Diagnostics

HRC employs traditional diagnostic analysis to examine spatial-temporal structure, variability, evolution and underlying physics of such diverse natural processes as sea surface temperature, rainfall, soil moisture, watershed hydrology, winter storms and ocean surface waves. Inference methods combine numerical modeling, model validation, statistics, probability theory, and sensitivity analysis techniques.

Selected Articles (updated May 2005):

  • Georgakakos, K.P., 2003: "Probabilistic Climate-Model Diagnostics for Hydrologic and Water Resources Impact Studies," Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol.4, 92-105.(Abstract)
  • Morin, E., Georgakakos, K.P., Shamir, U., Garti, R., and Y. Enzel,2002: "Objective, Observations-based, Automatic Estimation of the Catchment Response Time Scale, 'Water Resources Research, Vol. 38(10), pg 30, 1-16. (Abstract)
  • Graham, N.E., and H.F. Diaz, 2001: "Evidence for Intensification of North Pacific Winter Cyclones since 1948," Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82(9), 1869-1893. (Abstract)
  • Pandey, G.R., D.R. Cayan, and K.P. Georgakakos, 1999: "Precipitation Structure in the Sierra Nevada of California," J. of Geophysical Research, 104(D10), 12019-12,030.(Abstract)
  • Tsintikidis, D. and K.P. Georgakakos, 1999: "Microphysical and Large-Scale Dependencies of Temporal Rainfall Variabilit over a Tropical Ocean," Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, (56) 724-748. (Abstract)
  • Tsintikidis, D. and G.J. Zhang, 1998: "A Numerical Study on the Coupling between Sea Surface Temperature and Surface Evaporation," Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 103(D24), 31763-31774.(Abstract)
  • Georgakakos, K.P., and O.W. Baumer, 1996: "Measurement and Analysis of On-site Soil Moisture Data," J. of Hydrology, 184, 131-152.(Abstract)
  • Guetter, A.K., and K.P. Georgakakos, 1996: "Large-Scale Properties of Soil-Water Variability", J. of Geophysical Research, 101(D3), 7175-7183. (Abstract)
  • Georgakakos, K.P., Bae, D.H., and D.R. Cayan, 1995: "Hydroclimatology of Continental Watersheds, 1, Temporal Analyses," Water Resources Research, 31(3), 655-675. (Abstract)
  • Cayan, D.R., and K.P. Georgakakos, 1995: "Hydroclimatology of Continental Watersheds, 2, Spatial Analyses," Water Resources Research, 31(3), 677-697. (Abstract)
  • Georgakakos, K.P. and D-H. Bae, 1994: "Climatic Variability of Soil Water in the American Midwest:
  • Part 2. Spatio-Temporal Analysis," Journal of Hydrology, 162, 379-390. (Abstract)

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