Stone, Ž., and Coauthors, 2025: The Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection (OTREC) field campaign – Five Years Later. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 106(7), E1264–E1275, https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-24-0134.1.
Serra, Y. L., B. R. Lintner, A. M. Durán-Quesada, M. Garbanzo-Salas, D. Hernández-Deckers, and G. Torri, 2025: Characterizing Tropical Easterly Waves Across Central America During the Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection (OTREC) Experiment. J. Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-25-0067.1.
Cronin, M., and Coauthors, 2023: PMEL Ocean Climate Stations as Reference Time Series and Research Aggregate Devices. Oceanography, 36(2-3), 46-53, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.224.
Serra, Y. L., S. A. Rutledge, K. Chudler, and C. Zhang, 2023: Rainfall and Convection in ERA5 and MERRA-2 over the Northern Equatorial Western Pacific During PISTON. J. Climate, 36, 845–863, https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-22-0203.1.
Wiggins, R. M., B. R. Lintner, Y. L. Serra, A. M. Durán-Quesada, M. Garbanzo-Salas, D. Hernández-Deckers, and G. Torri, 2023: Tropical Easterly Waves Over Costa Rica and Their Relationship to the Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gl104159.
Risanto, C. B., J. M. Moker, A. F. Arellano, C. L. Castro, Y. L. Serra, T. M. Luong, and D. K. Adams, 2023: On the Collective Importance of Model Physics and Data Assimilation on Mesoscale Convective System and Precipitation Forecasts over Complex Terrain. Mon. Weather Rev., 151, 1993–2008, https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-22-0221.1.
Kessler, W.S., S. Cravatte and Lead Authors, 2021: Final Report of TPOS 2020. GOOS-268, 83pp. [Available online at https://tropicalpacific.org/tpos2020-project-archive/reports/].
Serra, Y. L., A. Rowe, D. K. Adams, and G. N. Kiladis, 2020: Kelvin Waves during GOAmazon and Their Relationship to Deep Convection. J Atmos Sci, 77, 3533–3550, https://doi.org/10.1175/jas-d-20-0008.1.
Kessler, W.S., S. E. Wijffels, S. Cravatte, N. Smith, and Lead Authors, 2019: Second Report of TPOS 2020. GOOS-234, 265 pp. [Available online at http://tpos2020.org/second-report/.]
Smith, N., and Coauthors, 2019: Tropical Pacific Observing System. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00031.
Serra, Y. L., 2018: Precipitation measurements from the Tropical Moored Array: A review and look ahead. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144, 221–234, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3287.
Serra, Y. L., and Coauthors, 2018: The Risks of Contracting the Acquisition and Processing of the Nation’s Weather and Climate Data to the Private Sector. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99, 869–870, https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-18-0034.1.
Moker, J. M., C. L. Castro, A. F. Arellano, Y. L. Serra, and D. K. Adams, 2018: Convective-Permitting Hindcast Simulations during the North American Monsoon GPS Transect Experiment 2013: Establishing Baseline Model Performance without Data Assimilation. Journal Of Applied Meteorology And Climatology, 57, 1683–1710, https://doi.org/10.1175/jamc-d-17-0136.1.
Serra, Y. L., and K. Geil, 2017: Historical and Projected Eastern Pacific and Intra-Americas Sea TD-Wave Activity in a Selection of IPCC AR5 Models. J. Climate, 30, 2269–2294, https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-16-0453.1.
Serra, Y. L., J. Braun, and D. K. Adams, 2016: Observing the Intra-Americas Sea climate: Existing and emerging technologies. US CLIVAR Variations, 14, 1–9. https://usclivar.org/sites/default/files/documents/2016/Variations2016Winter_0.pdf
Lahmers, T. M., C. L. Castro, D. K. Adams, Y. L. Serra, J. J. Brost, and T. Luong, 2016: Long-Term Changes in the Climatology of Transient Inverted Troughs over the North American Monsoon Region and Their Effects on Precipitation. J. Climate, 29, 6037–6064, https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-15-0726.1.
Serra, Y. L., and Coauthors, 2016: The North American Monsoon GPS Transect Experiment 2013. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97, 2103–2115, https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-14-00250.1.
Seastrand, S., Y. L. Serra, C. Castro, and E. A. Ritchie, 2014: The dominant synoptic-scale modes of North American monsoon precipitation. International Journal Of Climatology, 35, 2019–2032, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4104.
Serra, Y. L., X. Jiang, B. Tian, J. Amador-Astua, E. D. Maloney, and G. N. Kiladis, 2014: Tropical Intraseasonal Modes of the Atmosphere. Annual Review of Environment Resources, 39, 189–215, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-020413-134219.
Crosbie, E., and Y. Serra, 2014: Intra-seasonal Modulation of Synoptic Scale Disturbances and Tropical Cyclone Genesis in the Eastern North Pacific. J. Climate, 27, 5724–5745, https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-13-00399.1.
Adams, D. K., C. Minjarez, Y. Serra, A. Quintanar, L. Alatorre, A. Granados, E. Vázquez, and J. Braun, 2014: Mexican GPS Tracks Convection From North American Monsoon. Eos Trans. AGU, 95, 61–62, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014eo070001.
Maloney, E. D., and Coauthors, 2014: North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments: Part III: Assessment of Twenty-First-Century Projections. J. Climate, 27, 2230–2270, https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-13-00273.1.
Sheffield, J., and Coauthors, 2013: North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments. Part II: Evaluation of Historical Simulations of Intra-Seasonal to Decadal Variability. J. Climate, 26, 9247–9290, https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-12-00593.1.
Sheffield, J., and Coauthors, 2013: North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments. Part I: Evaluation of Historical Simulations of Continental and Regional Climatology. J. Climate, 26, 9209–9245, https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-12-00592.1.
Geil, K. L., Y. L. Serra, and X. Zeng, 2013: Assessment of CMIP5 Model Simulations of the North American Monsoon System. J. Climate, 26, 8787–8801, https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-13-00044.1.
Waliser, D. E., and Coauthors, 2012: The “Year” of Tropical Convection (May 2008–April 2010): Climate Variability and Weather Highlights. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93, 1189–1218, https://doi.org/10.1175/2011bams3095.1.
Mickett, J. B., Y. L. Serra, M. F. Cronin, and M. H. Alford, 2010: Resonant Forcing of Mixed Layer Inertial Motions by Atmospheric Easterly Waves in the Northeast Tropical Pacific. Journal Of Physical Oceanography, 40, 401–416, https://doi.org/10.1175/2009jpo4276.1.
Serra, Y. L., G. N. Kiladis, and K. I. Hodges, 2010: Tracking and Mean Structure of Easterly Waves over the Intra-Americas Sea. J. Climate, 23, 4823–4840, https://doi.org/10.1175/2010jcli3223.1.
Serra, Y. L., G. N. Kiladis, and M. F. Cronin, 2008: Horizontal and vertical structure of easterly waves in the Pacific ITCZ. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 1266–1284, https://doi.org/10.1175/2007jas2341.1.
Serra, Y. L., M. F. Cronin, and G. N. Kiladis, 2007: Sub-seasonal variance of surface meteorological parameters in buoy observations and reanalyses. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L12708, https://doi.org/10.1029/2007gl029506.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2004: In Situ Observations of Diurnal Variability in Rainfall over the Tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. J. Climate, 17, 3496–3509, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3496:isoodv>2.0.co;2.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2003: Multiple Time- and Space-Scale Comparisons of ATLAS Buoy Rain Gauge Measurements with TRMM Satellite Precipitation Measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42, 1045–1059, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1045:mtasco>2.0.co;2.
Webster, P. J., and Coauthors, 2002: The JASMINE Pilot Study. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 83, 1603–1630, https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-83-11-1603.
Serra, Y. L., and R. A. Houze, 2002: Observations of Variability on Synoptic Timescales in the East Pacific ITCZ. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1723–1743. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<1723:OOVOST>2.0.CO;2.
Serra, Y. L., P. A’Hearn, H. P. Freitag, and M. J. McPhaden, 2001: ATLAS Self-Siphoning Rain Gauge Error Estimates. Journal Of Atmospheric And Oceanic Technology, 18, 1989–2002, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1989:assrge>2.0.co;2.
Burns, S. P., and Coauthors, 2000: Comparisons of aircraft, ship, and buoy radiation and SST measurements from TOGA COARE. J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 105, 15627–15652, https://doi.org/10.1029/2000jd900090.
Houze, R. A., S. S. Chen, D. E. Kingsmill, Y. Serra, and S. E. Yuter, 2000: Convection over the Pacific Warm Pool in relation to the Atmospheric Kelvin-Rossby Wave. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 3058–3089, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<3058:cotpwp>2.0.co;2.
Yuter, S. E., Y. L. Serra, and R. A. H. Jr., 2000: The 1997 Pan American Climate Studies Tropical Eastern Pacific Process Study. Part II: Stratocumulus Region. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 81, 483–490, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0483:tpacst>2.3.co;2.
Serra, Y. L., D. P. Rogers, D. E. Hagan, C. A. Friehe, R. L. Grossman, R. A. Weller, and S. Anderson, 1997: Atmospheric boundary layer over the central and western equatorial Pacific Ocean observed during COARE and CEPEX. J Geophys Res Oceans, 102, 23217–23237, https://doi.org/10.1029/97jc01191.
Duran-Quesada, A. M., Serra, Y. L., Goldade, B., Sanchez-Murillo, R., Lintner, B. R., and Zhiming, K., 2020: "Translating weather scale isotopic composition of rainfall to convective activity over Costa Rica". AGU Annual Meeting, 1-17 December 2020, virtual.
Serra, Y. L., S. A. Rutledge, and C. Zhang, 2020: "Evaluation and Analysis of Rain Events in ERA5 and MERRA-2 During PISTON". AGU Annual Meeting, 1-17 December 2020, virtual.
Wiggins, R., Duran-Quesada, A., Serra, Y. L., and Lintner, B. R., 2020: "Sensitivity of rainfall characteristics to thermodynamic and dynamic vertical structure over Costa Rica". AGU Annual Meeting, 1-17 December 2020, virtual.
Serra, Y., and C. Zhang, 2019: "Satellite Observations of the Land Surface and Applications to MJO Events Over the Maritime Continent". PISTON Science Team Workshop, 13-14 November 2019, Fort Collins, CO.
Serra, Y., A. Rowe, S. Hagos, and Z. Feng, 2019: "Investigating the impacts of Kelvin wave activity on convection in the Amazon through observations and model experiments". Joint ARM User Facility and ASR PI Meeting, 10-13 June 2019, Rockville, MD.
Serra, Y., 2019: "Factors Contributing to Heavy Rainfall During the North American Monsoon" (invited). 99th AMS Annual Meeting, 6-10 January 2019, Phoenix, AZ.
Adams, David K., Vivoni, Enrique R., Lintner, Benjamin R., Minjarez Sosa, Carlos, Serra, Yolande L., Granados, Alfredo, Vázquez Galvez, Adrian, Rodriguez, Julio Cesar, Verduzco, Vivian, Pérez Ruiz, Eli Rafael, Barffuson, Felipe, Grutter, Michel, Haase, Jennifer S., Liang, Hong, Cabral Cano, Enrique, Gochis, David J., Yépez, Enrico, Robles Morua, Agustín, Bezanilla, Alejandro, Del Rio Salas, Rafael, Quintanar, Arturo I., Ochoa Moya, Carlos, and Salazar-Tlaczani, L., 2018: "The North American Monsoon GPS Hydrometeorological Network 2017". AMS Annual Meeting, 7-11 January 2018, Austin, TX.
Moker, James M., Arellano, Avelino F., Castro, Christopher L., Serra, Yolande L., and Adams, David K., 2018. "Impact of Initial Estimates on Convective-Permitting Simulations during the North American Monsoon GPS Transect Experiment 2013". AMS Annual Meeting, 7-11 January 2018, Austin, TX.
Serra, Yolande L., and Angela K. Rowe, 2017: "Kelvin Wave Influence on the Shallow-to-Deep Transition over the Amazon". AGU Fall Meeting, 11-15 December 2017, New Orleans, LA.
Cabral-Cano, E., L. Salazar-Tlaczani, D. K. Adams, E. R. Vivoni, M. Grutter, Y. L. Serra, C. DeMets, J. Galetzka, K. Feaux, G. S. Mattioli, and M. M. Miller, 2017: "TLALOCNet continuous GPS-Met Array in Mexico supporting the 2017 NAM GPS Hydrometeorological Network". AGU Fall Meeting, 11-15 December 2017, New Orleans, LA.
Serra, Yolande L., 2017: "The Impact of Intra-Americas Sea TD-Wave Activity on Historical and Projected Regional Rainfall in Select IPCC AR5 Models". AMS Annual Meeting, 22-26 January 2017, Seattle, WA.
Moker, J., C. Castro, A. Arellano, Y. Serra, and R. Bennett, 2016: "Modeling the North American Monsoon Part 1: Without DA". UNAVCO, 30 March 2016, Boulder, CO.
Serra, Y. L., 2016: "Key recent advances in understanding the North American Monsoon: Summary of results from GPS NAM Transect 2013". UC-MEXUS Workshop, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA.
Cabral-Cano, Enrique, Luis Salazar-Tlaczani, John Galetzka, Charles DeMets, Yolande L. Serra, Karl Feaux, Glen S. Mattioli, and M, Meghan Miller, 2015: "TLALOCNet: A Continuous GPS-Met Array in Mexico for Seismotectonic and Atmospheric Research". AGU Annual Meeting, 14-18 December 2015, San Francisco, CA.
Feaux, K., D. K. Adams, F. Boler, J. Braun, E. Cabral-Cano, K. Dausz, S. T. Dittmann, M. Fend, J. Galetzka, G. S. Mattioli, M. M. Miller, J. Normandeau, L. Rowan, L. Salazaar-Tlaczani, J. Sandru, Y. L. Serra, and G. Wang, 2015: "COCONet and TLALOCNet: Multi-hazard GNSS/Met Observatories, Enhancing Geodetic Infrastructure and the Scientific Community in Mexico and the Caribbean". AGU Annual Meeting, 14-18 December 2015, San Francisco, CA.
Adams, D. K, O. Ramos Perez, A. I. Quintanar, C. Minjarez Sosa, Y. Serra, L. Alatorre, A. Granados, and E. Vazquez, 2015: "The North American Monsoon GPS TRANSECT Experiment 2013". 29th Conference on Hydrology, AMS Annual Meeting, 4-8 January 2015, Phoenix, AZ.
Moker, J., A. Arellano, C. Castro and Y. Serra, 2015: "Case Studies from the 2013 North American Monsoon Transect Experiment". 95th AMS Annual Meeting, 4-8 January 2015, Phoenix, AZ.
Seastrand, S., Y. Serra, C. L. Castro, and E. Ritchie, 2015: "The Dominant Synoptic-Scale Modes of North American Monsoon Precipitation". 95th AMS Annual Meeting, 4-8 January 2015, Phoenix, AZ.
Serra, Y., and K. Geil, 2015: "Historical and Projected Intra-Americas Sea TD-Wave Activity in Select IPCC AR5 Models". 95th AMS Annual Meeting, 4-8 January 2015, Phoenix, AZ.
Serra, Y., A. J. Fears, and J. Moker, 2015: "Validation of MODIS Total Precipitable Water Using Surface GPS Technology". 95th AMS Annual Meeting, 4-8 January 2015, Phoenix, AZ.
Serra, Y. L., 2015: "Applications of the Southwest Arizona GPS Array for Improving Regional Modeling Studies of the NAM". 3rd Meeting of the Regional Climatology and Meteorology of Northwestern Mexico, 4-5 June 2016, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
Bennett, R. A., D. K. Adams, O. Ramos Perez, A. I. Quintanar, C. Minjarez Sosa, Y. L. Serra, L. Alatorre, A. Granados, and E. Vazquez, 2015: "The North American Monsoon GPS TRANSECT Experiment 2013". AGU Annual Meeting, 15-19 December 2014, San Francisco, CA.
Galetzka, J., K. Feaux, E. Cabral, L. Salazar-Tlaczani, D. K. Adams, Y. L. Serra, G. S. Mattioli and M. M. Miller, 2014: "Development of the TLALOCNet GPS-Met Network in Northwestern Mexico: Supporting Continuous Water Vapor Observations of the North American Monsoon". AGU Annual Meeting, 15-19 December 2014, San Francisco, CA.
Seastrand, S., Y. Serra, C. L. Castro, and E. Ritchie, 2014: "The Dominant Synoptic-Scale Modes of North American Monsoon Precipitation". AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December 2014, San Francisco, CA.
Serra, Y., A. J. Fears, and J. Moker, 2014: "Validation of MODIS Total Precipitable Water Using Surface GPS Technology". AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December 2014, San Francisco, CA.
Serra, Y. L., 2014: "Use of Total Column Water Vapor Measurements for Forecasts of North American Monsoon Precipitation". 2nd Regional Climate Meeting Northwest Mexico, 28-30 May 2014, Hermosillo, Mexico.
Moker, J., A. Arellano, C. Castro and Y. Serra, 2014: "Case Studies from the 2013 North American Monsoon Transect Experiment". 31st AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 31 March - 4 April 2014, San Diego, CA.
Serra, Y L, and K Geil, 2013: "The Climatology of Tropical East Pacific Synoptic Disturbances in Select IPCC AR5 Models: Historical and Future CMIP5 Projections". AGU Meeting of the Americas, 14-17 May 2013, Cancun, Mexico.
Crosbie, E., and Y. L. Serra, 2012: "Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on cyclogenesis and tropical easterly waves in the Caribbean Sea and eastern North Pacific using the WRF model". AGU Fall Meeting, 3-7 December 2012, San Francisco, CA.
Geil, K., and Y. L. Serra, 2012: "Assessment of CMIP5 Model Simulation of the North American Monsoon System". AGU Fall Meeting, 3-7 December 2012, San Francisco, CA.
Serra, Y. L., and K. Geil, 2012: "Tropical East Pacific Storm Track Statistics in Select IPCC AR5 Models: Historical and RCP 4.5 Projections". AGU Fall Meeting, 3-7 December 2012, San Francisco, CA.
Seastrand, S., Y. L. Serra, C. Castro and E. A. Ritchie, 2012: "Intraseasonal Variability of North American Monsoon Precipitation". AGU Fall Meeting, 3-7 December 2012, San Francisco, CA.
Crosbie, E., and Y. L. Serra, 2012: "Analysis of the structure and genesis of tropical easterly waves in the Caribbean Sea and eastern North Pacific using the WRF model". 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 15-20 April 2012, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
Serra, Y.L., and E. Crosbie, 2012: "Evaluation of the Tropical Storm Track Over the Intra-Americas Sea in High-Resolution Dynamically Downscaled Reanlyses". 92nd AMS Annual Meeting, 22-26 January 2012, New Orleans, LA.
Geil, K., and Y. L. Serra, 2012: "Evaluation of Precipitation Patterns in Dynamically Downscaled HadGEM2-ES Over the Intra-Americas Sea". 92nd AMS Annual Meeting, 22-26 January 2012, New Orleans, LA.
Geil, K. L., and Y. L. Serra, 2011: "Evaluation of Spatial and Temporal Precipitation Patterns in Select AR5 Global Climate Models and Reanalyses Over the Intra-Americas Sea and North American Monsoon Regions". World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference, 24 – 28 October 2011, Denver, CO.
Serra, Y.L., and K. Geil, 2011: "Evaluation of The CLLJ And Easterly Waves Within The Intra-Americas Sea Region For Select AR5 Models". World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference, 24-28 October 2011, Denver, CO.
Serra, Y.L., 2011: "Preliminary evaluation of CESM 1.0 (CCSM4) 20th century climate runs within the Intra-Americas Sea region". 91st AMS Annual Meeting, 23-27 January 2011, Seattle, WA.
Serra, Y. L., 2010: "Easterly Waves in the Intra-Americas Sea Region". AMS 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 10-14 May 2010, Tucson, AZ.
Serra, Y.L., 2009: “Easterly Wave Activity And Its Modulation By The Larger Scales During The YOTC Time Period Of Focus: May 2008 – April 2010”. 2009 AGU Annual Meeting, 14 – 18 December 2009, San Francisco, CA.
Olson-Seastrand, S., Y. L. Serra, E. A. Ritchie, and C. Castro, 2009: “Regional Model Simulations of Easterly Waves During 2004 Over the Inter-Americas Sea”. 2009 AGU Annual Meeting, 14 – 18 December 2009, San Francisco, CA.
Olson, S., and Y. L. Serra, 2009: “Mechanisms Linking Easterly Waves and the North American Monsoon System”. The Fifth Symposium on Southwest Hydrometeorology, 30 September – 1 October 2009, Albuquerque, NM.
Serra, Y. L., 2009: "The evolution of tropical easterly waves across Central America and Mexico: Comparisons of historical radiosonde measurements with reanalyses". AMS 23rd Conference on Hydrology, 11-16 January 2009, Phoenix, AZ.
Serra, Y.L., and G. Kiladis, 2008: “Horizontal and vertical structure of easterly waves across Central America and Mexico”. AGU Fall Meeting, 14 - 19 December 2008, San Francisco, CA.
Mickett, J., Y.L. Serra, M.F. Cronin, and M. Alford, 2008: “Resonant Forcing of Mixed Layer Inertial Motions by Atmospheric Easterly Waves”. AGU Fall Meeting, 14 - 19 December 2008, San Francisco, CA.
Serra, Y.L., G. Kiladis and K. Hodges, 2008: “Tracking Easterly Waves Across Central America and Mexico”. CPPA PI Meeting, 29 September - 1 October 2008, Silver Spring, MD.
Serra, Y.L., and G. Kiladis, 2008: “Horizontal and vertical structure of easterly waves across Central America and Mexico”. CPPA PI Meeting, 29 September - 1 October 2008, Silver Spring, MD.
Serra, Y. L., and G. Kiladis, 2008: “Convectively Coupled Tropical Waves and the North American Monsoon”. Regional Climate Model Forum, 10-11 May 2008, Ensenada, Mexico.
Serra, Y.L., G. Kiladis, and M. Cronin, 2007: “Evolution of Easterly Waves From the Atlantic to the Pacific”. AGU Joint Assembly, 22-25 May 2007, Acapulco, Mexico.
Serra, Y.L., M. Cronin, and G. Kiladis, 2006: “Horizontal and vertical structure of Easterly waves in the Pacific ITCZ”. AGU Fall Meeting, 11-15 December 2006, San Francisco, CA.
Serra, Y.L., M. Cronin, and G. Kiladis, 2006: “Horizontal and vertical structure of synoptic waves in the tropical Pacific ITCZ: A combined observational and reanalysis study”. 86th Annual AMS Meeting, 29 January – 2 February 2006, Atlanta, GA.
Serra, Y.L., and M. Cronin, 2005: “East Pacific Synoptic Variability in NCEP Reanalyses 1 and 2: Comparisons with TAO winds”. EPIC Workshop, 11-13 May 2005, Seattle, WA.
Serra, Y. L., G. Kiladis, M. Cronin, and M. J. McPhaden, 2004: "Modification of the surface fields by 3-6 day disturbances in the tropical east Pacific". AMS 13th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere, 9 - 13 August 2004, Portland, ME.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2004: “Understanding diurnal variations in observed surface salinities from the equatorial Pacific and Atlantic Oceans”. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26 - 30 January 2004, Portland, OR.
Serra, Y. L., M. F. Cronin, and M. J. McPhaden, 2004: “Synoptic Disturbances in the East Pacific ITCZ and Their Effects on the Boundary Layer and Upper-Ocean Mixed Layer”. 84th Annual AMS Meeting, 11 - 15 January 2004, Seattle, WA.
Serra, Y. L., M. F. Cronin, and M. J. McPhaden, 2003: “Synoptic Disturbances in the East Pacific ITCZ and Their Effects on the Boundary Layer and Upper-Ocean Mixed Layer”. EPIC2001 Workshop, 15 - 18 September 2003, Boulder, CO.
Serra, Y. L. and M. J. McPhaden, 2003: “Diurnal variations in rainfall, surface meteorological variables, and sea surface parameters in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans”. EGS/EGU/AGU Joint Assembly, 6 – 11 April 2003, Nice, France.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2003: “Observed regional and temporal variability of rainfall over the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans”. AMS Annual Meeting, 8 – 13 February 2003, Long Beach, CA.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2002: “Diurnal variations in rainfall, surface buoyancy flux, and salinity in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans”. AGU Fall Meeting, 6 – 10 December 2002, San Francisco, CA.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2002: “Ground Validation of TRMM Satellite Rainfall Using TAO/PIRATA Buoy Rain Gauge Measurements”. TRMM Science Team Meeting, 22 – 26 July 2002, Honolulu, HI.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2002: "Multiple Time and Space Scale Comparisons of ATLAS Buoy Rain Gauge Measurements to TRMM Satellite Precipitation Measurements", AMS 2002 Spring Meeting, 28 - 31 May 2002, Washington DC.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2001: "Comparisons of TRMM Rainfall Measurements to TAO/PIRATA Buoy Rainfall Measurements on Multiple Time and Space Scales". TRMM Science Team Meeting, 29 October - 1 November 2001, Fort Collins, CO.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2000: "Assessment of the Diurnal Cycle in Rainfall and Surface Salinity for the Tropical Atlantic and Pacific Using Data from Moored Buoy Arrays". AGU Fall Meeting, 15 - 19 December 2000, San Francisco, CA.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2000: “Monthly to Interannual Rainfall Variability Over the Tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans". TRMM Science Team Meeting, 31 October – 2 November 2000, Greenbelt, MD.
Serra, Y. L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2000: “Use of TAO and PIRATA moored arrays to assess the effects of TRMM satellite sampling on monthly rainfall estimates". AGU Spring Meeting, 30 May - 3 June 2000, Washington, DC.
Serra, Y.L. and R.A. Houze, Jr., 1998: “Mean thermodynamic profiles in COARE in relation to the central and eastern Pacific”. COARE98, 7-14 July 1998, Boulder, CO.
Serra, Y.L. and D.P. Rogers, 1997: "The atmospheric boundary layer over the central and western equatorial Pacific Ocean during COARE and CEPEX". AMS 22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, May 19-23, 1997, Fort Collins, CO.
"Advancing Process Understanding of Tropical East Pacific Convection Through Observations" (invited), Multi-Scale Processes in the East Pacific Intertropical Convergence Zone, AGU Fall Meeting, 13-17 December 2021, New Orleans, LA.
"Advancing Process Understanding of Tropical Easterly Waves Across Central and South America Through Observations", Department of Environmental Sciences Seminar, Rutgers University, 29 October 2021, virtual.
Invited Panelist, Tropical Pacific Observing Needs Workshop, 24-26 May 2021, virtual.
"Modulation of Rain Events Across Costa Rica by Easterly Waves During OTREC", Texas A&M Seminar, 18 November 2020, virtual.
"Factors Contributing to Heavy Rainfall During the North American Monsoon" (invited), Monsoons of the Americas: Variability and Predictability of Extreme Events, 33rd Conference on Hydrology, 99th AMS Annual Meeting, 6-10 January 2019, Phoenix, AZ.
"What Makes It Rain?", 18 July 2018, JISAO Summer Intern Program Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
"Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection (OTREC): Exploring the formation, vertical structure and wave coupling of deep convection in the tropical eastern Pacific and western Caribbean (Summer 2019) ", 6 December 2017, Atmosphere and Climate Dynamics Seminar Series, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Invited Speaker, Winter Weather Outlook Workshop, 1-3 November 2017, La Jolla, CA.
Serra, Y. L., G. J. Huffman, and A. V. Mehta, 2016: "The Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020: Opportunities and Challenges for 21st Century Open-Ocean Precipitation Measurements" (invited). 8th International Precipitation Working Group - 5th IWSSM Joint Workshop, 3 - 7 October 2016, Bologna, Italy.
Invited Seminar, 25 August 2015, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO.
"The North American Monsoon Weather and Climate and Connections to the Tropics", March 2015, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
"Use of Total Column Water Vaport Measurements for Forecasting North American Monsoon Severe Weather and Climate Monitoring", 2 July 2014, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Seminar Series, Richland, WA.
Invited Talk, 6 April 2012, Economics, Law, Environment and Governance Workshop, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Co-Presenter, 2 December 2011, Environmental Breakfast Club, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Guest Speaker, November 2009, Let’s Talk Science Series, Biosphere2, Tucson, AZ.
“Revisiting Air-Sea Interactions on Diurnal Time Scales Over Open-Ocean”, Land-Atmosphere-Ocean-Interaction Showcase, 14 March 2005, Tucson, AZ.
“Surface and OLR observations of 3-6 day disturbances in the tropical east Pacific”. Visiting Scientist Seminar, International Pacific Rim Center, University of Hawaii, 24 November 2004.
“Horizontal and vertical structure of synoptic disturbances in the tropical east Pacific”. Visiting Scientist Seminar, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, 26 July 2005.
“Comparing NASA TRMM Satellite and TAO/TRITON and PIRATA Buoy Precipitation Measurements”. Short Course on Remote Sensing Methods and Applications in Air-Sea Interaction, 83rd Annual AMS Meeting, 2003.
“Large-Scale and Convective-Scale Processes and Interaction Over the Tropical East Pacific Ocean”. TAO Implementation Panel (TIP) 7 Meeting, 9-13 November 1998, Abijan, Ivory Coast.