Carl Schreck

Silvers, L. G., Klotzbach, P. J., Allen, C. J. T., Bell, M. M., Bowen, S. G., Chand, S. S., … Schreck, C. J. (2025, October 3). The Global Influence of ENSO on Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115334

Klotzbach, P. J., Bercos‐Hickey, E., Wood, K. M., Schreck, C. J., Bell, M. M., Blake, E. S., … Uehling, J. (2025, September 30). The Remarkable 2024 North Atlantic Mid‐Season Hurricane Lull. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116714

Hwang, J., Schreck, C. J., III, Aiyyer, A., & Sankarasubramanian, A. (2025, March 4). Understanding the organizing scales of winter flood hydroclimatology and the associated drivers over the coterminous United States. Journal of Hydrology X, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydroa.2025.100200

Schreck, C. J., Easterling, D. R., Barsugli, J., Coates, D. A., Hoell, A., Johnson, N. C., … Zhang, X. (2024, September 26). A rapid response process for evaluating causes of extreme temperature events in the United States: The 2023 Texas/Louisiana heat wave as a prototype. Environmental Research Climate. https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/ad8028

Uehling, J., & Schreck, C. J. (2024, March 14). Observed Changes in Extreme Precipitation Associated with U.S. Tropical Cyclones. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0327.1

Klotzbach, P. J., Jones, J. J., Wood, K. M., Bell, M. M., Blake, E. S., Bowen, S. G., … Truchelut, R. E. (2024, July 15). The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season: An Above-Normal Season despite Strong El Niño Conditions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0305.1

Schreck, C. J., Vitart, F., Camargo, S. J., Camp, J., Darlow, J., Elsberry, R., … Wang, Z. (2023, June 1). Advances in tropical cyclone prediction on subseasonal time scales during 2019–2022. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2023.06.004

Klotzbach, P. J., Schreck, C. J., Compo, G. P., Wood, K. M., Oliver, E. C. J., Bowen, S. G., & Bell, M. M. (2023, March 30). Influence of the Madden‐Julian Oscillation on Continental United States Hurricane Landfalls. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL102762

Aiyyer, A., & Schreck, C. (2023, March 14). Surface Wind Speeds and Enthalpy Fluxes During Tropical Cyclone Formation From Easterly Waves: A CYGNSS View. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 50. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100823

Diamond, H. J., Schreck, C. J., Allgood, A., Becker, E. J., Blake, E. S., Bringas, F. G., … Wood, K. M. (2023, September 1). The Tropics. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0078.1

Shi, L., Schreck, C. J., III, John, V. O., Chung, E.-S., Lang, T., Buehler, S. A., & Soden, B. J. (2022, December 2). Assessing the consistency of satellite-derived upper tropospheric humidity measurements. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6949-2022

Klotzbach, P. J., Chavas, D. R., Bell, M. M., Bowen, S. G., Gibney, E. J., & Schreck, C. J. (2022, September 8). Characterizing Continental US Hurricane Risk: Which Intensity Metric Is Best? Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037030

Durre, I., Arguez, A., Schreck, C. J., Squires, M. F., & Vose, R. S. (2022, August 29). Daily High-Resolution Temperature and Precipitation Fields for the Contiguous United States from 1951 to Present. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0024.1

Barsugli, J. J., Easterling, D. R., Arndt, D. S., Coates, D. A., Delworth, T. L., Hoerling, M. P., … Zhang, T. (2022, March 1). Development of a Rapid Response Capability to Evaluate Causes of Extreme Temperature and Drought Events in the United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0237.1

Truchelut, R. E., Klotzbach, P. J., Staehling, E. M., Wood, K. M., Halperin, D. J., Schreck, C. J., & Blake, E. S. (2022, August 16). Earlier onset of North Atlantic hurricane season with warming oceans. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31821-3

Zhu, Y.-J., Collins, J. M., Klotzbach, P. J., & Schreck, C. J. (2022, August 3). Hurricane Ida (2021): Rapid Intensification Followed by Slow Inland Decay. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0240.1

Lawton, Q. A., Majumdar, S. J., Dotterer, K., Thorncroft, C., & Schreck, C. J. (2022, May 9). The Influence of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves on African Easterly Waves in a Wave-Following Framework. Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0321.1

Klotzbach, P. J., Wood, K. M., Schreck, C. J., Bowen, S. G., Patricola, C. M., & Bell, M. M. (2022, March 15). Trends in Global Tropical Cyclone Activity: 1990–2021. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095774

Klotzbach, P. J., Wood, K. M., Bell, M. M., Blake, E. S., Bowen, S. G., Caron, L.-P., … Truchelut, R. E. (2021, August 27). A Hyperactive End to the Atlantic Hurricane Season October–November 2020. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0312.1

Mantripragada, R. S. S., Schreck, C. J., III, & Aiyyer, A. (2021, November 1). Energetics of Interactions between African Easterly Waves and Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 149, pp. 3821–3835. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0003.1

Schreck, C. J. (2021, September 30). Global Survey of the MJO and Extreme Precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094691

Schreck, C. J., Klotzbach, P. J., & Bell, M. M. (2021, April 26). Optimal Climate Normals for North Atlantic Hurricane Activity. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092864

Diamond, H. J., Schreck, C. J., Becker, E. J., Bell, G. D., Blake, E. S., Bond, S., … Young, S. H. (2021, August 1). The Tropics. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0080.1

Saunders, M. A., Klotzbach, P. J., Lea, A. S. R., Schreck, C. J., & Bell, M. M. (2020, February 26). Quantifying the Probability and Causes of the Surprisingly Active 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season. Earth and Space Science. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000852

Schreck, C. J., Janiga, M. A., & Baxter, S. (2020, February 20). Sources of Tropical Subseasonal Skill in the CFSv2. Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0289.1

Klotzbach, P. J., Bell, M. M., Bowen, S. G., Gibney, E. J., Knapp, K. R., & Schreck, C. J. (2020, January 22). Surface Pressure a More Skillful Predictor of Normalized Hurricane Damage than Maximum Sustained Wind. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0062.1

Mekonnen, A., Schreck, C. J., & Enyew, B. D. (2020, May 29). The Impact of Kelvin Wave Activity during Dry and Wet African Summer Rainfall Years. Atmosphere. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11060568

Worku, L., Mekonnen, A., & Schreck, C. (2020, July 3). The Impact of MJO, Kelvin, and Equatorial Rossby Waves on the Diurnal Cycle over the Maritime Continent. Atmosphere. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11070711

Klotzbach, P. J., Schreck, C. J., Compo, G. P., Bowen, S. G., Gibney, E. J., Oliver, E. C. J., & Bell, M. M. (2020, October 6). The Record-Breaking 1933 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0330.1

Worku, L. Y., Mekonnen, A., & Schreck, C. J. (2019, April 26). Diurnal cycle of rainfall and convection over the Maritime Continent using TRMM and ISCCP. International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6121

Arguez, A., Inamdar, A., Palecki, M. A., Schreck, C. J., & Young, A. H. (2019, May 7). ENSO Normals: A New U.S. Climate Normals Product Conditioned by ENSO Phase and Intensity and Accounting for Secular Trends. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0252.1

Stevens, S. E., Schreck, C. J., Saha, S., Bell, J. E., & Kunkel, K. E. (2019, March 26). Precipitation and Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes: Continental Analysis with High-Resolution Radar Data. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0001.1

TROPICAL CYCLONE PREDICTION ON SUBSEASONAL TIME-SCALES. https://doi.org/10.6057/2019TCRR03.04

Wood, K. M., Klotzbach, P. J., Collins, J. M., & Schreck, C. J. (2019, August 9). The Record‐Setting 2018 Eastern North Pacific Hurricane Season. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083657

Huang, B., Menne, M. J., Boyer, T., Freeman, E., Gleason, B. E., Lawrimore, J. H., … Zhang, H.-M. (2019, October 30). Uncertainty Estimates for Sea Surface Temperature and Land Surface Air Temperature in NOAAGlobalTemp Version 5. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0395.1

Bell, J. E., Brown, C. L., Conlon, K., Herring, S., Kunkel, K. E., Lawrimore, J., … Uejio, C. (2018, April 3). Changes in extreme events and the potential impacts on human health. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2017.1401017

Green, T. A., Schreck, C. J., Johnson, N. S., & Heath, S. S. (2018, October 29). Education Backgrounds of TV Weathercasters. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0047.1

StotT, P. A., Christidis, N., Herring, S. C., Hoell, A., Kossin, J. P., & Schreck, C. J. (2018, January 1). Future Challenges in Event Attribution Methodologies. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-17-0285.1

Herring, S. C., Christidis, N., Hoell, A., Kossin, J. P., Schreck, C. J., & Stott, P. A. (2018, January 1). Introduction to Explaining Extreme Events of 2016 from a Climate Perspective. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-17-0284.1

Semunegus, H., Mekonnen, A., & Schreck, C. J. (2017, May 3). Characterization of convective systems and their association with African easterly waves. International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5085

Schreck, C. J. (2016, September 2). Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves and Tropical Cyclogenesis in a Semi-Lagrangian Framework. Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-16-0237.1

Klotzbach, P. J., Oliver, E. C. J., Leeper, R. D., & Schreck, C. J. (2016, February 19). The Relationship between the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) and Southeastern New England Snowfall. Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-15-0434.1

Schreck, C. J. (2015, July 13). Kelvin Waves and Tropical Cyclogenesis: A Global Survey. Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-15-0111.1

Schreck, C. J., Bennett, S., Cordeira, J. M., Crouch, J., Dissen, J., Lang, A. L., … Ventrice, M. J. (2015, January 26). Natural Gas Prices and the Extreme Winters of 2011/12 and 2013/14: Causes, Indicators, and Interactions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-13-00237.1

Hennon, C. C., Knapp, K. R., Schreck, C. J., Stevens, S. E., Kossin, J. P., Thorne, P. W., … Carley, I. (2014, September 5). Cyclone Center: Can Citizen Scientists Improve Tropical Cyclone Intensity Records? Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-13-00152.1

Schreck, C. J., Knapp, K. R., & Kossin, J. P. (2014, July 9). The Impact of Best Track Discrepancies on Global Tropical Cyclone Climatologies using IBTrACS. Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-14-00021.1

Ventrice, M. J., Wheeler, M. C., Hendon, H. H., Schreck, C. J., Thorncroft, C. D., & Kiladis, G. N. (2013, August 21). A Modified Multivariate Madden–Julian Oscillation Index Using Velocity Potential. Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-12-00327.1

Shi, L., Schreck, C. J., III, & John, V. O. (2013, July 23). HIRS channel 12 brightness temperature dataset and its correlations with major climate indices. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6907-2013

Gottschalck, J., Roundy, P. E., Schreck, C. J., III, Vintzileos, A., & Zhang, C. (2013, July 31). Large-Scale Atmospheric and Oceanic Conditions during the 2011–12 DYNAMO Field Campaign. Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-13-00022.1

Schreck, C. J., Cordeira, J. M., & Margolin, D. (2013, July 30). Which MJO Events Affect North American Temperatures? Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-13-00118.1

Schreck, C. J., Shi, L., Kossin, J. P., & Bates, J. J. (2012, September 15). Identifying the MJO, Equatorial Waves, and Their Impacts Using 32 Years of HIRS Upper-Tropospheric Water Vapor. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-12-00034.1

Ventrice, M. J., Thorncroft, C. D., & Schreck, C. J. (2012, March 8). Impacts of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves on Environmental Conditions for Atlantic Tropical Cyclogenesis. Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-11-00305.1

Aiyyer, A., Mekonnen, A., & Schreck, C. J. (2012, March 6). Projection of Tropical Cyclones on Wavenumber–Frequency-Filtered Equatorial Waves. Journal of Climate, Vol. 25, pp. 3653–3658. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-11-00451.1

Schreck, C. J., Molinari, J., & Aiyyer, A. (2011, September 20). A Global View of Equatorial Waves and Tropical Cyclogenesis. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 140, pp. 774–788. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-11-00110.1

Schreck, C. J., & Molinari, J. (2011, April 12). Tropical Cyclogenesis Associated with Kelvin Waves and the Madden–Julian Oscillation. Monthly Weather Review. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-10-05060.1

Schreck, C. J., Molinari, J., & Mohr, K. I. (2010, October 19). Attributing Tropical Cyclogenesis to Equatorial Waves in the Western North Pacific. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010jas3396.1

Schreck, C. J., & Semazzi, F. H. M. (2004, May 1). Variability of the recent climate of eastern Africa. International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1019