Peer-Reviewed Publications
Student co-authors: *M.S./Ph.D. student **Undergraduate student
2023
*Stackhouse, S. D., S. E. Zick, C. J. Matyas, K. M. Wood, A. T. Hazelton, G. J Alaka, 2023: Evaluating the Skillfulness of Experimental High Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation using an Object-Based Methodology, Weather and Forecasting, 38, 10. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0223.1.
**Addington, K. and S. E. Zick, 2023: The Effect of Coastline Concavity on Maximum Storm Surge Height along the US Gulf Coast, American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 20, 2, https://doi.org/10.33697/ajur.2023.084.
*Walsh, S., M. Ferreira, D. Higdon, S. E. Zick, 2023: A Bayesian Hierarchical Model Framework to Quantify Uncertainty of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Forecasts, The Annals of Applied Statistics, 17, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/22-AOAS1703.
*Rosenthal, L., and S. E. Zick, 2023: Evaluating the Role of Land Surface Moisture in Generating Asymmetrical Precipitation during the Landfall of Hurricane Florence (2018), Atmosphere, 14, 814, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14050814.
*El Khouly, M., S. E. Zick, and M. Ferreira, 2023: Long Term Temporal Trends in Synoptic-scale Weather Conditions Favoring Significant Tornado Occurrence over the Central United States, PLOS One, 18, 2,
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281312.
2022
Zick, S. E., 2022: Anatomy of a Storm: A Review of Shape Analysis Research that Fuses Form and Function in Weather Forecasting and Analysis, Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 47, 1,
https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333221133098.
Zick, S. E., C. J. Matyas, G. M. Lackmann, J. Tang, and **B. Bennett, 2022: Illustration of an object-based approach to identify structural differences in tropical cyclone wind fields, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148, 2587–2606, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4326.
Ellis, A. W., S. Keighton, S. E. Zick, **A. S. Shearer, **C. E. Hockenbury, and A. Silverman, 2022: Analysis of Model Thermal Profile Forecasts Associated with Winter Mixed Precipitation within the United States Mid-Atlantic Region. J. Operatonal Meteorol., 10, 1–17, https://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2022.1001.
2020 and earlier
Zick, S. E., 2020: Quantifying Extreme Precipitation Forecasting Skill in High-Resolution Models Using Spatial Patterns: A Case Study of the 2016 and 2018 Ellicott City Floods, Atmosphere, 11, 136, doi:10.3390/atmos11020136.
*Kirkland, J. L., and S. E. Zick, 2019: Regional Differences in the Spatial Patterns of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Rainbands Through Landfall. Southeastern Geographer, 59, 294–320, https://doi.org/10.1353/sgo.2019.0023.
Matyas, C. J., S. E. Zick, and J. Tang, 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.
Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas, 2016: A Shape Metric Methodology for Studying the Evolving Geometries of Synoptic-Scale Precipitation in Tropical Cyclones, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 106, 1217-1235, doi: 10.1080/24694452.2016.1206460.
Chen, Y., S. E. Zick, and A.R. Benjamin, 2016: A Comprehensive, Cartographic Approach to Visualization of an Evacuation Map for Hurricane Ike in Galveston County, TX, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 43, 68–85, doi: 10.1080/15230406.2015.1014426.
Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas, 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.
Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas, 2015: Tropical Cyclones in the North American Regional Reanalysis: An Assessment of Spatial Biases in Location, Intensity, and Structure, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120, 1651–1669. doi: 10.1002/2014JD022417.
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Link to my ORCiD page.
2023
*Stackhouse, S. D., S. E. Zick, C. J. Matyas, K. M. Wood, A. T. Hazelton, G. J Alaka, 2023: Evaluating the Skillfulness of Experimental High Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation using an Object-Based Methodology, Weather and Forecasting, 38, 10. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0223.1.
**Addington, K. and S. E. Zick, 2023: The Effect of Coastline Concavity on Maximum Storm Surge Height along the US Gulf Coast, American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 20, 2, https://doi.org/10.33697/ajur.2023.084.
*Walsh, S., M. Ferreira, D. Higdon, S. E. Zick, 2023: A Bayesian Hierarchical Model Framework to Quantify Uncertainty of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Forecasts, The Annals of Applied Statistics, 17, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/22-AOAS1703.
*Rosenthal, L., and S. E. Zick, 2023: Evaluating the Role of Land Surface Moisture in Generating Asymmetrical Precipitation during the Landfall of Hurricane Florence (2018), Atmosphere, 14, 814, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14050814.
*El Khouly, M., S. E. Zick, and M. Ferreira, 2023: Long Term Temporal Trends in Synoptic-scale Weather Conditions Favoring Significant Tornado Occurrence over the Central United States, PLOS One, 18, 2,
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281312.
2022
Zick, S. E., 2022: Anatomy of a Storm: A Review of Shape Analysis Research that Fuses Form and Function in Weather Forecasting and Analysis, Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 47, 1,
https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333221133098.
Zick, S. E., C. J. Matyas, G. M. Lackmann, J. Tang, and **B. Bennett, 2022: Illustration of an object-based approach to identify structural differences in tropical cyclone wind fields, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148, 2587–2606, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4326.
Ellis, A. W., S. Keighton, S. E. Zick, **A. S. Shearer, **C. E. Hockenbury, and A. Silverman, 2022: Analysis of Model Thermal Profile Forecasts Associated with Winter Mixed Precipitation within the United States Mid-Atlantic Region. J. Operatonal Meteorol., 10, 1–17, https://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2022.1001.
2020 and earlier
Zick, S. E., 2020: Quantifying Extreme Precipitation Forecasting Skill in High-Resolution Models Using Spatial Patterns: A Case Study of the 2016 and 2018 Ellicott City Floods, Atmosphere, 11, 136, doi:10.3390/atmos11020136.
*Kirkland, J. L., and S. E. Zick, 2019: Regional Differences in the Spatial Patterns of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Rainbands Through Landfall. Southeastern Geographer, 59, 294–320, https://doi.org/10.1353/sgo.2019.0023.
Matyas, C. J., S. E. Zick, and J. Tang, 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.
Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas, 2016: A Shape Metric Methodology for Studying the Evolving Geometries of Synoptic-Scale Precipitation in Tropical Cyclones, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 106, 1217-1235, doi: 10.1080/24694452.2016.1206460.
Chen, Y., S. E. Zick, and A.R. Benjamin, 2016: A Comprehensive, Cartographic Approach to Visualization of an Evacuation Map for Hurricane Ike in Galveston County, TX, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 43, 68–85, doi: 10.1080/15230406.2015.1014426.
Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas, 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.
Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas, 2015: Tropical Cyclones in the North American Regional Reanalysis: An Assessment of Spatial Biases in Location, Intensity, and Structure, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120, 1651–1669. doi: 10.1002/2014JD022417.
Link to my Google Scholar page.
Link to my ORCiD page.
Publications in Review
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Additional Conference Papers & Other Publications
**Smith, E., S. E. Zick, A. Schumacher, M. Moulton, 2021: Bayesian modeling to generate maps of rainfall forecast uncertainty for tropical cyclones. Available online from NCAR/UCAR OpenSky: http://dx.doi.org/10.5065/h5ey-1h30
**Smith, E., S. E. Zick, A. Siems-Anderson, M. Moulton, 2020: Using Bayes' Theorem to Understand Uncertainty in the North American Mesoscale (NAM) Model: A Spatial Analysis of Rainfall Forecast Error for Hurricane Barry. Available online from NCAR/UCAR OpenSky: http://dx.doi.org/10.5065/1j0e-yg16
Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas, 2015. Evolving Geometries in the Moisture Budgets and Precipitation Structures of US Gulf Coast Landfalling Hurricanes. 96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2016. Available online from AMS.
Matyas, C. J., J. Tang, I. Comstock, and S. E. Zick, 2015. A Spatial Analysis of Hurricane Katrina's Outer Rainbands prior to Landfall in Louisiana. 96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2016. Available online from AMS.
Matyas, C. J., J. Tang, and S. E. Zick, 2015: Performing spatial analysis on tropical cyclone rainband structures after creating a 3D Mosaic of WSR-88D reflectivity data using a map-reduce framework and a Geographic Information System (GIS), American Meteorological Society's 37th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK. Available online from AMS.
Zick, S. E., and W. M. Frank, 2008: Effects of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the Cyclogeneses of Hurricane Fausto (2002) and Hurricane Emily (2005). American Meteorological Society's 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Orlando, FL. Available online from AMS.
Zick, S. E., 2008: Effects of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the Cyclogenesis of Hurricanes Emily (2005) and Fausto (2002). Masters Thesis, Penn State University. University Park, PA, 103 pp. eTD Available Online from PSU
Zick, S. E., 2005: Analysis of CO2-Induced Changes in Ice Sheet Mass Balance in a Global Climate Model. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ, 62 pp.
**Smith, E., S. E. Zick, A. Siems-Anderson, M. Moulton, 2020: Using Bayes' Theorem to Understand Uncertainty in the North American Mesoscale (NAM) Model: A Spatial Analysis of Rainfall Forecast Error for Hurricane Barry. Available online from NCAR/UCAR OpenSky: http://dx.doi.org/10.5065/1j0e-yg16
Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas, 2015. Evolving Geometries in the Moisture Budgets and Precipitation Structures of US Gulf Coast Landfalling Hurricanes. 96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2016. Available online from AMS.
Matyas, C. J., J. Tang, I. Comstock, and S. E. Zick, 2015. A Spatial Analysis of Hurricane Katrina's Outer Rainbands prior to Landfall in Louisiana. 96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2016. Available online from AMS.
Matyas, C. J., J. Tang, and S. E. Zick, 2015: Performing spatial analysis on tropical cyclone rainband structures after creating a 3D Mosaic of WSR-88D reflectivity data using a map-reduce framework and a Geographic Information System (GIS), American Meteorological Society's 37th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK. Available online from AMS.
Zick, S. E., and W. M. Frank, 2008: Effects of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the Cyclogeneses of Hurricane Fausto (2002) and Hurricane Emily (2005). American Meteorological Society's 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Orlando, FL. Available online from AMS.
Zick, S. E., 2008: Effects of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the Cyclogenesis of Hurricanes Emily (2005) and Fausto (2002). Masters Thesis, Penn State University. University Park, PA, 103 pp. eTD Available Online from PSU
Zick, S. E., 2005: Analysis of CO2-Induced Changes in Ice Sheet Mass Balance in a Global Climate Model. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ, 62 pp.