SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM VITAE OF ALI BEHRANGI

Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences,1133 E. James E. Rogers Way, The

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; Tel: (520)626-6639; Behrangi@email.arizona.edu

I. Education, Employment, and Honors

Education; Received Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, hydrometeorology from University

of California, Irvine in 2009, Postdoctoral scholar from Caltech (2010-2012).

Chronology of Employment; Associate Professor, U. of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and

Atmospheric Sciences (since 01/2018) and Joint Associate Prof. in the Department of Geosciences, the

Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, Institute of Environment, Remote

Sensing & Spatial Analysis, Scientist, NASA JPL, California Institute of Technology (2012-2018); Visiting

Associate Researcher, U. of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (2015-2018).

Top Honors and Awards: Fellow, Kavli Frontiers of Science, National Academy of Sciences (2017),

NASA Early Career Achievement Medal (2016), WCRP/GEWEX Outstanding Early Career Award,

NASA New Investigator Program Award, NASA JPL Science Division team award, NASA JPL award for

development of AIRS based drought prediction, NASA JPL Outstanding Postdoc Research Award.

II. Research

Area of Specialization: Multi-sensor remote sensing of precipitation, Remote sensing of water cycle,

hydrologic modeling, Weather and climate extremes, Global water and energy budget analysis,

Observation-based assessment of climate models, Machine Learning, Applied sciences.

Publications: 75 Peer-reviewed journal articles and 5+ book chapters and technical reports.

Citation record: Google citation index is 22 with total ~1800 citations (~1600+ since 2014).

Presentations: Gave 26 invited presentations/keynote talks and 100+ talks or contributed talks.

Research Grants: Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI of current total grants of $12+M from Federal

Agencies (e.g., NASA and NOAA), and collaboration with $33M+ funded projects.

III. Service

Current Significant Extramural Advisory Committee and leads: lead member of the World Climate

Research Program (WCRP) weather and climate extreme grand challenge (https://www.wcrp-

climate.org/gc-extremes-members), U.S. Member of the Joint CCl/WCRP/JCOMM Expert Team On

Climate Change Detection And Indices (ETCCDI), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Advisory

team for assessment of Operational Space-based Weather and Climate Extremes Monitoring (2017),

Research and Application working group co-chairs for the International Precipitation Working Group

(IPWG) (2014, 2016, 2018), and 15+ session and/or conference co-chair and co-organizer. Associate Editor:

J of Hydrometeorology and J of Remote sensing. Reviewer 10+proposals, 60+papers, also IPCC AR6.

University of Arizona (since joining U of A in 2018): Faculty Senator-at-Large, Earth Dynamics

Observatory Executive member, Judge for the U of A 2018 El Día del Agua y La Atmósfera Student

Symposium (2018), Member of the Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Graduate Interdisciplinary

Programs Ph.D. minor program, Participate in the five-year review of the Arizona State Museum (ASM)

Director Review Committee (March 2019), Co-organizing few workshops.

IV. Teaching and Educational Activities: Courses: Created and taught 2 grad courses, and taught a general education course with 130+ students.

Mentoring: Served/Serving as committee member on 10+ MS and Ph.D. dissertations, directly supervising

and supporting 5 master and Ph.D. students (since joining U of A in 2018), 6 post-doctoral scholars (2 in

U of A), 2 undergraduate interns, plus 7 grad students from other universities in the past.

Group member successes: Among my former post docs, one with NASA GSFC, one with UCLA, one

with ASU, one with the National Severe Storm Laboratory-OU, and one GS at NASA JPL.

CURRICULUM VITAE OF ALI BEHRANGI

Chronology of Education

University of California, Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, hydrology Ph.D. 2009

Thesis Title: Improved Global High-Resolution Precipitation Estimation Using Multi-

Satellite Multi-Spectral Information;

Advisors: Professors Soroosh Sorooshian, James Famiglietti, and K. Hsu.

Sharif University of Technology Civil and Environmental Engineering M.S. 2002

Sharif University of Technology Civil and Environmental Engineering B.S. 1999

Chronology of Employment

Associate Professor, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences

Joint Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona (2018-present)

Joint Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics

(College of Engineering), University of Arizona (2018-present)

Associate Professor, Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis – GIDP (2019-present)

Affiliate, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (2018-present)

Scientist 4, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (2015-2018)

Scientist 3, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (2012-2015)

Visiting Associate Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Joint Institute for

Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (2014-2018)

Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2010–2012);

Advisor: Bjorn Lambrigtsen)

Internship, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) (Summer 2008)

Research Assistant, Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS), UC Irvine, CA

(2005-2009)

Industry, SABIR Dam and Water Works Construction Co., Iran (2002-2005)

Researcher, Water resources research center, Iran (2001-2003)

Honors and Awards

Fellow, Kavli Frontiers of Science, National Academy of Sciences (2017)

Invitee/Speaker: National Academy of Sciences, 2017 Korean American Frontiers (National

Academy of Sciences, Beckman Center, Irvine, CA; 2017)

NASA JPL award for development of AIRS based drought indicator and prediction (2017)

NASA JPL Science Division team award (2017)

NASA Early Career Achievement Medal (2016)

NASA New Investigator Program (NIP) award (2014)

WCRP/GEWEX Outstanding Early Career Award (2014)

NASA JPL Team Award (800), Water Cycle Workshop (2013)

NASA JPL Outstanding Postdoc Research Award (2012)

NASA Earth and Space Science (NESSF) fellowship (2008-2010)

Outstanding Achievement in Doctoral Education in Civil Engineering from the Association of

Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage (2010)

Award recipient of Excellence in Engineering Education, sponsored by the Society of

American Iranian Engineers and Architectures (2010)

AGU Fall meeting “Outstanding Student Paper Award” (2010)

NASA GSRP, Goddard Space Flight Center award (2008)

Fariborz Maseeh Best Research Poster Award in the Seventh Annual “California: Prosperity

through Technology” Industry Research Symposium(2008)

Research and travel grant from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine(2007)

Final nominee, Chair Tavakoli award of year, SUT (2002).

Service/Outreach

Local/State Outreach

Giving a talk on remote sensing of the water cycle at Academy Village (senior

living community, Tucson), February 2020.

Hosting the international annual meeting of the Global Energy and Water cycle

Exchanges (GEWEX) Data and Analysis Panel (GDAP) in Tucson, University

of Arizona, Jan 22-24th, 2020.

Supporting and advising Iranian Students Cultural Association in Tucson

(ICAT), which helps foster friendship among different cultural groups, and to

provide a source of union and support for the Iranian community in Tucson

(2019-present)

Undergraduate student mentorship and retention.

Supporting and mentoring undergraduate students (2019-present)

2013 Consulting AIR Worldwide Corporation, extreme precipitation reliability

National/International Outreach

o Editorial Board Roles:

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Remote sensing

o Proposal Reviewer: NASA (10+), NOAA (1 panel), Qatar National Research Fund (2

proposals), Canadian Space Agency (2 proposals), City University of New York

internal grant competition (1 proposal), University of South Carolina internal grant

competition (1 proposal), Rowan University internal grant competition (1 proposal),

Rowan University internal grant competition (1 proposal), JPL-Caltech internal

funding (2), JPL EVI and EVS proposal internal evaluation (2).

o Journal Articles Reviewer: More than 100 Articles for Various Peer-Review Journals

(Nature Geoscience, Geophysical Research Letters, Water Resources Research,

Journal of Geophysical Research, J of Climate, Remote sensing of Environment, J of

Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Bulletin of the American Meteorological

Society, Scientific report, Hydrology, Environmental Research Letter, Natural Hazards

and Earth System Sciences, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmosphere,

Hydrometeorology, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Remote

sensing, water, International Journal of Climatology, Atmospheric Research,

International Journal of Remote Sensing, Meteorological Society of Japan, Hydrology

and Earth System Sciences Discussions, Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology,

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society)

o NASA CloudSat continuity assessment review team,

o Invited participant in NASA efforts to define science objectives along the designated

foundational observations recommended for NASA by the recent national academy

decadal survey report:

Aerosol and Cloud, Convection and Precipitation (ACCP)

Mass Change

o Providing Expert Reviewer on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Assessment Report 6 (AR6) (June 2019).

o Professional Society Roles

World Climate Research Program (WCRP)

Lead member of the WCRP weather and climate extreme grand

challenge (https://www.wcrp-climate.org/gc-extremes-members)

(2014-present)

Conference Session Chair or Co-Chair

o Scientific Steering Committee and session chair: Workshop on

“Data requirements to address the WCRP Grand Challenge on

Weather and Climate Extremes, WCRP/GEWEX/extreme

panel, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Feb.

2015.

o WCRP weather and climate extreme panel member, the 13th

international meeting on statistical climatology, Canmore,

Alberta, Canada, June 2016

U.S. Member of the Joint CCl/WCRP/JCOMM Expert Team On Climate

Change Detection And Indices (ET-CCDI) (total of 13 international members)

(https://www.wcrp-climate.org/etccdi-members), (2015-present)

Lead member, GEWEX MOUNTerrain: https://www.gewex.org/mounterrain/

(2017-2018)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Member of the invited committee (total of 22) for assessment of

Operational Space-based Weather and Climate Extremes Monitoring,

Geneva, Switzerland (2017)

International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG)

Research working group chair: The 9th International Precipitation

Working Group, Seoul, South Korea, 5-9 November 2018

Co-lead GEWEX-GDAP/CGMS-IPWG precipitation assessment

report on Consistency (presented in 9th IPWG 2018).

Research Working group chair: The 8th International Precipitation

Working Group, Bologna, Italy, 3-7 October 2016

Application Working group chair: The 7th International Precipitation

Working Group, Tsukuba, Japan, 17-21 November 2014

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Member of Precipitation Committee (2012-2013)

Conference Session Chair, Convener, or Co-Chair:

o 2019 AGU Fall Meeting: Utilizing Precipitation Datasets and

Quantifying Associated Uncertainties in Hydrometeorological

and Climate Impact Applications

o 2018 AGU Fall Meeting: Utilizing Precipitation Datasets and

Quantifying Associated Uncertainties in Hydrometeorological

and Climate Impact Applications

o 2017 AGU Fall Meeting: Utilizing Precipitation Datasets and

Quantifying Associated Uncertainties in Hydrometeorological

and Climate Impact Applications

o 2016 AGU Fall Meeting: Utilizing Precipitation Datasets and

Quantifying Associated Uncertainties in Hydrometeorological

and Climate Impact Applications

o 2015 AGU Fall Meeting: Utilizing Precipitation Datasets and

Quantifying Associated Uncertainties in Hydrometeorological

and Climate Impact Applications

o 2014 AGU Fall Meeting: Utilizing Precipitation Datasets and

Quantifying Associated Uncertainties in Hydrometeorological

and Climate Impact Applications

o 2013 AGU Fall Meeting: Utilizing Precipitation Datasets and

Quantifying Associated Uncertainties in Hydrometeorological

and Climate Impact Applications

o 2012 AGU Fall Meeting: Utilizing Precipitation Datasets and

Quantifying Associated Uncertainties in Hydrometeorological

and Climate Impact Applications

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Co-organizer: Water Cycle Workshop (Water in a Changing Climate:

The Science )

NASA HQ

Invited to participate in workshops and discussions on two designated

foundational observations (ACCP and Mass Change) recommended for

NASA by the recent national academy decadal survey report (2019-

present)

Departmental Committees

o Judge for the U of A 2018 El Día del Agua y La Atmósfera Student Symposium (2018).

o Inviting/hosting visitors and speakers to the university/department.

College Committees

o Earth Dynamics Observatory Executive member (2018-present)

o Faculty Member of the Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Graduate

Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDP) Ph.D. minor program.

o Member of reading group on machine learning centered at the department of computer

science.

University Committees

o Senator-at-Large (2019-present)

o Member of the University of Arizona Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis GIDP

Ph.D. minor program

Other Committees

o Participate in the five-year review of the ASM Director, Dr. Patrick Lyons, per

invitation from Robert J. Miller, Arizona State Museum (ASM) Director Review

Committee Chair (March 2019)

o Member of Student CubeSat design team, working with students from the Department

of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, student-to-launch initiative- fall 2018,

spring 2019.

o Member of the organizing team for the Earth Dynamic Observatory retreat in U of A:

(March 2019)

o Member of the Chemistry Building Renovation Faculty Focus Group - November 1,

2019.

o Member of the Arizona’s Science, Engineering, and Math Scholars (ASEMS) resource

center

Publications/Creative Activity

Scholarly Books And Monographs

N/A

Chapters in Scholarly Books and Monographs

o Behrangi, A. 2020, contribution of chapter” Remote sensing of precipitation over the

northern high latitudes: Challenges and opportunities” to Arctic hydrology, permafrost,

and ecosystem: linkages and interactions. Daqing Yang, Douglas Kane (Editors),

Springer Nature Switzerland AG, in print

o Behrangi, A. 2019, contribution of chapter “Improving high-latitude and cold region

precipitation analysis” in Satellite precipitation measurement book, Springer, ISBN

978-3-030-24568-9; in print.

o K.L. Hsu, A. Behrangi, B. Imam, S. Sorooshian, 2009 “Extreme Precipitation

Estimation Using Satellite-Based PERSIANN-CCS Algorithm”, Satellite Rainfall

Applications for Surface Hydrology. (Editors: F. Hossain, and M. Gebremichael),

Springer Science and Business Media B.V., Chapter 4.

Technical Reports,

o Yue, Q., B. Lambrigtsen, A. Behrangi et al. AIRS V6 Test Report Supplement:

Performance of AIRS+AMSU vs. AIRS-only retrievals, NASA Jet Propulsion

Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, February 10, 2017,

https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/AIRS/3.3_ScienceDataP

roductDocumentation/3.3.5_ProductQuality/V6_Test_Report_Supplement_Performa

nce_of_AIRS+AMSU_vs_AIRS-Only_Retrievals.pdf

Refereed Journal Articles (* is placed to left of publications based on work done as graduate

student; PI’s Graduate Student = +; PI’s Undergraduate Student = ++; PI’s Postdoctoral Scholar

= +++; As of XX: Web of Science H-Index = XX with XXX total citations)

75. Wang, Y.-H., Broxton, P., Fang, Y., Behrangi, A., Barlage, M., Zeng, X., Niu, G.-Y.: A Wet-

Bulb Temperature-Based Rain-Snow Partitioning Scheme Improves Snowpack Prediction

over the Drier Western US. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2019gl085722

74. Barkhordarian, A., S. S. Saatchi, A. Behrangi, P. C. Loikith, and C. R. Mechoso, 2019: A

Recent Systematic Increase in Vapor Pressure Deficit over Tropical South America, Scientific

Reports, Nature, 9(1), 15331, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51857-8.

73. +Panahi M. and A. Behrangi, 2019: Comparative analysis of snowfall accumulation and gauge

undercatch correction factors from diverse data sets, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric

Sciences (accepted).

72. +Javadian, M., A. Behrangi, A. Sorooshian, 2019: Impact of Drought on Dust Storms: Case

study over Southwest Iran, Environmental Research Letters (accepted).

71. Alexander L., H. Fowler, M. Bador, A. Behrangi, M. Donat, R. Dunn, C. Funk, J. Goldie, E.

Lewis, M. Rogé, S. Seneviratne, V. Venugopal, 2019: On the use of indices to study extreme

precipitation on sub-daily and daily timescales. Environmental Research Letters, 1748-9326

70. Funk, C., L. Harrison, L. V. Alexander, P. Peterson, A. Behrangi, and G. Husak, 2019:

Exploring trends in wet-season precipitation and drought indices in wet, humid and dry

regions. Environmental Research Letters, 1748-9326

69. Behrangi, A., +++A. Singh, +++Y. Song, +M. Panahi, 2019: Assessing Gauge Undercatch

Correction in Arctic Basins in Light of GRACE Observations, Geophysical Research Letters

doi: 10.1029/2019gl084221.

68. Hu, J., S. Chen, A. Behrangi, and H. Yuan, 2019: Parametric uncertainty assessment in

hydrological modeling using the generalized polynomial chaos expansion. Journal of

Hydrology, 579, 124158.

67. Golian, S., +M. Javadian, and A. Behrangi, 2019: On the use of satellite, gauge, and

reanalysis precipitation products for drought studies. Environmental Research Letters, 14,

075005.

66. +Javadian, M., A. Behrangi, M. Gholizadeh, and M. Tajrishy, 2019: METRIC and WaPOR

Estimates of Evapotranspiration over the Lake Urmia Basin: Comparative Analysis and

Composite Assessment. Water, 11, 1647 (featured on the Food and Agriculture

Organization (FAO) of the United Nations website).

65. +Tang, G., D. Long, A. Behrangi, C. Wang, and Y. Hong, 2018: Exploring Deep Neural

Networks to Retrieve Rain and Snow in High Latitudes Using Multisensor and Reanalysis

Data. Water Resources Research, 54, 8253-8278.

64. Aumann, H.H., A. Behrangi, Y. Wang, 2018: Increased Frequency of Extreme Tropical

Deep Convection: AIRS Observations and Climate Model Predictions, Geophysical

Research Letters, 45, 13,530-513,537.

63. Behrangi, A., K. J. Bormann, and T. H. Painter, 2018: Using the Airborne Snow

Observatory to Assess Remotely Sensed Snowfall Products in the California Sierra Nevada.

Water Resources Research, 54, 7331-7346. 62. Behrangi, A., A. Gardner, J. T. Reager, J. Fisher, D. Yang, G. Huffman, R. Adler, 2018:

Using GRACE to estimate snowfall accumulation and assess gauge undercatch corrections

in high latitudes, Journal of climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0163.1.

61. +Tang, G., A. Behrangi, Z. Ma, Y. Hong, 2018: Downscaling of ERA-Interim temperature in

the Contiguous United States and its implications for rain-snow partitioning, Journal of

hydrometeorology, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0041.1.

60. Barkhordarian Armineh; Storch Hans; Behrangi Ali; Loikith Paul C.; Mechoso Carlos R.;

Detzer Judah, 2018: Simultaneous regional detection of land-use changes and elevated GHG

levels: The case of spring precipitation in tropical South America. Geophysical Research

Letters, 45, 6262-6271.

59. +++Singh, A., A. Behrangi, J. B. Fisher, and J. T. Reager, 2018: On the Desiccation of the

South Aral Sea Observed from Spaceborne Missions. Remote Sensing, 10, 793.

58. +Tang, G. A. Behrangi, Y. Hong, 2018: Accounting for spatiotemporal errors of gauges: A

critical step to evaluate gridded precipitation products, Journal of Hydrology, 559, 294-306.

57. Rajasekaran, E., N. Das, C. Poulsen, A. Behrangi, J. Swigart, M. Svoboda, D. Entekhabi, S.

Yueh, B. Doorn, and J. Entin, 2018: SMAP Soil Moisture Change as an Indicator of Drought

Conditions, Remote Sensing, 10(5), 788 (Editor's Choice Paper)

56. Behrangi, A., X. Yin, S. Rajagopal, D. Stampoulis, and H. Ye, 2018: On distinguishing

snowfall from rainfall using near-surface atmospheric information: Comparative analysis,

uncertainties, and hydrologic importance. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological

Society, 144, 89-102.

55. Wong, S., A. Behrangi, 2018: Regime Dependent Differences in Surface Freshwater

Exchange Estimates over the Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 955-963

54. Wen, Y., A. Behrangi, H. Chen, and B. Lambrigtsen, 2018: How well were the early 2017

California Atmospheric River precipitation events captured by satellite products and ground-

based radars? Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144, 344-359.

53. Behrangi, A., A. S. Gardner, J. T. Reager, and J. B. Fisher, 2017: Using GRACE to constrain

precipitation amount over cold mountainous basins. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 219-227.

52. G. Zhang, T. Yao, C.K. Shum, …, A. Behrangi et al., 2017: Lake volume and groundwater

storage variations in Tibetan Plateau’s endorheic basin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44,

doi:10.1002/2017GL073773.

51. Behrangi, A., and Y. Wen, 2017: On the Spatial and Temporal Sampling Errors of Remotely

Sensed Precipitation Products. Remote Sensing, 9, 1127.

50. Yanovsky, I., A. Behrangi, +++Y. Wen, M. Schreier, V. Dang, and B. Lambrigtsen, 2017:

Enhanced Resolution of Microwave Sounder Imagery through Fusion with Infrared Sensor

Data. Remote Sensing, 9, 1097.

49. Andreadis, K. M, N. N. Das, +++D. Stampoulis, A. Ines, J. B. Fisher, S. L. Granger, J. Kawata,

E. Han, A. Behrangi, 2017: The Regional Hydrologic Extremes Assessment System: A

software framework for hydrologic modeling and data assimilation. PLOS ONE, 12,

e0176506.

48. +++Wen, Y., P. Kirstetter, J. J. Gourley, Y. Hong, A. Behrangi, and Z. Flamig, 2017: Evaluation

of MRMS Snowfall Products over the Western United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology,

18, 1707-1713.

47. Herold, N., A. Behrangi, and L. V. Alexander, 2017: Large uncertainties in observed daily

precipitation extremes over land. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122, 668-

681.

46. Stephens, G. L., M. Z. Hakuba, M. Hawcroft, J. M. Haywood, A. Behrangi, J. E. Kay, and P.

J. Webster, 2016: The Curious Nature of the Hemispheric Symmetry of the Earth’s Water and

Energy Balances. Current Climate Change Reports, 1-13.

45. Behrangi, A., M. Richardson, M. Christensen, M. Lebsock, G. Stephens, G. Huffman, R.

Adler, et al., 2016: Status of High latitude precipitation estimates from observations and

reanalyses, J. of Geophysical Research,121, 4468-4486.

44. Behrangi, A., E. J. Fetzer, and S. L. Granger, 2016: Early detection of drought onset using

near-surface temperature and humidity observed from space. Int. J. of Remote Sensing, 37,

3911-3923.

43. +++Wen, A. Behrangi, B. Lambrigtsen, and P.-E. Kirstetter, 2016: Evaluation and Uncertainty

Estimation of the Latest Radar and Satellite Snowfall Products Using SNOTEL

Measurements over Mountainous Regions in Western United States. Remote Sensing, 8, 904.

42. +++Stampoulis, D., K. M. Andreadis, S. L. Granger, J. B. Fisher, F. J. Turk, A. Behrangi, A.

V. Ines, and N. N. Das, 2016: Assessing hydro-ecological vulnerability using microwave

radiometric measurements from WindSat. Remote Sensing of Environment, 184, 58-72.

41. Chen, S., Y. Tian, A. Behrangi, J. Hu, Y. Hong, Z. Zhang, P. M. Stepanian, B. Hu, and X.

Zhang, 2016: Precipitation Spectra Analysis Over China With High-Resolution

Measurements From Optimally Merged Satellite/Gauge Observations- Part I: Spatial and

Seasonal Analysis. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and

Remote Sensing, PP, 1-13.

40. Chen, S., Y. Hong, M. Kulie, A. Behrangi, P. M. Stepanian, Q. Cao, Y. You, J. Zhang, J. Hu,

and X. Zhang, 2016: Comparison of Snowfall estimates from the NASA CloudSat Cloud

Profiling Radar and NOAA/NSSL Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor System. Journal of Hydrology,

541, 862-872.

39. Thomas, B. F., A. Behrangi, and J. S. Famiglietti, 2016: Precipitation Intensity Effects on

Groundwater Recharge in the Southwestern United States. water 8, 90.

38. Christensen, M. W., A. Behrangi, T. L'Ecuyer, N. B. Wood, M. Lebsock, and G. Stephens,

2016: Arctic Observation and Reanalysis Integrated System: A New Data Product for

Validation and Climate Study. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 97, 907-915.

37. F. J Tapiador, A. Behrangi, Z. Haddad, D. Katsanos, M. D. Castro, 2016: Disruptions in the

Historical Global Precipitation Cycles in Twenty CMIP5 Models: Attribution to Anthropic

Forcing, J. of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 2161-2177.

36. Behrangi, A., Bin Guan, Paul Neiman, Mathias Schreier, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, 2016: On the

Quantification of Atmospheric Rivers Precipitation from space: Composite assessments and

case studies over the eastern North Pacific Ocean and the western United States, Journal of

Hydrometeorology, 369-382.

35. Ye, H., E. Fetzer, A. Behrangi, S. Wong, B. Lambrigtsen, et al., 2016: Increasing Daily

Precipitation Intensity Associated with Warmer Air Temperatures over Northern Eurasia,

Journal of Climate, 29(2), 623-636.

34. Guo, H., S. Chen, A. Bao, A. Behrangi, Y. Hong, F. Ndayisaba, J. Hu, and P. M. Stepanian,

2016: Early Assessment of Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation

Measurement over China, Atmospheric Research, 176-177, 121-133

33. Behrangi, A., H. Nguyen, and S. Granger, 2015: Probabilistic Seasonal Prediction of

Meteorological Drought Using the Bootstrap and Multivariate Information. Journal of

Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54, 1510-1522.

32. Behrangi, A., P. Loikith, E. Fetzer, H. Nguyen, and S. Granger, 2015: Utilizing Humidity and

Temperature Data to Advance Monitoring and Prediction of Meteorological Drought,

Climate, 3(4), 999-1017

31. Chen, S., J. Hu, Z. Zhang, A. Behrangi, Y. Hong, A. S. Gebregiorgis, J. Cao, B. Hu, X. Xue,

and X. Zhang, 2015: Hydrologic Evaluation of the TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation

Analysis Over Ganjiang Basin in Humid Southeastern China. Selected Topics in Applied

Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of, 8, 4568-4580.

30. Behrangi, A., H. Nguyen, B. Lambrigtsen, M. Schreier, and V. Dang, 2015: Investigating the

role of multi-spectral and near surface temperature and humidity data to improve precipitation

detection at high latitudes. Atmospheric Research, 163, 2-12. (IPWG special collection)

29. Ye, H., E. J. Fetzer, S. Wong, A. Behrangi, D. Yang, and B. H. Lambrigtson, 2015: Increasing

atmospheric water vapor and higher daily precipitation intensity over northern Eurasia.

Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 9404-9410.

28. Behrangi, A., K. Andreadis, J. B. Fisher, F. J. Turk, S. Granger, T. Painter, and N. Das, 2014:

Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimation and Its Application for Streamflow Prediction over

Mountainous Western U.S. Basins. J. of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 53, 2823-

2842.

27. Chen, S., J. Zhang, Y. Hong, A. Behrangi, Y. Tian, and J. Hu, 2014: Mapping the Precipitation

Type Distribution over the Contiguous United States Using NOAA/NSSL National Multi-

sensor Mosaic QPE, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on, PP, 1-10.

26. Behrangi, A., Y. Tian, B. H. Lambrigtsen, and G. L. Stephens, 2014: What does CloudSat

reveal about global land precipitation detection by other spaceborne sensors? Water

Resources Research, 50, 4893-4905.

25. Behrangi, G. Stephens, R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, B. Lambrigtsen, M. Lebsock., 2014: An

Update on the Oceanic Precipitation Rate and Its Zonal Distribution in Light of Advanced

Observations from Space. Journal of Climate, 27, 3957-3965.

24. Behrangi, A., S. Wong, K. Mallick, and J. B. Fisher, 2014: On the net surface water exchange

rate estimated from remote-sensing observation and reanalysis. International Journal of

Remote Sensing, 2170-2185

23. Tian, Y., Y. Liu, K. Arsenault, and A. Behrangi, 2014: A New Approach to Satellite-based

Estimation of Precipitation over Snow Cover, Int. J. Remote Sens., 35(13), 4940–4951.

22. Ye, H., E. J. Fetzer, S. Wong, A. Behrangi, E. T. Olsen, J. Cohen, B. H. Lambrigtsen, and L.

Chen, 2014: Impact of increased water vapor on precipitation efficiency over northern

Eurasia. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 2014GL059830.

21. Smith, M., V. Koren, …, A. Behrangi, et al., 2013: The distributed model intercomparison

project-Phase 2: Experiment design and summary results of the western basin experiments.

Journal of Hydrology, 507, 300-329.

20. Aumann, H.H., EM Manning, A Behrangi, 2013: Detection of Extremes with AIRS and CrIS,

SPIE Optical Engineering+ Applications, 88660X-88660X-11.

19. Zahraei, A., K.-l. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, J. J. Gourley, Y. Hong, and A. Behrangi, 2013: Short-

term quantitative precipitation forecasting using an object-based approach, J. of Hydrology,

483, 1-15.

18. Mahrooghy, M., V. G. Anantharaj, N. H. Younan, W. A. Petersen, K.-L. Hsu, A. Behrangi,

and J. Aanstoos, 2013: Augmenting satellite precipitation estimation with lightning

information. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34, 5796-5811.

17. Behrangi, A. and Hartmut H. Aumann, 2013: Intercalibration and concatenation of climate

quality infrared cloudy radiances from multiple instruments, SPIE 8866, Earth Observing

Systems XVIII, 88660I; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024512

16. Behrangi, A., M. Lebsock, S. Wong, B. Lambrigtsen, 2012: On the quantification of oceanic

rainfall using space-borne sensors, J. Geophys. Res., 117(D20), D20105.

15. Behrangi, A., S. Sorooshian, K. Hsu, 2012: Summertime evaluation of REFAME for near

real-time high-resolution precipitation estimation over the Unites States, Journal of

Hydrology, 456-57(0), 130-138.

14. Aumann, H. H., A. Ruzmaikin, A. Behrangi, 2012: On the surface temperature sensitivity of

the reflected shortwave, outgoing longwave and net incident radiation, J. of Climate, 25, 6585-

6593.

13. Behrangi, A., T. Kubar, B. Lambrigtsen, 2012: Phenomenological Description of Tropical

Clouds Using Cloudsat Cloud Classification, Monthly Weather Review, 140(10), 3235-3249.

12. AghaKouchak, A. Mehran, H. Norouzi, A. Behrangi, 2012: Systematic and Random Error

Components in Satellite Precipitation Data Sets, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, 4.

11. Behrangi, A., S. Casey, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, 2012: Three-dimensional distribution of cloud

types over the United States and Surrounding areas observed by Cloudsat, Int. J. of Remote

Sensing, doi:10.1080/01431161.2011.6394041429, 33(16), pp. 4856-4870

10. Smith, M., Koren, V., Zhang, Z., …, A. Behrangi, et. al., 2012: Results of the DMIP 2

Oklahoma experiments. Journal of Hydrology, 418-419, 17-48.

9. Behrangi, A., B. Khakbaz, T.C. Jaw, A. AghaKouchak, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, 2011:

Hydrologic Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation Products at Basin-scale, Journal of

Hydrology, 397 (3-4), pp. 225-237.

8. Aumann H. H., S. G. DeSouza-Machado, A. Behrangi, 2011: Deep convective clouds at the

tropopause, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 16475-16496.

7. AghaKouchak, A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, K. Hsu, E. Amitai, 2011: Evaluation of satellite-

retrieved extreme precipitation rates across the Central United States, Journal of Geophysical

Research, 116, D02115, doi:10.1029/2010JD014741.

6. Hong, Y., W. F. Krajewski, J. Gourley, A. Behrangi, G. Villarinil, G. Skofronick Jackson, A.

Berne, P. Xie, E. Amitai, R. Uijlenhoet, 2010: Outlook for high-resolution precipitation

measurements for hydrologic applications, AGU Hydrology section newsletter, Dec issue.

2010, 30-34.

5. *Behrangi, A., B. Imam, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, T. Bellerby, G.J. Huffman, 2010: REFAME:

Rain Estimation using Forward Adjusted-advection of Microwave Estimates, Journal of

Hydrometeorology, 11, 1305-1321.

4. *Behrangi, A., K. Hsu, B. Imam, S. Sorooshian, 2010: Daytime Precipitation Estimation Using

Cloud Segmentation and Bi-spectral Cloud Classification System, Journal of Applied

Meteorology and Climatology, IPWG special issue, 1015-1031.

3. *Behrangi, A., K. Hsu, B. Imam, S. Sorooshian, G.J. Huffman, and R.J. Kuligowski, 2009:

PERSIANN-MSA: A Precipitation Estimation Method from Satellite-Based Multispectral

Analysis. J. Hydrometeorology, 10, 1414–1429.

2. *Behrangi, A., K. Hsu, B. Imam, S. Sorooshian, and R.J. Kuligowski, 2009: Evaluating the

Utility of Multispectral Information in Delineating the Areal Extent of Precipitation. Journal

of Hydrometeorology, 10, 684–700.

1. *Behrangi, A., B. Khakbaz, J. A. Vrugt, Q. Y. Duan, and S. Sorooshian, 2008: Comment on

"Dynamically dimensioned search algorithm for computationally efficient watershed model

calibration" by Bryan A. Tolson and Christine A. Shoemaker. Water Resources Research, 44,

3.

Work in Progress

* 8 papers have been submitted and are in the review stage and 6 papers are in preparation.

Media

3. NASA Earth observatory Blog,

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2017/

2. Television interview about Melting Snow, Manoto TV (https://www.manototv.com/) –

2017.

1. “Episode x: Using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Satellite to assess in situ

measurements of snowfall, National Public Radio: Science Friday

(https://radio.azpm.org/p/radio-azscience/) will be available in mid-November 2019

Conferences/Scholarly Presentations

INVITED talks (28 total)

Colloquia (INVITED and presented by A. Behrangi)

4. Behrangi A., “Precipitation estimation from space, reaching out to other communities”

Dept. of Geosciences, U of A, Feb 2019

3. Behrangi A., “Precipitation estimation from space: progress, challenges, opportunities, and

applications”, Dept. of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, U of A, Sept

2018

2. Behrangi A., “Seasonal Prediction of Meteorological Drought Using temperature and

humidity “, California Institute of Technology, CA, March 2017.

1. Behrangi A. “Evaluating the Utility of Multi-Spectral Information for Delineating the

Areal Extent and Intensity of Precipitation”, NASA GSFC LIS Science Seminar.

(Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory Branch), NASA Goddard Space Flight

Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, August 6, 2008.

Seminars/panels (INVITED and presented by A. Behrangi)

4. Behrangi A., the next Generation GPCP (V3), The 2020 international GEWEX Data and

Analysis Panel (GDAP), Tucson, Arizona.

3. Behrangi A., (and panelist), “Demonstrate the AIRS drought products and collaboration

with USDM “, U.S. Drought Monitor Forum, Keystone, SD April 3 - April 5, 2017.

2. Behrangi A. “Status of Global High-Resolution Precipitation Estimation from Remotely

Sensed Information”, Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, UC Irvine, Jan 7, 2010.

1. Behrangi A., “Probabilistic Seasonal Prediction of Meteorological Drought Using long

term precipitation and temperature “, Western Water States Council, San Diego, CA, April

2015.

Symposia (INVITED and presented by A. Behrangi)

3. Behrangi A., “Observation of precipitation extremes: opportunities, challenges, and flood

prediction”, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Dec 2019.

2. Behrangi A., “Monitoring and Predicting Natural Disasters from Space”, National

Academy of Sciences, Kavli Frontiers of Science, Irvine, CA, June 26-28 2017.

1. Behrangi A., “WCRP weather and climate extreme panel report: Document“, the 13th

international meeting on statistical climatology, Canmore, Alberta, Canada, June 2016.

Workshops (INVITED and presented by A. Behrangi)

9. Behrangi A., “Recent Advancements in Estimating Snowfall over High latitudes”, 2020

International GEWEX-GDAP Meeting, Tucson, AZ, USA Jan 22 - 24, 2020.

8. Behrangi A., Status of Satellite-based precipitation observation for extreme precipitation,

Joint WCRP Grand Challenge on Weather and Climate Extremes/GEWEX GDAP

Workshop on Precipitation Extremes, 9–11 July 2018, DWD, Offenbach, Germany.

7. GEWEX NEWS, L. Alexander, R. Roca, S. Seneviratne, A. Becker, A. Behrangi, et al.

https://www.gewex.org/gewex-content/uploads/2018/08/Aug2018.pdf

6. Behrangi, A., “Remote sensing of precipitation for weather and climate extreme

analysis” the workshop convened by WMO Secretariat for Operational Space-based

Weather and Climate Extremes Monitoring, Feb. 15-17 2017, Geneva, Switzerland.

5. Behrangi, A., “Remote sensing of precipitation and GEWEX ground challenges “,

GEWEX Hydrological Sensitivity Workshop, Exeter, UK, June 2016.

4. Behrangi, A., “Progress, challenges, and opportunities in remote sensing of precipitation

extremes and hydrology” Univ. of Newcastle –GEWEX workshop on Sub-daily rainfall

extremes: data, processes and modeling, Newcastle upon, September 13-15, 2016.

3. Behrangi, A. “Precipitation Extremes”, workshop on “Data requirements to address the

WCRP Grand Challenge on Weather and Climate Extremes, WCRP/GEWEX/Extreme

Panel, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Feb. 2015.

2. Behrangi, A. “Multi-spectral Algorithms”, Advanced Concept Workshop on Remote

Sensing of Precipitation at Multiple Scales, Beckman Center, Irvine, CA, March 15-17,

2010.

1. Behrangi, A. “Precipitation extreme indices from space”, The Expert Team on Climate

Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) Work Plan Review, UNESCO, Paris, France,

July 6-8 2015.

Other INVITED presentations

8. Behrangi, A., “Precipitation estimation from space: progress, challenges, opportunities,

and applications”, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, May 2017.

7. Behrangi, A., “using remote sensing of temperature and humidity profile for early

detection of drought and its intensity”, National Drought Mitigation Center, Nebraska,

Lincoln, May 19, 2016.

6. Behrangi, A., “Satellite Observations of precipitation over the western U. S.” Water

Availability Grand Challenge for North America Workshop, Univ. of Columbia, MD,

May 3-5 2016.

5. Behrangi, A. “Cold region precipitation and global water budget”, California Institute

of Technology, CA. October 2015.

4. Behrangi, A. “Remote Sensing of Water Cycle and Hydroclimatic Analysis”,

University of California, Riverside, 2014.

3. Behrangi, A. “High-Resolution Precipitation Estimation in Hydroclimatic Studies”,

University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2012.

2. Behrangi, “Remote Sensing of Precipitation for Hydrologic Applications”, Oregon

State University, Corvallis, OR, 2012.

1. Behrangi, A. “Multi-sensor Multi-platform High Resolution Precipitation Estimation

for Hydrologic Applications”, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, 2011.

Conference Poster Presentations with PI or Student as 1st Author (PI’s Graduate Student = +;

PI’s Undergraduate Student = ++; PI’s Postdoctoral Scholar = +++)

101. A. Tavakoly, R. Adler, A. Behrangi, Enabling the U.S. Army Streamflow Prediction Tool

to use GPM products, NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team, November 4-8, 2019, Indianapolis, Indiana.

100. +++Y. Song, A. Behrangi, E. Blanchard, Assessment of Satellite and Reanalysis Precipitation Products over Arctic Sea Ice, AGU fall meeting, San Fransisco, CA. Dec 9-13, 2019.

99. Behrangi A., Observation of precipitation extremes: opportunities, challenges, and flood prediction, AGU fall meeting, San Fransisco, CA. Dec 9-13, 2019.

98. +Javadian M., A. Behrangi1 and A. Sorooshian: Drought Effect on Dust Storm Severity and Predictability, AGU fall meeting, San Fransisco, CA. Dec 9-13, 2019.

97. Behrangi A., +++Y. Song, G. Huffman, R. Adler, D. Yang, D. Bolvin, E. Nelkin, Improvement of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project in High Latitudes Using the Latest Satellite and Surface Observations, AGU fall meeting, San Fransisco, CA. Dec 9-13, 2019.

96. Adler R., J.J. Wang, G. Huffman, A. Behrangi, Improved Observation of Global Precipitation During the Satellite Era, AGU fall meeting, San Fransisco, CA. Dec 9-13, 2019.

95. +Marcovecchio, A., X. Dong, A. Behrangi, B. Xi, How Uncertainties in Precipitation Estimates are Mapped on to Our Understanding of the Relationship Between Arctic Precipitation and Arctic Sea Ice, AGU fall meeting, San Fransisco, CA. Dec 9-13, 2019.

94. Dadashazar, H., E. Crosbie, M. Majdi, +M. Panahi, M. Moghaddam, A. Behrangi, M. Brunke, X. Zeng, et al. Stratocumulus Cloud Clearings: Statistics from Satellites, Reanalysis Models, and Airborne Measurements, AGU fall meeting, San Fransisco, CA. Dec 9-13, 2019.

93. Hobbs, J., A. Braverman1, A. Behrangi, E. Fetzer, et al., Lessons Learned in Simulation-Based Uncertainty Quantification for Satellite Retrievals, AGU fall meeting, San Fransisco, CA. Dec 9-13, 2019.

92. Behrangi A., +++Y. Song, E. Blanchard, Assessment of snowfall products over sea ice using the NASA Operational IceBridge observations, NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team, November 4-8, 2019, Indianapolis, Indiana.

91. Behrangi A., +M. Panahi, A. Gardner, J. Reager, A. Gardner, D. Wiese, Advancing Precipitation Estimation in Cold Regions using GRACE and GRACE-FO, GRACE Science Team, Pasadena, California, October 8-10, 2019

90. Behrangi A., Insights on Precipitation Estimation and Hydrologic Simulations in Cold Mountainous Basins Using Diverse Remote Sensing Observations, 12th International Precipitation Conference (IPC12), CA, Irvine, June 19-21 2019.

89. Reed Sasha C., Bill Smith, Bill Parton, Brian Fuchs, Emile Elias, Daniele Peck, Brian Wardlow, A. Behrangi, Implementing a Grassland Productivity Forecast Tool for the U.S. Southwest, NCAR, Colorado, Boulder, June 2019.

88. Behrangi A., G. Huffman, R. Adler, Constraining precipitation amount and spatial pattern over high latitudes regions using diverse observation, 9th IPWG Workshop Seoul, 5-9 November 2018.

87. Behrangi, A., A. Gardner, G. Stephens, K. Bormann, T. Painter, Precipitation estimation and hydrologic simulations in cold mountainous basins using recent remote sensing observations, 2018 GEWEX Science Conference, May 6-11, Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

86. Hobbs J., A. Behrangi, et al. Simulation-Based Uncertainty Quantification for the AIRS Level 2 Retrieval, AIRS science team meeting, May 2018, Caltech, CA, USA.

85. Igor Yanovsky, +++Yixin Wen, Ali Behrangi, Mathias Schreier, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, Validating Enhanced Resolution of Microwave Sounder Imagery through Fusion with Infrared Sensor Data, MicroRad, 27-30, 2018, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA.

84. Behrangi A., J.T. Reager, A. Gardner, +++A. Singh, GRACE: A unique tool to advance precipitation estimation over cold regions, GRACE Science Team Meeting, October 10-12th, 2017, Austin, Texas

83. Behrangi, A., J. T. Reager, Alex Gardner, Constraining precipitation amount and distribution over cold regions using GRACE, AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

82. Behrangi A., S. Granger., +++Y. Wen., +++A. Farahmand, AIRS Application for drought and fire: Current status and future plans, NASA sounder science team meeting, Oct 24 26, 2017, Greenbelt, MD.

81. +++Singh, A., A. Behrangi, etc. Utilizing a suite of satellite missions to address poorly constrained hydrological fluxes, AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

80. +++Farahmand, A., J. T. Reager, A. Behrangi, etc., Using NASA Satellite Observations to Map Wildfire Risk in the United States for Allocation of Fire Management Resources, AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

79. +++Wen, Y., A. Behrangi, etc. How Well the Early 2017 California Atmospheric River Precipitation Events Were Captured by Satellite Products and Ground-based Radars? , AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

78. Barkhordarian, A., A. Behrangi, R. Mechoso, Detection of non-natural springtime precipitation change over northern South America, AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

77. Ray, S. …, A. Behrangi, etc. Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA’s Aqua Satellite: Applications for Volcano Rapid Response, Influenza Outbreak Prediction, and Drought Onset Prediction, AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

76. Behrangi A., M. Richardson, G. Stephens, G. Huffman, R. Adler, Advancing global precipitation measurement in light of A-train observations, 3rd International A-Train Symposium, 2017 Pasadena Convention Center, April 19-21, 2017.

75. Yanovsky I., +++Yixin Wen, Ali Behrangi, Mathias Schreier, and Bjorn Lambrigtsen, Validating Enhanced Resolution of Microwave Sounder Imagery through Fusion with Infrared Sensor Data, The 15th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, ( 2018 MicroRad) 27-30, 2018, at the MIT, Cambridge, MA.

74. +++Yixin Wen, Ali Behrangi, S. Licata, S. Granger, T. Tadesse, Advancing drought monitoring and prediction using A-train data, 3rd International A-Train Symposium, 2017 Pasadena Convention Center, April 19-21, 2017.

73. Yanovsky I., A. Behrangi, +++Y. Wen, M. Schreier, V. Dang, and B. Lambrigtsen: Fusion of Microwave and infrared data for enhancing its spatial resolution. IGARSS 2017, Fort Worth, Texas, July 2017.

72. Behrangi A. P. Neiman, B. Lambrigtsen, B. Wen, B. Aguilar, Atmospheric River precipitation from space: Composite assessments and case studies over the western United States, 2016 International Atmospheric Rivers Conference, 8-11 August 2016, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

71. Behrangi A., M. Richardson, G. Stephens, G. Huffman, R. Adler, et. al., Using new observations to improve high latitude and high altitude precipitation estimates in support of water and energy budget calculations and prediction of future changes, 2016 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.

70. Kubar T. and A. Behrangi, Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling in SST Hot Spot Regimes as a Function of ENSO: Local SST and Deep Convection Relationships, Larger-Scale Interactions With and Modulations on El Nino, and Remote Tropical and Extratropical Connections Using Multi-Satellite Observations and ERA-Interim Reanalysis, 2016 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

69. +++Y. Wen, A. Behrangi, et al., Evaluation and Uncertainty Estimation of Radar and Satellite Precipitation Products over Western United States, 2016 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.

68. Behrangi, A. Converging to the Real Precipitation over Ocean and Land: Analysis using GPM and TRMM products, 2016 PMM Science Team Meeting, Houston, Texas, Oct 2016.

67. Behrangi A. et al. “Quantification of atmospheric rivers precipitation from space: Composite assessments and case studies over the western United States”, the 96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2016, New Orleans, LA.

66. Behrangi A. et al., Cold region precipitation estimate: Insights from multi-senor multi-platform instruments, 8th IPWG and 5th IWSSM Joint Workshop Bologna, 3-7 October 2016.

65. Granger S. and A. Behrangi, “A Simple Drought Product and Indicator Derived from Temperature and Relative Humidity Observed by the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS)”, 2015 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

64. Behrangi A., A. S. Gardner, J. T. Reager, and J. B. Fisher Using GRACE to constrain precipitation amount over cold regions, GRACE Science Team, Oct 2016, Potsdam, Germany.

63. +++D. Stampoulis , … A. Behrangi et al. “Assessing Hydro-Ecological Vulnerability from Space” , 2015 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

62. Behrangi A. et al. “Status of High Latitude Precipitation Estimates: The Role of GPM in Advancing our Current Understanding” , 2015 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.

61. +++Y. Wen, … A. Behrangi et al. “Evaluation of Ground Radar Snowfall Products Using SNOTEL Measurements over Mountainous Regions in Western United States Evaluation of Ground Radar Snowfall Products Using SNOTEL Measurements over Mountainous Regions in Western United States” , 2015 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

60. Lambrigtsen, B., … A. Behrangi et al. “Atmospheric River Observations with the HAMSR Aircraft Microwave Sounder”, 2015 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

59. Kubar T. and A. Behrangi et al. “The Coupling of Convection, Large-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics, Surface Radiation, and Sea-Surface Temperature Hot Spots as Characterized by MODIS, TRMM, CERES, and ECMWF-Interim Reanalysis Data” , 2015 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

58. Kubar T. and A. Behrangi et al. “The Coupling of Convection, Large-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics, Surface Radiation, and Sea-Surface Temperature Hot Spots as Characterized by MODIS, TRMM, CERES, and ECMWF-Interim Reanalysis Data” , 2015 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

57. Behrangi A. “An update on the status of high latitude precipitation retrieval from remote sensing and reanalysis”, GEWEX-ESA, Oct. 2015, Frascati , Italy.

56. Behrangi A. “Probabilistic Seasonal Prediction of Drought Using Multivariate Observations”, the 95th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2015, Phoenix, AZ.

55. Behrangi A., “Hydrologic Assessment of Remotely Sensed High Resolution Precipitation Products over Cold-Mountainous Regions, and Analysis of the GPM Impact”, 2014 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

54. Behrangi A. “Hydrologic Application and Assessment of Remotely Sensed High Resolution Precipitation Products over Cold-Mountainous Regions”, 7th workshop of International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG), Nov. 2014, Tsukuba, Japan.

53. Behrangi A. “CloudSat and Multi-sensor Information to Assess and Improve High Latitude Precipitation Retrievals from Space”, 7th workshop of International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG), Nov. 2014, Tsukuba, Japan.

52. Behrangi A. “CloudSat Perspective of Global Precipitation and Comparison with Observation and Reanalysis Products”, CALIPSO/CloudSat Science team, Nov. 2014, Alexandria, VA.

51. Behrangi A. “Net Surface Water Exchange Rate Estimated from Remote Sensing Observation”, ECMWF, and MERRA, AIRS Science Team Meeting March 2014, Caltech, Pasadena, CA.

50. Behrangi A., L. Wu, B. Lambrigtsen, “Relationship of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Intensity Change with Precipitation and Structural Properties Based on a Decade of Microwave Sounder Observations”, 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 31 March – 4 April 2014, San Diego, CA.

49. Lambrigtsen B., A. Behrangi, et al. “Observing Hurricanes and Severe Storms with a Geostationary Microwave Sounder”, 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 31 March – 4 April 2014, San Diego, CA.

48. Behrangi A. “Net Surface Water Exchange Rate Estimated from Remote Sensing Observation”, ECMWF, and MERRA, AIRS Science Team Meeting March 17-19, 2014, Caltech, Pasadena, CA.

47. Andreadis K., A. Behrangi, N.N. Das, J.B. Fisher, S.L. Granger, F.W. Landerer, T.H. Painter, F.J. Turk, “Assimilating Remote Sensing Observations Across the Terrestrial Water Cycle in a Drought Forecasting System”, 2013 fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec., 2013.

46. Behrangi A., G.L. Stephens, R.F. Adler, G.J. Huffman, B. Lambrigtsen, M.D. Lebsock, “Complementary Information from TRMM And Cloudsat to Improve Our Global Estimate of Precipitation”, 2013 fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec., 2013.

45. Tian Y., Y. Liu, K.R. Arsenault, A. Behrangi, “A New Approach to Measuring Precipitation Over Snow Cover”, 2013 fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec., 2013.

44. Ye H., E.J. Fetzer, S. Wong, A. Behrangi, E.T. Olsen, B. Lambrigtsen, J.L. Cohen, “Relationships Among Precipitation, Precipitable Water, and Surface Air Temperature over Northern Eurasia”, 2013 fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec., 2013.

43. Behrangi A., L. Wu, B. Lambrigtsen, “Relationship of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Intensity Change with Precipitation and Structural Properties Based on a Decade of Microwave Sounder Observations”, 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 31 March – 4 April 2014, San Diego, CA.

42. Lambrigtsen B., A. Behrangi, et al. “Observing Hurricanes and Severe Storms with a Geostationary Microwave Sounder”, 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 31 March – 4 April 2014, San Diego, CA.

41. Behrangi A., H. Aumann, “Intercalibration and Concatenation of Climate Quality Infrared Cloudy Radiances from Multiple Instruments”, SPIE Optics + Photonics 2013 Conference, Aug 2013, San Diego, CA, USA.

40. Aumann H., E. Manning, A. Behrangi, “Detection of Extremes with AIRS, IASI, And CRIS”, SPIE Optics + Photonics 2013 Conference, Aug 2013, San Diego, CA, USA.

39. Bhawar R., R. Reddy, A. Behrangi, and M. Shinde, “Cloud Types and Its Radiative Forcing During Summer Monsoon Season over South-East Asia”, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, EGU2013-6793, 2013 EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, April 2013.

38. Behrangi A., M. Lebsock, S. Wong, B. Lambrigtsen, “Quantification of Oceanic Rainfall Using Complementary Sensors from Space”, 6th Workshop of the IPWG, October 15-19, 2012, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil (oral presentation).

37. Lambrigtsen B., Shannon Brown, A. Behrangi, “GRIP Observations with HAMSR of the Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Karl”, 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. 15-20 April 2012, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

36. Behrangi A., S. Wong, B. H. Lambrigtsen, and E. J. Fetzer, “Global Light Rainfall Retrieval and Its Importance in Quantification of Sea Surface Water Exchange”, 92nd AMS Annual Meeting, January 22-26, 2012, New Orleans, LA.

35. Zahraei A. K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and A. Behrangi, “Short-Term Severe Storms Forecasting Using Object-Based Tracking method”, 92nd AMS Meeting, Jan. 22-26, 2012, New Orleans, LA.

34. Lambrigtsen B., A. Behrangi, and Y. Marchetti, “Surveying Tropical Cyclones from the Global Hawk: HAMSR Results From GRIP”, 92nd AMS meeting, Jan. 22-26, 2012, New Orleans, LA.

33. Lambrigtsen B., Shannon Brown, A. Behrangi, “Observing Tropical Cyclones from the Global Hawk: HAMSR Results from GRIP”, 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA., Dec. 5-9

32. Zahraei A., Kuo-lin Hsu, Soroosh Sorooshian, A. Behrangi, “Advection-based Short-Term Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting Algorithms Using Radar and Satellite Information”, 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

31. Behrangi A., Terence L. Kubar, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, “Characteristics of Tropical Clouds Using A-Train Information and Their Relationships with Sea Surface Temperature”, 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

30. Hartmut H. Aumann, Alexander Ruzmaikin, A. Behrangi, “On the Surface Temperature Sensitivity of the Reflected Shortwave, Outgoing Longwave and Net Incident Radiation”, 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

29. Evan Fishbein, A. Behrangi, Eric Fetzer, Brian H. Kahn, Mathias M. Schreier, Joao Teixeira, Qing Yue, “The Unique Capabilities of the Aqua Sensors to Characterize the Planetary Boundary Layer”, 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

28. Wong S., A. Behrangi, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, Eric Fetzer, “Quantification of Global Sea Surface Water Exchange in the TRMM-ERA and the Importance of A-Train Observation of Light Rainfall”, 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

27. Behrangi A., K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Integration of LEO and GEO Sensors for Precipitation Retrieval: Global Implementation of REFAME”, NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team Meeting, Nov.7-10, 2011, Denver, Colorado.

26. Behrangi A., S. Wong, B. Lambrigtsen, T. Kubar, “Light Rainfall: A Missing Component in Global Energy and Water Cycle Studies”, JPL post doc research day, Sept 7, 2011, Pasadena CA.

25. Lambrigtsen, B., A. Behrangi, S. Brown, “HAMSR Observations of the Evolving Inner-core Structure of Hurricane Karl during Rapid Intensification”, GRIP science meeting, Los Angeles, CA. June 6-8, 2011.

24. Lambrigtsen, B., A. Behrangi, S. Brown, et al., “Microwave Sounder Observations during GRIP: Preliminary Results”, 65th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference Ocean and Atmospheric Influences on Tropical Cyclone Predictions: Challenges and Recent Progress, Miami, Florida, Feb 28th–Mar 3rd, 2011.

23. Behrangi A., B. Khakbaz, A. AghaKouchak, T. C. Jaw, “Analyzing the Performance of the High Resolution Precipitation Products for Streamflow Simulation”, 91th AMS Annual Meeting Seattle, WA 23–27 January 2011.

22. Lambrigtsen B., A. Behrangi, S. Brown, Y. Marchetti , “ Measuring the Structure of Hurricanes and Severe Storms with a Microwave Sounder”, 91th AMS Annual Meeting Seattle, WA 23–27 January 2011 (oral presentation).

21.Behrangi A., S. Sorooshian, K. Hsu, B. Lambrigtsen, “Development of a Combined Precipitation Estimation Algorithm for the GOES-R/GPM era” ”, 91th AMS Annual Meeting Seattle, WA 23–27 January 2011.

20. Behrangi A., B. Imam, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, T. Bellerby, G. Huffman, “A New Combined Precipitation Algorithm for GPM: Adjusted advection of Microwave Precipitation Field using Multi‐feature Cloud Classification Technique”, NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team Meeting, Nov.1-4, 2010, Seattle, WA.

19. Hsu, K., A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, “Effective Integration of Multi‐satellite Observations for Precipitation Retrieval”, NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team Meeting, Nov.1-4, 2010, Seattle, WA.

18. AghaKouchak, A. K. Hsu, A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, “Error Decomposition in Satellite-Derived Precipitation Estimates”, 13–17 December 2010, San Francisco, California, USA.

17. Aumann, H., A. Behrangi, S. DeSouza-Machado, ”High Resolution Diagnosis and Monitoring of Extreme Precipitation Events Using Multi-Sensor Multi-Platform Remotely Sensed Data”, 13–17 December 2010, San Francisco, California, USA.

16. Behrangi, A., B. Imam, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, T. Bellerby, G.J. Huffman, “REFAME: A Combined Precipitation Estimation Technique using Adjusted-advection of Microwave Precipitation Estimates”, 5th Workshop of the IPWG, October 11-15, 2010, Hamburg, Germany.

15. Behrangi, A., K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Multi-Spectral Cloud Classification for Precipitation Estimation”, 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R, 90th AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 17–21 January 2010.

14. Behrangi, A., K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Forward Morphing of Passive Microwave Derived Precipitation Field with Adjusted Intensity from GOES Information”, 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R, 90th AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 17–21 January 2010.

13.Behrangi, A., B. Khakbaz, T.C. Jaw, B. Imam, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Evaluation of High Resolution Precipitation Products for Catchment Hydrologic Forecasting”, AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, San Francisco, CA.

12. T. Bellerby, A. Behrangi, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Multi-Spectral Multi-platform Satellite Precipitation Estimation using Cloud Development Modeling”, Earth Observation and Water Cycle Science: Towards a Water Cycle Multi-Mission Observation Strategy. European Space Agency in collaboration with EGU/ ISPRS/GEWEX, November 18-20, 2009, ESA-ESRIN- Italy

11. Behrangi A., G.S Jackson, B. Johnson,, A.W. Kramer, A. Tokay, J.R. Wang, S. Sorooshian, “Clustering Approach for Snowfall Detection from Microwave-Only Observations”, The International Workshop on Microwave Remote Sensing for Land Hydrology Research and Applications was held on October 20-22, 2008, in Oxnard, California, USA.

10. Behrangi A., K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Global Environmental Change and the Role of Rainfall in the Climate Change“, The Seventh Annual “California: Prosperity through Technology” Industry Research Symposium, University of California, Irvine, May 2008.

9. Behrangi, A., K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and R. J. kuligowski, “ Multi-Spectral Precipitation Estimation Using Artificial Neural Networks“, Fifth GOES Users' Confererence, AMS, January 20-24, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

8. Behrangi, A., K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshinan, G.J. Huffman, R.J. Kuligowski, 2008,” Evaluating the Utility of Multi-Spectral Information for Delineating the Areal Extent and Intensity of Precipitation”, 4th Workshop of the IPWG, October 13-17, 2008, Beijing, China.

7. Khakbaz, A. Behrangi, K.L. Hsu, B. Imam, S. Sorooshian, “Distributed Hydrologic Modeling in the Western US Using SNOW17 and SAC-SMA”, AGU joint assembly conference, 27-30 May, 2008. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

6. Imam, P. Kuranjekar, A. Behrangi, K.L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “The Value of Real-time High Resolution Satellite Precipitation in Capturing Extreme Rainfall Event”, AGU joint assembly conference, 27-30 May, 2008. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (oral presentation).

5. Behrangi, A., K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “ Daytime Rain Estimation Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)“, The Sixth Annual “California: Prosperity through Technology” Industry Research Symposium, University of California, Irvine, May 2007.

4. Behrangi, A., K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “A Bispectral Algorithm for Daytime Precipitation Detection", Workshop on Satellite Observations of the Global Water Cycle (UCI&NASA-JPL), March 7-9 2007, Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine, CA

3. Behrangi, A., K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Extreme Precipitation Estimation”, 6th annual industry research symposium on energy and the environment. May 15-16, 2007, Irvine, CA.

2. Behrangi, A., K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and R. J. Kuligowski, “Delineation of Areal Extent of precipitation Using Multi-Spectral Remotely Sensed Data”, AGU Fall Meeting, 10-14 December, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

1. S. Sorooshian, A. Behrangi, B. Khakbaz, J. A. Vrugt, and Q. Duan, “ Global Optimization with a limited Budget of Function Evaluations. “, AGU, Dec. 10-14, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Awarded Grants and Contracts (since 2013)

About $12M total, $4.3M as PI, collaboration in $33M funded projects.

(Role, Amount (% to PI), Agency and Program, Project Title, Duration)

Federal

PI, $2.7 M (100%) High Latitude Improvement of Long-term GPCP Precipitation

Products Using Recent NASA Missions (NASA MEaSUREs, 11/2018-10/2023).

PI, $430 (100%), Using GRACE to advance precipitation analysis in cold regions, (NASA

GRACE/GRACE-FO science team, 2016-2018).

PI, $390 (100%) Revising the global precipitation climatology in light of the most

advanced observations from space, (NASA NEWS science team, 2014-2018).

PI, $506K (100%), Multi-sensor Precipitation and Reflectivity Analysis and Retrievals for

Precipitation and All-weather Temperature and Humidity (PATH) mission (NASA

WEATHER, 2013-2018).

PI, $255K (100%), Improving high latitude precipitation observation: A critical step

towards evaluation of reanalysis and climate models: A critical step towards evaluation of

reanalysis and climate models, (NASA New Investigator Program Award 2014-2017).

Co-PI, $519K (40%)Radiative and Large-Scale Forcing of Tropical Clouds and Their

Controls on High SST Environments Using Multi-Sensor Aqua and ECMWF-Reanalysis

Datasets (NASA TERRA/AQUA 2014-2018)

Co-PI, $671K (8%), Improving National Water Model (NWM) snowmelt runoff

prediction (NOAA OAR OWAQ 2018-2020,)

Co-PI, $890K (8%) Climate Model Evaluation by Transitions between Climate States of

Short-Term Natural Climate Variability (NASA MAP, 2017-2019)

Co-PI, $445K (14%)Enabling the U.S. Army Streamflow Prediction Tool to utilize GPM

products in operation (Co-PI, NASA Precipitation Measurement Mission, 2019-2022)

Co-PI, $986K (11%) Simulation-Based Uncertainty Quantification for Atmospheric

Remote Sensing Retrievals (NASA Advanced Information Systems Technology, 2017-

2020)

Co-PI, 100K (50%), Novel Methods for Detecting and Monitoring Drought Conditions in

the Southwestern United States from Atmospheric Conditions Detected with NASA’s

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) (2013-2014; NASA HQ support for 3 students)

Co-PI, 800K (8%) Using aircraft and satellite sensors to determine the role of

thermodynamics at multiple scales in the initiation and organization of tropical convection

(NASA WEATHER, 2017-2020)

Co-PI, $199K (20%), The JPL Fire Danger Assessment System (FDAS): Using satellite

observations to map global wildfire risk (NASA JPL RTD 2016-2018)

Co-PI, $985K (12%), East Africa Drought and Agricultural Productivity Assessment and

Prediction System (NASA SERVIR, 2012-2016)

Co-PI, $453K (%12), Enhanced-resolution PATH data products (Co-I - NASA

WEATHER, 2013-2016)

Co-PI, $ 909K (18%), Analysis of the AIRS and CrIS radiometric calibration under cloudy

conditions and error propagation into environmental variables(NASA SNPP, 2014-2017)

Co-PI, $ 199K (20%)The Regional Hydrological Extremes Assessment System (NASA

RTD, 2012-2014)

Co-PI, $400K (50%), Using Cloudy Radiances as a New Test for the Validation of Climate

Quality: AIRS-GOES-IASI(Co-I: NASA Satellite calibration interconsistency studies

2012-2013)

State/Foundations/local

PI, $13.7K (100%), Earth Dynamic Observatory, U of Arizona (2019)

PI, Total of $15K funding for raising the bar for NASA JPL in scientific occasions.

Other funded projects

Partner Investigator, $30M, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, (see

http://climateextremes.org.au/partner-investigators/) ( 07/01/2017-6/30/2024)

Collaborator, $3M, Data-Intensive Research and Education Center in Science,

Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (DIRECT-STEM) (NASA MRO)

Collaborator, $450K, Using NMQ Ground-Based Radar to Improve Passive-Only

Precipitation Profile Retrievals for PATH (NASA WEATHER)

Contribution to major proposals (not selected):

Co-I, $30M, GNSS Polarimetric Radio Occultations (GNSS-PRO): Thermodynamic

Structure Within Precipitation, (NASA EVI), (2017-2022)

Co-I, $90M, GeoStorm, (NASA EVI), (2016-2021)

Co-I, $90M, GeoStorm, (NASA EVI), (2012-2016)

Teaching and Educational Activities (Since joining UA in fall 2018):

Courses: So far created 2 grad courses, taught one of them (ATMO 455/555) in fall 2018 and

2019. The other grad course (ATMO 595B) will be taught in spring 2020. Also taught a general

education course (HWRS-170A1) with 130+ students. Details as bellow:

• Introduction to Atmospheric and Hydrology Remote Sensing (ATMO-455/555), fall 2018

• Earth: our watery home (HWRS-170A1), spring 2019

Enrollment: 130; Introduction to Atmospheric and Hydrology Remote Sensing (ATMO-

455/555), fall 2019

• Global Climate Change (ATMO 595B), spring 2020

Postdocs Advised

Abishek Adhikari (U of A; 2019-present)

Song Yang (U of A; 2018-present)

Yixin Wen (Caltech/JPL; 2015-2017), Now at National Severe Storms Laboratory

(NSSL), Oklahoma University.

Alireza Farahmand (Caltech/JPL; 2017-2018), now at UCLA/JPL

Alka Singh (Caltech/JPL; 2017-2018), now at NASA GSFC

Dimitrios Stampoulis, (Caltech/JPL; 2015‐2016) (Co-advisor), now at ASU

Graduates /Undergraduates advised

University of Arizona

Milad Panahi, university of Arizona (MS) (2018-present)

Mostafa Javadian (Ph.D.) (2019-present)

Reza Ehsani (Ph.D.) (2019-present)

Alireza Arabzadeh (MS) (2019-present)

Alexa Marcovecchio (MS) (2019-present) (Joint with Prof. X. Dong)

Stella Heflin (Undergraduate) (2019-present)

Jimmy Al Janabi (Undergraduate) (2019-present)

Other universities

Hooman Ayat, external advisor for PhD dissertation. School of Biological, Earth and

Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

(2019-present).

Guoqiang Tang, Tsinghua University, external graduate thesis advisor (2017-present) and

also mentor during his student visit at UCLA (2017-2018).

Beatrice Aguilar, Cal State Los Angeles (CSLA) (2016-2017), Co-advisor for MSc thesis

and summer research internship at JPL.

Rosemarie Wrigley, California State University-Long Beach (2013-2014) , under NASA

DEVELOP JPL summer intern,

Julie Sanchez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2013-2014), under

NASA DEVELOP:

https://develop.larc.nasa.gov/2014/fall_term/WesternU.S.Disasters.html

Mark Barker, California State University, Northridge (2013-2014) , under NASA

DEVELOP JPL summer intern,

Amanda Schochet, University of California, San Diego (2015) , JPL summer intern,

Dissertation Committee Member

Mostafa Javadian (Ph.D.), ongoing, U of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and

Atmospheric Sciences (chair).

Mohammad Reza Ehsani (Ph.D.), ongoing, U of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and

Atmospheric Sciences (chair).

Milad Panahi (MS), ongoing, U of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric

Sciences (chair).

Alireza Arabzadeh (MS), ongoing, U of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and

Atmospheric Sciences (chair).

Alexa Marcovecchio (MS), ongoing, U of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and

Atmospheric Sciences (chair).

Erika Cropp (MS) 2018, U of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric

Sciences (member).

Lisa Jose (Ph.D.), ongoing, U of Arizona, Department of Geosciences (member).

Yiyi Huang (Ph.D.), ongoing, U of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric

Sciences (member).

Hooman Ayat (Ph.D.), ongoing, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Earth, and

Environment Sciences (member).

Jack Reeves Eyre (Ph.D.), ongoing, U of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and

Atmospheric Sciences (member).

Josh Welty (Ph.D.), ongoing, U of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric

Sciences (member).

Charles John Devine (MS) 2019- U of Arizona, ongoing, Department of Hydrology and

Atmospheric Sciences (member)

Beatrice Aguilar (MS) 2017, Cal State Los Angeles (CSLA). Department of Geography

(member).

Theodore McHardy (PhD) 2020, U of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and

Atmospheric Sciences (member).