Research
My research interests cover a broad range of atmospheric phenomena in the area of synoptic-dynamic meteorology with a focus on short-term climate variability and high-impact weather events. They specifically include: Synoptic-dynamic meteorology, extreme and severe weather events, atmospheric rivers and heavy rainfall, tropical cyclones and their interaction with the midlatitude flow, jet stream variability, and the atmospheric general circulation.
Publications through 2022:
35. 2021 Sandstrom, J., J. M. Cordeira, E. G. Hoffman, and N. D. Metz, 2021: A climatology of easterly wind lake-effect precipitation events over the western Lake Superior region. J. Clim., Submitted.
34. 2021 Kaminski, A. M., and Coauthors: A 30-Year Climatology of Northeastern United States Atmospheric Rivers, J. Clim, In Review.
33. 2021 Ricciotti, J. A., and J. M. Cordeira, 2022: Relationships among landfalling atmospheric rivers, integrated water vapor transport, and California watershed precipitation 1982–2019. J. Hydromet., Accepted.
32. 2021 Stewart, B. E., and J. M. Cordeira, 2021: Evaluating GFS and ECMWF ensemble forecasts of integrated water vapor transport along the U.S. West Coast. Wea. Forecastin. gIn Review.
31. 2021 Bartlett, S. M. and J. M. Cordeira, 2021: A climatological study of National Weather Service watches, warnings, and advisories and landfalling atmospheric rivers in the Western U.S. 2006–2018. Wea. Forecasting, 36, 1097–1112.
30. 2021 Cordeira, J. M., and F. M. Ralph, 2021: A summary of GFS ensemble integrated water vapor transport forecasts and skill along the U.S. West Coast during water years 2017–2020. Wea. Forecasting, 36, 361–377.
29. 2020 Sanders, M. C., J. M. Cordeira, and N. D. Metz, 2020: Hydrometeorological Characteristics of Ice Jams on the Pemigewasset River in Central New Hampshire. J. Hydromet., 21, 2923–2942.
28. 2020 Cannon, F., and Coauthors, 2020: Observations and predictability of a high-impact narrow cold-frontal rainband in February 2019., Wea. Forecasting.,35, 2083–2097.
27. 2020 Ralph, F. M., and Coauthors, 2020: West Coast forecast challenges and development of Atmospheric River Reconnaissance. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 101, 1357 –1377.
26. 2020 Cannon F., J. M. Cordeira, J. R. Norris, C. W. Hecht, R. Demirdjian, A. Michaelis, and F. M. Ralph, 2020: GPM satellite radar observations of precipitation mechanisms in atmospheric rivers. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 1449–1463.
25. 2020 Wilson, A. M., and Coauthors, 2020: Training the next generation of researchers in the science and application of atmospheric rivers. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 101, 738 –743.
24. 2019 Cordeira, J. M., J. Stock, M. Dettinger, A. Young, J. Kalansky, and F. M. Ralph, 2019: A 142-year climatology of California Bay Area Landslides and Atmospheric Rivers. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 100, 1499–1510.
23. 2019 Ralph, F. M., M. Dettinger, J. J. Rutz, J. M. Cordeira, L. Schick, M. Anderson, C. Smallcomb, and D. Reynolds, 2019: A scale to characterize the strength and impacts of atmospheric rivers. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 100, 269–289.
22. 2019 Cannon, F., C. W. Hecht, J. M. Cordeira, and F. M. Ralph, 2019: Synoptic and mesoscale forcing of southern California extreme precipitation. J. Geophys. Res: Atmospheres, 123, 13714–13730. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029045.
21. 2018 Cordeira, J. M., M. M. Neureuter, and L. Kelleher, 2018: Atmospheric rivers and National Weather Service watches, warnings, and advisories issued over California 2007–2016. J. Operational Meteor. 6 (8), 87–94, doi: https://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2018.0608.
20. 2017 Ralph, F. M., Iacobellis, S., P. J. Neiman, J. M. Cordeira, J. R. Spackman, D. Waliser, G. Wick, A. B. White, and C. Fairall, 2017: Dropsonde observations of total integrated water vapor transport within North Pacific atmospheric rivers. J. Hydromet, 18, 2576–2596.
19. 2017 Hecht, C. W., and J. M. Cordeira, 2017: Characterizing the influence of atmospheric river orientation and intensity on precipitation distributions over North Coastal California, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL074179.
18. 2017 Young, A. M., K. T Skelly, and J. M. Cordeira, 2017: High-Impact Hydrologic Events and Atmospheric Rivers in California: An Investigation using the NCEI Storm Events Database. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 3393–3401.
17. 2017 Ralph, F. M., M. Dettinger, D. Lavers; I. Gorodetskaya, A. Martin, M. Viale, A. B. White, N. Oakley, J. Rutz; J. R. Spackman, H. Wernli, and J. M. Cordeira, 2017: Atmospheric rivers emerge as a global science and applications focus. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 98, 449–459.
16. 2017 Cordeira, J. M., N. D. Metz, M. E. Howarth, and T. J. Galarneau, Jr., 2017: Multiscale upstream and in situ precursors to the elevated mixed layer and high-impact weather over the Midwest United States. Wea. Forecasting, 32, 905–923.
15. 2017 Bosart, L. F., B. J. Moore, J. M. Cordeira, and H. M. Archambault, 2017: Interactions of North Pacific tropical, midlatitude, and polar disturbances resulting in linked extreme weather events over North America in October 2007. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145,1245–1273.
14. 2017 Cordeira, J. M., F. M. Ralph, A. Martin, N. Gaggini, J. R. Spackman, P. J. Neiman, J. Rutz, and R. Pierce, 2017: Forecasting atmospheric rivers during CalWater 2015. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 1827–1837.
13. 2016 Ralph, F. M., J. M. Cordeira, P. J. Neiman, and M. Hughes, 2016: Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers, the Sierra Barrier Jet, and Extreme Daily Precipitation in Northern California’s Upper Sacramento River Watershed, J. Hydromet, 17, 1905–1914.
12. 2016 Ralph, F. M., K. A. Prather, D. Cayan J. R. Spackman, P. DeMott, M. Dettinger, C. Fairall, R. Leung, D. Rosenfeld, S. Rutledge, D. Waliser, A. B. White, J. M. Cordeira, A. Martin, J. Helly, and J. Intrieri, 2016: CalWater field studies designed to quantify the roles of atmospheric rivers and aerosols in modulating U.S. West Coast precipitation in a changing climate. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1209–1228.
11. 2015 Schreck III, C. J, S. Bennett, J. M. Cordeira, J. Crouch, J. Dissen, A. L. Lang, D. Margolin, A. O’Shay, J. Rennie, T. I. Schneider, and M. J. Ventrice, 2015: Natural gas prices and the extreme winters of 2011/12 and 2013/14: Causes, indicators, and interactions. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1879–1894.
10. 2015 Archambault, H. M., D. Keyser, L. F. Bosart, C. A. Davis, and J. M. Cordeira, 2015: A composite perspective of the extratropical flow response to recurving western North Pacific tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 1122–1141.
9. 2013 Cordeira, J. M., F. M. Ralph, and B. J. Moore, 2013: The development and evolution of two atmospheric rivers in proximity to western North Pacific tropical cyclones in October 2010. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 4234–4255.
8. 2013 Schreck III, C. J., J. M. Cordeira, and D. Margolin, 2013: Which MJO events affect North American temperatures. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 3840–3850.
7. 2013 Archambault, H. M., L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and J. M. Cordeira, 2013: A climatological analysis of the extratropical flow response to recurving western North Pacific tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 2325–2346.
6. 2013 Neiman, P. J., F. M. Ralph, B. J. Moore, M. Hughes, K. Mahoney, J. M. Cordeira, and M. D. Dettinger, 2012: The landfall and inland penetration of a flood-producing atmospheric river in Arizona. Part 1: Observed synoptic-scale, orographic, and hydrometeorological characteristics. J. Hydromet., 14, 460–484.
5. 2012 Bosart, L. F., J. M. Cordeira, T. J. Galarneau, Jr., B. J. Moore, and H. M. Archambault, 2012: An analysis of multiple predecessor rain events ahead of Tropical Cyclones Ike and Lowell: 10–15 September 2008. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 1081–1107.
4. 2012 Evans, C., and Co-authors, 2012: The PRE-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) field campaign: Perspectives of early career scientists. Bull. Amer. Soc., 93, 173–187.
3. 2011 Cordeira, J. M. and L. F. Bosart, 2011: Cyclone interactions and evolutions during the “Perfect Storms” of late October and early November 1991. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 1683–1707.
2. 2010 Cordeira, J. M. and L. F. Bosart, 2010: The antecedent large-scale conditions of the “Perfect Storms” of late October and early November 1991. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 2546–2569.
1. 2008 Cordeira, J. M. and N. F. Laird, 2008: The influence of ice cover on two lake-effect snow events over Lake Erie. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2747–2763.
Publications through 2022:
35. 2021 Sandstrom, J., J. M. Cordeira, E. G. Hoffman, and N. D. Metz, 2021: A climatology of easterly wind lake-effect precipitation events over the western Lake Superior region. J. Clim., Submitted.
34. 2021 Kaminski, A. M., and Coauthors: A 30-Year Climatology of Northeastern United States Atmospheric Rivers, J. Clim, In Review.
33. 2021 Ricciotti, J. A., and J. M. Cordeira, 2022: Relationships among landfalling atmospheric rivers, integrated water vapor transport, and California watershed precipitation 1982–2019. J. Hydromet., Accepted.
32. 2021 Stewart, B. E., and J. M. Cordeira, 2021: Evaluating GFS and ECMWF ensemble forecasts of integrated water vapor transport along the U.S. West Coast. Wea. Forecastin. gIn Review.
31. 2021 Bartlett, S. M. and J. M. Cordeira, 2021: A climatological study of National Weather Service watches, warnings, and advisories and landfalling atmospheric rivers in the Western U.S. 2006–2018. Wea. Forecasting, 36, 1097–1112.
30. 2021 Cordeira, J. M., and F. M. Ralph, 2021: A summary of GFS ensemble integrated water vapor transport forecasts and skill along the U.S. West Coast during water years 2017–2020. Wea. Forecasting, 36, 361–377.
29. 2020 Sanders, M. C., J. M. Cordeira, and N. D. Metz, 2020: Hydrometeorological Characteristics of Ice Jams on the Pemigewasset River in Central New Hampshire. J. Hydromet., 21, 2923–2942.
28. 2020 Cannon, F., and Coauthors, 2020: Observations and predictability of a high-impact narrow cold-frontal rainband in February 2019., Wea. Forecasting.,35, 2083–2097.
27. 2020 Ralph, F. M., and Coauthors, 2020: West Coast forecast challenges and development of Atmospheric River Reconnaissance. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 101, 1357 –1377.
26. 2020 Cannon F., J. M. Cordeira, J. R. Norris, C. W. Hecht, R. Demirdjian, A. Michaelis, and F. M. Ralph, 2020: GPM satellite radar observations of precipitation mechanisms in atmospheric rivers. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 1449–1463.
25. 2020 Wilson, A. M., and Coauthors, 2020: Training the next generation of researchers in the science and application of atmospheric rivers. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 101, 738 –743.
24. 2019 Cordeira, J. M., J. Stock, M. Dettinger, A. Young, J. Kalansky, and F. M. Ralph, 2019: A 142-year climatology of California Bay Area Landslides and Atmospheric Rivers. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 100, 1499–1510.
23. 2019 Ralph, F. M., M. Dettinger, J. J. Rutz, J. M. Cordeira, L. Schick, M. Anderson, C. Smallcomb, and D. Reynolds, 2019: A scale to characterize the strength and impacts of atmospheric rivers. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 100, 269–289.
22. 2019 Cannon, F., C. W. Hecht, J. M. Cordeira, and F. M. Ralph, 2019: Synoptic and mesoscale forcing of southern California extreme precipitation. J. Geophys. Res: Atmospheres, 123, 13714–13730. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029045.
21. 2018 Cordeira, J. M., M. M. Neureuter, and L. Kelleher, 2018: Atmospheric rivers and National Weather Service watches, warnings, and advisories issued over California 2007–2016. J. Operational Meteor. 6 (8), 87–94, doi: https://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2018.0608.
20. 2017 Ralph, F. M., Iacobellis, S., P. J. Neiman, J. M. Cordeira, J. R. Spackman, D. Waliser, G. Wick, A. B. White, and C. Fairall, 2017: Dropsonde observations of total integrated water vapor transport within North Pacific atmospheric rivers. J. Hydromet, 18, 2576–2596.
19. 2017 Hecht, C. W., and J. M. Cordeira, 2017: Characterizing the influence of atmospheric river orientation and intensity on precipitation distributions over North Coastal California, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL074179.
18. 2017 Young, A. M., K. T Skelly, and J. M. Cordeira, 2017: High-Impact Hydrologic Events and Atmospheric Rivers in California: An Investigation using the NCEI Storm Events Database. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 3393–3401.
17. 2017 Ralph, F. M., M. Dettinger, D. Lavers; I. Gorodetskaya, A. Martin, M. Viale, A. B. White, N. Oakley, J. Rutz; J. R. Spackman, H. Wernli, and J. M. Cordeira, 2017: Atmospheric rivers emerge as a global science and applications focus. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 98, 449–459.
16. 2017 Cordeira, J. M., N. D. Metz, M. E. Howarth, and T. J. Galarneau, Jr., 2017: Multiscale upstream and in situ precursors to the elevated mixed layer and high-impact weather over the Midwest United States. Wea. Forecasting, 32, 905–923.
15. 2017 Bosart, L. F., B. J. Moore, J. M. Cordeira, and H. M. Archambault, 2017: Interactions of North Pacific tropical, midlatitude, and polar disturbances resulting in linked extreme weather events over North America in October 2007. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145,1245–1273.
14. 2017 Cordeira, J. M., F. M. Ralph, A. Martin, N. Gaggini, J. R. Spackman, P. J. Neiman, J. Rutz, and R. Pierce, 2017: Forecasting atmospheric rivers during CalWater 2015. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 1827–1837.
13. 2016 Ralph, F. M., J. M. Cordeira, P. J. Neiman, and M. Hughes, 2016: Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers, the Sierra Barrier Jet, and Extreme Daily Precipitation in Northern California’s Upper Sacramento River Watershed, J. Hydromet, 17, 1905–1914.
12. 2016 Ralph, F. M., K. A. Prather, D. Cayan J. R. Spackman, P. DeMott, M. Dettinger, C. Fairall, R. Leung, D. Rosenfeld, S. Rutledge, D. Waliser, A. B. White, J. M. Cordeira, A. Martin, J. Helly, and J. Intrieri, 2016: CalWater field studies designed to quantify the roles of atmospheric rivers and aerosols in modulating U.S. West Coast precipitation in a changing climate. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1209–1228.
11. 2015 Schreck III, C. J, S. Bennett, J. M. Cordeira, J. Crouch, J. Dissen, A. L. Lang, D. Margolin, A. O’Shay, J. Rennie, T. I. Schneider, and M. J. Ventrice, 2015: Natural gas prices and the extreme winters of 2011/12 and 2013/14: Causes, indicators, and interactions. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1879–1894.
10. 2015 Archambault, H. M., D. Keyser, L. F. Bosart, C. A. Davis, and J. M. Cordeira, 2015: A composite perspective of the extratropical flow response to recurving western North Pacific tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 1122–1141.
9. 2013 Cordeira, J. M., F. M. Ralph, and B. J. Moore, 2013: The development and evolution of two atmospheric rivers in proximity to western North Pacific tropical cyclones in October 2010. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 4234–4255.
8. 2013 Schreck III, C. J., J. M. Cordeira, and D. Margolin, 2013: Which MJO events affect North American temperatures. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 3840–3850.
7. 2013 Archambault, H. M., L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and J. M. Cordeira, 2013: A climatological analysis of the extratropical flow response to recurving western North Pacific tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 2325–2346.
6. 2013 Neiman, P. J., F. M. Ralph, B. J. Moore, M. Hughes, K. Mahoney, J. M. Cordeira, and M. D. Dettinger, 2012: The landfall and inland penetration of a flood-producing atmospheric river in Arizona. Part 1: Observed synoptic-scale, orographic, and hydrometeorological characteristics. J. Hydromet., 14, 460–484.
5. 2012 Bosart, L. F., J. M. Cordeira, T. J. Galarneau, Jr., B. J. Moore, and H. M. Archambault, 2012: An analysis of multiple predecessor rain events ahead of Tropical Cyclones Ike and Lowell: 10–15 September 2008. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 1081–1107.
4. 2012 Evans, C., and Co-authors, 2012: The PRE-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) field campaign: Perspectives of early career scientists. Bull. Amer. Soc., 93, 173–187.
3. 2011 Cordeira, J. M. and L. F. Bosart, 2011: Cyclone interactions and evolutions during the “Perfect Storms” of late October and early November 1991. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 1683–1707.
2. 2010 Cordeira, J. M. and L. F. Bosart, 2010: The antecedent large-scale conditions of the “Perfect Storms” of late October and early November 1991. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 2546–2569.
1. 2008 Cordeira, J. M. and N. F. Laird, 2008: The influence of ice cover on two lake-effect snow events over Lake Erie. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2747–2763.