Greer, A. T., A. M. Shiller, E. E. Hofmann, J. D. Wiggert, S. J. Warner, S. M. Parra, C. Pan, D.-J. Joung, S. Dykstra, J. W. Krause, B. Dzwonkowski, I. M. Soto, M. K. Cambazoglu, A. L. Deary, C. Briseño-Avena, A. D. Boyette, J. A. Kastler, L. Hode, U. Nwankwo, L. M. Chiaverano, S. J. O’Brien, P. J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Lau, M. S. Dinniman, K. M. Martin, A. K. Mojzis, S. D. Howden, J. N. Moum, F. J. Hernandez, I. Church, T. N. Miles, S. Sponaugle, J. W. Book, R. A. Arnone, R. K. Cowen, G. A. Jacobs, O. Schofield, and W. M. Graham, 2018: Functioning of coastal-river dominated ecosystems and implications for oil spill response: From observations to mechanisms and models. Oceanography. Link to paper here.  PDF file (1.9 Mb).

Soto, I. M., M. K. Cambazoglu, A. D. Boyette, K. Broussard, D. Sheehan, A. M. Miller, B. Dzwonkowski, S. D. Howden, L. Hode, G. A. Jacobs, P. J. Fitzpatrick, R. Arnone, and P. Mickle, 2018: Advection of Karenia brevis blooms from the Florida Panhandle towards the Mississippi Bight and Sound. Harmful Algae, 72, 46-64. Link to paper here.

Geoghegan, K. M., P. J. Fitzpatrick, R. L. Kolar, and K. M. Dresback, 2018: Evaluation of a synthetic rainfall model, P-CLIPER, for use in coastal flood modeling. Natural Hazards, 92, 699-726. Link to paper here. Correction to Eq. 3 in original document is at this link.

Hill, C. M., P. J. Fitzpatrick, J. H. Corbin, Y. Lau, and S. K. Bhate, 2010: Summertime precipitation regimes associated with the sea breeze and land breeze circulations in southern Mississippi and eastern Louisiana. Wea. Forecasting, 26, 1020-1031. PDF file (11.0 Mb)

Karan, H., P. J. Fitzpatrick, C. M. Hill, Y. Li, Q. Xiao, and E. Lim, 2010: The formation of two prefrontal squall lines, and the impact of WSR-88D radial winds in a WRF simulation. Wea. Forecasting, 25, 242-262. PDF file (10.8 Mb). Corrections to some figures at this link.

Xiao, Q., X. Zhang, C. Davis, J. Tuttle, G. Holland, and P. J. Fitzpatrick, 2009: Experiments of hurricane initialization with airborne Doppler radar data for the Advanced Hurricane WRF (AHW) model. Mon.Wea. Rev., 137, 2758-2777. PDF file (5.0 Mb)

Steed, C. A., P. J. Fitzpatrick, T. J. Jankun-Kelly , A. N. Yancey, and J. E. Swan, 2009: An interactive parallel coordinates technique applied to a tropical cyclone climate analysis. Computers and Geosciences, 35, 1529-1539. PDF file (0.93 Mb)

Steed, C. A., P. J. Fitzpatrick, T. J. Jankun-Kelly, A. N. Yancey, and J. E. Swan, 2009: Tropical cyclone trend analysis using enhanced parallel coordinates and statistical analysis. Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, 36, 251-265. PDF file (13.9 Mb)

Steed, C. A., J. E. Swan, T. J. Jankun-Kelly, and P. J. Fitzpatrick, 2009: Guided analysis of hurricane trends using statistical processes integrated with interactive parallel coordinates. In IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology 2009, Oct. 11-13, Atlantic City, NJ. PDF file (1.1 Mb)

Zhang, X., Q. Xiao, and P. J. Fitzpatrick, 2007: The impact of multi-satellite data on the initialization and simulation of Hurricane Lili's (2002) rapid weakening phase. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 526-548. PDF file (4.8 Mb)

Eamon, C. D., P. J. Fitzpatrick, and D. D. Truax, 2007: Observations of structural damage caused by Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. J. Perf. Constr. Fac., 21, 117-127. PDF file (2.5 Mb)

Mostovoi, G. V., P. J. Fitzpatrick, and Y. Li, 2006: Regional accuracy of QuikSCAT gridded winds. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 26, 4117-4136. PDF file (0.70 Mb)

Fitzpatrick, P. J., 1997: Understanding and forecasting tropical cyclone intensity change with the Typhoon Intensity Prediction Scheme (TIPS). Wea. Forecasting, 12, 826-846. PDF file (0.28 Mb)

Fitzpatrick, P. J., J. A. Knaff, C. W. Landsea, and S. V. Finley, 1995: Documentation of a systematic bias in the Aviation model's forecast of the Atlantic Tropical Upper-Tropospheric Trough: Implications for tropical cyclone forecasting. Wea. Forecasting, 10, 433-446. PDF file (1.3 Mb)

Pielke, R. A., L. R. Bernardet, P. J. Fitzpatrick. S. C. Gillies, R. F. Hertenstein, A. S. Jones, X. Lin, J. E. Nachamkin, U. S. Nair, J. M. Papineau, G. S. Poulos, M. H. Savoie, and P. L. Vidale, 1995: Standardized test to evaluate numerical weather prediction algorithms. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 46-48. PDF file (0.65 Mb)

M.S. Thesis and Ph.D. Dissertation:

Fitzpatrick, P. J., 1995: Understanding and forecasting tropical cyclone intensity change. Ph.D. dissertation. Colorado State University, 380 pp. Available at: //hdl.handle.net/10217/89274

Fitzpatrick, P. J., 1992: A numerical study of mesoscale convection in a rotating tropical atmosphere. M. S. thesis, Texas A&M University, 117 pp. PDF file (10 Mb)

Encyclopedias:

Fitzpatrick, P. J., 2013: Tropical cyclones. Encyclopedia of Natural Resources. Y. Q. Wang, Ed., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 1060-1068.  Available here .

Fitzpatrick, P. J., 2011: The debate over tropical cyclones and anthropogenic climate change. World History Encyclopedia, Era 9: Promises and Paradoxes, 1945-Present. A. J. Waskey and F. R. Nadis, Eds., ABC-CLIO eBook Collection, 28-29.  Available from http://ebooks.abc-clio.com.

Fitzpatrick, P. J., 2011: Global warming - scientific consensus and debates. World History Encyclopedia, Era 9: Promises and Paradoxes, 1945-Present. A. J. Waskey and F. R. Nadis, Eds., ABC-CLIO eBook Collection. 25-28. Available from
//ebooks.abc-clio.com .

Technical reports:

Lau, Y. H., and P. J. Fitzpatrick, 2018: CONCORDE Meteorological Analysis (CMA) data guide. Mississippi State University technical report, 26 pp. Link to abstract

Lau, Y. H., and P. J. Fitzpatrick, 2017: TAO Delayed-Mode Data Processing Graphical User Interface User Guide. Mississippi State University technical report, 49 pp. Link to abstract

Zaron, E. D., P. J. Fitzpatrick, S. L. Cross, J. M. Harding, F. L. Bub, J. D. Wiggert, D. S. Ko, Y. Lau, K. Woodard, and C. N. K. Mooers, 2015: Initial evaluations of a U. S. Navy rapidly relocatable Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean ocean forecast system in the context of the Deepwater Horizon incident, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., NRL/MR/7320--15-9580, 58 pp. PDF file (4.1 Mb) ; Simulation of oil spill used in this report

Fitzpatrick, P., and Y. Lau, 2013: Assessing statistical climate variability from the TAO buoy array, Mississippi State University technical report, 13 pp. Available at //www.ngi.msstate.edu/about/documents/progressReport2013.pdf  .

Fitzpatrick, P., and Y. Lau, 2013: Evaluating baseline operational ocean surface current predictions and low-member multi-model ensembles in the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi State University technical report, 10 pp. Available at //www.ngi.msstate.edu/about/documents/progressReport2013.pdf  .

Fitzpatrick, P., Y. Lau, C. Hill, and H. Karan, 2011: COAMPS wind validation in the NCOM Intra-American Seas (AMSEAS) domain in the Gulf of Mexico during 20 June to 10 July 2010, and the use of NCOM and COAMPS data to examine the impact of cyclones on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Mississippi State University technical report, 24 pp plus appendix graphics. Available at this link .

Steed, C. A., P. J. Fitzpatrick, T.J. Jankun-Kelly, A. N. Yancey, and J. E. Swan II, 2008.:An interactive parallel coordinates technique applied to a tropical cyclone climate analysis, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, NRL/MR/7440--08-0126, 25 pp. PDF file (2.1 Mb)

Steed, C. A., P. J. Fitzpatrick, T.J. Jankun-Kelly, and J. E. Swan II, 2008: Visual analysis of North Atlantic hurricane trends using parallel coordinates and statistical techniques, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, NRL/MR/7440--08-9130, 18 pp. PDF file (1.8 Mb)

White, T. D., B. McAnally, D. Truax, H. Cole, C. Eamon, L. Zhang, P. Gullett, P. Fitzpatrick, Y. Lau, S. Bhate, Y. Li, 2006: Coast in the eye of the storm: Hurricane Katrina, August 29, 2005. Mississippi State University. 86 pp. PDF file (4.3 Mb)

Valenti, E., P. J. Fitzpatrick, and Y. Li, 2005: Web-Based hurricane storm surge and flood forecasting using optimized IFSAR bald earth DEMs. SBIR Phase II Final Report, WorldWinds, Inc. PDF file (15.6 Mb)

Fitzpatrick, P., G. Mostovoi, and Y. Li, 2002:Validation and comparison of a mesoscale model and NOGAPS in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea for March-August 2001. MSU technical report submitted to the US Naval Oceanographic Office, MSSU-COE-ERC-02-11, 88 pp. PDF file (15.3 Mb)  [Thanks to Janet Haselmaier, Suzanne Shean, and Lisa Parker for digitizing this document.]

Herndon, D., and E. Valenti, 2002: High-resolution atmospheric model comparison over Navy operational areas in CONUS. WorldWinds' technical report submitted to the Central Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command, 46 pp.

Fitzpatrick, P., G. Mostovoi, Y. Li, M. Bettencourt, and S. Sajjadi, 2002: Coupling of COAMPS and WAVEWATCH with improved wave physics. Final Project Report, Contract No. N62306-01-D-7110, 10 pp. PDF file (0.61 Mb)

Fitzpatrick, P. J., 1996: Understanding and forecasting tropical cyclone intensity change. CSU bluebook technical report number 598. 346 pp. Available at //hdl.handle.net/10217/89187

Conference preprints:

Fitzpatrick, P. J., N. Tran, Y. Lau, Y. Li, and C. M. Hill, 2009: A proposed new storm surge scale. Oceans 09 MTS/IEEE, October 26-29, Biloxi, MS. PDF file (0.56 Mb)

Masutani, M., J. S. Woollen, R. Errico, T. W. Schlatter, Y. Xie, T. Zhu, N. Prive, R. Yang, S. Greco, L. P. Riishojgaard, A. Stoffelen, G.-J. Marseille, E. Andersson, F. Weng, T. J. Kleespies, O. Reale, G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, C. Hill, V. Anantharaj, P. Fitzpatrick, X. Fan, H. Pryor, E. Salmon, H.- C. Liu, M. Sienkiewicz, A. da Silva, H. Sun, Y. Song, M. Govett, Z. Pu, L. Cucurull, S. J. Lord, D. Devenyi, D. L. Birkenheuer, T. Jung, A. Thompkins, D. Groff1, D. Kleist, R. Treadon, K. Fielding, W. Lahoz, E. Brin, Z. Toth, Y. Sato, M. Hu, S. Weygandt, M. J. McGill, T. Miyosh, T. Enomoto, M. Watanabe, H. Koyama, Y. Rochen, M. Seablom, B. I. Hauss, R. Burn, G. Higgins, R. Atlas, S. Koch, H. Wang, Y. Chen, and X.-Y. Huang, 2009: Expanding collaboration in Joint OSSEs.  89th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, January 11-16, Phoenix, AZ. PDF file (0.12 Mb)

Masutani, M., J. S. Woollen, R. Errico, Y. Xie, T. Zhu, H. Sun, J. Terry, R. Yang, S. Greco, N. Prive, E. Andersson, T. W. Schlatter, A. Stoffelen, F. Weng, O. Reale, L. P. Riishojgaard, G. D. Emmitt, S. J. Lord, Z. Toth, G. J. Marseille, V. Anantharaj, K. Fielding, G. McConaughy, S. J. Worley, C. F. Shih, M. Yanaguchi, J. C. Jusem, C. M. Hill, P. J. Fitzpatrick, D. Devenyi, S. S. Weygandt, S. A. Wood, Y. Song, E. Liu, D. N. Groff, M. Hart, G. Gayno, A. Da Silva, M. J. McGill, D. Kleist, Y. Sato, and S. A. Boukabara, 2008: Progress in joint OSSEs: Three joint OSSE nature runs and simulations of observations. 88th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, January 20-24, New Orleans, LA. PDF file (0.06 Mb)

Fitzpatrick, P. J., 2009: Hurricanes and climate: The debate over tropical cyclones and anthropogenic climate change. MMS Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, January 6-8, New Orleans, LA. PDF file (0.04 Mb)

Fitzpatrick, P. J., 2009: Unmanned aircraft hurricane reconnaissance. MMS Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, January 6-8, New Orleans, LA. PDF file (0.02 Mb)

Anantharaj, A., G. Mostovoy, and P. J. Fitzpatrick, 2008: Impact of soil moisture initialization on numerical weather forecasting forecasting over the Mississippi Delta region. 88th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society. PDF file (0.06 Mb)

Masutani, M., E. Andersson,  J. Terry,  O. Reale,  J. C. Jusem, L. P. Riishojgaard, T. Schlatter,  A. Stoffelen,    J. Woollen,   S. Lord,   Z. Toth,  Y. Son,   D. Kleist,  Y. Xie, N. Prive,   E. Liu, H. Sun,   D. Emmitt,  S. Greco,  S. A. Wood,  G.-J. Marseille, R. Errico,  R. Yang, G.  McConaughy,  D. Devenyi,  S. Weygandt, V. Anantharaj, C. Hill, P. Fitzpatrick,  F. Weng, T. Zhu, and S. Boukabara, 2007: Progress in Joint OSSEs: A new Nature Run and international collaborations. 18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, June 25-29, Park City, UT. PDF file (0.50 Mb)

Lim, E., Q. Xiao, J. Sun, P. J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Li, and J. L. Dyer, 2007: The impact of Doppler radar data on rainfall forecast: a case study of a convective rainband event in Mississippi Delta using WRF 3D-Var. 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, June 25-29, Park City, UT. PDF file (0.50 Mb)

Anantharaj, V. G., P. J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Li, R. L. King, and E. Johnson, 2006: Influences of MODIS landuse data on a Gulf Coast sea breeze simulation. Proceeding of the 10th Symposium on IOAS-AOLS, 86th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society. January 29-February 2, Atlanta, GA. PDF file (0.3 Mb)

Zhang, X., Q. Xiao, P. J. Fitzpatrick, and Y. Kuo, 2005: Four-dimensional variational data assimilation of satellite retrieval data for Hurricane Lili (2002). 6th WRF/15th MM5 Users Workshop, June 27-30, Boulder, CO. PDF file (0.6 Mb)

Mostovoi, G. V., and P. Fitzpatrick, 2004: Numerical modeling of rising thermal: Application for cumulus clouds parameterization. Proceedings of the 14th International. Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Vol. 2, Bologna, Italy, 1386-1388.

Fitzpatrick, P. J., A. Mehta, T. Haupt, J. Corbin, J. McCaffrey, T. Haupt, P. Bangalore, G Henley, R. Moorhead, J. van der Zwaag, and M. Bettencourt, 2002: The Distributed Marine Environment Forecast System (DMEFS). 18th International Conference on IIPS. Preprints, 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, January 13-17, Orlando, FL. PDF file (0.11 Mb)

Mostovoi, G. V., P. J. Fitzpatrick, and other authors, 2002: The effect of averaging surface roughness values on coastal winds for different mesoscale model resolutions. Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems. Preprints, 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, January 13-17, Orlando, FL. PDF file (0.39 Mb)

Sajjadi, S. G., M. Bettencourt, P. J. Fitzpatrick, and G. Mostovoi, 2002: Sensitivity of a coupled tropical cyclone/ocean wave simulation to different energy transfer schemes. 25th Tropical Meteorology and Hurricane Conference, April 29-May 3, San Diego, CA. PDF file (0.1 Mb)

Veeramony, J., P. J. Fitzpatrick, D. Dmitry, D. Herndon, N. Tran, and E. Valenti, 2002: Assimilating IFSAR DEM data into an ADCIRC simulation of Hurricane Camille. 25th Tropical Meteorology and Hurricane Conference, April 29-May 3, San Diego, CA. PDF file (0.11 Mb)

Mostovoi, G. V., P. J. Fitzpatrick, P. J., and Y. Li, 2001: Comparison of 9-km wind forecasts versus 27-km wind forecasts during the Northern Gulf of Mexico Littoral Initative. Preprints, Ninth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, July 29-Aug. 2, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  PDF file (0.2 Mb)