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	Author	Gould, W.J.; Smith, S.R.
	Title	Research vessels: Underutilized assets for climate observations			Type	$loc['typeJournal Article']
	Year	2006	Publication	Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union	Abbreviated Journal	Eos Trans. AGU
	Volume	87	Issue	22	Pages	214
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0096-3941	ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Funding	NOAA			Approved	$loc['no']
	Call Number	COAPS @ mfield @			Serial	710
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	Author	Green, P.; Legler, D. M.; Miranda, C.; O'Brien, J. J.
	Title	The North American Climate Patterns Associated with El Nino-Southern Oscillation			Type	$loc['typeReport']
	Year	1997	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	8
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	Publisher	Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies	Place of Publication	Tallahassee, FL	Editor
	Language		Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title	COAPS Technical Report 97-1	Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN		ISBN		Medium
	Area		Expedition		Conference
	Funding	ONR, NASA, NOAA			Approved	$loc['no']
	Call Number	COAPS @ mfield @			Serial	727
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	Author	Green, P. M.
	Title	Regional Analysis of Canadian, Alaskan, and Mexican Precipitation and Temperature for ENSO Impact			Type	$loc['typeReport']
	Year	1996	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages	73
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	Publisher	FSU COAPS	Place of Publication	Tallahassee, FL	Editor
	Language		Summary Language		Original Title
	Series Editor		Series Title	COAPS Report Series	Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
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	Funding				Approved	$loc['no']
	Call Number	COAPS @ mfield @			Serial	717
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	Author	Griffin, M. L.; Smith, S. R.
	Title	Polarstern Data Quality Control Report: May 1993 – November 1996			Type	$loc['typeReport']
	Year	2001	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
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	Series Editor		Series Title	RVSMDC Report 01-01, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840	Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
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	Funding				Approved	$loc['no']
	Call Number	COAPS @ mfield @			Serial	811
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	Author	Groenen, D.
	Title	The Effects of Climate Change on the Pests and Diseases of Coffee Crops in Mesoamerica			Type	$loc['typeJournal Article']
	Year	2018	Publication	Journal of Climatology & Weather Forecasting	Abbreviated Journal
	Volume	6	Issue	3	Pages
	Keywords	Coffee; Pests and diseases; Mesoamerica; Climate
	Abstract	Coffee is an in-demand commodity that is being threatened by climate change. Increasing temperatures and rainfall variability are predicted in the region of Mexico and Central America (Mesoamerica). This region is plagued with pests and diseases that have already caused millions of dollars in damages and losses to the coffee industry.This paper examines three pests that negatively affect coffee plants: the coffee borer beetle, the black twig borer,and nematodes. In addition, this paper examines three diseases that can destroy coffee crops: bacterial blight,coffee berry disease, and coffee leaf rust. This paper will review the literature on how these pests and diseases are predicted to affect coffee crops under climate change models. In general, increased temperatures will increase the spread of pest and disease in coffee crops. Projected decreased rainfall in Honduras and Nicaragua may decrease the spread of pest and disease. However, these are complex issues which still require further study.
	Address	Climatol Weather Forecasting
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	Language	English	Summary Language		Original Title
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	2332-2594	ISBN		Medium
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	Funding				Approved	$loc['no']
	Call Number	COAPS @ user @			Serial	964
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	Author	Groenen, Danielle Elizabeth
	Title	Diagnosing the Atmospheric Phenomena Associated with the Onset and Demise of the Rainy Season in Mesoamerica			Type	$loc['typeJournal Article']
	Year	2019	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
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	Abstract	Mexico and Central America (Mesoamerica) are situated in a complex and unique geographical position with the Caribbean Sea to the East and the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean to the West. The weather patterns of this region are driven by winds, temperatures, moisture, and orography of several mountain ranges. This study finds the dates of the onset and demise of rainfall regimes on a specific day using NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) rainfall for years 1998–2012, area-averaged over land. Using NASA’s MERRA-2 Reanalysis data, we also look at the phenomenology of the triggers of the rainy season onset and demise on the daily time-scale instead of the monthly scales used by previous studies. We find that the Mesoamerican Rainy Season can be distinguished into two parts: the Early Spring Rainfall (ESR) associated with light rains and the Late Spring Rainfall (LSR) associated with heavy rains. Two algorithms are used to obtain these rainy season distinctions. A new algorithm was developed during this study, called the SLOPE algorithm, to calculate when the rain rates first start to increase. In the second method, the daily cumulative anomalies of rainfall are compared to the climatological rainfall to find the time of onset of the heavy rains, called the MINCA algorithm. To better understand the phenomenology associated with the timing of the rainfall, we look at the monsoon trough, moisture flux convergence, moist static energy anomalies, and the weakening/strengthening of the winds associated with the Caribbean Low-Level Jet and Panama Jet. The light rain rates begin, on average, in mid-March, approximately one month after the peak of the winter Caribbean Low-Level Jet and the Panama Jet. The ramp-up between the light rains and heavy rains is associated with a significant weakening of both jets and the northward progression of a monsoon trough off the western coast of Central America. The heavy rain rates begin, on average, in mid-May, and are associated with the timing when the Panama Jet goes to near zero magnitude and a strong monsoon trough in the eastern Pacific. At the demise of the rainfall, approximately in mid-November, the Panama Jet strengthens again, the total moisture flux convergence decreases significantly, and the monsoon trough retreats southward and eastward. The results of this study have positive implications in agriculture and water resources for Mesoamerica, as this information may help resource managers better plan and adapt to climate variability.
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	Call Number	COAPS @ user @			Serial	1085
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	Author	Guerra, L.A.A.; Paiva, A.M.; Chassignet, E.P.
	Title	On the translation of Agulhas rings to the western South Atlantic Ocean			Type	$loc['typeJournal Article']
	Year	2018	Publication	Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers	Abbreviated Journal	Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
	Volume	139	Issue		Pages	104-113
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	Abstract	The shedding of Agulhas rings is the primary process connecting the Indian and Atlantic oceans. The rings transport warm and salty waters that feed the surface limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Early studies suggest that Agulhas rings decay and diffuse their contents within the South Atlantic subtropical gyre. In this paper, we update the ring census using an automated algorithm to detect and track eddies over more than 23 years of satellite altimetry data (1993-2016) and calculate their main characteristics. While 140 rings spawned from the Agulhas Retroflection, their following splitting and merging resulted in 74 long-lived rings that crossed the Walvis Ridge and translated towards the west. Eventually, three rings reached the western boundary. For one of them, we use in situ measurements to document its interaction with the Brazil Current and two cyclonic eddies, which resulted in a current velocity increase by three times. Although already hypothesized, this interaction had not been demonstrated with in situ evidence until now.
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	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
	ISSN	0967-0637	ISBN		Medium
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	Funding				Approved	$loc['no']
	Call Number	COAPS @ user @			Serial	994
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	Author	Guimond, S. R.
	Title	A diagnostic study of the effects of trough interactions on tropical cyclone QPF.			Type	$loc['typeManuscript']
	Year	2007	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
	Volume		Issue		Pages
	Keywords	Satellites, Precipitation, Tropical Cyclones, Troughs
	Abstract	A composite study is presented analyzing the influence of upper-tropospheric troughs on the evolution of precipitation in twelve Atlantic tropical cyclones (TCs) between the years 2000 � 2005. The TRMM Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) is used to examine the enhancement of precipitation within a 24 h window centered on trough interaction (TI) time in a shear-vector relative coordinate system. Eddy angular momentum flux convergence (EFC) computed from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) operational analyses is employed to objectively determine the initiation of a TI while adding insight, along with vertical wind shear, into the intensification of TC vortices. The relative roles of the dynamics (EFC and vertical wind shear) and thermodynamics (moist static energy potential) in TIs are outlined in the context of precipitation enhancement that provides quantitative insight into the “good trough”/“bad trough” paradigm. The largest precipitation rates and enhancements are found in the down-shear left quadrant of the storm, consistent with previous studies of convective asymmetries. Maximum mean enhancement values of 1.4 mm/h are found at the 200 km radius in the down-shear left quadrant. Results indicate that the largest precipitation enhancements occur with “medium” TIs; comprised of EFC values between 17 � 22 (m/s)/day and vertical wind shear Sensitivity tests on the upper vertical wind shear boundary reveal the importance of using the tropopause for wind shear computations when a TC enters mid-latitude regions. Changes in radial mean precipitation ranging from 29 � 40 % across all storm quadrants are found when using the tropopause as the upper boundary on the shear vector. Tests on the lower boundary using QuikSCAT ocean surface wind vectors expose large sensitivities on the precipitation ranging from 42 � 60 % indicating that the standard level of 850 hPa, outside of the boundary layer in most storms, is more physically reliable for computing vertical wind shear. These results should help to improve TC quantitative precipitation forecasting (QPF) as operational forecasters routinely rely on crude statistical methods and rules of thumb for forecasting TC precipitation.
	Address	Department of Meteorology
	Corporate Author				Thesis	$loc['Master's thesis']
	Publisher	Florida State University	Place of Publication	Tallahassee, FL	Editor
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	Funding	NASA, OVWST			Approved	$loc['no']
	Call Number	COAPS @ mfield @			Serial	610
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	Author	Guimond, S. R.; Turk, J.; Blankenship, C.; Hawkins, J.
	Title	Detecting tropical cyclone structural change with the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR) and Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)			Type	$loc['typeConference Article']
	Year	2006	Publication	86th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, Office of Naval Research, Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Abbreviated Journal
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	Funding				Approved	$loc['no']
	Call Number	COAPS @ mfield @			Serial	920
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	Author	Hanley, D. E.; Bourassa, M. A.; O'Brien, J. J.; Smith, S. R.; Spade, E. R.
	Title	The many faces of ENSO (A quantitative evaluation of ENSO indices)			Type	$loc['typeReport']
	Year	2001	Publication		Abbreviated Journal
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	Series Editor		Series Title	COAPS Technical Report 01-1, 31 pp., Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840	Abbreviated Series Title
	Series Volume		Series Issue		Edition
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	Funding				Approved	$loc['no']
	Call Number	COAPS @ mfield @			Serial	821
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