Curriculum Vitae

My CV in PDF form.

Education

• Ph.D in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, 2016
• M.S. in Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, 2016
• B.A. in Physics, Rice University, Houston TX USA, 2000

Honors

• Linus Pauling Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US Department of Energy Office of Science, 2016-2019.
• US Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, 2011-2015.

Publications

A Heuristic Model of Dansgaard–Oeschger Cycles. Part I: Description, Results, and Sensitivity Studies

Singh HA, Battisti DS, Bitz CM. (2014). "A Heuristic Model of Dansgaard–Oeschger Cycles. Part I: Description, Results, and Sensitivity Studies." Journal of Climate. 27(12): pp 4337-4358.

Influence of West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse on Antarctic surface climate

Steig EJ, Huybers K, Singh HA, Steiger NJ, Ding Q, Frierson DMW, Popp T, White JWC. (2015). "Influence of West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse on Antarctic surface climate." Geophysical Research Letters. 42: pp 4862-4868.

A mathematical framework for analysis of water tracers: Part 1: Development of theory and application to the preindustrial mean state

Singh HA, Bitz CM, Nusbaumer J, Noone DC. (2016). "A mathematical framework for analysis of water tracers: Part 1: Development of theory and application to the preindustrial mean state." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 8: pp 991–1013.

Greater aerial moisture transport distances with warming amplify interbasin salinity contrasts

Singh HKA, Donohoe A, Bitz CM, Nusbaumer J, and Noone DC. (2016). "Greater aerial moisture transport distances with warming amplify interbasin salinity contrasts." Geophysical Research Letters. 43: pp 8677-8684.

The Global Climate Response to Lowering Surface Orography of Antarctica and the Importance of Atmosphere–Ocean Coupling

Singh HA, Bitz CM, Frierson DMW. (2016). "The Global Climate Response to Lowering Surface Orography of Antarctica and the Importance of Atmosphere–Ocean Coupling." Journal of Climate. 29(11): pp 4137-4153.

A Mathematical Framework for Analysis of Water Tracers. Part II: Understanding Large-Scale Perturbations in the Hydrological Cycle due to CO2 Doubling

Singh HA, Bitz CM, Donohoe A, Nusbaumer J, Noone DC. (2016). "A Mathematical Framework for Analysis of Water Tracers. Part II: Understanding Large-Scale Perturbations in the Hydrological Cycle due to CO2 Doubling." Journal of Climate. 29(18): pp 6765-6782.

Increased Ocean Heat Convergence Into the High Latitudes With CO2 Doubling Enhances Polar-Amplified Warming

Singh HKA, Rasch PJ, Rose BEJ. (2017). "Increased Ocean Heat Convergence Into the High Latitudes With CO2 Doubling Enhances Polar-Amplified Warming." Geophysical Research Letters. 44: pp 10583-10591.

A Source–Receptor Perspective on the Polar Hydrologic Cycle: Sources, Seasonality, and Arctic–Antarctic Parity in the Hydrologic Cycle Response to CO2 Doubling

Singh HKA, Bitz CM, Donohoe A, Rasch PJ. (2017). "A Source–Receptor Perspective on the Polar Hydrologic Cycle: Sources, Seasonality, and Arctic–Antarctic Parity in the Hydrologic Cycle Response to CO2 Doubling." Journal of Climate. 30(24): pp 9999-10017.

The Active Role of the Ocean in the Temporal Evolution of Climate Sensitivity

Garuba OA, Lu J, Liu F, Singh HA. (2018). "The Active Role of the Ocean in the Temporal Evolution of Climate Sensitivity." Geophysical Research Letters. 45: pp 306–315.

Insights into Atlantic multidecadal variability using the Last Millennium Reanalysis framework

Singh HKA, Hakim GJ, Tardif R, Emile-Geay J, Noone DC. (2018). "Insights into Atlantic multidecadal variability using the Last Millennium Reanalysis framework." Climate of the Past. 14: pp 157–174.

On the Relative Roles of the Atmosphere and Ocean in the Atlantic Multidecadal Variability

Garuba OA, Lu J, Singh HA, Liu F, Rasch PJ. (2018). "On the Relative Roles of the Atmosphere and Ocean in the Atlantic Multidecadal Variability." Geophysical Research Letters. 45: pp 9186–9196.

How Asymmetries Between Arctic and Antarctic Climate Sensitivity Are Modified by the Ocean

Singh HA, Garuba OA, Rasch PJ. (2018). "How Asymmetries Between Arctic and Antarctic Climate Sensitivity Are Modified by the Ocean." Geophysical Research Letters. 45: pp 13031-13040.

Evaluating a Moist Isentropic Framework for Poleward Moisture Transport: Implications for Water Isotopes over Antarctica

Bailey A, Singh HKA, Nusbaumer J. (2019). "Evaluating a Moist Isentropic Framework for Poleward Moisture Transport: Implications for Water Isotopes over Antarctica." Geophysical Research Letters. 46 (13), pp 7819-7827.

Influence of sea-ice anomalies on Antarctic precipitation using source attribution in the Community Earth System Model

Wang H, Fyke J, Lenaerts J, Nusbaumer JM, Singh HA, Noone DC, Rasch PJ. (2020). "Influence of Sea Ice Anomalies on Antarctic Precipitation Using Source Attribution", The Cryosphere, 14 (PNNL-SA-147435), doi: 10.5194/tc-2019-69.

An Overview of Antarctic Sea Ice in the Community Earth System Model version 2, Part I: Analysis of the Seasonal Cycle in the Context of Sea Ice Thermodynamics and Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Ice Processes

Singh HA, Landrum L, Holland MM. (2020). "An Overview of Antarctic Sea Ice in the Community Earth System Model version 2, Part I: Analysis of the Seasonal Cycle in the Context of Sea Ice Thermodynamics and Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Ice Processes", Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth Systems, AGU CESM2 Special Issue, e2020MS002143, doi: 10.1029/2020MS002143.

Antarctic Sea Ice Expansion, Driven by Internal Variability, in the Presence of Increasing Atmospheric CO2

Singh HA, Polvani LM, Rasch PJ. (2020). "Antarctic Sea Ice Expansion, Driven by Internal Variability, in the Presence of Increasing Atmospheric CO2", Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (24), pp 14762-14771, doi: 10.1029/2019GL083758.

Low Antarctic Continental Climate Sensitivity due to High Ice Sheet Orography

Singh HA, Polvani LM. (2020). "Low Antarctic Continental Climate Sensitivity Due to High Ice Sheet Orography", NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 3 (39), doi: 10.1038/s41612-020-00143-w.

Sea Ice and Atmospheric Circulation Shape the High-Latitude Lapse Rate Feedback

Feldl N, Po-Chedley S, Singh HA, Hays S, Kushner PJ. (2020). "Sea ice and atmospheric circulation shape the high-latitude lapse rate feedback", NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 3 (41), doi: 10.1038/s41612-020-00146-7.

Disentangling the Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Ice Interactions Driving Arctic Sea Ice Response to CO2 Increases

Garuba OA, Singh HA, Rasch PJ, Hunke E. (2020). "Disentangling the Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Ice Interactions Driving Arctic Sea Ice Response to CO2 Increases", Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth Systems, 12 (11), e2019MS001902, doi: 10.1029/2019MS001902.

Impacts of Sea Ice Mushy Thermodynamics in the Antarctic on the Coupled Earth System

DuVivier AK, Holland MM, Landrum L, Singh HA, Bailey DA, & Maroon EA. (2021). "Impacts of Sea Ice Mushy Thermodynamics in the Antarctic on the Coupled Earth System." Geophysical Research Letters. 48(18): e2021GL094287.

Observations Indicate That Clouds Amplify Mechanisms of Southern Ocean Heat Uptake

Morrison AL, Singh HA, and Rasch PJ. (2022). "Observations Indicate That Clouds Amplify Mechanisms of Southern Ocean Heat Uptake." Journal of Geophysical Research. 127(4): e2021JD035487.

Increased Variability of Biomass Burning Emissions in CMIP6 Amplifies Hydrologic Cycle in the CESM2 Large Ensemble

Heyblom KB, Singh HA, Rasch PJ, and DeRepentigny P. (2022). "Increased Variability of Biomass Burning Emissions in CMIP6 Amplifies Hydrologic Cycle in the CESM2 Large Ensemble." Geophysical Research Letters. 49(5): e2021GL096868.

Climate Sensitivity is Sensitive to Changes in Ocean Heat Transport

Singh HA, Feldl N, Kay JE, and Morrison AL. (2022). "Climate Sensitivity is Sensitive to Changes in Ocean Heat Transport." Journal of Climate. 35(9): pp 2653–2674.

Less Surface Sea Ice Melt in the CESM2 Improves Arctic Sea Ice Simulation With Minimal Non-Polar Climate Impacts

Kay JE, DeRepentigny P, Holland MM, Bailey DA, DuVivier AK, Blanchard-Wrigglesworth E, Deser C, Jahn A, Singh HA, Smith MM, Webster MA, Edwards J, Lee S-S, Rodgers KB, & Rosenbloom N. (2022). "Less Surface Sea Ice Melt in the CESM2 Improves Arctic Sea Ice Simulation With Minimal Non-Polar Climate Impacts", Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth Systems, 14 (4), e2021MS002679, doi: 10.1029/2021MS002679.

Uncertainty in Preindustrial Global Ocean Initialization Can Yield Irreducible Uncertainty in Southern Ocean Surface Climate

Singh HA, Goldenson N, Fyfe JC, and Polvani LM. (2023). "Uncertainty in Preindustrial Global Ocean Initialization Can Yield Irreducible Uncertainty in Southern Ocean Surface Climate", Journal of Climate, 36 (2), pp 383-403, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0176.1.

Talks (Selected)

For a list of all my talks and presentations, please see my full CV (PDF).

How Asymmetries Between Arctic and Antarctic Climate Sensitivity are Modified by the Ocean

December 12, 2018

Talk at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC

Sea Ice as a Predictor of Atmosphere and Ocean States over the Arctic and Southern Oceans, and Implications for Attribution of Polar Climate Change

December 12, 2018

Talk at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC

Antarctic Climate and its Sensitivity: Orography, Moisture Transport, and Natural Variability of the Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean-Ice System

March 04, 2019

Talk at University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Antarctic Sea Ice Expansion, Driven by Internal Variability, Coincident with Increasing Atmospheric CO2

May 23, 2019

Talk at 15th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Boulder, Colorado

Service and leadership

• Chair, Session: Causes, Consequences, and Predictability of Polar Change (I: Oral), AGU Fall Meeting 2018.
• Chair, Session: Polar Climate: Processes and Predictability (I, II: Oral; III: Poster), AGU Fall Meeting 2017.
• Chair, Session: Beyond the Interannual: Multidecadal and Centennial Time Scale Variability in the Climate System (I: Oral; II: Poster), AGU Fall Meeting 2016.
• Chair, Session: Atmospheric Circulations and their Role in the Hydrological Cycle: Monsoons, Storm Tracks, and the ITCZ (I: Oral; III: Poster), AGU Fall Meeting 2015.
• Chair, Session: Polar Processes and Predictability (I: Oral; II: Poster), AGU Fall Meeting 2015.
• Manuscript Reviewer
  • Journal of Climate (2014 to present)
  • Climate Dynamics (2016 to present)
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (2016 to present)
  • Nature Geoscience (2017 to present)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (2018 to present)