James Smith

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Villarini, Gabriele, Renato Amorim, and James A. Smith. 2026. “Rethinking Flood Risk: Tropical Cyclones, Orography, and the Upper Tail of Flood Peaks for the Appalachian Region of the United States”. Journal of Hydrology X.

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Su, Yibing, James A. Smith, and Gabriele Villarini. 2023. “The Hydrometeorology of Extreme Floods in the Lower Mississippi River”. Journal of Hydrometeorology 24. Boston MA, USA: American Meteorological Society: 203-19. doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-22-0024.1.

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Su, Yibing, James A. Smith, and Gabriele Villarini. 2023. “Extreme Convective Rainfall and Flooding from Winter Season Extratropical Cyclones in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States”. Journal of Hydrometeorology 24. Boston MA, USA: American Meteorological Society: 497-520. doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-22-0069.1.

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Zhang, Wei, Gabriele Villarini, Gabriel A. Vecchi, and James A. Smith. 2018. “Urbanization Exacerbated the Rainfall and Flooding Caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston”. Nature 563: 384–388. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0676-z.

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Vecchi, Gabriel A., Thomas L. Delworth, Hiroyuki Murakami, Seth D. Underwood, Andrew T. Wittenberg, Fanrong Zeng, Wei Zhang, et al. 2019. “Tropical Cyclone Sensitivities to CO2 Doubling: Roles of Atmospheric Resolution, Synoptic Variability and Background Climate Changes”. Climate Dynamics 53: 5999–6033. doi:10.1007/s00382-019-04913-y.

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Yeung, June K., James A. Smith, Mary Lynn Baeck, and Gabriele Villarini. 2015. “Lagrangian Analyses of Rainfall Structure and Evolution for Organized Thunderstorm Systems in the Urban Corridor of the Northeastern United States”. Journal of Hydrometeorology 16: 1575–1595. doi:10.1175/jhm-d-14-0095.1.

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Mallakpour, Iman, Gabriele Villarini, Michael P. Jones, and James A. Smith. 2017. “On the Use of Cox Regression to Examine the Temporal Clustering of Flooding and Heavy Precipitation across the Central United States”. Global and Planetary Change 155: 98–108. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.07.001.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Renato Vitolo, and David B. Stephenson. 2013. “On the Temporal Clustering of US Floods and Its Relationship to Climate Teleconnection Patterns”. International Journal of Climatology 33: 629–640. doi:10.1002/joc.3458.

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Wright, Daniel B., James A. Smith, Gabriele Villarini, and Mary Lynn Baeck. 2013. “Estimating the Frequency of Extreme Rainfall Using Weather Radar and Stochastic Storm Transposition”. Journal of Hydrology 488: 150–165. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.003.

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Yang, Long, James A. Smith, Daniel B. Wright, Mary Lynn Baeck, Gabriele Villarini, Fuqiang Tian, and Heping Hu. 2013. “Urbanization and Climate Change: An Examination of Nonstationarities in Urban Flooding”. Journal of Hydrometeorology 14: 1791–1809. doi:10.1175/jhm-d-12-095.1.

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Yang, Long, Gabriele Villarini, James A. Smith, Fuqiang Tian, and Heping Hu. 2013. “Changes in Seasonal Maximum Daily Precipitation in China over the Period 1961-2006”. International Journal of Climatology 33: 1646–1657. doi:10.1002/joc.3539.

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Villarini, Gabriele, Radoslaw Goska, James A. Smith, and Gabriel A. Vecchi. 2014. “North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones and U.S. Flooding”. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 95: 1381–1388. doi:10.1175/bams-d-13-00060.1.

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Wright, Daniel B., James A. Smith, Gabriele Villarini, and Mary Lynn Baeck. 2014. “LONG-TERM HIGH-RESOLUTION RADAR RAINFALL FIELDS FOR URBAN HYDROLOGY”. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 50: 713–734. doi:10.1111/jawr.12139.

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Bates, Naomi S., James A. Smith, and Gabriele Villarini. 2015. “Flood Response for the Watersheds of the Fernow Experimental Forest in the Central Appalachians”. Water Resources Research 51: 4431–4453. doi:10.1002/2014wr015871.

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Villarini, Gabriele, Gabriel A. Vecchi, and James A. Smith. 2012. “US Landfalling and North Atlantic Hurricanes: Statistical Modeling of Their Frequencies and Ratios”. Monthly Weather Review 140: 44–65. doi:10.1175/mwr-d-11-00063.1.

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Wright, Daniel B., James A. Smith, Gabriele Villarini, and Mary Lynn Baeck. 2012. “Hydroclimatology of Flash Flooding in Atlanta”. Water Resources Research 48. doi:10.1029/2011wr011371.

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Czajkowski, Jeffrey, Gabriele Villarini, Erwann Michel-Kerjan, and James A. Smith. 2013. “Determining Tropical Cyclone Inland Flooding Loss on a Large Scale through a New Flood Peak Ratio-Based Methodology”. Environmental Research Letters 8. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044056.

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Smith, James A., Mary Lynn Baeck, Gabriele Villarini, Daniel B. Wright, and Witold Krajewski. 2013. “Extreme Flood Response: The June 2008 Flooding in Iowa”. Journal of Hydrometeorology 14: 1810–1825. doi:10.1175/jhm-d-12-0191.1.

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Villarini, Gabriele, and James A. Smith. 2013. “FLOODING IN TEXAS: EXAMINATION OF TEMPORAL CHANGES AND IMPACTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES”. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 49: 825–837. doi:10.1111/jawr.12042.

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Villarini, Gabriele, and James A. Smith. 2013. “Spatial and Temporal Variability of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning over the Continental US During the Period 1995-2010”. Atmospheric Research 124: 137–148. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.12.017.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Mary Lynn Baeck, Brianne K. Smith, and Paula Sturdevant-Rees. 2013. “Hydrologic Analyses of the July 17-18, 1996, Flood in Chicago and the Role of Urbanization”. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 18: 250–259. doi:10.1061/(asce)he.1943-5584.0000462.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, and Gabriel A. Vecchi. 2013. “Changing Frequency of Heavy Rainfall over the Central United States”. Journal of Climate 26: 351–357. doi:10.1175/jcli-d-12-00043.1.

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Villarini, Gabriele, Francesco Serinaldi, James A. Smith, and Witold F. Krajewski. 2009. “On the Stationarity of Annual Flood Peaks in the Continental United States During the 20th Century”. Water Resources Research 45. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2008WR007645.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Francesco Napolitano, and Mary L. Baeck. 2011. “Hydrometeorological Analysis of the December 2008 Flood in Rome”. Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal Des Sciences Hydrologiques 56: 1150–1165. doi:10.1080/02626667.2011.608678.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Francesco Serinaldi, Jerad Bales, Paul D. Bates, and Witold F. Krajewski. 2009. “Flood Frequency Analysis for Nonstationary Annual Peak Records in an Urban Drainage Basin”. Advances in Water Resources 32: 1255–1266. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.05.003.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Alexandros A. Ntelekos, and Ulrich Schwarz. 2011. “Annual Maximum and Peaks-over-Threshold Analyses of Daily Rainfall Accumulations for Austria”. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 116. doi:10.1029/2010jd015038.

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Javier, Julie Rose N., James A. Smith, Mary Lynn Baeck, and Gabriele Villarini. 2010. “Flash Flooding in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Region”. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 15: 29–38. doi:10.1061/(asce)he.1943-5584.0000148.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Francesco Serinaldi, and Alexandros A. Ntelekos. 2011. “Analyses of Seasonal and Annual Maximum Daily Discharge Records for Central Europe”. Journal of Hydrology 399: 299–312. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.007.

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Krajewski, Witold F., Gabriele Villarini, and James A. Smith. 2010. “Radar-Rainfall Uncertainties: Where Are We After Thirty Years of Effort?”. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91: 87–+. doi:10.1175/2009bams2747.1.

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Villarini, Gabriele, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Thomas R. Knutson, and James A. Smith. 2011. “Is the Recorded Increase in Short-Duration North Atlantic Tropical Storms Spurious?”. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 116. doi:10.1029/2010jd015493.

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Lin, Ning, James A. Smith, Gabriele Villarini, Timothy P. Marchok, and Mary Lynn Baeck. 2010. “Modeling Extreme Rainfall, Winds, and Surge from Hurricane Isabel (2003)”. Weather and Forecasting 25: 1342–1361. doi:10.1175/2010waf2222349.1.

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Villarini, Gabriele, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Thomas R. Knutson, Ming Zhao, and James A. Smith. 2011. “North Atlantic Tropical Storm Frequency Response to Anthropogenic Forcing: Projections and Sources of Uncertainty”. Journal of Climate 24: 3224–3238. doi:10.1175/2011jcli3853.1.

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Smith, James A., Mary Lynn Baeck, Gabriele Villarini, and Witold F. Krajewski. 2010. “The Hydrology and Hydrometeorology of Flooding in the Delaware River Basin”. Journal of Hydrometeorology 11: 841–859. doi:10.1175/2010jhm1236.1.

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Yeung, June K., James A. Smith, Gabriele Villarini, Alexandros A. Ntelekos, Mary Lynn Baeck, and Witold F. Krajewski. 2011. “Analyses of the Warm Season Rainfall Climatology of the Northeastern US Using Regional Climate Model Simulations and Radar Rainfall Fields”. Advances in Water Resources 34: 184–204. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.10.005.

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Villarini, Gabriele, Witold F. Krajewski, Alexandros A. Ntelekos, Konstantine P. Georgakakos, and James A. Smith. 2010. “Towards Probabilistic Forecasting of Flash Floods The Combined Effects of Uncertainty in Radar-Rainfall and Flash Flood Guidance”. Journal of Hydrology 394: 275–284. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.014.

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Smith, James A., Mary Lynn Baeck, Gabriele Villarini, Claire Welty, Andrew J. Miller, and Witold F. Krajewski. 2012. “Analyses of a Long-Term, High-Resolution Radar Rainfall Data Set for the Baltimore Metropolitan Region”. Water Resources Research 48. doi:10.1029/2011wr010641.

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Villarini, Gabriele, and James A. Smith. 2010. “Flood Peak Distributions for the Eastern United States”. Water Resources Research 46. doi:10.1029/2009wr008395.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Francesco Serinaldi, Alexandros A. Ntelekos, and Ulrich Schwarz. 2012. “Analyses of Extreme Flooding in Austria over the Period 1951-2006”. International Journal of Climatology 32: 1178–1192. doi:10.1002/joc.2331.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Mary Lynn Baeck, Paula Sturdevant-Rees, and Witold F. Krajewski. 2010. “Radar Analyses of Extreme Rainfall and Flooding in Urban Drainage Basins”. Journal of Hydrology 381: 266–286. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.048.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, and Francesco Napolitano. 2010. “Nonstationary Modeling of a Long Record of Rainfall and Temperature over Rome”. Advances in Water Resources 33: 1256–1267. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.03.013.

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Villarini, Gabriele, Gabriel A. Vecchi, and James A. Smith. 2010. “Modeling the Dependence of Tropical Storm Counts in the North Atlantic Basin on Climate Indices”. Monthly Weather Review 138: 2681–2705. doi:10.1175/2010mwr3315.1.

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Smith, James A., Mary Lynn Baeck, Alexandros A. Ntelekos, Gabriele Villarini, and Matthias Steiner. 2011. “Extreme Rainfall and Flooding from Orographic Thunderstorms in the Central Appalachians”. Water Resources Research 47. doi:10.1029/2010wr010190.

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Smith, James A., Gabriele Villarini, and Mary Lynn Baeck. 2011. “Mixture Distributions and the Hydroclimatology of Extreme Rainfall and Flooding in the Eastern United States”. Journal of Hydrometeorology 12: 294–309. doi:10.1175/2010jhm1242.1.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Mary Lynn Baeck, and Witold F. Krajewski. 2011. “Examining Flood Frequency Distributions in the Midwest U.S”. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 47: 447–463. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00540.x.

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Mandapaka, Pradeep V., Witold F. Krajewski, Grzegorz J. Ciach, Gabriele Villarini, and James A. Smith. 2009. “Estimation of Radar-Rainfall Error Spatial Correlation”. Advances in Water Resources 32: 1020–1030. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.08.014.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Mary Lynn Baeck, Timothy Marchok, and Gabriel A. Vecchi. 2011. “Characterization of Rainfall Distribution and Flooding Associated With US Landfalling Tropical Cyclones: Analyses of Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne (2004)”. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 116. doi:10.1029/2011jd016175.

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Villarini, Gabriele, Witold F. Krajewski, and James A. Smith. 2009. “New Paradigm for Statistical Validation of Satellite Precipitation Estimates: Application to a Large Sample of the TMPA 0.25 Degrees 3-Hourly Estimates over Oklahoma”. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 114. doi:10.1029/2008jd011475.

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Villarini, Gabriele, James A. Smith, Mary Lynn Baeck, Renato Vitolo, David B. Stephenson, and Witold F. Krajewski. 2011. “On the Frequency of Heavy Rainfall for the Midwest of the United States”. Journal of Hydrology 400: 103–120. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.027.

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