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Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (614)

Profile for Lahouari Bounoua

Affiliation: NASA
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Office Phone: 301-614-6631
Fax: 301-614-6695

Profile

Experience
  • Work with radiative transfer models.
  • Work with atmospheric general circulation models.
  • Earth Observing System interdisciplinary science group 'Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions’
  • Climate Simulation


    • Professional Interests

  • Enhancement of current understanding of land surface processes and their interactions with the physical climate system at different space and time scales, using multi-scale remote sensing data, modeling and advanced analytical tools.
  • Combining remote sensing data, land-surface models, biogeochemical models and climate models to estimate global, regional and local effects of land cover changes on carbon exchange, net primary productivity and surface climate.
  • Use of high resolution satellite data (e.g., LandSat and Terra) to improve the representation of land cover and its characterization into biophysical and climate models
  • Development of new parameterizations to accommodate for high resolution data at target resolutions of 5 km (continental scale), 1 km (regional scale) and 30 m (local scale) for off-line settings, and 50 km for coupled models with reasonable feedback.
  • Continued use of coarse resolution maps of the seasonal dynamics of the biosphere as seen from satellite to drive coupled climate models in order to better understand
      • o the role of the biosphere as a forcing to the climate system,
      o the response of the climate system to natural and human-induced changes in the biosphere,
      o the effects of climate system on human activities and lifestyles.
  • Work on improving climate prediction capability.


    • Education

  • Ph.D., Meteorology – 1992
    Dept of Meteorology - Florida State University Thesis: “Sensitivity of Climate to Land Surface Processes” – Prof. T. N. Krishnamurti, Supervisor

  • MS, Meteorology – 1990
    Dept of Meteorology - Florida State University Thesis: “Thermodynamic Budget of a Five-Day Wave Over the Sahara During Summer” – Prof. T. N. Krishnamurti, Supervisor.

  • Diplome d'Ingenieur d'Etat de la MeteorologieMaster degree in Atmospheric Sciences (US Equivalent) – 1980
    Institut Hydrometeorologique de Formation et de Recherche. Oran, Algeria.Thesis: “Relation entre champs de vent, genese et propagation des lignes de grain Ouest- Africaines” – Prof Yves Tourre, Supervisor.

  • D.E.S. US-equivalent: B.S. in Solid Body Physics – 1978
    Universite Es Senia, Oran, Algeria


    • Awards/Honors
    Excellence in Research, University Space Research Association, 1996


    Professional memberships

  • Member of the American Meteorological Society since 1996
  • Member of the American Geophysical Union since 1995
  • Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2000


    • Other Information:
    Language proficiencies: fluent in English, French and Arabic.

    Publications

    1. Bounoua L, Masek J, Tourre YM, Sensitivity of surface climate to land surface parameters: A case study using the simple biosphere model SiB2, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 111 (D22): Art. No. D22S09, doi:10.1029/2006JD007309.NOV 15 2006.

    2. Imhoff ML, Bounoua L, “Exploring global patterns of net primary production carbon supply and demand using satellite observations and statistical data”, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 111 (D22): Art. No. D22S12, NOV 22 2006.

    3. Kerbachi R, Boughedaoui M, Bounoua L, Keddam M, “Ambient air pollution by aromatic hydrocarbons in Algiers”, Atmospheric Environment, 40 (21): 3995-4003, JUL 2006.

    4. Pongratz J, Bounoua L, DeFries RS, Morton DC, Anderson LO, "The Impact of Land Cover Change on Surface Energy and Water Balance in Mato Grosso, Brazil", Earth Interactions, Vol. 10, paper no 19, 2006.

    5. Bounoua L., and T.N. Krishnamurti, 1991, "Thermodynamic budget of the five day wave over the Saharan Desert during summer", Meteorol. and Atmos. Phys., 47, 1, 25.

    6. Bounoua L., and T.N. Krishnamurti, 1993, "Influence of soil moisture on the Sahelian climate prediction II", Meteorol. and Atmos. Phys., 52, 205, 224.

    7. Bounoua L., and T.N. Krishnamurti, 1993, "Influence of soil moisture on the Sahelian climate prediction I", Meteorol. and Atmos. Phys., 52, 183,203.

    8. Sellers, P.J., L. Bounoua, G.J. Collatz, D. Randall, D.A. Dazlich, S. Los, J. Berry, I.Y. Fung, C.J. Tucker, C. Field, T. Jensen, 1996: "Comparison of the radiative and physiological effects of doubled atmospheric CO2 on climate", Science, 271,1402-1406.

    9. Sellers, P.J., D. Randall, G.J. Collatz, J. Berry, C.B. Field, D.A. Dazlich, C. Zhan, G. Collelo, and L. Bounoua, 1996, "A revised land surface parameterization (SiB2) for atmospheric GCMs. Part I: model formulation", J. Climate, 9, 676-705.

    10. Randall, D.A., P.J. Sellers, J. Berry, D.A. Dazlich, C. Zhang, G.J. Collatz, A.S. Denning, S. Los, C.B. Field, I.Y. Fung, C. Justice, C.J. Tucker, and L. Bounoua, 1996, "A revised land surface parameterization (SiB2) for GCMs. Part II: The greening of the Colorado State University general circulation model", J. Climate, 9, 738-763.

    11. Bounoua, L., G.J. Collatz, P.J. Sellers, D.A. Randall, D. Dazlich, S. Los, J. Berry, I. Fung, C.J. Tucker, C. Field, T. Jensen, 1999, " Interactions between vegetation and climate: radiative and physiological effects of doubled atmospheric CO2", J. Climate, 12, 309-323.

    12. Defries R.S, C.B. Field, I.Y. Fung, G.J. Collatz, and L. Bounoua, 1999, "Combining satellite data and biogeochemical models to estimate global effects of human-induced land cover change on carbon emissions and primary productivity", Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 13, 3, 803-815.

    13. Bounoua, L., G.J. Collatz, S. Los, P.J. Sellers, D.A. Dazlich, C.J. Tucker and D.A. Randall, 2000, "Sensitivity of climate to changes in NDVI", J. Climate, 13, 2277-2292.

    14. Collatz, G.J., L. Bounoua, S.O. Los, D.A. Randall, P.J. Sellers, I.Y. Fung, 2000, "Influence of vegetation on the diurnal temperature range", Geophysical Research Letter, 27, No. 20, 3381-3384.

    15. Los, S.O., G.J. Collatz. P.J. Sellers, C.M. Malstrom, N.H. Polack, R.S. Defries, L. Bounoua, M.T Parris, C.J. Tucker, and D.A. Dazlich, 2000, " Global 9-year biophysical land-surface data set from NOAA AVHRR data", Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 1, 183-199.

    16. Los, S.O., G.J. Collatz, P.J. Sellers, L. Bounoua, and C.J. Tucker, 2000, " Interannual variation in global vegetation, sea-surface temperature, land-surface air temperature and precipitation during the 1980s ", J. Climate, 14, 1535-1549.

    17. Bounoua, L., R. Defries, G.J. Collatz, P.J. Sellers, and H. Khan, 2002, "Effects of Land Cover Conversion on Surface Climate", Climatic Change, 52, 29-64.

    18. Defries, R.S., L. Bounoua and G. J. Collatz, 2002, "Human Modification of the Landscape and Surface Climate in the Next Fifty Years", Global Change Biology, 8, 438-458.

    19. Guillevic P., R.D. Koster, M. J. Suarez, L. Bounoua, G.J. Collatz, S. Los and S.P.P Mohanama, 2002 " Influence of the inter-annual variability of vegetation on the surface energy balance- A global sensitivity study", Journal of Hydrometeorology, December 15, 2002 (Vol. 3, No. 6, pp.617-629) .

    20. Imhoff L. M., L. Bounoua, R. Defries, W.T. Lawrence, D. Stutzer, C. J. Tucker and T. Ricketts, 2004, "The Consequence of Urban Land Transformation on Net Primary Productivity in the United States", Remote Sensing of Environment, 89.434-443.

    21. M. L. Imhoff, L. Bounoua, T. Ricketts, C. Loucks, R. Harris, W. T. Lawrence: "Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production", NATURE , Vol. 429, June 2004.

    22. Defries R.S and L. Bounoua, 2002, “Consequences of Land Use Change for ecosystem Services: A Future unlike the Past”, Geo. Journal.

     

    Books and Book Chapters

    1. "An Introduction to Numerical Weather Prediction Techniques", Krishnamurti T.N and L. Bounoua, 1996, CRC Press Inc., 293 pp.


    2. "Monthly mean and seasonal characteristics of the monsoon flow ", Adefolalu D.O, L. Bounoua, M. Senouci, and A. Boukri, 1990, In "The West African Monsoon Experiment Atlas". WMO TMRP No. 35.


    3. "Gray Wave of the Great Transformation ", Marc L. Imhoff, Lahouari Bounoua, and Marshall Shepherd, In 'Our changing Planet', NASA - Cambridge University Press, M. King, Editor.


    Selected Publications

    Bounoua, L., A. Safia, J. Masek, C. Peters-Lidard, and M. Imhoff (2009). Impact of Urban Growth on Surface Climate: A Case Study in Oran, Algeria. J. Applied Meteorology Climatology, 48(2), 217-231
    10.1175/2008JAMC2044.1

    Bounoua, L. (2007). Radiative and Physiological Effects of Increased CO2, How does this interaction affect Climate in the Mediterranean Region?. In A. Mellouki and A.R. Ravishankara (Ed.), Regional Climate Variability and its Impacts in the Mediterranean Area (39-50). Nato Sci. Series: IV: Earth and Environ. Sci.

    Imhoff, M., L. Bounoua, and J.M. and Shepherd (2007). The Gray Wave of the Great Transformation. In M.D. King, C.L. Parkinson, D. Partington, and R.G. Williams (Ed.), Our Changing Planet: The View From Space (291-297). Cambridge Univ. Press

    Kumar, A., B. Jha, Q. Zhang, and L. Bounoua (2007). A New Methodology for Estimating the Unpredictable Component of Seasonal Atmospheric Variability. J. Clim., 20, 3888-3901

    Bounoua, L., J. Masek, and Y.M. Tourre (2006). Sensitivity of surface climate to land surface parameters: A case study suing the simple biosphere model SiB2. J. Geophys. Res. , 111, 10 pp

    Hall, F.G., E. Brown de Colstoun, G.J. Collatz, D. Landis, P. Dermeyer, A. Betts, G.J. Huffman, L. Bounoua, B. and Meeson, E. Brown de Colstoun, G.J. Collatz, D. Landis, P. Dermeyer, A. Betts, G.J. Huffman, L. Bounoua, and B. and Meeson (2006). ISLSCP Initiative II global data sets: Surface boundary conditions and atmospheric forcings for land-atmosphere studies. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D22S01), 20 pp

    Imhoff, M., and L. Bounoua (2006). Exploring global patterns of net primary production carbon supply and demand using satellite observations and statistical data. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D22S12), 8 pp

    Kerbachi, R., M. Boughedaoui, L. Bounoua, and M. Keddam (2006). Ambient air pollution by aromatic hydrocarbons in Algiers. Atmos. Environ., 40, 3995-4003

    Pongratz, J., L. Bounoua, R.S. DeFries, D.C. Morton, L.O. Anderson, W. Mauser, and C.A. Klink (2006). The Impact of Land Cover Change on Surface Energy and Water Balance in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Earth Interactions, 10(19), pp. 1-17

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