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Environmental Reports and Publications - American and (western) Samoa
These are publications related to "American Samoa Climate" compiled by the park's inventory and monitoring staff as of 2008.

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Alory, G. et al. 1999. Climactic variability in the vicinity of Wallis, Futuna, and Samoa Islands (13°-15° S, 180°-170° W). Oceanologica Acta 22:249-263. 
   
Burns, W. 2002. Pacific Island developing country water resources and climate change. In: Gleick P, et al. The world's water biennial rpt on freshwater resources 2002-2003. pp 113-131. Island Press, Washington DC.
<http://www.pacinst.org/publications/worlds_water /worlds_water_2002_chapter5.pdf>
 
   
CRAG. 2003c. Summary sheet: global warming and climate change in AS. CRAG. 1 p.  
   
CRAG. 2007. Potential climage change impacts to AS. CRAG. 8 pp. 
   
Craig, P. 1995b. Temperature data sets for nearshore and offshore waters of AS. DMWR Biological Rpt Series 77. 15 pp. 
   
Daly, C, et al. 2006. High-resolution climate maps for the Pacific Basin Islands, 1971-2000. Draft. Rpt to NPS. 59 pp. 
   
Davey, C., et al. 2006. Weather and climate inventory NPS, Pacific Island Network. Natural Resources Tech Rpt NPS/PACN/NRTR-2006/003. NPS, Fort Collins, CO. 116 pp.
<http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/nps/reports/2006_08_11_pacninventory_final.pdf>
 
   
Gilman, E, et al. 2006. Capacity of Pacific Island countries and territories to assess vulnerability and adapt to mangrove responses to sea level and climate change: Priorities for technical and institutional capacity - building. Prepared for UNEP, SPREP & WPRFMC. Draft. 86 pp.  
   
Goreau, T, et al. 1994b. Coral bleaching and ocean "hot spots". Ambio 23:176-180. <http://www.globalcoral.org/Coral%20Bleaching%20&%20Ocean%20Hot%20Spots.pdf> 
   
Hoston, J. 1980. Tsunami elevation predictions for AS: final report. USAED Waterways Experiment Station, Honolulu, HI. 157 pp.   
   
Izuka, S., et al. 2005. Potential evapotranspiration on Tutuila, AS. USGS Scientific Invest Rpt 2005-5200. 40 pp. 
   
Mayor, A. 1924c. Inability of stream-water to dissolve submarine limestones. Carnegie Inst Washington Publications 340:37-49.  
   
NOAA. 2002a. Annual climatological summary 1966-2002, Pago Pago. AS. NOAA. 38 pp. 
   
Pararas-Carayanni G, et al. 1980. Catalog of tsunamis in the Samoan Islands. Intl Tsunamis Information Center. 74 pp. <http://ioc3.unesco.org/itic/files/ITIC_Samoa_Catalog.pdf> 
   
Riolo, F. 2004a. Comparing in-situ datalogger sea temperature data with AVHRR satellite derived sea surface temperature data in Vatia Bay, AS. Draft. DMWR. 15 pp.  
   
SOPAC. 2006. Sea level and climate: their present state Samoa. SOPAC Secretariat, Suva, Fiji. 32 pp. <http://www.bom.gov.au/ntc/IDO60030/IDO60030.2006.pdf> 
   
Thompson, E, et al. 2002. Wave response, Pago Pago Harbor, island of Tutuila, territory of AS. ERCD/CHL TR-02-20. Rpt to USAED, Honolulu, HI. 46 pp. <http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=A407963&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf> 
   
USEPA. 2007. Climate change and interacting stressors: implications for coral reef management in AS. Global Change Research Program, Ntl Center for Environmental Assessment, Washington, DC. 60 pp. <http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=173312>  
   
Williams, S, et al. 2006. Exploring the status of tsunami early warning systems in Samoa. pp 52-58. In: Taulealo, T (ed). Proceedings of the Samoa Ntl Environmental Forum 2005. <http://www.mnre.gov.ws/documents/forum/2006/9-shaun%20&%20malaefono.pdf> 
   
Yu, Z., et al. 1997. Predictive skills of seasonal to annual rainfall variations in the US affiliated Pacific Islands: canonical correlation analysis and multivariate principal component regression approaches. Journal of Climate 10:2586-2599.  
   
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