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Steven Feldstein

Senior Scientist

Ph.D. in Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1986.

Work Address:                                                                                                                    Home Address:
Earth and Environmental Systems Institute                                                                         887 Grace Street
The Pennsylvania State University                                                                                     State College, PA
2217 Earth-Engineering Science Building                                                                        16801   USA
University Park, PA                                                                                                            Tel: 814-234-5529
16802    USA
email: sbf@essc.psu.edu
Tel: 814-865-7042
  • Research  interests
    • Atmospheric and Climate Dynamics
    Low-frequency variability and teleconnections, wave/mean flow interaction,
    wave dynamics, baroclinic wave life cycles

    Earth Rotation
    Atmospheric dynamics associated with solid earth length-of-day and polar motion


  • PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS

    • Franzke, C., S. B. Feldstein, and S. Lee, 2008: A synoptic analysis of the Pacific-North  American teleconnection
    pattern.  J. Atmos. Sci.,  submitted.

    Johnson, N., S. B. Feldstein, and B. Trembley, 2008:  The continuum of Northern  Hemisphere teleconnection
    patterns and a description of the NAO shift with the use of self-organizing maps.  J. Atmos. Sci., submitted.

    Feldstein, S. B., 2008:  The dynamics of atmospherically-driven intraseasonal polar motion.      J. Atmos. Sci., in press.

    Feldstein, S. B.,  and U. Dayan, 2008:  Circumglobal teleconnections and wave packets associated with Israeli
    winter precipitation.       Quart. J. Roy. Meteorl. Soc.,  in press.

    Son, S-W, S. Lee, S. Feldstein, and J. Ten Hoeve, 2008:  Time scale and feedback of zonal mean flow variability.  J. Atmos. Sci, in press.

    Feldstein, S. B., 2007:  The dynamics of the North Atlantic Oscillation during the summer season. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorl. Soc., 133,  1509-1518.

    Lee, S., S-W. Son, K. Grise, and S. B. Feldstein, 2007:  A mechanism for poleward propagation of zonal mean flow anomalies.  J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 849-868.

    Son, S-W., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2007: Intraseasonal variability of extratropical tropopause height.  J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 608-620.

    Feldstein, S. B., and C. Franzke, 2006:  Are the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Northern Annular Mode distinguishable?  J. Atmos. Sci.,  63, 2915-2930.

    Feldstein, S. B., 2006: Dynamical processes of equatorial angular momentum.     J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 565-581.

    Franzke, C., and S. B. Feldstein, 2005:  The continuum and dynamics of Northern Hemisphere teleconnection patterns.  J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3250-3267.

    Franzke, C., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2004: Is the North Atlantic Oscillation a breaking wave? J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 145-160.

    Benedict, J. J., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2004: Synoptic view of the North Atlantic Oscillation.  J. Atmos. Sci.,  61, 121-144.

    Feldstein, S. B., 2003:  The dynamics associated with equatorial atmospheric angular momentum in an aquaplanet GCM.   J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 1822-1834.

    Feldstein,  S. B., 2003: The dynamics of NAO teleconnection pattern growth and decay. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorl. Soc.,  129, 901-924.

    Feldstein, S. B., 2002: Fundamental mechanisms of PNA teleconnection pattern growth and decay.  Quart. J. Roy. Meteorl. Soc., 128, 775-796.

    Feldstein, S. B., 2002: The recent trend and variance increase of the annular mode.  J. Climate, 15, 88-94.

    Feldstein, S. B., 2001: Friction torque dynamics associated with intraseasonal Length-of-Day variability.  J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 2942-2953.

    Feldstein, S. B., 2000: Teleconnections and ENSO: The timescale, power spectra, and climate noise properties.  J. Climate, 13, 4430.

    Feldstein, S. B., 2000: Is interannual zonal mean flow variability simply climate noise? J. Climate, 13, 2356-2362.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1999: The atmospheric dynamics of intraseasonal Length-Of-Day fluctuations during the austral winter.   J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3043-3058.

    Feldstein, S. B., and S. Lee, 1998: Is the atmospheric zonal index driven by an eddy feedback? J. Atmos. Sci.,  55, 3077-3086.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1998: An observational study of the intraseasonal poleward propagation of zonal mean flow anomalies.  J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 2516-2529.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1998: The growth and decay of low-frequency anomalies in a GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 415-428.

    Feldstein, S. B., and S. Lee, 1996: Mechanisms of zonal index variability in an aquaplanet GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3541-3555.

    Lee, S., and S. B. Feldstein, 1996: Mechanism of zonal index evolution in a two-layer  model.  J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2232-2246.

    Lee, S., and S. B. Feldstein, 1996: Two types of wave breaking in an aquaplanet GCM.  J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 842-857.

    Feldstein, S. B., and S. Lee, 1995: The intraseasonal evolution of angular momentum in aquaplanet and realistic GCMs.  J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 625-649.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1995: The relationship between interannual and intra-annual variability in atmospheric angular momentum in a  GCM with climatological SSTs. Tellus, 47A, 240-258.

    Feldstein, S. B., and W. R. Robinson, 1994: Comments on "Spatial structure of ultra-low frequency variability of the flow in  a  simple atmospheric circulation model"  by I. N. James and P. M. James (October 1992, QJRMS, 118, 1211-1233). Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 120, 739-745.

    Kiladis, G. N., and S. B. Feldstein, 1994: Rossby wave propagation into the tropics in two GFDL general circulation models.  Climate Dynamics, 9, 245-252.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1994: A weakly nonlinear primitive equation baroclinic life cycle. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 23-34.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1992: Wave-mean flow interaction during the life cycles of baroclinic waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 1893-1902.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1991: A comparison of the weakly nonlinear instability of westerly and easterly jets in a two-layer beta-plane model. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 1701-1717.

    Feldstein, S. B., and I. M. Held, 1989: Barotropic decay of baroclinic waves in a two-layer beta-plane model.  J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 3416-3430.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1988: Nonlinear instability of a forced baroclinic Rossby wave. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 993-1006.
     


    Hameed, S.,  H. Norwood, M. Flanagan, and S. B. Feldstein, 2007:  The influence of El Nino on the
    spring fallout of Asian bird species at Attu Island. Western Birds, 38, submitted.

    Mlodinow, S. G., S. B. Feldstein, and B. Tweit, 1999: The Bristle-thighed Curlew landfall of 1998: Climatic factors and notes on identification. Western Birds, 30, 133-155.  

             POPULAR FIELD ORNITHOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

    Feldstein, S. B., 2003: El Nino/Southern Oscillation and North American land birds.  Birding, 35, 606-614.

    Feldstein, S. B.,  1997:  An annotated list of the field-identifiable and non-field-identifiable bird subspecies and morphs of Pennsylvania.  Pennsylvania Birds, 11, 178-186.

    Feldstein, S. B.,  1996:  Documentation of Bicknell's Thrush for P.O.R.C.  Pennsylvania Birds, 10,  47-47.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1995:  A fallout of Horned Grebes during a snowstorm.  Pennsylvania Birds, 9, 61-63.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1994:  A late Yellow Warbler.  Pennsylvania Birds, 8, 218-219.

    Feldstein, S. B., 1993:  Pine and Palm Warblers  in Boulder during the 1992/1993 winter.  Colorado Field Ornithology Journal, 27, 137-139.
     

              MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

    American Meteorological Society

    American Geophysical Union
     

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