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Pre 2013 Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications Pertaining to Tropical Cyclones Published Prior to 2013

* student co-author

+ invited submission for a special issue

+Villegas, J., Matyas, C.J., Srinivasan, S., *Cahyunto, I., Thapa, B., Pennington-Gray, L. 2013. Cognitive and affective responses of Florida tourists after exposure to hurricane warning messages. Natural Hazards, 66, 97-119, DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0119-3.

+ Matyas, C.J., Silva, J.A. 2013. Extreme weather and economic well-being in rural Mozambique. Natural Hazards, 66, 31-49, DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0064-6.

*Ash, K.D., Matyas, C.J. 2012. The influences of ENSO and the Subtropical Indian Ocean Dipole on tropical cyclone trajectories in the South Indian Ocean. International Journal of Climatology, 32:1, 41-56, DOI: 10.1002/joc.2249.

Matyas, C.J., Srinivasan, S., *Cahyunto, I., Thapa, B., Pennington-Gray, L, Villegas, J. 2011. Risk perception and evacuation decisions of Florida tourists under hurricane threats: A stated preference analysis, Natural Hazards, 59:2, 871-890. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9801-0.

*Thompson, B.K, Escobedo, F.J., Staudhammer, C.L., Matyas, C.J., Qiu, Y. 2011. A model of hurricane-caused tree debris in Houston, Texas. Landscape and Urban Planning, 101:3, 286-297. DOI:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.02.034.

Matyas, C.J. 2010.  Locating convection in landfalling tropical cyclones: A GIS-based analysis of radar reflectivities and comparison to lightning-based observations. Physical Geography, 31:5, 385-406. DOI:10.2747/0272-3646.31.5.385.

Becker, S., Buker, M.L., Matyas, C.J., Rohli, R.V. 2010. Assessing links between upper atmospheric vorticity patterns and directional changes in hurricane tracks. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 102, 379-392. DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0269-8.

Matyas, C.J.  2010. Associations between the size of hurricane rain fields at landfall and their surrounding environments. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 106, 135-148. DOI 10.1007/s00703-009-0056-1.

+ Matyas, C.J.  2010. A geospatial analysis of convective rainfall regions within tropical cyclones after landfall. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, 1:2, 71-91. DOI: 10.4018/jagr.2010020905.

+ Matyas, C.J. and M. *Cartaya 2009. Comparing the rainfall patterns produced by Hurricanes Frances (2004) and Jeanne (2004) over Florida. Southeastern Geographer 49:2, 132-156.

Matyas, C.J. 2009. A spatial analysis of radar reflectivity regions within Hurricane Charley (2004), Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 48:1, 130-142.

Matyas, C.J. 2008. Shape measures of rain shields as indicators of changing environmental conditions in a landfalling tropical storm. Meteorological Applications, 15:2, 259-271.

+ Matyas, C.J. 2007. Quantifying the shapes of U.S. landfalling tropical cyclone rain shields. The Professional Geographer, 59:2, 158-172.

Matyas, C. J. 2006. Spatial characteristics of tropical cyclone rainfall patterns in Florida. The Florida Geographer, 37, 58-71.

Matyas, C.J. 2006. Using GIS to assess the symmetry of tropical cyclone rain shields. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 29, 31-39.

Vega, A.J. and C.J. Matyas, 2004. North Atlantic tropical cyclone intensities and macro-scale temperature variations, The Pennsylvania Geographer, 42:1, 142-178.