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Michael G Bosilovich

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Michael G Bosilovich

  • (AST, METEOROLOGICAL STUDIES)
  • 301.614.6147 | 301.614.6297
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 610.1
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA

    • Research Interests

    Interests and Experience

    Earth's Water and Energy cycles; applied uses of reanalyses regarding: global and regional climate variations and extreme weather; planetary boundary layer; land-atmosphere interactions; influence of data in reanalysis; Earth system models and the observations needed to improve them

    Global and Regional Water and Energy Cycles

    Water is the key ingredient for life, and energy is what drives weather, climate and change. Observing and modeling these processes have improved greatly in recent decade, New observations, their assimilation in reanalyses and improved models will contribute to attaining further improvements.

    National Climate Assessment

    As PI for the NASA/GMAO NCA Enabling Tools project, we are working toward increasing demonstrations and utilization of reanalysis data to address sector weather and climate data needs. Initial work has involved temperature and precipitation extreme events and their frequencies, especially using the reanalyses to identify preferred synoptic weather conditions. We have also developed and guide a historical weather map web page that provides an easy to use interface to make weather maps from MERRA-2. We respond to the needs of the aplied user community with expertise and information on the best use of reanalyses, for example in solar and wind power industries. We also take feedback from applied users to augment the reanalysis output to better serve applied user communities (for example, 50m winds for wind turbine evaluations).

    Reanalysis Uncertainty

    Atmospheric reanalyses assimilate numerous observational sources with global models. The resulting state fields are a representation of the Earth's actual weather and climate, yet different reanalyses can produce different results. The assimilated observations and models each have bias and error which translate into uncertainty in the reanalysis fields. Characterizing this uncertainty will help refine the reanalyses and also identify to researchers using reanalyses the reliability of the results of their experiments. Such uncertainty estimates for reanalyses are not routinely available.

    Current Projects

    NEWS Regional Water Cycle Study

    Evaluate and explain the MERRA reanalysis representaiton of hte US regiona lwater cycle. With more understanding, apply to regions with minimal observations, such as Africa (in collaboration with SERVIR).

    Reanalysis Synthesis of EOS Observations to support the National Climate Assessment

    Collaborate with NCA to bring new diagnostics, enhanced diagnostics and reanalyses data to bear on issues relating to the ongoing National Climate Assessment. Interact with applied users to allow NASA's data to be better utilized.

    Development of Gridded Innovations and Observations supplement to MERRA-2 and future GEOS-5 data products

    Development and testing of a gridded data set of assimilated observations for MERRA-2

    Positions/Employment

    6/2000 - Present

    Scientist

    NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD Performing research and process study on GMAO systems.
    8/1997 - 5/2000

    Post Docoral Appointment

    USRA, Greenbelt, MD Land Atmosphere studies, and water vapor source/sink simulations working with Siegfried Schubert

    Education

    5/1997 Purdue University West Lafayette, IN
    Ph.D. – Atmospheric Science (Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Science)
    Dissertation: Numerical Simulation of the 1993 Midwestern Flood

    12/1992 Purdue University West Lafayette, IN
    MS – Atmospheric Science (Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Science)
    Thesis: A Parameterization for the Surface Boundary Layer: Formulation and Verification

    5/1990 Millersville University Millersville, PA
    BS – Meteorology

    Professional Societies

    American Meteorological Society, 1988 - Present
    American Geophysical Union, 1995 - Present

    Professional Service

    2020-present: Co-chair, GSFC Climate and Environmental Health

    2020-present: Member: World Climate Research Program Academy Lighthouse

    2018-2019: Co-chair, GSFC Climate Applications

    2017: Convener: MERRA-2 Applied Users Workshop, GSFC

    2017-Present: Member: GEWEX Science Steering Group

    2017-Present: WDAC Task Team for Intercomparison of Reanalyses (TIRA)

    2012-Present: WCRP Data Advisory Council (WDAC)

    2012: Program Chair, 4th WCRP International Conference on Reanalyses

    2005-Present: Journal of Hydrometeorology, Associate Editor

    2012-2015: EU CORE -CLIMAX Science Advisory Committee member

    2009-2013: USCLIVAR Phenomena, Observations and Synthesis panel (co-chair 2011-2013)

    2010-2011 WCRP Observations and Analysis Panel

    2005-2010 AMS Committee on Hydrology

    2002-2010 CEOP Model Working Group Co-chair

    2003 January United States delegation, 10th US Japan Workshop on Climate Change

    Innumerable program review panels for NASA, NOAA , DoE and NSF

    Teaching Experience

    Occasional undergraduate summer intern mentor.

    Teaching assistant, Purdue University, 1990-1996.

    Awards

    2019 NASA Honors Group Achievement Award to the MERRA-2 Team
    2010 NASA Honors Group Achievement Award to the MERRA Team

    2004 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE, represents the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers)

    NASA Special Act Award: August 2011, August 2007, April 2006, September 2001
    NASA Performance Award July 2015, July 2011 ,July 2010, June 2003, May 2002
    January 1999 NASA Outstanding Performance Award (Code 910.3 Contractors)
    June 2001 NASA Laboratory for Atmospheres Scientific Research Award
     

    Other Professional Information

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    Selected Publications

    Refereed

    Thomas, N. P., M. G. Bosilovich, A. B. Marquardt Collow, et al. R. D. Koster, S. D. Schubert, A. Dezfuli, and S. P. Mahanama. 2020. "Mechanisms Associated with Daytime and Nighttime Heat Waves over the Contiguous United States." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59 (11): 1865-1882 [10.1175/jamc-d-20-0053.1]

    Collow, A. B., H. Mersiovsky, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2020. "Large-Scale Influences on Atmospheric River Induced Extreme Precipitation Events Along the Coast of Washington State." Journal of Hydrometeorology, (In Press) [10.1175/jhm-d-19-0272.1]

    Collow, A. B., R. I. Cullather, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2020. "Recent Arctic Ocean Surface Air Temperatures in Atmospheric Reanalyses and Numerical Simulations." Journal of Climate, 33 (10): 4347–4367 [10.1175/jcli-d-19-0703.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., F. R. Robertson, and P. Stackhouse. 2020. "El Niño Related Tropical Land Surface Water and Energy Response in MERRA-2." Journal of Climate, 33 (3): 1155–1176 [https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0231.1]

    Barlow, M., W. J. Gutowski, J. R. Gyakum, et al. R. W. Katz, Y.-K. Lim, R. S. Schumacher, M. F. Wehner, L. Agel, M. G. Bosilovich, A. Collow, A. Gershunov, R. Grotjahn, R. Leung, S. Milrad, and S.-K. Min. 2019. "North American extreme precipitation events and related Large-Scale Meteorological Patterns: a review of statistical methods, dynamics, modeling, and trends." Climate Dynamics, 53 (11): 6835–6875 [10.1007/s00382-019-04958-z]

    Roca, R., L. V. Alexander, G. Potter, et al. M. Bador, R. Juc'a, S. Contractor, M. G. Bosilovich, and S. Cloch'e. 2019. "FROGS: a daily 1deg x1deg gridded precipitation database of rain gauge, satellite and reanalysis products." Earth System Science Data, 11 (3): 1017--1035 [10.5194/essd-11-1017-2019]

    Chen, X., X. Huang, X. Dong, et al. B. Xi, E. K. Dolinar, N. G. Loeb, S. Kato, P. W. Stackhouse, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2018. "Using AIRS and ARM SGP Clear-Sky Observations to Evaluate Meteorological Reanalyses: A Hyperspectral Radiance Closure Approach." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (20): 11,720-11,734 [10.1029/2018JD028850]

    Buizza, R., P. Poli, M. Rixen, et al. M. Alonso-Balmaseda, M. G. Bosilovich, S. Brönnimann, G. P. Compo, D. P. Dee, F. Desiato, M. Doutriaux-Boucher, M. Fujiwara, A. K. Kaiser-Weiss, S. Kobayashi, Z. Liu, S. Masina, P.-P. Mathieu, N. Rayner, C. Richter, S. I. Seneviratne, A. J. Simmons, J.-N. Thépaut, J. D. Auger, M. Bechtold, E. Berntell, B. Dong, M. Kozubek, K. Sharif, C. Thomas, S. Schimanke, A. Storto, M. Tuma, I. Välisuo, and A. Vaselali. 2018. "Advancing Global and Regional Reanalyses." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99 (8): ES139-ES144 [10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0312.1]

    S., M. Lockhoff, F. Fell, et al. J. Forsythe, T. Trent, R. Bennartz, E. Borbas, M. G. Bosilovich, E. Castelli, H. Hersbach, M. Kachi, S. Kobayashi, E. R. Kursinski, D. Loyola, C. Mears, R. Preusker, W. B. Rossow, and S. Saha. 2018. "The GEWEX Water Vapor Assessment archive of water vapour products from satellite observations and reanalyses." Earth System Science Data, 10 (2): 1093--1117 [10.5194/essd-10-1093-2018]

    Dirmeyer, P. A., L. Chen, J. Wu, et al. C.-S. Shin, B. Huang, B. A. Cash, M. G. Bosilovich, S. Mahanama, R. D. Koster, J. A. Santanello, M. B. Ek, G. Balsamo, E. Dutra, and D. M. Lawrence. 2018. "Verification of Land–Atmosphere Coupling in Forecast Models, Reanalyses, and Land Surface Models Using Flux Site Observations." Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19 (2): 375-392 [10.1175/jhm-d-17-0152.1]

    Gelaro, R., W. McCarty, M. J. Suárez, et al. R. Todling, A. Molod, L. Takacs, C. Randles, A. Darmenov, M. G. Bosilovich, R. Reichle, K. Wargan, L. Coy, R. Cullather, C. Draper, S. Akella, V. Buchard, A. Conaty, A. da Silva, W. Gu, G.-K. Kim, R. Koster, R. Lucchesi, D. Merkova, J. E. Nielsen, G. Partyka, S. Pawson, W. Putman, M. Rienecker, S. D. Schubert, M. Sienkiewicz, and B. Zhao. 2017. "The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)." Journal of Climate, 30: 5419–5454 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0758.1]

    Wang, G., D. Wang, K. E. Trenberth, et al. A. Erfanian, M. Yu, M. G. Bosilovich, and D. T. Parr. 2017. "The peak structure and future changes of the relationships between extreme precipitation and temperature." Nature Climate Change, 7 (4): 268-274 [10.1038/nclimate3239]

    Bosilovich, M. G., F. R. Robertson, L. Takacs, A. Molod, and D. M. Mocko. 2017. "Atmospheric water balance and variability in the MERRA-2 reanalysis." J. Climate, 30 (4): 1177-1196 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0338.1]

    Collow, A., M. G. Bosilovich, and R. D. Koster. 2016. "Large Scale Influences on Summertime Extreme Precipitation in the Northeastern United States." Journal of Hydrometeorology, JHM-D-16-0091.1 [10.1175/jhm-d-16-0091.1]

    Dirmeyer, P. A., J. Wu, H. E. Norton, et al. W. A. Dorigo, S. M. Quiring, T. W. Ford, J. A. Santanello, M. G. Bosilovich, M. B. Ek, R. D. Koster, G. Balsamo, and D. M. Lawrence. 2016. "Confronting Weather and Climate Models with Observational Data from Soil Moisture Networks over the United States." Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17 (4): 1049-1067 [10.1175/jhm-d-15-0196.1]

    Grotjahn, R., R. Black, R. Leung, et al. M. F. Wehner, M. Barlow, M. G. Bosilovich, A. Gershunov, W. J. Gutowski, J. R. Gyakum, R. W. Katz, Y.-Y. Lee, Y.-K. Lim, and Prabhat. 2016. "North American extreme temperature events and related large scale meteorological patterns: a review of statistical methods, dynamics, modeling, and trends." Climate Dynamics, 46 (3): 1151-1184 [10.1007/s00382-015-2638-6]

    L'Ecuyer, T. S., M. Rodell, W. S. Olson, et al. B. Lin, S. Kato, C. A. Clayson, E. Wood, J. Sheffield, R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, M. G. Bosilovich, G. Gu, F. Robertson, P. R. Houser, D. Chambers, J. S. Famiglietti, E. Fetzer, W. T. Liu, X. Gao, C. A. Schlosser, E. Clark, D. P. Lettenmaier, and K. Hilburn. 2015. "The Observed State of the Energy Budget in the Early Twenty-First Century." Journal of Climate, 28 (21): 8319–8346 [10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00556.1]

    Rodell, M., H. K. Beaudoing, T. S. L’Ecuyer, et al. W. S. Olson, J. S. Famiglietti, P. R. Houser, R. F. Adler, M. G. Bosilovich, C. A. Clayson, D. Chambers, E. Clark, E. J. Fetzer, X. Gao, G. Gu, K. Hilburn, G. J. Huffman, D. P. Lettenmaier, W. T. Liu, F. R. Robertson, C. A. Schlosser, J. Sheffield, and E. F. Wood. 2015. "The Observed State of the Water Cycle in the Early Twenty-First Century." Journal of Climate, 28 (21): 8289–8318 [10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00555.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., J.-D. Chern, D. M. Mocko, F. R. Robertson, and A. M. da Silva. 2015. "Evaluating observation influence on regional water budgets in reanalyses." J. Climate, 28 (9): 3631-3649 [10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00623.1]

    Robertson, F. R., M. G. Bosilovich, J. B. Roberts, et al. R. H. Reichle, R. F. Adler, L. Ricciardulli, W. Berg, and G. J. Huffman. 2014. "Consistency of Estimated Global Water Cycle Variations over the Satellite Era." J. Climate, 27 (16): 6135-6154 [10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00384.1]

    Dirmeyer, P. A., J. Wei, M. G. Bosilovich, and D. M. Mocko. 2014. "Comparing evaporative sources of terrestrial precipitation and their extremes in MERRA using relative entropy." J. Hydrometeor., 15 (1): 102-116 [10.1175/JHM-D-13-053.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G. 2013. "Regional Climate and Variability of NASA MERRA and Recent Reanalyses: U.S. Summertime Precipitation and Temperature." J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim, 52: 1939-1951 [10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0291.1]

    Wei, J., P. A. Dirmeyer, M. G. Bosilovich, and D. M. Mocko. 2013. "Where does the irrigation water go? An estimate of the contribution of irrigation to precipitation using MERRA." J. Hydrometeor., 14 (1): 275-289 [10.1175/JHM-D-12-079.1]

    Feng, X., M. Bosilovich, P. Houser, and J.-D. Chern. 2013. "Impact of land surface conditions on 2004 North American monsoon in GCM experiments." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118 (2): 293-305 [10.1029/2012JD018805]

    Bosilovich, M., A. Chauduri, and M. Rixen. 2013. "Earth System Reanalysis: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities." Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 94 (8): ES110-ES113 [10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00191.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., J. Kennedy, D. Dee, R. Allan, and A. O'Neill. 2013. "On the Reprocessing and Reanalysis of Observations for Climate." Climate Science for Serving Society, ISBN: 978-94-007-6691-4.

    Vinukollu, R., J. Sheffield, E. Wood, M. G. Bosilovich, and D. M. Mocko. 2012. "Multimodel analysis of energy and water fluxes: Intercomparisons between operational analyses, a land surface model, and remote sensing." J. Hydrometeor., 13 (1): 3-26 [10.1175/2011JHM1372.1]

    Decker, M., M. A. Brunke, Z. Wang, et al. K. Sakaguchi, X. Zeng, and M. Bosilovich. 2012. "Evaluation of the Reanalysis Products from GSFC, NCEP, and ECMWF Using Flux Tower Observations." J. Climate, 25 (6): 1916-1944 [10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00004.1]

    Roberts, J. B., F. R. Robertson, C. A. Clayson, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2012. "Characterization of Turbulent Latent and Sensible Heat Flux Exchange between the Atmosphere and Ocean in MERRA." J. Climate, 25 (3): 821-838 [10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00029.1]

    Wei, J., P. A. Dirmeyer, M. Bosilovich, and R. Wu. 2012. "Water vapor sources for Yangtze River Valley rainfall: Climatology, variability, and implications for rainfall forecasting." J. Geophys. Res., 117 (D5): D05126 [10.1029/2011JD016902]

    Cullather, R. I., and M. Bosilovich. 2012. "The Energy Budget of the Polar Atmosphere in MERRA." J. Climate, 25 (1): 5-24 [10.1175/2011JCLI4138.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., F. R. Robertson, and J. Chen. 2011. "Global Energy and Water Budgets in MERRA." Journal of Climate, 24 (MERRA Special Issue): [10.1175/2011JCLI4175.1]

    Brunke, M. A., Z. Wang, X. Zeng, M. Bosilovich, and C.-L. Shie. 2011. "An Assessment of the Uncertainties in Ocean Surface Turbulent Fluxes in 11 Reanalysis, Satellite-Derived, and Combined Global Datasets." Journal of Climate, 24 (21): 5469-5493 [10.1175/2011JCLI4223.1]

    Cullather, R. I., and M. Bosilovich. 2011. "The Moisture Budget of the Polar Atmosphere in MERRA." J. Climate, 24 (11): 2861-2879 [10.1175/2010JCLI4090.1]

    Robertson, F. R., M. Bosilovich, J. Chen, and T. Miller. 2011. "The Effect of Satellite Observing System Changes on MERRA Water and Energy Fluxes." Journal of Climate, 24 (20): 5197-5217 [10.1175/2011JCLI4227.1]

    Rienecker, M. M., M. J. Suarez, R. Gelaro, et al. R. Todling, J. Bacmeister, E. Liu, M. G. Bosilovich, S. D. Schubert, L. Takacs, G.-K. Kim, S. Bloom, J. Chen, D. Collins, A. Conaty, A. da Silva, W. Gu, J. Joiner, R. D. Koster, R. Lucchesi, A. Molod, T. Owens, S. Pawson, P. Pegion, C. R. Redder, R. H. Reichle, F. R. Robertson, A. G. Ruddick, M. Sienkiewicz, and J. Woollen. 2011. "MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications." J. Climate, 24 (14): 3624-3648 [10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00015.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., D. M. Mocko, J. O. Roads, and A. C. Ruane. 2009. "A multimodel analysis for the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP)." J. Hydrometeor., 10 (4): 912-934 [10.1175/2009JHM1090.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., J. Chen, F. R. Robertson, and R. Adler. 2008. "Evaluation of Global Precipitation in Reanalyses." J. Appl. Meteor. and Climat, 47:

    Chen, J. N., A. D. Del Genio, B. E. Carlson, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2008. "The Spatiotemporal Structure of Twentieth-Century Climate Variations in Observations and Reanalyses. Part II: Pacific Pan-Decadal Variability." J Climate, 21 (11): 2634-2650 [10.1175/2007JCLI2012.1]

    Chen, J. N., A. D. Del Genio, B. E. Carlson, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2008. "The Spatiotemporal Structure of Twentieth-Century Climate Variations in Observations and Reanalyses. Part I: Long-Term Trend." J Climate, 21 (11): 2611-2633 [10.1175/2007JCLI2011.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., J. Radakovich, A. M. Da Silva, R. Todling, and F. Verter. 2007. "Skin Temperature Analysis and Bias Correction in a Coupled Land-Atmosphere Data Assimilation System." Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 85A:

    Bosilovich, M. G., and J. Chern. 2006. "Simulation of Water Sources and Precipitation Recycling for the MacKenzie, Mississippi, and Amazon River Basins." J. Hydrometeor., 7 (3): 312-329 [10.1175/JHM501.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., and G.-K. Kim. 2006. "NASA's Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications." U.S. CLIVAR Variations, 4 (2): 5-8.

    Lawford, R., M. G. Bosilovich, S. Eden, et al. S. Benedict, C. Brown, A. Gruber, P. Houser, K. Hsu, J. Huang, W. K. Lau, T. Meyers, K. Mitchell, C. D. Peters-Lidard, J. Roads, M. Rodell, S. Sorooshian, D. Tarpley, and S. Williams. 2006. "U.S. Contributions to the CEOP." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87 (7): 927-939 [10.1175/BAMS-87-7-927]

    Bosilovich, M. G., S. D. Schubert, and G. K. Walker. 2005. "Global Changes of the Water Cycle Intensity." J. Climate, 18 (10): 1591-1608 [10.1175/JCLI3357.1]

    Atlas, R., O. Reale, B.-W. Shen, et al. S.-J. Lin, J.-D. Chern, W. Putman, T. Lee, K.-S. Yeh, M. Bosilovich, and J. Radakovich. 2005. "Hurricane forecasting with the high-resolution NASA finite volume general circulation model." Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (3): L03807 [10.1029/2004GL021513]

    Oleson, K. W., Y. Dai, G. Bonan, et al. M. Bosilovich, R. Dickinson, P. Dermeyer, F. Hoffman, P. Houser, S. Levis, G.-Y. Niu, P. Thornton, M. Vertenstein, Z.-L. Yang, and X. Zeng. 2004. "Technical Description of the Community Land Model (CLM)." NCAR Technical Note, 186 pp.

    Rodell, M., P. R. Houser, U. Jambor, et al. J. Gottschalck, K. Mitchell, C.-J. Meng, K. Arsenault, B. Cosgrove, J. Radakovich, M. Bosilovich, J. K. Entin, J. P. Walker, D. Lohmann, and D. Toll. 2004. "The Global Land Data Assimilation System." BAMS, 381-394.

    Bosilovich, M. G., Y. C. Sud, S. D. Schubert, and G. K. Walker. 2003. "Numerical simulation of the large-scale North American monsoon water sources." J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D16): 8614 [10.1029/2002JD003095]

    Dai, Y., X. Zeng, R. E. Dickinson, et al. I. Baker, G. B. Bonan, M. G. Bosilovich, A. S. Denning, P. A. Dirmeyer, P. R. Houser, G. Niu, K. W. Oleson, C. A. Schlosser, and Z.-L. Yang. 2003. "The Common Land Model." Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 84 (8): 1013-1023 [10.1175/BAMS-84-8-1013]

    Betts, A. K., J. H. Ball, M. G. Bosilovich, et al. P. Viterbo, Y. Zhang, and W. B. Rossow. 2003. "Intercomparison of water and energy budgets for five Mississippi subbasins between ECMWF reanalysis (ERA-40) and NASA Data Assimilation Office fvGCM for 1990–1999." J Geophys Res, 108 (D16): 8618 [10.1029/2002JD003127]

    Dai, Y., X. Zeng, R. Dickinson, et al. I. Baker, G. Bonan, M. Bosilovich, A. Denning, P. Dermeyer, P. Houser, G. Niu, K. Oleson, C. Schlosser, and Z. Yang. 2003. "The Common Land Model." BAMS, 84 (8): 1013-1023.

    Non-Refereed

    Bosilovich, M. G., S. R. Akella, L. Coy, et al. R. I. Cullather, C. S. Draper, R. Gelaro, R. M. Kovach, Q. Liu, A. M. Molod, P. M. Norris, K. Wargan, C. Yang, R. H. Reichle, L. L. Takacs, Y. V. Vikhliaev, S. C. Bloom, A. Collow, S. Firth, G. J. Labow, G. S. Partyka, S. Pawson, O. Reale, S. D. Schubert, and M. J. Suarez. 2015. "MERRA-2: Initial Evaluation of the Climate." NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 43 (NASA/TM–2015–10): 139 pp.

    Gelaro, R., W. M. Putman, S. Pawson, et al. C. S. Draper, A. M. Molod, P. M. Norris, L. E. Ott, N. C. Privé, O. Reale, D. Achuthavarier, M. G. Bosilovich, V. J. Buchard, W. C. Chao, L. Coy, R. I. Cullather, A. M. Da Silva, A. S. Darmenov, R. M. Errico, M. Fuentes, M.-J. Kim, R. D. Koster, W. R. Mccarty, J. Nattala, G. S. Partyka, S. D. Schubert, G. R. Vernieres, Y. V. Vikhliaev, and K. Wargan. 2015. "Evaluation of the 7-km GEOS-5 Nature Run." NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 36 (NASA/TM-2014-104606):

    Brief Bio

    I gained interest in the weather from a 9th grade Earth science class. While studying meteorology in college, became pasionate about numerical prediction which applies computers and code to emulate the weather. Now I work with reanalyses which attempts to bring out the best of models and observations of weather and climate. I aim to learn about the interactions of the Earth system through observations and models, and how to best use this data in reasearch and applications.

    Brief Bio

    I gained interest in the weather from a 9th grade Earth science class. While studying meteorology in college, became pasionate about numerical prediction which applies computers and code to emulate the weather. Now I work with reanalyses which attempts to bring out the best of models and observations of weather and climate. I aim to learn about the interactions of the Earth system through observations and models, and how to best use this data in reasearch and applications.

    Selected Publications

    Refereed

    Thomas, N. P., M. G. Bosilovich, A. B. Marquardt Collow, et al. R. D. Koster, S. D. Schubert, A. Dezfuli, and S. P. Mahanama. 2020. "Mechanisms Associated with Daytime and Nighttime Heat Waves over the Contiguous United States." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 59 (11): 1865-1882 [10.1175/jamc-d-20-0053.1]

    Collow, A. B., H. Mersiovsky, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2020. "Large-Scale Influences on Atmospheric River Induced Extreme Precipitation Events Along the Coast of Washington State." Journal of Hydrometeorology (In Press) [10.1175/jhm-d-19-0272.1]

    Collow, A. B., R. I. Cullather, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2020. "Recent Arctic Ocean Surface Air Temperatures in Atmospheric Reanalyses and Numerical Simulations." Journal of Climate 33 (10): 4347–4367 [10.1175/jcli-d-19-0703.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., F. R. Robertson, and P. Stackhouse. 2020. "El Niño Related Tropical Land Surface Water and Energy Response in MERRA-2." Journal of Climate 33 (3): 1155–1176 [https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0231.1]

    Barlow, M., W. J. Gutowski, J. R. Gyakum, et al. R. W. Katz, Y.-K. Lim, R. S. Schumacher, M. F. Wehner, L. Agel, M. G. Bosilovich, A. Collow, A. Gershunov, R. Grotjahn, R. Leung, S. Milrad, and S.-K. Min. 2019. "North American extreme precipitation events and related Large-Scale Meteorological Patterns: a review of statistical methods, dynamics, modeling, and trends." Climate Dynamics 53 (11): 6835–6875 [10.1007/s00382-019-04958-z]

    Roca, R., L. V. Alexander, G. Potter, et al. M. Bador, R. Juc'a, S. Contractor, M. G. Bosilovich, and S. Cloch'e. 2019. "FROGS: a daily 1deg x1deg gridded precipitation database of rain gauge, satellite and reanalysis products." Earth System Science Data 11 (3): 1017--1035 [10.5194/essd-11-1017-2019]

    Chen, X., X. Huang, X. Dong, et al. B. Xi, E. K. Dolinar, N. G. Loeb, S. Kato, P. W. Stackhouse, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2018. "Using AIRS and ARM SGP Clear-Sky Observations to Evaluate Meteorological Reanalyses: A Hyperspectral Radiance Closure Approach." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123 (20): 11,720-11,734 [10.1029/2018JD028850]

    Buizza, R., P. Poli, M. Rixen, et al. M. Alonso-Balmaseda, M. G. Bosilovich, S. Brönnimann, G. P. Compo, D. P. Dee, F. Desiato, M. Doutriaux-Boucher, M. Fujiwara, A. K. Kaiser-Weiss, S. Kobayashi, Z. Liu, S. Masina, P.-P. Mathieu, N. Rayner, C. Richter, S. I. Seneviratne, A. J. Simmons, J.-N. Thépaut, J. D. Auger, M. Bechtold, E. Berntell, B. Dong, M. Kozubek, K. Sharif, C. Thomas, S. Schimanke, A. Storto, M. Tuma, I. Välisuo, and A. Vaselali. 2018. "Advancing Global and Regional Reanalyses." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 99 (8): ES139-ES144 [10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0312.1]

    S., M. Lockhoff, F. Fell, et al. J. Forsythe, T. Trent, R. Bennartz, E. Borbas, M. G. Bosilovich, E. Castelli, H. Hersbach, M. Kachi, S. Kobayashi, E. R. Kursinski, D. Loyola, C. Mears, R. Preusker, W. B. Rossow, and S. Saha. 2018. "The GEWEX Water Vapor Assessment archive of water vapour products from satellite observations and reanalyses." Earth System Science Data 10 (2): 1093--1117 [10.5194/essd-10-1093-2018]

    Dirmeyer, P. A., L. Chen, J. Wu, et al. C.-S. Shin, B. Huang, B. A. Cash, M. G. Bosilovich, S. Mahanama, R. D. Koster, J. A. Santanello, M. B. Ek, G. Balsamo, E. Dutra, and D. M. Lawrence. 2018. "Verification of Land–Atmosphere Coupling in Forecast Models, Reanalyses, and Land Surface Models Using Flux Site Observations." Journal of Hydrometeorology 19 (2): 375-392 [10.1175/jhm-d-17-0152.1]

    Gelaro, R., W. McCarty, M. J. Suárez, et al. R. Todling, A. Molod, L. Takacs, C. Randles, A. Darmenov, M. G. Bosilovich, R. Reichle, K. Wargan, L. Coy, R. Cullather, C. Draper, S. Akella, V. Buchard, A. Conaty, A. da Silva, W. Gu, G.-K. Kim, R. Koster, R. Lucchesi, D. Merkova, J. E. Nielsen, G. Partyka, S. Pawson, W. Putman, M. Rienecker, S. D. Schubert, M. Sienkiewicz, and B. Zhao. 2017. "The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)." Journal of Climate 30 5419–5454 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0758.1]

    Wang, G., D. Wang, K. E. Trenberth, et al. A. Erfanian, M. Yu, M. G. Bosilovich, and D. T. Parr. 2017. "The peak structure and future changes of the relationships between extreme precipitation and temperature." Nature Climate Change 7 (4): 268-274 [10.1038/nclimate3239]

    Bosilovich, M. G., F. R. Robertson, L. Takacs, A. Molod, and D. M. Mocko. 2017. "Atmospheric water balance and variability in the MERRA-2 reanalysis." J. Climate 30 (4): 1177-1196 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0338.1]

    Collow, A., M. G. Bosilovich, and R. D. Koster. 2016. "Large Scale Influences on Summertime Extreme Precipitation in the Northeastern United States." Journal of Hydrometeorology JHM-D-16-0091.1 [10.1175/jhm-d-16-0091.1]

    Dirmeyer, P. A., J. Wu, H. E. Norton, et al. W. A. Dorigo, S. M. Quiring, T. W. Ford, J. A. Santanello, M. G. Bosilovich, M. B. Ek, R. D. Koster, G. Balsamo, and D. M. Lawrence. 2016. "Confronting Weather and Climate Models with Observational Data from Soil Moisture Networks over the United States." Journal of Hydrometeorology 17 (4): 1049-1067 [10.1175/jhm-d-15-0196.1]

    Grotjahn, R., R. Black, R. Leung, et al. M. F. Wehner, M. Barlow, M. G. Bosilovich, A. Gershunov, W. J. Gutowski, J. R. Gyakum, R. W. Katz, Y.-Y. Lee, Y.-K. Lim, and Prabhat. 2016. "North American extreme temperature events and related large scale meteorological patterns: a review of statistical methods, dynamics, modeling, and trends." Climate Dynamics 46 (3): 1151-1184 [10.1007/s00382-015-2638-6]

    L'Ecuyer, T. S., M. Rodell, W. S. Olson, et al. B. Lin, S. Kato, C. A. Clayson, E. Wood, J. Sheffield, R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, M. G. Bosilovich, G. Gu, F. Robertson, P. R. Houser, D. Chambers, J. S. Famiglietti, E. Fetzer, W. T. Liu, X. Gao, C. A. Schlosser, E. Clark, D. P. Lettenmaier, and K. Hilburn. 2015. "The Observed State of the Energy Budget in the Early Twenty-First Century." Journal of Climate 28 (21): 8319–8346 [10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00556.1]

    Rodell, M., H. K. Beaudoing, T. S. L’Ecuyer, et al. W. S. Olson, J. S. Famiglietti, P. R. Houser, R. F. Adler, M. G. Bosilovich, C. A. Clayson, D. Chambers, E. Clark, E. J. Fetzer, X. Gao, G. Gu, K. Hilburn, G. J. Huffman, D. P. Lettenmaier, W. T. Liu, F. R. Robertson, C. A. Schlosser, J. Sheffield, and E. F. Wood. 2015. "The Observed State of the Water Cycle in the Early Twenty-First Century." Journal of Climate 28 (21): 8289–8318 [10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00555.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., J.-D. Chern, D. M. Mocko, F. R. Robertson, and A. M. da Silva. 2015. "Evaluating observation influence on regional water budgets in reanalyses." J. Climate 28 (9): 3631-3649 [10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00623.1]

    Robertson, F. R., M. G. Bosilovich, J. B. Roberts, et al. R. H. Reichle, R. F. Adler, L. Ricciardulli, W. Berg, and G. J. Huffman. 2014. "Consistency of Estimated Global Water Cycle Variations over the Satellite Era." J. Climate 27 (16): 6135-6154 [10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00384.1]

    Dirmeyer, P. A., J. Wei, M. G. Bosilovich, and D. M. Mocko. 2014. "Comparing evaporative sources of terrestrial precipitation and their extremes in MERRA using relative entropy." J. Hydrometeor. 15 (1): 102-116 [10.1175/JHM-D-13-053.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G. 2013. "Regional Climate and Variability of NASA MERRA and Recent Reanalyses: U.S. Summertime Precipitation and Temperature." J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim 52 1939-1951 [10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0291.1]

    Wei, J., P. A. Dirmeyer, M. G. Bosilovich, and D. M. Mocko. 2013. "Where does the irrigation water go? An estimate of the contribution of irrigation to precipitation using MERRA." J. Hydrometeor. 14 (1): 275-289 [10.1175/JHM-D-12-079.1]

    Feng, X., M. Bosilovich, P. Houser, and J.-D. Chern. 2013. "Impact of land surface conditions on 2004 North American monsoon in GCM experiments." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 118 (2): 293-305 [10.1029/2012JD018805]

    Bosilovich, M., A. Chauduri, and M. Rixen. 2013. "Earth System Reanalysis: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities." Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 94 (8): ES110-ES113 [10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00191.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., J. Kennedy, D. Dee, R. Allan, and A. O'Neill. 2013. "On the Reprocessing and Reanalysis of Observations for Climate." Climate Science for Serving Society

    Vinukollu, R., J. Sheffield, E. Wood, M. G. Bosilovich, and D. M. Mocko. 2012. "Multimodel analysis of energy and water fluxes: Intercomparisons between operational analyses, a land surface model, and remote sensing." J. Hydrometeor. 13 (1): 3-26 [10.1175/2011JHM1372.1]

    Decker, M., M. A. Brunke, Z. Wang, et al. K. Sakaguchi, X. Zeng, and M. Bosilovich. 2012. "Evaluation of the Reanalysis Products from GSFC, NCEP, and ECMWF Using Flux Tower Observations." J. Climate 25 (6): 1916-1944 [10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00004.1]

    Roberts, J. B., F. R. Robertson, C. A. Clayson, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2012. "Characterization of Turbulent Latent and Sensible Heat Flux Exchange between the Atmosphere and Ocean in MERRA." J. Climate 25 (3): 821-838 [10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00029.1]

    Wei, J., P. A. Dirmeyer, M. Bosilovich, and R. Wu. 2012. "Water vapor sources for Yangtze River Valley rainfall: Climatology, variability, and implications for rainfall forecasting." J. Geophys. Res. 117 (D5): D05126 [10.1029/2011JD016902]

    Cullather, R. I., and M. Bosilovich. 2012. "The Energy Budget of the Polar Atmosphere in MERRA." J. Climate 25 (1): 5-24 [10.1175/2011JCLI4138.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., F. R. Robertson, and J. Chen. 2011. "Global Energy and Water Budgets in MERRA." Journal of Climate 24 (MERRA Special Issue): [10.1175/2011JCLI4175.1]

    Brunke, M. A., Z. Wang, X. Zeng, M. Bosilovich, and C.-L. Shie. 2011. "An Assessment of the Uncertainties in Ocean Surface Turbulent Fluxes in 11 Reanalysis, Satellite-Derived, and Combined Global Datasets." Journal of Climate 24 (21): 5469-5493 [10.1175/2011JCLI4223.1]

    Cullather, R. I., and M. Bosilovich. 2011. "The Moisture Budget of the Polar Atmosphere in MERRA." J. Climate 24 (11): 2861-2879 [10.1175/2010JCLI4090.1]

    Robertson, F. R., M. Bosilovich, J. Chen, and T. Miller. 2011. "The Effect of Satellite Observing System Changes on MERRA Water and Energy Fluxes." Journal of Climate 24 (20): 5197-5217 [10.1175/2011JCLI4227.1]

    Rienecker, M. M., M. J. Suarez, R. Gelaro, et al. R. Todling, J. Bacmeister, E. Liu, M. G. Bosilovich, S. D. Schubert, L. Takacs, G.-K. Kim, S. Bloom, J. Chen, D. Collins, A. Conaty, A. da Silva, W. Gu, J. Joiner, R. D. Koster, R. Lucchesi, A. Molod, T. Owens, S. Pawson, P. Pegion, C. R. Redder, R. H. Reichle, F. R. Robertson, A. G. Ruddick, M. Sienkiewicz, and J. Woollen. 2011. "MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications." J. Climate 24 (14): 3624-3648 [10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00015.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., D. M. Mocko, J. O. Roads, and A. C. Ruane. 2009. "A multimodel analysis for the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP)." J. Hydrometeor. 10 (4): 912-934 [10.1175/2009JHM1090.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., J. Chen, F. R. Robertson, and R. Adler. 2008. "Evaluation of Global Precipitation in Reanalyses." J. Appl. Meteor. and Climat 47

    Chen, J. N., A. D. Del Genio, B. E. Carlson, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2008. "The Spatiotemporal Structure of Twentieth-Century Climate Variations in Observations and Reanalyses. Part II: Pacific Pan-Decadal Variability." J Climate 21 (11): 2634-2650 [10.1175/2007JCLI2012.1]

    Chen, J. N., A. D. Del Genio, B. E. Carlson, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2008. "The Spatiotemporal Structure of Twentieth-Century Climate Variations in Observations and Reanalyses. Part I: Long-Term Trend." J Climate 21 (11): 2611-2633 [10.1175/2007JCLI2011.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., J. Radakovich, A. M. Da Silva, R. Todling, and F. Verter. 2007. "Skin Temperature Analysis and Bias Correction in a Coupled Land-Atmosphere Data Assimilation System." Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan 85A

    Bosilovich, M. G., and J. Chern. 2006. "Simulation of Water Sources and Precipitation Recycling for the MacKenzie, Mississippi, and Amazon River Basins." J. Hydrometeor. 7 (3): 312-329 [10.1175/JHM501.1]

    Bosilovich, M. G., and G.-K. Kim. 2006. "NASA's Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications." U.S. CLIVAR Variations 4 (2): 5-8

    Lawford, R., M. G. Bosilovich, S. Eden, et al. S. Benedict, C. Brown, A. Gruber, P. Houser, K. Hsu, J. Huang, W. K. Lau, T. Meyers, K. Mitchell, C. D. Peters-Lidard, J. Roads, M. Rodell, S. Sorooshian, D. Tarpley, and S. Williams. 2006. "U.S. Contributions to the CEOP." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 87 (7): 927-939 [10.1175/BAMS-87-7-927]

    Bosilovich, M. G., S. D. Schubert, and G. K. Walker. 2005. "Global Changes of the Water Cycle Intensity." J. Climate 18 (10): 1591-1608 [10.1175/JCLI3357.1]

    Atlas, R., O. Reale, B.-W. Shen, et al. S.-J. Lin, J.-D. Chern, W. Putman, T. Lee, K.-S. Yeh, M. Bosilovich, and J. Radakovich. 2005. "Hurricane forecasting with the high-resolution NASA finite volume general circulation model." Geophys. Res. Lett. 32 (3): L03807 [10.1029/2004GL021513]

    Oleson, K. W., Y. Dai, G. Bonan, et al. M. Bosilovich, R. Dickinson, P. Dermeyer, F. Hoffman, P. Houser, S. Levis, G.-Y. Niu, P. Thornton, M. Vertenstein, Z.-L. Yang, and X. Zeng. 2004. "Technical Description of the Community Land Model (CLM)." NCAR Technical Note 186 pp

    Rodell, M., P. R. Houser, U. Jambor, et al. J. Gottschalck, K. Mitchell, C.-J. Meng, K. Arsenault, B. Cosgrove, J. Radakovich, M. Bosilovich, J. K. Entin, J. P. Walker, D. Lohmann, and D. Toll. 2004. "The Global Land Data Assimilation System." BAMS 381-394

    Bosilovich, M. G., Y. C. Sud, S. D. Schubert, and G. K. Walker. 2003. "Numerical simulation of the large-scale North American monsoon water sources." J. Geophys. Res. 108 (D16): 8614 [10.1029/2002JD003095]

    Dai, Y., X. Zeng, R. E. Dickinson, et al. I. Baker, G. B. Bonan, M. G. Bosilovich, A. S. Denning, P. A. Dirmeyer, P. R. Houser, G. Niu, K. W. Oleson, C. A. Schlosser, and Z.-L. Yang. 2003. "The Common Land Model." Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 84 (8): 1013-1023 [10.1175/BAMS-84-8-1013]

    Betts, A. K., J. H. Ball, M. G. Bosilovich, et al. P. Viterbo, Y. Zhang, and W. B. Rossow. 2003. "Intercomparison of water and energy budgets for five Mississippi subbasins between ECMWF reanalysis (ERA-40) and NASA Data Assimilation Office fvGCM for 1990–1999." J Geophys Res 108 (D16): 8618 [10.1029/2002JD003127]

    Dai, Y., X. Zeng, R. Dickinson, et al. I. Baker, G. Bonan, M. Bosilovich, A. Denning, P. Dermeyer, P. Houser, G. Niu, K. Oleson, C. Schlosser, and Z. Yang. 2003. "The Common Land Model." BAMS 84 (8): 1013-1023

    Non-Refereed

    Bosilovich, M. G., S. R. Akella, L. Coy, et al. R. I. Cullather, C. S. Draper, R. Gelaro, R. M. Kovach, Q. Liu, A. M. Molod, P. M. Norris, K. Wargan, C. Yang, R. H. Reichle, L. L. Takacs, Y. V. Vikhliaev, S. C. Bloom, A. Collow, S. Firth, G. J. Labow, G. S. Partyka, S. Pawson, O. Reale, S. D. Schubert, and M. J. Suarez. 2015. "MERRA-2: Initial Evaluation of the Climate." NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 43 (NASA/TM–2015–10) 139 pp.

    Gelaro, R., W. M. Putman, S. Pawson, et al. C. S. Draper, A. M. Molod, P. M. Norris, L. E. Ott, N. C. Privé, O. Reale, D. Achuthavarier, M. G. Bosilovich, V. J. Buchard, W. C. Chao, L. Coy, R. I. Cullather, A. M. Da Silva, A. S. Darmenov, R. M. Errico, M. Fuentes, M.-J. Kim, R. D. Koster, W. R. Mccarty, J. Nattala, G. S. Partyka, S. D. Schubert, G. R. Vernieres, Y. V. Vikhliaev, and K. Wargan. 2015. "Evaluation of the 7-km GEOS-5 Nature Run." NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 36 (NASA/TM-2014-104606):

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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