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

January 2004 – present: Assistant 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

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)

Professional Activities

Member American Meteorological Society’s Committee on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Member, Arctic-CHAMP (Community-wide Hydrologic Analysis and Monitoring Program) science steering committee

Member, Arctic System Model workshop organizing committee

Co-organizer of “The Impact of Sea Ice Variability on the Atmosphere and Ocean” session at the 9^th American Meteorological Society Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, St. Johns, Newfoundland, May 2007.

Session chair, 7th American Meteorological Society Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Hyannis, Massachusetts, May 2003

Session chair, 8th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria, July 2001

Session chair, 6th American Meteorological Society Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, California, May 2001

Reviewer for Antarctic Science, Atmosphere-Ocean, Computing in Science and Engineering, Geophysical Research Letters, Global and Planetary Change, International Journal of Climatology Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Glaciology, Monthly Weather Review, Polar Geography, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Tellus

Reviewer Grant Proposals for National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Australian Antarctic Division, Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS), French National Agency of Research (ANR)

Current University Service Activities

Chair, CIRES Computer Advisory Committee

Member, CIRES Council of Fellows

Member, CIRES National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) director search committee

Chair, ATOC Undergraduate Minor Committee / Undergraduate Minor Advisor

Member, ATOC Laboratory and Facilities Committee

Member, ATOC Department Head nominating committee

Professional Societies

1993 – present: American Meteorological Society

2001 – present: American Geophysical Union

Scholarships and Awards

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)

Schuenemann, K., J.J. Cassano, and J. Finnis, 2008: Forcing of precipitation over Greenland: Synoptic climatology for 1961 to 1999. in preparation for J. Hydrometeorology.

Cassano, J.J. and E.N. Cassano, 2008: Synoptic forcing of precipitation in the Mackenzie and Yukon river basins. Int. J. Climatology, accepted pending revisions.

Finnis, J., J.J. Cassano, M.M. Holland, and M.C. Serreze, 2008: Synoptically forced hydroclimatology of major Arctic watersheds in general circulation models, Part 1: the Mackenzie River basin. Submitted to Int. J. Climatology.

Seefeldt, M.W. and J.J. Cassano, 2008: An analysis of low-level jets in the greater Ross Ice Shelf region based on numerical simulations. Submitted to Mon. Wea. Rev.

Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, E.H. Hogg, M. Zhao, W.C. Oechel, J. Cassano, and S.W. Running, 2008: Satellite detection of a recent decline in northern high latitude vegetation productivity with regional warming and drying. Global Change Biology, submitted.

Wyser, K., C.G. Jones, P. Du., E. Girard, U. Willén, 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. Shaw, M. Tjernström, and M. Zagar, 2008: An evaluation of Arctic cloud and radiation processes during the SHEBA year: Simulation results from 8 Arctic regional climate models. Climate Dynamics. in press.

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. Cassano, 2007: Predicted changes in synoptic forcing of net precipitation in large Arctic river basins during the 21^st century, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S49, doi:10.1029/2006JG000332.

Finnis, 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 21^st 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.

Seefeldt, 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. Seefeldt, 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 20^th and 21^st 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 20^th and 21^st 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.

Bromwich, D.H., and J.J. Cassano, 2001: Antarctic weather forecasting workshop. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 1409-1413.

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.

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)

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.

J.J. Cassano, 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.

(books)

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

Current Research Grants

Collaborative Research: Towards Advanced Understanding and Predictive Capability of Climate Change in the Arctic Using a High-Resolution Regional Arctic Climatey System Model. Source of support: Department of Energy; Total award amount: $690,996 (Univ. of Colorado); Total award period covered: September 2007 – August 2011; Principal investigator: Wieslaw Maslowski; Co-Principal Investigators: John J. Cassano, William J. Gutowski, and Dennis P. Lettenmaier

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 2010; 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 2010; 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 – May 2008; Principal investigator: 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

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

Previous Research Grants

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 (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 (Spring 2007, Spring 2006)

ATOC 4750 – Desert Meteorology, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado (Spring 2008)

ATOC 5050 – Introduction to Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado (Fall 2007, Fall 2006)

ATOC 6020 - Seminar: Weather Forecasting, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado (Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004)

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

December 2007 – January 2008, January 2001: Work with U.S. Antarctic Program weather forecasters at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

January-February 2004, January 2000, January 1998, December 1994 - January 1995, January 1994: Install and repair automatic weather stations in Antarctica

Recent Collaborators

D.H. Bromwich, J.A. Curry, W. Gutowski, L. Hinzman, D. Kane, J.S. Kimball, Y.-H. Kuo, R. Lammers, M.A. Lazzara, D. Lettenmaier, A.H. Lynch, W. Maslowski, M. Nolan, W.C. Oechel, T.R. Parish, J.G. Powers, K. Steffen, G.J. Tripoli, C.J. Vorosmarty, J.J. Walsh, G.A. Weidner, E.F. Wood

Thesis Advisors

Thomas R. Parish and Charles R. Stearns

Postdoc Advisors

David H. Bromwich and Amanda H. Lynch

Graduate Advisees

Joel Finnis (Ph.D. – Spring 2008)

Matthew Higgins (Ph.D. Student)

David Porter (Ph.D. Student)

Melissa Richards (Ph.D. Student)

Keah Schuenemann (Ph.D. Student)

Mark Seefeldt (Ph.D. – Fall 2007)

Michael Shaw (M.S. Fall 2005, Ph.D. student)

Postdoc Advisees

Joel Finnis

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)