Dr. Duane Waliser is a Senior Research Scientist in the Water and Carbon Cycles Group, in the Earth Sciences Section, a Visiting Associate in the Geological and Planetary Sciences Division at Caltech and an Adjunct Professor in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department at UCLA. His principle research interests lie in climate dynamics and in global atmosphere-ocean modeling, prediction and predictability, with emphasis on the Tropics. He joined JPL in 2004 with interests in utilizing new and emerging satellite data sets to study weather and climate as well as advance our model simulation and forecast capabilities, particularly for long-range weather and short-term climate applications.

• B.S., Physics, Oregon State University (1985)
• B.S., Computer Science, Oregon State University (1985)
• M.S. Physics, University of California, San Diego (1987)
• Ph.D. Physical Oceanography Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD (1992)

• Intraseasonal Variability
• Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
• Climate Dynamics, Modeling and Prediction
• US CLIVAR MJO Working Group

• Senior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2007-Present)
• Principal Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, (2004-2007)
• Fellow, Joint Insttitute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE), University of California, Los Angeles, CA. (2007-Present)
• Visiting Associate Faculty, Geological and Planetary Sciences,Caltech (2004-Present)
• Associate Professor, Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres, Marine Science Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook (1999-2004).
• Assistant Professor, Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres, Marine Science Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook (1993-1994).
• Postdoctoral Associate at UCLA Department of Atmospheric Sciences (1992-1993).
• Research Assistant / Graduate Student in the Physical Oceanography curriculum at Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD (1987-1992).
• Research Assistant / Graduate Student in the Physics Department, University of California, San Diego. Model low-thrust vehicle/ion-engine in the Earth-moon system (1987).
• Teaching Assistant for undergraduate physics courses at University of California, San Diego (1986-1987).

• NOAA Postdoctoral Fellowship for Climate and Global Change, 1992-93.
• National Research Council Research Associate, 1992-93, declined.
• NASA Graduate Student Fellowship Recipient, 1988-1991.

1. Waliser, D. E. and N. E. Graham, 1993: Convective Cloud Systems and Warm-Pool SSTs: Coupled Interactions and Self-Regulation. J. Geoph. Res., 98, 12881-12893.
2. Waliser, D. E., and R. C. J. Somerville, 1994: The Preferred Latitudes of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1619-1639.
3. Waliser, D. E., B. Blanke, J. D. Neelin and C. Gautier, 1994: Shortwave Feedbacks and ENSO: Forced Ocean and Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modeling Experiments. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 25109-25125.
4. Waliser, D. E., 1996: Formation and Limiting Mechanism for Very High SST: Linking the Dynamics and Thermodynamics. J. Climate, 9, 161-188.
5. Waliser, D. E., 1996: Some Considerations on the Thermostat Hypothesis. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 77, 357-360.
6. Waliser, D. E., W. D. Collins and S. P. Anderson, 1996: An Estimate of the Surface Shortwave Cloud Forcing over the W. Pacific During TOGA COARE. Geoph. Res. Let., 23, 519-522.
7. Waliser, D. E. and W. Zhou, 1997: Removing Satellite Equatorial Crossing Time Biases from the OLR and HRC data sets. J. Climate, 10, 2125-2146.
8. Waliser, D. E., Z. Shi, J. Lanzante and A. Oort, 1999: The Hadley Circulation: Assessing Reanalysis and Sparse In-Situ Estimates. Clim. Dyn., 15, 719-735.
9. Waliser, D. E., R. A. Weller, R. D. Cess, 1999: Comparisons Between Buoy-Observed, Satellite-Derived and Modeled Surface Shortwave Flux over the Subtropical North Atlantic During the Subduction Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 31,301-31,320.
10. Waliser, D. E., W. K. Lau, J. H. Kim, 1999: The Influence of Coupled Sea Surface Temperatures on the Madden Julian Oscillation: A Model Perturbation Experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 333.
11. Waliser, D. E., C. Jones, J. K. Schemm and N. E. Graham, 1999: A Statistical Extended-Range Tropical Forecast Model Based on the Slow Evolution of the MJO. J. Climate, 12, 1918-1939.
12. Waliser, D. E., Z. Zhang, K. M. Lau, and J. H. Kim, 2001: Interannual Sea Surface Temperature Variability and the Predictability of Tropical Intraseasonal Variability. JAS., 58, 2595-2614.
13. Medovaya, M., D. E. Waliser, R. A. Weller, M. McPhaden, 2002: Assessing Ocean Buoy Shortwave Observations using Clear-Sky Model Calculations. J. Geophys. Res.; Oceans., 107, No. C2, 10.1029/2000JC000558.
14. Waliser, D. E., J. Ridout, S. Xie, and M. Zhang, 2002: Variational Objective Analysis for Atmospheric Field Programs: A Model Assessment, J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 3436-3456.
15. Myers, D., and D. E. Waliser, 2003: Three dimensional water vapor and cloud variations associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation during N. Hemisphere winter. J. Climate, 16, 929-950.
16. Waliser, D. E., K. M. Lau, W. Stern, C. Jones, 2003: Potential Predictability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 84, 33-50.
17. Waliser, D. E., W. Stern, S. Schubert, K. M. Lau, 2003: Dynamic Predictability of Intraseasonal Variability Associated with the Asian Summer Monsoon, QJRMS, 129, 2897-2925.
18. Waliser, D. E., R. Murtugudde, and L. Lucas, 2003: Indo-Pacific Ocean Response to Atmospheric Intraseasonal Variability. Part I: Austral Summer and the Madden-Julian Oscillation, J. Geoph. Res. - Oceans. 108, C5, 3160, 10.1029/2002JC001620.
19. Waliser, D. E. and 16 others, 2003: AGCM Simulations of Intraseasonal Variability Associated with the Asian Summer Monsoon, Clim. Dyn., 21, 423-446.
20. Waliser, D., S. Schubert, A. Kumar, K. Weickmann, and R. Dole, Proceedings from a workshop on "Modeling, Simulation and Forecasting of Subseasonal Variability", 4-5 June 2003, University of Maryland, NASA/CP 2003-104606, vol. 25, pp. 62, NASA, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, 2003.
21. Jones, C., D. E. Waliser, K. M. Lau, and W. Stern, 2003: The Madden-Julian Oscillation and its Impact on Northern Hemisphere Weather Predictability, Mon. Wea. Rev., In Press.
22. Waliser, D. E., R. Murtugudde, and L. Lucas, 2004: Indo-Pacific Ocean Response to Atmospheric Intraseasonal Variability. Part II: Boreal Summer and the Intraseasonal Oscillation, J. Geoph. Res. - Oceans. 109, C03030, 10.1029/2003JC002002.
23. Zheng, Y., D. E. Waliser, W. Stern, and C. Jones, 2004: The role of coupled sea surface temperatures in the simulation of the tropical intraseasonal oscillation, J. Climate, 17, 4109-4134.
24. Jiang, X., D. B. A. Jones, R. Shia, D. E. Waliser, and Y. L. Yung, 2005, Spatial Patterns and Mechanisms of the Quasi-biennial Oscillation - Annual Beat of Ozone, J. Geophys. Res, Vol. 110, No. D23, D23308, 10.1029/2005JD006055
25. Li, J.-L., D. E. Waliser, J. H. Jiang, D. L. Wu, W. Read, J. W. Waters, A. Tompkins, L. J. Donner, J. Chern, W.-K. Tao, R. Atlas, Y. Gu, K.L. Liou7, A. Del Genio, M. Khairoutdinov, and A. Gettelman, 2005, Comparisons of EOS MLS Cloud Ice Measurements with ECMWF analyses and GCM Simulations: Initial Results, Geoph. Res. Lett., 32, L18710, doi:10.1029/2005GL023788.
26. Waliser, D. E., R Murtugudde, P. Strutton, J.-L. Li, 2005, Subseasonal Organization of Ocean Chlorophyll: Prospects for Prediction Based on the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Geoph. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, No. 23, L23602, 10.1029/2005GL024300
27. W. K. M. Lau and D. E. Waliser, Eds., 2005: Intraseasonal Variability of the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, 474.
28. Waliser, D. E., 2005: Predictability and Forecasting Tropical Intraseasonal Variability. Intraseasonal Variability of the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System, W. K. M. Lau and D. E. Waliser, Eds., Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 401-434.
29. Waliser, D. E., 2006: Intraseasonal Variations. The Asian Monsoon, B Wang, Ed., Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, 844.
30. Waliser, D. E., 2006: Predictability of Tropical Intraseasaonal Variability. Predictability of Weather and Climate, T. Palmer and R. Hagedorn, Eds., Cambridge University Press, 718.
31. Tian, B. J., D. E. Waliser, E. Fetzer, B. Lambrigtsen, Y. Yung, and B. Wang, 2006: Vertical Moist Thermodynamic Structure and Spatial-temporal Evolution of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 10, 2462-2485.
32. Fu, X., B. Wang, D. E. Waliser, and T. Li, 2006: Impact of Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling on the Predictability of Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillations (MISO), J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 157-174.
33. Tian, B.J., D. E. Waliser, E. Fetzer, 2006: Modulation of the Diurnal Cycle of Deep Convective Clouds by the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Geoph. Res. Lett., In Press.
34. Waliser, D. E., K. Weickmann, R. Dole, S. Schubert, O. Alves, C. Jones, M. Newman, H-L Pan, A. Roubicek, S. Saha, C. Smith, H. van den Dool, F. Vitart, M. Wheeler, J. Whitaker, 2006: The Experimental MJO Prediction Project. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 87, 425-431.
35. Li, J.-L., J. H. Jiang, D. E. Waliser, A. Tompkins, 2007: Assessing Consistency between EOS MLS and ECMWF Analyzed and Forecast Estimates of Cloud Ice, Geoph. Res. Lett., 34, L08701, doi:10.1029/2006GL029022.
36. Tian, B., Y. L. Yung, D. E. Waliser, T. Tyranowski, L. Kuai, E. J. Fetzer, and F. W. Irion, 2007: Intraseasonal variations of the tropical total ozone and their connection to the MJO. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08704, 10.1029/2007GL029471.
37. Waliser, D. E., K. Seo, S. Schubert, E. Njoku, 2007: Global Water Cycle Agreement in IPCC AR4 Model Simulations, Geoph. Res. Let., 34, L16705, doi:10.1029/2007GL030675.
38. Tian, B. J., D. E. Waliser, R. A. Kahn, Q. B. Li, Y. L. Yung, T. Tyranowski, I. V. Geogdzhavev, M. I. Mishchenko, O. Torres, and A. Smirnov, 2008: Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation influence aerosol variability?, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2007JD009372.
39. Seo, K., C. R. Wilson, J. Chen and D. E. Waliser, 2008: GRACE's spatial aliasing error, Geophys. J. Int., 172, 41-48, doi: 10.1111j. 1365-246X.2007.03611.x.
40. Wu, D. L., J. H. Jiang, R. T. Austin, M. Deng, S. L. Durden, A. J. Heymsfield, B. H. Kahn, J.-L. Li, G. G. Mace, G. M. McFarquhar, C. J. Nankervis, H. C. Pumphrey, W. G. read, G. L. Stephens, S. Tanelli, D. G. Vane, D. E. Waliser, and J. W. Waters, 2008: Aura MLS cloud ice measurements and comparisons with CloudSat and other correlative data. J. Geophys. Res., In Press.
41. Vavrus, S., and D. E. Waliser, 2008: An improved parameterization for simulating Arctic cloud amount in the CCSM3 climate model. J. Climate. In Press.
42. Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, M. C. Wheeler, C. Jones, M.-I. Lee, S. D. Schubert, 2008, Assessing the Skill of an All-Season Statistical Forecast Model for the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Mon. Wea. Rev., In Press.