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Michael Rawlins

Education
  • B.S., Environmental Science, University of Delaware (1996)
  • M.S., Geography/Climatology, University of Delaware (2001)
  • Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Science, University of New Hampshire (2006)
Research Interests
  • Application of process-based models to understand temporal and spatial dynamics of water and energy cycles
  • Investigation of spatial and model evaluation statistics for improving large scale climate fields
  • Biogeochemistry of Arctic wetlands and rivers
Professional Experience
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Water and Carbon Cycles Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2007-present)
  • Research Scientist, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire (2000-2007)
  • Scientist, Raytheon ITSS, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (1999-2000)
  • Research Assistant, Geography Department, University, of Delaware (1996-1999)
Selected Publications
  1. Rawlins, M. A., R Schroeder, X. Zhang, K. C. McDonald, 2009. Anomalous Atmospheric Circulation, Moisture Flux, and Winter Snow Accumulation in Relation to Record Combined Discharge from Large Eurasian Rivers in 2007. Environmental Research Letters, in review.
  2. Rawlins, M. A., H. Ye, D. Yang, A. Shiklomanov, K. C. McDonald, 2009. Shifts in Seasonal Hydrology Across Eurasia: Emerging Trends and Water Cycle Linkages. JGR-Atmospheres, in revision.
  3. Rawlins, M. A., M. Steele, M. C. Serreze, C. J. Vorosmarty, W. Ermold, R. B. Lammers, K. C. McDonald, T. M. Pavelsky, A. Shiklomanov, J. Zhang, 2009. Tracing Freshwater Anomalies through the Air-Land-Ocean System: A Case Study from the Mackenzie River Basin and the Beaufort Gyre. Atmosphere-Ocean, 47(1), pp. 79-97, doi:10.3137/OC281.2009.
  4. McGuire, A. D., J. Walsh, J. Kimball, J. Clein, S. Euskirchen, S. Drobot, U. Herzfeld, J. Maslanik, R. Lammers, M. Rawlins, C. Vorosmarty, T. Rupp, W. Wu, M. Calef, 2008. The Western Arctic Linkage Experiment (WALE): Overview and synthesis. Earth Interactions, 12, paper 7, 13 pages, doi:10.1175/2008EI239.1.
  5. Shiklomanov, A., R. B. Lammers, M. A. Rawlins, L. C. Smith, T. M. Pavelsky, 2007. Temporal and spatial variations in maximum river discharge from a new Russian data set. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, G04S53, doi:10.1029/2006JG000352.
  6. Rawlins, M. A. , M. Fahnestock, S. Frolking, C.J. Vorosmarty, 2007. On the Evaluation of Snow Water Equivalent Estimates over the Terrestrial Arctic Drainage Basin. Hydrological Processes, 21(12), pp. 1616-1623, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6724. 1
  7. Rawlins, M. A. , S. Frolking, R.B. Lammers, C.J. Vorosmarty, 2006. Effects of Uncertainty in Climate Inputs on Simulated Evapotranspiration and Runoff in the Western Arctic , Earth Interactions, 10, doi: 10.1175/EI182.1. 2
  8. Rawlins, M. A. , C.J. Willmott, A. Shiklomanov, S. Frolking, C.J. Vorosmarty, 2006. Evaluation of Trends in Derived Snowfall and Rainfall across Eurasia and Linkages with Discharge to the Arctic Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L07403, doi: 10.1029/2005GL025231. 3
  9. Rawlins, M. A. , K.C. McDonald, S. Frolking, R.B. Lammers, M. Fahnestock, J.S. Kimball, C.J. Vorosmarty, 2005. Remote Sensing of Pan-Arctic Snowpack Thaw Using the SeaWinds Scatterometer. Journal of Hydrology, Vol 312/1-4 pp. 294-311. 4
  10. Xiao, X., Z. Qingyuan, S. Boles, M.A. Rawlins, B. Moore III, 2004. Mapping snow cover in the pan-Arctic zone, using multi-year (1998-2001) images from optical VEGETATION sensor. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25(24), pp. 5731-5744. 5
  11. Rawlins, M. A. , R.B. Lammers, S. Frolking, B. Fekete, C.J. Vorosmarty, 2003. Simulating Pan-Arctic Runoff with a Macro-Scale Terrestrial Water Balance Model. Hydrological Processes, 17, pp. 2521-2539. 6
  12. Rawlins, M. A and C. J. Willmott, 2003. Winter Air Temperature Change over the Terrestrial Arctic, 19611990. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 35(4), pp. 530-537. 7

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