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Goto, Yoshie, 2008, Improved Vegetation Characterization and Freeze Statistics in a Regional Spectral Model for the Florida Citrus Farming Region — Japan Meteorological Business Service Center, Tokyo (as of 9/18/08).
Brolley, Justin Michael, 2007, Effects of ENSO, NAO (PVO), and PDO on Monthly Extreme Temperature and Precipitation — EQECAT, California (as of 9/18/08).
Putman, William M., 2007, Development of the finite-volume dynamical core on the cubed-sphere. — NASA, Maryland (as of 9/18/08).
Yu, Peng, 2006, Development of new techniques for assimilating satellite altimetry data into ocean models — JPL, CA.
Arguez, Anthony, 2005, Indexing, mode definition, and signal extraction in climate research: Analysis and applications involving the MJO, the AO, and ENSOi — NCDC, Asheville.
Samuelsen, Annette, 2005, Modeling the effect of eddies and advection on the lower tropic ecosystem in the northeastern tropical Pacific — Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norway (as of 9/18/08).
Kvaleberg, Eric, 2004, Generation of cold core filaments and eddies through Baroclinic instability on the continental shelf — Johns Hopkins.
Kara, A. Birol, 2003, A fine resolution hybrid coordinate ocean model with a new solar radiation penetration scheme — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Mississippi (as of 9/18/08).
Arruda, Wilton Zumpichiatti, 2002, Eddies along western boundaries — Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) [Federal University of Rio de Janeiro], Brazil (as of 9/18/08).
Mask, Andrea, 2002, An open boundary condition for layer to level ocean model interaction — Naval Oceanographic Office, Mississippi (as of 9/18/08).
Mizoguchi, Ken-ichi, 2001, Quasi-decadal variations in the North Atlantic — Japan.
Zamudio-Lopez, Luis, 2001, Mesoscale variability along the southwest coast of Mexico induced by oceanic and atmospheric remote forcings — Naval Research Lab / COAPS, Mississippi (as of 9/18/08).
Leonardi, Alan P., 2000, Interannual variability in the eastern subtropical Pacific Ocean — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Washington, D.C. (as of 9/18/08).
Tilburg, Charles Edward, 2000, Ocean dynamics around New Zealand — University of New England, Maine (as of 9/18/08).
Morey, Steven L., 1999, The spring transition of thermal stratification on a mid-latitude continental shelf — FSU COAPS, Tallahassee, FL.
Nunez, Rodrigo H., 1996, A study of the ocean circulation off the coast of Chile — Chilean Naval Officer.
Verschell, Mark Alan, 1996, Interannual variability of atmospheric carbon dioxide flux in the equatorial Pacific Ocean — Stay at home dad.
Liu, Ming, 1995, Variational assimilation of acoustic tomography (Pacific ocean).
Cheng, X., 1993, Linear and nonlinear aspects of Northern Hemisphere wintertime variability in the 500mb height field.
Shriver, Jay Francis, 1993, Interdecadal variability of the equatorial pacific ocean and atmosphere: 1930-1989.
Kelly, Brian Gerard Joseph, 1992, On the generation and dispersion of Yanai waves with a spectral chebyshev-collocation reduced-gravity ocean-model.
Legler, David M., 1992, Analysis of air and sea physical properties and surface fluxes using a combination of in-situ and seasat data — U.S. CLIVAR Office, Washington, D.C. (as of 9/18/08).
Yu, Lisan, 1992, Determining the surface heat flux distribution over the tropical pacific ocean by the adjoint method (sea temperature).
Yang, Jiayan, 1991, A coupled atmosphere-ocean model in the tropics with various climatological backgrounds (pacific ocean, El Nino).
McCalpin, John D., 1990, The design and implementation of a three-dimensional, primitive equation ocean circulation model — Advanced Micro Devices, Inc, Texas (as of 9/18/08).
Jensen, Tommy Gert, 1989, A Numerical study of the seasonal variability of the Somali current.
Smedstad, Ole Martin, 1989, Data assismilation and parameter estimation in oceanographic models.
Pares-Sierra, Alejandro, 1987, Interannual variability of the California current system: a numerical model — CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico (as of 9/22/08).
Barnier, Bernard, 1986, A numerical study on the influence of the Mid-Atlantic ridge on non-linear barotropic and first mode baroclinic Rossby waves generated by seasonal winds — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France (as of 9/18/08).
Peggion, Germana, 1985, The effect of the benthic boundary layer on the physics of intense mesoscale eddies — University of New Orleans, Louisiana (as of 9/18/08).
Preller, Ruth H. , 1985, A numerical model study of circulation in the Alboran sea.
Hakkinen, S., 1984, Dynamics of the coupled ice-ocean system in the Marginal Ice Zone: Study of the mesoscale processes and of constitutive equations for sea ice.
Busalacchi, A. J., 1982, Wind-driven variability of the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Rood, Richard Benton , 1982, Mechanisms of Stratospheric ozone transport.
Camerlengo, A., 1981, On the sub-Arctic front.
Heburn, G., 1981, A numerical model of coastal upwelling off Peru - including mixed layer dynamics.
Cushman-Roisin, B., 1980, Mixing, convection and advection in the upper ocean — Dartmouth College, New Hampshire (as of 9/18/08).
Grotjahn, R., 1979, The influence of thermal fronts upon the solutions of an analytical model of mid-latitude wave-cyclone.
Kindle, J. C., 1979, Equatorial Pacific Ocean variability--Seasonal and El Nino time scales.
Wroblewski, Joseph S. , 1976, A model of the spatial structure and productivity of phytoplankton populations during variable upwelling off the coast of Oregon — Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (as of 9/18/08).
Hurlburt, H. E., 1974, The influence of coastline geometry and bottom topography on the eastern ocean circulation.
Thompson, J. D., 1974, The coastal upwelling cycle on a beta- plane: hydrodynamics and thermodynamics.
Lee, John D., 1973, Numerical simulation of the planetary boundary layer over Barbados W.I.
Jacob Padro, 1971, Energy sources for some tropical waves.

Masters Projects

Engelman, Mary Beth, 2008, A validation of the FSU/COAPS climate model — DOC/NOAA/NCEP/HPC, Virginia (as of 09/15/2008).
Ford, Kelly McBeth, 2008, Uncertainty in scatterometer-derived vorticity.
Moroni, D.F., 2008, A GLOBAL AND REGIONAL DIAGNOSTIC COMPARISON OF AIR-SEA.
Guimond, S.R., 2007, A diagnostic study of the effects of trough interactions on tropical cyclone QPF — FSU COAPS, Tallahassee, FL.
McDonald, Michael, 2007, Designing Reliable Large Scale Storage Arrays — FSU COAPS, Tallahassee, FL (as of 9/18/08).
Smith, Rebecca Anne, 2007, Trends in Maximum and Minimum Temperature Deciles in Select Regions of the United States — Illinois Water Survey, University of Illinois (as of 9/18/08).
Stewart, M. L., 2007, Cyclogenesis and Tropical Transition In Frontal Zones.
Briggs, K.R., 2006, ENSO Event Reproduction: A Comparison of an EOF vs. a Cyclostationary (CSEOF) Approach — FSU COAPS, Tallahassee, FL (as of 9/18/08).
Culin, Joanne Carol, 2006, Wintertime ENSO Variability in Wind Direction Across the Southeast United States — National Weather Service, Mississippi (as of 9/18/08).
Gierach, Michelle Marie (Hite), 2006, Vorticity-Based Detection of Tropical Cyclogenesis — University of South Carolina (as of 9/18/08).
Hughes, Paul J., 2006, North Atlantic Decadal Variability of Ocean Surface Fluxes — FSU COAPS, Tallahassee, FL (as of 9/18/08).
Petraitis, Dawn Christine, 2006, Long-Term ENSO-Related Winter Rainfall Predictions Over the Southeast U.S. Using the FSU Global Spectral Model — SAIC, in support of contract at National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), Mississippi (as of 9/18/08).
Taylor, Jeffrey, 2006, Comparison of ECMWF and QuikSCAT-Derived Surface Pressure Gradients — National Weather Service, South Carolina (as of 9/18/08).
Arrocha, Gloria, 2005, Variability of Intraseasonal Precipitation Extremes Associated with ENSO in Panama.
Banks, R. F., 2005, Variability of Indian Ocean surface fluxes using a new objective method — DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP Ocean Prediction Center, Washington, D.C. (as of 9/18/08).
Brolley, Justin Michael, 2004, Experimental Forest Fire Threat Forecast — EQECAT, California (as of 9/18/08).
Jones, Brian, 2004, Influence of Panamanian Wind Jets on the Southeast Intertropical Convergence Zone.
Lombardi, Khara , 2004, Resolving the Diurnal and Synoptic Variance of Scatterometer Vector Wind Observations — Working on PhD, Georgia Tech.
Maue, Ryan Nicholas, 2004, Evolution of Frontal Structure Associated with Extratropical Transitioning Hurricanes — Working on PhD (FSU COAPS), Tallahassee, FL.
Arguez, A., 2002, The relationship between low-frequency North Atlantic sea surface temperatures and Eastern North American climate.
Davis, S., 2002, Some impacts of SeaWinds data in numerical weather prediction — Univ. of Rhode Island.
Davis, Xujing Jia, 2002, Evaluation of wind products for forcing coastal ocean models — University of Rhode Island (as of 9/18/08).
Enloe, Jesse, 2002, ENSO impacts on peak wind gusts in the United States — STG, Inc, North Carolina (as of 9/18/08).
Hilburn, Kyle, 2002, Development of scatterometer-derived research quality surface pressure fields for the Southern Ocean — Remote Sensing Systems, California (as of 9/18/08).
Parker, Carissa Tartaglione, 2002, Regional effects of ENSO on US hurricane landfalls — Johnson Controls, Florida (as of 9/18/08).
Phelps, M., 2002, Assessment of the potential predictability in the NCEP/CPC dynamical seasonal forecast system — Naval Research Lab, MS.
Salapata, D., 2002, Winter temperature and precipitation verification of a version of the NCEP MRF climate model — Univ. of Maryland.
Spade, Elizabeth Rebecca, 2001, The many faces of ENSO (El-Nino Southern Oscillation) — High School Teacher.
Bove, Mark Christopher, 2000, PDO Modification of U.S ENSO climate impacts — Munich Reinsurance America, New Jersey (as of 9/18/08).
Samuelsen, Annette, 2000, A simulation of the biological response to low-frequency physical forcing in the tropical Pacific Ocean — Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norway (as of 9/18/08).
Kreitner, Richard Emil, 1999, Front range severe flash flooding and El-Nino — National Weather Service, North Carolina (as of 9/18/08).
Murray, Colin Patrick, 1999, Interannual variability of upper ocean vorticity balances in the Gulf of Alaska — NAVOCEANO.
Pegion, Kathleen Verzone, 1999, Double ensemble estimates of precipitation in the Southeastern United States for extreme ENSO events — Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Maryland (as of 9/18/08).
Pegion, Philip J., 1999, Objectively-derived daily Winds from satellite scatterometer — NASA Goddard.
Sharp, Ryan James, 1999, Comparision of modelled and remotely sensed (NSCAT) boundary layer flow and vorticity around islands — National Weather Service, Tampa Bay Area (as of 9/18/08).
Leonardi, Alan P., 1998, Dynamics of the North Hawaiian ridge current — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Washington, D.C. (as of 9/18/08).
Miller, Sonya Kulkarni, 1998, Variability of surface wind convergence estimated from ERS-1/2 Scatterometer winds over the Indian Ocean — Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology (as of 9/18/08).
Putman, William M., 1998, Assismilation of FSU and NCEP Reanalysis pseudostress products over the pacific ocean and complex EOF analysis of the resulting fields — NASA, Maryland (as of 9/18/08).
Zierden, David F., 1998, Cyclone surface pressure fields and frontogenesis from Nasa scatterometer (NSCAT) winds — FSU COAPS, Tallahassee, FL (as of 9/18/08).
Caron, Julie, 1997, The generation of synthetic sea surface temperature date for the equatorial pacific ocean — National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Colorado (as of 9/18/08).
Henderson, Tracy, 1997, Statistical analysis relating El Nino (El Viejo) events to monthly temperature and precipitation departures in the Pacific Northwest — Weather Broadcasting, Seattle.
Mizoguchi, Ken-ichi, 1997, Multi and Quasi-decadal variations of sea surface temperature anomaly in the North Atlantic — Completed PhD at COAPS, Japan.
Morey, Steven L., 1997, The effects of Halmahera on the Indonesian overflow.
Green, Phaedra M., 1996, Regional analysis of Canadian, Alaskan, and Mexican precipitation and temperature for ENSO impact — Naval Postgraduate School.
Mask, Andrea C., 1996, Wind driven effects on the yellow sea warm current — Naval Oceanographic Office, Mississippi (as of 9/18/08).
Murphy, Sylvia J., 1996, The connectivity of Eddy variability in the Caribbean sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean — NCAR, Colorado (as of 9/18/08).
Sweeny, Shannon R., 1996, Impact of ENSO on weather conditions at continental U.S military bases — U.S. Air Force Officer.
Ekers, Kenneth W., 1995, Principal patterns of interannual regional Australian rainfal variability and their relationship to Indian Ocean evaporation.
Beaudoin, Paul T., 1994, Information content in the ERS-1 three day repeat visit scatterometer winds over the North Pacific from January through March 1992.
Hickel, Brent D., 1994, The effects of the horizontal resolution of the sea surface temperature field on the FSU spectral model.
Sittel, Mattew C. , 1994, Marginal probability distribution of the extremes of ENSO events for temperature and precipitation in the Southeastern U.S. — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Nebraska (as of 9/18/08).
Jones, Catherine Stephens, 1992, Variability of surface fluxes over the Indian ocean.
Miles, Kelley Franklin, 1992, Variability of five day wind fields over the Indian ocean using ship and SASS data.
Heim, Paul K. II, 1991, The influence of the Alaskan gyre on the coastal circulation in the Gulf of Alaska — U.S. Navy, Virginia (as of 9/18/08).
Mattews, Paul E., 1991, Observation of Mesoscale ocean dynamics in the Northeast Pacific using Geosat radar altimetry data.
Potemera, James T., 1990, The seasonal circulation of the upper ocean in the Bay of Bengal — University of Hawaii (as of 9/18/08).
Tsai, Pedro T.H. , 1990, The 26-day oscillation observed in the satellite SST measurements in the equatorial western Indian ocean.
Shriver, Jay F., 1989, Analysis of remotely forced oceanic Rossby waves off California.
Hirschberg, P., 1988, The saline flow into the Atlantic.
Woodberry, Karen E., 1988, The wind driven seasonal circulation in the Southern tropical Indian Ocean.
Simmons, Ray C., 1987, Verification of a numerical ocean model of the Arabian sea.
Ehret, Laura L., 1986, Temporal and spatial structure of wind stress curl over the North Atlantic.
Harlan, Jack Jr., 1985, A variational method for assimilation of scatterometer winds into surface pressure fields.
Pavia, Edgar G., 1985, Statistics of wind speed over the oceans — CICESE, California (as of 9/18/08).
Legler, David M., 1984, Objective analysis algorithm for satellite surface wind data — U.S. CLIVAR Office, Washington, D.C. (as of 9/18/08).
Meng, Alex M., 1984, Development of the Somali current system during the Southwest Monsoon.
Pares-Sierra Alenjandro F., 1984, Estimates of oceanic heat transport in the tropical pacific: Mean, Seasonal and Interannual variability — CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico (as of 9/22/08).
Nash, Louis, 1981, The interannual variability of the upper ocean equatorial pacific current system.
Busalacchi, Antonio J., 1980, The seasonal variability in a model of the tropical pacific.
Goldenberg, Stanley B., 1980, Time and space variability of tropical pacific wind stress.
Adamec, David, 1978, The equator as a waveguide with reference to upwelling in the Gulf of Guinea.
Camerlengo, Alejandro L., 1978, Open boundary conditions in an equatorial ocean.
Preller, Ruth, 1978, An idealized model of upwelling off Peru.
Grotjahn, Richard, 1975, Some inaccuracies in finite differenting hyperbolic.
Peffley, Monty B. , 1975, A three-dimentional simulational of coastal upwelling off Oregon — NOAA, National Coastal Data Development Center, Louisiana (as of 9/18/08).
Elliott, Dennis L., 1974, The Mesoscale wind field over an upwelling region.
Holladay, Cleveland G., 1974, Mesoscale variability of sea surface temperature — Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL (as of 9/18/08).
McNider, Richard T., 1972, A multi-layer model of coastal upwelling — University of Alabama in Huntsville (Emeritus) and Florida State University (as of 9/18/08).