Publications

• Energy flux from traveling huricanes to the oceanic internal wave field.
  J. Nilsson
  1995, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 25 , 558-573.

• Storm forced near-inertial waves on a beta-plane.
  J. Nilsson
  1995, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 25 , 2808-2812.

• Mixing in the ocean produced by tropical cyclones.
  J. Nilsson
  1996, Tellus 48A , 342-355.

• Equilibrium atmosphers of a two-column radiative-convective model.
  J. Nilsson and K. A. Emanuel
  1999, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 125 , 2239-2264.

• A theoretical investigation of the diffusive boundary layer in benthic flux chamber experiments.
  G. Broström and J. Nilsson
  1999, J. Sea Res. 42 , 179-189.

• Reconciling thermodynamic and dynamic methods of computation of water-mass transformation rates.
  J. Marshall, D. Jamous and J. Nilsson
  1999, Deep Sea Res. 46 , 545-572.

• Propagation, diffusion and decay of SST anomalies beneath an advective atmosphere.
  J. Nilsson
  2000, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 30 , 1505-1513.

• Spatial reorganization of SST anomalies by stationary atmospheric waves.
  J. Nilsson
  2001, Dyn. Atmosphers and Oceans 34 , 1-21.

• Entry, flux and exit of potential vorticity in ocean circulation.
  J. Marshall, D. Jamous, and J. Nilsson
  2001, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 31 , 777-789.

• Nilsson, J. and G. Walin, 2001:
  Freshwater forcing as a booster of thermohaline circulation.
  Tellus , 53A, 629-641.
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• The weak temperature gradient approximation and balanced tropical moisture waves.
  Sobel, Nilsson, and Polvani
  2001, J. Atmos. Sci. 58 , 3650-3665.

• Current switching as the cause of rapid warming at the end of the last Glacial Maximum and Younger Dryas.
  T. Rossby and J. Nilsson
  2003, Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 (2) , 1051, 10.1029/2002GL015423.

• The thermohaline circulation and vertical mixing:
  does weaker density stratification give stronger overturning?
  J. Nilsson, G. Broström and G Walin.
  2003, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 33 , 2781-2795.

• The role of diapycnal mixing for the equilibrium response of thermohaline circulation.
  R. Mohammad and J. Nilsson
  2004, Ocean Dynamics, 54, 54-65.

• Nilsson, J., G. Broström, and G. Walin, 2004:
  On the spontaneous transition to asymmetric thermohaline circulation.
  Tellus, 56A, 68-78.
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• Baroclinic boundary currents with downstream decreasing buoyancy;
  a study of an idealized Nordic Seas system.
  G. Walin, G. Broström, J. Nilsson, and O. Dahl.
  2004, Journal of Marine Research, 62, 517-543.

• Thermohaline circulation induced by bottom friction in sloping-boundary basins.
  J. Nilsson, G. Walin, and G. Broström.
  2005, Journal of Marine Research, 63, 705-728.

• The interaction between waters from the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas
  north of the Fram Strait and along the East Greenland Current:
  results from the Arctic Ocean-02 Oden expedition.
  B. Rudels, G. Björk, J. Nilsson, P. Winsor, I. Lake, and C. Nohr.
  2005, Journal of Marine Systems, 55, 1-30.

• Mohammad, R. and J. Nilsson, 2006:
  Symmetric and asymmetric modes of the thermohaline circulation.
  Tellus, 58A, 616-627.
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• Buoyancy-driven flow and nature of vertical mixing in a zonally averaged model.
  O. Marchal, C. Jackson, J. Nilsson, A. Paul, and T. F. Stocker.
  2007, in "Ocean Circulation: Mechanisms and Impacts ",
  A. Schmittner, J. C. H. Chiang, and S. R. Hemming (editors),
  American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, Geophysical Monograph 173, 33-52.

• Thermodynamic analysis of ocean circulation.
  J. Nycander, J. Nilsson, K. Döös, and G. Broström.
  2007, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 2038-2052.

• Late-winter conditions and Liquid freshwater transport and Polar Surface Water characteristics
  in the East Greenland Current during the AO-02 Oden expedition.
  J. Nilsson, G. Björk, B. Rudels, P. Winsor, and D. Torres.
  2008, Progress in Oceanography, Vol. 78, Issue 1, 45-57. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2007.06.002

• On the asymmetry between cyclonic and anticyclonic flow in basins with sloping boundaries.
  Nøst, O.-A., Nilsson, J., and Nycander., J.
  2008 Journal of Physical Oceanography, 38, 771-787.

• Nilsson, J. and H. Körnich, 2008:
  A conceptual model of the surface salinity distribution in the oceanic Hadley cell.
  Journal of Climate, 21, 6586-6598. pdf file
  

• Corell, H., J. Nilsson, K. Döös, and G. Broström, 2009:
  Wind sensitivity of the inter-ocean heat exchange.
  Tellus, 61 A, 635-653.
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• Nilsson, J. and G. Walin, 2010:
  Salinity-dominated thermohaline circulation in sill basins:
  can two stable equilibria exist?
  Tellus A, 62A, 123-133.
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• Liakka, J. and J. Nilsson, 2010:
  The impact of topographically forced stationary waves on the local ice-sheet climate.
  J. Glaciology, 56, 534-544.
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• Sundqvist, H. S., Q. Zhang, A. Moberg, K. Holmgren, H. Körnich, J. Nilsson, and G. Brattström, 2010:
  Climate change between the mid and late Holocene in northern high latitudes. Part 1: Survey of temperature and precipitation proxy data.
  Clim. Past, 6, 591-608.
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• Zhang, Q., H. S. Sundqvist, A. Moberg, H. Körnich, J. Nilsson, and K. Holmgren, 2010:
  Climate change between the mid and late Holocene in northern high latitudes. Part 2: Model-data comparisons.
  Clim. Past, 6, 609-626.
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• Thompson, B., J. Nilsson, J. Nycander, M. Jakobsson, and K. Döös, 2010:
  Ventilation of the Miocene Arctic Ocean: An idealized model study.
  Paleoceanography, 25, PA4216, doi:10.1029/2009PA001883
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• Jakobsson M., J. Nilsson, M. O'Regan, J. Backman, L. Löwemark, J. A. Dowdeswell, L. Mayer, L. Polyak, F. Colleoni,
  L. G. Anderson, G. Björk, D. Darby, B. Eriksson, D. Hanslik, B. Hell, C. Marcussen, E. Sellén, Å. Wallin, 2010:
  An Arctic Ocean ice shelf during MIS 6 constrained by new geophysical and geological data.
  Quaternary Science Reviews , 29, Issues 25-26, 3505-3517.
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• Döös, K. and J. Nilsson, 2011:
  Overturning analysis of the meridional energy transport in the atmosphere.
  J. Atmos. Sci, 68, 1806-1820.
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• Liakka, J., J. Nilsson, and M. Löfverström, 2011:
  Interactions between stationary waves and ice sheets: linear versus nonlinear atmospheric response.
  Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1004-6.
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