Publications of Christopher W. Landsea
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2022
2021
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Landsea, C. and E. Blake, 2021:"Was 2020 a Record-Breaking Hurricane Season? Yes, But..." National Hurricane Center Blog - Inside the Eye
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Video of "Was 2020 a Record-Breaking Hurricane Season? Yes, But. . ."
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Bell, G. D., M. Rosencrans, E. S. Blake, C. W. Landsea, H. Wang, S. B.
Goldenberg, and R. J. Pasch, 2021: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin,
State of the Climate in 2020. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102, S224-S230.
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Vecchi, G. A., C. Landsea, W. Zhang, G. Villarini, and T. Knutson, 2021:
Changes in Atlantic major hurricane frequency since the late-19th
century. Nature Communications. 12, 1-9.
2020
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Sangster, S. J. and C. W. Landsea, 2020:"Constraints in Dvorak wind speed
estimates: How quickly can hurricanes intensify?", Wea. Forecastinr,
35, 1235-1241.
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Bell, G. D., E. S. Blake, C. W. Landsea, M. Rosencrans, H. Wang, S. B.
Goldenberg, and R. J. Pasch, 2020: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin,
State of the Climate in 2019. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 101, S204-S212.
2019
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Bell, G. D., E. S. Blake, C. W. Landsea, H. Wang, S. B. Goldenberg, and
R. J. Pasch, 2019: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin, State of the
Climate in 2018. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, S113-S119
2018
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Bell, G. D., E. S. Blake, C. W. Landsea, S. B. Goldenberg, and R. J.
Pasch, 2018: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin, State of the Climate
in 2017. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, S114-S118.
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Landsea, C. W., and J. P. Cangialosi, 2018:"Have we reached the limits of
predictability for tropical cyclone track forecasting?", Bulletin of the
American Meteorological Society, 99, 2237-2243.
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Weinkle, J., C. Landsea, D. Collins, R. Musulin, R. P. Crompton, P. J.
Klotzbach, and R. Pielke, Jr., 2018:"Normalized hurricane damage in the
continental United States 1900-2017.", Nature Sustainability, 1,
808-813.
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Delgado, S., C. W. Landsea, and H. Willoughby, 2018:" Reanalysis of the 1954-63 Atlantic hurricane seasons." J. Climate, 31, 4177-4192
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Landsea, C.W., 2018: Essay on Hurricane Harvey's Rainfall and Global Warming.
2017
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Bell, G. D., E. S. Blake, C. W. Landsea, C. Wang, J. Schemm, T. B. Kimberlain, R. J. Pasch, and S. B. Goldenberg, 2017: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin, State of the Climate in 2016. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, S108-S112.
2016
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Bell, G. D., C. W. Landsea, E. S. Blake, J. Schemm, S. B. Goldenberg, T. B. Kimberlain, and R. J. Pasch, 2016: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin, State of the Climate in 2015. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, S105-S108.
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Cangialosi, J. P., and C. W. Landsea, 2016: An examination of model and official National Hurricane Center tropical cyclone size forecasts. Wea. Forecasting., 31, 1293-1300.
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Kieper, M. E., C. W. Landsea, and J. L. Beven, II, 2016: A reanalysis of Hurricane Camille. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, 367-384.
2015
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Bell, G. D., E. S. Blake, C. W. Landsea, S. B. Goldenberg, T. B. Kimberlain, R. J. Pasch, and J. Schemm, 2015: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin, State of the Climate in 2014. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, S101-S107.
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Bell, G. D., C. W. Landsea, S. B. Goldenberg, R. J. Pasch, E. S. Blake, J. Schemm, and T. B. Kimberlain, 2014: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin, State of the Climate in 2013. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 95, S86-S90.
2014
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Landsea, C. W., A. Hagen, W. Bredemeyer, C. Carrasco, D. A. Glenn, A. Santiago,
D. Strahan-Sakoskie, and M. Dickinson, 2014: A reanalysis of the 1931-1943
Atlantic hurricane database. Journal of Climate, 27, 6093-6118.
2013
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Bell, G. D., S. B. Goldenberg, C. W. Landsea, E. S. Blake, T. B.
Kimberlain, J. Schemm, and R. J. Pasch, 2013: Tropical Cyclones -
Atlantic Basin, State of the Climate in 2012. Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society, 94, S85-S89.
2012
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Bell, G. D., E. S. Blake, C. W. Landsea,
T. B. Kimberlain, S. B. Goldenberg, J. Schemm, and R. J. Pasch, 2012:
Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin, State of the Climate in
2011. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, S99-S105.
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Hagen, A. B., and C. W. Landsea, 2012: On the classification
of extreme Atlantic hurricanes utilizing mid-Twentieth-Century
monitoring capabilities. J. Climate, 25, 4461-4475.
Submitted to Journal of Climate.
Supplementary files for the files for the classification of extreme hurricanes pape
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Rappaport, E. N., J.-G. Jiing, C. W. Landsea, S. T. Murillo, and J. L.
Franklin, 2012: The Joint Hurricane Testbed - Its first decade of
tropical cyclone research-to-operations activities revisited. Bull.
Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 371-380.
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Landsea, C. W., S. Feuer, A. Hagen, D. A. Glenn, J. Sims, R. Perez,
M. Chenoweth, and N. Anderson, 2012: A reanalysis of the 1921-1930
Atlantic hurricane database.
Journal of Climate, 25, 865-885.
Supplementary files for "A reanalysis of the 1921-1930 Atlantic hurricane database".
2011
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Blake,E.S., C. W. Landsea, and Gibney, E.J, 2011: The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United
States Tropical Cyclones from 1851 to 2010 ( and Other Frequently Requested
Hurricane Facts). _NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC-6_.
- Dr. Landsea's essay on Hurricanes and Global
Warming
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Bell, G. D., E. S. Blake, T. B. Kimberlain, C. W. Landsea, J. Schemm, R. J.
Pasch, and S. B. Goldenberg, 2011: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin,
State of the Climate in 2010. Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society, 92, p.s115-s121.
2010
2009
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McAdie, C. J., C. W. Landsea, C. J. Neuman, J. E. David, E. Blake,
and G. R. Hamner, 2009: Tropical Cyclones of the North Atlantic Ocean,
1851-2006. Historical Climatology Series 6-2,Prepared by the
National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC in cooperation with the
Nati0nal Hurricane Center, Miami, FL, 238 pp.
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Bell, G. D., E. Blake, S. B. Goldenberg, T. Kimberlain,C. W. Landsea,
R. Pasch, and J. Schemm, 2009: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin, State
of theClimate in 2008. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
90, p.s79-s82.
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Rappaport, Edward N., James. L. Franklin, Lixion A. Avila, Stephen R. Baig,
John L. Beven II, Eric S. Blake, Christohper A. Burr, Jiann-Gwo Jiing,
Christopher A. Juckins, Richard D. Knabb, Christopher W. Landsea, Michelle
Mainelli, Max Mayfield, Colin J. McAdie, Richard J. Pasch, Christopher Sisko,
Stacy R. Stewart, and Asha N. Tribble, 2009: Advances and Challenges at the
0National Hurricane Center. Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 24,
p.395-419.
2008
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Bell, G. D., E. Blake, C. W. Landsea, S. B. Goldenberg, R. Pasch, and
T. Kimberlain, 2008: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin, State of the
Climate in 2007. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
89, p.s68-s71.
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Landsea, C. W. , D. A. Glenn, W. Bredemeyer, M. Chenoweth, R. Ellis
J. Gamache, L. Hufstetler, C. Mock, R. Perez, R. Prieto, J. Sanchez-Sesma,
D. Thomas, and L. Woolcock, 2008: A Reanalysis of the 1911-20 Atlantic
Hurricane Database. Journal of Climate, 21, p.2138-2168.
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Pielke, R. A., Jr., J. Gratz, C. W. Landsea, D. Collins, M. A. Saunders,
and R. Muslin, 2008: Normalized hurricane damage in the United States:
1900-2005. Natural Hazard Review, 9, p.29-42.
2007
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International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (IWTC), 2007 : Statement on
tropical cycloness and climate change, in Sixth WMO International
Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (IWTC-VI). WMO/TD-No. 1383 WWRP 2007-1.
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Camargo, Suzana J., Anthony G. Branston, Philip J. Klotzbach, and
Christopher W. Landsea 2007: Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Forecasts. WMO Bulletin,
56(4), p.297-309.
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Bell, G. D., E. Blake, C. W. Landsea, M. Chelliah, R. Pasch, K. C. Mo,
and S. B. Goldenberg 2007: Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Basin. State
of the Climate in 2006. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, p.S48-S51.
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Walsh, K. J. E., M. Fiorino, C. W. Landsea, and K. L. McInnes, 2007:
Objectively Determined Resolution-Dependent Threshold Criteria for the
Detection of Tropical Cyclones in Climate Models and Reanalysis.
J. Clim., 20, 2307-2314.
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Cerveny, R. S., J. Lawrimore, R. Edwards, and C. Landsea, 2007:
Extreme Weather Records Compilation, Adjudication, and Publication.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 853-860.
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Landsea, C. W., 2007: Counting Atlantic Tropical Cyclones back to 1900.
EOS, 88, 197 & 2002.
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Blake, E.S., E.N.Rappaport, and C.W. Landsea, 2007: The Deadliest, Costliest,
and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones from 1851 to 2006 (and Other
Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts). NOAA Tech. Memo NWS TPC-5, 43 pp.
2006
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Aberson, S.D., M.L.Black, R.A.Black, R.W.Burpee, J.J.Cione, C.W. Landsea,
and F.D. Marks, Jr. 2006: Thirty years of tropical cyclone research with
the NOAA P-3 aircraft. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Vol. 87, pp. 1039-1055.
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Bell, G.D., E. Blake, K.C. Mo, C.W. Landsea, R. Pasch, M. Chelliah,
and S.B. Goldenberg 2006: Tropical cyclones - Atlantic basin. State
of the Climate in 2005. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Vol. 87,
pp. S33-S37.
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Landsea,C.W., B.A.Harper, K.Hoarau, and J.A.Knaff 2006: Can we detect
trends in extreme tropical cyclones? Science Vol. 313, pp. 452-454.
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Wang, C., D. B. Enfield, S. Lee, and C. W. Landsea, 2006: Influences of
the Atlantic Warm Pool on Western Hemisphere Summer Rainfall and Atlantic
Hurricanes. Journal of Climate Vol. 19, No. 12, pp. 3011-3028.
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Pielke, Jr., R. A., C. W. Landsea, M. Mayfield, J. Laver, R. Pasch, 2006: Reply
to Hurricanes and Global Warming Potential Linkages and Consequences.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87:628-631.
2005
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Michaels, P. J., P. C. Knappenberger, and C. W. Landsea, 2005: Comments
on "Impacts of CO2-Induced Warming on Simulated Hurricane Intensity
and Precipitation: Sensitivity to the Choice of Climate Model and
Convective SchemeÓ". J. Climate, 18, 5179-5182.
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Pielke, Jr., R. A., C. W. Landsea, M. Mayfield, J. Laver and
R. Pasch, "2005: Hurricanes and Global Warming". Bull. Amer. Meteor.
Soc.,86, 1571-1575.
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Landsea, C. W., 2005: "Hurricanes and global warming". Nature,
438, E11-13, doi:10.1038/nature04477.
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Bell, G. D., S. Goldenberg, C. Landsea, E. Blake, R. Pasch,
M. Chelliah, and K. Mo, 2005: Atlantic Hurricane Season,
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, S26-29.
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Blake,E.S., E.N. Rappaport, J.D. Jarrell,
and C. W. Landsea, 2005: The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United
States Tropical Cyclones from 1851 to 2004 ( and Other Frequently Requested
Hurricane Facts). _NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-4_.
2004
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Chenoweth, M. and C. W. Landsea, 2004: The San Diego hurricane of
October 2, 1858. _Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc._, 85, 1689-1697.
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Landsea, C.W., J. L. Franklin, C. J. McAdie, J. L. Beven II, J. M.Gross,
R. J. Pasch, E. N. Rappaport, J. P. Dunion, and P. P. Dodge, 2004:
A re-analysis of Hurricane Andrew's (1992) intensity. _Bull. Amer.
Meteor. Soc._, 85, 1699-1712.
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Landsea, C. W., C. Anderson, N. Charles, G. Clark, J. Dunion,
J. Fernandez-Partagas, P. Hungerford, C. Neumann, and M. Zimmer, 2004:
The Atlantic hurricane database re-analysis project: Documentation for
the 1851-1910 alterations and additions to the HURDAT database.
_Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past, Present and Future_, R. J. Murname and
K.-B. Liu, Eds., Columbia University Press, 177-221.
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Bell, G., S. Goldenberg, C. Landsea, E. Blake, M. Chelliah, K. Mo
and R. Pasch, 2004: The 2003 North Atlantic Hurricane Season: A
Climate Perspective. _Bull. Amer. Met. Soc._, 85, S20-S24.
2003
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Dunion, J.P., C.W.Landsea, S.H.Houston, and M.D.Powell, 2003:
"A Reanalysis of the Surface Winds for Hurricane Donna of 1960"
Monthly Weather Review v.131 n.9 pp.1992-2011
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Pielke, R.A.Jr., J. Rubiera, C. Lansea, M.L. Fernandez, and
R. Klein, 2003: "Hurricane vulnerability in Latin America and
the Caribbean : Normalized damage and loss potentials"
Natural Hazards Review, pp.101-114
- Sandrik, A. and C. W. Landsea
2003: "Chronological Listing of Tropical Cyclones affecting North
Florida and Coastal Georgia 1565-1899" NOAA Technical
Memorandum NWS SR-224, Southern Region, National Weather Service,
HTML version (click here for pdf version)
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Owens, B. F., and C. W. Landsea, 2003: "Assessing the skill of
operational Atlantic seasonal tropical cyclone forecasts"
Wea. Forecasting, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp.45-54
2002
2001
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Landsea, C.W. Comment on "Changes in the Rates of North Atlantic Major
Hurricane Activity During the 20th Century". July 15, 2001 Geophysical
Research Letters Vol. 28 No. 14, pp. 2871-2872
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Jarrell,J.D., M. Mayfield, E.N. Rappaport, and C.W. Landsea "The Deadliest,
Costliest, and Most Intense United States Hurricanes from 1900 to 2000 (and
other Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts)" NOAA Technical Memorandum
NWS/TPC-1, Updated October 2001
- Goldenberg, S.B., C.W. Landsea, A.M.
Mestas-Nuñez, and W.M. Gray "The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane
activity : Causes and implications" Science 2001 v.293 no.5529
pp.474-479
2000
- R. J.
Murnane, C. Barton, E. Collins, J. Donnelly, J. Elsner, K. Emanuel, I. Ginis,
S. Howard, C. Landsea, K. Liu, D. Malmquist, M. McKay, A. Michaels, N. Nelson,
J. O'Brien, D. Scott, and T. Webb, 2000: Model estimates hurricane wind speed
probabilities. Eos, 81, n.38, pp.433-438.
- Landsea,C.W., Knaff,J.A.,
2000: "How much skill was there in forecasting the very strong 1997-98 El
Niño?" Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81
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Landsea, C. W., 2000: "El Niño-Southern Oscillation and the seasonal
predictability of tropical cyclones" El Niño and the Southern
Oscillation : Multiscale Variability and Global and Regional Impacts,
edited by H. F. Diaz and V. Markgraf. pp.149-181
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Landsea, C. W., 2000: "Climate variability of tropical cyclones: Past, Present
and Future" Storms edited by R. A. Pielke, Sr. and R. A. Pielke, Jr,
Routledge, New York, p.220-241/a>
1999
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Landsea, C.W., Pielke, Jr., R.A., Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., Knaff, J.A.,
1999: Atlantic basin hurricanes: Indices of climatic changes, Climatic
Change, 42, pp. 89-129.
- Pielke, R. A., Jr., C. W.
Landsea, R. T. Musulin, and M. Downton, 1999: Evaluation of catastrophe models
using a normalized historical record: Why it is needed and how to do it.
Journal of Risk and Insurance, 18, pp.177-194.
- Pielke, Jr., R. A., and
Landsea, C.W., 1999: "La Niña, El Niño, and Atlantic Hurricane
Damages in the United States" , Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80,
pp. 2027-2033.
1998
- Bove, M. C., J. B. Elsner, C. W.
Landsea,, X. Niu and J. J. O'Brien, 1998: Effect of El Niño on U.S.
landfalling hurricanes, revisited. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79,
pp. 2477-2482.
- Henderson-Sellers, A., H.
Zhang, G. Berz, K. Emanuel, W. Gray, C. Landsea, G. Holland, J. Lighthill,
S-L. Shieh, P. Webster, K. McGuffie, 1998: Tropical cyclones and global
climate change: A post-IPCC assessment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
79, pp. 19-38.
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Nicholls, N., C.W. Landsea, and J. Gill, 1998:
Recent trends in Australian region tropical cyclone activity. Meteorol.
Atmos. Phys., 65, pp. 197-205.
- Pielke, Jr., R. A.,
and Landsea, C.W., 1998: Normalized U.S. hurricane damage, 1925-1995. Wea.
Forecasting, 13, pp. 621-631.
- Landsea, C.W., G.D. Bell, W.M. Gray,
and S.B. Goldenberg, 1998: The extremely active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season:
Environmental conditions and verification of seasonal forecasts. Mon. Wea.
Rev., 126, pp. 1174-1193.
1997
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Landsea, C.W., 1997: Comments on "Will greenhouse gas--induced warming over
the next 50 years lead to higher frequency and greater intensity of
hurricanes?", Tellus, 49A, pp. 622-623.
- Knaff, J.A, and C.W.
Landsea, 1997: An El Nino--Southern Oscillation CLImatology and PERsistence
(CLIPER) Forecasting Scheme. Wea. Forecasting, 12, pp.633-652.
- Gray,
W.M., J.D. Sheaffer, and C.W. Landsea, 1997: Climate trends associated with
multidecadal variability of Atlantic hurricane activity. "Hurricanes: Climate
and Socioeconomic Impacts." H.F. Diaz and R.S. Pulwarty, Eds., Springer-Verlag,
New York, pp. 15-53.
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Landsea, C.W., N. Nicholls, W.M. Gray, and L.A. Avila, 1997: Reply to Comments
on "Downward trends in the frequency of intense Atlantic hurricanes during the
past five decades", Geo. Res. Letters, 24, p. 2205.
- Mielke,P. W. Jr., Berry,
K. J., Landsea, C. W., Gray, W. M., 1997 : A Single-Sample Estimate of
Shrinkage in Meteorological Forecasting, Weather and Forecasting,
12, pp.847-858
- Tonkin, H., C. Landsea, G. J. Holland, and S. Li,
1997: Tropical cyclones and climate change: A preliminary assessment.
_Assessing climate change: Results from the Model Evaluation Consortium for
Climate Assessment_, edited by W. Howe and A. Henderson-Sellers, 327-360,
Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach.
1996
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Landsea, C.W., N. Nicholls, W.M. Gray, and L.A. Avila, 1996: Downward trends
in the frequency of intense Atlantic hurricanes during the past five decades.
Geo. Res. Letters, 23, pp. 1697-1700.
- Mielke, Jr., P.W.,
K.J. Berry, C.W. Landsea, and W.M. Gray, 1996: Artificial skill and validation
in weather forecasting. Wea. Forecasting, 11, No.2, pp. 153-169.
1995
1994
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Landsea, C.W., W.M. Gray, P.W. Mielke, Jr., and K.J. Berry, 1994: Seasonal
forecasting of Atlantic hurricane activity. Weather, 49, 273-284.
- Gray, W.M., C.W. Landsea,
P.W. Mielke, Jr., and K.J. Berry, 1994: Predicting Atlantic basin seasonal
tropical cyclone activity by 1 June. Wea. Forecasting, 9,
pp. 103-115.
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Lighthill, J., G. Holland, W. Gray, C. Landsea, G. Craig, J. Evans, Y.
Kurihara, and C. Guard, 1994: Global Climate Change and Tropical Cyclones.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 75, 2147-2158.
1993
- Landsea, C.W., 1993: A climatology of
intense (or major) Atlantic hurricanes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121,
pp. 1703-1713.
- Gray, W.M., C.W. Landsea,
P.W. Mielke, Jr., and K.J. Berry, 1993: Predicting Atlantic basin seasonal
tropical cyclone activity by 1 August. Wea. Forecasting, 8,
pp. 73-86.
- Gray, W.M., and C.W. Landsea, 1993: Examples
of the large modification in US East Coast hurricane spawned destruction by
prior occurring West African rainfall conditions. "ICSU/WMO International
Symposium on Tropical Cyclone Disasters", J. Lighthill, Z. Zhemin, G.
Holland, and K. Emanuel, Eds. Peking University Press, Beijing, 182-189.
1992
- Landsea, C.W., W.M. Gray, P.W.
Mielke, Jr., and K.J. Berry, 1992: Long-term variations of Western Sahelian
monsoon rainfall and intense U.S. landfalling hurricanes. J. Climate,
5, 1528-1534.
- Gray, W.M., C.W. Landsea,
P.W. Mielke, Jr., and K.J. Berry, 1992: Predicting Atlantic seasonal hurricane
activity 6-11 months in advance. Wea. Forecasting, 7, pp.
440-455
- Gray, W.M., and C.W. Landsea,
1992: African rainfall as a precursor of hurricane-related destruction on the
U.S. East Coast. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 73, 1352-1364.
- Landsea, C.W., and W.M. Gray,
1992: The strong association between Western Sahelian monsoon rainfall and
intense Atlantic hurricanes. J. Climate, 5, 435-453.
1989