North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies - 2015

Wang, J., Cao, X., Chen, J., Liu, D., & Rao, Y. (2015). A quantitative assessment of multiple scattering in plant-soil mixtures and the implications on nonlinear spectral unmixing models. 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2015.7326129

Rao, Y., Zhu, X., Chen, J., & Wang, J. (2015). An improved method for producing high spatial-resolution NDVI time series datasets with multi-temporal MODIS NDVI data and Landsat TM/ETM+ images. Remote Sensing, 7(6), 7865–7891. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs70607865

Wang, Y., Rao, Y., Wu, X., Zhao, H., & Chen, J. (2015). A method for screening climate change-sensitive infectious diseases. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(1), 767–783. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120100767

Wang, C., Cao, R., Chen, J., Rao, Y., & Tang, Y. (2015). Temperature sensitivity of spring vegetation phenology correlates to within-spring warming speed over the Northern Hemisphere. Ecological Indicators, 50, 62–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.11.004

Li, J., Rao, Y., Sun, Q., Wu, X., Jin, J., Bi, Y., … Liu, W. (2015). Identification of climate factors related to human infection with avian influenza A H7N9 and H5N1 viruses in China. Scientific Reports, 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18094

Peng, G. (2015). Towards a Consistent Measure of Stewardship Practices. 2015 ESIP  Summer Meeting, 14–17. Asilomar, CO, USA.

Ramapriyan, H., Moroni, D., & Peng, G. (2015). Improving information quality for Earth Science data and products – overview. 2015 AGU Fall meeting, 14–18. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Downs, R., Peng, G., Wei, Y., Ramapriyan, H., & Moroni, D. (2015). Enabling the usability of Earth Science data products and services by evaluating, describing, and improving data quality throughout the data lifecycle . 2015 AGU Fall meeting, 14–18. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Peng, G. (2015). A New Paradigm for Ensuring and Improving Data Quality and Usability  – Roles and Responsibilities of Stewards and Stakeholders. 2015 ESIP summer meetin, 14–17. Asilomar, CO, USA.

Peng, G., & Maycock, T. (2015, May 25). Increasing sharing, expanding user base, and estimating impact of your research data using service tools and social media. Retrieved from slideshare.com website: http://www.slideshare.net/gepeng86/peng-maycock-cicsncsharingusecase

Ritchey, N., & Peng, G. (2015). Assessing stewardship maturity: use case study results and lessons learned. 2015 AGU Fall meeting, 14–18. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Hou, C.-Y., Mayermik, M., Peng, G., Duerr, R., & Rosati, A. (2015). Assessing information quality: Use case studies for the data stewardship maturity matrix. 2015 AGU Fall meeting, 14–18. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Peng, G., Privette, J. L., Kearns, E. J., Ritchey, N. A., & Ansari, S. (2015). A Unified Framework for Measuring Stewardship Practices Applied to Digital Environmental Datasets. Data Science Journal, 13. https://doi.org/10.2481/dsj.14-049

Austin, M., & Peng, G. (2015). A Prototype for content-rich decision-making support in NOAA using data as an asset. 2015 AGU Fall meeting, 14–18. San Francisco, CA, USA.

Schreck, C. J., III, Bennett, S., Cordeira, J. M., Crouch, J., Dissen, J., Lang, A. L., … Ventrice, M. J. (2015). NATURAL GAS PRICES AND THE EXTREME WINTERS OF 2011/12 AND 2013/14 Causes, Indicators, and Interactions. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 96(11), 1879–1894. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-13-00237.1

Bell, J. E., Leeper, R. D., Palecki, M. A., Coopersmith, E., Wilson, T., Bilotta, R., & Embler, S. (2015). Evaluation of the 2012 Drought with a Newly Established National Soil Monitoring Network. VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL, 14(11). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2015.02.0023

Inamdar, A. K., & Guillevic, P. C. (2015). Net Surface Shortwave Radiation from GOES Imagery-Product Evaluation Using Ground-Based Measurements from SURFRAD. REMOTE SENSING, 7(8), 10788–10814. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs70810788

Schreck, C. J., III. (2015). Kelvin Waves and Tropical Cyclogenesis: A Global Survey. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, 143(10), 3996–4011. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-15-0111.1

Smith, A. B., & Matthews, J. L. (2015). Quantifying uncertainty and variable sensitivity within the US billion-dollar weather and climate disaster cost estimates. NATURAL HAZARDS, 77(3), 1829–1851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1678-x

Coopersmith, E. J., Bell, J. E., & Cosh, M. H. (2015). Extending the soil moisture data record of the US Climate Reference Network (USCRN) and Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN). Advances in Water Resources, 79, 80–90.

Argent, R., Sun, X., Semazzi, F., Xie, L., & Liu, B. (2015). The Development of a Customization Framework for the WRF Model over the Lake Victoria Basin, Eastern Africa on Seasonal Timescales. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/653473

Sun, X., Xie, L., Semazzi, F., & Liu, B. (2015). Effect of Lake Surface Temperature on the Spatial Distribution and Intensity of the Precipitation over the Lake Victoria Basin. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, 143(4), 1179–1192. https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-14-00049.1

Hennon, C. C., Knapp, K. R., Schreck, C. J., III, Stevens, S. E., Kossin, J. P., Thorne, P. W., … Carley, I. (2015). Cyclone Center: Can Citizen Scientists Improve Tropical Cyclone Intensity Records? BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 96(4). https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-13-00152.1

Leeper, R. D., Rennie, J., & Palecki, M. A. (2015). Observational Perspectives from US Climate Reference Network (USCRN) and Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) Network: Temperature and Precipitation Comparison. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY, 32(4), 703–721. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-14-00172.1

Leeper, R. D., & Kochendorfer, J. (2015). Evaporation from weighing precipitation gauges: impacts on automated gauge measurements and quality assurance methods. ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, 8(6), 2291–2300. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2291-2015

Prat, O. P., & Nelson, B. R. (2015). Evaluation of precipitation estimates over CONUS derived from satellite, radar, and rain gauge data sets at daily to annual scales (2002-2012). HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, 19(4), 2037–2056. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2037-2015

Leeper, R. D., Palecki, M. A., & Davis, E. (2015). Methods to Calculate Precipitation from Weighing-Bucket Gauges with Redundant Depth Measurements. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY, 32(6), 1179–1190. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-14-00185.1

Bilotta, R., Bell, J. E., Shepherd, E., & Arguez, A. (2015). Calculation and evaluation of an air-freezing index for the 1981-2010 climate normals period in the coterminous united states. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54(1), 69–76.

Ashouri, H., Hsu, K.-L., Sorooshian, S., Braithwaite, D. K., Knapp, K. R., Cecil, L. D., … Prat, O. P. (2015). PERSIANN-CDR Daily Precipitation Climate Data Record from Multisatellite Observations for Hydrological and Climate Studies. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 96(1), 69-+. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-13-00068.1