Dierk Polzin

Senior Research Specialist
Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Science, Room 1509
1225 W. Dayton St.
Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1695

Phone Cell: (608) 334-3574 (best way to reach)
Phone 15 floor office: (608) 263-6376
Email: dtpolzin // $at // wisc.edu

Publications

Climate variations in the Caribbean and Central America.
Hastenrath, S.; and Polzin, D. International Journal of Climatology, submitted. (16)

Diagnosing the 2010 drought in Brazil's Nordeste.
Hastenrath, S.; and Polzin, D. International Journal of Climatology, submitted. (15)

Circulation mechanisms of Kenya rainfall anomalies.
Hastenrath, S; and Polzin, D; Mutai, C Journal of Climate 24:404-412, Jan 2011. doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3599.1. online Jun 2010. (14)

Long-term variations of circulation in the tropical Atlantic sector and Sahel rainfall.
Hastenrath, S. and Polzin, D., International Journal of Climatology, n/a. doi: 10.1002/joc.2116. online Mar 2010. (13)

Diagnosing the Droughts and Floods in Equatorial East Africa during Boreal Autumn 2005-08.
Hastenrath, Stefan; Polzin, Dierk; Mutai, Charles Journal of Climate [J. Clim.]. Vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 813-817. online Feb 2010. (12)

Teleconnection mechanisms of northeast Brazil droughts: modeling and empirical evidence.
Kucharski, F; Polzin, D; Hastenrath, S Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia. Vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 115-125. Jun 2008. (11)

Diagnosing the 2005 Drought in Equatorial East Africa.
Hastenrath, S; Polzin, D; Mutai, C Journal of Climate [J. Clim.]. Vol. 20, no. 18, pp. 4628-4637. Sep 2007. (10)

Assimilation of seasonal chlorophyll and nutrient data into an adjoint three-dimensional ocean carbon cycle model: Sensitivity analysis and ecosystem parameter optimization.
Tjiputra, Jerry F; Polzin, Dierk; Winguth, Arne ME Global Biogeochemical Cycles [Global Biogeochem. Cycles]. Vol. 21, no. 1, [np]. Jan 2007. (9)

Volume decrease of Lewis Glacier, Mount Kenya, 1978-2004.
Hastenrath, S., and D. Polzin , Zeitschrift fur Geltscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 29, 133-139, 2003/2004, published 20006. (8)

Mechanisms of climate anomalies in the equatorial Indian Ocean.
Hastenrath, S., and D. Polzin , J. Geophys. Res., 110, D08113, doi:10.1029/2004JD004981. 2005. (7)

Circulation Variability Reflected in Ice Core and Lake Records of the Southern Tropical Andes.
Hastenrath, S; Polzin, D; Francou, B Climatic Change [Clim. Change]. Vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 361-375. Jun 2004. (6)

Exploring the predictability of the 'Short Rains' at the coast of East Africa.
Hastenrath, Stefan; Polzin, Dierk; Camberlin, Pierre International Journal of Climatology [Int. J. Climatol.]. Vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 1333-1343. 2004. (5)

Dynamics of the surface wind field over the equatorial Indian Ocean.
Hastenrath, S; Polzin, D Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society [Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.]. Vol. 130, no. 597, pp. 503-517. Jan 2004. (4)

Circulation mechanisms of climate anomalies in the equatorial Indian Ocean.
Hastenrath, S; Polzin, D Meteorologische Zeitschrift [Meteorol. Z.]. Vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 81-93. 2003. (3)

Equatorial Mid-Tropospheric Easterly Jet over the eastern Pacific: Comparison from the ECMWF and NCEP-NCAR reanalyses.
Hastenrath, S; Polzin, D Journal of Geophysical Research. D. Atmospheres [J. Geophys. Res. (D Atmos.)]. Vol. 107, no. D21, [np]. 16 Nov 2002. (2)

Annual Cycle of Equatorial Zonal Circulations from the ECMWF Reanalysis.
Hastenrath, S; Polzin, D; Greischar, L Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan [J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan]. Vol. 80, no. 4, pp. 755-766. 2002. (1)