Marilyn Raphael

Marilyn N. Raphael is a Trinidadian climatologist, best known for her work on climate change and variability in the high latitude southern hemisphere. She is a professor and former chair of the Department of Geography at UCLA.

Early life and education

Raphael was born and grew up in Trinidad and Tobago. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from McMaster University in 1984, and a Master of Arts and PhD (1990) from Ohio State University.

Career

Raphael's research interests are global climate change and variability, specifically climate dynamics in the middle and high latitude of the Southern Hemisphere and the interaction between Antarctic sea ice and the atmosphere. Her research uses global climate models and also large-scale observational databases.

Raphael is a professor in the Department of Geography at UCLA and was chair of the department between 2010 and 2013.

Her co-authored book, The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change: A Complete Visual Guide, received an Atmospheric Science Librarians International Choice Award in 2010.

Selected Bibliography

• Raphael, M.N. and Hobbs, W., 2014. The influence of the large‐scale atmospheric circulation on Antarctic sea ice during ice advance and retreat seasons. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(14), pp. 5037-5045.
• Raphael, M.N., 2007. The influence of atmospheric zonal wave three on Antarctic sea ice variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 112(D12).
• Raphael, M. and Marika Holland: 2006 Twentieth Century Simulation of the Southern Hemisphere Climate in Coupled Models. Part I: Large Scale Circulation Variability, Climate Dynamics, 26:217-228
• Holland, M.M and Marilyn N. Raphael: 2006 Twentieth Century Simulation of the Southern Hemisphere Climate in Coupled Models. Part II: Sea Ice Conditions and Variability. Climate Dynamics, 26:229-245
• Raphael, M.N., 2004: A zonal wave 3 index for the Southern Hemisphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 31
• Raphael, M. N., 2003: Impact of observed sea-ice concentration on the Southern Hemisphere extratropical atmospheric circulation in summer. J. Geophys. Res., 108, No. D22, 4687
• Raphael, M.N. 2003 Recent, Large-Scale Changes in the Extratropical Southern Hemisphere Atmospheric Circulation. J. Clim., 16, No. 17, pp. 2915-2924.
• Raphael, M.N. 2003 A possible influence of the tropical quasi-biennialoscillation on the variability of the extratropical circulation in the Southern Hemisphere. J. Geophys. Res., 108, No. D22