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This bibliography lists those books and articles that deal specifically with the climate of New Jersey. While a rather exhaustive survey was conducted in the course of preparing this list there no doubt are omissions. We encourage you to write and inform us of any such missing publications.
 
 
Addess, Stanley R., et al, 1966. A synoptic analysis of freezing precipitation for New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences, vol. 11 no. 2, 1-6.
 
Ayers, Mark A., et al, 1994. Sensitivity of Water Resources in the Delaware River Basin to Climate Variability and Change, United States Government Printing Office, U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2422.
 
Bauersfeld, W. R., 1988-89. Floods and Droughts: New Jersey. National Water Summary.
 
Biancomano, Vincent, 1989. A Temporal Investigation of the New York City-Northern New Jersey Urban Heat Island. Thesis-Rutgers University, 51pp.
 
Biancomano, Vincent J., et al, 1990. Evaluation of humidity as a screen for urban heat island studies. National Weather Digest, vol. 15, no. 4, 16-20.
 
Biancomano, Vincent J., et al, 1991. A temporal investigation of an urban heat island. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 36, no. 2, 13-18.
 
Biel, Erwin, 1958. The Climate of New Jersey. in: The Economy of New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 53-98.
 
Bowman, Howard D., et al, 1968. Analysis of air mass thunderstorm precipitation in New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 13 no. 4, 1-3.
 
Brotak, Edward, et al, 1973. A study of temperature trends (1900-1969) in New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 18 no. 2, 39-46.
 
Brotak, Edward, et al, 1971. Tropical cyclone precipitation in New Jersey, Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 16 no. 2, 1-7.
 
Buchholz, Kenneth, et al, 1987. A 30-year fire history of the New Jersey pine plains. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 32, no. 2, 61-69.
 
Carmichael, Dorothy P., 1980, A record of environmental change during recent millennia in the Hackensack tidal marsh. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Oct-Dec, 514-524.
 
Cope, Alan M., 2000. Radar-Derived Rainfall Estimates for Hurricane Floyd over New Jersey. National Weather Service, Mount Holly, New Jersey.
 
Creilson, J.K., et al, 2001. Western Atlantic sea surface temperatures and northeastern United States precipitation, 1896-1995. Proceedings of the Symposium on Climate Variability, the Oceans, and Societal Impact.  Albuquerque, NM, American Meteorological Society.
 
Croft, Paul J., et al, 1986. An assessment of the 1984-85 drought in northern New Jersey. National Weather Digest, vol. 11, no. 4, 37-40.
 
Croft, Paul J., et al, 1989. A five-year radar climatology of convective precipitation for New Jersey. International Journal of Climatology, vol. 9, 581-600.
 
Croft, Paul J., et al, 1986. A mesoclimatology of the median rain-snow line in New Jersey. National Weather Digest, vol. 11, no. 1, 28-34.
 
Croft, Paul J., 1992. Meteorological investigation and prediction of scald. Cranberries, vol. 56, no. 1, 6-7.
 
Croft, Paul J., et al, 1989. A radar-based thunderstorm and intense thunderstorm day climatology for New Jersey. National Weather Digest, vol. 14, no. 2, 6-15.
 
Croft, P.J. and D.A. Robinson, 1993. The impact of MMTS on the New Brunswick climate record. Preprints Joint Papers of the Eighth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation and the Eighth Conference on Applied Climatology, Anaheim, CA, American Meteorological Society, J12-J15.
 
DeGaetano, Arthur T., et al, 1984. An evaluation of the New York City-northern New Jersey urban heat island effect. National Weather Digest, vol. 9, no. 3, 27-30.
 
DeGaetano, Arthur T., et al, 1985. An evaluation of temperature and heating degree-day trends in New Jersey as a function of observation time. National Weather Digest, vol. 10, no. 4, 32-38.
 
DeGaetano, Arthur T., et al, 1987. A statistical evaluation of the relationship between cranberry yield in New Jersey and meteorological factors. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol. 40, 323-342.
 
DeLisi, Mark P., et al, 1984. An evaluation of heat wave occurrence in New Jersey. National Weather Digest, vol. 9, no. 2, 7-10.
 
Diaz, Henry F., 1976. Atmospheric conditions and comparison with past records. Oxygen Depletion and Associated Benthic Mortalities in New York Bight, chapter 3, 51-77.
 
Dunlap, Donald, 1972. Clear-Sky Probabilities for New Jersey and Adjacent Portions of New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware at 1500 g.m.t. (10 a.m. e.s.t.). Department of Meteorology - Rutgers University, 20pp.
 
Dunlap, Donald V. and G.J. Halasi-Kun, 1981. The Climatography of New Jersey. Pollution and Water Resources Columbia University Seminar Series, vol. 14 part 3, 254pp.
 
Eichler, Timothy P., et al, 1987. A note on the climatology of backdoor cold fronts, National Weather Digest., vol. 12, no. 4, 14-16.
 
Forman, Richard T., et al, 1981. Fire frequency and the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Jan-Mar, 34-50.
 
Friedman, Steve, et al, 1977. New Jersey seasonal snowfall as estimated by the incomplete gamma distribution. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 22, no. 1, 22-26.
 
Fulton, James L., 1990. Application of a Distributed-Routing Rainfall-Runoff Model to
 
Flood-Frequency Estimation in Somerset County, New Jersey,. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4210, 77pp.
 
Gedzelman, S.D., et al, 2003. Mesoscale aspects of the urban heat island around New York City. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, col. 75, 29-42.
 
Gigi, Anthony, 1988. Is there a Temperature Relationship Between Autumn and the Following Winter?. NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS ER-76.
 
Gelber, B., 1992. Pocono Weather: The Poconos, Eastern PA, Northwestern NJ, Uriel Publishing, Stroudsburg, PA.
 
Goldsworthy, Walter J., et al, 1985. Growing season trends for New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 30, no. 1, 17-22.
 
Goldsworthy, Walter J., et al, 1984. A statistical evaluation of near-ground frost processes. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, vol. 31, 59-68.
 
Grillo, Joseph N., et al, 1971. Rain-snow mesoclimatology of the New York metropolitan area. Journal of Applied Meteorology, vol. 10, 56-61.
 
Harnack, Robert and J. Small, 2002. Identification and analysis of dry periods in New Jersey using the New Brunswick precipitation record. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 47, no. 1, 1-6.
 
Harnack, Robert P., 1983. Performance of National Weather Service 30-day and 90-day forecasts for New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 28, no. 1, 1-6.
 
Harrington, K., 1996. Climate Change and Urban Drought in Northern New Jersey. Ph.D. dissertation. Department of Geography, Rutgers University, 354pp.
 
Hartley, S., and D.A. Robinson, 1999. Atlantic sea surface temperatures and eastern United States climate, 1950-1992.  Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Climate Variations, Denver, CO, American Meteorological Society, 94-97.
 
Havens, A.V., 1969. The Economic Impact of Drought on Water Supply Systems in the Passaic River Basin, New Jersey. NJ Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University. 114pp.
 
Havens, A. Vaughn, 1979. Climate and microclimate of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Pine Barrens, Academic Press, New York, 113-131.
 
Hoffman, Jeffery L. and Steven E. Domber, 2004. Development of Steamflow and Ground-Water Drought Indicators for New Jersey. NJ Geological Survey Open-file Report OFR 042. 
 
Horowitz, Joseph L., et al, 1967. Estimation of monthly snowfall probabilities by incomplete gamma distribution. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 12, no. 1, 7-8.
 
Horowitz, Joseph L., et al, 1967. A study of the surface synoptic circulation patterns in association with the drought of the 1960's in the northeastern United States. Water Resources Bulletin, vol. 3, 19-31.
 
Hovey, William B., 1966. A statistical and synoptic analysis of factors causing frost in New Jersey cranberry bogs. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 11 no. 1, 2-16.
 
Hovey, William B., et al., 1965. Study of the amount of rainfall caused by thunderstorms. New Jersey Agriculture, vol. 47, no. 3, 8-9.
 
Hovey, William B., et al, 1965. A synoptic climatology of heavy snowstorms for New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 10 no. 2, 1-6.
 
Karl, Thomas, et al, 1983. Statewide Average Climatic History - New Jersey 1885-1982. NOAA Historical Climatology Series 6 - 1, 25pp.
 
Kirkpatrick, Jeffrey S., et al, 1987. A statistical evaluation of the New York City-northern New Jersey urban heat island effect on summer season daily minimum temperatures. National Weather Digest, vol. 12, no. 1, 12-15.
 
Kluepfel, Charles, et al, 1984. An evaluation of recent temperature trends in New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 29 no. 1, 1-8.
 
Kristovich, David A., et al, 1986. An examination of winter severity in New Jersey. National Weather Digest, vol. 11, no. 1, 35-42.
 
Leathers, D.J. and D.A. Robinson, 1995. A water resource monitoring system for the northeast United States: an historical overview 1895-1994.  Proceedings Ninth Conference on Applied Climatology, Dallas, TX, American Meteorological Society,  249-252.
 
Ludlum, David M., 1983. The New Jersey Weather Book. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, 252pp.
 
Luque, Sandra S., 1994. Temporal and Spatial Changes in an Area of the New Jersey Pine Barrens Landscape. Landscape Ecology, vol. 9, no. 4, 287-300. 
 
McCarthy, E. F., et al, 1976. A statistical analysis of trends and cycles in New Jersey precipitation. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences, vol. 21, no. 2, 1-5.
 
O'Reilly, Laurie A., et al, 1988. A statistical evaluation of the New York City - northern New Jersey urban heat island effect during spring and autumn. National Weather Digest, vol. 13, no. 3, 29-33.
 
Parsons, Margaret R., et al, 1978. Extreme value analysis of annual minimum temperatures in New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 23, no. 2, 43-49.
 
Philips, Mark O., et al, 1986. Flood of April 5-7, 1984 in Northeastern New Jersey. Open-file Report 86-423W, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Division of Water Resources, 111pp.
 
Rahn, James J., et al, 1967. A statistical investigation of the relationship between soil temperature and meteorological parameters. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 12 no. 2, 31-35.
 
Reiss, Nathan M., et al, 1980. Construction of a long time-series of seasonal mean temperatures for New Brunswick, New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 25, no. 1, 1-11.
 
Reiss, Nathan M., et al, 1976. Pollen season severity and meteorologic parameters in central New Jersey. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, vol. 57, no. 6, 609-614.
 
Robinson, D.A., 2000. Hurricane Floyd rainfall in New Jersey. Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Applied Climatology, Asheville, NC, American Meteorological Society, 265-268.
 
Robinson, D.A., 2001, Hurricane Floyd rainfall in New Jersey.  (ed. I. Miyares, M. Pavlovskaya, G. A. Pope) From the Hudson to the Hamptons: Snapshots of the New York Metropolitan Area.  Commemorating the 97th annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY, 149-153.
 
Robinson, D.A. and C. Duvall, 2001. Educational outreach activities of a state climate office.  Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Education.  Albuquerque, NM, American Meteorological Society.
 
Robinson, D.A., 2005. The New Jersey Weather and Climate Network: providing environmental information for a myriad of applications. Proceedings of the 
15th Conference on Applied Climatology
, Savannah, GA, American Meteorological Society, J2.1, 8pp.
 
Robinson, D.A. and J. Parlagreco, 2002.  Quality assessment of monthly temperature data. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Applied Climatology, Portland, OR, American Meteorological Society, 14-17.
 
Rubinfeld, Michael D., et al, 1976. A winter severity index for central New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 21 no. 1, 1-5.
 
Russell, Emily W.B., 1981. Vegetation of northern New Jersey before European settlement. The American Midland Naturalist, vol. 105, no. 1, 1-12.
 
Savadove, L. and M. T. Buchholz, 1993. Great Storms of the Jersey Shore, Down the Shore Publishing, Harvey Cedars, NJ, 203pp.
 
Scott, Cynthia M., et al, 1976. An extreme value analysis of heavy precipitation in New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 21 no. 2, 1-5.
 
Scotto, Frank L., et al, 1985. Mean temperature deviations as a function of observation time. National Weather Digest, vol. 10 no. 3, 11-14.
 
Shulman, Mark D., 1974 Areal and temporal analysis of New Jersey precipitation using harmonic analysis. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 36, no. 8, 783-792.
 
Shulman, Mark D., 1971. The Climate of New Brunswick, New Jersey. Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 14pp.
 
Shulman, Mark D., 1981. An evaluation of recent winter severity for central New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 26 no. 2, 52-54.
 
Shulman, Mark D., et al, 1977. A further note on extreme precipitation in New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 22, no. 1, 20-21.
 
Shulman, Mark D., et al, 1971. Investigation of the Effects of Urbanization on Precipitation Type, Frequency, Areal and Temporal Distribution - Phase I, New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute, 83pp.
 
Shulman, Mark D., et al, 1973. Investigation of the Effects of Urbanization on Precipitation Type, Frequency, Areal and Temporal Distribution - Phase I, New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute, 83pp.
 
Shulman, Mark D., et al, 1976. A rain-snow climatology of New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 21 no. 1.
 
Shulman, Mark D., 1975. Snowfall climatology for New Brunswick, New Jersey. The William L. Hutcheson Memorial Bulletin, vol. 3, no. 2, 34-35.
 
Shulman, Mark D., 1970. A statistical analysis of air pollution and meteorology in northeastern New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 15, no. 1-2, 27-31.
 
Shulman, Mark D., 1983. A statistical evaluation of the predictability of seasonal heating degree-days. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences, vol. 28 no. 2, 49-54.
 
Shulman, Mark D., 1982. Stochastic methods in long-range forecasting. National Weather Digest, vol. 7 no. 3, 23-24.
 
Shulman, Mark D., 1982. A study of New Jersey's surface synoptic circulation   pattern - a statistical comparison of wet, dry, and "normal" periods. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 27, no. 1, 20-24.
 
Smock, John C., 1888. Climate of New Jersey. Final Report of the State Geologist, vol. 1, Geological Survey of New Jersey, 325-439.
 
Sparkes, Charles H., and M. F. Buell, 1955. Microclimatological features of an old field and an Oak-Hickory forest in New Jersey. Ecology, vol. 36, no. 2, 363-364.
 
United States Geological Survey, 1977. Water-Resources Investigations in New Jersey, 5pp.
 
United States Department of Commerce, 1956. Substation History - New Jersey. Key to Meteorological Records Documentation No. 1.1, 22pp.
 
Wales, Bruce A., 1967. The William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Bulletin. vol. 2, no. 3, William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Committee, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 60 pp.
 
Woodworth, Harry G., 1990. An Examination of Long-Term Precipitation Trends at Newark, New Jersey. Eastern Regional Technical Attachment No. 90-SD
 
Zhang, Jian, and S. T. Rao, 1997. Meteorological Processes and Ozone Exceedances in the Northeastern United States during the 12-16 July 1995 Episode. Journal of Applied Meteorology, vol. 37. 
 
Zhang, Kegi, et al, 1997. East Coast Storm Surges Provide Unique Climate Record. EOS. vol. 78, no. 37.  
 
Zois, Constantine N.A., et al, 1985. Observation of the Newark, New Jersey nocturnal heat island. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science, vol. 30, no. 1, 1-16.
 
Zwack, Peter P., et al, 1969. A statistical simulation technique for northern New Jersey monthly precipitation, Water Resources Bulletin, vol. 5 no. 4, 9-15.