Science - Oceans and Ice: People: John Farrara

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The JPL OurOcean Portal provides both real-time and retrospective analysis of remote sensing data and ocean model simulations in the Pacific Ocean.

Raytheon Technical Services Co., Information Technology & Scientific Services (2004-Present)
- Senior Physics Engineer
University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Atmospheric Sciences (1994-2004)
- Associate Researcher (2000-2004)
- Assistant Researcher(1995-2000)
- Post-doctoral Researcher (1990-1994)

Trzaska, S., A.W. Robertson, J.D. Farrara and C.R. Mechoso, 2006: South Atlantic variability arising from air-sea coupling: local mechanismsand tropical-subtropical interactions. Journal of Climate, in press.
Kim, J., J. Kim, J. D. Farrara and J. O. Roads, 2005: The effects of the Gulf of California SSTs on warm-season rainfall in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico: A regional model study. J. Climate, 18, 4313-4332.
Farrara, J. D. and J.-Y. Yu, 2003: Interannual variability in the southwest United States monsoon and sea surface temperatures: A general circulation model study. J. Climate, 16, 1703-1720.
Yu, J.-Y., S.-P. Weng and J. D. Farrara, 2003: Ocean roles in the TBO transitions of the IndianAustralian monsoon system. J. Climate, 16, 30723080.
Robertson, A. W., J. D. Farrara and C. R. Mechoso, 2003: Simulations of the atmospheric response to South Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies. J. Climate, 16, 2540-2551.
Gu, Y., J. D. Farrara, K. N. Liou, C. R. Mechoso, 2003: Parameterization of cloud-radiative processes in the UCLA general circulation model. J. Climate, 16, 3357-3370.
Li, J.-L., M. K?hler, J. D. Farrara, C. R. Mechoso, 2002: The impact of stratocumulus cloud radiative properties on surface heat fluxes simulated with a general circulation model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 1433-1441.
Farrara, J. D., C. R. Mechoso and A. W. Robertson, 2000: Ensembles of two-tier predictions and simulations of the circulation anomalies during winter 1997-98. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 3589-3604.
Kim, J., N. Miller, J. D. Farrara and S. Hong, 2000: A numerical study of precipitation and streamflow in the western United States during the 1997-98 winter season. J. Hydrometeor., 1, 311-329.
Lou, J. Z. and J. D. Farrara, 1998: Performance analysis and optimization on the UCLA parallel atmospheric general circulation model code. Concurrency: Practice and Experience, 10(7), 549-565.
Ma, C. -C., C. R. Mechoso, A. Arakawa and J. D. Farrara, 1994: Sensitivity of a coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model to physical parameterizations. J. Climate, 7, 1883-1896.