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Richard B. Rood
PO Box 131100
Ann Arbor, MI 48113-1100
301-526-8572 (cell, preferred)
2525 Space Research Building
2455 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143
734-647-3530 / 734-936-0503 (fax)
http://aoss.engin.umich.edu/people/rbrood
Narrative Summary: Richard Rood is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic
and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan. He teaches dynamical meteorology and
physical climate. In 2006 he initiated a cross-discipline graduate course on climate change,
which addresses the issues of impacts and adaptation. This course has attracted students from
six colleges and nine departments in the University. As a member of the Senior Executive
Service at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), he received recognition
for his ability to lead both scientific and high performance computing activities. His scientific
background is modeling tracer transport and chemistry in the atmosphere, and more recently,
climate modeling; he pioneered the expansion of the scope of data assimilation from numerical
weather prediction applications to more generalized Earth science, e.g. climate and chemistry.
He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and a winner of the World
Meteorological Organization Norbert Gerbier Award. He writes a regular blog on climate
change for the Weather Underground (wunderground.com) and on climate policy for the
American Meteorological Society.
CURRENT POSITION:
2005 - : Professor, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
2005 - 2005: Chief, Computational and Information Sciences and Technology Office,
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
2004 - 2005: Visiting Scientist (Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program),
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
2001 - 2005: Chief, Earth and Space Data Computing Division, NASA/Goddard Space
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Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
2001 - 2002: Acting Director, NOAA/NASA Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
1998 - 2001: Senior Scientist, Data Assimilation Office, NASA/Goddard Space Flight
Center, Greenbelt, MD
1992 - 1998: Head, Data Assimilation Office, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD
1986 - 1992: AST, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight
Center, Greenbelt, MD
1984 - 1986: Assistant Scientist, Applied Research Corporation, Landover, MD (at
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD)
1982 - 1984: NAS/NRC Research Associate, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD
1979 - 1982: Research Assistant, Plasma PhysicsDivision, Science Applications Inc.,
McLean, VA (at Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC)
EDUCATION:
1982: Ph.D., Meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1979: M.S., Meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1976: B.S., Physics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
American Meteorological Society (Fellow)
American Geophysical Union
AWARDS:
Numerous internal NASA awards for participation in scientific missions and for
performance. Details available on request. Significant awards include:
1982: National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
1995: NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
2000: NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
2003: World Meteorological Organization Norbert Gerbier Award
2004: American Meteorological Society, Elected Fellow
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CURRENT FUNDED PROPOSALS:
" `Project Scientist' for Modeling, Assimilation, and Prediction (MAP) Program," NASA (R.
Rood, PI, March 2007-March 2009, ~$360K)
"Subgrid-Scale Mixing in Climate Models: A Novel Look at Diffusion, Accuracy, Stability, and
Climate Sensitivity," Department of Energy (R. Rood, PI; C. Jablonowski, Co-PI, July 1, 2007
June 30, 2011, ~$996K)
"Process-Based and Object-Based Investigation of Bias in Simulations of the Physical Climate,"
NASA (R. Rood, PI, January 1, 2008-December 31, 2010, ~$1,125K)
"Climate change, heatwaves and health: Local tools for sustainability, equity and prevention,"
Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute (M. S. O'Neill (School of Public Health) PI; R.
Rood, Co-PI, April, 2008-March, 2010, ~$175K)
CURRENT PROPOSALS IN PREPARATION
"Alternative Cooling Water Technologies for Resilient and Sustainable Thermoelectric Power
Generation," for NSF (C. Lastoskie (Civil and Environmental Engineering) PI.
"Reducing Social Disparities of Heatwave Impacts in a Changing Climate," for Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (M. S. O'Neill (School of Public Health) PI
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TEACHING and STUDENTS:
Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science 480 / Natural Resources and Environment 501:
Climate Change: The Move to Action. This is a course focused on complex problem solving at
the intersection of climate science, business, policy, public health, ethics, etc. Started in 2006,
the course has attracted graduate students from 9 departments in 5 schools.
http://mapenvironment.org/wiki/index.php?title=Climate_Change:_Winter_2008
Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science 401: Geophysical Fluids Dynamics. This is a course
in atmospheric dynamics for majors.
http://mapenvironment.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dynamical_Meteorology
SHORT COURSES:
Lecturer, World Climate Research Program, Tutorial Symposium on Global Tracer Transport
Modeling, Bermuda (1991)
Lecturer and Keynote Speaker, NATO Advanced Study Institute Summer School, Data
Assimilation for the Earth System, Acquafredda, Italy (2002)
Lecturer, International Summer School of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, The Need for
Observing Systems of Atmospheric Composition, L'Aquila, Italy (2004)
Lecturer, Modeling of Global Chemistry for Climate Project Summer School, Use of Models for
the Interpretation of Atmospheric Measurements, Banff, Canada (2005)
Lecturer, Summer Colloquia 2006 (Advanced Study Program and the Climate and Global
Dynamics Division of NCAR), The Art of Climate Modeling, Boulder, Colorado, USA (2006)
Lecturer, Third ENVISAT Summer School, Earth System Monitoring and Modeling, Frascati,
Italy (2006)
GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Advisor:
M. Soner Yorgen (2008 present)
Gabriel Thoumi, Avoided Deforestation: Carbon trading, Climate, Conservation, and
Sustainability (2007- present, Masters of Business Administration)
Jared Whitehead (Applied Mathematics), Sub-scale mixing in finite-volume numerical schemes
(2007-present)
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Erika Roesler, Investigation of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in a Cloud Resolving Model for
Comparison to Observed Satellite Data Retrievals, (2007- present)
Cedric Drui, Sensitivity of Simulated Continental Precipitation to Dynamical Core and
Resolution, Environmental Risk Assessment, (2006-2007, Masters of Science)
Thesis Committees:
Alanood Alkhaled (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Inverse Modeling for Satellite
Carbon Observations, (2007-present)
Christine Kirchhoff (Natural Resources and Environment), The Formation of Stakeholder
Networks: Linking Assessments and Decision Making in Adaptive Integrative Management
(2006-present)
Su-Ting Cheng (Natural Resources and Environment), A Stream Temperature Model and its
Applications (2006-present)
Huan Guo (Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences), Examining Aerosol Direct and Indirect
Effects Using a Radiative Transfer Model and a Cloud Resolving Model (2006-2007, Ph. D)
STUDENTS PRIOR TO UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN:
William Putman (Ph. D., Florida State University, 2007; "Development of the Finite-Volume
Dynamical Core on the Cubed Sphere.")
Rebecca Orris (Ph. D., Princeton, 1997; "Ozone and Temperature: A Test of the Consistency of
Models and Observations in the Middle Atmosphere")
Dale J. Allen (Ph. D., Maryland, 1996; "The Effects of Transport and Convection on the Global
Atmospheric Distribution of Trace Species as Determined by a Chemistry and Transport
Model")
Glen Schuster (MS, Florida State, 1988; "Total Southern Hemisphere Ozone, 1978-1987: The
Quasi-Biennial Oscillation")
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SPECIAL EXPERIENCE:
Principal Investigator:
NASA: Earth Observing System Program; High Performance Computing and Communications
Program; Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling and Analysis Program; Atmospheric Effects of
Aviation Program; Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program.
Department of Energy: Biological and Environmental Research Program.
Competed and won research proposals at all levels- as high as $18M per year.
Professional Societies: AMS Committee on Middle Atmosphere (1988-1994, Chairman 1992-
1994); Associate Editor, Geophysical Research Letters (1989-1993); Editor, Journal of the
Atmospheric Sciences (1993-1996; UARS Special Issue, 1994)
University Committees: Departmental: Information Technology Committee (Chair), 2005-
present); Faculty Search Committee (2005-2006, Chair); Strategic Planning Committee (2007-
present, Chair). College of Engineering: Research Computing for Engineering Committee
(2007), Awards Committee (2007). University: Research Cyber-infrastructure Committee
(2006-2007)
Notable Special Assignments: Ad hoc committee on Interagency Climate Modeling (L. Gates,
Chair, report to US Global Change Research Program, 1998-2000), Ad hoc Task Group on
Climate Modeling and Computing Requirements (D. Evans, Chair, report to J. Baker, NOAA
and, 1999-2000), Detailed to NASA Headquarters (NASA Strategy on Modeling and
Supercomputing, 2000), National Research Council Board on Competitiveness of U.S. Climate
Modeling (National Academy of Science, 2000), White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy (Lead Author on Plan for National Climate Modeling and Associated Supercomputing,
2000-2001), Delegate U.S. - Italy Joint Climate Research Initiatives (Dept. of State, President's
Office of Science and Technology Policy, 2002), Delegate U.S. - Japan Joint Climate Research
Initiatives (Dept. of State, President's Office of Science and Technology Policy, 2002),
University of Michigan Representative to University Corporation of Atmospheric Research
(2006-present)
External Review and Advisory Panels: International Review Committee for the Networks of
Centers of Excellence (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 1989);
Review Board for NASA Graduate Student Research Program (1990, 1991); Merit Review
Board for NASA Historically Black College and University Program (1991); ERA-40 External
Advisory Panel (European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, 1997-2001);
Computing Sciences Review Committee (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1999);
Center for Computational Sciences Review Committee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2000);
Climate, Ocean, and Sea Ice Modeling Project External Review Panel (Los Alamos National
Laboratory, 2002); Community Climate System Model Advisory Board (National Center for
Atmospheric Research, 2005-2008); Naval Research Laboratory Atmospheric Sciences External
Review (2006), Board of Directors, Canadian-Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate
(2006-2010), External Review NOAA Climate Research and Modeling Program (2008)
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Computing and Data Center Panels: NASA OSO/OSSA Committee on Supercomputing
(1989), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Strategic Planning Task Group on GSFC's Role as
a Science Data and Information Center (1991), Office of Space Science and Applications
Supercomputer Requirements at NASA/GSFC (with Michele Rienecker, 1992), Earth Sciences
Directorate/National Meteorological Center (NMC) Technical Implementation Agreement on
Data Exchange (Principal Author, with Wayman Baker, NMC, 1993), Computer Environment
and Research Requirements Committee (1994), EOSDIS Advisory Panel (1994 1998)
Speaker: Contributed and Invited Speaker at national and international conferences since 1979;
Regular speaker at universities and government laboratories in the U.S. and Europe; Keynote
Speaker, Earth Systems Processes Conference (Geological Society of London), Edinburgh,
Scotland (2001); Dinner Speaker, Climate Change Science Program (Dept. of Energy), Seattle,
WA (2004)
Assessment Activities: Participant in United Nations Environment Program and U.S.
assessment activities on the state of atmospheric ozone and the environmental impact of aircraft.
Lead author and co-author in assessment reports (1989-1995)
Educational Activities: Directed Multimedia Monsoon Project (Reviewed and approved for
high school curriculum and general distribution by NASA Education Office, 1996)
Outside of the Workplace Activities: Writer of short stories, essays, and poems published in
Night Music, Faultline, Foreign Service Journal (Summer Fiction Winner, 2004)), Arnazella //
President Cape Anne Citizens Association (~1988-1992) // Cooking and restaurants // Hiking,
running, kayaking, biking, backpacking, exploring // Reading, incidental knowledge, anecdotal
evidence.
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REFERREED PUBLICATIONS:
1. "A Mechanistic Model of Eulerian, Lagrangian Mean, and Lagrangian Ozone Transport
by Steady Planetary Waves," Rood, R. B., and Schoeberl, M. R., J. Geophys. Res., 88,
5208-5218, 1983.
2. "Ozone Transport by Diabatic and Planetary Wave Circulations on a -plane," Rood, R.
B., and Schoeberl, M. R., J. Geophys. Res., 88, 8491-8504, 1983.
3. "Transport and the Seasonal Variation of Ozone," Rood, R. B., PAGEOPH, 121, 1049-
1064, 1983.
4. "Interpretation of Ozone Temperature Correlations: 1. Theory," Rood, R. B., and
Douglass, A. R., J. Geophys. Res., 90, 5733-5743, 1985.
5. "Interpretation of Ozone Temperature Correlations: 2. Analysis of SBUV Ozone Data,"
Douglass, A. R., Rood, R. B., and Stolarski, R. S., J. Geophys. Res., 90, 10693-10708,
1985.
6. "A Critical Analysis of the Concept of Planetary Wave Breaking," Rood, R. B.,
PAGEOPH, 123, 733-755, 1985.
7. "The Derivation of Photochemical Information near 1 mbar from Ozone and Temperature
Data," Douglass, A. R., and Rood, R. B., J. Geophys. Res., 91, 13153-13166, 1986.
8. "Global Ozone Minima in the Historical Record," Rood, R. B., Geophys. Res. Lett., 13,
1244-1247, 1986.
9. "Nitric Acid Forecast Experiments," Rood, R. B., Kaye, J. A., Nielsen, J. E., Schoeberl,
M. R., and Geller, M. A., Physica Scripta, 36, 337-354, 1987.
10. "Numerical Advection Algorithms and their Role in Atmospheric Transport and
Chemistry Models," Rood, R. B., Rev. Geophys., 25, 71-100, 1987.
11. "Chemistry and Transport in a Three-Dimensional Stratospheric Model," Chlorine
Species during a Simulated Stratospheric Warming," Kaye, J. A., and Rood, R. B., J.
Geophys. Res., 94, 1057-1083, 1989.
12. "The Use of Assimilated Stratospheric Data in Constituent Transport Calculations,"
Rood, R. B., Allen, D. J., Baker, W., Lamich, D., and Kaye, J. A., J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 687-
701, 1989.
13. "Three Dimensional Simulation of Spatial and Temporal Variability of Stratospheric
Hydrogen Chloride," Kaye, J. A., Rood, R. B., Allen, D. J., Larson, E. J., and Jackman,
C. H., Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 1149-1150, 1989.
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14. "Wintertime Nitric Acid Chemistry: Implications from Three-Dimensional Model
Calculations," Rood, R. B., Kaye, J. A., Douglass, A. R., Allen, D. J., Steenrod, S. D.,
and Larson, E. M., J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 2696-2709, 1990.
15. "Global Three-Dimensional Constituent Fields Derived from Profile Data," Douglass, A.
R., Rood, R. B., Stolarski, R. S., Schoeberl, M. R., Proffitt, M. H., Margitan, J. J.,
Lowenstein, M., Podolske, J. R., and Strahan, S. E., Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 525-528,
1990.
16. "The Effect of Solar Proton Events on the Middle Atmosphere during the Past Two Solar
Cycles as Computed Using a Two-Dimensional Model," Jackman, C. H., Douglass, A.
R., Rood, R. B., McPeters, R. D., and Meade, P. E., J. Geophys. Res., 95, 7417-7428,
1990.
17. "Three Dimensional Simulation of Hydrogen Chloride and Hydrogen Fluoride During
the Airborne Arctic Stratosphere Expedition," Kaye, J. A., Douglass, A. R., Rood, R. B.,
Stolarski, R. S., Newman, P. A., Allen, D. J., Larson, E. M., Coffey, M. T., Mankin, W.
G., and Toon, G. C., Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 529-532, 1990.
18. "Stratospheric Temperatures During AASE: Results from STRATAN," Rood, R. B.,
Newman, P. A., Lait, L. R., Lamich, D. J., and Chan, R., Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 337-
340, 1990.
19. "The Influence of Polar Heterogeneous Processes on Reactive Chlorine at Middle
Latitudes: Three-dimensional Model Implications", Douglass, A. R., Rood, R. B., Kaye,
J. A., Stolarski, R. S., Allen, D. J., and Larson, E. M., Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 25-28,
1991.
20. "Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Extent of Chemically Processed Stratospheric
Air," Kaye, J. A., Douglass, A. R., Rood, R. B., Stolarski, R. S., Newman, P. A., Allen,
D. J., and Larson, E. M., Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 29-32, 1991.
21. "Three Dimensional Simulation of Wintertime Ozone Variability in the Lower
Stratosphere," Rood, R. B., Douglass, A. R., Kaye, J. A., Geller, M. A., Chi, Y., Allen,
D. J., Larson, E. M., Nash, E. R., and Nielsen, J. E., J. Geophys. Res., 96, 5055-5072,
1991.
22. "Application of a Monotonic Upstream Transport Scheme to Three Dimensional
Constituent Transport Calculations," Allen, D. J., Douglass, A. R., Rood, R. B., and
Guthrie, P. D., Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 2456-2464, 1991.
23. "The Minor Stratospheric Warming of January 1989: Results from STRATAN, a
Stratospheric/Tropospheric Data Assimilation System," Steenrod, S. D., Rood, R. B.,
Lamich, D. J., Rosenfield, J. E., and Govindaraju, R. C., Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 221-229,
1992.
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24. "Episodic Total Ozone Minima and Associated Effects on Heterogeneous Chemistry and
Lower Stratospheric Transport," Rood, R. B., Nielsen, J. E., Stolarski, R. S., Douglass,
A. R., Kaye, J. A., and Allen, D. J., J. Geophys. Res., 97, 7979-7996, 1992.
25. "Tracer Exchange between Tropics and Middle Latitudes," Rood, R. B., Douglass, A. R.,
and Weaver, C. J., Geophys. Res. Lett. , 19, 805-808, 1992.
26. "Characteristics of Wintertime and Autumn Nitric Acid Chemistry as Defined by LIMS
Data," Rood, R. B., Douglass, A. R., Kaye, J. A., and Considine, D. B., J. Geophys. Res.,
98, 18533-18545, 1993.
27. "Thermodynamic Balance of Three Dimensional Stratospheric Winds Derived from a
Data Assimilation Procedure," Weaver, C. J., Douglass, A. R., and Rood, R. B., J. Atmos.
Sci., 50, 2987-2993, 1993.
28. "Implications of 3D Tracer Studies for 2D Assessments of the Impact of Supersonic
Aircraft on Stratospheric Ozone," Douglass, A. R., Rood, R. B., Weaver, C. J., Cerniglia,
M., and Brueske, K., J. Geophys. Res., 98, 8949-8963, 1993.
29. "The Effects of the October 1989 Solar Proton Events on the Stratosphere as Computed
Using a Three-Dimensional Model," Jackman, C. H., Nielsen, J. E., Allen, D. J.,
Cerniglia, M. C., McPeters, R. D., Douglass, A. R., and Rood, R. B., Geophys. Res. Lett.,
20, 459-462, 1993.
30. "A 3D Simulation of the Early Winter Distribution of Reactive Chlorine in the North
Polar Vortex," Douglass, A. R., Rood, R. B., Waters, J., Froidevaux, L., Read, W., Elson,
L., Geller, M., Chi, Y., Cerniglia, M., and Steenrod, S., Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1271-
1274, 1993.
31. "An Assimilated Data Set for Earth Science Applications," Schubert, S. D., Rood, R. B.,
and Pfaendtner, J., Bull Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 2331-2342, 1993.
32. "A Comparison of Winds from the STRATAN Data Assimilation System to Geostrophic
and Balanced Wind Estimates," Coy, L., Rood, R. B., and Newman, P. A., J. Atmos. Sci.,
51, 2309-2315, 1994.
33. "Tracer Evolution in Winds Generated by a Global Spectral Mechanistic Model,"
Nielsen, J. E., Rood, R. B., Douglass, A. R., Cerniglia, M. C., Allen, D. J., and
Rosenfield, J. E., J. Geophys. Res., 99, 5399-5420, 1994.
34. "Tracer Transport for Realistic Aircraft Emission Scenarios Calculated Using a Three-
Dimensional Model," Weaver, C. J., Douglass, A. R., and Rood, R. B., J. Geophys. Res.,
100, 5203-5214, 1995.
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35. "A 3D Simulation on the Influence of a Cut-Off Low on the Distribution of Northern
Hemispheric Processed Air in Late January, 1992," Cerniglia, M. C., Rood, R. B., and
Douglass, A. R., J. Geophys. Res., 100, 11,641-11,660, 1995.
36. "Vertical Transport by Convective Clouds: Comparisons between Cloud-Scale and
Global- Scale Models," Pickering, K. E., Thompson, A. M., Tao, W.-K., Rood, R. B.,
McNamara, D. P., and Molod, A. M., Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 1089-1092, 1995.
37. "Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange," Holton, J. R., Haynes, P. H., McIntyre, M. E.,
Douglass, A. R., Rood, R. B., and Pfister, L., Rev. Geophys., 33, 403-439, 1995.
38. "2D and 3D Model Simulations, Measurements, and Interpretation of the Influence of the
October 1989 Solar Proton Events on the Middle Atmosphere," Jackman, C. H.,
Cerniglia, M. C., Nielsen, J. E., Allen, D. J., Zawodny, J. M., McPeters, R. D., Douglass,
A. R., Rosenfield, J. E., and Rood, R. B., J. Geophys. Res., 100; 11,641-11,660; 1995.
39. "Upper-Tropospheric Water Vapor from UARS MLS," Read, W. G., Waters, J. W.,
Flower, D. A., Froidevaux, L., Jarnot, R. F., Hartmann, D. L., Harwood, R. S., and Rood,
R. B., Bull. American Met. Soc., 76, 2381-2389, 1995.
40. "A Three Dimensional Simulation of the Ozone Annual Cycle Using Winds from a Data
Assimilation System," Douglass, A. R., Weaver, C. J., Rood, R. B., and Coy, L., J.
Geophys. Res., 101, 1463-1474, 1996.
41. "Three-dimensional Radon 222 Calculations Using Assimilated Meteorological Data and
Convective Mixing Algorithm," Allen, D. J., Rood, R. B., Thompson, A. M., and
Hudson, R. D., J. Geophys. Res., 101, 6871-6881, 1996.
42. "Transport-Induced Interannual Variability of Carbon Monoxide Determined Using a
Chemistry and Transport Model," Allen, D. J., Kasibhatla, P., Thompson, A. M., Rood,
R. B., Doddridge, B. G., Pickering, K. E., Hudson, R. D., and Lin, S.-J., J. Geophys. Res.,
101, 28,655 - 28,669, 1996.
43. "Multidimensional Flux-Form Semi-Lagrangian Transport Schemes," Lin, S.-J., and
Rood, R. B., Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 2046-2070, 1996.
44. "Measurements of Polar Vortex Air in the Midlatitudes," Newman, P. A., Lait, L. R.,
Schoeberl, M., R., Seablom, M., Coy, L., Rood, R. B., Swinbank, R., Proffitt, M.,
Lowenstein, M., Podolske, J.R., Elkins, J. W., Webster, C. R., May, R. D., Fahey, D. W.,
Dutton, G. S., and Chan, K. R., J. Geophys, Res., 101, 12, 879 - 891, 1996.
45. "An Explicit Flux-Form Semi-Lagrangian Shallow Water Model on the Sphere," Lin, S.-
J., and Rood, R. B., Quart. J. Royal. Met. Soc., 123, 2477-2498 Part B, 1997.
46. "The Impact of Diabatic Initialization on Stratospheric Analyses, Forecasts, and
Transport Experiments," Fox-Rabinovitz, M. S., Rood, R. B., Lamich, D. J.,
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Govindaraju, R. C., Coy, L., and Weaver, C. J., Quart. J. Royal Met. Soc., 124, 297-315
Part A, 1998.
47. "Impact of a Semi-Lagrangian and an Eulerian Dynamical Core on Climate Simulations,"
Chen, M., Rood, R. B., and Takacs, L. L., J. Climate, 10, 2374-2389, 1997.
48. "Synoptic-Scale Mass Exchange from the Troposphere to the Stratosphere," Rood, R. B.,
Douglass, A. R., Cerniglia, M. C., and Read, W. G., J. Geophys. Res., 102, 23467-23485,
1997.
49. "Processes Controlling Dimethylsulfide Over the Ocean: Case Studies Using a 3-D
Model Driven by Assimilated Meteorological Fields," Chin, M., Rood, R. B., Allen, D.
J., Andreae, M. O., Thompson, A. M., Lin, S.-J., Atlas, R., M., and Ardizzone, J. V., J.
Geophys. Res., 103, 8341-8353, 1998.
50. "A Three-Dimensional Simulation of the Evolution of the Middle Latitude Winter Ozone
in the Middle Stratosphere," Douglass, A. R., Rood, R. B., Kawa, S. R., and Allen, D. J.,
J. Geophys. Res., 102, 19217-19232, 1997.
51. "A Study on Assimilating Potential Vorticity Data," Li, Y., Menard, R., Riishojgaard, L.
P., Cohn, S. E., and Rood, R. B., Tellus A, 50A, 490-506, 1998.
52. "Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor from GEOS Reanalysis and UARS MLS
Observation," Chen, M., Rood, R. B., and Read, W. G., J. Geophys. Res., 103, 19587-
19594, 1998.
53. "Seasonal Variations of Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor and High Clouds Observed
from Satellites." Chen, M., Rood, R. B., and Read, W. G., J. Geophys. Res., 104, 6193-
6197, 1999.
54. "Assimilating TOVS Humidity into the GEOS-2 Data Assimilation System," Chen, M.,
Rood, R. B., and Joiner, J., J. Climate, 12, 2983-2995, 1999.
55. "Lamination Frequencies as a Diagnostic for Horizontal Mixing in a 3D Transport
Model," Weaver, C. J., Douglass, A. R., and Rood, R. B., J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 247-261,
2000.
56. "Seasonal Variability of Middle Latitude Ozone in the Lowermost Stratosphere Derived
from Probability Distribution Functions," Rood, R. B., Douglass, A. R., Cerniglia, M. C.,
Sparling, L. C., and Nielsen, J. E., J. Geophys. Res., 104, 17,793-17,805, 2000.
57. "The GEOS Ozone Data Assimilation System: Specification of Error Statistics," Stajner,
I., Riishojgaard, L., P., and Rood, R. B., Quart. J. Royal. Met. Soc., 127, 1069-1094, Part
A, 2001.
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58. "The GCM-Reality Intercomparison Project for SPARC (GRIPS): Scientific Issues and
Initial Results," Pawson, S., et al., Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81, 781-796, 2000.
59. "Atmospheric Sulfur Cycle Simulated in the Global Model GOCART: Model
Description and Global Properties," Chin M., Rood R. B., Lin S.-J., Muller J. F.,
Thompson, A. M., J. Geophys. Res., 105, 24671-24687, 2000.
60. "Stratospheric Temperature Trends: Observations and Model Simulations," Ramaswamy,
V., et al., Rev. of Geophysics, 39, 71-122, 2001.
61. "Global Modeling Initiative Assessment Model: Model Description, Integration, and
Testing of the Transport Shell," Rotman D. A., Tannahill J. R., Kinnison D. E., Connell
P. S., Bergmann D., Proctor D., Rodriguez J. M., Lin S.-J., Rood R. B., Prather M. J.,
Rasch P. J., Considine D. B., Ramaroson R., and Kawa S. R., J. Geophys. Res., 106,
1669-1691, 2001.
62. "How can we advance our weather and climate models as a community?"
Dickinson R. E., Zebiak S. E., Anderson J. L., Blackmon M. L., DeLuca C., Hogan T. F.,
Iredell M., Ji M., Rood R. B., Suarez M. J., and Taylor K. E., Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
83, 431, 2002
63. "Evaluation of Transport in the Lower Tropical Stratosphere in a Global Chemistry and
Transport Model," Douglass, A. R., Schoeberl, M. R., Rood, R. B., and Pawson, S., J.
Geophys. Res., 108, doi:10.1029/2002JD002696, 2003
64. "A Finite-Volume General Circulation Model," Yeh, K.-S., Lin, S.-J., and Rood, R. B.,
Computing in Science and Engineering, 4, 49-54, 2002.
65. "High Frequency Planetary Waves in the Polar Middle Atmosphere as seen in a Data
Assimilation System," Coy. L., Stajner, I., da Silva A., Joiner, J., Rood, R. B., Pawson,
S., and Lin, S.-J., J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 2975-2992, 2003.
66. "Monitoring of Observation Errors in the Assimilation of Satellite Ozone Data," Stajner,
I., Winslow, N., Rood, R. B., and Pawson, S., J. Geophys. Res., 109, D06309, 2004
67. "Assimilation of Ozone Data from the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric
Sounding," Wargan, K., Stajner, I., Pawson, S., Rood, R. B., and Tan, W.-W., Quart. J.
Royal. Met. Soc., 131, 2713-2734 Part A, 2005.
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68. "Evaluation of a CCSM3 Simulation with a Finite Volume Dynamical Core for the
Atmosphere at 1o lat x 1.25o lon resolution," G. Bala, R. B. Rood, A. Mirin, J. McClean,
Krishna Achutarao, D. Bader, P. Gleckler, R. Neale, and P. Rasch to appear J. Clim.,
2008.
69. "Simulated Climate near Steep Topography: Sensitivity to Dynamical Methods for
Atmospheric Transport" G. Bala, R. B. Rood, D. Bader, A. Mirin, D. Ivanova, and Cedric
Drui, to appear Geophys. Res. Lett., 2008.
REFERREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
1. "Quasi-biennial and Interannual Variability in High Resolution Total Ozone Data
(TOMS)," Schuster, G. S., Rood, R. B., and Schoeberl, M. R., Proceedings of the
Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 1988 and Tropospheric Ozone Workshop, edited by R.
D. Bojkov and P. Fabian, pp. 260-264, 4-13 August 1988, Gottingen, Federal Republic of
Germany, A. Deepak Publishing, 1989.
2. "The Use of Winds and Temperatures from a Stratospheric Assimilation Model in Three-
Dimensional Constituent Transport Studies," Rood, R. B., Kaye, J. A., Allen, D. J.,
Wayman E. Baker, and Lamich, D. J., Proceedings of the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium
1988 and Tropospheric Ozone Workshop, edited by R. D. Bojkov and P. Fabian, pp. 625-
629, 4-13 August 1988, Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany, A. Deepak Publishing,
1989.
3. "Variability of Chlorine Containing Species as Revealed by Three-Dimensional
Stratospheric Transport and Chemistry Models," Kaye, J. A., Rood, R. B., and Allen, D.
J., Proceedings of the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 1988 and Tropospheric Ozone
Workshop, edited by R. D. Bojkov and P. Fabian, pp. 676-679, 4-13 August 1988,
Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany, A. Deepak Publishing, 1989.
4. "Three-dimensional Constituent Transport Models and the Study of Interannual
Variability," Rood, R. B., J. of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity, 43, 687-694, 1991.
5. "Satellite Observation and Mapping of Wintertime Ozone Variability in the Lower
Stratosphere," Geller, M. A., Chi, Y., Rood, R. B., Douglass, A. R., Kaye, J. A., and
Allen, D. J., J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 55, 1081-1088, 1992.
6. "Atmospheres Panel Report to the Payload Panel," Schoeberl, M., Pfaendtner, J., Rood,
R., Thompson, A., and Wielicki, B., Global and Planetary Change, 98, 9-21, 1992.
7. "3-D Transport-Chemistry Studies of the Stratosphere using Satellite Data Together with
Data Assimilation," Geller, M. A., Chi, Y., Rood, R. B., Douglass, A. R., Allen, D. J.,
Cerniglia, M., and Waters, J. W., NATO ASI, I 8, 180-197, 1993.
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8. "The Tropical Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere in the GEOS-2 GCM,"
Pawson, S., Takacs, L., Molod, A., Nebuda, S., Chen, M., Rood, R. B., Read, W., and
Fiorino, M., Adv. Space Res., 27, 1457-1465, 2001.
OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Mechanisms of Stratospheric Ozone Transport, Richard B. Rood and Mark R. Schoeberl,
Memorandum Report 4969, Naval Research Laboratory, 1982.
2. Constituent Forecasts in the Stratosphere, Richard B. Rood, Jack A. Kaye, and Marvin
A. Geller, NASA/GSFC, R and T Report, 1986.
3. National Plan for Stratospheric Monitoring: 1988-1997, A. J. Miller, R. D. Hudson, W.
G. Planet, E. Hilsenrath, R. B. Rood, D. F. Heath, J. Mentall, A. M. Thompson, J. A.
Kaye, NOAA FCM, 1988.
4. "Stratospheric General Circulation with Chemistry Project," J. E. Nielsen, R. B. Rood,
and M. R. Schoeberl, in CCM Progress Report, October 1988, NCAR/TN-324, 1988.
5. "Stratospheric Ozone Models and Supercomputers," R. B. Rood and J. A. Kaye, in Proc.
of the Fourth International Conerence on Supercomputing, 1989.
6. "Simulations and Short-Term Variability of Atmospheric Trace Constituents," J. A. Kaye
and R. B. Rood, Proceedings of the 28th International Astrophysical Colloquium, Our
Changing Atmosphere, Liege, Belgium, 1989.
7. "A Strategy for Using General Circulation Models and Satellite Data for Improving
Understanding of the Stratosphere," M. A. Geller, R. B. Rood, and J. A. Kaye,
Proceedings of the Interannual Symposium on Middle Atmosphere Studies, Dushanbe,
USSR, 1989.
8. Scientific Assessment of Stratospheric Ozone: 1989, Co-author of Chapter 3,
"Theoretical Predictions," 1989.
9. Three Dimensional Transport Models, Richard B. Rood, tutorial paper for World Climate
Research Program Symposium on Global Tracer Transport Model, 1991.
10. "The Dynamics of the HSCT Environment," Anne R. Douglass and Richard B. Rood,
Proceedings of AIAA Aircraft Design and Systems Meeting, 1991.
11. The Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft: A First Program Report, M. J.
Prather et al., NASA Reference Publication 1272, Co-author Chapter 3, "Natural Cycles
Gases," 1992.
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12. "Three-Dimensional Model Calculations of the Global Dispersion of High Speed Aircraft
Exhaust and Implications for Stratospheric Ozone Loss," Anne R. Douglass, Richard B.
Rood, Charles H. Jackman, and Clark J. Weaver, Ozone in the Troposphere and
Stratosphere, NASA Conf. Pub. 3266, 281-284, 1994.
13. The Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft: An Interim Assessment Report,
Author of Chapter 8, Credibility of Assessment Models, with M. J. Prather, 1993.
14. "3-D Transport-Chemistry Studies of the Stratosphere Using Satellite Data Together with
Data Assimilation," M. A. Geller, Y. Chi, R. B. Rood, A. R. Douglass, D. J. Allen, M.
Cerniglia, J. W. Waters, The Role of the Stratosphere in Global Change, NATO ASI
Series, Vol. I 8, 1993.
15. "A 3D Model Study of the Effects of the October 1989 Solar Proton Events on the
Stratosphere," M. C. Cerniglia, C. H. Jackman, J. E. Nielsen, D. J. Allen, A. R. Douglass,
and R. B. Rood, STEP GBRSC News, Proceedings of the Second SOLTIP Symposium,
1994.
16. Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 1994 Co-author of Chapter 3, "Polar Ozone",
1995.
17. "A Multiyear Assimilation with the GEOS-1 System: Overview and Results," S.
Schubert, C.-K. Park, C.-Y. Wu, W. Higgins, Y. Kondratyeva, A. Molod, L. Takacs, M.
Seablom, and R. Rood, NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 6, 1995.
18. "Proceedings of the Workshop on the GEOS-1 Five-Year Assimilation," S. D. Schubert
and R. B. Rood, NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 7, 1995.
19. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Data Assimilation Office, 1996.
20. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Data Assimilation Office, 2000.
21. High-end Climate Science: Development of Modeling and Related Computing
Capabilities, Richard B. Rood, Jeffery L. Anderson, David C. Bader, Maurice L.
Blackmon, Timothy F. Hogan, and Patricia K. Esborg, available from US Global Change
Research Program, 2001.
22. Effectiveness of US Climate Modeling, E. Sarachik et al., available from National
Academy Press, 2001.
23. "Reanalysis Efforts in the United States: NASA and National Reanalysis Program,"
Richard B. Rood, Arthur Y. Hou, Steven Pawson, Siegfried D. Schubert, Proceedings of
ECMWF Reanalysis Workshop, 2002.
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24. "Ozone Assimilation," Richard B. Rood, Data Assimilation for the Earth System, NATO
Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, 26, Swinbank, R., Shutyaev, V.;
Lahoz, W. A. (Eds.), Kluwer, 388 p, 2003.
25. "Reanalysis," Richard B. Rood, Data Assimilation for the Earth System, NATO Science
Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, 26, Swinbank, R., Shutyaev, V.; Lahoz,
W. A. (Eds.), Kluwer, 388 p, 2003.
26. "Assimilation of Stratospheric Meteorological and Constituent Observations: A Review,"
Richard B. Rood, SPARC Newsletter, 25, 31-37, 2005.
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American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA
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SEMINARS, SYMPOSIA, PROFESSIONAL TALKS (since September, 2005):
INVITED TALKS:
"Assimilation of Satellite Observations: Why and Why Not," Richard B. Rood, European
Geophysical Society, April 2006.
"Weather and Climate Research and Operations Infrastructure," Richard B. Rood, History and
Theory of Infrastructure Workshop, October 2006.
"Bridging Weather and Climate," Richard B. Rood. Presidential Symposium, American
Meteorological Society, January 2007.
SEMINARS:
"Regional Analysis of Climate Change," Richard B. Rood, Third Faculty Forum on Climate
Change, University of Michigan, December 2005.
"A Walk Through The Science and Observations of Climate Change," Richard B. Rood, SAS
Alliance-University Living, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 2006.
"The Impact of the Lin-Rood Dynamical Core on (Modeled) Precipitation," Richard B. Rood
and Cedric Drui, Interdepartmental Environmental Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series,
University of Michigan, April 2006.
SPECIAL LECTURES AT UNIVERSITY:
"Observed Climate Variability in the Past 350,000 Years (with an emphasis on what's happening
now!)," December 7, 2005.
"An Introduction to Global Warming," December 9, 2005.
"Fundamental science and predictions of the Earth's climate," January 10, 2006.
"Downscaling Climate Projections to Regional Scale," February 6, 2006.