Publications


Submitted / In press


  • Valles, Ignasi Casanova, O. Adam, and Marta Martin Rey ,2024: Influence of Winter Saharan Dust on Equatorial Atlantic Variability. Nature Communications Earth & Environment, submitted.
  • Byrne, Michael P., and co authors, 2024: Theory and the future of land-climate science. Nature Geoscience, submitted.
  • Garfinkel C.I., B. Keller, O. Lachmy,  I. While, E.P. Gerber, M. Jucker, and O. Adam, 2024: Impact of parameterized convection on the storm track and jet stream response to global warming: implications for mechanisms of the future poleward shift. Journal of Climate, in press, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0105.3..
 
 

Journal articles


2023

  • Adam O., M. Shourky, C.I. Garfinkel, and M. Byrne, 2023: Increased uncertainty in projections of precipitation and evaporation due to wet-get-wetter/dry-get-drier biases.  Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL106365. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106365
  • Adam O., 2023: The influence of equatorial cooling on axially symmetric atmospheric circulation forced by annually averaged heating. Journal Of Climate, 36, 7451–7464, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0157.1  
  • Gianchandani Kaushal, Sagi Maor, Ori Adam, Alexander Farnsworth,  Hezi Gildor, Daniel J. Lunt, and Nathan Paldor, 2023: Both tectonic activity and COvariability affect temperature gradients in the Cretaceous. Nature Communications, 14, 5193 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40905-7
  • Adam O., A. Farnsworth, and D. J. Lunt, 2023: Modality and seasonal variation of the tropical rain belt across models and simulated climates, Journal of Climate, 36(5), 1331–1345, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0521.1
  • Adam O., Noga Liberty-Levi, Michael Byrne, and Thomas Birner, 2023: Reduced tropical climate land area under global warming. GRL, 50, e2022GL102546
 

2022 

  • Eilat Elbaum, Chaim I. Garfinkel, Ori Adam, Efrat Morin, Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein, and Uri Dayan, 2022: Uncertainty in projected changes in precipitation minus evaporation: dominant role of dynamic circulation changes and weak role for thermodynamic changes. GRL, 49, e2022GL097725. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL097725.
  • Grünzweig J.M., H.j. De Boeck, A. Rey, M.J. Santos, O. Tzuk, O. Flores, O. Adam, M. Bahn, G. Deckmyn, S.C. Dekker, D. Gliksman, E. Meron, R. Qubaja, H.L. Throop, E. Sheffer, & D. Yakir, 2022: Dryland mechanisms could widely control ecosystem functioning in a drier and warmer world. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 61064–1076
  • Armon M., F. Marra, Y. Enzel, D. Rostkier-Edelstein, C. I. Garfinkel, O. Adam, U. Dayan, and E. Morin, 2022: Reduced Rainfall in Future Heavy Precipitation Events Related to Contracted Rain Area Despite Increased Rain Rate. Earth’s Future, 10, e2021EF002397, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002397
 

2021

  • Erez M. and O. Adam, 2021: Energetic constraints on the time-dependent response of the ITCZ to volcanic eruptions. Journal Of Climate, 34 (24), 9989-10006, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0146.1
  • Shamir O., Chaim I. Garfinkel, O. Adam and Nathan Paldor, 2021: A note on the power distribution between symmetric and anti-symmetric components of the tropical Brightness Temperature spectrum in the wavenumber-frequency plane. JAS, 78 (11), 3473-3476 https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0099.1 
  • Samuels M., O. Adam and H. Gildor, 2021: Shallow Thermocline Bias in the Southern Tropical Pacific in CMIP5/6 Models. GRL, , 48, e2021GL093818. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093818
  • Garfinkel C.I., I. White, E. Gerber, O. Adam, and M. Jucker, 2021: Nonlinear Interaction between the Drivers of the Monsoon and Summertime Stationary Waves. GRL, 48, e2020GL092321. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL092321
  • Berger, K.I., O. Adam, R.W. Dal Negro, D.A. Kaminsky, R.J. Shiner, F. Burgos, F.D.C. de Jongh, I. Cohen, J.F. Fredberg, 2020: Validation of a novel compact system for the measurement of lung volumes. CHEST, 10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.052.
  • Marra, F., M. Armon, O. Adam, D. Zoccatelli, O. Gazal, C. Garfinkel, D. Rostkier-Edelstein, U. Dayan, Y. Enzel, and E. Morin, 2021: Towards narrowing uncertainty in future projections of local extreme precipitation. GRL, 48, e2020GL091823.
  • Adam O., 2021: Dynamic and energetic constraints on the modality and position of the intertropical convergence zone in an aquaplanet. Journal Of Climate, 34(2), 527-543 https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0128.1. pdf.

2020

  • Zaarur, S., M. Stein, O. Adam, J. Mingram, J. Liu, J. Wu, and Y. Erel, 2020: Synoptic stability and anomalies in NE China inferred from dust provenance of Sihailongwan Maar sediments during the past ~80 kyr. Quaternary Science Reviews, 239, 106278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106279
  • Afargan-Gerstman, H. and O. Adam, 2020: Nonlinear damping of ITCZ migrations due to Ekman ocean energy transport. GRL, 47, e2019GL086445. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086445.
  • Staten, P.W., K.M. Grise, S.M. Davis, K.B. Karnauskas, D.W. Waugh, A. Maycock, Q. Fu, K. Cook, O. Adam, I.R. Simpson, R.J. Allen, K. Rosenlof, G. Chen, C.C. Ummenhofer, X. Quan, J.P. Kossin, N.A. Davis, and S. Son, 2020: Tropical widening: From global variations to regional impacts. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.101 (6): E897–E904, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0047.1
  • Garfinkel, C. I., O. Adam, E. Morin, Y. Enzel, E. Elbaum, M. Bartov, D. Rostkier-Edelstein, and U. Dayan, 2020: The Role of Zonally Averaged Climate Change in Contributing to Intermodel Spread in CMIP5 Predicted Local Precipitation Changes. J. Climate, 33 ,1141–1154, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0232.1

2019

2018

  • Adam, O., K. M. Grise, P. Staten, I. R. Simpson, S. M. Davis, N. A. Davis, D. W. Waugh, T. Birner and A. Ming, 2018: The TropD software package (v1): Standardized methods for calculating Tropical Width Diagnostics. Geoscientific Model Development, 11, 4339–4357. Code. pdf. SM. Publisher.
  • Adam O., I. Cohen, W-K Yip, R. J. Shiner, P. Calverley, Z. Peles, A. LaPrad, Y. Dagan, R. Brown, J. Solway, and J. Fredberg, 2018: Total lung capacity without plethysmography. BioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/395160. Publisher. pdf.
  • Zaarur, S.,  M. Stein, O. Adam, J. Mingram, G. Chu, J. Liu, J. Wu, and Y. Erel, 2018: Late Quaternary climate in southern China deduced from Sr-Nd isotopes of Huguangyan Maar sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters,  496, 1019. publisher.
  • Adam, O., 2018: Zonally varying ITCZs in a Matsuno–Gill-type model with an idealized Bjerknes feedback. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 10, 1304–1318, doi:10.1029/2017MS001183. pdf. Presentation. publisher.
  • Quade, J., E. Dente, M. Armon, Y. Ben Dor, E. Morin, O. Adam, and Y. Enzel, 2018:  Megalakes in the Sahara? A Review. Quaternary Research, 90(2), 253-275. doi:10.1017/qua.2018.46. publisher.
  • Grise, K.M, S.M. Davis, P.W. Staten, and O. Adam, 2018: Regional and Seasonal Characteristics of the Recent Expansion of the Tropics. J. Climate, 31, 6839–6856, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0060.1
  • Waugh, D.W., K.M. Grise, W.J.M. Seviour, S.M. Davis, N. Davis, O. Adam, S.-W. Son, I.R. Simpson, P.W. Staten, A.C. Maycock, C.C. Ummenhofer, T. Birner, and A. Ming, 2018: Revisiting the Relationship among Metrics of Tropical Expansion. J. Climate, 31, 7565–7581, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0108.1
  • Adam, O., T. Schneider, & F. Brient, 2018: Regional and seasonal variations of the double-ITCZ bias in CMIP5 models. Clim. Dyn., 51: 101, doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-3909-1. pdfpublisher.

2017

  • D’Agostino, R., P. Lionello, O. Adam, & T. Schneider, 2017: Factors controlling Hadley circulation changes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the end of the 21st century. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44. 85858591 pdf. SIpublisher.

2016

  • Adam, O., T. Schneider, F. Brient, & T. Bischoff, 2016: Relation of the double-ITCZ bias to the atmospheric energy budget in climate models. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 7670-7677. pdf. SIpublisher.
  • Adam, O., T. Bischoff & T. Schneider, 2016: Seasonal and interannual variations of the energy flux equator and ITCZ. Part II: Zonally varying shifts of the ITCZ. J. Climate, 29, 7281-7293, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0710.1. pdf. publisher.
  • Adam, O., T. Bischoff & T. Schneider, 2016: Seasonal and interannual variations of the energy flux equator and ITCZ. Part I: Zonally averaged ITCZ position. J. Climate, 29, 3219-3230. pdf. publisher.

Pre 2015

  • Adam, O., T. Schneider, & N. Harnik, 2014: Role of changes in mean temperatures versus temperature gradients in the recent widening of the Hadley circulation. J. Climate, 27, 7450-7461. pdfpublisher.
  • Harnik N., E. Galanti, O. Martius & O. Adam, 2014: The anomalous merging of the African and North Atlantic jet streams during Northern Hemisphere winter of 2010. J. Climate, 27, 7319-7334. pdfpublisher.
  • Adam, O. & N. Harnik, 2012: Idealized annually averaged Hadley Circulation in a Shallow Water Model. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 284-302. publisher.
  • Adam, O. & N. Paldor, 2010: On the role of viscosity in ideal Hadley circulation models. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L16801. pdfpublisher.
  • Adam, O. & Paldor, N., 2010: Global circulation in an axially symmetric shallow water model forced by off-equatorial differential heating. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 1275-1286. pdfpublisher.
  • Adam, O. & N. Paldor, 2009: Global circulation in an axially symmetric shallow water model forced by equinoctial differential heating. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 1414-1433. pdfpublisher.
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Patents / Patent Applications


  • Adam, O., A. LaPrad, I. Cohen, Z. Peles, J. Fredberg, & J. Solway, 2015: Determining Respiratory Parameters. WO Patent App. PCT/US2014/032,186
  • Lazar, A., M. Gaides, B. Rechav, O. Adam, Y. Sheinman, & R. Shiner, 2014: System and methods for the measurement of lung volumes. Patent US 8657757 B2
  • Adam, O., A. Lazar, R. Shiner, Z. Peles & Y. Sheinman, 2013: Methods and apparatus for the measurement of pulmonary parameters. US Patent App. 13/808,868
  • Shiner, R., O. Adam, & A. Lazar, 2011: Methods and devices for determining pulmonary measurements. US Patent App. 13/146,295
  • Adam, O., M. Gaides , S. Godfrey, A. Lazar, B. Rechav, S. Sheinman, & R. Shiner, 2010: System and methods for the measurement of lung volumes. EP Patent App. EP20,080,789,707