Dr. Oleg Saenko

Research Scientist Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis SCI A217 Ph: (250)363-8267 FAX: (250) 363-8247 E-mail: Oleg.Saenko@ec.gc.ca

Education

• 1992 Ph.D., Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Sevastopol, Ukraine.

Research Interests

• Ocean circulation and climate.

Professional Activities

• Associate Editor, Journal of Climate.

Publications

• Spence, P., O.A. Saenko, M. Eby and A.J. Weaver, 2009: The Southern Ocean overturning: parametrized versus permitted eddies. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 1634-1651. [PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., 2009: Sensitivity of the subpolar Atlantic climate to local winds. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L03604, doi:10.1029/2008GL036308. [PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., 2009: On the climatic impact of wind stress. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 89-106. [PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., 2008: On the strong seasonal currents in the deep ocean. Journal of Climate, 21, 5642-5656. [PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., 2008: Influence of the enhanced mixing within the Southern Ocean fronts on the overturning circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L09602, doi:10.1029/2008GL033565. [PDF]
• Weaver, A.J. and O.A. Saenko, 2008: Thermohaline circulation. In: Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments. Gornitz, V., Ed., Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 943-948.
• Meissner, K. J., Eby, M., Weaver, A. J. and O. A. Saenko, 2008: CO2 threshold for millennial-scale oscillations in the climate system: implications for global warming scenarios. Climate Dynamics , 30, 161-174. [PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., A. J. Weaver, D. Y. Robitaille and G. M. Flato, 2007: Warming of the subpolar Atlantic triggered by freshwater discharge at the continental boundary. Geophysical Research Letters , 34, L15604, doi:10.1029/2007GL030674. [PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., 2007: Projected strengthening of the Southern Ocean winds: some implications for the deep ocean circulation. In: Ocean Circulation: Mechanisms and Impacts . AGU Geophysical Monograph Series 173, A. Schmittner, J. Chiang and S. Hemming eds., 365-382. [PDF]
• Fyfe, J. C. and O. A. Saenko, 2007: Anthropogenic speed-up of oceanic planetary waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L10706, doi:10.1029/2007GL029859. [PDF]
• Zickfeld, K., J. C. Fyfe, O. A. Saenko, M. Eby and A. J. Weaver, 2007: Response of the global carbon cycle to human-induced changes in the Southern Hemisphere winds. Geophysical Research Letters , 34, L12712, doi:10.1029/2006GL028797. [PDF]
• Fyfe, J. C., O. A. Saenko, K. Zickfeld, M. Eby and A. J. Weaver, 2007: The role of poleward intensifying winds on Southern Ocean warming. Journal of Climate, 20, 5391-5400.[PDF]
• Weaver, A. J., M. Eby, M. Kienast and O. A. Saenko, 2007: The response of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to increasing atmospheric CO2: Sensitivity to the mean climatic state. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L05708, doi:10.1029/2006GL028756. [PDF]
• Fyfe, J. C. and O. A. Saenko, 2006: Simulated changes in the extratropical Southern Hemisphere winds and currents. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L06701, doi:10.1029/2005GL025332. [PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., 2006: Influence of global warming on baroclinic Rossby radius in the ocean: a model intercomparison. Journal of Climate, 19, 1354-1360.[PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., 2006: The effect of localized mixing on the ocean circulation and time-dependent climate change. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36, 140-160.[PDF]
• Saenko, O. A. and W. J. Merryfield, 2006: Vertical partition of ocean heat transport in isothermal coordinates. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L01606, doi:10.1029/2005GL024902.[PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., J. C. Fyfe and M. H. England, 2005: On the response of the ocean wind-driven circulation to CO2 increase. Climate Dynamics, 25, 415-426.[PDF]
• Fyfe, J. C. and O. A. Saenko, 2005: Human-induced change in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Journal of Climate, 18, 3068-3073.[PDF]
• Saenko, O. A. and W. J. Merryfield, 2005: On the effect of topographically-enhanced mixing on the global ocean circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 826-834.[PDF]
• Saenko, O. A. and A. J. Weaver, 2004: What drives heat transport in the Atlantic: Sensitivity to mechanical energy supply and buoyancy forcing in the Southern Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L20305, doi:10.1029/2004GL020671.[PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., A. Schmittner and A. J. Weaver, 2004: The Atlantic-Pacific seesaw. Journal of Climate, 17, 2033-2038.[PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., M. Eby and A. J. Weaver, 2004: The effect of sea-ice extent in the North Atlantic on the stability of the thermohaline circulation in global warming experiments. Climate Dynamics, 22, 689-699.[PDF]
• Gregory, J. M., O. A. Saenko and A. J. Weaver, 2003: The role of the Atlantic freshwater balance in the hysteresis of the meridional overturning circulation. Climate Dynamics, 21, 707-717.[PDF]
• Saenko O. A., A. J. Weaver and A. Schmittner, 2003: Atlantic deep circulation controlled by freshening in the Southern Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1734, doi:10.1029/2003GL017681.[PDF]
• Saenko O. A., A. J. Weaver and J. M. Gregory, 2003: On the link between the two modes of the ocean thermohaline circulation and the formation of global-scale water masses. Journal of Climate, 16, 2797-2801.[PDF]
• Weaver, A. J., O. A. Saenko, P. U. Clark and J. X. Mitrovica, 2003:Meltwater pulse 1A from the Antarctic ice sheet as a trigger of the Bolling-Allerod warm interval. Science, 299, 1709-1713.[PDF]
• Saenko O. A. and M. H. England, 2003: On the response of Southern Ocean water-masses to atmospheric meridional moisture advection. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1433, doi:10.1029/2002GL016516.[PDF]
• Saenko O. A., A. J. Weaver and M. H. England, 2003: A region of enhanced northward Antarctic Intermediate Water transport in a coupled climate model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, 1528-1535.[PDF]
• Schmittner A., O. A. Saenko and A. J. Weaver, 2003: Coupling of the hemispheres in observations and simulations of glacial climate change.Quaternary Science Reviews, 22, 659-671.[PDF]
• Saenko O. A. and A. J. Weaver, 2003: Southern Ocean upwelling and eddies: Sensitivity of the global overturning to the surface density range. Tellus, 55A, 106-111.[PDF]
• Saenko O. A., E. C. Wiebe and A. J. Weaver, 2003: North Atlantic response to the above-normal export of sea ice from the Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, C7, 3224, doi:10.1029/2001JC001166.[PDF]
• Saenko O. A., J. M. Gregory, A. J. Weaver and M. Eby, 2002: Distinguishing the influences of heat, freshwater and momentum fluxes on ocean circulation and climate. Journal of Climate, 15, 3686-3697.[PDF]
• Saenko O. A., A. Schmittner and A. J. Weaver, 2002: On the role of wind-driven sea ice motion on ocean ventilation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 3376-3395.[PDF]
• Saenko O. A., G. M. Flato and A. J. Weaver, 2002: Improved representation of sea-ice processes in climate models. Atmosphere-Ocean, 40(1), 21-43.[PDF]
• Saenko O. A. and A. J. Weaver, 2001: Importance of wind-driven sea ice motion for the formation of Antarctic Intermediate Water in a global climate model. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 4147-4150.[PDF]
• Weaver, A.J., M. Eby, E. C. Wiebe, C. M. Bitz, P. B. Duffy, T. L. Ewen, A. F. Fanning, M. M. Holland, A. MacFadyen, H. D. Matthews, K. J. Meissner, O. Saenko, A. Schmittner, H. Wang and M. Yoshimori, 2001: The UVic Earth System Climate Model: Model Description, Climatology and Applications to Past, Present and Future Climates. Atmosphere-Ocean, 39(4), 361-428.[PDF]
• Korotaev, G. K., O. A. Saenko, and C. J. Koblinsky, 2001: Satellite altimetry observations of the Black Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, C1, 917-933.[PDF]
• Moiseenko, V. A. and O. A. Saenko, 1994: Comparison of the Kalman smoothing technique with other ocean diagnostic methods. Physical Oceanography, Vol. 5, No.2, 155-158.[PDF]
• Moiseenko, V. A. and O. A. Saenko, 1993: Approximation of the estimate error covariance function: Verification of the accuracy and generalization for the case of cross-covariance functions. Physical Oceanography, Vol. 4, No.4, 291-299.[PDF]
• Saenko, O. A., 1993: Four-dimensional analysis of the hydrophysical fields in the tropical Atlantic using a complete non-linear model of currents: Numerical simulation and in situ data treatment. Physical Oceanography, Vol. 4, No.2, 113-120.[PDF]

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