Refereed Journal Articles

1. Jones, C., 2008: A homogeneous stochastic model of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Submitted to J. Climate.

2. Liebmann, B., G. N. Kiladis, L. M. V. Carvalho, C. Jones, C. S. Vera, I. Blade, D. Allured, 2008: Origin of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves over South America. J. Climate (in press).

3. 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. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1940–1956.(PDF)

4. Muzza, M. N., L. M. V. Carvalho, C. Jones, and B. Liebmann, 2007: Intraseasonal and Interannual variability of Extreme Dry and Wet Events over Southeastern South America and Subtropical Atlantic during the Austral Summer. J. Climate (in review).

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)

11. 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)

12. 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)

13. 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)

14. 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)

15. 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)

16. 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)

17. 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)

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

19. 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)

20. 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)

21. 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)

22. 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)

23. 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)

24. 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)

25. 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)

26. 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)

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

28. 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)

29. 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)

30. 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)

31. 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)

32. 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)

33. 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)

34. 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)

35. 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.

36. 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)

37. 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.

38. 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)

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