Sutton, Professor Rowan T
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University of Reading
Department of Meteorology
University of Reading
Earley Gate
Whiteknights Road
Reading
RG6 6ET
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8345-8583
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- http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/userpages/rowan.php
Rowan Sutton is an NCAS Senior Scientist based at the University of Reading. His research interests focus on ocean-atmosphere interaction, climate variability and change, predictabilty, prediction and risk assessment. His roles include: Chair of the Met Office Hadley Science Review Group; Co-chair of the WCRP Lighthouse Activity on Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change; member of the scientific steering committee of the UK Climate Resilience Programme. He was a Lead Author of the Working Group I contribution to the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Publications
- Wilcox, L. J.; Sutton, R.T.; Robson, J. I.; Dong, Buwen; Griffiths, Paul; Grosvenor, D. P.; Hodson, Daniel; Keeble, James; Rumbold, Steven; Archibald, A. T.; Carslaw, Ken; Dittus, Andrea J.; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Sinha, Bablu; The Role of Anthropogenic Aerosols in Recent North Atlantic Climate Change: A Synthesis of Findings from the {UK} {ACSIS} Programme. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15360] Feb 2023
- Reintges, Annika; Robson, J. I.; Sutton, R.T.; Yeager, Stephen; Spiciness of the subpolar North Atlantic affects the response of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to the North Atlantic Oscillation in {CMIP}6 models. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1249] Feb 2023
- Findell, Kirsten L.; Sutton, Rowan; Caltabiano, Nico; Brookshaw, Anca; Heimbach, Patrick; Kimoto, Masahide; Osprey, S. M.; Smith, Doug; Risbey, James S.; Wang, Zhuo; Cheng, Lijing; Diaz, Leandro; Donat, Markus G.; Ek, Michael; Lee, June-Yi; Minobe, Shoshiro; Rusticucci, Matilde; Vitart, Frederic; Wang, Lin; Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change: A World Climate Research Programme Call to Action. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society [doi:10.1175/bams-d-21-0280.1] Sep 2022
- Smith, Doug M.; Gillett, Nathan P.; Simpson, Isla R.; Athanasiadis, Panos J.; Baehr, Johanna; Bethke, Ingo; Bilge, Tarkan A.; Bonnet, Rémy; Boucher, Olivier; Findell, Kirsten L.; Gastineau, Guillaume; Gualdi, Silvio; Hermanson, Leon; Leung, L. Ruby; Mignot, Juliette; Müller, Wolfgang A.; Osprey, S. M.; Otterå, Odd Helge; Persad, Geeta G.; Scaife, Adam A.; Schmidt, Gavin A.; Shiogama, Hideo; Sutton, Rowan T.; Swingedouw, Didier; Yang, Shuting; Zhou, Tianjun; Ziehn, Tilo; Attribution of multi-annual to decadal changes in the climate system: The Large Ensemble Single Forcing Model Intercomparison Project ({LESFMIP}). Frontiers In Climate, 4, [doi:10.3389/fclim.2022.955414] Sep 2022
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan T.; Wilcox, Laura J.; Decadal trends in surface solar radiation and cloud cover over the North Atlantic sector during the last four decades: drivers and physical processes. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-022-06438-3] Aug 2022
- Dimdore‐Miles, Oscar B.; Gray, Lesley; Osprey, S. M.; Robson, J. I.; Sutton, R.T.; Sinha, Bablu; Interactions between the stratospheric polar vortex and Atlantic circulation on seasonal to multi-decadal timescales. Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 22 (7) , 4867--4893, [doi:10.5194/acp-22-4867-2022] Apr 2022
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, R.T.; Shaffrey, Len C.; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Recent decadal weakening of the summer Eurasian westerly jet attributable to anthropogenic aerosol emissions. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu22-9731] Mar 2022
- Lai, Michael; Robson, J. I.; Wilcox, L. J.; Sutton, R.T.; Dunstone, Nick; Exploring the North Atlantic response to anthropogenic aerosols through idealised single-forcing experiments in a model at two different resolutions. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12573] Mar 2022
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, R.T.; Shaffrey, Len; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Recent decadal weakening of the summer Eurasian westerly jet attributable to anthropogenic aerosol emissions. Nature Communications, 13 (1) , [doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28816-5] Mar 2022
- Dimdore‐Miles, Oscar B.; Gray, Lesley; Osprey, S. M.; Robson, J. I.; Sutton, R.T.; Sinha, Bablu; Interactions between the stratospheric polar vortex and Atlantic circulation on seasonal to multi-decadal timescales. [doi:10.5194/acp-2021-688] Sep 2021
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan T.; Recent trends in summer atmospheric circulation in the North Atlantic/European region: is there a role for anthropogenic aerosols?. Journal Of Climate 1--49, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-20-0665.1] Jun 2021
- Ortega, Pablo; Robson, J. I.; Menary, Matthew; Sutton, R.T.; Blaker, Adam; Germe, Agathe; Hirschi, J.; Sinha, Bablu; Hermanson, L.; Yeager, Stephen; Labrador Sea subsurface density as a precursor of multidecadal variability in the North Atlantic: a multi-model study. Earth System Dynamics, 12 (2) , 419--438, [doi:10.5194/esd-12-419-2021] Apr 2021
- Robson, J. I.; Menary, Matthew; Gregory, J. M.; Jones, Colin; Sinha, Bablu; Stevens, David; Sutton, R.T.; Wilcox, L. J.; How does aerosol forcing drive a strengthening of the {AMOC} in CMIP6 historical simulations?. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8913] Mar 2021
- Menary, Matthew; Allan, R. P.; Robson, J. I.; Booth, Ben; Cassou, Christophe; Gregory, J. M.; Hodson, Dan; Jones, Colin; Mignot, Juliette; Ringer, Mark; Sutton, R.T.; Wilcox, L. J.; Zhang, Rong; Gastineau, Guillaume; Aerosol-forced {AMOC} changes in CMIP6 historical simulations.. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8693] Mar 2021
- Ortega, Pablo; Robson, J. I.; Menary, Matthew; Sutton, R.T.; Blaker, Adam; Germe, Agathe; Hirschi, Jöel J.-M.; Sinha, Bablu; Hermanson, L.; Yeager, Stephen; Supplementary material to "Labrador Sea sub-surface density as a precursor of multi-decadal variability in the North Atlantic: a multi-model study". [doi:10.5194/esd-2020-83-supplement] Nov 2020
- Ortega, Pablo; Robson, J. I.; Menary, Matthew; Sutton, R.T.; Blaker, Adam; Germe, Agathe; Hirschi, Jöel J.-M.; Sinha, Bablu; Hermanson, L.; Yeager, Stephen; Labrador Sea sub-surface density as a precursor of multi-decadal variability in the North Atlantic: a multi-model study. [doi:10.5194/esd-2020-83] Nov 2020
- Senior, Catherine A.; Jones, Colin G.; Wood, Richard; Sellar, Alistair; Belcher, Stephen; Klein‐Tank, Albert; Sutton, Rowan; Walton, J.; Lawrence, B. N.; Andrews, Timothy; Mulcahy, Jane; U.K. Community Earth System Modeling for CMIP6. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems, 12 (9) , [doi:10.1029/2019ms002004] Sep 2020
- Robson, J. I.; Aksenov, Yevgeny; Bracegirdle, Thomas J.; Dimdore‐Miles, Oscar; Griffiths, Paul; Grosvenor, D. P.; Hodson, Daniel L. R.; Keeble, James; Macintosh, Claire; Megann, Alex; Osprey, S. M.; Povey, Adam C.; Schröder, David; Yang, Mingxi; Archibald, A. T.; Carslaw, Ken; Gray, Lesley; Jones, Colin; Kerridge, Brian; Knappett, Diane; Kuhlbrodt, T.; Russo, Maria R.; Sellar, Alistair; Siddans, Richard; Sinha, Bablu; Sutton, Rowan; Walton, J.; Wilcox, L. J.; The Evaluation of the North Atlantic Climate System in UKESM1 Historical Simulations for CMIP6. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems, 12 (9) , [doi:10.1029/2020ms002126] Sep 2020
- Robson, J. I.; Aksenov, Yevgeny; Bracegirdle, Thomas J.; Dimdore‐Miles, Oscar; Griffiths, Paul; Grosvenor, D. P.; Hodson, Daniel L. R.; Keeble, James; Macintosh, Claire; Megann, Alex; Osprey, S. M.; Povey, Adam C.; Schröder, David; Yang, Mingxi; Archibald, A. T.; Carslaw, Ken; Gray, Lesley; Jones, Colin; Kerridge, Brian; Knappett, Diane; Kuhlbrodt, T.; Russo, Maria R.; Sellar, Alistair; Siddans, Richard; Sinha, Bablu; Sutton, Rowan; Walton, J.; Wilcox, L. J.; The Evaluation of the North Atlantic Climate System in UKESM1 Historical Simulations for CMIP6. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems, 12 (9) , [doi:10.1029/2020ms002126] Sep 2020
- Robson, J. I.; Aksenov, Yevgeny; Bracegirdle, Thomas J.; Dimdore‐Miles, Oscar; Griffiths, Paul; Grosvenor, D. P.; Hodson, Daniel L. R.; Keeble, James; Macintosh, Claire; Megann, Alex; Osprey, S. M.; Povey, Adam C.; Schröder, David; Yang, Mingxi; Archibald, A. T.; Carslaw, Ken; Gray, Lesley; Jones, Colin; Kerridge, Brian; Knappett, Diane; Kuhlbrodt, T.; Russo, Maria R.; Sellar, Alistair; Siddans, Richard; Sinha, Bablu; Sutton, Rowan; Walton, J.; Wilcox, L. J.; The Evaluation of the North Atlantic Climate System in UKESM1 Historical Simulations for CMIP6. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems, 12 (9) , [doi:10.1029/2020ms002126] Sep 2020
- Sutton, R.T.; Hawkins, Ed; {ESD} Ideas: Global climate response scenarios for {IPCC}~assessments. Earth System Dynamics, 11 (3) , 751--754, [doi:10.5194/esd-11-751-2020] Aug 2020
- Robson, J. I.; Aksenov, Yevgeny; Bracegirdle, Thomas J.; Dimdore‐Miles, Oscar; Griffiths, Paul; Grosvenor, D. P.; Hodson, Daniel L. R.; Keeble, James; Macintosh, Claire; Megann, Alex; Osprey, S. M.; Povey, Adam C.; Schröder, David; Yang, Mingxi; Archibald, A. T.; Carslaw, Ken; Gray, Lesley; Jones, Colin; Kerridge, Brian; Knappett, Diane; Kuhlbrodt, T.; Russo, Maria R.; Sellar, Alistair; Siddans, Richard; Sinha, Bablu; Sutton, Rowan; Walton, J.; Wilcox, L. J.; The evaluation of the North Atlantic climate system in UKESM1 historical simulations for CMIP6. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems [doi:10.1029/2020ms002126] Aug 2020
- Ossó, Albert; Sutton, Rowan; Shaffrey, Len; Dong, Buwen; Development, Amplification, and Decay of Atlantic/European Summer Weather Patterns Linked to Spring North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures. Journal Of Climate, 33 (14) , 5939--5951, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-19-0613.1] Jul 2020
- Menary, Matthew B.; Robson, J. I.; Allan, R. P.; Booth, Ben B. B.; Cassou, Christophe; Gastineau, Guillaume; Gregory, J. M.; Hodson, D. L. R.; Jones, Colin; Mignot, Juliette; Ringer, Mark A.; Sutton, R.T.; Wilcox, L. J.; Zhang, Rong; Aerosol-Forced AMOC Changes in CMIP6 Historical Simulations. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (14) , [doi:10.1029/2020gl088166] Jul 2020
- Andrews, Martin B.; Ridley, Jeff K.; Wood, Richard; Andrews, Timothy; Blockley, Edward W.; Booth, Ben; Burke, Eleanor; Dittus, Andrea J.; Florek, Piotr; Gray, Lesley J.; Haddad, Stephen; Hardiman, Steven C; Hermanson, L.; Hodson, Dan; Hogan, Emma; Jones, Gareth S.; Knight, Jeff R.; Kuhlbrodt, T.; Misios, Stergios; Mizielinski, Matthew S.; Ringer, Mark A.; Robson, J. I.; Sutton, Rowan T.; Historical Simulations With HadGEM3-GC3.1 for CMIP6. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems, 12 (6) , [doi:10.1029/2019ms001995] Jun 2020
- Dittus, Andrea J.; Hawkins, Ed; Wilcox, L. J.; Sutton, R.T.; Smith, Christopher J.; Andrews, Martin B.; Forster, Piers M.; Sensitivity of Historical Climate Simulations to Uncertain Aerosol Forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (13) , [doi:10.1029/2019gl085806] Jun 2020
- Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, Rowan T.; Shaffrey, Len; Wilcox, Laura J.; Attribution of 2012 extreme climate events: does air-sea interaction matter?. Climate Dynamics, 55 (5-6) , 1225--1245, [doi:10.1007/s00382-020-05321-3] Jun 2020
- Menary, Matthew; Robson, J. I.; Allan, R. P.; Booth, Ben; Cassou, Christophe; Gastineau, Guillaume; Gregory, J. M.; Hodson, Dan; Jones, Colin; Mignot, Juliette; Ringer, Mark; Sutton, R.T.; Wilcox, L. J.; Zhang, Rong; Aerosol-forced AMOC changes in CMIP6 historical simulations.. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-2379] Mar 2020
- Dittus, Andrea J.; Hawkins, Ed; Wilcox, L. J.; Hodson, Dan; Robson, J. I.; Sutton, R.T.; Examining the respective roles of greenhouse-gas and aerosol forcing for modes of multi-decadal variability. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-16250] Mar 2020
- Hawkins, Ed; Frame, David John; Harrington, Luke James; Joshi, M.; King, Andrew David; Rojas, Maisa; Sutton, R.T.; Observed Emergence of the Climate Change Signal: From the Familiar to the Unknown. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (6) , [doi:10.1029/2019gl086259] Mar 2020
- Sutton, R.T.; Hawkins, Ed; ESD Ideas: Global climate response scenarios for IPCC AR6. [doi:10.5194/esd-2019-88] Jan 2020
- Hawkins, Ed; Frame, David John; Harrington, Luke James; Joshi, Manoj; King, Andrew David; Rojas, Maisa; Sutton, Rowan T; Observed emergence of the climate change signal: from the familiar to the unknown. [doi:10.1002/essoar.10501133.1] Nov 2019
- Sutton, Rowan T.; Climate Science Needs to Take Risk Assessment Much More Seriously. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 100 (9) , 1637--1642, [doi:10.1175/bams-d-18-0280.1] Sep 2019
- Zhang, Rong; Sutton, R.T.; Danabasoglu, Gokhan; Kwon, Young-Oh; Marsh, Robert; Yeager, S.; Amrhein, Daniel E.; Little, Christopher M.; A Review of the Role of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in Atlantic Multidecadal Variability and Associated Climate Impacts. Reviews Of Geophysics, 57 (2) , 316--375, [doi:10.1029/2019rg000644] Jun 2019
- Tian, Fangxing; Dong, B.-W.; Robson, Jon I; Sutton, Rowan; Tett, Simon F B; Projected near term changes in the East Asian summer monsoon and its uncertainty. Environmental Research Letters [doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab28a6] Jun 2019
- Ossó, Albert; Shaffrey, Len; Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan; Impact of air–sea coupling on Northern Hemisphere summer climate and the monsoon–desert teleconnection. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-019-04846-6] Jun 2019
- Dong, B.-W.; Wilcox, Laura J.; Highwood, Eleanor J.; Sutton, Rowan T.; Impacts of recent decadal changes in Asian aerosols on the East Asian summer monsoon: roles of aerosol–radiation and aerosol–cloud interactions. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-019-04698-0] Mar 2019
- Sutton, R.T.; ESD Ideas: a simple proposal to improve the contribution of IPCC WGI to the assessment and communication of climate change risks. Earth System Dynamics, 9 (4) , 1155--1158, [doi:10.5194/esd-9-1155-2018] Oct 2018
- Sutton, Rowan; Attributing extreme weather to climate change is not a done deal. Nature, 561 (7722) , 177--177, [doi:10.1038/d41586-018-06631-7] Sep 2018
- Robson, J. I.; Sutton, Rowan T.; Archibald, Alex; Cooper, Fenwick; Christensen, Matthew; Gray, Lesley J.; Holliday, N Penny; Macintosh, Claire; McMillan, Malcolm; Moat, BI; Russo, Maria R.; Tilling, Rachel; Carslaw, Ken; Desbruyères, Damien; Embury, Owen; Feltham, Daniel L.; Grosvenor, Daniel P.; Josey, Simon; King, Brian; Lewis, Alastair; McCarthy, Gerard D.; Merchant, Chris; New, Adrian L.; O'Reilly, Christopher H.; Osprey, Scott M.; Read, Katie; Scaife, Adam; Shepherd, Andrew; Sinha, Bablu; Smeed, David; Smith, Doug; Ridout, Andrew; Woollings, Tim; Yang, Mingxi; Recent multivariate changes in the North Atlantic climate system, with a focus on 2005-2016. International Journal Of Climatology, 38 (14) , 5050--5076, [doi:10.1002/joc.5815] Sep 2018
- Robson, J. I.; Sutton, Rowan T.; Archibald, Alex; Cooper, Fenwick; Christensen, Matthew; Gray, Lesley J.; Holliday, N Penny; Macintosh, Claire; McMillan, Malcolm; Moat, BI; Russo, Maria R.; Tilling, Rachel; Carslaw, Ken; Desbruyères, Damien; Embury, Owen; Feltham, Daniel L.; Grosvenor, Daniel P.; Josey, Simon; King, Brian; Lewis, Alastair; McCarthy, Gerard D.; Merchant, Chris; New, Adrian L.; O'Reilly, Christopher H.; Osprey, Scott M.; Read, Katie; Scaife, Adam; Shepherd, Andrew; Sinha, Bablu; Smeed, David; Smith, Doug; Ridout, Andrew; Woollings, Tim; Yang, Mingxi; Recent multivariate changes in the North Atlantic climate system, with a focus on 2005-2016. International Journal Of Climatology, 38 (14) , 5050--5076, [doi:10.1002/joc.5815] Sep 2018
- Robson, J. I.; Sutton, Rowan T.; Archibald, Alex; Cooper, Fenwick; Christensen, Matthew; Gray, Lesley J.; Holliday, N Penny; Macintosh, Claire; McMillan, Malcolm; Moat, BI; Russo, Maria R.; Tilling, Rachel; Carslaw, K.; Desbruyères, Damien; Embury, Owen; Feltham, Daniel L.; Grosvenor, Daniel P.; Josey, Simon; King, Brian; Lewis, Alastair; McCarthy, Gerard D.; Merchant, Chris; New, Adrian L.; O'Reilly, Christopher H.; Osprey, Scott M.; Read, Katie; Scaife, Adam; Shepherd, Andrew; Sinha, Bablu; Smeed, David; Smith, Doug; Ridout, Andrew; Woollings, Tim; Yang, Mingxi; Recent multivariate changes in the North Atlantic climate system, with a focus on 2005-2016. International Journal Of Climatology, 38 (14) , 5050--5076, [doi:10.1002/joc.5815] Sep 2018
- Baker, L. H.; Shaffrey, Len C.; Sutton, R.T.; Weisheimer, A.; Scaife, A. A.; An Intercomparison of Skill and Overconfidence/Underconfidence of the Wintertime North Atlantic Oscillation in Multimodel Seasonal Forecasts. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (15) , 7808--7817, [doi:10.1029/2018gl078838] Aug 2018
- Tian, Fangxing; Dong, Buwen; Robson, Jon; Sutton, Rowan; Forced decadal changes in the East Asian summer monsoon: the roles of greenhouse gases and anthropogenic aerosols. Climate Dynamics, 51 (9-10) , 3699--3715, [doi:10.1007/s00382-018-4105-7] Feb 2018
- Collins, Matthew; Minobe, Shoshiro; Barreiro, Marcelo; Bordoni, Simona; Kaspi, Yohai; Kuwano-Yoshida, Akira; Keenlyside, Noel; Manzini, Elisa; O’Reilly, Christopher H.; Sutton, Rowan; Xie, Shang-Ping; Zolina, Olga; Challenges and opportunities for improved understanding of regional climate dynamics. Nature Climate Change, 8 (2) , 101--108, [doi:10.1038/s41558-017-0059-8] Jan 2018
- Ossó, Albert; Sutton, R.T.; Shaffrey, Len; Dong, Buwen; Observational evidence of European summer weather patterns predictable from spring. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, 115 (1) , 59--63, [doi:10.1073/pnas.1713146114] Dec 2017
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan T.; Shaffrey, Len; Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Attribution of Forced Decadal Climate Change in Coupled and Uncoupled Ocean–Atmosphere Model Experiments. Journal Of Climate, 30 (16) , 6203–6223, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-16-0578.1] Aug 2017
- Sutton, R. T.; McCarthy, G. D.; Robson, J.; Sinha, B.; Archibald, A.; GRAY, L. J.; Atlantic Multi-decadal Variability and the UK ACSIS programme. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society [doi:10.1175/bams-d-16-0266.1] Jul 2017
- Wilcox, Laura J.; Yiou, Pascal; Hauser, Mathias; Lott, Fraser C.; van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan; Colfescu, I.; Dong, Buwen; Hegerl, Gabi; Shaffrey, Len; Sutton, Rowan; Multiple perspectives on the attribution of the extreme European summer of 2012 to climate change. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3822-7] Jul 2017
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan T.; Shaffrey, Len; Erratum to: Understanding the rapid summer warming and changes in temperature extremes since the mid-1990s over Western Europe. Climate Dynamics, 49 (11-12) , 4313--4314, [doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3590-4] Mar 2017
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan; Shaffrey, Len; Wilcox, Laura J; The 2015 European Heat Wave. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 97 (12) , S57–S62, [doi:10.1175/bams-d-16-0140.1] Dec 2016
- Ortega, Pablo; Robson, Jon; Sutton, Rowan T.; Andrews, Martin B.; Mechanisms of decadal variability in the Labrador Sea and the wider North Atlantic in a high-resolution climate model. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3467-y] Dec 2016
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan T.; Chen, Wei; Liu, Xiaodong; Lu, Riyu; Sun, Ying; Abrupt summer warming and changes in temperature extremes over Northeast Asia since the mid-1990s: Drivers and physical processes. Advances In Atmospheric Sciences, 33 (9) , 1005–1023, [doi:10.1007/s00376-016-5247-3] Jul 2016
- Zhang, R.; Sutton, RT; Danabasoglu, G.; Delworth, T. L.; Kim, W. M.; Robson, J.; Yeager, S. G.; Comment on “The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation without a role for ocean circulation”. Science, 352 (6293) , 1527–1527, [doi:10.1126/science.aaf1660] Jun 2016
- Robson, Jon; Ortega, Pablo; Sutton, Rowan; A reversal of climatic trends in the North Atlantic since 2005. Nature Geoscience, 9 (7) , 513–517, [doi:10.1038/ngeo2727] Jun 2016
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan T.; Shaffrey, Len; Understanding the rapid summer warming and changes in temperature extremes since the mid-1990s over Western Europe. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3158-8] May 2016
- Shaffrey, Len; Hodson, D.; Robson, J.; Stevens, D. P.; Hawkins, E.; Polo, I.; Stevens, I.; Sutton, R. T.; Lister, G.; Iwi, A.; Smith, D.; Stephens, A.; Decadal predictions with the HiGEM high resolution global coupled climate model: description and basic evaluation. Climate Dynamics, 48 (1-2) , 297–311, [doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3075-x] Apr 2016
- Petrie, Ruth E.; Shaffrey, Len C.; Sutton, Rowan T.; Atmospheric Impact of Arctic Sea Ice Loss in a Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Simulation*. Journal Of Climate, 28 (24) , 9606–9622, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-15-0316.1] Dec 2015
- Wilcox, Laura J.; Dong, B.W.; Sutton, Rowan T.; Highwood, E. J.; The 2014 hot, dry summer in northeast Asia. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, S105-S110, Nov 2015
- Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, Rowan; Connecting climate model projections of global temperature change with the real world. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society 151008123712005, [doi:10.1175/bams-d-14-00154.1] Oct 2015
- Sutton, Rowan; Suckling, Emma B.; Hawkins, Ed; What does global mean temperature tell us about local climate?. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical And Engineering Sciences, 373 (2054) , 20140426, [doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0426] Oct 2015
- Menary, Matthew B.; Hodson, Daniel L. R.; Robson, Jon I.; Sutton, Rowan T.; Wood, Richard A.; A Mechanism of Internal Decadal Atlantic Ocean Variability in a High-Resolution Coupled Climate Model. Journal Of Climate, 28 (19) , 7764–7785, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-15-0106.1] Oct 2015
- Menary, Matthew B.; Hodson, Daniel L. R.; Robson, Jon I.; Sutton, Rowan T.; Wood, Richard A.; Hunt, Jonathan A.; Exploring the impact of CMIP5 model biases on the simulation of North Atlantic decadal variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 42 (14) , 5926–5934, [doi:10.1002/2015gl064360] Jul 2015
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan; Dominant role of greenhouse-gas forcing in the recovery of Sahel rainfall. Nature Climate Change, 5 (8) , 757–760, [doi:10.1038/nclimate2664] Jun 2015
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan T.; Highwood, Eleanor J.; Wilcox, Laura J.; Preferred response of the East Asian summer monsoon to local and non-local anthropogenic sulphur dioxide emissions. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2671-5] May 2015
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan; Highwood, Eleanor J.; Wilcox, Laura J; Preferred response of the East Asian summer monsoon to local and non-local anthropogenic sulphur dioxide emissions. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2671-5] 2015
- Wilcox, L.; Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan; Highwood, E. J.; The 2014 hot, dry summer in Northeast Asia. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society [doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00123.1] 2015
- Petrie, R. E.; Shaffrey, Len; Sutton, R.T.; Atmospheric response in summer linked to recent Arctic sea ice loss. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 141 (691) , 2070–2076, [doi:10.1002/qj.2502] Jan 2015
- Hodson, Daniel L. R.; Robson, J. I.; Sutton, Rowan T.; An Anatomy of the Cooling of the North Atlantic Ocean in the 1960s and 1970s. Journal Of Climate, 27 (21) , 8229–8243, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-14-00301.1] Nov 2014
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan; Shaffrey, Len; The 2013 hot, dry summer in Western Europe. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 95,, S84-S88, [doi:10.1175/1520-0477-95.9.S1.1] Sep 2014
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, Rowan T.; Highwood, Ellie; Wilcox, Laura J; The Impacts of European and Asian Anthropogenic Sulfur Dioxide Emissions on Sahel Rainfall. Journal Of Climate, 27 (18) , 7000–7017, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-13-00769.1] Sep 2014
- Polo, Irene; Robson, Jon; Sutton, Rowan; Balmaseda, Magdalena Alonso; The Importance of Wind and Buoyancy Forcing for the Boundary Density Variations and the Geostrophic Component of the AMOC at 26°N. Journal. Phys. Oceanogr., 44 (9) , 2387–2408, [doi:10.1175/jpo-d-13-0264.1] Sep 2014
- Hodson, Daniel L. R.; Robson, J. I.; Sutton, Rowan T.; An Anatomy of the Cooling of the North Atlantic Ocean in the 1960s and 1970s.. Journal Of Climate 140903064650000, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-14-00301.1] Sep 2014
- Hawkins, Ed; Anderson, Bruce; Diffenbaugh, Noah; Mahlstein, Irina; Betts, Richard; Hegerl, Gabi; Joshi, Manoj; Knutti, Reto; McNeall, Doug; Solomon, Susan; Sutton, Rowan; Syktus, Jozef; Vecchi, Gabriel; Uncertainties in the timing of unprecedented climates. Nature, 511 (7507) , E3–E5, [doi:10.1038/nature13523] Jul 2014
- Robson, Jon; Sutton, Rowan; Smith, Doug; Decadal predictions of the cooling and freshening of the North Atlantic in the 1960s and the role of ocean circulation. Climate Dynamics, 42 (9-10) , 2353–2365, [doi:10.1007/s00382-014-2115-7] May 2014
- Hawkins, Ed; Dong, Buwen; Robson, Jon; Sutton, Rowan; Smith, Doug; The Interpretation and Use of Biases in Decadal Climate Predictions. Journal Of Climate, 27 (8) , 2931–2947, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-13-00473.1] Apr 2014
- Hermanson, Leon; Dunstone, Nick; Haines, Keith; Robson, Jon; Smith, Doug; Sutton, Rowan; A novel transport assimilation method for the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26°N. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (685) , 2563--2572, [doi:10.1002/qj.2321] Feb 2014
- Meehl, Gerald A.; Goddard, Lisa; Boer, George; Burgman, Robert; Branstator, Grant; Cassou, Christophe; Corti, Susanna; Danabasoglu, Gokhan; Doblas-Reyes, Francisco; Hawkins, Ed; Karspeck, Alicia; Kimoto, Masahide; Kumar, Arun; Matei, Daniela; Mignot, Juliette; Msadek, Rym; Navarra, Antonio; Pohlmann, Holger; Rienecker, Michele; Rosati, Tony; Schneider, Edwin; Smith, Doug; Sutton, Rowan; Teng, Haiyan; van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan; Vecchi, Gabriel; Yeager, Stephen; Decadal Climate Prediction: An Update from the Trenches. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 95 (2) , 243–267, [doi:10.1175/bams-d-12-00241.1] Feb 2014
- Smith, Robin S.; Sutton, R.T.; Gregory, J. M.; The impact of salinity perturbations on the future uptake of heat by the Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 9072-9079, [doi:10.1002/2014GL062169] 2014
- Robson, Jon; Hodson, D.; Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, Rowan; Atlantic overturning in decline?. Nature Geoscience, 7 (1) , 2–3, [doi:10.1038/ngeo2050] Dec 2013
- GRAY, L. J.; Scaife, A. A.; Mitchell, D. M.; Osprey, S. M.; Ineson, S; Hardiman, S. C.; Butchart, N.; Knight, J.; Sutton, R.T.; Kodera, K.; A Lagged Response to the 11-year Solar Cycle in Observed Winter Atlantic/European Weather Patterns. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 118 (24) , 13,405–13,420, [doi:10.1002/2013JD020062] Dec 2013
- Robson, Jon; Sutton, Rowan; Smith, Doug; Predictable climate impacts of the decadal changes in the ocean in the 1990s (vol 26, pg 6329, 2013). Journal Of Climate, 26 (22) , 9207--9207, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-13-00512.1] NOV 2013 2013
- Robson, Jon; Sutton, Rowan; Smith, Doug; Predictable Climate Impacts of the Decadal Changes in the Ocean in the 1990s. Journal Of Climate, 26 (17) , 6329--6339, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-12-00827.1] SEP 2013 2013
- Zhang, Rong; Delworth, T.; Sutton, Rowan; Hodson, D. L. R.; Dixon, K. W.; Held, I. M.; Kushnir, Y; Marshall, J. S.; Ming, Y; Msadek, Rym; Robson, J. I.; Rosati, Anthony; Vecchi, Gabe; Have aerosols caused the observed Atlantic multidecadal variability?. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 70 (4) , 1135-1144, [doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0331.1] Apr 2013
- Goddard, L.; Kumar, A.; Solomon, A.; Smith, D.; Boer, G.; Gonzalez, P.; Kharin, V.; Merryfield, W.; Deser, C.; Mason, S. J.; Kirtman, B. P.; Msadek, R.; Sutton, R.; Hawkins, E.; Fricker, T.; Hegerl, G.; Ferro, C. A. T.; Stephenson, D. B.; Meehl, G. A.; Stockdale, T.; Burgman, R.; Greene, A. M.; Kushnir, Y.; Newman, M.; Carton, J.; Fukumori, I.; Delworth, T.; A verification framework for interannual-to-decadal predictions experiments. Climate Dynamics, 40 (1) , 245--272, [doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1481-2] Jan 2013
- Goddard, L.; Kumar, A.; Solomon, A.; Smith, D.; Boer, G.; Gonzalez, Paula L. M.; Kharin, V.; Merryfield, W.; Deser, C.; Mason, S. J.; Kirtman, B. P.; Msadek, R.; Sutton, R.; Hawkins, E.; Fricker, T.; Hegerl, G.; Ferro, C. A. T.; Stephenson, D. B.; Meehl, G. A.; Stockdale, T.; Burgman, R.; Greene, A. M.; Kushnir, Y.; Newman, M.; Carton, J.; Fukumori, I.; Delworth, T.; A verification framework for interannual-to-decadal predictions experiments. Climate Dynamics, 40 (1) , 245--272, [doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1481-2] Jan 2013
- Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, Rowan; Woollings, T.; The Extreme European Summer 2012. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 94 (9) , S28-S32, [doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00085.1] 2013
- Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, Rowan; Woollings, T.; Hodges, Kevin; Variability of the North Atlantic summer storm track: mechanisms and impacts on European climate. Environmental Research Letters, 8 (3) , 034037, [doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034037] 2013
- Polo, Irene; Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, R.T.; Changes in Tropical Atlantic Interannual Variability from a Substantial Weakening of the Meridional Overturning Circulation. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1716-x] 2013
- Mauritzen, C.; Melsom, A.; Sutton, R.T.; Importance of density-compensated temperature change for deep North Atlantic Ocean heat uptake. Nature Geoscience, 5 (12) , 905--910, [doi:10.1038/ngeo1639] DEC 2012 2012
- Srokosz, M; Baringer, M.; Bryden, H.; Cunningham, S.; Delworth, T.; Lozier, S.; Marotzke, J.; Sutton, R.T.; PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE CHANGES IN THE ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 93 (11) , 1663--1676, [doi:10.1175/bams-d-11-00151.1] NOV 2012 2012
- Robson, J. I.; Sutton, R.T.; Smith, D. M.; Initialized decadal predictions of the rapid warming of the North Atlantic Ocean in the mid 1990s. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L19713, [doi:10.1029/2012gl053370] OCT 10 2012 2012
- Sutton, Rowan T.; Dong, Buwen; Atlantic Ocean influence on a shift in European climate in the 1990s. Nature Geoscience, 5 (11) , 788--792, [doi:10.1038/ngeo1595] Oct 2012
- Keeley, S. P. E.; Sutton, R.T.; Shaffrey, Len; The impact of North Atlantic sea surface temperature errors on the simulation of North Atlantic European region climate. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 138 (668) , 1774--1783, [doi:10.1002/qj.1912] OCT 2012 2012
- Robson, Jon; Sutton, R.T.; Lohmann, Katja; Smith, Doug; Palmer, Matthew D.; Causes of the Rapid Warming of the North Atlantic Ocean in the Mid-1990s. Journal Of Climate, 25 (12) , 4116--4134, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-11-00443.1] JUN 15 2012 2012
- Iwi, Alan M.; Hermanson, Leon; Haines, Keith; Sutton, R.T.; Mechanisms Linking Volcanic Aerosols to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Journal Of Climate, 25 (8) , 3039--3051, [doi:10.1175/2011jcli4067.1] APR 2012 2012
- Hodson, Daniel L. R.; Sutton, Rowan T.; The impact of resolution on the adjustment and decadal variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in a coupled climate model. Climate Dynamics, 39 (12) , 3057--3073, [doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1309-0] Feb 2012
- Sutton, R.T.; Dong, B.-W.; Atlantic Ocean influence on a shift in European climate in the 1990s. Nature Geoscience, 5, 788-792, [doi:10.1038/ngeo1595117] 2012
- Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; Time of emergence of climate signals. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, 6, [doi:10.1029/2011GL050087] 2012
- Chalmers, N.; Highwood, E. J.; Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; Wilcox, L. J.; Aerosol contribution to the rapid warming of near-term climate under RCP 2.6. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, [doi:10.1029/2012GL052848] 2012
- Hodson, D. L. R.; Sutton, R.T.; The impact of resolution on the adjustment and decadal variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a coupled climate model. Climate Dynamics Jan 2012
- Robson, J.; Sutton, R.T.; Lohmann, Katja; Smith, Doug; Palmer, Matthew D.; Causes of the rapid warming of the North Atlantic ocean in the mid 1990s. Journal Of Climate Dec 2011
- Joshi, M. M.; Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; Lowe, Jason; Frame, Dave; Projections of when temperature change will exceed 2?C above pre-industrial levels. Nature Climate Change, 1 (8) , 407--412, Nov 2011
- Joshi, M. M.; Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; Lowe, Jason A.; Frame, D.; Projections of when temperature change will exceed 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Nature Climate Change, 1, 407-412, [doi:10.1038/nclimate1261] 2011
- Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; The potential to narrow uncertainty in projections of regional precipitation change. Climate Dynamics, 37, 407-418, [doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0810-6] 2011
- Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; Estimating climatically relevant singular vectors for decadal predictions of the Atlantic Ocean. Journal Of Climate, 24, 109, [doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3579.1] Jan 2011
- Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, R.T.; Woollings, T.; Changes of interannual NAO variability in response to greenhouse gases forcing. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0936-6] 2011
- Hawkins, Ed; Robson, J.; Sutton, R.T.; Smith, Doug; Keenlyside, Noel; Evaluating the potential for statistical decadal predictions of SSTs with a perfect model approach. Climate Dynamics, 37, 2495, [doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1023-3] 2011
- Ortega, P.; Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; Processes governing the predictability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in a coupled GCM. Climate Dynamics, 37, 1771, [doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1025-1] 2011
- Hodson, D. L. R.; Sutton, R.T.; Cassou, C.; Keenlyside, N.; Okumura, Y.; Zhou, T.; Climate impacts of recent multidecadal changes in Atlantic Ocean Sea Surface Temperature: A multimodel comparison. Climate Dynamics, 34 (7-8) , 1041--1058, [doi:10.1007/s00382-009-0571-2] Jun 2010
- Sutton, R.T.; Grand Challenge and Economic Opportunity, Public Service Review. Uk Science And Technology 16-17, 2010
- R.L., Wilby; Troni, J; Biot, Y; Tedd, L.; Hewitson, B.; Smith, Doug M.; Sutton, R.T.; A review of climate risk information for adaptation and development planning. International Journal Of Climatology, 29 (9) , 1193-1215, [doi:10.1002/joc.1839] 2009
- Keeley, S. P. E.; Sutton, R.T.; Shaffrey, Len; Does the North Atlantic Oscillation show unusual persistence on intraseasonal timescales?. Geophysical Research Letters, 36 (L22706) , [doi:10.1029/2009GL040367] 2009
- Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; Decadal predictability of the Atlantic Ocean in a coupled GCM: forecast skill and optimal perturbations using Linear Inverse Modelling. Journal Of Climate, 22 (14) , 3960--3978, [doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2720.1] 2009
- Dong, B.-W.; Gregory, J. M.; Sutton, R.T.; Understanding land-sea warming contrast in response to increasing greenhouse gases. Part I: Transient adjustment. Journal Of Climate, 22 (11) , 3079--3097, [doi:10.1175/2009jcli2652.1] 2009
- Dong, B.-W.; Dufresne, J. L.; Gualdi, S.; Friedlingstein, P.; Keenlyside, N.; Maheras, P.; Salas, D.; Sutton, R.T.; Terray, L.; Chapter: Understanding the processes governing climate variability and change, climate predictability and the probability of extreme eve pages 79--93, In Summary of research and results from the ENSEMBLES project, Met Office Hadley Centre, 2009
- Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; The Potential to Narrow Uncertainty in Regional Climate Predictions. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 90 (8) , 1095--1107, [doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2607.1] 2009
- Haines, Keith; Hermanson, L; Liu, Chunlei; Putt, Debbie; Sutton, R.T.; Iwi, A. M.; Smith, Doug; Decadal climate prediction (project GCEP). Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical And Engineering Sciences, 367 (1890) , 925--937, [doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0178] 2009
- Hermanson, L; Sutton, R.T.; Climate predictability in the second year. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical And Engineering Sciences, 367 (1890) , 913--916, [doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0181] 2009
- Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; Potential predictability of rapid changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 35 (11) , [doi:10.1029/2008GL034059] 2008
- Hodson, D. L. R.; Sutton, R.T.; Exploring multi-model atmospheric GCM ensembles with ANOVA. Climate Dynamics, 31 (7-8) , 973--986, [doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0372-z] 2008
- Stott, Peter A.; Sutton, R.T.; Smith, Doug M.; Detection and attribution of Atlantic salinity changes. Geophysical Research Letters, 35 (21) , [doi:10.1029/2008GL035874] 2008
- Williams, P.D.; Guilyardi, Eric; Sutton, R.T.; Gregory, J. M.; Madec, Gurvan; A new feedback on climate change from the hydrological cycle. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, [doi:10.1029/2007GL029275] Apr 2007
- Hawkins, Ed; Sutton, R.T.; Variability of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation described by three-dimensional empirical orthogonal functions. Climate Dynamics, 29 (7-8) , 745--762, [doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0263-8] 2007
- Timmermann, A.; Okumura, Y.; An, S. -I.; Clement, A.; Dong, B.-W.; Guilyardi, Eric; Hu, A.; Jungclaus, J. H.; Renold, M.; Stocker, T. F.; Stouffer, R. J.; Sutton, R.T.; Xie, S. -P.; Yin, J.; The Influence of a Weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on ENSO. Journal Of Climate, 20 (19) , 4899--4899, [doi:10.1175/JCLI4283.1] 2007
- Sutton, R.T.; Dong, B.-W.; Gregory, J. M.; Land/sea warming ratio in response to climate change: IPCC AR4 model results and comparison with observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (2) , [doi:10.1029/2006GL028164] 2007
- Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, R.T.; Enhancement of ENSO Variability by a Weakened Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation in a Coupled GCM. Journal Of Climate, 20 (19) , 4920--4920, [doi:10.1175/JCLI4284.1] 2007
- Spencer, Hilary; Sutton, R.T.; Slingo, J. M.; El Niño in a Coupled Climate Model: Sensitivity to Changes in Mean State Induced by Heat Flux and Wind Stress Corrections. Journal Of Climate, 20 (10) , 2273--2273, [doi:10.1175/JCLI4111.1] 2007
- Sutton, R.T.; Hodson, D. L. R.; Climate Response to Basin-Scale Warming and Cooling of the North Atlantic Ocean. Journal Of Climate, 20 (5) , 891--891, [doi:10.1175/JCLI4038.1] 2007
- George, S. E.; Sutton, R. T.; Predictability and skill of boreal winter forecasts made with the {ECMWF} Seasonal Forecasting System II. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 132 (619) , 2031--2053, [doi:10.1256/qj.04.180] Jul 2006
- Pezzulli, Sergio; Frederic, Patrizio; Majithia, Shanti; Sabbagh, Sal; Black, Emily; Sutton, R.T.; Stephenson, D. B.; The seasonal forecast of electricity demand: a hierarchical Bayesian model with climatological weather generator. Applied Stochastic Models In Business And Industry, 22 (2) , 113--125, [doi:10.1002/asmb.622] 2006
- Black, Emily; Sutton, R.T.; The influence of oceanic conditions on the hot European summer of 2003. Climate Dynamics, 28 (1) , 53--66, [doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0179-8] 2006
- Copsey, Dan; Sutton, R.T.; Knight, Jeff R.; Recent trends in sea level pressure in the Indian Ocean region. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (19) , [doi:10.1029/2006GL027175] 2006
- Williams, P.D.; Guilyardi, Eric; Sutton, R.T.; Gregory, J. M.; Madec, G.; On the climate response of the low-latitude Pacific Ocean to changes in the global freshwater cycle. Climate Dynamics, 27 (6) , 593--611, [doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0151-7] 2006
- Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, R.T.; Scaife, Adam A.; Multidecadal modulation of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variance by Atlantic Ocean sea surface temperatures. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (8) , [doi:10.1029/2006GL025766] 2006
- Collins, M.; Botzet, M.; Carril, A. F.; Drange, H.; Jouzeau, A.; Latif, M.; Masina, S.; Otteraa, O. H.; Pohlmann, H.; Sorteberg, A.; Sutton, R.T.; Terray, L.; Interannual to Decadal Climate Predictability in the North Atlantic: A Multimodel-Ensemble Study. Journal Of Climate, 19 (7) , 1195--1195, [doi:10.1175/JCLI3654.1] 2006
- Snaith, Helen; Sutton, R.T.; Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Processes and European Climate (COAPEC): Improved Understanding of the Coupled Climate System. Journal Of Climate, 19 (7) , 1065--1065, [doi:10.1175/JCLI9017.1] 2006
- Sutton, R.T.; CLIVAR Workshop on Atlantic Climate Predictability. Journal Of Climate, 19 (23) , 5947--5947, [doi:10.1175/JCLI9027.1] 2006
- Shaffrey, Len; Sutton, R.T.; Bjerknes Compensation and the Decadal Variability of the Energy Transports in a Coupled Climate Model. Journal Of Climate, 19 (7) , 1167--1167, [doi:10.1175/JCLI3652.1] 2006
- Sutton, R.T.; Mathieu, P. -P.; Collins, M.; Dong, B.-W.; Reply. Journal Of Climate, 18 (14) , 2773--2773, [doi:10.1175/JCLI3442.1] 2005
- Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, R.T.; Mechanism of Interdecadal Thermohaline Circulation Variability in a Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere GCM. Journal Of Climate, 18 (8) , 1117--1117, [doi:10.1175/JCLI3328.1] 2005
- Sutton, R.T.; Informing adaptation: New challenges for the climate modelling community. Weather, 60 (7) , 186--189, [doi:10.1256/wea.224.04] 2005
- Spencer, Hilary; Sutton, R.T.; Slingo, J. M.; Roberts, Malcolm; Black, Emily; Indian Ocean Climate and Dipole Variability in Hadley Centre Coupled GCMs. Journal Of Climate, 18 (13) , 2286--2286, [doi:10.1175/JCLI3410.1] 2005
- Sutton, R.T.; Hodson, D. L. R.; Atlantic Ocean Forcing of North American and European Summer Climate. Science, 309 (5731) , 115--118, [doi:10.1126/science.1109496] 2005
- Rodwell, M. J.; Drévillon, M.; Frankignoul, C.; Hurrell, J. W.; Pohlmann, H.; Stendel, M.; Sutton, R.T.; North Atlantic forcing of climate and its uncertainty from a multi-model experiment. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 130 (601) , 2013--2032, [doi:10.1256/qj.03.207] 2004
- Frankignoul, C.; Botzet, M.; Carril, A. F.; Kestenare, E.; Drange, H.; Pardaens, A.; Terray, L.; Sutton, R.T.; An intercomparison between the surface heat flux feedback in five coupled models, COADS and the NCEP reanalysis. Climate Dynamics, 22 (4) , 373--388, [doi:10.1007/s00382-003-0388-3] 2004
- Sutton, R.T.; Hodson, D. L. R.; Influence of the Ocean on North Atlantic Climate Variability 1871-1999. Journal Of Climate, 16 (20) , 3296--3313, [doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3296:IOTOON>2.0.CO;2] 2003
- Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, R.T.; Variability in North Atlantic heat content and heat transport in a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM. Climate Dynamics, 19 (5-6) , 485--497, [doi:10.1007/s00382-002-0239-7] 2002
- Benestad, Rasmus E.; Sutton, R.T.; Anderson, David L. T.; The effect of El Niño on intraseasonal Kelvin waves. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 128 (582) , 1277--1291, [doi:10.1256/003590002320373292] 2002
- Benestad, R. E.; Sutton, R.T.; Allen, M. R.; Anderson, D. L. T.; The influence of subseasonal wind variability on tropical instability waves in the Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (10) , 2041--2041, [doi:10.1029/2000GL012563] 2001
- Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, R.T.; The dominant mechanisms of variability in Atlantic Ocean Heat Transport in a Coupled Oceanâ€Atmosphere GCM. Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (12) , 2445--2445, [doi:10.1029/2000GL012531] 2001
- Thuburn, J.; Sutton, R.T.; The seasonal cycle of tropical Pacific sea surface temperature in a coupled GCM. Climate Dynamics, 16 (12) , 935--947, [doi:10.1007/s003820000089] 2000
- Dong, B.-W.; Sutton, R.T.; Jewson, S. P.; O'Neill, A.; Slingo, J. M.; Predictable winter climate in the North Atlantic sector during the 1997–1999 ENSO cycle. Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (7) , 985--985, [doi:10.1029/1999GL010994] 2000
Achievements / Science Highlights
- Understanding the causes of the rapid warming of the North Atlantic Ocean in the mid 1990s, October 2010
- Causes of the rapid warming of the North Atlantic Ocean in the mid 1990s, February 2012
- Contributions to the development of the Next Generation Models and Prediction Systems, December 2011
- Contributions to the Ongoing evaluation and improvement of the Met Office Models and Prediction Systems, December 2011
- Collaborations with the Met Office to increase impact on government and industry., December 2011
Engagements
- Various media interviews including appearrance on BBC Breakfast and BBC Worldwide in connection with cold December conditions in the UK, December 2010
- University of Reading Annual Walker Institute Public Lecture: Towards a Strategy for Climate Risk Assessment, June 2011
- Interview with BBC radio Scotland about long range weather forecasts, September 2011
- Numerous media interviews (including Radio 4 Today programme, BBC news website, The Guardian) about our study "Atlantic Ocean influence on a shift in European climate in the 1990s". Also featured in Planet Earth online., October 2012
- Development of NCAS Climate Public engagement webpages (http://www.ncas.ac.uk/index.php/en/climate-public-engagement) and science highlights (http://www.ncas.ac.uk/index.php/en/climate-science-highlights), December 2011
Policy advice
- Presentation to DECC Secretary of State Chris Huhne in advance of the Cancun Climate Summit, summarising latest climate science., (Department of Energy and Climate Change), November 2010
- Appointment to steering group for DFID-Met Office Climate Science Research Partnership, (Department for International Development), September 2010
- Invited seminar at Department for International Development: Climate modelling for adaptation: current capabilities and future potential , (), October 2010
- Presentation on climate modelling to Defra Science Advisory Committee, and participation in related workshops, (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), June 2010
- Presentation to, and participation in, meetings on climate science organised by Chief Science Advisor John Beddington, (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), March 2010
- Appointment as Lead Author, Working Group 1, Chapter 11, of the fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (International Organisations/Committees), February 2011
- Authored article in Public Service Review on the challenges and opportunities for climate science, subsequently discussed with DECC, (Department of Energy and Climate Change), November 2010
- Member of the DFID steering committee for the Met Office Hadley Climate Science Research Partnership (CSRP) programme, focussing on African climate science and its applications. , (Department for International Development), February 2012
- Lead author Chapter 11 of Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group 1 , (International Organisations/Committees), February 2012
- University of Reading Walker Institute Annual Lecture: Towards a Strategy for Climate Risk Assessment (attended by several members of the Defra climate change adaptation team, with whom I had subsequent discussion)., (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), June 2011
- Solicited review provided to Defra CSA Bob Watson of a Met Office paper on the predictability of the wet April in the UK in 2012, (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Parliamentary Committees), July 2012
- Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fifth Assessment Report, (International Organisations/Committees), December 2011