+ Scientific papers

: 2021

Hansen, E. S., Sandvik, H., Erikstad, K. E., Yoccoz, N. G., Anker-Nilssen, T., Bader, J., Descamps, S., Hodges, K., Mesquita, M. d. S., Reiertsen, T. K., & Varpe, Ø. (2021). Centennial relationships between ocean temperature and Atlantic puffin production reveal shifting decennial trends. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15665

: 2019

Vindstad, O.P.L., Jepsen, J.U., Yoccoz, N.G., Bjørnstad, O.N., Mesquita, M.d.S., and Ims, R.A. (2019) Spatial synchrony in sub-arctic geometrid moth outbreaks reflects dispersal in larval and adult lifecycle stages. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12959.

Barreto, N., Cavalcanti, I.F., Mesquita, M.d.S. and Pedra, G.U. (2019) Multivariate Intraseasonal Rainfall Index applied to South America. Meteorol Appl., doi:10.1002/met.1780.

Mesquita, M.d.S., Orsolini, Y.J., Pal, I., Veldore, V., Li, L., Raghavan, K., Panandiker, A.M., Honnungar, V., Gochis, D., Burkhart, J.F. (2019) ‘Challenges in forecasting water resources of the Indus River basin: lessons from the analysis and modeling of atmospheric and hydrological processes’ in Khan, S. and Adams, T. (ed.) Indus River Basin. Cambridge: Elsevier, pp. 57-79. URL: https://www.elsevier.com/books/indus-river-basin/khan/978-0-12-812782-7

: 2018

Yarker, M.B. and M.d.S. Mesquita (2018) Using Social Media to Improve Peer Dialogue in an Online Course About Regional Climate Modeling. Int. J. Online Pedagog. Course Des., 8, doi: https://doi.org/10.4018/IJOPCD.2018100101.

: 2017

Li, L., D. J. Gochis, S. Sobolowksi, and M.d.S. Mesquita (2017), Evaluating the present annual water budget of a Himalayan headwater river basin using a high-resolution atmosphere-hydrology model, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, doi:10.1002/2016JD026279.

Mugume, I., Waiswa D., Mesquita, M.d.S., Reuder, J., Basalirwa, C., Bamutaze, Y., Twinomuhangi, R., Tumwine, F., Sansa Otim, J., Jacob Ngailo, T., and Ayesiga, G. (2017) Assessing the Performance of WRF Model in Simulating Rainfall over Western Uganda. Journal of Climatology and Weather Forecasting, 5, doi: 10.4172/2332-2594.1000197.

Benestad, R. et al., 2017. New vigour involving statisticians to overcome ensemble fatigue. Nature Climate Change, 7(10), pp.697–703.

: 2016

Barreto, N.J.C., Mesquita, M.d.S., Mendes, D., Spyrides, M.H.C., Pedra, G.U., and Lucio, P.S. (2016) Maximum covariance analysis to identify intraseasonal oscillations over tropical Brazil. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-016-3401-3.

Mugume, I., Mesquita, M.d.S., Basalirwa, C., Bamutaze, Y., Reuder, J., Nimusiima, A., Waiswa, D., Mujuni, G., Tao, S., and Ngailo, T.J. (2016) Patterns of Dekadal Rainfall Variation Over a Selected Region in Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda. Atmosphere, 7, 150, doi:10.3390/atmos7110150.

Mesquita, M.d.S., Veldore, V., Li, L., Krishnan, R., Orsolini, Y., Senan, R., et al. (2016). Forecasting India's Water Future. Eos, 97. http://doi.org/10.1029/2016EO049099

Hackerott, J.A., Paskyabi, M.B., Kral, S.T., Reuder, J., de Oliveira, A.P., Marques Filho, E.P., and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2016) Similarity analysis of turbulent transport and dissipation for momentum, temperature, moisture, and CO2 during BLLAST. ACPD, 2016, pp.1–27, doi: 10.5194/acp-2015-1061.

Mesquita, M.d.S., & Erikstad, K. E. (2016). Cold case: The death of common guillemots in the Barents Sea. Significance, 13(4), 28–33. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2016.00938.x

Antuña-Marrero, J., Mesquita, M. d. S., and Rodriguez, A. (2016). Norway and Cuba Evaluate Bilateral Climate Research Results. Eos, 97. http://doi.org/10.1029/2016EO051311

Mesquita, M. d. S. and K. E. Erikstad (2016). The atmosphere's role in the rise and fall of the guillemot. Fram Forum. Tromsø, Norway, Fram Centre.

Mugume, I., Basalirwa, C., Waiswa, D., Reuder, J., Mesquita, M. d. S., Tao, S., & Ngailo, T. J. (2016). Comparison of Parametric and Nonparametric Methods for Analyzing the Bias of a Numerical Model. Modelling and Simulation in Engineering, 2016, 7. http://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7530759

: 2015

Walton, P.J., Yarker, M.B., Mesquita, M.d.S., and Otto, F.E.L. (2015) Helping to Make Sense of Regional Climate Modeling: Professional Development for Scientists and Decision Makers Anytime, Anywhere. B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00111.1.

Mayor, Y.G. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2015) Numerical simulations of the 1 May 2012 deep convection event over Cuba: Sensitivity to cumulus and microphysical schemes in a high-resolution model. Advances in Meteorology, 2015 (973151), doi:10.1155/2015/973151.

Antuña-Marrero, J. C., Otterå, O. H., Robock, A., and Mesquita, M. d. S. (2015). Modelled and observed sea surface temperature trends for the Caribbean and Antilles. International Journal of Climatology, 36(4), 1873–1886. http://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4466

Mesquita, M.d.S., Erikstad, K. E., Sandvik, H., Barrett, R.T., Reiertsen, T. K., Anker-Nilssen, T., Hodges K.I., Bader J. (2015) There is more to climate than the North Atlantic Oscillation: a new perspective from climate dynamics to explain the variability in population growth rates of a long-lived seabird. Front. Ecol. Evol., 3, 10.3389/fevo.2015.00043.

Yarker, M.B., Kelsey, E. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2015) A hybrid approach to online and traditional learning during a boundary layer meteorology course. 95th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 4-8 January, paper 261957.

: 2014

Mesquita, M.d.S., Ådlandsvik, B., Bruyère, C. and Sandvik, A. (2014) Horizontal resolution in a nested-domain WRF simulation: a Bayesian analysis approach. ArXiv e-prints, arXiv:1405.7447.

Lucio, P.S., Degallier, N., Spyrides, M.H.C., Silva, C.M.S., Silva, J.C.B., Silva, H.J.F., Máximo, G., Junior, W. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2014) The Dengue risk transmission during the FIFA 2014 World Cup. ArXiv e-prints, arXiv:1405.6172.

Antuña, J.C., Kalnay, E. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2014) Norway and Cuba Continue Collaborating to Build Capacity to Improve Weather Forecasting. EOS, v.95(24), p.205, doi:10.1002/2014EO240005.

: 2013

Su, H., Jiang, J.H., Zhai, C., Perun, V.S., Shen, J.T., Del Genio, A., Nazarenko, L.S., Donner, L.J., Horowitz, L., Seman, C., Morcrette, C., Petch, J., Ringer, M., Cole, J., Mesquita, M.d.S., Iversen, T., Kristjansson, J.E., Gettelman, A., Rotstayn, L., Jeffrey, S., Dufresne, J.-L., Watanabe, M., Kawai, H., Koshiro, T., Wu, T., Volodin, E.M., L’Ecuyer, T., Teixeira, J. and Stephens, G.L. (2012) Diagnosis of Regime-dependent Cloud Simulation Errors in CMIP5 Models Using “A-Train” Satellite Observations and Reanalysis Data. Journal of Geophysical Research,118, 2762-2780, doi: 10.1029/2012JD018575.

Mesquita, M.d.S. (2013) e-WRF: WRF for Educational Purposes [Computer program]. Available at m2lab.org

Mesquita, M.d.S., Robock, A. and Antuña, J.C. (2013) Capacity building for the Caribbean region. EOS, v.94 (30), p.264, doi:10.1002/2013EO300007.

Veldore, V. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2013) Arithmetics in R. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Veldore, V. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2013) Reading data in R. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Veldore, V. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2013) Plotting in R. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Calculating statistical quantities. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Introduction to Bayesian statistics. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Calculating statistical quantities. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Bayesian inference for discrete random variables. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Calculating statistical quantities. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Veldore, V. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2013) The Poisson distribution. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Bayes’ theorem: Poisson with discrete prior. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Veldore, V. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2013) Introduction to continuous random variables. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) The uniform prior. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Bayes’ theorem: Poisson with discrete prior. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) The beta prior. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Summarizing the posterior distribution. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Continuous variables: the Poisson distribution. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Bayesian analysis of GCM output. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Bayesian analysis of GCM output: the REA package. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Bayesian analysis of RCM output: Mesquita et al. method. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org. Mesquita, M.d.S. and Veldore, V. (2013) Bayesian analysis of extremes. Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Climate Research, www.m2lab.org.

: 2012

Sobolowski, S., Keay, K. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2012) A possible decline in storminess over the eastern North Atlantic and Western Europe? Climatic change, submitted.

Faghmous, J.H., Styles, L., Mithal, V., Boriah, S., Liess, S., Kumar, V., Vikebø, F. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2012) EddyScan: A Physically Consistent Ocean Eddy Monitoring Application. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Intelligent Data Understanding, pp. 96-103.

Bader, J., Flügge, M., Kvamstø, N.G., Mesquita, M.d.S. and Voigt, A. (2012) Atmospheric winter response to a projected future Antarctic sea-ice reduction: A dynamical analysis. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1507-9.

Jiang, J.H., Su, H., Zhai, C., Perun, V.S., Genio, A.D., Nazarenko, L.S., Donner, L.J., Horowitz, L., Seman, C., Cole, J., Gettelman, A., Ringer, M., Rotstayn, L., Jeffrey, S., Wu, T., Brient, F., Dufresne, J.-L., Kawai, H., Koshiro, T., Watanabe, M., Lécuyer, T., Volodin, E.M., Iversen, T., Drange, H., Mesquita, M.d.S., Read, W.G., Waters, J.W., Tian, B., Teixeira, J. and Stephens, G.L. (2012) Evaluation of Cloud and Water Vapor Simulations in CMIP5 Climate Models Using NASA “A-Train” Satellite Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, D14105, doi:10.1029/2011JD017237. (Selected as an AGU Highlight paper)

Mesquita, M.d.S., Ådlandsvik, B., Bruyère, C. and Sandvik, A. (2012) Bayesian assessment of horizontal resolution in a nested-domain WRF simulation. 13th Annual WRF Users' Workshop, 25-29 June 2012, Boulder, CO, USA. (Paper download) (Poster)

Faghmous, J., Kumar, V., Chamber, Y., Vikebø, F., Boriah, S., Mesquita, M.d.S. and Liess, S. (2012) Novel and Scalable Spatio-Temporal Technique for Ocean Eddy Monitoring. Computational Sustainability and AI Special Track at the Twenty-Sixth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-12), Toronto, Canada.

Barstad, I., Sorteberg, A. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2012) Present and future offshore wind power potential in northern Europe based on downscaled global climate runs with adjusted SST and sea ice cover. Renewable Energy, doi:10.1016/j.renene.2012.02.008.

: 2011

Mesquita, M.d.S., Veldore, V., Yarker, M.B., Lamadrid, A. (2011). Long-term E-cApacity builDing (LEAD): A New Approach for Climate Science Research. 17th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 28 November–9 December 2011, Durban, South Africa.

Mesquita M.d.S., Sylte, G. and Drange, H. (2011) Emerging needs for eInfrastructure in climate science. META, 3.

Bader, J., Mesquita, M.d.S., Hodges, K.I., Miles, M., Østerhus, S. and Keenlyside, N. (2011) A Review on Northern Hemisphere Sea-ice, Storminess and Teleconnection patterns: Observations and Projected Changes. Atmos. res., doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.04.007.

Barbosa, H.A., da Silva Junior, I.W., Justino, F.B. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2011) A close look at a severe mesoscale convective system surrounding the Air France 447 crash. Anais XV Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto - SBSR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, INPE p.2187.

: 2010

Mesquita, M.d.S., Hodges, K.I., Atkinson, D.E. and Bader, J. (2010) Sea-ice anomalies in the Sea of Okhotsk and the relationship with storm tracks in the Northern Hemisphere. Tellus A, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00483.x.

Mesquita, M.d.S., Atkinson, D.E. and Hodges, K.I. (2010) Characteristics and Variability of Storm Tracks in the North Pacific, Bering Sea, and Alaska. J. Climate, 23, 294–311. (Paper download)

Barstad, I., Mesquita, M.d.S. and Fitch, A. (2010) Estimating Future Energy Potential for Offshore Wind Energy in Europe by the use of Dynamical Downscaling. Proceedings of the European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition 2010, Warsaw, Poland.

: 2009

Pezza, A.B., Veiga, J.A.P. , Simmonds, I., Keay, K. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2009) Environmental energetics of an exceptional high-latitude storm. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 11, 39-45. (Paper download)

Heikkilä, U., Mesquita, M.d.S. and Barstad, I. (2009) Precipitation Downscaling on the West Coast of Norway: Comparison with Observational Network Dataset. 10th Annual WRF Users' Workshop, 23-26 June 2009, Boulder, CO, USA. (Paper download)

Mesquita, M.d.S., Atkinson, D.E., Simmonds, I., Keay, K. and Gottschalck, J. (2009) New Perspectives on the Synoptic Development of the Severe October 1992 Nome Storm. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 13, doi:10.1029/2009GL038824.

Barstad, I., Heikkilä, U. and Mesquita, M.d.S. (2009) Precipitation Downscaling in Western Norway: Time-Step Precipitation Intensity. Annalen der Meteorlogie, Deutscher Wetterdienst, 44, pp 90-91.

: 2008

Mesquita, M.d.S. and Atkinson, D.E. (2008) Storm tracks in the North Pacific - relevance to coastal states. In Proceedings of Lessons from Continuity and Change in the Fourth International Polar Year Symposium, Inland Northwest Research Alliance, Fairbanks, pp. 105-108.

Mesquita, M.d.S., Kvamstø, N.G., Sorteberg, A., Atkinson, D.E. (2008) Climatological Properties of Summertime Extra-Tropical Storm Tracks in the Northern Hemisphere. Tellus A, 60, pp 557-569. (Paper download)