2000 Ph.D., Hydrology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
1995 M.S., Meteorology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1987 B.S., Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
1986 B.A., Physics, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
Numerical modeling and observation of land/atmosphere interaction, convective initiation, and organized convective systems using surface, upper air, remote sensing (radar, visible/IR, passive microwave), and reanalysis data and GIS. Special emphasis on the surface hydrology, weather, and short-term climate of arid regions (e.g., Southern Great Plains, West Africa, Andes).
American Meteorological Society,
1989
-
Present
American Geophysical Union,
1996
-
Present
2/2014
-
Present
Associate Deputy Director for Atmospheres
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD
2/2009
-
2/2014
Research Meteorologist
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD
8/2006
-
2/2009
Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science
University at Albany, SUNY,
Albany, NY
8/2000
-
8/2006
Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science
University at Albany, SUNY,
Albany, NY
8/1996
-
8/2000
Graduate Fellow
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX
5/1993
-
6/1995
Research Assistant
Department of Meteorology, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX
7/1991
-
5/1993
Windplant Operations Meteorologist
Kenetech, Inc.,
Livermore, CA
5/1986
-
5/1991
Aviation Meteorologist
United States Air Force,
CONUS and Pacific Air Forces
Refereed
Nicholls, S. D., S. G. Decker, W.-K. Tao, et al. 2017. "Influence of bulk microphysics schemes upon Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) version 3.6.1 nor'easter simulations."
Geoscientific Model Development,
10
(2):
1033-1049
[10.5194/gmd-10-1033-2017]
Dezfuli, A. K., C. M. Ichoku, K. I. Mohr, and G. J. Huffman. 2017. "Precipitation Characteristics in West and East Africa from Satellite and in Situ Observations."
Journal of Hydrometeorology,
18
(6):
1799-1805
[10.1175/jhm-d-17-0068.1]
Dezfuli, A. K., C. M. Ichoku, G. J. Huffman, et al. 2017. "Validation of IMERG precipitation in Africa."
Journal of Hydrometeorology,
18
(2017):
2817-2825
[10.1175/JHM-D-17-0139.1]
Kidd, C., T. Matsui, J.-D. Chern, et al. 2016. "Global precipitation estimates from cross-track passive microwave observations using a physically-based retrieval scheme."
Journal of Hydrometeorology,
17
(1):
383–400
[10.1175/jhm-d-15-0051.1]
Chern, J.-D., W.-K. Tao, S. E. Lang, et al. 2015. "Performance of the Goddard multiscale modeling framework with Goddard ice microphysical schemes."
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems,
8
(1):
66-95
[10.1002/2015ms000469]
Mohr, K. I., D. Slayback, and K. A. Yager. 2014. "Characteristics of Precipitation Features and Annual Rainfall during the TRMM Era in the Central Andes."
J. Climate,
27
(11):
3982-4001
[10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00592.1]
Tao, W.-K., S. E. Lang, X. Zeng, et al. 2014. "The Goddard Cumulus Ensemble model (GCE): Improvements and Applications for Studying Precipitation Processes."
Atmospheric Research,
143:
392-424
[10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.03.005]
Mohr, K., W. Tao, J. Chern, S. Kumar, and C. Peters-Lidard. 2013. "The NASA-Goddard Multi-scale Modeling Framework–Land Information System: Global land/atmosphere interaction with resolved convection."
Environmental Modelling & Software,
39:
103-115
[10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.02.023]
Herrmann, S., and K. I. Mohr. 2011. "A Continental-Scale Classification of Rainfall Seasonality Regimes in Africa Based on Gridded Precipitation and Land Surface Temperature Products."
J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.,
50
(12):
2504–2513
[10.1175/JAMC-D-11-024.1]
Schrek, C., M. John, and K. I. Mohr. 2011. "Attributing Tropical Cyclogenesis to Equatorial Waves in the Western North Pacific."
J Atmos Sci,
68
(2):
195-209
[10.1175/2010JAS3396.1]
Nicholls, S., and K. I. Mohr. 2010. "An Analysis of the Environments of Intense Convective Systems in West Africa in 2003."
Mon. Wea. Rev.,
138
(10):
3721-3739
[10.1175/2010MWR3321.1]
Mohr, K. I., J. Molinari, and C. Thorncroft. 2009. "The Interannual Stability of Cumulative Frequency Distributions for Convective System Size and Intensity."
Journal of Climate,
22
(19):
5218-5231
[10.1175/2009JCLI2940.1]
Fan, J., R. Zhang, W.-K. Tao, and K. Mohr. 2008. "Effects of aerosol optical properties on deep convective clouds and radiative forcing."
J Geophys Res,
113
(D8):
doi:101029/2007JD009257, D08209
[10.1029/2007JD009257]
Alonge, C., W. Tao, and K. I. Mohr. 2007. "Numerical Studies of Wet versus Dry Soil Regimes in the West African Sahel."
J. Hydrometeor,
8
(1):
102-116
[10.1175/JHM559.1]
Mohr, K. I., and C. Thorncroft. 2006. "Intense convective systems in West Africa and their relationship to the African easterly jet."
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society,
132:
163-176.
Mohr, K. I. 2004. "Interannual, monthly and regional variability in the wet season diurnal cycle of precipitation in Sub-Saharan Africa."
Journal of Climate,
17:
2441-2453.
Mohr, K. I., R. Baker, W. Tao, and J. Famiglietti. 2003. "The sensitivity of West African convective line water budgets to land cover."
J Hydrometeor,
4
(1):
62-76.
Mohr, K. I., J. S. Famiglietti, and A. Boone. 2001. "The effect of sub-grid variability of soil moisture on the simulation of mesoscale watershed hydrology."
A case study from the Southern Great Plains 1997 Hydrology Experiment Observations and Modeling of Land Surface Hydrologic Processes, V Lakshmi, J Albertson, and J Schaake, Eds, American Geophysical Union,
161-176 .
Mohr, K. I., J. Famiglietti, A. Boone, and P. Starks. 2000. "Modeling soil moisture and surface flux variability with an untuned land surface scheme: A case study from the Southern Great Plains 1997 Hydrology Experiment."
Journal of Hydrometeorology,
13:
3314-3326.
Mohr, K. I., J. S. Famiglietti, A. Boone, and P. J. Starks. 2000. "Modeling soil moisture and surface flux variability with an untuned land surface scheme: A case study from the Southern Great Plains 1997 Hydrology Experiment."
Journal of Hydrometeorology,
1
(2):
154-169
[10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0154:MSMASF>2.0.CO;2]
Zolman, J., E. Zipser, and K. I. Mohr. 2000. "A comparison of tropical mesoscale convective systems in El Niño and La Niña."
Journal of Climate,
13
(18):
3314-3326
[10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3314:ACOTMC>2.0.CO;2]
Mohr, K. I., J. S. Famiglietti, and E. J. Zipser. 1999. "he contribution to tropical rainfall with respect to convective system type, size, and intensity estimated from the 85 GHz ice scattering signature."
Journal of Applied Meteorology,
38:
596-606 .
Jenkins, G. S., K. I. Mohr, V. R. Morris, and O. Arino. 1997. "The role of convective processes over the Zaire-Congo Basin to the southern hemisphere ozone maximum."
Journal of Geophysical Research,
102:
18,963-18,980.
Mohr, K. I., and E. J. Zipser. 1996. "Mesoscale convective systems defined by their 85 GHz ice scattering signature: Size and intensity comparison over tropical oceans and continents."
Monthly Weather Review,
124:
2417-2437.
Mohr, K., and E. J. Zipser. 1996. "Defining mesoscale convective systems by their 85-GHz ice-scattering signatures."
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,
77
(6):
1179-1189
[10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<1179:DMCSBT>2.0.CO;2 ]
Mohr, K. I., E. R. Toracinta, E. J. Zipser, and R. E. Orville. 1996. "A comparison of WSR-88D reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures, and lightning for mesoscale convective systems in Texas Part II: SSM/I brightness temperatures and lightning."
Journal of Applied Meteorology,
35
(6):
919-931
[10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0919:ACOWRS>2.0.CO;2]
Toracinta, E. R., K. I. Mohr, E. J. Zipser, and R. E. Orville. 1996. "A comparison of WSR-88D reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures, and lightning for mesoscale convective systems in Texas Part I: Radar reflectivity and lightning."
Journal of Applied Meteorology,
35
(6):
902-918
[10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0902:ACOWRS>2.0.CO;2]
Refereed
Nicholls, S. D., S. G. Decker, W.-K. Tao, et al. 2017. "Influence of bulk microphysics schemes upon Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) version 3.6.1 nor'easter simulations."
Geoscientific Model Development
10
(2):
1033-1049
[10.5194/gmd-10-1033-2017]
Dezfuli, A. K., C. M. Ichoku, K. I. Mohr, and G. J. Huffman. 2017. "Precipitation Characteristics in West and East Africa from Satellite and in Situ Observations."
Journal of Hydrometeorology
18
(6):
1799-1805
[10.1175/jhm-d-17-0068.1]
Dezfuli, A. K., C. M. Ichoku, G. J. Huffman, et al. 2017. "Validation of IMERG precipitation in Africa."
Journal of Hydrometeorology
18
(2017):
2817-2825
[10.1175/JHM-D-17-0139.1]
Kidd, C., T. Matsui, J.-D. Chern, et al. 2016. "Global precipitation estimates from cross-track passive microwave observations using a physically-based retrieval scheme."
Journal of Hydrometeorology
17
(1):
383–400
[10.1175/jhm-d-15-0051.1]
Chern, J.-D., W.-K. Tao, S. E. Lang, et al. 2015. "Performance of the Goddard multiscale modeling framework with Goddard ice microphysical schemes."
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
8
(1):
66-95
[10.1002/2015ms000469]
Mohr, K. I., D. Slayback, and K. A. Yager. 2014. "Characteristics of Precipitation Features and Annual Rainfall during the TRMM Era in the Central Andes."
J. Climate
27
(11):
3982-4001
[10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00592.1]
Tao, W.-K., S. E. Lang, X. Zeng, et al. 2014. "The Goddard Cumulus Ensemble model (GCE): Improvements and Applications for Studying Precipitation Processes."
Atmospheric Research
143
392-424
[10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.03.005]
Mohr, K., W. Tao, J. Chern, S. Kumar, and C. Peters-Lidard. 2013. "The NASA-Goddard Multi-scale Modeling Framework–Land Information System: Global land/atmosphere interaction with resolved convection."
Environmental Modelling & Software
39
103-115
[10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.02.023]
Herrmann, S., and K. I. Mohr. 2011. "A Continental-Scale Classification of Rainfall Seasonality Regimes in Africa Based on Gridded Precipitation and Land Surface Temperature Products."
J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.
50
(12):
2504–2513
[10.1175/JAMC-D-11-024.1]
Schrek, C., M. John, and K. I. Mohr. 2011. "Attributing Tropical Cyclogenesis to Equatorial Waves in the Western North Pacific."
J Atmos Sci
68
(2):
195-209
[10.1175/2010JAS3396.1]
Nicholls, S., and K. I. Mohr. 2010. "An Analysis of the Environments of Intense Convective Systems in West Africa in 2003."
Mon. Wea. Rev.
138
(10):
3721-3739
[10.1175/2010MWR3321.1]
Mohr, K. I., J. Molinari, and C. Thorncroft. 2009. "The Interannual Stability of Cumulative Frequency Distributions for Convective System Size and Intensity."
Journal of Climate
22
(19):
5218-5231
[10.1175/2009JCLI2940.1]
Fan, J., R. Zhang, W.-K. Tao, and K. Mohr. 2008. "Effects of aerosol optical properties on deep convective clouds and radiative forcing."
J Geophys Res
113
(D8):
D08209
[10.1029/2007JD009257]
Alonge, C., W. Tao, and K. I. Mohr. 2007. "Numerical Studies of Wet versus Dry Soil Regimes in the West African Sahel."
J. Hydrometeor
8
(1):
102-116
[10.1175/JHM559.1]
Mohr, K. I., and C. Thorncroft. 2006. "Intense convective systems in West Africa and their relationship to the African easterly jet."
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
132
163-176
Mohr, K. I. 2004. "Interannual, monthly and regional variability in the wet season diurnal cycle of precipitation in Sub-Saharan Africa."
Journal of Climate
17
2441-2453
Mohr, K. I., R. Baker, W. Tao, and J. Famiglietti. 2003. "The sensitivity of West African convective line water budgets to land cover."
J Hydrometeor
4
(1):
62-76
Mohr, K. I., J. S. Famiglietti, and A. Boone. 2001. "The effect of sub-grid variability of soil moisture on the simulation of mesoscale watershed hydrology."
A case study from the Southern Great Plains 1997 Hydrology Experiment Observations and Modeling of Land Surface Hydrologic Processes, V Lakshmi, J Albertson, and J Schaake, Eds, American Geophysical Union
161-176
Mohr, K. I., J. Famiglietti, A. Boone, and P. Starks. 2000. "Modeling soil moisture and surface flux variability with an untuned land surface scheme: A case study from the Southern Great Plains 1997 Hydrology Experiment."
Journal of Hydrometeorology
13
3314-3326
Mohr, K. I., J. S. Famiglietti, A. Boone, and P. J. Starks. 2000. "Modeling soil moisture and surface flux variability with an untuned land surface scheme: A case study from the Southern Great Plains 1997 Hydrology Experiment."
Journal of Hydrometeorology
1
(2):
154-169
[10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0154:MSMASF>2.0.CO;2]
Zolman, J., E. Zipser, and K. I. Mohr. 2000. "A comparison of tropical mesoscale convective systems in El Niño and La Niña."
Journal of Climate
13
(18):
3314-3326
[10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3314:ACOTMC>2.0.CO;2]
Mohr, K. I., J. S. Famiglietti, and E. J. Zipser. 1999. "he contribution to tropical rainfall with respect to convective system type, size, and intensity estimated from the 85 GHz ice scattering signature."
Journal of Applied Meteorology
38
596-606
Jenkins, G. S., K. I. Mohr, V. R. Morris, and O. Arino. 1997. "The role of convective processes over the Zaire-Congo Basin to the southern hemisphere ozone maximum."
Journal of Geophysical Research
102
18,963-18,980
Mohr, K. I., and E. J. Zipser. 1996. "Mesoscale convective systems defined by their 85 GHz ice scattering signature: Size and intensity comparison over tropical oceans and continents."
Monthly Weather Review
124
2417-2437
Mohr, K., and E. J. Zipser. 1996. "Defining mesoscale convective systems by their 85-GHz ice-scattering signatures."
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
77
(6):
1179-1189
[10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<1179:DMCSBT>2.0.CO;2 ]
Mohr, K. I., E. R. Toracinta, E. J. Zipser, and R. E. Orville. 1996. "A comparison of WSR-88D reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures, and lightning for mesoscale convective systems in Texas Part II: SSM/I brightness temperatures and lightning."
Journal of Applied Meteorology
35
(6):
919-931
[10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0919:ACOWRS>2.0.CO;2]
Toracinta, E. R., K. I. Mohr, E. J. Zipser, and R. E. Orville. 1996. "A comparison of WSR-88D reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures, and lightning for mesoscale convective systems in Texas Part I: Radar reflectivity and lightning."
Journal of Applied Meteorology
35
(6):
902-918
[10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0902:ACOWRS>2.0.CO;2]
