Research Terms
Climate Dynamics and Climate Change Mesoscale Meteorology Precipitation Systems Weather Forecasting Physical Geography
Kfoury, N., *Scott, E., Orians, C., Ahmed, S., Cash, S., Griffin, T., Matyas, C., Stepp, J., Han, W., Xue, D., Long, C., Robbat, A. 2019. Plant-climate interaction effects: Changes in the relative distribution and concentration of the volatile tea leaf metabolome in 2014-2016, Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 1-10. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2019.01518.
Ahmed, S., Griffin, T., Kraner, D., Schaffner, K., Sharma, D., Hazel, M., Leitch, A., Orians, C, Han, W., Stepp, J., Robbat, A., Matyas, C., Long, C., Xue, D., Houser, R., Cash, S. 2019. Factors variably impacting tea secondary metabolites in the context of climate change: A systematic review, Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 1-16. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00939.
*Li, X., Cummings, A.R., *Alruzuq, A., Matyas, C.J., *Amanambu, A.C. 2019. Combining water fraction and DEM-based methods to create a coastal flood map: A case study of Hurricane Harvey, International Journal of Geo-Information, 8, 231, 1-23. DOI: 0.3390/ijgi8050231
+Matyas, C.J. and Tang, J. 2019. Measuring radial and tangential changes in tropical cyclone rain fields using metrics of dispersion and closure, Advances in Meteorology, 2019, 1-14. DOI: 10.1155/2019/861943
+Ahmed, S.; Griffin, T.; Cash, S.C.; Han, W.; Matyas, C.; Long, C.; Orians, C.M.; Stepp, J.R.; Robatt, A.; Xue, D. 2018. Global Climate Change, Ecological Stress, and Tea Production. In: Han, W. Ed. Stress Physiology of Tea in the Face of Climate Change. Springer Nature, 1-24. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2140-5.
*Zhou, Y., Matyas, C.J., Li, H., Tang, J. 2018. Conditions associated with rain field size for tropical cyclones landfalling over the eastern United States, Atmospheric Research, 214, 375-385. DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.08.019.
*Tang, J. and Matyas, C. J. 2018. A nowcasting model for tropical cyclone precipitation regions based on the TREC motion vector retrieval with a semi-Lagrangian scheme for Doppler weather radar, Atmosphere, 9, 1-18. DOI:10.3390/atmos9050200.
*DesRosiers, A. and Matyas, C. J. 2018 Analysis of the relationship between flooding potential of landfalling tropical cyclones and their size and forward speed. University of Florida Journal of Undergraduate Research, 19:2, 1-5.
*Zhou, Y. and Matyas, C. J. 2018. Spatial characteristics of rain fields associated with tropical cyclones landfalling over the western Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 57, 1711- 1727 . DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0034.1.
Matyas, C. J., Zick. S. E. and *Tang, J. 2018. Using an object-based approach to quantify the spatial structure of reflectivity regions in Hurricane Isabel (2003): Part I: Comparisons between radar observations and model simulations. Monthly Weather Review, 146, 1319-1340. DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-17-0077.1
*Tang, J. and Matyas, C. J. 2018. Arc4nix: A cross-platform geospatial analytical library for cluster and cloud computing. Computers & Geosciences, 111, 159-166. DOI:10.1016/j.cageo.2017.11.011
*Hernandez Ayala, J.J. and Matyas, C. J. 2018. Spatial distribution of tropical cyclone rainfall and its contribution to the climatology of Puerto Rico. Physical Geography, 39, 1-20. DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2017.1354416
+Matyas, C. J., 2017. Comparing the spatial patterns of rainfall and atmospheric moisture among tropical cyclones having a track similar to Hurricane Irene (2011). Atmosphere, 8, 165-185. DOI: 10.3390/atmos8090165
*Hernandez Ayala, J.J., Keellings, D., Waylen, P. and Matyas, C. J. 2017. Extreme floods and their relationship with tropical cyclones in Puerto Rico. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62:13, 2103-2119. DOI:10.1080/02626667.2017.1368521
*Zhou, Y. and Matyas, C. J. 2017. Spatial characteristics of storm-total rainfall swaths associated with tropical cyclones over the eastern United States. International Journal of Climatology, 37, S1, 557-569. DOI:10.1002/joc.5021.
*Zick, S.E. and Matyas, C. J. 2016. A shape metric methodology for studying the evolving geometries of synoptic-scale precipitation patterns in tropical cyclones. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 106, 1217-1235. DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2016.1206460.
*Tang, J. and Matyas, C. J. 2016. Fast playback framework for analysis of ground-based Doppler radar observations using Map-Reduce technology. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33, 621-634. DOI:10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0118.1
*Guo, Q. and Matyas, C. J. 2016. Comparing the spatial extent of Atlantic basin tropical cyclone wind and rain fields prior to land interaction. Physical Geography, 37, 5-25. DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2016.1142929.
*Hernandez-Ayala, J. J. and Matyas, C. J. 2016. Tropical cyclone rainfall over Puerto Rico and its relations to environmental and storm specific factors. International Journal of Climatology, 36, 2223-2237. DOI: 10.1002/joc4490.
Cahyanto, I., Pennington-Gray, L., Thapa, B., Srinivasan, S., Villegas, J., Matyas, C., Kiousis, S. 2016. Predicting information seeking regarding hurricane evacuation in the destination. Tourism Management, 52, 264-275. DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.06.014
*Zick, S.E and Matyas, C. J. 2015. Tropical cyclones in the North American Regional Reanalysis: The impact of satellite derived precipitation over-ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, 120, 8724-8742. DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023722.
+Silva, J. A., Matyas, C. J., Cunguara, B. 2015. Regional inequality and polarization in the context of concurrent weather and economic shocks: The case of Mozambique. Applied Geography, 61 105-116. DOI:10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.01.015.
*Zick, S.E and Matyas, C. J. 2015. An assessment of tropical cyclone location, intensity, and structure in the North American Regional Reanalysis. Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, 120, 1651-1669. DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022417.
Matyas, C. J. 2015. Tropical cyclone formation and motion in the Mozambique Channel. International Journal of Climatology, 35, 375–390. DOI: 10.1002/joc.3985.
Earth Science Women’s Network , Member; 2019 - present
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Member; 2018 - present
Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Board of Directors; 2013 - present
Climate Specialty Group AAG, Board of Directors; 2011 - 2013
Florida Society of Geographers, Board of Directors; 2008 - present
American Geophysical Union, Member; 2006 - present
Society of Women Geographers, Fellow; 2003 - present
American Meteorological Society, Member; 2001 - present
Association of American Geographers, Member; 1999 - present
NSF CAREER program, National Science Foundation; 2008 - 2008
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Sea Grant, Sea Grant; 2008 - 2008
73 presentations and 14 invited presentations since 2005; AMS, AAG, AGU, SEDAAG, FSG, IGUU, EMS, IHC, FCI, NHC, NWA; see url listed under publications for complete information; 2005