CURRICULUM VITAE: JOHN J. CASSANO
Education
Ph.D., 1998: Atmospheric
Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
M.S., 1994: Atmospheric and
Oceanic Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
B.S., 1992: Earth Science,
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Professional Positions
August 2010 – present:
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University
of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
January 2004 –
present: Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
January 2004 – August
2010: Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
May 2002 – December
2003: Research Scientist II, Cooperative Institute for Research in
Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
March 2001-May 2002:
Research Scientist I, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
January 1999- February 2001:
Research Associate, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio
January 1999- June 2000:
Byrd Post-doctoral Fellow, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio (supervisor: David H. Bromwich)
September 1995- December
1998: Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Department of
Atmospheric Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming (advisor: Thomas
R. Parish)
September 1992- August 1995:
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (advisor: Charles R. Stearns)
2014: Discussion and writing
lead, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Horizon Scan atmosphere
theme
2013 – present: Member
United States National Academies of Science Polar Research Board
2013 – present:
Member, International Commission on Polar Meteorology, International
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Association
2013 – present:
Member, science steering committee, International Society for Atmospheric
Research using Remotely-piloted Aircraft
2013: Chair, National
Science Foundation committee of visitors, Antarctic Sciences Section /
Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics Section
2011 – present:
Section editor, Polar Research
2011 – present: Co-coordinator
for polar Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) activities
2011 – present: Member
of Arctic Climate System Network steering committee, International Arctic
Science Committee
2010 – present: Member
of International Arctic Science Committee atmosphere working group
2012-2013: Member, American
Meteorological SocietyÕs Committee on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
2011 – 2012: Member of
committee on the Legacies and Lessons of International Polar Year 2007-2008
2011 – lead convener,
American Meteorological Society 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology
and Oceanography
2010 – 2011: Chair,
American Meteorological SocietyÕs Committee on Polar Meteorology and
Oceanography
2009 – 2011: Advisory
editor, Antarctic Science
2007 – 2009: Member,
Arctic-CHAMP (Community-wide Hydrologic Analysis and Monitoring Program)
science steering committee
2003 – 2009: Member
American Meteorological SocietyÕs Committee on Polar Meteorology and
Oceanography
May 2008: Member, Arctic
System Model workshop organizing committee
Co-organizer / convener of
multiple sessions at American Meteorological Society and International Union of
Geophysics and Geodesy conferences
Reviewer for Antarctic Science, Atmosphere-Ocean, Atmospheric
Chemistry and Physics, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Climate Dynamics, Computing
in Science and Engineering, Geophysical Research Letters, Global and Planetary
Change, International Journal of Climatology Journal of Applied Meteorology and
Climatology, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Journal of Climate,
Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Glaciology, Journal of
Hydrometeorology, Monthly Weather Review, Nature, Polar Geography, Polar
Research, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Science,
Tellus, Weather and Forecasting
Reviewer Grant Proposals for
National Science Foundation (USA), National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (USA), Australian Antarctic Division, Canadian Foundation for Climate
and Atmospheric Sciences, French National Agency of Research (ANR), National
Environmental Research Council (United Kingdom), National Science and
Engineering Research Council (Canada), Programa Nazionale di Ricerche in
Antartide (Italy)
Department
Associate Chair, Department
of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Member,
ATOC executive committee
Chair, ATOC Curriculum
Committee
Advisor, ATOC minor
Chair, Friedrich ATOC tenure and promotion committee (F14)
Chair, Lovenduski ATOC reappointment committee (F14)
Institute
Member,
CIRES Council of Fellows
Chair, CIRES oceanography faculty
search committee
Professional Societies
1993
– present: American Meteorological Society
2001
– present: American Geophysical Union
Scholarships and Awards
2012: Erskine Visiting
Fellowship, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand
2008: NSF Travel Grant to
attend the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science
Meeting, St. Petersburg, Russia
2006: NSF Travel Grant to
attend the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science
Meeting, Hobart, Australia
2001: AGU Travel Grant to
attend 8th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Meteorology
and Atmospheric Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria
2000: AMS Travel Grant to
attend 6th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and
Oceanography, Santiago, Chile
1999 – 2000: Byrd
Fellowship, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University
1992 – 1993:
Schwerdtfeger Award, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department, University of
Wisconsin
1992 – 1993: WARF
Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin
1991 – 1992: Milton J.
Edie Scholarship, Earth Science Department, Montana State University
1987: New York State Regents
Scholarship
Publications
(refereed
publications)
1 graduate student in Cassano
research group
2 post-doctoral research
scientist in Cassano research group
3 associate scientist in
Cassano research group
Fraser, A.D., M.A Nigro2,
S.R.M. Ligtenberg, M. Inoue, J.J. Cassano, P. Kuipers Munneke, N.W. Young, A.
Treverrow, B. Legresy, and H. Enomoto, 2014: Variability in the backscatter of
dry Antarctic snow / firn using ASCAT reveals a changing ice sheet. In
preparation.
Cassano, J.J., M.W. Seefeldt2,
S. Palo, S.L. Knuth1,3, P.D. Herrman, P.A. Kernebone, 2014:
Observations of the atmospheric boundary layer over the Terra Nova Bay polynya
during September 2012, Earth System
Science Data, In preparation.
Wegrzyn, K., J. Maslanik, J.
Cassano, and C. Zappa, 2014: An intercomparison of areal coverage of the Terra
Nova Bay polynya in July-September 2009 as determined using MODIS and AMSR-E
satellite imagery. Polar Research, submitted.
DuVivier1, 3,
A.K. and J.J. Cassano, 2014: Analysis of wintertime mesoscale winds around
southeastern Greenland. Monthly Weather
Review, accepted pending revisions.
Lazzara, M.A., L.J.
Welhouse, D.E. Mikolajczyk, M. Tsukernik, J.E. Thom, L.M. Keller, G.A. Weidner,
J. Snarski, J.J. Cassano, and L. Kalnajs, 2014: University of Wisconsin
Antarctic automatic weather station program 2012-2013 field season report:
Challenges and successes, Antarctic
Record, accepted pending revisions.
DuVivier, 1,3, A.K.
and J.J. Cassano, 2014: Exploration of turbulent heat fluxes and wind stress
curl during wintertime mesoscale wind events around southeastern Greenland. J. Geophys. Res., accepted pending
revisions.
Roberts, A., A. Craig, W.
Maslowski, R. Osinski, A. DuVivier1,3, M. Hughes2, B.
Nijssen, J. Cassano, and M. Brunke, 2014: Simulating transient ice-ocean Ekman
transport in the Regional Arctic System Model and Community Earth System Model.
Annals of Glaciology, in press.
Cassano, E.N.3,
J. Glisan, J.J. Cassano, W. Gutowski, and M. Seefeldt, 2014: Methodology of
using the self-organizing map algorithm to characterize and analyze widespread
temperature extremes in Alaska and Canada, Climate
Research, accepted pending revisions.
Nigro2, M.A. and
J.J. Cassano, 2014: Analysis of the Ross Ice Shelf airstream forcing mechanisms using self
organizing maps. Mon. Wea. Rev., in
press.
Knuth1,3, S.L.
and J.J. Cassano, 2014: Estimating
sensible and latent heat fluxes using the integral method from in situ aircraft
measurements. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., in press.
Kennicutt II, M.C., S.L.
Chown, J.J Cassano, D. Liggett, L.S. Peck, R. Massom, S.R. Rintoul, J. Storey,
D.G. Vaughn, T.J. Wilson, I. Allison, J. Ayton, R. Badhe, J. Baeseman, P.J.
Barrett, R.E. Bell, N. Bertler, S. Bo, A. Brandt, D. Bromwich, S.C. Cary, M.S.
Clark, P. Convey, E.S. Costa, D. Cowan, R. DeConto, R. Dunbar, C. Elfring, C.
Escutia, J. Francis, H.A. Fricker, M. Fukuchi, N. Gilbert, J. Gutt, C.
Havermans, D. Hik, G. Hosie, C. Jones, Y.D. Kim, Y. Le Maho, S.H. Lee, M.
Leppe, G. Leitchenkov, X. Li, V. Lipenkov, K. Lochte, J. L—pez-Mart’nez, C.
LŸdecke, W. Lyons, S. Marenssi, H. Miller, P. Morozova, T. Naish, S. Nayak, R.
Ravindra, J. Retmales, C.A. Ricci, M. Rogan-Finnemore, Y. Ropert-Coudert, A.A.
Samah, L. Sanson, T. Scambos, I.R. Schloss, K. Shiraishi, M.J. Siegert, J.C.
Sim›es, B. Storey, M.D. Sparrow,
D.H. Wall, J.C. Walsh, G. Wilson, J.G. Winther, J.C. Xavier, H. Yang, and W.J.
Sutherland, 2014: A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the
next two decades and beyond. Antarctic
Science, doi:10.1017/S0954102014000674.
Kennicutt II, M., S.L.
Chown, J. Cassano, D. Liggett, R. Massom, L. Peck, S. Rintoul, J. Storey, D.
Vaughn, T. Wilson, and W.J. Sutherland, 2014: Antarctic and Southern Ocean
science in the 21st century. Nature,
512, 23-25.
Nigro2, M.A. and
J.J. Cassano, 2014: Identification of surface wind patterns over the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
using self organizing maps, Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 2361-2378, DOI:10.1175/MWR-D-13-00382.1.
Cassano, J.J., 2014: Weather
bike: A bicycle based weather station for observing local temperature
variations. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
95, 205-209,
DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00044.1.
Cassano, J.J., 2014:
Observations of atmospheric boundary layer temperature profiles with a small
unmanned aerial vehicle. Antarctic
Science, 26, 205-213,
doi:10/1017/S0954102013000539.
DuVivier1, A.K.
and J.J. Cassano, 2013: Evaluation of WRF model resolution on simulated
mesoscale winds and surface fluxes near Greenland. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141,
941-963, DOI:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00091.1.
Moore, G.W.K., I.A. Renfrew,
and J.J. Cassano, 2013: Greenland plateau jets. Tellus A, 65, 17468,
doi:10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.17468.
Nolan, M., E.N. Cassano3,
and J.J. Cassano, 2013: Synoptic climatology and recent climate trends at Lake
ElÕgygytgyn. Climate of the Past, 9, 1271-1286. doi:
10.5194/cp-9-1271-2013.
Cassano3, E.N.,
J.J. Cassano, M.E. Higgins2, and M.C. Serreze, 2013: Atmospheric
impacts of an Arctic sea ice minimum as seen in the Community Atmosphere Model.
Int. J. Clim., DOI: 10.1002/joc.3723.
Lazzara, M.A., L.J.
Welhouse, J.E. Thom, J.J. Cassano, A.K. DuVivier1, G.A. Weidner,
L.M. Keller, and L. Kalnajs, 2013: Automatic weather station (AWS) program
operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the 2011-2012 field
season. Antarctic Record, 57, 125-135.
Glisan, J.M., W.J. Gutowski
Jr., J.J. Cassano, and M.E. Higgins2, 2013: Effects of spectral
nudging in WRF on Arctic temperature and precipitation simulations. J. Clim., 26, 3985-3999. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00318.1.
Knuth1, S.L.,
J.J. Cassano, J.A. Maslanik, P.D. Herrmann, P.A. Kernebone, R.I. Crocker, and
N.J Logan, 2013: Unmanned aircraft system measurements of the atmospheric
boundary layer over Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Earth Sys. Sci. Data,5, 57-69,
doi:10.5194/essd-5-57-2013.
Powers, J.G., Manning, K.W.,
D.H Bromwich, J.J. Cassano, and A.M. Cayette, 2012: A decade of Antarctic
science support through AMPS. Bull. Amer.
Meteor. Soc., 93, 1699-1712,
DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00186.1.
Brigham-Grette, J., R.A.
Bindschadler, M.R. Albert, J.J. Cassano, L.D. Hinzman, E.E. Hofmann, I.I.
Krupnik, V. Kingeekuk Metcalf, S. Pfirman, C. Rapley, L. Speer, T.N. Taylor,
W.F. Weeks, M. McConnell, E. Dunlea, L. Brown, and S. Freeland, 2012: Lessons and Legacies of the International
Polar Year 2007-2008, The National Academies Press, 184pp.
Lazzara, M.A., G.A. Weidner,
L.M. Keller, J.E. Thom, and J.J. Cassano, 2012: Antarctic automatic weather
station program: 30 years of polar observations. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93,
1519-1537, DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00015.1.
Seefeldt2, M.W.
and J.J. Cassano, 2012: A description of the Ross Ice Shelf air stream (RAS)
through the use of self-organizing maps (SOMs). J. Geophys. Res., 117, D09112,
doi:10.1029/2011JD016857.
Nigro1, M.A.,
J.J. Cassano, M.A. Lazzara, and L.M. Keller, 2012: Case study of a barrier wind
corner jet off the coast of the Prince Olav Mountains, Antarctica. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 2044-2063, DOI:10.1175/MWR-D-11-00261.1.
Nigro1,
M.A., J.J. Cassano, and S.L. Knuth1, 2012: Evaluation of Antarctic
Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) cyclone forecasts using infrared satellite
imagery, 24, 183-192, Antarctic Science,
doi:10.1017/S0954102011000745.
Higgins2, M.E.
and J.J. Cassano, 2012: Northern Alaskan land surface response to reduced
Arctic sea ice extent. Clim Dyn, 38, DOI 10.1007/s00382-011-1095-0.
Porter1, D.F.,
J.J. Cassano, and M.C. Serreze, 2012: Local and large-scale atmospheric
response to reduced Arctic sea ice and ocean warming in the WRF model. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D11115,
doi:10.1029/2011JD016969.
Walsh, J.J., D.A. Dieterle,
F.R. Chen, J.M. Lenes, W. Maslowski, J.J. Cassano, T.E. Whitledge, D.
Stockwell, M. Flint, I.N. Sukhanova, and J. Christensen, 2011: Trophic cascades
and future harmful algal blooms within ice-free Arctic seas north of Bering
Strait: A simulation analysis. Progress
in Oceanography, 91, 313-343,
doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.02.001.
Fisel, B.J., W.J. Gutowski
Jr., J.M. Hobbs, and J.J. Cassano, 2011: Multi-regime states of the Arctic
atmospheric circulation. J. Geophys.
Res., 116, D20122,
doi:10.1029/2011JD015790.
Cassano, J.J., M.E. Higgins2,
and M.W. Seefeldt2, 2011: Performance of the Weather Research and
Forecasting (WRF) Model for Month-long pan-Arctic Simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 3469-3488, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-10-05065.1.
Cassano3,
E.N., J.J. Cassano, M. Nolan, 2011: Synoptic weather pattern controls on
temperature in Alaska. J. Geophys. Res.,
116, D11108,
doi:10.1029/2010JD015341.
Porter1,
D.F., J.J. Cassano, and M.C. Serreze, 2011: Analysis of the Arctic atmospheric
energy budget in WRF: A comparison with reanalyses and satellite observations. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D22108. Doi:10.1029/2011JD016622.
Serreze, M.C., A.P. Barrett,
and J.J. Cassano, 2011: Circulation and surface controls on the lower
tropospheric air temperature field of the Arctic. J. Geophys. Res., 116,
D07104, doi:10.1029/2010JD015127.
Bailey, A., T.N. Chase, J.J.
Cassano, and D. Noone, 2011: Changing temperature inversion characteristics in
the U.S. Southwest and relationships to large-scale atmospheric circulation. J. Appl. Met. and Clim.,50, 1307-1323,
DOI:10.1175/2011JAMC2584.1.
Knuth1,3,
S.L. and J.J. Cassano, 2011: An analysis of near-surface winds, air
temperature, and cyclone activity in Terra Nova Bay Antarctica from 1993-2009. J. Appl. Meteor. and Clim., 50, 662-680,
DOI:10.1175/2010JAMC2507.1.
Nigro1, M.A.,
Cassano, J.J., and M.W. Seefeldt2, 2011: A weather pattern-based
approach to evaluate the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)
forecasts: Comparison to automatic weather station observations. Wea. Forecasting, 26, 184-198,
DOI:10.1175/2010WAF2222444.1.
Cassano, J.J., J.A.
Maslanik, C.J. Zappa, A.L. Gordon, R.I. Cullather, and S.L. Knuth1,
2010: Observations of an Antarctic polynya with unmanned aircraft systems, Eos, 91, 245-246.
Higgins,
M.E.1 and J.J. Cassano, 2010: Response of Arctic 1000 hPa
circulation to changes in horizontal resolution and sea ice forcing in the
Community Atmospheric Model. J. Geophys.
Res., 115, D17114,
doi:10.1029/2009JD013440.
Porter1, D.F.,
J.J. Cassano, M.C. Serreze, and D.N. Kindig, 2010: New estimates of the
large-scale Arctic atmospheric energy budget. J. Geophys. Res., 115,
D08108, doi:10.1029/2009JD012653.
Schuenemann1, K.
and J.J. Cassano, 2010: Changes in synoptic weather patterns and
Greenland precipitation in the 20th
and 21st centuries.
Part 2: Attribution of the
predicted change in Greenland precipitation during the 21st century,
J. Geophys. Res., 115, D05108, doi:10.1029/2009JD011706.
Cassano3, E.N.
and J.J. Cassano, 2010: Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and
Yukon river basins. Int. J. Climatology, 30, 658-674. DOI: 10.1002/joc.1926.
Higgins1, M.E. and J.J. Cassano, 2009:
Impacts of reduced sea ice on winter Arctic atmospheric circulation,
precipitation, and temperature. J.
Geophys. Res., 114, D16107,
doi:10.1029/2009JD011884.
Schuenemann1, K., and J.J. Cassano, 2009:
Changes in synoptic weather patterns and Greenland precipitation in the
20th and 21st
centuries. Part 1: Evaluation of late 20th
century simulations from IPCC models, J.
Geophys. Res. 114, D20113,
doi:10.1029/2009JD011705.
Francis, J., White, D.M.,
Cassano, J.J., Gutowski, W.J., Hinzman, L.D., Holland, M.M., Steele, M.A., and
Všršsmaty, C.J., 2009: An Arctic hydrologic system in transition: Feedbacks and
impacts on terrestrial, marine, and human life. J. Geophys. Res. 114,
G04019, doi:10.1029/2008JG000902.
Skific, N., J.A. Francis,
and J.J. Cassano, 2009: Attribution of seasonal and regional changes in Arctic
moisture convergence. J. Clim., 22, 5115-5134,
doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2829.1.
Uotila, P., A.B. Pezza, J.J.
Cassano, K. Keay, and A.H. Lynch, 2009: A comparison of low pressure system
statistics derived from a high-resolution NWP output and three reanalysis
products over the Southern Ocean. J.
Geophys. Res., 114, D17105,
doi:10.1029/2008JD011583.
Skific, N., J.A. Francis,
and J.J. Cassano, 2009: Attribution of projected changes in atmospheric
moisture transport in the Arctic: A self-organizing map perspective. J. Clim., 22, 4135-4153, DOI:10.1175/2009JCLI2645.1.
Finnis1, J., J.J.
Cassano, M.M. Holland, M.C. Serreze, and P. Uotila 2009: Synoptically forced
hydroclimatology of major Arctic watersheds in general circulation models, Part
2: Eurasian watersheds. Int. J.
Climatology, 29, 1244-1261, DOI:
10.1002/joc.1769.
Finnis1, J., J.J.
Cassano, M.M. Holland, M.C. Serreze, and P. Uotila, 2009: Synoptically forced
hydroclimatology of major Arctic watersheds in general circulation models, Part
1: the Mackenzie River basin. Int. J.
Climatology, 29, 1226-1243, DOI:
10.1002/joc.1753
Schuenemann1, K.,
J.J. Cassano, and J. Finnis, 2009: Synoptic forcing of precipitation over
Greenland: Climatology for 1961 to 1999. J.
Hydrometeorology, 10, 60-78,
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM1014.1.
Seefeldt1, M.W.
and J.J. Cassano, 2008: An analysis of low-level jets in the greater Ross Ice
Shelf region based on numerical simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 4188-4205,
DOI:10.1175/2008MWR2455.1.
Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball,
E.H. Hogg, M. Zhao, W.C. Oechel, J.J. Cassano, and S.W. Running, 2008:
Satellite-based model detection of recent climate driven changes in northern
high latitude vegetation productivity. J.
Geophys. Res., 113, G03033, DOI
10.1029/2007JG000621.
Wyser, K., C.G. Jones, P.
Du., E. Girard, U. WillŽn, J. Cassano, J.H. Christensen, J.A. Curry, K.
Dethloff, J.-E. Haugen, D. Jacob, M. Koltzow, R. Laprise, A. Lynch, S. Pfeifer,
A. Rinke, M. Serreze, M.J. Shaw1, M. Tjernstršm, and M. Zagar, 2008:
An evaluation of Arctic cloud and radiation processes during the SHEBA year:
Simulation results from eight Arctic regional climate models. Climate Dynamics. 30, 203-223, DOI 10.1007/s00382-007-0286-1.
Zhang, K. J.S. Kimball, K.C.
McDonald, J.J. Cassano, and S.W. Running, 2007: Impacts of large-scale
oscillations on pan-Arctic terrestrial net primary production. Geophys. Res. Letters, L21403,
doi10.1029/2007GL031605.
White, D., L. Hinzman, L.
Alessa, J. Cassano, M. Chambers, K. Falkner, J. Francis, W.J. Gutowski, M.
Holland, R.M. Holmes, H. Huntington, D. Kane, A. Kliskey, C. Lee, J.
McClelland, B. Peterson, T.S. Rupp, F. Straneo, M. Steele, R. Woodgate, D.
Yang, K. Yoshikawa, and T. Zhang, 2007: The Arctic freshwater system: Changes
and impacts. J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S54, doi:10.1029/2006JG000353.
Cassano, J.J., P. Uotila,
A.H. Lynch, and E.N. Cassano3, 2007: Predicted changes in synoptic
forcing of net precipitation in large Arctic river basins during the 21st
century, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S49, doi:10.1029/2006JG000332.
Finnis1, J., M.M.
Holland, M.C. Serreze, and J.J. Cassano, 2007: Response of Northern hemisphere
extratropical cyclone activity and associated precipitation to climate change,
as represented by CCSM3, J. Geophys.
Res., 112, G04S42,
doi:10.1029/2006JG000286.
Uotila, P, A.H. Lynch, J.J.
Cassano, and R.I. Cullather, 2007: Changes in Antarctic net precipitation in
the 21st century based on Integovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) model scenarios. J. Geophys. Res.,
112, D10107, doi:10.1029/2006JD007482.
Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, M.
Zhao, W.C. Oechel, J. Cassano, and S.W. Running, 2007: Sensitivity of
pan-Arctic terrestrial net primary productivity simulations to daily surface
meteorology from NCEP/NCAR and ERA-40 reanalyses. J. Geophys. Res., 112,
G01001, doi:10.1029/2006JG000249.
Seefeldt1, M.W.,
J.J. Cassano, and T.R. Parish, 2007: Dominant regimes of the Ross Ice Shelf
surface wind field during austral autumn 2005. J. Appl. Meteor. and Clim., 11,
1933-1955, doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1442.1.
Parish, T.R., J.J. Cassano,
and M.W. Seefeldt1, 2006: Characteristics of the Ross Ice Shelf air
stream as depicted in Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System simulations. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12109, doi:10.1029/2005JD006185.
Cassano, E.N., A.H. Lynch,
J.J. Cassano, and M.R. Koslow, 2006: Classification of synoptic patterns in the
western Arctic associated with extreme events at Barrow, Alaska. Clim. Res., 30, 83-97.
Cassano, J.J., P. Uotila,
A.H. Lynch, 2006: Changes in synoptic weather patterns in the polar regions in
the 20th and 21st centuries, Part 1: Arctic. Int. J. Climatology,
DOI:10.1002/joc.1306.
Lynch, A.H., P. Uotila, and
J.J. Cassano, 2006: Changes in synoptic weather patterns in the polar regions
in the 20th and 21st centuries, Part 2: Antarctic. Int. J. Climatology,
DOI:10.1002/joc.1305.
Rinke, A., K. Dethloff, J.
Cassano, J.H. Christensen, J.A. Curry, P. Du, E. Girard, J.-E. Haugen, D.
Jacob, C.G. Jones, M. Koltzow, R. Laprise, A.H. Lynch, S. Pfeifer, M.C. Serreze,
M.J. Shaw, M. Tjernstrom, K. Wyser, and M. Zagar, 2006: Evaluation of an
ensemble of Arctic regional climate models: Spatiotemporal fields during the
SHEBA year. Climate Dynamics. DOI
10.1007/s00382-005-0095-3.
Tjernstrom, M., M. Zagar, G.
Svensson, J.J. Cassano, S. Pfeifer, A. Rinke, K. Wyser, K. Dethloff, C. Jones,
T. Semmler, and M. Shaw, 2005: Modelling the Arctic boundary layer: An
evaluation of six ARCMIP regional-scale models with data from the SHEBA
project. Bound.-Layer Meteor. 117, 337-381. DOI:
10.1007/s10546-004-7954-z.
Pavolonis, M.J., J.R. Key,
and J.J. Cassano, 2004: A study of the Antarctic surface energy budget using a
polar regional atmospheric model forced with satellite-derived cloud
properties. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 654-661.
Parish, T.R., and J.J.
Cassano, 2003: Diagnosis of the katabatic wind influence on the wintertime
Antarctic surface wind field from numerical simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131,
1128-1139.
Lynch, A.H., E.N. Cassano,
J.J. Cassano, and L. Lestak, 2003: Cases studies of high wind events in Barrow,
Alaska: Climatological context and development processes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131,
719-732.
Bromwich, D.H., A.J.
Monaghan, J.G. Powers, J.J. Cassano, H.L. Wei, Y.-H. Kuo, and A. Pellegrini,
2003: Antarctic mesoscale prediction system (AMPS): A case study from the
2000-01 field season. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
131, 412-434.
Guo, Z., D.H. Bromwich, and
J.J. Cassano, 2003: Evaluation of Polar MM5 simulations of Antarctic
atmospheric circulation. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
131, 384-411.
Parish, T.R., and J.J.
Cassano, 2003: The role of katabatic winds on the Antarctic surface wind
regime. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 317-333.
Cassano, J.J., J.E. Box,
D.H. Bromwich, L. Li, and K. Steffen, 2001: Evaluation of Polar MM5 simulations
of GreenlandÕs atmospheric circulation. J.
Geophys. Res., 106, 33867-33890.
Bromwich, D.H., J.J.
Cassano, T. Klein, G. Heinemann, K.M. Hines, K. Steffen, and J.E. Box, 2001:
Mesoscale modeling of katabatic winds over Greenland with the Polar MM5. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2290-2309.
Klein, T., G. Heinemann,
D.H. Bromwich, J.J. Cassano, and K.M. Hines, 2001: Mesoscale modeling of
katabatic winds over Greenland and comparisons with AWS and aircraft data. Met. Atmos. Phys., 78, 115-132.
Parish, T.R., and J.J.
Cassano, 2001: Forcing of the wintertime Antarctic boundary-layer winds from
the NCEP/NCAR global reanalysis. J. Appl.
Meteor., 40, 810-821.
Cassano, J.J., T.R. Parish,
and J.C. King, 2001: Evaluation of turbulent surface flux parameterizations for
the stable surface layer over Halley, Antarctica. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129,
26-46.
Cassano, J.J., and T.R.
Parish, 2000: An analysis of the nonhydrostatic dynamics in numerically
simulated Antarctic katabatic flows. J.
Atmos. Sci., 57, 891-898.
(technical reports)
Cassano, J.J., K. Brunt, N. Dunbar, R. Hale, R. McPherron, M. Nettles, S. Severmann, J. and Powers, 2013: Antarctic Sciences Section / Antarctic Infrastructure and Logistics Section National Science Foundation Committee of Visitors report.
Bromwich, D.H., and J.J.
Cassano, Eds., 2000: Recommendations to the National Science Foundation from
the Antarctic Weather Forecasting Workshop. BPRC Miscellaneous Series Report
M-420, 48pp.
Cassano, J.J., J. Wegiel, D.
Bacon, B. Kuo, B. Muller, A. Cayette, S. Pendlebury, and P.F. Coppola, 2000:
Numerical forecast models. Recommendations
to the National Science Foundation from the Antarctic Weather Forecasting
Workshop, D.H. Bromwich and J.J. Cassano, Eds., Byrd Polar Research Center,
25-32.
Bromwich, D.H. and J.J.
Cassano, 2000: RIME: A field program for advancing Antarctic weather
prediction. Recommendations to the
National Science Foundation from the Antarctic Weather Forecasting Workshop,
D.H. Bromwich and J.J. Cassano, Eds., Byrd Polar Research Center, 37-40.
Bromwich, D.H., and J.J.
Cassano, 2001: Antarctic weather forecasting workshop. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82,
1409-1413.
(books)
Cassano, J.J., 2013: Climate
of Extremes, in Antarctica: Global
Science from a Frozen Continent (ed. D.W.H. Walton), Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, 102-136.
Lynch, A.H, and J.J.
Cassano, 2006: Applied Atmospheric
Dynamics. J. Wiley and Sons, West Sussex, 280pp.
M. Shaw and J.J. Cassano,
2006: Applied Atmospheric Dynamics:
Review Question Solutions. J. Wiley and Sons, West Sussex, available as
electronic document from publisher.
Cassano, J.J., and R.B.
Stull, 1995: An Instructors Supplement to
Meteorology Today for Scientists and Engineers. West Publishing Co., 139pp.
(lab manuals)
Cassano, J.J. (ed); 1998: ATSC 2000 Introduction to Meteorology Lab
Manual, University of Wyoming
Collaborative Research: Understanding Arctic Marine Biogeochemical Response to Climate Change for Seasonal to Decadal Prediction Using Regional and Global Climate System Models. Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $154,186 (University of Colorado); Total award period covered: October 2014 – September 2017; Principal Investigator: John J. Cassano
Characteristics, Variability and Hydrologic Impacts of the Summer Arctic Frontal Zone and Projected Changes Through the 21st Century. Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $475,771 (University of Colorado); Total award period covered: April 2014 – March 2017; Principal Investigator: Mark C. Serreze; Co-Principal Investigator: Elizabeth N. Cassano, John J. Cassano
An Integrated Observational / Modeling Assessment of the Effects of Recent and Future Arctic Change on Weather Systems in the United States. Source of support: NASA; Total award amount: $988,466 (University of Colorado); Total award period covered: December 2013 – November 2016; Principal Investigator: John J. Cassano; Co-Principal Investigators: M. Serreze, J. Stroeve, E. Cassano, J.A. Francis, and D.W.J. Thompson
Observations of wind turbine wakes using unmanned aircraft systems. Source of support: CIRES; Total award amount: $24,768; Total award period covered: June 2013 – June 2014; Principal investigator: John J. Cassano; Co-Principal Investigators: J. Lundquist, B. Argrow, E. Frew, and K. Friedrich
Polar Winds: Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar Investigations. Source of support: Simpson Weather Associates, Inc.; Total award amount: $22,062 (University of Colorado); Total award period covered: November 2013 – October 2014; Principal Investigator: John J. Cassano
Collaborative Research: Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program 2013-2017. Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $349,598 (University of Colorado); Total award period covered: April 2013 – March 2016; Principal Investigator: John J. Cassano
Collaborative Research: Improving Decadal Prediction of Arctic Climate Variability and Change Using a Regional Arctic System Model (RASM). Source of support: DOE; Total award amount: $657,746 (University of Colorado); Total award period covered: May 2011 – May 2015; Principal Investigator: Wieslaw Maslowski; Co-Principal Investigators: John J. Cassano, Matthew Higgins, Andrew Roberts, William Gutowski, Dennis Lettenmaier, Xubin Zeng, Slawek Tulaczyk, William H. Robertson, William Lipscomb.
Collaborative Research: Towards Advanced Understanding and Improved Decadal/Centennial Prediction of Arctic Sea Ice State and Climate. Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $182,192; Total award period covered: Oct 2011 – Sept 2014; Principal Investigator: John J. Cassano; Co-Principal Investigator: Matthew Higgins.
Collaborative Research: Ocean-Ice-Atmosphere Interactions in the Terra Nova Bay Polynya, Antarctica. Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $1,053,986; Total award period covered: Aug 2011 – July 2015; Principal investigator: John J. Cassano, Co-investigators: Shelley L. Knuth and Scott Palo
Collaborative Research: Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program. Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $255,609; Total award period covered: Jan 2010 – Aug 2014; Principal investigator: John J. Cassano
Collaborative Research: Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program (supplemental funding). Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $29,979; Total award period covered: Jan 2010 – August 2014; Principal investigator: John J. Cassano
Collaborative Research: Arctic Extreme Temperature and Precipitation – Detection and Projection of Their Climatic Change and Physical Causes. Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $372,996; Total award period covered: Sept 2010 – Sept 2015; Principal investigator: John J. Cassano; Co-investigator: Elizabeth N. Cassano
Collaborative Research: Analysis of McCall Glacier Ice Core and Related Modern Process Studies. Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $284,878; Total award period covered: Sept 2010 – August 2015; Principal investigator: John J. Cassano; Co-Investigator: Elizabeth N. Cassano
Collaborative Research: Towards Advanced Understanding and Predictive
Capability of Climate Change in the Arctic Using a High-Resolution Regional
Arctic Climate System Model. Source of support: Department of Energy; Total
award amount: $690,996 (Univ. of Colorado); Total award period covered:
September 2007 – August 2012; Principal investigator: Wieslaw Maslowski;
Co-Principal Investigators: John J. Cassano, William J. Gutowski, and Dennis P.
Lettenmaier
Hydrologic Response to a Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice Cover. Source of support: National
Science Foundation; Total award amount: $594,934; Total award period covered:
Sept 2008 – August 2012; Principal investigator: Mark C. Serreze;
Co-Principal Investigators: Elizabeth N. Cassano, John J. Cassano, and Julienne
Stroeve
Collaborative Research: Oceanic Response to Mesoscale Atmospheric
Circulations in Terra Nova Bay. Source of support: National Science Foundation;
Total award amount: $1,092,667; Total award period covered: August 2008 –
July 2012; Principal Investigator: John J. Cassano; Co-Principal Investigator:
James A. Maslanik
Synoptic Climatology of Lake ElÕgygytgyn. Source of support: University of Alaska – Fairbanks; Total award amount: $30,008; Total award period covered: Dec 2009 – May 2011; Principal investigator: Elizabeth Cassano; Co-investigator: John J. Cassano
A Comprehensive Modeling Approach Towards Understanding and Prediction
of the Alaskan Coastal System Response to Changes in an Ice-diminished Arctic. Source of support: Naval
Postgraduate School (National Oceanographic Partnership Program); Total award
amount: $378,538; Total award period covered: September 2007 – August
2011; Principal Investigator: John J. Cassano
Collaborative Research: Antarctic
Automatic Weather Station Program. Source of support: NSF; Total award
amount: $194,892; Total award period covered: August 2007 – July 2011;
Principal investigator: John J. Cassano
Support and Enhancement of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
(AMPS) 2008-2010. Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $834,434 (University of
Colorado portion of proposal budget: $57,097); Total award period covered:
October 2008 – September 2010; Principal investigator: Jordan G. Powers,
Co-investigators: David H. Bromwich and John J. Cassano
Collaborative Research: Understanding Change in the Climate and
Hydrology of the Arctic Land Region: Synthesizing the Results of the ARCSS
Fresh Water Initiative Projects. Source of support: NSF; Total award amount:
$300,241; Total award period covered: September 2006 – August 2009;
Principal investigator: John J. Cassano
Meteorological Training – Physical and Dynamic Meteorology. Source of support: Vaisala;
Total award amount: $30,218; Total award period covered: January 2009 –
April 2009; Principal investigator: John J. Cassano
Synoptic Climatology of the Arctic National Park Network. Source of support:
University of Alaska – Fairbanks: Total award amount: $26,676; Total
award period covered: June 2007 – October 2008; Principal investigator:
John J. Cassano
Collaborative Research: Detection and Attribution of Changes in the
Hydrologic Regimes of the Mackenzie, the Kuparuk and the Lena River Basins: Source of support: NSF;
Total award amount: $394,347; Total award period covered: January 2003 –
December 2008; Principal investigator: John J. Cassano, Co-investigator: Amanda
H. Lynch
Support and Enhancements of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
(AMPS),
Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $816,428 (University of Colorado
portion of budget: $43,330); Total award period covered: October 2006 –
September 2008; Principal investigator: Jordan G. Powers, Co-investigators:
David H. Bromwich and John J. Cassano
Developing an Understanding and Predictive Capability of the
Interconnections Among Arctic Terrestrial, Atmospheric, and Marine Systems. Source of support: NSF;
Total award amount: $299,990 (University of Colorado portion of proposal
budget); Total award period covered: January 2005 - September 2008; Principal
investigator: Walter C. Oechel, Co-investigators: John J. Cassano, Larry D.
Hinzman, John S. Kimball, and Wieslaw Maslowski
Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project: Evaluation and
Interpretation of Cloud and Radiation Fields using Data Project from FIRE ACE: Source of support: Georgia
Institute of Technology; Total award amount: $88,737; Total award period
covered: December 2003 – November 2006; Principal investigator: Amanda H.
Lynch, Co-investigator: John J. Cassano
Enhancement and Operation of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
(AMPS),
Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $18,762 (University of Colorado
portion of proposal budget); Total award period covered: October 2004 -
September 2006; Principal investigator: Jordan G. Powers, Co-investigators:
David H. Bromwich, John J. Cassano, and Y.-H. Kuo
Collaborative Research: pre-RIME Studies of Transport Processes in the
Ross Sea Sector: Source of support: NSF; Total award amount: $65,188; Total award
period covered: August 2003 – July 2005; Principal investigator: John J.
Cassano
Extension of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS): Source of support: NCAR;
Total award amount: $39,802; Total award period covered: October 2002 –
September 2004; Principal investigator: John J. Cassano
Greenland: Reanalysis of the Energy Budget of the Ice Sheet (GREBIS): Source of support: NASA;
Total award amount: $276,243; Total award period covered: September 2002
– August 2005; Principal investigator: John J. Cassano, Co-investigators:
Amanda H. Lynch and Konrad Steffen
Teaching
ATOC 1050 - Weather and the
Atmosphere, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
Colorado (Spring 2010, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004, Spring 2002)
ATOC 4720 –
Introduction to Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics, Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado (Fall 2013, Spring 2007, Spring 2006)
ATOC 4750/5750 –
Desert Meteorology, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University
of Colorado (Fall 2011, Spring 2008)
ATOC 5050 –
Introduction to Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics, Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado (Fall 2013, Fall 2010, Fall 2008, Fall
2007, Fall 2006)
ATOC 5060 –
Atmospheric Dynamics, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
University of Colorado (Spring 2011)
ATOC 6020 - Seminar: Weather
Forecasting, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
Colorado (Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006,
Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004)
ATOC 6700 – Weather
Forecasting and Discussion, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
University of Colorado (Fall 2013)
ATOC 7500 –
Introduction to Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics, Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences, Continuing Education, University of Colorado (Spring 2009)
Atmospheric Science 820
– Mesoscale Atmospheric Modeling, (Co-lecturer), Atmospheric Sciences
Program, Ohio State University (Spring 2000)
Geography 820 –
Climate System Modeling, (Co-lecture) Atmospheric Sciences Program, Ohio State
University (Spring 1999)
ATSC 2000 lab –
Introduction to Meteorology, (Teaching Assistant), Department of Atmospheric
Science, University of Wyoming (Fall 1998, Spring 1998, Fall 1997, Spring 1997,
Fall 1996)
Field Work
January 2014: Lead unmanned
aerial vehicle field campaign to study the atmospheric boundary layer over the
Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
August – September
2012, August – September 2009: Lead unmanned aerial vehicle field campaign
to study Terra Nova Bay polynya, Antarctica
January-February 2012, January
2009, January-February 2004, January 2000, January 1998, December 1994 -
January 1995, January 1994: Install and repair automatic weather stations in
Antarctica
December 2007 –
January 2008, January 2001: Work with U.S. Antarctic Program weather
forecasters at McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Recent Collaborators
D.H. Bromwich, E.N. Cassano,
R.I. Cullather, G. Emmitt, J. Francis, A.L. Gordon, W. Gutowski, M. Hughes, M.A.
Lazzara, D. Lettenmaier, W. Lipscomb, J.A. Maslanik, W. Maslowski, J.
McConnell, B. Nijssen, M. Nolan, S. Palo, C. Reese, A. Roberts, W. Robertson, M.C.
Serreze, J. Stroeve, D. Thompson, S. Tulaczyk, C. Zappa, X. Zeng
Thesis Advisors
Thomas R. Parish and Charles
R. Stearns
Postdoc Advisors
David H. Bromwich and Amanda
H. Lynch
Graduate Advisees
Alice DuVivier (Ph.D.
Student)
Joel Finnis (Ph.D. –
Spring 2008)
Matthew Higgins (Ph.D.
– Summer 2010)
Shelley Knuth (Ph.D.
Student)
Scott Landoldt (Ph.D.
Student)
Melissa Nigro (Ph.D. Student
– Fall 2012)
Cody Phillips (Ph.D.
Student)
David Porter (Ph.D. –
Fall 2011)
Keah Schuenemann (Ph.D.
– Fall 2008)
Mark Seefeldt (Ph.D. –
Fall 2007)
Michael Shaw (M.S. Fall
2005)
Michael Stone (Ph.D.
Student)
Joel Finnis
Matthew Higgins
Mimi Hughes
Melissa Nigro
David Porter
Mark Seefeldt
Other Advisees
Luna M. Rodriguez-Manzanet
(University of Colorado Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training
(SMART) and UCAR Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research (SOARS))
Christopher Takeuchi
(Professional Research Assistant)
Michael Shaw (Profession
Research Assistant)