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| Title: | Physical Scientist |
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| Affiliation: | NASA |
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E-mail Office Phone: 301-286-9143 Fax: 301-286-8624 |
Research Interests
My research focuses on the measurement and modeling of terrestrial water storage and its components, including ground water, soil moisture, snow, and surface waters. I am particularly interested in deriving hydrological information from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite observations of Earth’s time variable gravity field, and I am a member of the GRACE science team. I also lead the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) project, which aims to produce high resolution, optimal output fields of land surface states (e.g., soil moisture and temperature) and fluxes (e.g., evapotranspiration) by parameterizing, forcing, and constraining (via data assimilation) sophisticated numerical land surface models with data from advanced ground and space based observing systems. Improved understanding of variability in the stocks and fluxes of terrestrial water has implications for weather and climate prediction, water management, agricultural applications, natural hazards (e.g., floods and biohazards), and military mobility. My newest research thrusts include quantifying ground water’s role in the Earth system and using our data-integrating models for water resources applications.
Education
Ph.D., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin: "Estimating Changes in Terrestrial Water Storage", December 2000.
B.S., Environmental Science, The College of William and Mary, May 1994.
Professional Experience
Physical Scientist, Hydrological Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 2001-present.
Visiting Research Associate, The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2000-01.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1998-99.
Environmental Technician, Environmental Management Services, Inc., 1994-95.
Honors and Awards
NASA/GSFC Special Act Incentive Awards, 2002-08.
NASA/GSFC Earth Science Achievement Award, 2007.
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2006.
NASA/GSFC Performance Award, 2006.
National Research Council Research Associateship, 2000.
NASA Earth System Science Fellowship, 1998-2000.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Traineeship, 1995-1998.
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, inducted 1998.
Activities
GEWEX Global Land Atmosphere System Study (GLASS) Panel, 2008 – present.
Ground Water Working Group
• Co-organizer, Workshop on Global Monitoring of Groundwater Resources, 18-19 October 2007, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Fourth working group under NASA’s Terrestrial Hydrology Program.
American Geophysical Union, 1996 – present.
• Co-chair of Remote Sensing Technical Committee, 2006-08.
• Convened four conference sessions.
GSFC Science and Exploration Directorate Deputy Director's Council on Science.
• Chair, 2007-08.
European Land Data Assimilation System Advisory Board, 2004.
GEWEX Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP) Land Surface Models Subgroup (chair), 2002 – present.
American Meteorological Society, 1996 – present.
Goddard Child Development Center Vice President, 2006-08.
Current Projects
Project Title: Integration of Energy and Water Cycle Research Products in a Global Land Surface Modeling and Assimilation System
PI: M. Rodell
Source of Support: NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study (NEWS) Program
Term: 1 October 2005 – 30 September 2010
Project Title: Integrating Enhanced GRACE Water Storage Data into the U.S. and North American Drought Monitors
PI: M. Rodell
Source of Support: NASA DECISIONS Program
Term: 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2010
Project Title: Scales of Variability of Groundwater Storage
PI: M. Rodell
Source of Support: NASA THP
Term: 1 April 2009 – 31 March 2013
Project Title: The Contribution of Changes in Terrestrial Water Storage to Sea Level Variation
PI: J. S. Famiglietti (UC Irvine)
Source of Support: NASA IDS
Term: 1 April 2007 – 31 March 2010
Project Title: NASA Model and Observation Products for the Study of Land Atmosphere Coupling and Its Impact on Water and Energy Cycles
PI: C. Peters-Lidard
Source of Support: NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study (NEWS) Program
Term: 1 October 2005 – 30 September 2010
Project Title: Terrestrial Hydrology from GRACE: Decomposition, Continental Hydroclimatology, and New Applications
PI: J. S. Famiglietti (UC Irvine)
Source of Support: NASA SENH/GRACE
Term: 1 October 2007 – 30 September 2010
Project Title: The Application of Multiple Satellite Radar Altimetry Data Sets to Inland Surface Water Projects
PI: C. Birkett (UMD)
Source of Support: NASA OSTST
Term: 1 July 2008 – 30 June 2012
Project Title: The Role of Irrigated Croplands in North American Hydroclimatic Regimes
PI: M. Ozdogan (U. Wisconsin)
Source of Support: NOAA CPPA and NASA THP
Term: 1 July 2008 – 30 June 2011
Publications and Presentations
Refereed Publications
Zaitchik, B.F., M. Rodell, and F. Olivera, Evaluation of the Global Land Data Assimilation System using global river discharge data and a source to sink routing scheme, Water Resour. Res., in review, 2009.
van der Velde, R., Z. Su, M. Ek, M. Rodell, and Y. Ma, Influence of thermodynamic soil and vegetation parameterizations on the simulation of soil temperature states and surface fluxes by the Noah LSM over a Tibetan plateau site, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, in review, 2009.
Ozdogan, M., M. Rodell, H. K. Beaudoing, and D. Toll, Simulating the Effects of irrigation over the U.S. in a land surface model based on satellite derived agricultural data, J. Hydrometeor., in review, 2009.
Roads, J., E. Bainto, K. Masuda, M. Rodell, and W. Rossow, GEWEX Water and Energy Budget Study, Earth Interactions, in review, 2009.
Zaitchik, B.F., and M. Rodell, Forward-looking assimilation of MODIS-derived snow covered area into a land surface model, J. Hydrometeor., 10 (1), 130-148, 2009.
Zaitchik, B.F., M. Rodell, and R.H. Reichle, Assimilation of GRACE terrestrial water storage data into a land surface model: results for the Mississippi River Basin, J. Hydrometeor., 9 (3), 535-548, doi:10.1175/2007JHM951.1, 2008.
Syed, T.H., J.S. Famiglietti, M. Rodell, J.L. Chen, and C.R. Wilson, Analysis of terrestrial water storage changes from GRACE and GLDAS, Wat. Resour. Res., 44, W02433, doi:10.1029/2006WR005779, 2008.
Famiglietti, J.S., D. Ryu, A.A. Berg, M. Rodell, and T.J. Jackson, Field observations of soil moisture variability across scales, Water Resour. Res., 44, W01423, doi:10.1029/2006WR005804, 2008.
Syed T.H, J. S. Famiglietti, V. Zlotnicki, and M. Rodell, Contemporary estimates of pan-Arctic freshwater discharge from GRACE and reanalysis, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L19404, doi:10.1029/2007GL031254, 2007.
Niu, G., K. Seo, Z. Yang, C. Wilson, H. Su, J. Chen, and M. Rodell, Retrieving snow mass from GRACE terrestrial water storage change with a land surface model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L15704, doi:10.1029/2007GL030413, 2007.
Strassberg, G., B.R. Scanlon, and M. Rodell, Comparison of seasonal terrestrial water storage variations from GRACE with groundwater-level measurements from the High Plains Aquifer (USA), Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14402, doi:10.1029/2007GL030139, 2007.
Gulden, L.E., E. Rosero, Z.-L. Yang, M. Rodell, C.S. Jackson, G.-Y. Niu, P.J.-F. Yeh, and J. Famiglietti, Improving land-surface model hydrology: Is an explicit aquifer model better than a deeper soil profile?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L09402, doi:10.1029/2007GL029804, 2007.
Kato, H., M. Rodell, F. Beyrich, H. Cleugh, E. van Gorsel, H. Liu, and T. P. Meyers, Sensitivity of land surface simulations to model physics, land characteristics, and forcings, at four CEOP Sites, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 187-204, 2007.
Rodell, M., J. Chen, H. Kato, J. Famiglietti, J. Nigro, and C. Wilson, Estimating ground water storage changes in the Mississippi River basin (USA) using GRACE, Hydrogeology Journal, 15, 159-166, doi:10.1007/s10040-006-0103-7, 2007.
Chen, J. L., C. R. Wilson, J. S. Famiglietti, and M. Rodell, Attenuation effect on seasonal basin-scale water storage changes from GRACE time-variable gravity, J. Geodesy, 81 (4), doi: 10.1007/s00190-006-0104-2, 2007.
Yeh, P. J.-F., S. C. Swenson, J. S. Famiglietti, and M. Rodell, Remote sensing of groundwater storage changes in Illinois using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), Wat. Resour. Res., 42, W12203, doi:10.1029/2006WR005374, 2006.
de Goncalves, L. G. G., W. J. Shuttleworth, E. L. Burke, P. Houser, D. Toll, M. Rodell, and K. Arsenault, Toward a South America Land Data Assimilation System: Aspects of land surface model spin-up using the Simplified Simple Biosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D17110, doi:10.1029/2005JD006297, 2006.
de Goncalves, L. G. G., W. J. Shuttleworth, S. C. Chou, Y. Xue, P. R. Houser, D. L. Toll, J. Marengo, and M. Rodell, Impact of different initial soil moisture fields on Eta model weather forecasts for South America, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D17102, doi:10.1029/2005JD006309, 2006.
Ellett, K. M., J. P. Walker, A. W. Western, and M. Rodell, A framework for assessing the potential of remote-sensed gravity to provide new insight on the hydrology of the Murray-Darling Basin, Australian Journal of Water Resources, 10 (2), 125-138, 2006.
Lawford, R., M. Bosilovich, S. Eden, S. Benedict, C. Brown, A. Gruber, P. Houser, T. Meyers, K. Mitchell, C. Peters-Lidard, J. Roads, M. Rodell, D. Tarpley, and S. Williams, U.S. Contributions to the CEOP, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87 (7) 927-939, 2006.
Seo, K.-W., C. R. Wilson, J. S. Famiglietti, J. L. Chen, and M. Rodell, Terrestrial water mass load changes from GRACE, Wat. Resour. Res., 42, W05417, doi:10.1029/2005WR004255, 2006.
Rodell, M., B. F. Chao, A. Y. Au, J. Kimball, and K. McDonald, Global biomass variation and its geodynamic effects, 1982-1998, Earth Interactions, 9 (2), 1-19, 2005.
Rodell, M., P. R. Houser, A. A. Berg, and J. S. Famiglietti, Evaluation of ten methods for initializing a land surface model, J. Hydromet., 6 (2), 146-155, 2005.
Berg A. A., J. S. Famiglietti, M. Rodell, R. H. Reichle, U. Jambor, S. L. Holl, and P. R. Houser, Development of a hydrometeorological forcing data set for global soil moisture estimation, Int. J. Climatol., 25 (13), 1697-1714, 2005.
Chen, J. L., M. Rodell, C. R. Wilson, and J. S. Famiglietti, Low degree spherical harmonic influences on GRACE water storage estimates, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (14), L14405 10.1029/2005GL022964, 2005.
Chen, J. L., C. R. Wilson, J. Famiglietti, and M. Rodell, Spatial sensitivity of GRACE time variable gravity observations, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B08408, doi:10.1029/2004JB003536, 2005.
Chen, J. L., C. R. Wilson, B. D. Tapley, J. S. Famiglietti, and M. Rodell, Seasonal global mean sea level change from satellite altimeter, GRACE, and geophysical models, J. Geodesy, 79 (9), 532-539, DOI: 10.1007/s00190-005-0005-9, 2005.
Ellett, K.M., J. P. Walker, M. Rodell, J. Chen, and A. W. Western, GRACE gravity fields as a new measure for assessing large-scale hydrological models, In: Argent R and Zerger A, (eds), MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2911-2917, 2005.
Ellett, K. M., J. P. Walker, A. W. Western, R. B. Grayson, A. B. Smith, and M. Rodell, Can the GRACE satellite mission help in the Murray-Darling basin?, 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, The Institute of Engineers Australia, Canberra, Australia, 8 pp., 2005.
Gottschalck, J., J. Meng, M. Rodell, and P. Houser, Analysis of multiple precipitation products and preliminary assessment of their impact on Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) land surface states, J. Hydromet., 6 (5), 573-598, 2005.
Liang, X.-Z., M. Xu, W. Gao, K. Kunkel, J. Slusser, Y. Dai, Q. Min, P. R. Houser, M. Rodell, C. B. Schaaf, and F. Gao, Development of land surface albedo parameterization based on MODIS data, J. Geophys. Res., 110 (D11), doi: 10.1029/2004JD005579, 2005.
Smith, A. B., J. P. Walker, K. M. Ellett, R. B. Grayson, and M. Rodell, Using ground-based gravity measurements to monitor changes in terrestrial water storage, 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium (cdrom), Institution of Engineers Australia, Canberra, Australia, 8 pp., 2005.
Syed, T. H., J. S. Famiglietti, J. Chen, M. Rodell, S. I. Seneviratne, P. Viterbo, and C. R. Wilson, Total basin discharge for the Amazon and Mississippi River basins from GRACE and a land-atmosphere water balance, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24404, doi: 10.1029/2005GL024851, 2005.
Rodell, M., J. S. Famiglietti, J. Chen, S. Seneviratne, P. Viterbo, S. Holl, and C. R. Wilson, Basin scale estimates of evapotranspiration using GRACE and other observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L20504, doi: 10.1029/2004GL020873, 2004.
Rodell, M., and P. R. Houser, Updating a land surface model with MODIS derived snow cover, J. Hydromet., 5 (6), 1064-1075, 2004.
Rodell, M., P. R. Houser, U. Jambor, J. Gottschalck, K. Mitchell, C.-J. Meng, K. Arsenault, B. Cosgrove, J. Radakovich, M. Bosilovich, J. K. Entin, J. P. Walker, D. Lohmann, and D. Toll, The Global Land Data Assimilation System, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85 (3), 381-394, 2004.
Koster, R. D., M. J. Suarez, P. Liu, U. Jambor, M. Kistler, A. Berg, R. Reichle, M. Rodell, and J. Famiglietti, Realistic initialization of land surface states: impacts on subseasonal forecast skill, J. Hydromet., 5 (6), 1049-1063, 2004.
Wilson, D. J., A. W. Western, R. B. Grayson, A. A. Berg, M. S. Lear, M. Rodell, J. S. Famiglietti, R. A. Woods, and T. A. McMahon, Spatial distribution of soil moisture over 6 and 30 cm depth, Mahurangi river catchment, New Zealand, J. Hydrol., 276, 254-274, 2003.
Rodell, M., and J. S. Famiglietti, The potential for satellite-based monitoring of groundwater storage changes using GRACE: The High Plains aquifer, central U.S., J. Hydrol., 263, 245-256, 2002.
Rodell, M., and J. S. Famiglietti, An analysis of terrestrial water storage variations in Illinois with implications for the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), Wat. Resour. Res., 37, 1327-1340, 2001.
Rodell, M., and J. S. Famiglietti, Detectability of variations in continental water storage from satellite observations of the time dependent gravity field, Wat. Resour. Res., 35, 2705-2723, 1999.
Famiglietti, J. S., J. A. Devereaux, C. A. Laymon, T. Tsegaye, P. R. Houser, T. J. Jackson, S. T. Graham, M. Rodell, and P. J. van Oevelen, Ground-based investigation of soil moisture variability within remote sensing footprints during the Southern Great Plains 1997 (SGP97) Hydrology Experiment, Wat. Resour. Res., 35, 1839-1851, 1999.
Famiglietti, J. S., J. W. Rudnicki, and M. Rodell, Variability in surface moisture content along a hillslope transect: Rattlesnake Hill, Texas, J. Hydrol., 210, 259-281, 1998.
Non-Refereed Publications
Rodell, M., Remote sensing of terrestrial water storage and application to drought monitoring, extended abstract, National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Knowledge Assessment Workshop: Contributions of Satellite Remote Sensing to Drought Monitoring, 6-7 February 2008.
Rodell, M., B.F. Zaitchik, and R.H. Reichle, Assimilation of GRACE derived terrestrial water storage data, extended abstract, Catchment-scale Hydrological Modelling & Data Assimilation International Workshop III, 9-11 January 2008.
Rodell, M., and H. Kato, GLDAS output supports CEOP studies, CEOP Newsletter, 10, 2006.
Rodell, M., NASA/NOAA's Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS): Recent results and future plans, Proceedings of the ECMWF/ELDAS workshop on Land Surface Assimilation, 8-11 November 2004.
C. J. Meng, P. R. Houser, K. Mitchell, M. Rodell, and 10 other authors, Global land surface radiation budget and impact on water and energy cycles, in 17th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, 2003.
Roads, J., M. Bosilovitch, M. Kanamitsu, and M. Rodell, Scientific report on WESP CEOP pilot data comparisons, CEOP Newsletter, 3, 2003.
Rodell, M., P. R. Houser, U. Jambor, J. Gottschalck, J. Radakovich, K. Arsenault, C.-J. Meng, and K. E. Mitchell, Forcing a global, offline land surface modeling system with observation-based fields, in 16th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, 2002.
Houser, P.R. and M. Rodell, GLDAS: An important contribution to CEOP, GEWEX News, 12 (2), 2002.
Koike, T., P. R. Houser, and M. Rodell, CEOP Satellite Data Integration, CEOP Newsletter, 2, 2002.
Houser, P.R., M. Rodell, U. Jambor, J. Gottschalck, B. Cosgrove, J. Radakovich, K. Arsenault, M. Bosilovich, J. K. Entin, J. P. Walker, K. Mitchell, H. L. Pan, and C.-J. Meng, The Global Land Data Assimilation System, BAHC News (9) - GEWEX News, 11 (2), 2001.
Rodell, M., Estimating changes in terrestrial water storage, Doctoral dissertation, The University of Texas, Austin, 2000.
Rodell, M., and J. S. Famiglietti, An assessment of the detectability of variations in continental water storage by a satellite gravity recovery mission, In 14th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, 1999.
Conference Presentations (Past 5 years, inexhaustive)
Rodell, M., H.K. Beaudoing, and B.F. Zaitchik, INVITED: Integration of satellite data toward a refined depiction of the global water cycle, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 December 2008.
Rodell, M., and H.K. Beaudoing, A hydrological modeling primer, GRACE Science Team Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 12-13 December 2008.
Rodell, M., B.F. Zaitchik, B. Li, and R. Reichle, Integrating geodetic observations into hydrological models, First Workshop of the IGCP 565 Project, San Francisco, CA, 11 December 2008.
Rodell, M., Monitoring groundwater response to drought, US-Canada Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Workshop, Alexandria, VA, 28-30 October 2008.
Rodell, M., H. Kato, and B.F. Zaitchik, Ongoing development of NASA's Global Land Data Assimilation System, American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 27-30 May 2008.
Rodell, M., B.F. Zaitchik, and R.H. Reichle, Remote sensing of terrestrial water storage and application to drought monitoring, National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Knowledge Assessment Workshop: Contributions of Satellite Remote Sensing to Drought Monitoring, in Boulder, CO, 6-7 February 2008.
Rodell, M., B.F. Zaitchik, and R.H. Reichle, Assimilation of GRACE derived terrestrial water storage data, Catchment-scale Hydrological Modelling & Data Assimilation International Workshop III, 9-11 January 2008.
Rodell, M., B.F. Zaitchik, and R.H. Reichle, INVITED: Assimilation of GRACE derived terrestrial water storage data into a hydrological model, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 December 2007.
Zaitchik B.F., and M. Rodell, INVITED: New Methods for assimilating observations of snow covered area, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 December 2007.
Rodell, M., J.S. Famiglietti, B.F. Zaitchik, and I. Velicogna, INVITED: GRACE applied to terrestrial hydrology, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 December 2007.
Rodell, M., B.F. Zaitchik, and J.S. Famiglietti, Monitoring groundwater storage variations with GRACE, Workshop on Global Monitoring of Groundwater Resources, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 18-19 October 2007.
Rodell, M., J.S. Famiglietti, and B.F. Zaitchik, Enhancing the value of GRACE for hydrology, GRACE Science Team Meeting, Potsdam, Germany, 15-17 October 2007.
Rodell, M., GRACE satellites monitor aquifer storage variations, Groundwater Resources under the Pressures of Humanity and Climate (GRAPHIC) Expert Panel Workshop, 5th UNESCO-GRAPHIC Meeting, Estes Park, CO, 18-20 September, 2007.
Zaitchik, B.F., M. Rodell, and R.H. Reichle, Assimilation of GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Anomalies into Catchment LSM using an Ensemble Kalman Smoother, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly XXIV, Perugia, Italy, 2-13 July 2007.
Rodell, M., C.D. Peters-Lidard, and H. Kato, Flux Fields from the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS), GEWEX Radiation Panel's LandFlux Workshop, Toulouse, France, 28 May – 1 June 2007.
Rodell, M., B.F. Zaitchik, H. Kato, R.H. Reichle, and R. van der Velde, INVITED: Enhancement of Satellite Observations of the Land Surface Via Data Assimilation, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Acapulco, Mexico, 22-25 May 2007.
Rodell, M., Remote Sensing of Groundwater by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), 3rd Planning Meeting of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Integrated Global Water Cycle Observations (IGWCO) theme, Washington DC, 12-14 March 2007.
Rodell, M., INVITED: Mapping Terrestrial Evapotranspiration at Regional to Global Scales, Workshop on Satellite Observations of the Global Water Cycle, Irvine, 7-9 March 2007.
Rodell, M., H. Kato, A. Sheffield, and B. Zaitchik, INVITED: Sensitivity of Land Surface Model Simulations to Atmospheric Forcing and Other Factors, Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, 15-18 January, 2007.
Gulden, L.E., M. Rodell, G.Y. Niu, Z.-L. Yang, P.J.-F. Yeh, and J.S. Famiglietti, Simulation of Regional Changes in Terrestrial Water Storage Using Two Land-Surface Models, Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, 15-18 January, 2007.
de Goncalves, L.G.G., D.L. Toll, D. Herdies, E. Larroza, R. Borges, M. Bottino, J. Rozante, J. Shuttleworth, M. Rodell, B.A. Cosgrove, and J Aravequia, Retrospective and Real-Time Forcing Data for the South American Land Data Assimilation System Initiative, Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, 15-18 January, 2007.
Rodell, M., H. Kato, J. Gottschalck, B. Cosgrove, J. Meng, and B. Zaitchik, INVITED: On the Sensitivity of Land Surface Models to Precipitation Forcing, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 11-15 December 2006.
Rodell, M., J. S. Famiglietti, H. Kato, B. Zaitchik, and L. Gulden, Estimating Seasonal to Interannual Groundwater Variability Using GRACE, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 11-15 December 2006.
B. F. Zaitchik, M. Rodell, and R. H. Reichle, Assimilating GRACE Observations into the Catchment LSM: Results for the Mississippi Basin, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 11-15 December 2006.
Gulden, L. E., M. Rodell, Z.-L. Yang, G.-Y. Niu, P. J.-F. Yeh, and J. S. Famiglietti, Improving Land-Surface Model Hydrology: Is an Explicit Aquifer Model Better Than a Deeper Soil Profile?, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 11-15 December 2006.
Klosko, S., D. Chinn, S. Luthcke, D. Rowlands, F. Lemoine, and M. Rodell, Evaluation and Validation of Mascon Recovery Using GRACE KBRR Data with Independent Mass Flux Estimates in the Mississippi Basin, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 11-15 December 2006.
de Goncalves, L.G., W.J. Shuttleworth, D.L. Herdies, L.A. Bastidas, H. Kato, R. Rosolem, E. Rosero, J.A. Aravequia, D.L. Toll, and M. Rodell, Evaluating the suitability of CPTEC Reanalysis data over the LBA study area as atmospheric forcing for use in SALDAS and regional parameter optimization studies, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 11-15 December 2006.
Rodell, M., R. Reichle, K. Ellett, J. Walker, F. Lemoine, and H. Kato, INVITED: Land Surface Model Assimilation of Data from GRACE and Other Satellites, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, 23-26 May 2006.
Ryu, D., J. S. Famiglietti, A. Berg, M. Rodell, M. H. Cosh, R. Bindlish, and T. J. Jackson, Soil Moisture Variability at Aircraft- and Satellite-Footprint Scales, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, 23-26 May 2006.
Rodell, M., and H. Kato, The Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS): Results and New Directions, 5th International Implementation Planning Meeting for the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP), and 2nd Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partners (IGOS-P) Integrated Global Water Cycle Observation Theme (IGWCO) Workshop, Paris, France, 26 February - 4 March 2006.
Peters-Lidard, C., S. Kumar, and M. Rodell, The Land Information System: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, 5th International Implementation Planning Meeting for the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP), and 2nd Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partners (IGOS-P) Integrated Global Water Cycle Observation Theme (IGWCO) Workshop, Paris, France, 26 February - 4 March 2006.
Chen, J.L., C.R.Wilson, K.-W. Seo, J. S. Famiglietti, M. Rodell, Optimized Recovery of Global Terrestrial Water Storage Changes From GRACE Time-Variable Gravity Measurements, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 1-7 April 2006.
Rodell, M., M. Stepp, and H. Kato, Hydroclimatic Analysis of 25 Years of Output from the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS), Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, 29 January - 2 February, 2006.
Rodell, M., INVITED: Synthesis of GRACE Based Hydrology with Other Data Products and Land Surface Models, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 5-9 December, 2005.
Rodell, M., D. Rowlands, S. Klosko, F. Lemoine, S. Luthcke, J. Chen, J. Famiglietti, and C. Wilson, Ground Water Storage Variability in the Mississippi River Basin and Potential Estimation Using GRACE, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 5-9 December, 2005.
Rodell, M., Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) Products Available to Support Hydroclimatology and Decision Making, Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Workshop, Washington, D.C., 14-16 November, 2005.
Rodell, M., Potential Value of GRACE for Hydrological Applications and Decision Support, GRACE Science Team Meeting, Austin, 13-14 October, 2005.
Rodell M., J. S. Famiglietti, P. R. Houser, J. Chen, S. Seneviratne, P. Viterbo, S. Holl, and C. R. Wilson, Estimating Evapotranspiration Using a Remote Sensing Driven Water Balance, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, New Orleans, 23-27 May, 2005.
Rodell, M., N. Johnson, J. S. Famiglietti, J. Chen, S. Seneviratne, S. L. Holl, and P. A.. Viterbo, Comparison of GRACE Derived Terrestrial Water Storage Changes with Model, Water Budget, and Observation Based Estimates, Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Diego, 9-13 January, 2005.
Famiglietti, J., J. L. Chen, M. Rodell, K. Seo, T. Syed, and C. R. Wilson, Terrestrial Hydroclimatology from GRACE, Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Diego, 9-13 January, 2005.
Rodell, M., Invited: Hydrological Data for Geodetic Research, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 13-17 December, 2004.
Syed, T., J. S. Famiglietti, M. Rodell, J. Chen, K. Seo, and C. R. Wilson, Continental Water Storage Changes from GRACE and GLDAS, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 13-17 December, 2004.
Rodell, M., J. S. Famiglietti, J. Chen, S. Seneviratne, P. Viterbo, S. Holl, and C. R. Wilson, River Basin Water Balance Estimates of Evapotranspiration Using GRACE and Other Observations, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 13-17 December, 2004.
Rodell, M., Hydrological Quantities Derived from GRACE Satellite Gravity Observations, First Annual Symposium of the Earth System Scholars Network, College Park, MD, 27-29 September 2004.
Famiglietti, J., J. Chen, S. Holl, M. Rodell, K. Seo, C. Wilson, Satellite Observations of Terrestrial Water Storage, Early Results from Grace, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v., 29th General Assembly European Geophysical Society, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2004.
Rodell, M., P.R. Houser, C. Peters-Lidard, J. Gottschalck, S. Kumar, K. Arsenault, K. Mitchell, and C.-J. Meng, Global Land Data Assimilation System and Land Information System, Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period Workshop, Irvine, 7-11 March 2004.
Famiglietti, J., J. Chen, M. Rodell, K. Seo, and C. Wilson, Terrestrial Water Storage Variations from GRACE: Estimation, Validation, and Uncertainty, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2003.
Berg A.. A.., J. S. Famiglietti, M. Rodell, S. L. Holl, U. Jambor, and P. R. Houser, Global soil moisture estimates from a long-term hydrometeorological forcing data set, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2003.
R. Reichle, P. Houser, M. Rodell, and R. Koster, Recent Progress in Land Data Assimilation at NASA, IUGG 2003, Sapporo, Japan, 2003.
Johnson, T., B. F. Chao, A. Y. Au, and M. Rodell, Global land hydrology and its geodynamic effects, EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, 2003.
Walker, J, R. Grayson, M. Rodell, K. Ellet, Gravity changes, soil moisture and data assimilation, EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, 2003.
C. J. Meng, P. R. Houser, K. Mitchell, M. Rodell, and 10 other authors, Global land surface radiation budget and impact on water and energy cycles, Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 2003.
K. R. Arsenault, P. R. Houser, M. Rodell, and 7 other authors, An Evaluation of the NOAH Land Surface Model Implemented in the Global Land Data Assimilation System, Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 2003.
R. D. Koster, M. J. Suarez, M. Rodell, U. Jambor, P. Liu, R. Reichle, and P. Houser, Improved Land Surface Initial Conditions for Seasonal Weather Forecasts, Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 2003.
Selected Publications
Rodell, M., I. Velicogna, and J.S. Famiglietti (2009). Satellite-based estimates of groundwater depletion in India. Nature, 460, 999-1002
10.1038/460789a
Zaitchik, B.F., and M. Rodell (2009). Forward-Looking Assimilation of MODIS-Derived Snow-Covered Area into a Land Surface Model. J. Hydrometeorology, 10(1), 130-148
10.1175/2008JHM1042.1
de Goncalves, L., W.J. Shuttleworth, D. Vila, E. Larroza, M.J. Bottino, D.L. Herdies, J.A. Aravequia, J.G.Z. De Mattos, D. Toll, M. Rodell, and P. Houser (2009). The South American Land Data Assimilation System (SALDAS) 5-Yr Retrospective Atmospheric Forcing Datasets. J. Hydrometeorology, 10(4), 999-1010
10.1175/2009JHM1049.1
Famiglietti, J.S., D. Ryu, A.A. Berg, M. Rodell, and T.J. Jackson (2008). Field observations of soil moisture variability across scales. Water Resources Res., 44(W01423), 16 pp
10.1029/2006WR005804
Syed, T.H., J.S. Famiglietti, M. Rodell, J. Chen, and C.R. Wilson (2008). Analysis of terrestrial water storage changes from GRACE and GLDAS. Water Resources Res., 44(W02433), 15 pp
10.1029/2006WR005779
Zaitchik, B.F., M. Rodell, and R.H. Reichle (2008). Assimilation of GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Data into a Land Surface Model: Results for the Mississippi River Basin. J. Hydrometeorol., 9, 535-548
10.1175/2007JHM951.1
Chen, J.L., M. Rodell, J.S. Famiglietti, and C.R. Wilson (2007). Attenuation effect on seasonal basin-scale water storage changes from GRACE time-variable gravity. J. Geod., 81, 237-245
Gulden, L.E., E. Rosero, Z.-L. Yang, M. Rodell, C.S. Jackson, G.-Y. Niu, P. J.-F. Yeh, and J. Famiglietti (2007). Improving land-surface model hydrology: Is an explicit aquifer model better than a deeper soil profile?. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34(L09402), 5 pp
Kato, H., M. Rodell, F. Beyrich, H. Cleugh, E. van Gorsel, H. Liu, and T.P. Meyers (2007). Sensitivity of Land Surface Simulations to Model Physics, Land Characteristics, and Forcings, at Four CEOP Sites. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85A, 187-204
Niu, G.-Y., K.-W. Seo, Z.-L. Yang, C. Wilson, H. Su, J. Chen, and M. Rodell (2007). Retrieving snow mass from GRACE terrestrial water storage change with land surface model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34(L15704), 5 pp
Rodell, M., J. Chen, H. Kato, J.S. Famiglietti, J. Nigro, and C.R. Wilson (2007). Estimating grondwater storage changes in the Mississippi River basin (USA) using GRACE. Hydrogeology J. , 15(1), 159-166
Strassberg, G., B.R. Scanlon, and M. Rodell (2007). Comparison of seasonal terrestrial water storage variations from GRACE with groundwater-level measurements from the High Plains Aquifer (USA). Geophys. Res. Lett., 34(L14402), 5 pp
Syed, T.H., J.S. Famiglietti, V. Zlotnicki, and M. Rodell (2007). Contemporary estimates of Pan-Arctic freshwater discharge from GRACE and reanalysis. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34(L19404), 6 pp
Lawford, R., M. Bosilovich, S. Eden, S. Benedict, C. Brown, A. Gruber, P. Houser, K. Hsu, J. Huang, W. Lau, T. Meyers, K. Mitchell, C. Peters-Lidard, J. Roads, M. Rodell, S. Sorooshian, D. Tarpley, and S. Williams (2006). U.S. Contributions to the CEOP. BAMS, 87(7), 927-939
Seo, K.-W., C.R. Wilson, J.S. Famiglietti, J.L. Chen, and M. Rodell (2006). Terrestrial water mass load changes from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). Water Resources Res., 42(W05417), 15 pp
Yeh, P.J.-F., S.C. Swenson, J.S. Famigliette, and M. Rodell (2006). Remote sensing of groundwater storage changes in Illinois using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). Water Resources Res., 42(W12203), 7 pp
de Goncalves, L., W.J. Shuttleworth, S.C. Chou, Y. Xue, P.R. Houser, D. Toll, J. Marengo, and M. Rodell (2006). Impact of different initial soil moisture fields on Eta model weather forecasts for South America. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D17102), 14 pp
de Goncalves, L., W.J. Shuttleworth, E.J. Burke, P. Houser, D. Toll, M. Rodell, and K. Arsenault (2006). Toward a South American Land Data Assimilation System: Aspects of land surface model spin-up using the Simplified Simple Biosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D17110), 13 pp
Gottschalck, J., J. Meng, M. Rodell, and P. Houser (2005). Analysis of Multiple Precipitation Products and Preliminary Assessment of Their Impact of Global Land Data Assimilation System Land Surface States. J. Hydrol., 6, 573-598
Rodell, M., B.F. Chao, A.Y. Au, J.S. Kimball, and K.C. McDonald (2005). Global Biomass Variation and Its Geodynamic Effects: 1982-98. Earth Interactions, 9(2), 19 pp
Rodell, M., P.R. Houser, A.A. Berg, and J.S. Famiglietti (2005). Evaluation of 10 Methods for Initializing a Land Surface Model. J. Hydromet., 6(2), 146-155
Rodell, M., J.S. Famiglietti, J. Chen, S.I. Seneviratne, P. Viterbo, S. Holl, and C.R. Wilson (2004). Basin scale estimates of evapotranspiration using GRACE and other observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, 1-4
Rodell, M., P.R. Houser, U. Jambor, J. Gottschalck, K. Mitchell, C.-J. Meng, K. Arsenault, B. Cosgrove, J. Radakovich, M. Bosilovich, J.K. Entin, J.P. Walker, D. Lohmann, and D. Toll (2004). The Global Land Data Assimilation System. BAMS, 381-394
Rodell, M., and P.R. Houser (2004). Updating a Land Surface Model with MODIS-Derived Snow Cover. J. Hydrometeorol., 5, 1064-1075
Houser, P.R., and M. Rodell (2002). GLDAS: An Important Contribution to CEOP. GEWEX News, 2, 8-9, 16
Jambor, U., P.R. Houser, M. Rodell, J. Gottschalck, C.-J. Meng, B. Cosgrove, and J.K. Entin (2002). Remotely Sensed Forcing Data and the Global Land Data Assimilation System. Proc. IGARSS 2002, 3, 1405-1407
Koike, T., P. Houser, and M. Rodell (2002). Special Report: CEOP Satellite Data Integration. CEOP Newsletter, 5
Rodell, M., P.R. Houser, U. Jambor, J. Gottschalck, J. Radakovich, K. Arsenault, C.-J. Meng, and K. Mitchell (2002). Forcing a Global, Offline Land Surface Modeling System with Observation-Based Fields. In, 16th Conference on Hydrology (J11 - J12). Orlando, Florida: Proc. AMS 2002 Annual Meeting
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