Publications & Research Outputs

A collection of my manuscripts, preprints, and peer-reviewed publications in climate dynamics and Earth system modeling.

📄 Current Manuscripts

  • Sun, L., R. Wills, C. Deser, A. Herrington, I. Simpson, M. Gervais, 2025: Increased Model Resolution Amplifies Arctic Precipitation and Atmospheric Circulation Response to Sea-Ice Loss, J. Climate, in review. [Preprint].
  • Sun, L., J. Hurrell, K. Rasmussen, B. Kravitz, B. Summers, 2025: Assessing the Impact of Solar Climate Intervention on Future U.S. Weather Using a Convection-Permitting Model. Geosci. Model Dev., in review. [Preprint].
  • Sigmond, M. and L. Sun, Atmospheric jet stream response to future Arctic sea ice loss not underestimated by climate models, NPJ Clim. Atmos. Sci., Accepted.
  • Kang, J., T. Shaw and L. Sun, Using energetic frameworks to assess artificial heating in coupled model sea ice loss experiments, J. Climate, in revision.
  • Screen, J., and co-authors (including L. Sun), 2025: Causes and consequences of polar amplification elucidated by coordinated multimodel experiments, Commun. Earth Environ., in revision.
  • Kaye, A. R., L. Sun, W. S. Hart, J.W. Hurrell, M. J. Tildesley, R. N. Thompson, 2025: The effect of natural climate variability on future suitability for vector-borne disease: a mathematical modelling study, Proc. R. Soc. B, In review.
  • Chakraborty, A, J. W. Hurrell, K. Rasmussen and L. Sun, 2025: Evaluating Changes in Convective Environments Over Subtropical South America Under Forced and Natural Climate Variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., in revision.
  • Summers, B., K. Rasmussen, J. W. Hurrell, L. Sun, and H. Yu, 2025: Future Projections of the 2011 Super Tornado Outbreak Under Global Warming and Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, Earth’s Future, manuscript nearly ready for submission.
  • Nguyen, T.Q., B. Kravitz, J. W. Hurrell, K. L. Rasmussen, T. A. O’Brien, D. L. Ficklin, D. Visioni, L. Sun and T. Li, 2025: Dynamical downscaling for Solar geoengineering: U.S. Midwest extreme precipitation signals and implications for future simulations, Geophys. Res. Lett., manuscript nearly ready for submission.

📚 Peer-reviewed Publications

60 publications • 4,384 citations • h-index 32

    • Wu, Y., L. Sun and O. Terry, 2025: Can Arctic Sea Ice Melting Lead to More Summertime Heat Extremes? Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2025GL116668. [Link].
    • Ding, X., G. Chen, Y. Wang and L. Sun, 2025: Demystifying the drivers of the spring warming asymmetry between Eurasia and North America. Sci. Adv. 11, eadu2364. [Link].
    • Sun, L., C. Patrizio, D. Thompson and J. Hurrell, 2025: Influence of Anomalous Ocean Heat Transport on the Extratropical Atmospheric Circulation in a High-Resolution Slab-Ocean Coupled Model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2024GL111770. [Link].
    • Kang J., T. Shaw and L. Sun, 2024: Anthropogenic aerosols have significantly weakened the regional summertime circulation in the Northern Hemisphere during the satellite era, AGU Adv., 5, e2024AV001318. [Link].
    • Kaye, A. R., U. Obolski, L. Sun, J. W. Hurrell, M. J. Tildesley, R. N. Thompson, 2024: The impact of climate change and natural climate variability on the global distribution of Aedes aegypti, Lancet Planet. Health, 8(12), e1079–e1087. [Link].
    • Franke, M., J. Hurrell, K. Rasmussen and L. Sun, 2024: Impact of forced and internal climate variability on changes in convective environments over the eastern United States, Front. Clim., 6:1385527. [Link].
    • Rea, D., D. Elsbury, A. Butler, L. Sun, Y. Peings and G. Magnusdottir, 2024: Interannual influence of Antarctic sea ice on Southern Hemisphere stratosphere–troposphere coupling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL107478. [Link].
    • Sigmond, M. and L. Sun, 2024: The role of the basic state in the climate response to future sea ice loss, Environ. Res. Climate, 3, 031002. [Link].
    • Gervais, M., L. Sun, C. Deser, 2024: Impacts of Projected Arctic Sea Ice Loss on Daily Weather Patterns over North America, J. Climate, 37, 1065–1085, [Link].
    • Glade, I., J. Hurrell, L. Sun, K. Rasmussen, 2023: Assessing the impact of stratospheric aerosol injection on U.S. convective weather environments, Earth’s Future, 11, e2023EF004041. [Link].
    • Liang, Y.-C., Y. Kwon, C. Frankignoul, G. Gastineau, K. L. Smith, L. M. Polvani, L. Sun, Y. Peings, C. Deser, R. Zhang and J. Screen, 2023: The Weakening of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex and the Subsequent Surface Impacts as Consequences to Arctic Sea-Ice Loss, J. Climate, 37, 309–333. [Link].
    • Kang, J., T. Shaw and L. Sun, 2023: Arctic Sea Ice Loss Weakens Northern Hemisphere Summertime Storminess but Not Until the Late 21st Century, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2022GL102301. [Link].
    • Hueholt, D., E. A. Barnes, J. W. Hurrell, J. H. Richter and L. Sun, 2023: Assessing Outcomes in Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Scenarios Shortly After Deployment, Earth’s Future, 11, e2023EF003488. [Link].
    • Barnes, E., J. Hurrell, L. Sun, 2022: Detecting changes in global extremes under the GLENS-SAI climate intervention strategy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2022GL100198. [Link].
    • Sun, L., M. Hoerling, J. H. Richter, A. Hoell, A. Kumar and J. Hurrell, 2022: Attribution of North American Subseasonal Precipitation Prediction Skill, Wea. Forecasting, 37, 2069–2085. [Link].
    • Ding, X., G. Chen, L. Sun and P. Zhang, 2022: Distinct surface temperature signatures following the zonally symmetric and asymmetric modes of stratospheric variability in Northern Hemisphere winter, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2021GL096076. [Link].
    • Richter, J. et al. (including L. Sun), 2022: Subseasonal Earth system prediction with CESM2, Wea. Forecasting, 37, 797–815. [Link].
    • Hay, S., P. J. Kushner, R. Blackport, K. E. McCusker, T. Oudar, L. Sun, M. England, C. Deser, J. A. Screen and L. M. Polvani, 2022: Separating the influences of low-latitude warming and sea-ice loss on Northern Hemisphere climate change, J. Climate, 35, 2327–2349. [Link].
    • Smith, D., et al. (including L. Sun), 2022: Robust but weak multi-model atmospheric response to future Arctic sea ice loss, Nat. Commun., 13, 727. [Link].
    • Sun, L., C. Deser, I. Simpson and M. Sigmond, 2022: Uncertainty in the winter atmospheric response to Arctic sea ice loss: the role of stratospheric polar vortex internal variability, J. Climate, 35, 3109–3130. [Link].
    • Yook, S., D. W. J. Thompson, L. Sun and C. Patrizio, 2022: The simulated atmospheric response to western North Pacific sea-surface temperature anomalies, J. Climate, 35, 3335–3352. [Link].
    • Oehrlein, J., L. Polvani, L. Sun, C. Deser, 2021: How well do we know the surface impact of sudden stratospheric warmings? Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL095493. [Link].
    • Samarasinghe, S., E. A. Barnes, C. Connolly, I. Ebert-Uphoff and L. Sun, 2021: Strengthened causal connections between the MJO and the North Atlantic with climate warming, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL091168. [Link].
    • Meehl, G. A., J. H. Richter, H. Teng et al. (including L. Sun), 2021: Initialized subseasonal to decadal Earth system prediction, Nat. Rev. Earth Environ., 2, 340–357. [Link].
    • Audette, A., R. Fajber, P. J. Kushner, Y. Wu, Y. Peings, G. Magnusdottir, M. Sigmond and L. Sun, 2021: Opposite responses of the dry and moist heat transport in PAMIP experiments, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL089990. [Link].
    • Sun, L., J. Perlwitz, J. Richter, M. Hoerling, J. W. Hurrell, 2020: NAO predictive skill beyond two weeks in boreal winter, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL090451. [Link].
    • Banerjee, A., A. H. Butler, L. M. Polvani, A. Robock, I. R. Simpson and L. Sun, 2020: Robust winter warming over Eurasia under stratospheric sulfate geoengineering – the role of stratospheric dynamics, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 6985–6997. [Link].
    • Sun, L., C. Deser, R. A. Tomas and M. Alexander, 2020: Global coupled climate response to polar sea ice loss: Evaluating the effectiveness of ice-constraining approaches, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2019GL085788. [Link].
    • Richter, J. H., K. Pegion, L. Sun et al., 2020: Subseasonal prediction with and without a well-represented stratosphere in CESM1, Wea. Forecasting, 35, 2589–2602. [Link].
    • Thompson, R. N., M. J. Thompson, J. W. Hurrell, L. Sun and U. Obolski, 2020: Assessing the threat of major vector-borne disease outbreaks under climate change, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, pp 25–35. [Link].
    • England, M., L. Polvani and L. Sun, 2020: Robust Arctic warming caused by projected Antarctic sea ice loss, Environ. Res. Lett., 15, 104005. [Link].
    • England, M., L. Polvani, L. Sun and C. Deser, 2020: Tropical climate responses to projected Arctic and Antarctic sea ice loss, Nat. Geosci., 13, 275–281. [Link].
    • Zhang, X., C. Deser and L. Sun, 2020: Is there a tropical response to recent observed Southern Ocean cooling? Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL091235. [Link].
    • Sun, L., M. Alexander, and C. Deser, 2018: Evolution of the global coupled climate response to Arctic sea ice loss during 1990–2090, J. Climate, 31, 7823–7843. [Link].
    • Wang, K., C. Deser, L. Sun and R. Tomas, 2018: Fast response of the tropics to an abrupt loss of Arctic sea ice via ocean dynamics, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 4264–4272. [Link].
    • England, M., L. Polvani and L. Sun, 2018: Contrasting Antarctic and Arctic atmospheric responses to projected sea ice loss by 2100, J. Climate, 31, 6353–6370. [Link].
    • Screen, J. A., C. Deser, D. M. Smith, X. Zhang, R. Blackport, P. J. Kushner, T. Oudar, K. E. McCusker and L. Sun, 2018: Consistency and discrepancy in atmospheric responses to Arctic sea-ice loss across models, Nat. Geosci., 11, 155–163. [Link].
    • Sun, L., D. Allured, M. Hoerling, L. Smith, J. Perlwitz, and D. Murray, 2018: Drivers of 2016 record Arctic warmth from factual and counterfactual simulations, Weather and Climate Extremes, 19,1-8. [Link].
    • Xue, D., J. Lu, L. Sun, G. Chen and Y. Zhang, 2017: Anti-cyclonic wave activity increase over Northern Eurasia under Arctic warming, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 3299–3308. [Link].
    • Polvani, L., L. Sun, A. H. Butler, J. H. Richter and C. Deser, 2017: Distinguishing SSWs from ENSO as drivers of winter climate variability, J. Climate, 30, 1959–1969. [Link].
    • Burrows, D. A., G. Chen and L. Sun, 2017: Barotropic and baroclinic eddy feedbacks in midlatitude jet variability, J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 111–132. [Link].
    • Sun, L., J. Perlwitz and M. Hoerling, 2016: Causes of the “Warm Arctic, Cold Continents” trend pattern, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 5345–5352. [Link].
    • Deser, C., L. Sun, R. A. Tomas and J. Screen, 2016: Does ocean coupling matter for Northern Hemisphere responses to Arctic sea ice loss?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 2149–2157. [Link].
    • Tomas, R. A., C. Deser and L. Sun, 2016: Role of ocean heat transport in global response to Arctic sea ice loss, J. Climate, 29, 6841–6859. [Link].
    • Sun, L., C. Deser and R. A. Tomas, 2015: Mechanisms of stratospheric and tropospheric circulation response to Arctic sea ice loss, J. Climate, 28, 7824–7845. [Link].
    • Yang, H., L. Sun and G. Chen, 2015: Separating transient responses to stratospheric ozone-depletion-like cooling in a model, J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 763–773. [Link].
    • Richter, J. H., C. Deser and L. Sun, 2015: Effects of stratospheric variability on ENSO teleconnections, Environ. Res. Lett., 10, 124021. [Link].
    • Deser, C., R. A. Tomas and L. Sun, 2015: Ocean–atmosphere coupling in zonal-mean response to Arctic sea ice loss, J. Climate, 28, 2168–2186. [Link].
    • Screen, J. A., C. Deser and L. Sun, 2015: Projected changes in regional climate extremes from Arctic sea ice loss, Environ. Res. Lett., 10, 084006. [Link].
    • Screen, J. A., C. Deser and L. Sun, 2015: Reduced risk of North American cold extremes due to continued sea ice loss, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 1489–1503 [Link].
    • Sun, L., C. Deser, L. Polvani and R. A. Tomas, 2014: Influence of projected Arctic sea ice loss on polar stratospheric ozone and circulation, Environ. Res. Lett., 9, 084016. [Link].
    • Sun, L., G. Chen and W. A. Robinson, 2014: Role of stratospheric vortex breakdown in Southern Hemisphere trends, J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2335–2353. [Link].
    • Lu, J., L. Sun, Y. Wu and G. Chen, 2014: PV mixing and zonal mean circulation response to global warming-like forcing, J. Climate, 27, 2297–2316. [Link].
    • Sun, L., G. Chen and J. Lu, 2013: Sensitivity of zonal mean circulation to tropical warming, J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 2487–2504. [Link].
    • Domeisen, D., L. Sun and G. Chen, 2013: Synoptic eddies and tropospheric responses to stratospheric variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 4933–4937. [Link].
    • Chen, G., J. Lu and L. Sun, 2013: Eddy–zonal flow interactions under uniform SST warming in an aquaplanet, J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 2214–2233. [Link].
    • Sun, L., W. A. Robinson and G. Chen, 2012: Predictability of stratospheric warming events, J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 768–783. [Link].
    • Chen, G. and L. Sun, 2011: Mechanisms of the tropical upwelling branch of the Brewer–Dobson circulation, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 2878–2892. [Link].
    • Sun, L., W. A. Robinson and G. Chen, 2011: Planetary waves and downward influence of stratospheric final warmings, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 2826–2843. [Link].
    • Sun, L. and W. A. Robinson, 2009: Downward influence of stratospheric final warming events in an idealized model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03819. [Link].
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