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 Dr. Nicholson has researched arid lands for many years and has written numerous encyclopedia and review articles about topics related to the climate, vegetation, surface materials, and hydrology of deserts and savannas. She has traveled extensively in the Namib Desert and has focused on this area as an example of the "geophysical system earth", a living illustration of the interrelationships between climate, land surface, vegetation, and animal life. She is also working with Prof. Joe Prospero and others to study the relationship between climate, past climate, and global aerosols. A major project is a nearly-completed book on arid lands, the Table of Contents from which appears below.
  1. 2001: Global Soil Dust Sources I: Environmental Characterization (J. M. Prospero, P. Ginoux, O. Torres, and S. E. Nicholson). Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.
  2. 2001: The climatic, paleoclimatic and surface environments of global sources of mineral aerosols (S.E. Nicholson, P. Ginoux and J. M. Prospero). In preparation for Journal of Arid Environments.
  3. 1999: The Physical-Biotic Interface in Arid and Semi-Arid Systems. In Arid Lands Management - Towards Ecological Sustainability (T. W. Hoekstra and M. Shachak, eds), University of Illinois Press, 31-47.
  4. 1999: Arid and Semiarid Land Community Dynamics in a Management Context (with S. Archer, W. MacKay, J. Mott, M. Pando Moreno, M. L. Rosenzweig, N. G. Seligman, N.E. West and J. Williams). In Arid Lands Management - Towards Ecological Sustainability (T. W .Hoekstra and M. Shachak, eds), University of Illinois Press, 48-74.
  5. 1999: Sahel Drought in West Africa. Encyclopedia of Global Change (A. S. Goudie, ed.), Oxford University Press, New York, in press.
  6. 1998: Savanna. Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources (R. Herschy and R. W. Fairbridge, eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 599-600.
  7. 1998: Rain Shadow. Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources (R. Herschy and R. W. Fairbridge, eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 549.
  8. 1998: Sand Dunes. Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources (R. Herschy and R. W. Fairbridge, eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 587-588.
  9. 1998: Desertification. Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources (R. Herschy and R. W. Fairbridge, eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 183-186.
  10. 1998: Deserts. Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources (R. Herschy and R. W. Fairbridge, eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 186-196.
  11. 1998: Desert Hydrology. Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources (R. Herschy and R. W. Fairbridge, eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 176-183.
  12. Diurnal Cycles1997: 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.
  13. 1996: Savanna Climate. Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather (S.H. Schneider, ed.), Simon Schuster, New York, 657-660.
  14. Sahel1995: Sahel, West Africa. Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology, V3, 261-275.
  15. 1994: What is a Desert? The Illustrated Library of the Earth: Deserts (M.K. Seely, ed.), Weldon Owen, Sydney, 14-25.
  16. 1989: African Drought: Characteristics, Causal Theories and Global Teleconnections. Understanding Climate Change (A. Berger, R.E. Dickinson and J.W. Kidson, ed.), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 79-100.
  17. 1986: Climate, Drought, and Famine in Africa. Food in Sub-Saharan Africa (A. Hansen and D.E. McMillan, ed.), Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, 107-128.