Dr. Sharon E. Nicholson, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1976
Distinguished Research Professor of Meteorology
Dr. Nicholson has a wide range of interests that include tropical meteorology in general, land-atmosphere interactions, dynamic climatology, paleo- and historical climatology, drought and arid lands, and remote sensing. Much of her work is interdisciplinary, particularly that involving past climates. Most of it focuses on various aspects of climatic variability and change, particularly in Africa. She is currently writing a book on the climate and environment of arid and semi-arid regions.
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.
