Shawn R. Smith

COAPS

About Shawn Smith...

Born and raised in the "Great White North" of Michigan I completed my B.S. at Michigan State University in June 1989. I obtained my M.S. in Meteorology in Dec. 1991 from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and then continued my Big Ten tour taking a job at the Ohio State University in 1992. After 2 years at the Byrd Polar Research Center, I decided that I needed a change in climates, so I moved to the "Sunshine State" taking a research position at the WOCE Surface Meteorological Data Center. Now an Associate in Research, I manage our research vessel data center, the FSU tropical wind products, and focus my research activities on the effects of major climate variation on the weather of the United States. This yankee finds it WAY too hot in the summer, so I eagerly anticipate the upcoming winter!

Short Vita

Education:

Master of Science: December 1991, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Major: Meteorology
Thesis Title: Antarctic Climate Anomalies Associated with the Minimum of the Southern Oscillation Index.
Advisor: Professor Charles R. Stearns

Bachelor of Science: June 1989, High Honor, Lyman Briggs School, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Major: Earth Science
Thesis Title: A Climatological and Impact Study of Heavy Rain Events in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Advisor: Professor Jay Harman

Refereed Publications:

• Tartaglione, C., S. R. Smith, and J. J. O'Brien, 2002: ENSO impact on hurricane landfall probabilities for the Caribbean. J. Climate, submitted.

• Hanley, D. E., M. A. Bourassa, J. J. O'Brien, S. R. Smith, and E. R. Spade, 2002: A quantitative evaluation of ENSO indices. J. Climate, submitted.

• Patten, J. M., S. R. Smith, and J. J. O'Brien, 2002: Impacts of ENSO on United States snowfall frequencies. Weather and Forecasting, submitted.

• Smith, S. R., M. L. Griffin, R. E. Kreitner, and J. J. O'Brien, 2002: Summertime extreme precipitation variability associated with ENSO along the Colorado Front Range. Colorado Climate, submitted.

• Bourassa, M. A., D. M. Legler, J. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Smith, 2001: SeaWinds Validation with Research Vessels. J. Geophys. Res., accepted.

• Smith, S.R., M.A. Bourassa, and R.J. Sharp, 2001: Establishing more truth in true winds. Reprinted with permission of AMS in: WMO Guide to the Applications of Marine Climatology, in press.

• Smith, S. R., D. M. Legler, and K. V. Verzone, 2001: Quantifying uncertainties in NCEP reanalyses using high quality research vessel observations. J. Climate, 14, 4062-4072.

• Smith, S.R., and J.J. O'Brien, 2001: Regional snowfall distributions associated with ENSO: Implications for seasonal forecasting. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 1179-1191.

• Smith, S.R., D.M. Legler, M.J. Remigio, and J.J. O'Brien, 1999: Comparison of 1997-1998 U.S. temperature and precipitation anomalies to historical ENSO warm phases. J. Climate, 12, 3507-3515.

• Smith, S.R., M.A. Bourassa, and R.J. Sharp, 1997: Establishing more truth in true winds. Submitted to J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 16, 939-952.

• Smith, S.R., P.M. Green, A.P. Leonardi, and J.J. O'Brien, 1997: Role of multiple-level tropospheric circulations in forcing ENSO winter precipitation anomalies. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 3102-3116.

• Chen, B., S.R. Smith, and D.H. Bromwich, 1996: Evolution of the Tropospheric Split Jet over the South Pacific Ocean during the 1986-89 ENSO cycle. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124(8), 1711-1731.

• Smith, S.R. and S. Teeuwisse, 1994: Whiteout! Weatherwise, 47(5), 54, 51.

• Smith, S.R. and C.R. Stearns, 1993: Antarctic Climate Anomalies Surrounding the Minimum in the Southern Oscillation index. Antarctic Research Series: Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology. Vol 61, D.H. Bromwich and C.R. Stearns (Eds.), 149- 174.

• Smith, S.R. and C.R. Stearns, 1993: Antarctic Pressure and Temperature Anomalies Surrounding the Minimum in the Southern Oscillation index. J. Geophys. Res., 98(D7), 13,071-13,084.

• Smith, S. R., M. A. Bourassa, and D. M. Legler, 2000: Plan for a VOS-IMET Delayed Mode Data Center at the Florida State University, COAPS Report 2000-04, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306-2840, USA, 10pp.

• Smith, S.R., J.P. Camp, and D.M. Legler, 1996: TOGA/COARE Handbook of Quality Control Procedures and Methods for Surface Meteorology Data. COAPS Report No. 96-3, COARE Data Processing Center for Surface Meteorology, Center for Ocean Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 60pp.

• Smith, S.R., C. Harvey, and D.M. Legler, 1996: Handbook of Quality Control Procedures and Methods for Surface Meteorology Data. COAPS Report No. 96-1, WOCE Data Assembly Center for Surface Meteorology, Center for Ocean Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 49pp.

• Smith, S.R., J.F. Carrasco, and Z. Liu, 1993: A Case Study of a Siple Coast Mesocyclone. Antarct. J. U.S., 28(5), 283-285.

• Bromwich, D.H. and S.R. Smith (Eds.), 1993: U.S. FROST: Data and Science Plan. Report from the U.S. FROST Workshop. BPRC Report No. 7, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 40pp.

• WOCE Data Products Committee, 2000: WOCE Global Data, Version 2.0, "Surface Fluxes". WOCE Report No. 171/00, World Ocean Circulation Experiment International Project Office, Southampton, UK, CD-ROM.

• WOCE Data Products Committee, 2000: WOCE Global Data, Version 2.0, "Surface Meteorology". WOCE Report No. 171/00, World Ocean Circulation Experiment International Project Office, Southampton, UK, CD-ROM.

• WOCE Data Products Committee, 1998: WOCE Global Data: Surface Meteorology: Pacific/Indian Oceans, Version 1.0, WOCE International Project Office, WOCE Report No. 158/98, Southampton, UK.

• WOCE Data Products Committee, 1998: WOCE Global Data: Surface Meteorology: Atlantic/Southern Oceans, Version 1.0, WOCE International Project Office, WOCE Report No. 158/98, Southampton, UK.

• Legler, D.M., S.R. Smith, and J.N. Stricherz, 1997: TOGA-COARE IOP Surface Meteorology Archive CD-ROM. COARE Surface Meteorology Data Processing Center/Data Archival and Distribution Center, Center for Ocean Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

• Legler, D.M., S.R. Smith, and J.N. Stricherz, 1997: WOCE Southern Hemisphere Surface Meteorology CD-ROM. WOCE Data Assembly Center for Surface Meteorology, Center for Ocean Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

Field Research: Byrd Polar Research Center in conjunction with the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation, October to December 1992. Coordinated science, logistics, and personnel for a 9 week remote field study of the Antarctic boundary layer using surface based wind (Sodar) and temperature (RASS) profilers, surface instruments, and radiosondes.

Field Research: University of Wisconsin in conjunction with the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation, January 1991. Installed and repaired automated weather stations in Antarctica.

Member: American Meteorological Society

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Internet: smith@coaps.fsu.edu