. 2015;
  2. Outten S, Thorne P, Bethke I, Seland Ø. Investigating the recent apparent hiatus in surface temperature increases: 1. Construction of two 30-member Earth System Model ensembles. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres. 2015;120(17).
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