Local Research
South Florida Severe Weather Climatology. Gregoria, Dan F., 2004
Journal Articles
Etherton, B. and P. Santos, 2008: Sensitivity of WRF Forecasts for South Florida to Initial Conditions. Weather and Forecasting, 23, 725-740.
Lazarus, M. L., C. G. Calvert, M. E. Splitt, P. Santos, D. W. Sharp, P. F. Blottman, and S. M. Spratt, 2007: Real-Time, High-Resolution, Space-Time Analysis of Sea Surface Temperatures from Multiple Platforms. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3158-3173.
Etherton, B. and P. Santos, 2006: The effect of using AWIPS LAPS to locally initialize the WsEta. NWA Digest., 30, 49-60.
Handel, R. and P. Santos, 2005: Observations of a Wake Low Event. NWA Electronic Journal.
Pfost, P. P. Santos, and T. Warner, 2005: South
Herbster, Christopher G., Patrick T. Welsh and Pablo Santos, 1999: A Study of Sea Breeze Convective Interactions Using Mesoscale Numerical Modeling. NWA Dig., 23:3, 33-45.
Case, J. L., S. V. Kumar, P. Santos, J. M. Medlin, and G. J. Jedlovec, 2009: Examining the Impacts of High-Resolution Land and Ocean Surface Initialization on Local Model Predictions of Convection in the Southeastern U.S. PrePrints 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Pheonix, AZ.
Howard, K., G. Zarillo, M. Splitt, S. Lazarus, S. Chiao, P. Santos, and D. Sharp, 2009: The impact of atmospheric model resolution on a coupled wind/wave forecast system. PrePrints 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Pheonix, AZ.
Lamberton, N., S. Lazarus, M. Splitt, S. Chiao, G. Zarillo, P. Santos, and D. Sharp, 2009: Assimilation of nearshore winds into a high-resolution atmosphere/wave modeling system. PrePrints 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Pheonix, AZ.
Santos, P., M. DeMaria, D. Sharp, and S. Kiser, 2009: The Determination of Optimal Thresholds of Tropical Cyclone Incremental Wind Speed Probabilities to Support Expressions of Uncertainty in Text Forecasts. PrePrints Symposium on Urban High Impact Weather, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Pheonix, AZ.
Splitt, M., J. L. Case, K. K. Fuell, P. Santos, S. M. Lazarus, and G. J. Jedlovec, 2009: Impact of Lake Okeechobee Sea Surface Temperatures on Numerical Predictions of Summertime Convective Systems over South Florida. PrePrints 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Pheonix, AZ.
Santos, P., D. Sharp, M. Volkmer, and G. Rader, 2008: Employing Hurricane Wind Probabilities to Convery Forecast Uncertainty and Potential Impact through NWS Field Office Forecast Products. PrePrints Tropical Meteorology Symposium, Amer. Meteor. Soc., New Orleans, LA.
Lazarus, S., C. G. Calvert, M. E. Splitt, D. Sharp, P. Blottman, S. Spratt, and P. Santos, 2006: Multi-platform real-time sea surface temperature analysis for the initialization of short-term operational forecasts. Preprints 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.
Etherton, B., and P. Santos, 2006: Sensitivity of WRF forecasts for South Florida to Initial and Boundary Conditions (PDF Version). Preprints 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), Atlanta, GA.
Etherton, B. and P. Santos, 2005: AMS 17th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction: A comparison of WRF forecasts made using different sources for initial and boundary conditions. Preprints 17th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Washington, D.C.
Etherton, B., P. Santos, S. Lazarus, and C. Calvert, 2005: The effect of using AWIPS LAPS and High Resolution SSTs to locally initialize the Workstation ETA. Preprints Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA.
Calvert, C. G., S. M. Lazarus, P. Santos, D. W. Sharp, P. Blottman, and S. Spratt, 2005: Assimilation of
Handel, R. and P. Santos, 2004: Observations From The
Etherton, B., and P. Santos, 2004: The Effect of Local Initialization on Workstation Eta. Preprints 16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA.
Warner, T., and P. Santos, 2003: The
Santos, P. and E. Smith, 2003: Seasonal Characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Basin Water Budget during One Semiannual Cycle as Retrieved from Satellite. Preprints 17th Conference on Hydrology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Long Beach, CA.
Santos, P., G. Rader, Z. Brown, and D. P. Brown, 2002: The
Santos, P. and R. Pfost, 2002: Verification of Local Modeling at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in