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John J. Cassano

Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Wyoming, 1998
Assistant Professor
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

E-mail: john.cassano@colorado.edu
Office: Ekeley S331
Phone: 303-492-2221
Web: John Cassano, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences [ About ATOC ]

Research Interests

My research involves the study of the meteorology and climate of both polar regions using regional climate models and numerical weather prediction models, in-situ and remotely sensed observations, and various data analysis techniques. My main areas of active research include regional climate modeling and model development, analysis of coupled climate system components, and numerical weather prediction.

Current Research Projects

• Detection and Attribution of Changes in the Hydrologic Regimes of the Mackenzie, the Kuparuk and the Lena River Basins

• Greenland: Reanalysis of the Energy Budget of the Ice Sheet (GREBIS)

• Extension of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)

• pre-RIME Studies of Transport Processes in the Ross Sea Sector

• Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project: Evaluation and Interpretation of Cloud and Radiation Fields using Data from Project FIRE ACE

Selected Publications

Cassano, J.J., P. Uotilla, A.H. Lynch, 2005: Changes in synoptic weather patterns in the polar regions in the 20th and 21st centuries, Part 1: Arctic. Int. J. Climatology. (accepted pending revisions)

Tjernstrom, M., Zagar, M., G. Svensson, J. Cassano, S. Pfeifer, A. Rinke, K. Wyser, K. Dethloff, C.Jones, and T. Semmler, 2005: Modelling the Arctic boundary layer: An evaluation of six ARCMIP regional-scale models with data from the SHEBA project. Bound.-Layer Meteor.in press.

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.

Cassano, J.J., J.E. Box, D.H. Bromwich, L. Li, and K. Steffen, 2001: Evaluation of Polar MM5 simulations of Greenland’s atmospheric circulation. J. Geophys. Res.,106,33867-33890.

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.