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Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Peterson, S. H., D. A. Roberts, and C. Jones, 2013: Simulating the Jesusita Fire under two different live fuel moisture scenarios. Submitted to International Journal of Wildland Fire.

  2. Bombardi, R., L. M. V. Carvalho, C. Jones, and M. S. Reboita, 2012: Precipitation over eastern South America and the south Atlantic sea surface temperature during neutral ENSO periods. Climate Dynamics (in revision).

  3. Carvalho, L. M. V., and Jones, C., 2012: CMIP5 simulations of low-level tropospheric temperature and moisture over tropical Americas. Journal of Climate (Accepted).

  4. Jones, C., and L. M. V. Carvalho, 2012: Climate change in the South American Monsoon System: present climate and CMIP5 projections. Journal of Climate (Accepted).

  5. Jin, D., D. E. Waliser, C. Jones, and R. Murtugudde, 2013: Modulation of tropical ocean surface chlorophyll by the Madden–Julian Oscillation. Climate Dynamics, 40, 39-58, DOI 10.1007/s00382-012-1321-4.(PDF)

  6. Jones, C., L. M. V. Carvalho, and B. Liebmann, 2012: Forecast skill of the South American Monsoon System. Journal of Climate, 25, 1883-1889. (PDF)

  7. Carvalho, L. M. V., Jones, C., A. N. Posadas, R. Quiroz, B. Bookhagen, and B. Liebmann,  2012: Precipitation characteristics of the South Monsoon System derived from multiple data sets. Journal of Climate, 25, 4600-4620.(PDF)

  8. Jones, C., and L. M. V. Carvalho, 2012: Spatial-intensity variations in extreme precipitation in the contiguous United States and the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 25, 4898-4913.  (PDF)

  9. Dickey, T., and co-authors, 2012: Introduction to Special Section on Recent Advances in the Study of Optical Variability in the Near-surface and Upper Ocean. J. Geophysical Research-Oceans, 117, C00H20, doi:10.1029/2012JC007964.

  10. Jones, C., L. M. V. Carvalho, J. Gottschalck and W. Higgins, 2011: The Madden-Julian Oscillation and the relative value of deterministic forecasts of extreme precipitation in the contiguous United States. Journal of Climate, 24, 2421-2428. (PDF)

  11. Jones, C., J. Gottschalck, L. M. V. Carvalho, and W. Higgins, 2011: Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on forecasts of extreme precipitation in the contiguous United States. Monthly Weather Review, 139, 332-350.(PDF).

  12. Jones, C. and L. M. V. Carvalho, 2011: Will global warming modify the activity of the Madden-Julian Oscillation? Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 137, 544-552, DOI: 10.1002/qj.765. (PDF).

  13. Jones, C. and L. M. V. Carvalho, 2011: Stochastic simulations of the Madden-Julian Oscillation activity. Climate Dynamics, 36, 229-246, (DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0660-2).(PDF)

  14. Carvalho, L. M. V., A. E. Silva, C. Jones, B. Liebmann, P. L. Silva Dias, H. R. Rocha, 2011: Moisture transport and Intraseasonal Variability in the South America Monsoon System. Climate Dynamics, 36, 1865–1880, DOI 10.1007/s00382-010-0806-2.(PDF)

  15. Liebmann, B., G. N. Kiladis, D. Allured, C. S. Vera, C. Jones, L. M. V. Carvalho, I. Blade, and P. Gonzales, 2011: Mechanisms associated with large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil. J. Climate, 24, 376-396. (PDF)

  16. Carvalho, L. M. V., C. Jones, A. E. Silva, B. Liebmann, P. L. Silva Dias, 2011: The South American Monsoon System and the 1970s climate transition.  International Journal of Climatology, 31, 1248–1256, (DOI: 10.1002/joc.2147). (PDF)

  17. Liebmann, B., R. M. Dole, C. Jones, I. Blade and D. Allured, 2010: Influence of Choice of Time Period on Global Surface Temperature Trend Estimates. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, 1485-1491. (PDF)

  18. Larsen, J.C., P. E. Dennison, T. J. Cova, and C. Jones, 2010: Evaluating dynamic wildfire evacuation trigger buffers using the 2003 Cedar Fire. Applied Geography, 31, 12-19. (PDF).

  19. Jones, C., F. Fujioka and L. M. V. Carvalho, 2010: Forecast skill of synoptic conditions associated with Santa Ana winds in southern California. Monthly Weather Review, 138, 4528-4541(PDF). [14th Mountain Meteorology Conference Presentation] [cjones presentation]

  20. Mo, K. C., C. Jones, and J. Nogues-Paegle, 2010: Pan America. In: Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System, W. K. M. Lau and D. E. Waliser (Eds.), 2nd Edition,  Springer, Chichester, UK.

  21. Jones, C., 2009: A homogeneous stochastic model of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Climate, 22, 3270-3288. (PDF)

  22. Muza, M. N., L. M. V. Carvalho, C. Jones, and B. Liebmann, 2009: Intraseasonal and Interannual variability of Extreme Dry and Wet Events over Southeastern South America and Subtropical Atlantic during the Austral Summer. J. Climate, 22, 1682-1699.(PDF)

  23. Carvalho, L. M. V., and C. Jones, 2009: The South Atlantic Convergence Zone. In: Weather and Climate in Brazil, (Eds.) N. J. Ferreira, I. F. A. Cavalcanti, M. A.  F. Silva Dias and M. G. A. Justi da Silva, Publisher: Brazilian Meteorological Society (in Portuguese).

  24. Kayano, M., C. Jones, and P. L. Silva Dias, 2009: Intraseasonal variability. In: Weather and Climate in Brazil, (Eds) N. J. Ferreira, I. F. A. Cavalcanti, M. A.  F. Silva Dias and M. G. A. Justi da Silva, Publisher: Brazilian Meteorological Society (in Portuguese).

  25. Liebmann, B., G. N. Kiladis, L. M. V. Carvalho, C. Jones, C. S. Vera, I. Blade, D. Allured, 2009: Origin of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves over South America. J. Climate, 22, 300-315.(PDF)

  26. Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, M. C. Wheeler, C. Jones, M. Lee, and S. D. Schubert, 2008: Assessing the Skill of an All-season Statistical Forecast Model for the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 1940–1956.(PDF)

  27. Carvalho, L. M. V., A. A. Tsonis, C. Jones, H. R. Rocha, and P. S. Polito, 2007: Anti-Persistence in the Global Temperature Anomaly Field. Nonlinear Processes Geophysics, 14, 723–733.(PDF)

  28. Carvalho, L. M. V., A. Tsonis, and C. Jones, 2007: Global Spatial-temporal Organization of Temperature Anomalies. In: Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences, Tsonis, Anastasios, A.; Elsner, James B. (Eds.), Springer, 600pp.

  29. Jones, C., and L. M. V. Carvalho, 2006: Changes in the activity of the Madden-Julian oscillation during 1958-2004. Journal of Climate, 19,6353-6370.(PDF)

  30. Waliser, D. E., K. Weickmann, R. Dole, S. Schubert, O. Alves, C. Jones, M. Newman, H.-L. Pan, A. Roubicek, C. Smith, H. van den Dool, F. Vitart, M. Wheeler, J. Whitaker, 2006: The Experimental MJO Prediction Project. Bull. American Meteo. Soc., 425-431.(PDF)

  31. Seo, K-H.,J-K. E. Schemm, C. Jones, S. Moorthi, 2005: Forecast skill of the tropical intraseasonal oscillations in the NCEP GFS dynamical extended range forecasts. Climate Dynamics, 25, 265-284.  (PDF)

  32. Carvalho, L. M. V., C. Jones, and T. Ambrizzi, 2005: Opposite phases of the Antarctic Oscillation and relationships with intraseasonal to interannual activity in the Tropics during the austral summer. J. Climate, 18, 702-718.  (PDF)

  33. Jones, C., D. E. Waliser, K. M. Lau, and W. Stern, 2004: Global occurrences of extreme precipitation events and the Madden-Julian Oscillation: observations and predictability. J. Climate, 17, 4575-4589. (PDF)

  34. Zheng, Y., D. E. Waliser, W. Stern, and C. Jones, 2004: The role of coupled sea surface temperatures in the simulation of the tropical intraseasonal oscillation. J. Climate, 17, 4109-4134. (PDF)

  35. Luo, C., N. Mahowald, and C. Jones, 2004: Temporal variability of dust mobilization and concentration in source regions. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D20202, doi:10.1029/2004JD004861.  (PDF)

  36. Jones, C., N. Mahowald, and C. Luo, 2004: Observational evidence of African desert dust intensification of easterly waves. Geophys. Res. Letters, 31, L17208, doi:10.1029/2004GL020107. (PDF)

  37. Jones, C., D. E. Waliser, K. M. Lau, and W. Stern, 2004: The Madden-Julian Oscillation and its Impact on Northern Hemisphere Weather Predictability. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1462-1471.  (PDF)

  38. Jones, C., L. M. V. Carvalho, W. Higgins, D. Waliser, J-K. Schemm, 2004: A Statistical Forecast Model of Tropical Intraseasonal Convective Anomalies.  J. Climate, 17, 2078-2095. (PDF)

  39. Jones, C., L. M. V. Carvalho, W. Higgins, D. Waliser, J-K. Schemm, 2004: Climatology of Tropical Intraseasonal Convective Anomalies: 1979-2002. J. Climate, 17, 523-539. (PDF)

  40. Carvalho, L. M. V., C. Jones, B. Liebmann, 2004: The South Atlantic Convergence Zone: intensity, form, persistence, relationships with intraseasonal to interannual activity and extreme rainfall. J. Climate, 17, 88-108. (PDF)

  41. Jones, C., N. Mahowald, and C. Luo, 2003: The role of easterly waves on African desert dust transport. J. Climate, 16, 3617-3628. (PDF)

  42. Waliser, D. E., K. M. Lau, W. Stern, and C. Jones, 2003: Potential predictability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Bull. American Meteo. Soc., 33-50. (PDF)

  43. Carvalho, L. M. V., D. Lavallée, and C. Jones, 2002:  On multifractal properties of evolving convective systems over tropical South America. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 33.1-33.4. (PDF)

  44. Carvalho, L. M. V., C. Jones, B. Liebmann, 2002: Extreme precipitation events in southeastern South America and large-scale convective patterns in the South Atlantic Convergence Zone. J. Climate, 15, 2377-2394. (PDF)

  45. Jones, C., and L. M. V. de Carvalho, 2002: Active and break phases in the South American Monsoon System. J. Climate, 15, 905-914. (PDF)

  46. Carvalho, L. M. V., C. Jones, and M. A. F. Silva Dias, 2002: Intraseasonal large-scale circulations and mesoscale convective activity in the tropical South America during the TRMM-LBA campaign. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JD000745. (PDF)

  47. Wyser, K., W. O'Hirok, C. Gautier, and C. Jones, 2002: Remote sensing of surface solar irradiance with corrections for 3-D cloud effects. Remote Sens. Environ., 80, 272-284. (PDF)

  48. Carvalho, L. M. V., and C. Jones, 2001: A satellite method to identify structural properties of mesoscale convective systems based on maximum spatial correlation tracking technique (MASCOTTE). J. Applied Meteorology, 40, 1683-1701. (PDF)

  49. Liebmann, B., C. Jones, and L. M. V. Carvalho, 2001: Interannual variability of extreme precipitation events in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. J. Climate, 14, 208-218. (PDF)

  50. Jones, C., 2000: Occurrence of extreme precipitation events in California and relationships with the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Climate, 13, 3576-3587. (PDF)

  51. Jones, C. and J-K. E. Schemm, 2000: The influence of intraseasonal variations on medium-range weather forecasts over South America. Mon. Wea. Rev. 128, 486-494. (PDF)

  52. Jones, C., D. E. Waliser, J-K. E. Schemm, and W. K. Lau, 2000: Prediction skill of the Madden and Julian Oscillation in dynamical extended range weather forecasts. Climate Dynamics, 16, 273-289. (PDF)

  53. Waliser, D. E., C. Jones, J. E. Schemm, and N. E. Graham, 1999: Statistical extended-range tropical forecasts based on the slow evolution of the Madden and Julian Oscillation. J. Climate, 12, 1918-1939. (PDF)

  54. Jones, C., P. Peterson, and C. Gautier, 1999: A New Method for Deriving Ocean Surface Specific Humidity and Air Temperature: an Artificial Neural Network Approach. J. Applied Meteorology, 38, 1229-1246. (PDF)

  55. Gautier, C., P. Peterson, and C. Jones, 1998: Ocean surface air temperature derived from multiple data sets and artificial neural networks. Geophys. Res. Letters, 25, 4217-4220.(PDF)

  56. Jones, C., D. E. Waliser, and C. Gautier, 1998: The influence of the Madden and Julian Oscillation on ocean surface heat fluxes and sea surface temperature. J. Climate, 11, 1057-1072. (PDF)

  57. Gautier, C., P. Peterson, and C. Jones, 1998: Variability of air-sea interaction processes over the Indian Ocean derived from satellite observations. J. Climate, 11, 1859-1873. (PDF)

  58. Gautier, C., P. Peterson, and C. Jones, 1996: Global estimation of freshwater fluxes and oceanic transport from satellite data. World Resources Review, 8, 505-514.

  59. Jones, C., and B. C. Weare, 1996: The role of low-level moisture convergence and ocean latent heat flux in the Madden and Julian Oscillation: an observational analysis using ISCCP data and ECMWF analyses. J. Climate, 9, 3086-3104.  (PDF)

  60. Jones, C., and J. D. Horel, 1991: The Bolivian High circulation and convective activity over South America (in Portuguese). Rev. Brasileira de Meteorologia, 5-1, 379-387.

  61. Jones, C., and J. D. Horel, 1991: A note on the upper level divergence field over South America during the summer season. Rev. Brasileira de    Meteorologia, 5-2, 411-415.

Non-Refereed Articles

  1. Carvalho, L. M. V., C. Vera, and C. Jones: 2007: The main characteristics of intraseasonal variability in the South American Monsoon System (SAMS). VAMOS Newsletter, World Climate Research Program (WCRP), Climate Variability and Predictability Programme, No. 4, December 2007. (PDF)

  2. Jones, C., L. M. V. Carvalho, J. Gottschalck and W. Higgins, 2010: The Madden-Julian Oscillation and the relative value of deterministic forecasts of extreme precipitation in the contiguous United States. Special issue of the 35th Climate Diagnostic and Prediction Workshop, online Climate Prediction S&T Digest, National Weather Service, Office of Science and Technology, copy

 

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