Mike Croteau is a satellite geodesist and focuses on time-variable gravity estimation with GRACE and SLR, including Level-1B combinatorial solutions with other datasets. He is also involved in the Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory's Global Mean Sea Level work. Mike is a NASA TOPS Champion, advocating for open science and teaching open science best practices at GSFC and in the scientific community.
Michael J. Croteau (he/him)
(Rsch AST, Solid Earth Geophysical Std)
Org Code: 61A
NASA/GSFCMail Code: 61A
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: NASA
Brief Bio
Current Projects
GRACE / GRACE Follow-On Science Team
NASA Sea Level Change Team
Earth Information System - Sea Level Team
NASA Transform to Open Science (TOPS) GSFC Champions
Positions/Employment
Research Geophysicist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD
October 2020 - Present
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, administered by USRA - Greenbelt, MD
March 2019 - October 2020
Education
2019 - Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
- Dissertation: "Daily GRACE Water Storage Estimates for Improving Hydrology Models and Forecasting"
- Advisor: Dr. Steve Nerem
2014 - M.S. Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2012 - M.Ed., University of Notre Dame
2010 - B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Awards
AGU Outstanding Reviewer of 2022, JGR: Solid Earth
NASA GSFC HBG Scientific Achievement Award, October 2022
Professional Service
Science Director's Committee (Chair, 2022-2023; Vice Chair, 2021-2022)
610 Early and Mid Career Council (EMC2)
Publications
Refereed
Felikson, D., S. Nowicki, I. Nias, et al. B. Csatho, A. Schenk, M. J. Croteau, and B. Loomis. 2023. Choice of observation type affects Bayesian calibration of Greenland Ice Sheet model simulations The Cryosphere 17 (11): 4661-4673 [10.5194/tc-17-4661-2023]
Felikson, D., S. Nowicki, I. Nias, et al. B. Csatho, A. Schenk, M. Croteau, and B. Loomis. 2022. Choice of observation type affects Bayesian calibration of ice sheet model projections EGUsphere [preprint] [10.5194/egusphere-2022-1213]
Croteau, M. J., T. J. Sabaka, and B. D. Loomis. 2021. GRACE Fast Mascons From Spherical Harmonics and a Regularization Design Trade Study Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 126 (8): [10.1029/2021jb022113]
Cullather, R. I., L. C. Andrews, M. J. Croteau, et al. N. E. Digirolamo, D. K. Hall, Y.-K. Lim, B. D. Loomis, C. A. Shuman, and S. M. Nowicki. 2020. Anomalous circulation in July 2019 resulting in mass loss on the Greenland ice sheet Geophysical Research Letters 47 (17): [10.1029/2020GL087263]
Croteau, M. J., R. S. Nerem, B. D. Loomis, and T. J. Sabaka. 2020. Development of a Daily GRACE Mascon Solution for Terrestrial Water Storage Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 125 (3): [10.1029/2019jb018468]
Scanlon, B. R., Z. Zhang, A. Rateb, et al. A. Sun, D. Wiese, H. Save, H. Beaudoing, M. H. Lo, H. Müller‐Schmied, P. Döll, R. Beek, S. Swenson, D. Lawrence, M. Croteau, and R. C. Reedy. 2019. Tracking Seasonal Fluctuations in Land Water Storage Using Global Models and GRACE Satellites Geophysical Research Letters 46 (10): 5254-5264 [10.1029/2018gl081836]
Non-Refereed
Colombo, O. L., and M. J. Croteau. 2023. Tsunami Early-Warning CubeSat Design Reference Mission (DRM) NASA/TM–20230003987
Talks, Presentations and Posters
Invited
Recent Misclosure in the Sea Level Budget
June 9, 2023
GISS Sea Level Seminar Series
Weighing the Cryosphere and monitoring its changes with the GRACE Follow-On satellite mission
June 3, 2023
The Geological Society of Washington
Optimizing GRACE/GRACE-FO time variable gravity products through advanced estimation strategies
July 28, 2022
AGU Geodesy Lecture Series webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cep9ZDWRLTE