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Liu, Y., Q. Tang, L. R. Leung, D. Chen, J. A. Francis, C. Zhang, H. W. Chen, and S. C. Sherwood, 2025: Changes in atmospheric circulation amplify extreme snowfall fueled by Arctic sea ice loss over high-latitude land. Weather and Climate Extremes, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2025.100802.
Ye, K., J. Cohen, H. W. Chen, S. Zhang, D. Luo, and M. E. Hamouda, 2025: Attributing climate and weather extremes to Northern Hemisphere sea ice and terrestrial snow: progress, challenges and ways forward. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8, 1–22, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01012-0.
Shen, C., Z.-B. Li, F. Liu, H. W. Chen, and D. Chen, 2025: A robust reduction in near-surface wind speed after volcanic eruptions: Implications for wind energy generation. The Innovation, 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100734.
Lai, H.-W., D. Chen, and H. W. Chen, 2024: Precipitation variability related to atmospheric circulation patterns over the Tibetan Plateau. International Journal of Climatology, 44, 91–107, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8317.
Cai, Z., Q. You, H. W. Chen, R. Zhang, Z. Zuo, G. Dai, D. Chen, J. Cohen, O. Zolina, and S. K. Gulev, 2023: Interdecadal variability of the warm Arctic-cold Eurasia pattern linked to the Barents oscillation. Atmospheric Research, 287, 106712, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106712.
Cai, Z., Q. You, H. W. Chen, R. Zhang, D. Chen, J. Chen, S. Kang, and J. Cohen, 2022: Amplified wintertime Barents Sea warming linked to intensified Barents oscillation. Environmental Research Letters, 17, 044068, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5bb3.
Cohen, J., X. Zhang, J. Francis, T. Jung, R. Kwok, J. Overland, T. J. Ballinger, U. S. Bhatt, H. W. Chen, D. Coumou, S. Feldstein, H. Gu, D. Handorf, G. Henderson, M. Ionita, M. Kretschmer, F. Laliberte, S. Lee, H. W. Linderholm, W. Maslowski, Y. Peings, K. Pfeiffer, I. Rigor, T. Semmler, J. Stroeve, P. C. Taylor, S. Vavrus, T. Vihma, S. Wang, M. Wendisch, Y. Wu, and J. Yoon, 2020: Divergent consensuses on Arctic amplification influence on midlatitude severe winter weather. Nature Climate Change, 10, 20–29, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0662-y.
Cohen, J., X. Zhang, J. Francis, T. Jung, R. Kwok, J. Overland, P. C. Taylor, S. Lee, F. Laliberte, S. Feldstein, W. Maslowski, G. Henderson, J. Stroeve, D. Coumou, D. Handorf, T. Semmler, T. Ballinger, M. Hell, M. Kretschmer, S. Vavrus, M. Wang, S. Wang, Y. Wu, T. Vihma, U. Bhatt, M. Ionita, H. Linderholm, I. Rigor, C. Routson, D. Singh, M. Wendisch, D. Smith, J. Screen, J. Yoon, Y. Peings, H. Chen, and R. Blackport, 2018: Arctic change and possible influence on mid-latitude climate and weather: A US CLIVAR white paper. US CLIVAR, https://doi.org/10.5065/D6TH8KGW.
Chen, H. W., R. B. Alley, and F. Zhang, 2016: Interannual Arctic sea ice variability and associated winter weather patterns: A regional perspective for 1979–2014. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 14,433–14,455, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD024769.
Chen, H. W., F. Zhang, and R. B. Alley, 2016: The robustness of midlatitude weather pattern changes due to Arctic sea ice loss. Journal of Climate, 29, 7831–7849, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0167.1.
Chen, H. W., Q. Zhang, H. Körnich, and D. Chen, 2013: A robust mode of climate variability in the Arctic: The Barents Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 2856–2861, https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50551.