Title	Associate in Research, Meteorology
Background	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. For the past decade I have focused on the quality of meteorological data collected on oceanographic research vessel. I am now director of the Research Vessel Surface Meteorology Data Center whose mission is to provide routine access to high-quality marine meteorology data for science and operational activities. My other research interests are centered around the FSU tropical wind products and the effects of major climate variations on the weather of the United States. This yankee finds Florida WAY too hot in the summer, so I eagerly anticipate the upcoming winter!
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
Papers (peer reviewed)	Arguez, A. J. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Smith, 2008: Air Temperature Impacts over Eastern North America and Europe Associated with North Atlantic SST Variability. International Journal of Climatology, (in press). Arguez, A., R. E. Livezey, J. J. O’Brien, and S. R. Smith, 2008: The Impact and Indicator Perspectives of Winter ENSO Impacts over the United States. Journal of Climate, (submitted). Hughes, P.J., M.A. Bourassa, J. Rolph, and S.R. Smith, 2008: Tropical Atlantic flux variability. Journal of Climate, (submitted). Kennedy, A. J., M. L. Griffin, S. L. Morey, S. R. Smith, and J. J. O’Brien , 2007: Effects of El Nino–Southern Oscillation on sea level anomalies along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, doi:10.1029/2006JC003904. Smith, S. R., C. Tartaglione, J. J. O'Brien, and J. Brolley, 2007: ENSO’s Impact on Regional U.S. Hurricane Activity. Journal of Climate, 20, 1404-1414, doi:10.1175/JCLI4063.1. Gould, W. J and S. R. Smith, 2006: Research vessels: Underutilized assets for climate observations. EOS, 87, 214-215, doi:10.1029/2006EO220003. Smith, S. R., 2006: A Partnership between Shipboard Oceanic and Atmospheric Data Programs. EOS, 87, 463, 466 Bourassa, M. A., R. Romero, S. R. Smith, and J. J. O’Brien, 2005: A new FSU winds Climatology. Journal of Climate, 18, 3686-3698, doi:10.1175/JCLI3487.1. Curry, J. A., A. Bentamy, M. A Bourassa, D. Bourras, E. F. Bradley, M. Brunke, S. Castro, S. H. Chou, C. A. Clayson, W. J. Emery, L. Eymard, C. W. Fairall, M. Kubota, B. Lin, W. Perrie, R. A. Reeder, I. A. Renfrew, W. B. Rossow, J. Schulz, S. R. Smith, P. J. Webster, G. A. Wick, X. Zeng, 2004: SEAFLUX. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85, 409-424 Curry, J. A., A. Bentamy, M. A. Bourassa, D. Bourras, M. Brunke, S. Castro, S. Chou, C. A. Clayson, W. J. Emery, L. Eymard, C. W. Fairall, M. Kubota, B. Lin, W. Perrie, R. R. Reeder, I. A. Renfrew, W. B. Rossow, J. Schulz, S.R Smith, P.J. Webster, G. A. Wick, X. Zeng, 2004: SEAFLUX. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85, 409-424, doi:10.1175/BAMS-85-3-409. Smith, S. R., 2004: Focusing on improving automated meteorological observations from ships. EOS, 85, 319 Smith, S. R., J. Servain, D. M. Legler, J. N. Stricherz, M. A. Bourassa, and J. J. O'Brien, 2004: In situ based pseudo-wind stress products for the tropical oceans. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85, 979-994, doi:10.1175/BAMS-85-7-979. Bourassa, M. A., D. M. Legler, J. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Smith, 2003: SeaWinds validation with research vessels. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, DOI 10.1029/2001JC001081 Hanley, D. E., M. A. Bourassa, J. J. O'Brien, S. R. Smith, and E. R. Spade, 2003: A quantitative evaluation of ENSO indices. Journal of Climate, 16, 1249-1258 Smith, S.R., M.A. Bourassa, and R.J. Sharp, 2003: Establishing more truth in true winds. Reprinted with permission of AMS in: WMO Guide to the Applications of Marine Climatology. JCOMM Tech. Rep. 13, WMO TD 1081, WMO, Geneva, Smith, S.R., M.A. Bourassa, and R.J. Sharp, 1999: Establishing more truth in true winds. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 939-952
Papers (not peer reviewed)	Bourassa, M. A., P. J Hughes and S. R. Smith, 2008: Surface Turbulent Flux Product Comparison. FLUX NEWS, 5, 22-24 Smith, S. R., R. N. Maue, and M. A. Bourassa , 2008: 'Global Winds', State of the Climate in 2007. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, D. H. Levinson and J. H. Lawrimore, A. Arguez, H. J. Diamond, F. Fetterer, A. Horvitz, J. M. Levy, American Meteorological Society, 532-534 Bourassa, M. A., R. N. Maue, S. R. Smith, P. J. Hughes, and J. Rolph, 2007: Global Winds: State of the Climate in 2006. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, A. Arquez, H. D. Diamond, F. Fetterer, A. Horvitz, and J. M. Levy, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 88 (6), 135 pp Bourassa, M. A. and S. R. Smith, 2006: Uncertainties in monthly wind fields. Short Abstract, Climate Observation Program 4th Annual System Review, Silver Spring, MD, USA, NOAA, Bourassa, M. A., S. R. Smith, P. Hughes, and J. Rolph, 2006: ATLANTIC MONTHLY AIR–SEA FLUXES AND THE 2005 HURRICANES, State of the Climate in 2005. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87, 535 Hughes, P.J., M.A. Bourassa, J. Rolph, and S.R. Smith, 2006: Interdecadal Variability of Surface Heat Fluxes Over the Atlantic Ocean. CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, World Meteorological Organization, ed. J. Côté, 2:17-18 pp, Josey, S. A. and S. R. Smith, 2006: Guidelines for evaluation of air-sea heat, freshwater, and momentum flux datasets. National Oceanography Center, Southampton, UK, 14 pp, Smith, S. R., 2006: Progress of the Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) initiative. Short Abstract, Climate Observation Program 4th Annual System Review, Silver Spring, MD, USA, NOAA, [cdrom] Smith, S. R., 2006: A Comparison of SAMOS and Bridge Observations on Research Vessels. Short Abstract, 1st Joint GOSUD SAMOS Workshop, Boulder, CO, USA, NOAA, 55 Smith, S. R., M. A. Bourassa, J. Rolph, and P. Hughes, 2006: The FSU fluxes for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Short Abstract, Climate Observation Program 4th Annual System Review, Silver Spring, MD, USA, NOAA, [cdrom] Smith, S. R., R. Keeley, and T. Delcroix, 2006: Report of the 1st Joint GOSUD/SAMOS Workshop. UCAR Joint Office for Science Support, Boulder, CO, USA, 63 pp, O'Brien, J. J., M. A. Bourassa, and S. R. Smith, 2005: Climate variability in ocean surface turbulent fluxes. Annual Report: The State of the Ocean and the Ocean Observing System for Climate, NOAA Office of Climate Observation, Silver Spring, MD, 20910. USA, 214-219 pp, O'Brien, J. J., M. A. Bourassa, and S. R. Smith, 2005: U.S. research vessel surface meteorology data assembly center. Annual Report: The State of the Ocean and the Ocean Observing System for Climate, NOAA Office of Climate Observation, Silver Spring, MD, 20910. USA, 221-228 pp, Raulerson, A. E., A. Arguez, J. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Smith, 2005: Interannual to interdecadal surface temperature variability of Florida. Short Abstract, 15th Conference on Applied Climatology, Savannah, Georgia, USA, American Meteorological Society, Smith, S. R., 2005: Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) Initiative. 3rd Session of the JCOMM Ship Observation Team, World Meteorological Organization, [cdrom] Smith, S. R., 2005: Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic Systems: A Key Component of an Ocean Observing System. Extended Abstract, 9th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems of Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surfaces, San Diego, California, USA, American Meteorological Society, [cdrom] Smith, S. R., E. C. Kent, and S. K. Cook, 2005: Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) Initiative. Short Abstract, 3rd Session of the JCOMM Ship Observation Team, Brest, France, World Meteorological Organization, Arguez, A., J. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Smith, 2004: The Relationship Between Low-Frequency North Atlantic Sea SurfaceTemperatures and Surface Temperatures over Eastern North America and Europe. Extended Abstract, The CRCES-IRPC Workshop on Decadal Variability, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, NASA, NSF, and NOAA, (accepted). Enloe, J., J. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Smith, 2004: ENSO impacts on peak wind gusts in the United States. Journal of Climate, 17, 1728-1737 Smith, S. R., 2004: Report from the 2nd workshop on high-resolution marine meteorology. COAPS Technical Report 04-01, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840. USA, 31 pp, Smith, S. R., 2004: Surface Meteorology from Research Vessels. GSOP Report on Ocean Observations, International CLIVAR Project Office, UK, Smith, S. R., 2004: Automated marine weather observations on research vessels as part of an ocean observing system. Preprint, Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, USA, American Meteorological Society, [cdrom] Smith, S. R., M. A. Bourassa, and R. Romero, 2004: A comparison of FSU2, NCEPR1, and NCEPR2 winds in the tropical Pacific. Preprint, 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Seattle, WA, USA, American Meteorological Society, [cdrom] Enloe, J., S. R. Smith, and J. J. O'Brien, 2003: El Nino/Southern Oscillation impacts on peak wind gusts in the United States. Preprint, 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, Long Beach, CA, USA, American Meteorological Society, [cdrom] Patten, J. M., S. R. Smith, and J. J. O'Brien, 2003: Impacts of ENSO on snowfall frequencies in the United States. Weather and Forecasting, 18, 965-980 Smith, S. R., M. A. Bourassa, and J. J. O'Brien, 2003: Marine Meteorology Quality Control at the Florida State University. Extended Abstract, First workshop on the quality assurance of real-time ocean data, Stennis, MS, USA, National Data Buoy Center, 40-42 Smith, S. R., M. A. Bourassa, and R. Romero-Centeno, 2003: Tropical Pacific wind comparisons: objective FSU versus NCEP Reanalysis products. World Meteorological Organization, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, World Meteorological Organization ed. J. Côté, USA, 2.25-2.26 pp, Smith, S.R., and R. M. Reynolds, 2003: Recommendations from the Workshop on High-Resolution Marine Meteorology. Short Abstract, CLIMAR-II, Second JCOMM Workshop on Advances in Marine Climatology, Brussels, Belgium, JCOMM, 10 Smith, S.R., R. M. Reynolds, and J. J. O'Brien, 2003: Report and Recommendations from the Workshop on High-Resolution Marine Meteorology. COAPS Technical Report 03-1, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840. USA, 38 pp, Tartaglione, C., S. R. Smith, and J. J. O'Brien, 2003: ENSO impact on hurricane landfall probabilities for the Caribbean. Journal of Climate, 16, 2925-2931 Arguez, A., S. R. Smith, and J. J. O'Brien, 2002: The relationship between low-frequency North Atlantic sea surface temperatures and Eastern North American climate. COAPS Technical Report 02-6, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840. USA, 55 pp, Enloe, J., J. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Smith, 2002: ENSO impacts on peak wind gusts in the United States. COAPS Technical Report 02-3, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840. USA, 41 pp, Patten, J. M., S. R. Smith, and J. J. O'Brien, 2002: Impacts of ENSO on United States snowfall frequencies. Preprint, 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, Orlando, FL, USA, American Meteorological Society, Tartaglione, C. S., D. E. Hanley, J. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Smith, 2002: Regional Effects of ENSO on U.S Hurricane Landfalls. COAPS Technical Report 02-5, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840. USA, 45 pp, Bourassa, M. A., S. R. Smith, and J. J. O'Brien, 2001: A new FSU winds and flux climatology. Extended Abstract, 11th Conference on Iteractions of the Sea and Atmosphere, San Diego, CA, USA, American Meteorological Society, 9-12 Bourassa, M. A., S. R. Smith, and J. J. O’Brien, 2001: A new objective technique for the FSU winds. Extended Abstract, WCRP/SCOR Workshop on Intercomparison and Validation of Ocean-Atmosphere Flux Fields, Washington, DC, USA, WMO, 41-44 Hanley, D. E., M. A. Bourassa, J. J. O'Brien, S. R. Smith, and E. R. Spade, 2001: The many faces of ENSO (A quantitative evaluation of ENSO indices). COAPS Technical Report 01-1, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840. USA, 31 pp, Smith, S. R., and J. J. O'Brien, 2001: Regional snowfall distributions associated with ENSO: Implications for seasonal forecasting. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82, 1179-1191 Smith, S. R., D. M. Legler, and K. V. Verzone, 2001: Quantifying uncertainties in NCEP reanalyses using high quality research vessel observations. Journal of Climate, 14, 4062-4072 Smith, S. R., J. J. O'Brien, and J. M. Patten, 2001: Regional snowfall distributions associated with ENSO. Symposium on Climate Variations, the Oceans, and Societal Impacts, Albuquerque, NM, USA, American Meteorological Society, 19-26 Smith, S. R., M. A. Bourassa, D. M. Legler, and J. J. O'Brien, 2001: Value of quality evaluated, high-temporal resolution marine meteorology observations. Extended Abstract, Symposium on Climate Variations, the Oceans, and Societal Impacts, Albuquerque, NM, USA, American Meteorological Society, 148-153 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 Technical Report 00-04, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840. USA, 10 pp, Legler, D. M., S. R. Smith, and J. J. O'Brien, 1999: An archive of underway surface meteorology data from WOCE. Preprint, CLIMAR99, Vancouver, Canada, WMO, 42-45 Smith, S. R., D. M. Legler, and K. V. Verzone, 1999: Quantifying uncertainties in NCEP reanalysis using high-quality research vessel observations. Preprint, CLIMAR99, Vancouver, Canada, WMO, 223-230 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. Journal of Climate, 12, 3507-3515 Smith, S. R., M. A. Bourassa, and R. J. Sharp, 1999: Establishing more truth in true winds. Preprint, CLIMAR99, Vancouver, Canada, WMO, 300-305 Smith, S.R., D.M. Legler, and K.V. Verzone, 1999: Quantifying uncertainties in NCEP reanalyses using high-quality research vessel observations. Second International Conference on Reanalyses, Reading, UK, WCRP, 133-136 Smith, S. R., P. M. Green, A. P. Leonardi, and J. J. O'Brien, 1998: Role of multiple-level tropospheric circulations in forcing ENSO winter precipitation anomalies. Monthly Weather Review, 126, 3102-3116 Smith, S. R., P. M. Green, A. P. Leonardi, and J. J. O'Brien, 1998: The role of lower and upper tropospheric circulations in forcing ENSO winter precipitation anomalies. Preprint, 9th Symposium on Global Change Studies, Phoenix, AZ, USA, American Meteorological Society, 176-179 Smith, S.R., D.M. Legler, K. Verzone, and M.A. Bourassa, 1998: Assessment of NCEP Reanalysis Flux Fields Using High Quality Meteorological Data from WOCE Vessels. Extended Abstract, 1998 Conference of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment: Ocean Circulation and Climate, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 73 Smith, S.R., D.M. Legler, M.J. Remigio, J.J. O'Brien, and M. Jarvis, 1998: Comparison of 1997-1998 U.S. Temperature and Precipitation to Climatological ENSO Warm Phase Conditions. Extended Abstract, 23rd Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop,, Miami, FL, USA, 70-73 Legler, D.M., S.R. Smith, and J.N. Stricherz, 1997: WOCE Southern Hemisphere Surface Meteorology. Center for Ocean Atmosphere Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahasee, Florida, USA, [cdrom] 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. Monthly Weather Review, 124, 1711-1731 Legler, D.M., S.R. Smith, and J.N. Stricherz, 1996: TOGA COARE IOP Surface Meteorology Archive. Florida State University, COAPS, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2840, [cdrom] Smith, S. R., P. Camp, and D.M. Legler, 1996: TOGA/COARE Handbook of Quality Control Procedures and Methods for Surface Meteorology Data. COAPS Technical Report 96-3, COARE Data Assembly Center, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840. USA, 60 pp, Smith, S.R., C. Harvey, and D. M. Legler, 1996: Handbook of Quality Control Procedures and Methods for Surface Meteorology Data. WOCE Report 141/96, COAPS Report 96-1, WOCE Data Assembly Center, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-2840. USA, 49 pp, Smith, S. R. and C. R. Stearns, 1993: Antarctic pressure and temperature anomalies surrounding the minimum in the southern oscillation index. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, 13071-13084 Smith, S.R. and C.R. Stearns, 1993: Antarctic Research Series:Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology, 61, D.H. Bromwich and C.R.Stearns (Eds.), 149-174 pp
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