Laura Ciasto
Geophysical Institute
University of Bergen
5007 BERGEN, Norway
Phone: +47 55 58 84 45
Fax: +47 55 58 98 83
e-mail: laura.ciasto(at)gfi.uib.no
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Education
  • Ph.D., Atmospheric Science - Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO - 2008
  • M.S., Atmospheric Science - Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO - 2004
  • B.S., Astronomy/Astrophysics - Indiana University - Bloomington, IN - 2001
  • B.S., Geography - Indiana University - Bloomington, IN - 2001

Relevant Experience
  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway - 2012-
  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW - 2008-2012
  • Graduate Research Assistant - Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO - 2001-2008
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant - Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - 1999-2001

Publications
  • Ciasto, L. M., Simpkins, G. R., and M. H. England, 2012: Teleconnections between Tropical Pacific SST Anomalies and the Extratropical Southern Hemisphere Climate. In preparation.

  • Simpkins, G. R., Ciasto, L. M., and M. H. England, 2012: Observed variations in multi-decadal Antarctic sea ice trends during 1979-2009. Submitted to GRL.

  • Simpkins, G. R., Ciasto, L. M., D. W. J. Thompson and M. H. England, 2012: Observed Relationships between Large-Scale Climate Variability and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration. J. Climate, 25, 5451–5469. reprint

  • Ciasto, L. M., and M. H. England, 2011: Observed ENSO Teleconnections to Southern Ocean SST Anomalies Diagnosed from a Surface Mixed Layer Heat Budget. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38 , L09701 doi:10.1029/2011GL046895 reprint

  • Ciasto, L. M., M. A. Alexander, C. Deser, and M. H. England, 2011: On the persistence of cold season SST anomalies associated with the Annular Modes. J. Climate, 24 , 2500-2515 reprint

  • Ciasto, L. M., and D. W. J. Thompson, 2009: Observational evidence of reemergence in the extratropical Southern Hemisphere. J. Climate, 22, 1446-1453. reprint

  • Ciasto, L. M., and D. W. J. Thompson, 2008: Observations of large-scale ocean-atmosphere interaction in the Southern Hemisphere. J. Climate, 21, 1244-1259. reprint

  • Ciasto, L. M., and D. W. J. Thompson, 2004: North Atlantic atmosphere-ocean interaction on intraseasonal time scales. J. Climate, 17, 1617-1621. reprint