189 publications

2021

• Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., Goodrich, J., Das, T., & Munevar, A. (2021). Evaluating global climate models for hydrological studies of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 26. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12974
• Burney, J. A., DeHaan, L. L., Shimizu, C., Bainto, E. V., Newburger, J. W., DeBiasi, R. L., ... Kawasaki Dis Climate Study, G. (2021). Temporal clustering of Kawasaki disease cases around the world. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01961-5
• Pierce, D. W., Su, L., Cayan, D. R., Risser, M. D., Livneh, B., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2021). An extreme-preserving long-term gridded daily precipitation dataset for the conterminous United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22(7), 1883-1895. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-20-0212.1
• Barnard, P. L., Dugan, J. E., Page, H. M., Wood, N. J., Hart, J. A. F., Cayan, D. R., ... Iacobellis, S. F. (2021). Multiple climate change-driven tipping points for coastal systems. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-94942-7
• Keeley, J. E., Guzman-Morales, J., Gershunov, A., Syphard, A. D., Cayan, D., Pierce, D. W., ... Brown, T. J. (2021). Ignitions explain more than temperature or precipitation in driving Santa Ana wind fires. Science Advances, 7(30). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abh2262
• Gershunov, A., Morales, J. G., Hatchett, B., Guirguis, K., Aguilera, R., Shulgina, T., ... Tardy, A. (2021). Hot and cold flavors of southern California's Santa Ana winds: their causes, trends, and links with wildfire. Climate Dynamics, 16. doi: 10.1007/s00382-021-05802-z
• Burns, J. C., DeHaan, L. L., Shimizu, C., Bainto, E. V., Tremoulet, A. H., Cayan, D. R., & Burney, J. A. (2021). Temporal clusters of Kawasaki disease cases share distinct phenotypes that suggest response to diverse triggers. Journal of Pediatrics, 229, 48-+. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.09.043

2020

• Ban, Z. X., Das, T., Cayan, D., Xiao, M., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2020). Understanding the asymmetry of annual streamflow responses to seasonal warming in the western United States. Water Resources Research, 56(12). doi: 10.1029/2020wr027158
• McEvoy, D. J., Pierce, D. W., Kalansky, J. F., Cayan, D. R., & Abatzoglou, J. T. (2020). Projected changes in reference evapotranspiration in California and Nevada: Implications for drought and wildland fire danger. Earths Future, 8(11). doi: 10.1029/2020ef001736
• Walton, D., Berg, N., Pierce, D., Maurer, E., Hall, A., Lin, Y. H., ... Cayan, D. (2020). Understanding differences in California climate projections produced by dynamical and statistical downscaling. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 125(19). doi: 10.1029/2020jd032812
• Fogarty, F. A., Cayan, D. R., DeHaan, L. L., & Fleishman, E. (2020). Associations of breeding-bird abundance with climate vary among species and trait-based groups in southern California. Plos One, 15(3). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230614

2019

• Corringham, T. W., Ralph, F. M., Gershunov, A., Cayan, D. R., & Talbot, C. A. (2019). Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United States. Science Advances, 5(12). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax4631
• Myers, M. R., Barnard, P. L., Beighley, E., Cayan, D. R., Dugan, J. E., Feng, D. M., ... Page, H. M. (2019). A multidisciplinary coastal vulnerability assessment for local government focused on ecosystems, Santa Barbara area, California. Ocean & Coastal Management, 182(104921). doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.104921
• Zhang, Z. H., Pierce, D. W., & Cayan, D. R. (2019). A deficit of seasonal temperature forecast skill over west coast regions in NMME. Weather and Forecasting, 34(4), 833-848. doi: 10.1175/waf-d-18-0172.1
• Corringham, T. W., & Cayan, D. R. (2019). The effect of El Nino on flood damages in the western United States. Weather Climate and Society, 11(3), 489-504. doi: 10.1175/wcas-d-18-0071.1
• Gershunov, A., Shulgina, T., Clemesha, R. E. S., Guirguis, K., Pierce, D. W., Dettinger, M. D., ... Ralph, F. M. (2019). Precipitation regime change in Western North America: The role of Atmospheric Rivers. Scientific Reports, 9(9944). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46169-w
• Feng, D. M., Beighley, E., Raoufi, R., Melack, J., Zhao, Y. H., Iacobellis, S., & Cayan, D. (2019). Propagation of future climate conditions into hydrologic response from coastal southern California watersheds. Climatic Change, 153(1-2), 199-218. doi: 10.1007/s10584-019-02371-3
• Roche, J. W., Rice, R., Meng, X. D., Cayan, D. R., Dettinger, M. D., Alden, D., ... Bales, R. C. (2019). Climate, snow, and soil moisture data set for the Tuolumne and Merced river watersheds, California, USA. Earth System Science Data, 11(1), 101-110. doi: 10.5194/essd-11-101-2019

2018

• Knowles, N., Cronkite-Ratcliff, C., Pierce, D. W., & Cayan, D. R. (2018). Responses of unimpaired flows, storage, and managed flows to scenarios of climate change in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Watershed. Water Resources Research, 54(10), 7631-7650. doi: 10.1029/2018wr022852
• Sumargo, E., & Cayan, D. R. (2018). The influence of cloudiness on hydrologic fluctuations in the mountains of the western United States. Water Resources Research, 54(10), 8478-8499. doi: 10.1029/2018wr022687
• Guirguis, K., Gershunov, A., Cayan, D. R., & Pierce, D. W. (2018). Heat wave probability in the changing climate of the Southwest US. Climate Dynamics, 50(9-10), 3853-3864. doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-3850-3

2017

• Polade, S. D., Gershunov, A., Cayan, D. R., Dettinger, M. D., & Pierce, D. W. (2017). Precipitation in a warming world: Assessing projected hydro-climate changes in California and other Mediterranean climate regions. Scientific Reports, 7(10783). doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11285-y
• Huss, M., Bookhagen, B., Huggel, C., Jacobsen, D., Bradley, R. S., Clague, J. J., ... Winder, M. (2017). Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice. Earths Future, 5(5), 418-435. doi: 10.1002/2016ef000514
• Sumargo, E., & Cayan, D. R. (2017). Variability of Cloudiness over Mountain Terrain in the Western United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(5), 1227-1245. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-16-0194.1
• Clemesha, R. E. S., Gershunov, A., Iacobellis, S. F., & Cayan, D. R. (2017). Daily variability of California coastal low cloudiness: A balancing act between stability and subsidence. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(7), 3330-3338. doi: 10.1002/2017gl073075

2016

• Lundquist, J. D., Roche, J. W., Forrester, H., Moore, C., Keenan, E., Perry, G., ... Dettinger, M. D. (2016). Yosemite Hydroclimate Network: Distributed stream and atmospheric data for the Tuolumne River watershed and surroundings. Water Resources Research, 52(9), 7478-7489. doi: 10.1002/2016wr019261
• Pierce, D. W., & Cayan, D. R. (2016). Downscaling humidity with Localized Constructed Analogs (LOCA) over the conterminous United States. Climate Dynamics, 47(1-2), 411-431. doi: 10.1007/s00382-015-2845-1
• Ralph, F. M., Prather, K. A., Cayan, D., Spackman, J. R., DeMott, P., Dettinger, M., ... Intrieri, J. (2016). CalWater field studies designed to quantify the roles of atmospheric rivers and aerosols in modulating US West Coast precipitation in a changing climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(7), 1209-1228. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-14-00043.1
• Melville, W. K., Lenain, L., Cayan, D. R., Kahru, M., Kleissl, J. P., Linden, P. F., & Statom, N. M. (2016). The Modular Aerial Sensing System. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(6), 1169-1184. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-15-0067.1
• Yang, Y., Russell, L. M., Xu, L., Lou, S. J., Lamjiri, M. A., Somerville, R. C. J., ... Rasch, P. J. (2016). Impacts of ENSO events on cloud radiative effects in preindustrial conditions: Changes in cloud fraction and their dependence on interactive aerosol emissions and concentrations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 121(11), 6321-6335. doi: 10.1002/2015jd024503
• Guzman-Morales, J., Gershunov, A., Theiss, J., Li, H. Q., & Cayan, D. (2016). Santa Ana Winds of Southern California: Their climatology, extremes, and behavior spanning six and a half decades. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(6), 2827-2834. doi: 10.1002/2016gl067887
• Clemesha, R. E. S., Gershunov, A., Iacobellis, S. F., Williams, A. P., & Cayan, D. R. (2016). The northward march of summer low cloudiness along the California coast. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(3), 1287-1295. doi: 10.1002/2015gl067081
• DeFlorio, M. J., Goodwin, I. D., Cayan, D. R., Miller, A. J., Ghan, S. J., Pierce, D. W., ... Singh, B. (2016). Interannual modulation of subtropical Atlantic boreal summer dust variability by ENSO. Climate Dynamics, 46(1-2), 585-599. doi: 10.1007/s00382-015-2600-7

2015

• Guirguis, K., Gershunov, A., & Cayan, D. R. (2015). Interannual variability in associations between seasonal climate, weather, and extremes: wintertime temperature over the Southwestern United States. Environmental Research Letters, 10(12). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124023
• Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., Maurer, E. P., Abatzoglou, J. T., & Hegewisch, K. C. (2015). Improved bias correction techniques for hydrological simulations of climate change. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(6), 2421-2442. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-14-0236.1
• Shukla, S., Steinemann, A., Iacobellis, S. F., & Cayan, D. R. (2015). Annual drought in California: Association with monthly precipitation and climate phases. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54(11), 2273-2281. doi: 10.1175/jamc-d-15-0167.1
• Steinemann, A., Iacobellis, S. F., & Cayan, D. R. (2015). Developing and evaluating drought indicators for decision-making. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(4), 1793-1803. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-14-0234.1
• Livneh, B., Bohn, T. J., Pierce, D. W., Munoz-Arriola, F., Nijssen, B., Vose, R., ... Brekke, L. (2015). A spatially comprehensive, hydrometeorological data set for Mexico, the U.S., and Southern Canada 1950–2013. Scientific Data, 2(1), 150042. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.42
• Bromirski, P. D., & Cayan, D. R. (2015). Wave power variability and trends across the North Atlantic influenced by decadal climate patterns. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(5), 3419-3443. doi: 10.1002/2014jc010440

2014

• Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., & Thrasher, B. L. (2014). Statistical downscaling using Localized Constructed Analogs (LOCA). Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15(6), 2558-2585. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-14-0082.1
• Rick, T. C., Sillett, T. S., Ghalambor, C. K., Hofman, C. A., Ralls, K., Anderson, R. S., ... Morrison, S. A. (2014). Ecological change on California's Channel Islands from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene. Bioscience, 64(8), 680-692. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biu094
• Borsa, A. A., Agnew, D. C., & Cayan, D. R. (2014). Ongoing drought-induced uplift in the western United States. Science. doi: 10.1126/science.1260279
• Maurer, E. P., Brekke, L., Pruitt, T., Thrasher, B., Long, J., Duffy, P., ... Arnold, J. (2014). An enhanced archive facilitating climate impacts and adaptation analysis. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95(7), 1011-+. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-13-00126.1
• DeFlorio, M. J., Ghan, S. J., Singh, B., Miller, A. J., Cayan, D. R., Russell, L. M., & Somerville, R. C. J. (2014). Semidirect dynamical and radiative effect of North African dust transport on lower tropospheric clouds over the subtropical North Atlantic in CESM 1.0. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119(13), 2013JD020997. doi: 10.1002/2013JD020997
• Rodo, X., Curcoll, R., Robinson, M., Ballester, J., Burns, J. C., Cayan, D. R., ... Morgui, J. A. (2014). Tropospheric winds from northeastern China carry the etiologic agent of Kawasaki disease from its source to Japan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(22), 7952-7957. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1400380111
• Schwartz, R. E., Gershunov, A., Iacobellis, S. F., & Cayan, D. R. (2014). North American west coast summer low cloudiness: Broadscale variability associated with sea surface temperature. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(9), 3307-3314. doi: 10.1002/2014gl059825
• Polade, S. D., Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., Gershunov, A., & Dettinger, M. D. (2014). The key role of dry days in changing regional climate and precipitation regimes. Scientific Reports, 4(4364). doi: 10.1038/srep04364
• Li, H. Q., Kanamitsu, M., Hong, S. Y., Yoshimura, K., Cayan, D. R., & Misra, V. (2014). A high-resolution ocean-atmosphere coupled downscaling of the present climate over California. Climate Dynamics, 42(3-4), 701-714. doi: 10.1007/s00382-013-1670-7
• Li, H. Q., Kanamitsu, M., Hong, S. Y., Yoshimura, K., Cayan, D. R., Misra, V., & Sun, L. Q. (2014). Projected climate change scenario over California by a regional ocean-atmosphere coupled model system. Climatic Change, 122(4), 609-619. doi: 10.1007/s10584-013-1025-8
• Vano, J. A., Udall, B., Cayan, D. R., Overpeck, J. T., Brekke, L. D., Das, T., ... Lettenmaier, D. P. (2014). Understanding uncertainties in future Colorado River streamflow. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95(1), 59-78. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-12-00228.1

2013

• Bromirski, P. D., Cayan, D. R., Helly, J., & Wittmann, P. (2013). Wave power variability and trends across the North Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 118(12), 6329-6348. doi: 10.1002/2013jc009189
• Das, T., Maurer, E. P., Pierce, D. W., Dettinger, M. D., & Cayan, D. R. (2013). Increases in flood magnitudes in California under warming climates. Journal of Hydrology, 501, 101-110.
• Burns, J. C., Herzog, L., Fabri, O., Tremoulet, A. H., Rodo, X., Uehara, R., ... Kawasaki Dis Global Climate, C. (2013). Seasonality of Kawasaki Disease: A global perspective. Plos One, 8(9). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074529
• Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., Das, T., Maurer, E. P., Miller, N. L., Bao, Y., ... Tyree, M. (2013). The key role of heavy precipitation events in climate model disagreements of future annual precipitation changes in California. Journal of Climate, 26(16), 5879-5896. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-12-00766.1
• Stahle, D. W., Griffin, R. D., Meko, D. M., Therrell, M. D., Edmondson, J. R., Cleaveland, M. K., ... Cayan, D. R. (2013). The ancient blue oak woodlands of California: Longevity and hydroclimatic history. Earth Interactions, 17(12). doi: 10.1175/2013ei000518.1
• White, A. B., Anderson, M. L., Dettinger, M. D., Ralph, F. M., Hinojosa, A., Cayan, D. R., ... Coleman, T. (2013). A twenty-first-century California observing network for monitoring extreme weather events. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(8), 1585-1603. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-12-00217.1
• Iacobellis, S. F., & Cayan, D. R. (2013). The variability of California summertime marine stratus: Impacts on surface air temperatures. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 118(16), 9105-9122.
• Pierce, D. W., & Cayan, D. R. (2013). The uneven response of different snow measures to human-induced climate warming. Journal of Climate, 26(12), 4148-4167. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-12-00534.1
• DeFlorio, M. J., Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., & Miller, A. J. (2013). Western US extreme precipitation events and their relation to ENSO and PDO in CCSM4. Journal of Climate, 26(12), 4231-4243. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-12-00257.1
• Maurer, E. P., Das, T., & Cayan, D. R. (2013). Errors in climate model daily precipitation and temperature output: time invariance and implications for bias correction. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17(6), 2147-2159. doi: 10.5194/hess-17-2147-2013
• Ballester, J., Burns, J. C., Cayan, D., Nakamura, Y., Uehara, R., & Rodo, X. (2013). Kawasaki disease and ENSO-driven wind circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(10), 2284-2289. doi: 10.1002/grl.50388
• Polade, S. D., Gershunov, A., Cayan, D. R., Dettinger, M. D., & Pierce, D. W. (2013). Natural climate variability and teleconnections to precipitation over the Pacific-North American region in CMIP3 and CMIP5 models. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(10), 2296-2301. doi: 10.1002/grl.50491
• Means, J. D., & Cayan, D. (2013). Precipitable Water from GPS Zenith Delays Using North American Regional Reanalysis Meteorology. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(3), 485-495. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-12-00064.1
• Graham, N. E., Cayan, D. R., Bromirski, P. D., & Flick, R. E. (2013). Multi-model projections of twenty-first century North Pacific winter wave climate under the IPCC A2 scenario. Climate Dynamics, 40(5-6), 1335-1360. doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1435-8
• Pierce, D. W., Das, T., Cayan, D. R., Maurer, E. P., Miller, N. L., Bao, Y., ... Tyree, M. (2013). Probabilistic estimates of future changes in California temperature and precipitation using statistical and dynamical downscaling. Climate Dynamics, 40(3-4), 839-856. doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1337-9

2012

• Hanson, R. T., Flint, L. E., Flint, A. L., Dettinger, M. D., Faunt, C. C., Cayan, D., & Schmid, W. (2012). A method for physically based model analysis of conjunctive use in response to potential climate changes. Water Resources Research, 48(W00l08). doi: 10.1029/2011wr010774
• Dettinger, M. D., Ralph, F. M., Hughes, M., Das, T., Neiman, P., Cox, D., ... Jones, L. (2012). Design and quantification of an extreme winter storm scenario for emergency preparedness and planning exercises in California. Natural Hazards, 60(3), 1085-1111. doi: 10.1007/s11069-011-9894-5
• Brooks, B. A., Bawden, G., Manjunath, D., Werner, C., Knowles, N., Foster, J., ... Cayan, D. (2012). Contemporaneous Subsidence and Levee Overtopping Potential, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 10(1).

2011

• Das, T., Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., & Hidalgo, H. G. (2011). Potential increase in floods in California's Sierra Nevada under future climate projections. Climatic Change, 109, 71-94. doi: 10.1007/s10584-011-0298-z
• Franco, G., Cayan, D. R., Moser, S., Hanemann, M., & Jones, M. A. (2011). Second California Assessment: integrated climate change impacts assessment of natural and managed systems. Climatic Change, 109, 1-19. doi: 10.1007/s10584-011-0318-z
• Das, T., Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., Vano, J. A., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2011). The importance of warm season warming to western US streamflow changes. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(L23403). doi: 10.1029/2011gl049660
• Rodo, X., Ballester, J., Cayan, D., Melish, M. E., Nakamura, Y., Uehara, R., & Burns, J. C. (2011). Association of Kawasaki disease with tropospheric wind patterns. Scientific Reports, 1(152). doi: 10.1038/srep00152
• Pan, L. L., Chen, S. H., Cayan, D., Lin, M. Y., Hart, Q., Zhang, M. H., ... Wang, J. Z. (2011). Influences of climate change on California and Nevada regions revealed by a high-resolution dynamical downscaling study. Climate Dynamics, 37(9-10), 2005-2020. doi: 10.1007/s00382-010-0961-5
• Cloern, J. E., Knowles, N., Brown, L. R., Cayan, D., Dettinger, M. D., Morgan, T. L., ... Jassby, A. D. (2011). Projected evolution of California's San Francisco Bay-Delta-River System in a century of climate change. Plos One, 6(9). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024465
• Zhao, Z., Chen, S. H., Kleeman, M. J., Tyree, M., & Cayan, D. (2011). The impact of climate change on air quality-related meteorological conditions in california. Part I: Present time simulation analysis. Journal of Climate, 24(13), 3344-3361. doi: 10.1175/2011jcli3849.1

2010

• Cayan, D. R., Das, T., Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., Tyree, M., & Gershunov, A. (2010). Future dryness in the southwest US and the hydrology of the early 21st century drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(50), 21271-21276. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0912391107
• Bytnerowicz, A., Cayan, D., Riggan, P., Schilling, S., Dawson, P., Tyree, M., ... Preisler, H. (2010). Analysis of the effects of combustion emissions and Santa Ana winds on ambient ozone during the October 2007 southern California wildfires. Atmospheric Environment, 44(5), 678-687. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.11.014
• Maurer, E. P., Hidalgo, H. G., Das, T., Dettinger, M. D., & Cayan, D. R. (2010). The utility of daily large-scale climate data in the assessment of climate change impacts on daily streamflow in California. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14(6), 1125-1138. doi: 10.5194/hess-14-1125-2010

2009

• Gershunov, A., Cayan, D. R., & Iacobellis, S. F. (2009). The great 2006 heat wave over California and Nevada: Signal of an increasing trend. Journal of Climate, 22(23), 6181-6203. doi: 10.1175/2009jcli2465.1
• Das, T., Hidalgo, H. G., Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., Pierce, D. W., Bonfils, C., ... Mirin, A. (2009). Structure and detectability of trends in hydrological measures over the western United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 10(4), 871-892. doi: 10.1175/2009jhm1095.1
• Hidalgo, H. G., Das, T., Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., ... Nozawa, T. (2009). Detection and attribution of streamflow timing changes to climate change in the western United States. Journal of Climate, 22(13), 3838-3855. doi: 10.1175/2009jcli2470.1
• Stahle, D. W., Griffin, R. D., Therrell, M. D., Edmondson, J. R., Cleaveland, M. K., Stahle, L. N., ... Cayan, D. R. (2009). The ancient blue oak woodlands of California. Fremontia, 37(3), 22.

2008

• Bonfils, C., Santer, B. D., Pierce, D. W., Hidalgo, H. G., Bala, G., Das, T., ... Nozawa, T. (2008). Detection and attribution of temperature changes in the mountainous western United States. Journal of Climate, 21(23), 6404-6424. doi: 10.1175/2008jcli2397.1
• Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., Hidalgo, H. G., Das, T., Bonfils, C., Santer, B. D., ... Nozawa, T. (2008). Attribution of declining western US snowpack to human effects. Journal of Climate, 21(23), 6425-6444. doi: 10.1175/2008jcli2405.1
• Mahmud, A., Tyree, M., Cayan, D., Motallebi, N., & Kleeman, M. J. (2008). Statistical downscaling of climate change impacts on ozone concentrations in California. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 113(D21). doi: 10.1029/2007jd009534
• Reisen, W. K., Cayan, D., Tyree, M., Barker, C. A., Eldridge, B., & Dettinger, M. (2008). Impact of climate variation on mosquito abundance in California. Journal of Vector Ecology, 33(1), 89-98. doi: 10.3376/1081-1710(2008)33[89:iocvom]2.0.co;2
• Franco, G., Cayan, D., Luers, A., Hanemann, M., & Croes, B. (2008). Linking climate change science with policy in California. Climatic Change, 87, S7-S20. doi: 10.1007/s10584-007-9359-8
• Cayan, D. R., Maurer, E. P., Dettinger, M. D., Tyree, M., & Hayhoe, K. (2008). Climate change scenarios for the California region. Climatic Change, 87, S21-S42. doi: 10.1007/s10584-007-9377-6
• Cayan, D. R., Luers, A. L., Franco, G., Hanemann, M., Croes, B., & Vine, E. (2008). Overview of the California climate change scenarios project. Climatic Change, 87, S1-S6. doi: 10.1007/s10584-007-9352-2
• Cayan, D. R., Bromirski, P. D., Hayhoe, K., Tyree, M., Dettinger, M. D., & Flick, R. E. (2008). Climate change projections of sea level extremes along the California coast. Climatic Change, 87, S57-S73. doi: 10.1007/s10584-007-9376-7
• Barnett, T. P., Pierce, D. W., Hidalgo, H. G., Bonfils, C., Santer, B. D., Das, T., ... Dettinger, M. D. (2008). Human-induced changes in the hydrology of the western United States. Science, 319(5866), 1080-1083. doi: 10.1126/science.1152538
• Kueppers, L. M., Snyder, M. A., Sloan, L. C., Cayan, D., Jin, J., Kanamaru, H., ... Weare, B. (2008). Seasonal temperature responses to land-use change in the western United States. Global and Planetary Change, 60(3-4), 250-264. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.03.005
• Taylor, S. V., Cayan, D. R., Graham, N. E., & Georgakakos, K. P. (2008). Northerly surface winds over the eastern North Pacific Ocean in spring and summer. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 113(D2). doi: 10.1029/2006jd008053
• Van Wagtendonk, J. W., & Cayan, D. R. (2008). Temporal and spatial distribution of lightning strikes in California in relation to large-scale weather patterns. Fire Ecology, 4(1), 34-56.

2007

• Lundquist, J. D., & Cayan, D. R. (2007). Surface temperature patterns in complex terrain: Daily variations and long-term change in the central Sierra Nevada, California. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112(D11). doi: 10.1029/2006jd007561
• Maurer, E. P., Stewart, I. T., Bonfils, C., Duffy, P. B., & Cayan, D. (2007). Detection, attribution, and sensitivity of trends toward earlier streamflow in the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112(D11). doi: 10.1029/2006jd008088
• Yin, Z. Y., Estberg, J., Hallisey, E. J., & Cayan, D. R. (2007). Spatial patterns of lightning at different spatial scales in the western United States during August of 1990: A case study using Geographic Information Systems technology. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 9(1), 4-17. doi: 10.3808/jei.200700083

2006

• Knowles, N., Dettinger, M. D., & Cayan, D. R. (2006). Trends in snowfall versus rainfall in the Western United States. Journal of Climate, 19(18), 4545-4559. doi: 10.1175/jcli3850.1
• Westerling, A. L., Hidalgo, H. G., Cayan, D. R., & Swetnam, T. W. (2006). Warming and earlier spring increase western US forest wildfire activity. Science, 313(5789), 940-943. doi: 10.1126/science.1128834
• Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., Wick, G. A., Gutman, S. I., Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., & White, A. B. (2006). Flooding on California's Russian River: Role of atmospheric rivers. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(13). doi: 10.1029/2006gl026689
• Alfaro, E. J., Gershunov, A., & Cayan, D. (2006). Prediction of summer maximum and minimum temperature over the central and western United States: The roles of soil moisture and sea surface temperature. Journal of Climate, 19(8), 1407-1421. doi: 10.1175/jcli3665.1

2005

• Lundquist, J. D., Dettinger, M. D., & Cayan, D. R. (2005). Snow-fed streamflow timing at different basin scales: Case study of the Tuolumne River above Hetch Hetchy, Yosemite, California. Water Resources Research, 41(7). doi: 10.1029/2004wr003933
• Stewart, I. T., Cayan, D. R., & Dettinger, M. D. (2005). Changes toward earlier streamflow timing across western North America. Journal of Climate, 18(8), 1136-1155. doi: 10.1175/jcli3321.1
• Bromirski, P. D., Cayan, D. R., & Flick, R. E. (2005). Wave spectral energy variability in the northeast Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 110(C3). doi: 10.1029/2004jc002398
• Burns, J. C., Cayan, D. R., Tong, G., Bainto, E. V., Turner, C. L., Shike, H., ... Yanagawa, H. (2005). Seasonality and temporal clustering of Kawasaki syndrome. Epidemiology, 16(2), 220-225. doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000152901.06689.d4
• Hidalgo, H. G., Cayan, D. R., & Dettinger, M. D. (2005). Sources of variability of evapotranspiration in California. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 6(1), 3-19. doi: 10.1175/jhm-398.1
• White, W. B., Cayan, D. R., Niiler, P. P., Moisan, J., Lagerloef, G., Bonjean, F., & Legler, D. (2005). The seasonal cycle of diabatic heat storage in the Pacific Ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 64(1), 1-29. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2004.06.012

2004

• Dettinger, M., Redmond, K., & Cayan, D. (2004). Winter orographic precipitation ratios in the Sierra Nevada: Large-scale atmospheric circulations and hydrologic consequences. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 5(6), 1102-1116. doi: 10.1175/jhm-390.1
• Hayhoe, K., Cayan, D., Field, C. B., Frumhoff, P. C., Maurer, E. P., Miller, N. L., ... Verville, J. H. (2004). Emissions pathways, climate change, and impacts on California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(34), 12422-12427. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0404500101
• Lundquist, J. D., Cayan, D. R., & Dettinger, M. D. (2004). Spring onset in the Sierra Nevada: When is snowmelt independent of elevation?. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 5(2), 327-342. doi: 10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0327:soitsn>2.0.co;2
• Knowles, N., & Cayan, D. R. (2004). Elevational dependence of projected hydrologic changes in the San Francisco Estuary and watershed. Climatic Change, 62(1-3), 319-336. doi: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000013696.14308.b9
• Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., Meyer, M., & Jeton, A. E. (2004). Simulated hydrologic responses to climate variations and change in the Merced, Carson, and American River basins, Sierra Nevada, California, 1900-2099. Climatic Change, 62(1-3), 283-317. doi: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000013683.13346.4f
• Stewart, I. T., Cayan, D. R., & Dettinger, M. D. (2004). Changes in snowmelt runoff timing in western North America under a 'business as usual' climate change scenario. Climatic Change, 62(1-3), 217-232. doi: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000013702.22656.e8
• Pagano, T., Pasteris, P., Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., & Redmond, K. (2004). Spring 2004: The heat is on Western US water supplies. EOS Trans. AGU, 85(40), 385.
• Alfaro, E. J., Gershunov, A., & Cayan, D. R. (2004). A method for prediction of California summer air surface temperature. EOS Trans. AGU, 85(51), 553, 557-558. doi: 10.1029/2004EO510001
• Westerling, A. L., Cayan, D. R., Brown, T. J., Hall, B., & Riddle, L. G. (2004). Climate, Santa Ana winds and autumn wildfires in southern California. EOS Trans. AGU, 85(31), 289.

2003

• White, W. B., Dettinger, M. D., & Cayan, D. R. (2003). Sources of global warming of the upper ocean on decadal period scales. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 108(C8). doi: 10.1029/2002jc001396
• Gershunov, A., & Cayan, D. R. (2003). Heavy daily precipitation frequency over the contiguous United States: Sources of climatic variability and seasonal predictability. Journal of Climate, 16(16), 2752-2765. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2752:hdpfot>2.0.co;2
• Dettinger, M. D., & Cayan, D. R. (2003). Interseasonal covariability of Sierra Nevada streamflow and San Francisco Bay salinity. Journal of Hydrology, 277(3-4), 164-181. doi: 10.1016/s0022-1694(03)00078-7
• Westerling, A. L., Gershunov, A., Brown, T. J., Cayan, D. R., & Dettinger, M. D. (2003). Climate and wildfire in the western United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84(5), 595-+. doi: 10.1175/bams-84-5-595
• Bromirski, P. D., Flick, R. E., & Cayan, D. R. (2003). Storminess variability along the California coast: 1858-2000. Journal of Climate, 16(6), 982-993. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0982:svatcc>2.0.co;2
• Lundquist, J. D., Cayan, D. R., & Dettinger, M. D. (2003). Meteorology and hydrology in Yosemite National Park: A sensor network application. Information Processing in Sensor Networks, Proceedings (pp. 518-528). Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin.
• Lundquist, J., & Cayan, D. R. (2003). Diurnal cycles in streamflow in the Western United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84, 16-17.
• Cayan, D. R., Dettinger, M. D., Redmond, K., McGabe, G., Knowles, N., & Peterson, D. H. (2003). The transboundary setting of California's water and hydropower systems - linkages between the Sierra Nevada, Columbia, and Colorado hydroclimates. Climate and water: transboundary challenges in the Americas (pp. 26). Dordrecht; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

2002

• Lundquist, J. D., & Cayan, D. R. (2002). Seasonal and spatial patterns in diurnal cycles in streamflow in the western United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 3(5), 591-603. doi: 10.1175/1525-7541(2002)003<0591:saspid>2.0.co;2
• Knowles, N., & Cayan, D. R. (2002). Potential effects of global warming on the Sacramento/San Joaquin watershed and the San Francisco estuary. Geophysical Research Letters, 29(18). doi: 10.1029/2001gl014339
• Scavia, D., Field, J. C., Boesch, D. F., Buddemeier, R. W., Burkett, V., Cayan, D. R., ... Titus, J. G. (2002). Climate change impacts on US coastal and marine ecosystems. Estuaries, 25(2), 149-164. doi: 10.1007/bf02691304
• Westerling, A. L., Gershunov, A., Cayan, D. R., & Barnett, T. P. (2002). Long lead statistical forecasts of area burned in western US wildfires by ecosystem province. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 11(3-4), 257-266. doi: 10.1071/wf02009

2001

• Nemani, R. R., White, M. A., Cayan, D. R., Jones, G. V., Running, S. W., Coughlan, J. C., & Peterson, D. L. (2001). Asymmetric warming over coastal California and its impact on the premium wine industry. Climate Research, 19(1), 25-34. doi: 10.3354/cr019025
• Auad, G., Miller, A. J., Roads, J. O., & Cayan, D. (2001). Pacific Ocean wind stress and surface heat flux anomalies from NCEP reanalysis and observations: Cross-statistics and ocean model responses. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106(C10), 22249-22265. doi: 10.1029/2000jc000264
• Cayan, D. R., Kammerdiener, S. A., Dettinger, M. D., Caprio, J. M., & Peterson, D. H. (2001). Changes in the onset of spring in the western United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82(3), 399-415. doi: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0399:citoos>2.3.co;2
• White, W. B., Cayan, D. R., Dettinger, M. D., & Auad, G. (2001). Sources of global warming in upper ocean temperature during El Nino. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106(C3), 4349-4367. doi: 10.1029/1999jc000130
• Stahle, D. W., Therrell, M. D., Cleaveland, M. K., Cayan, D. R., Dettinger, M. D., & Knowles, N. (2001). Ancient Blue Oaks reveal human impact on San Francisco Bay salinity. EOS Trans. AGU, 82(12), 141, 144-145.
• Knowles, N., & Cayan, D. R. (2001). Global climate change: Potential effects on the Sacramento/San Joaquin watershed and the San Francisco estuary. IEP Newsletter, 14(3), 23-30.
• Biondi, F., Gershunov, A., & Cayan, D. R. (2001). North Pacific decadal climate variability since 1661. Journal of Climate, 14(1), 5-10. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<0005:npdcvs>2.0.co;2

2000

• Pandey, G. R., Cayan, D. R., Dettinger, M. D., & Georgakakos, K. P. (2000). A hybrid orographic plus statistical model for downscaling daily precipitation in northern California. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 1(6), 491-506. doi: 10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0491:ahopsm>2.0.co;2
• Gershunov, A., Barnett, T. P., Cayan, D. R., Tubbs, T., & Goddard, L. (2000). Predicting and downscaling ENSO impacts on intraseasonal precipitation statistics in California: The 1997/98 event. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 1(3), 201-210. doi: 10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0201:padeio>2.0.co;2
• White, W. B., & Cayan, D. R. (2000). A global El Nino-Southern Oscillation wave in surface temperature and pressure and its interdecadal modulation from 1900 to 1997. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 105(C5), 11223-11242. doi: 10.1029/1999jc900246
• Peterson, D. H., Smith, R. E., Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., & Riddle, L. (2000). An organized signal in snowmelt runoff over the western United States. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 36(2), 421-432. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2000.tb04278.x
• Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., McCabe, G. M., & Marengo, J. A. (2000). Multiscale streamflow variability associated with El Nino/Southern Oscillation. El Nino and the southern oscillation: multiscale variability and global and regional impacts (pp. 113-146). Cambridge; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

1999

• Weinheimer, A. L., Kennett, J. P., & Cayan, D. R. (1999). Recent increase in surface-water stability during warming off California as recorded in marine sediments. Geology, 27(11), 1019-1022. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<1019:riisws>2.3.co;2
• Cayan, D. R., Redmond, K. T., & Riddle, L. G. (1999). ENSO and hydrologic extremes in the western United States. Journal of Climate, 12(9), 2881-2893. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2881:eaheit>2.0.co;2
• Pandey, G. R., Cayan, D. R., & Georgakakos, K. P. (1999). Precipitation structure in the Sierra Nevada of California during winter. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 104(D10), 12019-12030. doi: 10.1029/1999jd900103
• Biondi, F., Perkins, D. L., Cayan, D. R., & Hughes, M. K. (1999). July temperature during the second millennium reconstructed from Idaho tree rings. Geophysical Research Letters, 26(10), 1445-1448. doi: 10.1029/1999gl900272
• Gershunov, A., Barnett, T., & Cayan, D. (1999). North Pacific interdecadal oscillation seen as factor in ENSO-related North American climate anomalies. EOS Trans. AGU, 80(3), 25-30. doi: 10.1029/99EO00019

1998

• Cayan, D. R., Dettinger, M. D., Diaz, H. F., & Graham, N. E. (1998). Decadal variability of precipitation over western North America. Journal of Climate, 11(12), 3148-3166. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<3148:dvopow>2.0.co;2
• Miller, A. J., Cayan, D. R., & White, W. B. (1998). A westward-intensified decadal change in the North Pacific thermocline and gyre-scale circulation. Journal of Climate, 11(12), 3112-3127. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<3112:awidci>2.0.co;2
• Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., Diaz, H. F., & Meko, D. M. (1998). North-south precipitation patterns in western North America on interannual-to-decadal timescales. Journal of Climate, 11(12), 3095-3111. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<3095:nsppiw>2.0.co;2
• White, W. B., Cayan, D. R., & Lean, J. (1998). Global upper ocean heat storage response to radiative forcing from changing solar irradiance and increasing greenhouse gas/aerosol concentrations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 103(C10), 21355-21366. doi: 10.1029/98jc01477
• White, W. B., & Cayan, D. R. (1998). Quasi-periodicity and global symmetries in interdecadal upper ocean temperature variability. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 103(C10), 21335-21354. doi: 10.1029/98jc01706
• McGowan, J. A., Cayan, D. R., & Dorman, L. M. (1998). Climate-ocean variability and ecosystem response in the northeast Pacific. Science, 281(5374), 210-217. doi: 10.1126/science.281.5374.210

1997

• Biondi, F., Cayan, D. R., & Berger, W. H. (1997). Dendroclimatology of Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana Parry ex Carr.). American Midland Naturalist, 138(2), 237-251. doi: 10.2307/2426817
• Weinheimer, A. L., & Cayan, D. R. (1997). Radiolarian assemblages from Santa Barbara Basin sediments: Recent interdecadal variability. Paleoceanography, 12(5), 658-670. doi: 10.1029/97pa00986
• Miller, A. J., White, W. B., & Cayan, D. R. (1997). North Pacific thermocline variations on ENSO timescales. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27(9), 2023-2039. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<2023:nptvoe>2.0.co;2
• Reverdin, G., Cayan, D., & Kushnir, Y. (1997). Decadal variability of hydrography in the upper northern North Atlantic in 1948-1990. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 102(C4), 8505-8531. doi: 10.1029/96jc03943
• White, W. B., Lean, J., Cayan, D. R., & Dettinger, M. D. (1997). Response of global upper ocean temperature to changing solar irradiance. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 102(C2), 3255-3266. doi: 10.1029/96jc03549

1996

• Cayan, D. R. (1996). Interannual climate variability and snowpack in the western United States. Journal of Climate, 9(5), 928-948. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0928:icvasi>2.0.co;2
• Peterson, D. H., Cayan, D. R., Dettinger, M. D., Noble, M., Riddle, L. G., Schemel, L. E., ... Walters, R. (1996). San Francisco Bay: observations, numerical simulation and statistical models. San Francisco Bay: the ecosystem. Further investigations into the natural history of San Francisco Bay and Delta with reference to the influence of man, 9-34.

1995

• Yan, X. H., Niiler, P. P., Nadiga, S. K., Stewart, R. H., & Cayan, D. R. (1995). Seasonal heat storage in the North Pacific: 1976–1989. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 100(C4), 6899-6926. doi: 10.1029/94jc03230
• Dettinger, M. D., & Cayan, D. R. (1995). Large-scale atmospheric forcing of recent trends toward early snowmelt runoff in California. Journal of Climate, 8(3), 606-623. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<0606:lsafor>2.0.co;2
• Cayan, D. R., & Georgakakos, K. P. (1995). Hydroclimatology of continental watersheds: 2. Spatial analyses. Water Resources Research, 31(3), 677-697. doi: 10.1029/94wr02376
• Georgakakos, K. P., Bae, D. H., & Cayan, D. R. (1995). Hydroclimatology of continental watersheds: 1. Temporal Analyses. Water Resources Research, 31(3), 655-675. doi: 10.1029/94wr02375
• Cayan, D. R., Miller, A. J., Barnett, T. P., Graham, N. E., Ritchie, J. N., & Oberhuber, J. M. (1995). Seasonal-interannual fluctuations in surface temperature over the Pacific: effects of monthly winds and heat fluxes. Natural climate variability on decade-to-century time scales (pp. 133-150). Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

1994

• Chen, S. C., & Cayan, D. R. (1994). Low-frequency aspects of the large-scale circulation and West Coast United States temperature/precipitation fluctuations in a simplified general circulation model. Journal of Climate, 7(11), 1668-1683. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1994)007<1668:lfaotl>2.0.co;2
• Ely, L. L., Enzel, Y., & Cayan, D. R. (1994). Anomalous North Pacific atmospheric circulation and large winter floods in the Southwestern United States. Journal of Climate, 7(6), 977-987. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1994)007<0977:anpaca>2.0.co;2
• Miller, A. J., Cayan, D. R., Barnett, T. P., Graham, N. E., & Oberhuber, J. M. (1994). Interdecadal variability of the Pacific Ocean: model response to observed heat flux and wind stress anomalies. Climate Dynamics, 9(6), 287-302. doi: 10.1007/bf00204744
• Reverdin, G., Cayan, D., Dooley, H. D., Ellett, D. J., Levitus, S., Dupenhoat, Y., & Dessier, A. (1994). Surface salinity of the North Atlantic: Can we reconstruct its fluctuations over the last one hundred years?. Progress in Oceanography, 33(4), 303-346. doi: 10.1016/0079-6611(94)90021-3
• Peterson, D. H., Cayan, D. R., DiLeo, J., Noble, M., & Dettinger, M. (1994). The role of climate in estuarine variability. American Scientist, 83, 58-67.

1993

• Ely, L. L., Enzel, Y., Baker, V. R., & Cayan, D. R. (1993). A 5000-year record of extreme floods and climate change in the Southwestern United States. Science, 262(5132), 410-412. doi: 10.1126/science.262.5132.410
• Giese, B. S., & Cayan, D. R. (1993). Surface heat flux parameterizations and tropical Pacific sea surface temperature simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 98(C4), 6979-6989. doi: 10.1029/93jc00323
• Cayan, D. R., Riddle, L. G., & Aguado, E. (1993). The influence of precipitation and temperature on seasonal streamflow in California. Water Resources Research, 29(4), 1127-1140. doi: 10.1029/92wr02802
• Cayan, D. R., & Peterson, D. H. (1993). Spring climate and salinity in the San Francisco Bay Estuary. Water Resources Research, 29(2), 293-303. doi: 10.1029/92wr02152

1992

• Aguado, E., Cayan, D., Riddle, L., & Roos, M. (1992). Climatic fluctuations and the timing of West Coast streamflow. Journal of Climate, 5(12), 1468-1483. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1992)005<1468:cfatto>2.0.co;2
• Cayan, D. R. (1992). Latent and sensible heat flux anomalies over the Northern Oceans: Driving the sea surface temperature. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 22(8), 859-881. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1992)022<0859:lashfa>2.0.co;2
• Cayan, D. R. (1992). Latent and sensible heat flux anomalies over the Northern Oceans: the connection to monthly atmospheric circulation. Journal of Climate, 5(4), 354-369. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1992)005<0354:lashfa>2.0.co;2
• Cayan, D. R. (1992). Variability of latent and sensible heat fluxes estimated using bulk formulas. Atmosphere-Ocean, 30(1), 1-42.
• Cayan, D. R., & Webb, R. H. (1992). El Nino Southern Oscillation and streamflow in the Western United States. El Nino: historical and paleoclimatic aspects of the southern oscillation (pp. 29-68). Cambridge [England]; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press.

1989

• Enzel, Y., Cayan, D. R., Anderson, R. Y., & Wells, S. G. (1989). Atmospheric circulation during Holocene lake stands in the Mojave Desert: evidence of regional climate change. Nature, 341(6237), 44-47. doi: 10.1038/341044a0
• Cayan, D. R., & Peterson, D. H. (1989). The influence of North Pacific atmospheric circulation on streamflow in the West. Aspects of climate variability in the Pacific and the western Americas (pp. 375-397). Washington, DC, U.S.A.: American Geophysical Union.
• Peterson, D. H., Cayan, D. R., Festa, J. F., Nichols, F. H., Walters, R. A., Slack, J. V., ... Schemel, L. E. (1989). Climate variability in an estuary: effects of reverflow on San Francisco Bay. Aspects of climate variability in the Pacific and the western Americas (pp. 419-442). Washington, DC, U.S.A.: American Geophysical Union.
• Strange, R. R., Graham, N. E., & Cayan, D. R. (1989). Meteorological developments of the unusually severe Southern California storm during January 16-18, 1988. Shore and Beach, 57, 3-9.

1988

• Namias, J., Yuan, X. J., & Cayan, D. R. (1988). Persistence of North Pacific sea surface temperature and atmospheric flow patterns. Journal of Climate, 1(7), 682-703. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1988)001<0682:ponpss>2.0.co;2

1987

• Venrick, E. L., McGowan, J. A., Cayan, D. R., & Hayward, T. L. (1987). Climate and chlorophyll-a: long-term trends in the central North Pacific Ocean. Science, 238(4823), 70-72. doi: 10.1126/science.238.4823.70

1986

• Peterson, D. H., Cayan, D. R., & Festa, J. F. (1986). Interannual variability in biogeochemistry of partially-mixed estuaries: dissolved silicate cycles in northern San Francisco Bay. Estuarine variability : Proceedings of the Eighth biennial international estuarine research conference, University of New Hampshire, Durham, July 28-August 2, 1985, 123-128.

1984

• Cayan, D. R., & Roads, J. O. (1984). Local relationships between United States west coast precipitation and monthly mean circulation parameters. Monthly Weather Review, 112(6), 1276-1282. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(1984)112<1276:lrbusw>2.0.co;2
• Cayan, D. R., & Douglas, A. V. (1984). Urban influences on surface temperatures in the southwestern United States during recent decades. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology, 23(11), 1520-1530. doi: 10.1175/1520-0450(1984)023<1520:uiosti>2.0.co;2

1982

• Douglas, A. V., Cayan, D. R., & Namias, J. (1982). Large-scale changes in North Pacific and North American weather patterns in recent decades. Monthly Weather Review, 110(12), 1851-1862. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(1982)110<1851:lscinp>2.0.co;2

1981

• Namias, J., & Cayan, D. R. (1981). Large-scale air-sea interactions and short-period climatic fluctuations. Science, 214(4523), 869-876. doi: 10.1126/science.214.4523.869

1980

• Cayan, D. R. (1980). Large-scale relationships between sea-surface temperature and surface air temperature. Monthly Weather Review, 108(9), 1293-1301. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(1980)108<1293:lsrbss>2.0.co;2