Dr. Sharon E. Nicholson, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1976

(850) 644-4022      http://www.met.fsu.edu/people/nicholson/

Distinguished Research Professor of Meteorology

Areas of interest include tropical meteorology; land-atmosphere interaction; paleo-and historical climatology; drought and arid lands; remote sensing.

Selected Publications

• 1997: The Relationship of the El-Nino Southern Oscillation to African Rainfall (with J. Kim). International Journal of Climatology, 17, 117-135.
• 1997: An Analysis of the ENSO Signal in the Tropical Atlantic and Western Indian Oceans. International Journal of Climatology, 17, 117-135.
• 1996: The Diurnal and Seasonal Cycles of Desert Dust over Africa North of the Equator (with G.N.'Tchayi Mbourou, J.J. Bertrand). Journal of Applied Meteorology, 36, 868-882.
• 1995: Satellite-derived Interannual Variability of West African Rainfall 1983-88. Journal of Applied Meteorology (with M.B. Ba, R. Frouin), 34, 411-431.