2000-2010 Research

Publications

  • Turrent, C., and T. Cavazos, 2009: Role of the land-sea thermal contrast in the interannual modulation of the North American Monsoon, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L02808, doi:10.1029/2008GL036299. Abstract.
  • Cavazos, T., C. Turrent, and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2008: Extreme precipitation trends associated with tropical cyclones in the core of the North American monsoon, GRL, VOL. 35, L21703, doi:10.1029/2008GL035832, 2008, Abstract. Copy under request.
  • Kunkel, K.E., P.D. Bromirski, H.E. Brooks, T. Cavazos, A.V. Douglas, D.R. Easterling, K.A. Emanuel, P.Ya. Groisman, G.J. Holland, R.R. Knutson, J.P. Kossin, P.D. Komar, D.H. Levinson, R.L. Smith, 2008: Chapter 2. Observed changes in weather and climate extremes. In Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate. Regions of Focus: North America, Hawaii, Caribbean, and U.S. Pacific Islands. T.R. Karl, G.A. Meehl, C.D. Miller, S.J. Hassol, A.M. Waple, and W.L. Murray (eds.). A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Washington, DC. PDF
  • Cavazos, T., 2008: Capítulo 3: Clima. En “Bahía de Los Ángeles: recursos naturales y comunidad”. Línea base 2007. Gustavo D. Danemann y Exequiel Ezcurra (eds.). Pronatura Noroeste, A. C., Semarnat, INE y San Diego Natural History Museum. Mexico, ISBN: 978-968-817-891-1. PDF
  • Zhu, C., T. Cavazos, and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2007. Role of antecedent land surface conditions in warm season precipitation over Northwestern Mexico. J. Climate, 20 (9), 1774-1791. Abstract
  • Cerezo-Mota, R., T. Cavazos, and L.M. Farfán, 2006. Numerical simulation of heavy precipitation in northern Baja California and southern California. J. Hydrometeor., 7 (1), 137–148. Abstract | PDF
  • Zhu, C., D.P. Lettenmaier, T. Cavazos, 2005. Role of antecedent land surface conditions on monsoon rainfall variability . J. Climate, 18 (16), 2824-2841. PDF.
  • Cavazos, T. and B. C. Hewitson, 2005. Performance of NCEP variables in statistical downscaling of daily precipitation.Climate Research, 28, 95-107. Abstract | PDF
  • Cavazos, T. and D. Rivas, 2004: Variability of extreme precipitation events in Tijuana, Mexico. Climate Research, 25, 229-243. Abstract | PDF
  • Cavazos, T., A. C. Comrie, and D. M. Liverman, 2002. Intraseasonal anomalies associated with wet monsoons in SE Arizona. J. Climate, 15, 2477-2490: Abstract | PDF
  • Ni, F., T. Cavazos, M. K. Hughes, A. C. Comrie, and G. Funkhouser, 2002: Cool season precipitation in the Southwestern United States since AD 1000: Comparison of linear and nonlinear techniques for reconstruction. Int. J. Climatol., 22(13) , 1645-1622. Abstract | Copy under request.
  • Cavazos, T. and B. Hewitson, 2002. Relative performace of empirical predictors of daily precipitation. In Integrated Assessment and Decision Support, Proceedings of the 1st Biennial Meeting of the IEMSs 2002. A. E. Rizzoli and A. J. Jakeman (Eds.), Vol. 2, 349-354.
  • Wright, W. E., A. Long, A. C. Comrie, S. W. Leavitt, T. Cavazos, and C. Eastoe, 2001. Monsoonal moisture sources revealed using temperature, precipitation, and precipitation stable isotope timeseries. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(5), 787-790.
  • Sluyter, A. and T. Cavazos, 2001. Geography and Climate. In Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia. S. T. Evans and D. L. Webster (Eds.), pp. 292-299.  Garland Publishing: New York & London. (ISBN: 0815308876).
  • Cavazos, T. 2000. Using self-organizing maps to investigate extreme events: An application to wintertime precipitation in the Balkans. J. Climate, 13, 1718-1732. PDF.

 

In press:

·         Arriaga-Ramírez, S. and T. Cavazos, 2010: Regional trends of daily precipitation indices in Northwest Mexico and the Southwest United States. J. Geophys. Res. – Atmospheres, doi:10.1029/2009JD013248, in press.

 

Non-peer reviewed:

·         Cavazos, T., 2008: Weathering Risk in Rural Mexico: Climatic, Institutional, and Economic Change by Hallie Eakin, 2006, University of Arizona Press, 242 pp. Book Review, in Readings of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89 (1), 227-229, February 2008.

·         Cavazos, T., 2008, Anthropogenic climate change in the North American monsoon. Border Climate Summary / Resumen del Clima de la Frontera, University of Arizona, October 2008.

·         Cavazos, T., D. Gochis, J. A. Marengo, and J. P. Boulanger, 2008: VAMOS and anthropogenic climate change in the Americas.  Report of the VAMOS ACC task force; CLIVAR/VAMOS, 24 pp.

·         Cavazos, T. and J. A. Marengo, 2009: Activities on anthropogenic climate change. VAMOS! Newsletter of the Variability of American Monsoons Systems Panel. No. 5, 2009. p. 3-6. CLIVAR/WCRP, ISSN 1813-6478.

 

 

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Research Projects

  • CONACYT-SEMARNAT, 2010: Proyecto para desarrollar el Programa Estatal de Acción Climática para Baja California. Pis: COLEF: G. Muñoz, CICESE: T. Cavazos, UABC: R. Cueto. è 2010-2012.
  • GobBC, 2008: Estudios de escenarios climáticos futuros y procesos de adaptación al cambio climático para el Estado de Baja California (PEAC-BC). PI: T. Cavazos è May 2008 – Jun 2010.
  • CONACYT-Ciencia Básica, 2005: Contraste térmico océano-continente asociado al monzón de América del Norte. PI: T. Cavazos. Jul 2006-2009.
  • UC-MEXUS CONACYT, 2005: Precipitation extremes in the western US-Mexico border region (WBR) under current and future climatic conditions. PIs: T. Cavazos (CICESE) and A. Gershunov (SIO-UCSD); co-PI: D.P. Lettenmaier (U of Washington). 2005-2008.
  • NOAA-OGP, 2003: Assessment of land surface hydrologic predictability in the NAME region using a derived long-term land surface data set . PIs: D.P. Lettenmaier (U of Washington), T. Cavazos (CICESE). è 2003-2006.
  • UC-MEXUS CONACYT 2002: Variability and predictability of the North American monsoon. PIs: T. Cavazos (CICESE) and A. Gershunov (SIO-UCSD); co-PI: P. Groisman (UCAR/NCDC). è Jul 2002 - Apr 2005.
  • NOAA-UCSC: Reducing the negative consequences of climate variability through the use of forecasts and vulnerability analysis in cities. The case of Tijuana, Mexico . PI: R. Sanchez (UCSC). Co-PIs: ... (COLEF), T. Cavazos (CICESE). è Jan-Jun 2004.

 

Tereza Cavazos
Dept. de Oceanografía Física, CICESE
Km. 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada
Ensenada, Baja California, México
Tel. (646) 175-0500 ext. 24049
tcavazos@cicese.mx

Apr 2010