Publications

last updated November 5, 2020

Journal Articles

2016-2020

• Li, X., G. Zhao, J. Nielsen-Gammon, J. Salazar, M. Wigmosta, N. Sun, D. Judi, and H. Gao, 2020: Impacts of urbanization, antecedent rainfall event, and cyclone tracks on extreme floods at Houston reservoirs during Hurricane Harvey. Env. Res. Lett., accepted.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J.W., J.L. Banner, B.I. Cook, D.M. Tremaine, C.I. Wong, R.E. Mace, H. Gao, Z.-L. Yang, M. Flores Gonzalez, R. Hoffpauir, T. Gooch, and K. Kloesel, 2020: Unprecedented drought challenges for Texas water resources in a changing climate: What do researchers and stakeholders need to know? Earth’s Future, published online, doi:10.1029/2020EF001552
• Roth, D. M., and J. Nielsen-Gammon, 2018: Hurricane Harvey: The hallmark storm of a busy and wet 2017 hurricane season in the United States [in "State of the Climate in 2017"]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, S140-S141, doi:10.1175/2018BAMSStateoftheClimate.1.
• McRoberts, D. B., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2017: Detecting beam blockage in radar-based precipitation estimates. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 34, 1407-1422, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0174.1
• McDaniel, R. L., C. Munster, and J. Nielsen-Gammon, 2017: Crop and location specific agricultural drought quantification. Part III -- Forecasting water stress and yield trends. Trans. Amer. Soc. Agric. Biol. Eng., 60(3), 741-752, doi:10.13031/trans.11651

2011-2015

• Hoerling, M., A. Kumar, R. Dole, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, J. Eischeid, J. Perlwitz, X.-W. Quan, T. Zhang, P. Pegion, and M. Chen, 2013: Anatomy of an extreme event. J. Climate, 26, 2811-2832, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00270.1.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2012: The 2011 Texas drought. Texas Water J., 3(1), 59-95.
• Bei, N., F. Zhang, and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2012: Ensemble-based observation targeting for improving ozone prediction in Houston and the surrounding area. Pure Appl. Geophys., 169, 539-554, doi:10.1007/s00024-011-0386-z
• McRoberts, D. B., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2012: The use of a high-resolution SPI for drought monitoring and assessment. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 51, 68-83, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-10-05015.1
• Fall, S., A. Watts, J. Nielsen-Gammon, E. Jones, D. Niyogi, J. R. Christy, and R. A. Pielke Sr., 2011: Analysis of the impacts of station exposure on the U.S. Historical Climatology Network temperatures and temperature trends. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D14120, doi:10.1029/2010JD015146
• McRoberts, D. B., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2011: A new homogenized United States climate division precipitation data for analysis of climate variability and change. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 50, 1187-1199, doi:10.1175/2010JAMC2626.1
• Banta, R. M., C. J. Senff, R. J. Alvarez, A. O. Langford, D. D. Parrish, M. K. Trainer, L. S. Darby, R. M. Hardesty, B. Lambeth, J. A. Neuman, W. M. Angevine, J. Nielsen-Gammon, S. P. Sandberg, and A. B. White, 2011: Dependence of daily peak O3 concentrations near Houston, Texas on environmental factors: Wind speed, temperature, and boundary-layer depth. Atmos. Env., 45, 162-173, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.030

2006-2010

• Hu, X.-M., J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and F. Zhang, 2010: Evaluation of three planetary boundary layer schemes in the WRF model. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 49, 1831-1844, doi: 10.1175/2010JAMC2432.1
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., X.-M. Hu, F. Zhang, and J. Pleim, 2010: Evaluation of planetary boundary layer scheme sensitivities for the purpose of parameter estimation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 3400-3417, doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3292.1
• Myoung, B., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2010: The convective instability pathway to warm season drought in Texas. Part II: Free-tropospheric modulation of convective inhibition. J. Climate, 23, 4474-4488, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI2947.1
• Myoung, B., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2010: The convective instability pathway to warm season drought in Texas. Part I: The role of convective inhibition and its modulation by soil moisture. J. Climate, 23, 4461-4473, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI2946.1
• Hu, X.-M., F. Zhang, and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2010: Ensemble-based simultaneous state and parameter estimation for treatment of mesoscale model error: A real-data study. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L08802, doi:10.1029:2010GL043017.
• Myoung, B., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2010: Sensitivity of monthly convective precipitation to environmental conditions. J. Climate, 23, 166-188, doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI2792.1
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., L. B. Avilés, and E. Joseph, 2009: What does it take to get into graduate school? A survey of atmospheric science programs. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90, 1698-1705.
• Parrish, D. D., D. T. Allen, T. S. Bates, M. Estes, F. C. Fehsenfeld, G. Feingold, R. Ferrare, R. M. Hardesty, J. F. Meagher, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, R. B. Pierce, T. B. Ryerson, J. H. Seinfeld, M. Trainer, and E. J. Williams, 2009: Overview of the Second Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS II) and the Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study (GoMACCS). J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00F13, doi:10.1029/2009JD011842.
• Pielke Sr., R., C. Davey, D. Niyogi, S. Fall, J. Steinweg-Woods, K. Hubbard, X. Lin, M. Cai, Y.-K. Lim, H. Li, J. Nielsen-Gammon, K. Gallo, R. Hale, J. Angel, R. Mahmood, S. Foster, R. T. McNider, and P. Blanken, 2009: Reply to comment by David E. Parker et al. on “Unresolved issues with the assessment of multidecadal global land surface temperature trends”. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D05105, doi:10.1029/2008JD010938
• Gold, D. A., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2008: Potential vorticity diagnosis of the severe convective regime. Part IV: Comparison with modeling simulations of the Moore tornado outbreak. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1612-1629.
• Gold, D. A., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2008: Potential vorticity diagnosis of the severe convective regime. Part III: The Hesston tornado outbreak. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1593-1611
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., and *D. A. Gold, 2008: Potential vorticity diagnosis of the severe convective regime. Part II: The impact of idealized anomalies. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1582-1592
• Gold, D. A., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2008: Potential vorticity diagnosis of the severe convective regime. Part I: Methodology. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1565-1581
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., *C. L. Powell, M. J. Mahoney, W. Angevine, C. Senff, A. White, C. Berkowitz, C. Doran, and K. Knupp, 2008: Multi-sensor estimation of mixing heights over a coastal city. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 27-43
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., and *D. A. Gold, 2008: Potential vorticity diagnosis in the quasigeostrophic and nonlinear balance systems. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 172-188
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2007: An Inconvenient Truth: The scientific argument. GeoJournal, 70, 21-26, doi:10.1007/s10708-008-9126-z
• Pielke Sr., R., C. Davey, D. Niyogi, S. Fall, J. Steinweg-Woods, K. Hubbard, X. Lin, M. Cai, Y.-K. Lim, H. Li, J. Nielsen-Gammon, K. Gallo, R. Hale, J. Angel, R. Mahmood, S. Foster, R. T. McNider, and P. Blanken, 2007: Unresolved issues with the assessment of multidecadal global land surface temperature trends. J. Geophys. Res., 112. D24S08, doi:10.1029/2006JD008229
• Pielke Sr., R., J. Nielsen-Gammon, C. Davey, J. Angel, O. Bliss, N. Doesken, M. Cai, S. Fall, D. Niyogi, K. Gallo, R. Hale, K. G. Hubbard, X. Lin, H. Li, and S. Raman, 2007: Documentation of uncertainties and bias associated with surface temperature measurement sites for climate change assessment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 913-928, doi:10.1175/BAMS-88-6-913
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., R. T. McNider, W. M. Angevine, A. B. White, and K. Knupp, 2007: Mesoscale model performance with assimilation of wind profiler data: Sensitivity to assimilation parameters and network configuration. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D09119, doi:10.1029/2006JD007633
• Stuart, A. L., *A. Aksoy, F. Zhang, and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2007: Ensemble-based data assimilation and targeted observation of a chemical tracer in a sea breeze model. Atmos. Env., 41, 3082-3094
• Zhang, F., N. Bei, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, *G. Li, R. Zhang, A. Stuart, and *A. Aksoy, 2007: Impacts of meteorological uncertainties on ozone pollution predictability estimated through meteorological and photochemical ensemble forecasts. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D04304, doi:10.1029/2006JD007429
• Aksoy, A., F. Zhang, and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2006: Ensemble-based simultaneous state and parameter estimation in a two-dimensional sea-breeze model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 2951-2970
• Aksoy, A., F. Zhang, and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2006: Ensemble-based simultaneous state and parameter estimation with MM5. Geophys. Res. Let., 33, L12801, doi:10.1029/2006GL026186
• Sippel, J., J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and S. Allen, 2006: The multiscale vortex nature of tropical cyclogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1796-1814
• Zhang, F., *A. Odins, and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2006: Mesoscale predictability of an extreme warm-season precipitation event. Wea. Forecasting, 21, 149-166

2001-2005

• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., F. Zhang, *A. M. Odins, and *B. Myoung, 2005: Extreme rainfall in Texas: Patterns and predictability. Phys. Geog., 26, 340-364
• Fan, J., R. Zhang, *G. Li, J. Nielsen-Gammon, and Z. Li, 2005: Simulations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Houston, Texas. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D16203, doi:10.1029/2005JD005805
• Aksoy, A., F. Zhang, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and C. C. Epifanio, 2005: Ensemble-based data assimilation for thermally forced circulations. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D16105, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005718
• Banta, R. M., C. J. Senff, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, T. B. Ryerson, L. S. Darby, R. J. Alvarez, S. P. Sandberg, E. J. Williams, and M. Trainer, 2005: A bad air day in Houston. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, 657-669
• Orville, R. E., G. Huffines, J. Nielsen-Gammon, R. Zhang, *B. Ely, *S. Steiger, *S. Phillips, S. Allen, and W. Read, 2001: Enhancement of cloud-to-ground lightning within a coastal urban environment. Geophys. Res. Let., 28, 2597-2600
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2001: A visualization of the global dynamic tropopause. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 1151-1167

1996-2000

• Wandishin, M. S., J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and D. Keyser, 2000: A potential vorticity diagnostic approach to upper-level frontogenesis within a developing baroclinic wave. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3918-3938
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., and D. Keyser, 2000: Effective stratification for pseudoadiabatic ascent. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 3007-3010.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., and D. M. Schultz, 1999: Comments on "The intensification of the low-level jet during the development of mesoscale convective systems on a mei-yu front". Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 2227-2231
• Igau, R. C., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 1998: Low-level jet development during a numerically simulated return flow event. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2972-2990.
• Morgan, M. C., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 1998: Using tropopause maps to diagnose midlatitude weather systems. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2555-2579
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., M. I. Biggerstaff, M. E. Alcorn, D. Austin, K. P. Bowman, D. Djuric, J. Guynes, R. L. Panetta, R. White, and L. J. Wicker, 1996: Texas A&M University's Laboratory for the Exploration of Atmospheric Processes - TAMU's LEAP. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 2907-2918
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., and *R. J. Lefevre, 1996: Piecewise tendency diagnosis of dynamical processes governing the development of an upper-tropospheric mobile trough. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3120-3142
• Livingston, E. S., J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and R. E. Orville, 1996: A climatology, synoptic assessment, and thermodynamic evaluation for cloud-to-ground lightning in Georgia: A study for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 1483-1495

1991-1995

• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 1995: Dynamic conceptual models of upper-level mobile trough formation: comparison and application. Tellus, 47A, 705-721
• Lefevre, R. J., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 1995: An objective climatology of mobile troughs in the Northern Hemisphere. Tellus, 47A, 638-655
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., and W. Read, 1995: Detection and interpretation of left-moving severe thunderstorms using the WSR-88D: A case study. Wea. Forecasting, 10, 127-140
• Bosart, L. F., and J. W. Nielsen, 1993: Radiosonde penetration of an undilute cumulonimbus anvil. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 1688-1702
• Nielsen, J. W., and R. M. Dole, 1992: A survey of extratropical cyclone characteristics during GALE. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 1156-1167
• Nielsen, J. W., 1992: In situ observations of Kelvin-Helmholtz waves along a frontal inversion. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 369-386

1962-1990

• Nielsen, J. W., and P. P. Neilley, 1990: The vertical structure of New England coastal fronts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 1793-1807
• Nielsen, J. W., 1989: The formation of New England coastal fronts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 1380-1401

Books and Book Chapters

2016-2020

• Kloesel, K., B. Bartush, J. Banner, D. Brown, J. Lemery, X. Lin, C. Loeffler, G. McManus, E. Mullens, J. Nielsen-Gammon, M. Shafer, C. Sorensen, S. Sperry, D. Wildcat, and J. Ziolkowska, 2018: Southern Great Plains. In Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II [Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 987–1035. doi: 10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH23
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2016: Hydroclimatology: Global warming and climate change. pp. 38-1 to 38-6, Handbook of Applied Hydrology, V. Singh, ed., McGraw-Hill, 1440 pp.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2016: Climate change and future water supply. Volume 1, Chapter 11, CRC Water Sustainability Handbook, D. H. Chen, ed., Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 428 pp.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2016: Weather and climate. Unit 8 in Texas Master Naturalist Statewide Curriculum, M. M. Haggerty and M. P. Meuth, eds., Texas A&M University Press, College Station, pp. 285-307

2011-2015

• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., S. Karpanty, W. K. Lauenroth, T. A. Martin, J. C. Nejstgaard, K. Strychar, P. Teel, L. Thompson, R. Waskom, and J. Wu, 2014: Grand Challenge 3: Climate Change. pp. 38-49 in Science, Education, and Outreach Roadmap for Natural Resources, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Board on Natural Resources and Board on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate, 98 pp.
• National Research Council, 2014: Review of the National Science Foundation’s Division on Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Draft Goals and Objectives Document. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 36 pp., doi:10.17226/18887
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2011: The changing climate of Texas. pp. 39-68 in The Impact of Global Warming on Texas, second edition. J. Schmandt, G. R. North, and J. Clarkson, eds., University of Texas Press, Austin, 318 pp., ISBN 978-0-292-72330-6

2006-2010

• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., and *B. McRoberts, 2009: March 1843: The most abnormal month ever? pp. 123-148 in Historical Climate Variability and Impacts in North America. L.-A. Dupigny-Giroux and C. Mock, ed., Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., and *D. A. Gold, 2008: Dynamical diagnosis: a comparison of quasigeostrophy and Ertel potential vorticity. pp. 183-202 in Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology and Weather Forecasting: A Tribute to Fred Sanders. L. F. Bosart and H. B. Bluestein, Eds., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 423 pp
• National Research Council, 2008: Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.3: “Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change”. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 68 pp., doi:10.17226/12135

1962-2005

• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2003: Weather and climate. (20 pp.) Texas Master Naturalist Statewide Curriculum, M. M. Haggerty, ed., Texas Cooperative Extension and Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2003: Large-scale atmospheric systems. Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water: Dynamics, Climate, Physical Meteorology, Weather Systems, and Measurements, T. D. Potter and B. R. Colman, Eds. John Wiley and Sons, pp. 509-541
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2003: Overview of weather systems. Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water: Dynamics, Climate, Physical Meteorology, Weather Systems, and Measurements, T. D. Potter and B. R. Colman, Eds. John Wiley and Sons, pp. 503-508

Reports

2016-2020

• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2020: Observation-Based Estimates of Present-Day and Future Climate Change Impacts on Heavy Rainfall in Harris County. OSC Report 2020-02, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 86 pp.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J., J. Escobedo, C. Ott, J. Dedrick, and A. Van Fleet, 2020: Assessment of Historic and Future Trends of Extreme Weather in Texas, 1900-2036. OSC Report 202001, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 40 pp.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., G. Fipps, T. Caldwell, D. B. McRoberts, and D. Conlee, 2017: Feasibility Study for Development of Statewide Evapotranspiration Network. Report to Texas Water Development Board, 97 pp.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2016: The Faucet: Informal Attribution of the May 2015 Record-Setting Texas Rains. Climate Prediction S&T Digest, 40th NOAA Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Denver, CO, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, pp. 8-10

2011-2015

• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2011: The 2011 Texas Drought: A Briefing Packet for the Texas Legislature. 43 pp.

2006-2010

• McRoberts, D. B., and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2010: Historic and Future Droughts in the Big Bend Region of the Chihuahua Desert. 254 pp.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J., and B. McRoberts, 2009: An Assessment of the Meteorological Severity of the 2008-09 Texas Drought through July 2009. Office of the State Climatologist, Texas, Publication OSC-0901, 24 pp.
• National Centers for Environmental Information, and Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2006: Climate of Texas. From the series "Climatography of the United States No. 60", available online (Oct. 2016) at www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim60/states/Clim_TX_01.pdf . 13pp.

2001-2005

• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., J. Tobin, and A. McNeel, 2005: A Conceptual Model for Eight-Hour Ozone Exceedances in Houston, Texas. Part II: Eight-Hour Ozone Exceedances in the Houston-Galveston Metropolitan Area. HARC/TERC/TCEQ Report, 79 pp.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., J. Tobin, A. McNeel, and G. Li, 2005: A Conceptual Model for Eight-Hour Ozone Exceedances in Houston, Texas. Part I: Background Ozone Levels in Eastern Texas. HARC/TERC/TCEQ Report, 52 pp.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J., and H. Johnson, 2004: Texas and Oklahoma’s Greatest Hits: The most significant weather events to strike Texas and Oklahoma. OSC Report 04-1, 14 pp.
• Meteorological Modeling for the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode: PBL Characteristics, Nudging Procedure, and Performance Evaluation
• Evaluation and Comparison of Preliminary Meteorological Modeling for the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode
• Initial Modeling of the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode

1996-2000

1962-1995

• Studwell, A., and J. Nielsen-Gammon, 1995: Mesoscale Analysis of the March 27, 1994, Severe Weather Outbreak. NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-166, 13 pp.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., and *R. C. Igau, 1994: A Synoptic Overview of the Intensification of the Storm of the Century. NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-158, 18 pp.

Popular Press

2016-2020

• Nielsen-Gammon, J., and M. Spellings, 2020: New Texas A&M study shows climate change will impact Texas economy by 2036 bicentennial. Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, March 5, 2020.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2019: Sometimes normal is normal. El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, November 20, 2019.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2019: Amazon burning: Politics are interesting, but what about climate implications? The Hill, August 26, 2019.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2019: Climate change made France’s record heat 5 times more likely. The Hill, July 6, 2019.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2019: How dangerous (and historic) is the Polar Vortex hitting the Midwest? The Hill, January 30, 2019.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2018: Readjusting expectations. El Campo Leader-News, Ag Outlook, December 2018.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2017: Why Harvey Is the eorst rainstorm in U.S. History. Fortune.com, August 29, 2017.
• Kimmel, T. M. Jr., J. Nielsen-Gammon, B. Rose, H. M. Mogil, 2016: The weather and climate of Texas: A big state with big extremes. Weatherwise, 69:5, 25-33, doi:10.1080/00431672.2016.1206446

2011-2015

• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2015: Does a super El Niño mean a super cold winter? Southern Climate Monitor, Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program, 5(11), 2-3
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2015: This year in weather: typical, not normal. El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Nov. 2015.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2015: The Texas drought is over, but what about the next? TribTalk, published June 8, 2015.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., 2015: In Texas floods, is there a link to climate change? The Conversation, published June 2, 2015.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J.W., 2013: Wharton County weather, 2012-2013. El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Nov, 2013.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J.W., 2013: Effect of man-made changes hard to quantify. San Antonio Express-News q&a, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 24, 2013
• Bell, L., 2013: Any global warming since 1978? Two climate scientists debate this. Forbes online op/ed, June 18, 2013
• Nielsen-Gammon, J.W., 2012: Rainfall deficit continues to affect most Texas regions. El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Nov. 14, 2012
• Nielsen-Gammon, J.W., 2012: Is global warming heating Texas? Austin American-Statesman, Austin, TX
• Nielsen-Gammon, J., 2012: Too early for the worst fears. The New York Times, Room for Debate, July 25, 2012.
• Nielsen-Gammon, J., 2011: The drought of record was made to be broken. Fountainhead, 3^rd quarter, pp. 1, 4, and 5, Texas Ground Water Association

1962-2010

• Nielsen-Gammon, J., September 28, 2008: Next one could be worse – and totally unlike Ike. Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas.
• The Cattleman Magazine, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, author of monthly column, The Way of the Weather, 2000-2005.