Team Members

Richard Cullather

Co-investigator, 2017-2020, 2021-2024

Combining Multi-Satellite Observations, Modeling, and Earth System Data Assimilation for Understanding Observed and Projected Sea-Level Change

I specialize in topics related to the recent climate of the polar regions, including precipitation trends over Greenland and Antarctica. I also work on the development of the NASA GMAO coupled model used in the sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) prediction system.

Related Publications

Cullather, R.I., L.C. Andrews, M.J. Croteau, N.E. Digirolamo, D.K. Hall, Y.-K. Lim, B.D. Loomis, C.A. Shuman, and S.M.J. Nowicki, 2020. Anomalous circulation in July 2019 resulting in mass loss on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47(17), e2020GL087263, doi:10.1029/2020GL087263.

Molod, A., E. Hackert, L.C. Andrews, R.M. Kovach, B. Zhao, Zhao Li, Y.-K. Lim, A. Borovikov, K. Nakada, G. Vernieres, J. Marshak, R. Koster, J. Carton, R. Cullather, D. Barahona, S. Schubert, D. Achuthavarier, Y. Vikhliaev, L. Coy, J.L.M. Freire, and Karla M. Longo, 2020. GEOS-S2S version 2: The GMAO high resolution coupled model and assimilation system for seasonal prediction. J. Geophys. Res., 125(5), e2019JD031767, doi:10.1029/2019JD031767.

Nowicki, S., A.J. Payne, H. Goelzer, H. Seroussi, W.H. Lipscomb, A. Abe-Ouchi, C. Agosta, P. Alexander, X.S. Asay-Davis, A. Barthel, T.J. Bracegirdle, R. Cullather, D. Felikson, X. Fettweis, J. Gregory, T. Hatterman, N.C. Jourdain, P. Kuipers Munneke, E. Larour, C.M. Little, M. Morlinghem, I. Nias, A. Shepherd, E. Simon, D. Slater, R. Smith, F. Straneo, L.D Trusel, M. van den Broeke, and R. van de Wal, 2020. Experimental protocol for sea-level projections from ISMIP6 standalone ice sheet models. The Cryosphere, 14(7), 2331-2368, doi:10.5194/tc-14-2331-2020.

Borovikov, A., R. Cullather, R. Kovach, J. Marshak, G. Vernieres, Y. Vikhliaev, B. Zhao, and Z. Li, 2019. GEOS-5 seasonal forecast system. Clim. Dyn., 53(12), 7335-7361, doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3835-2.

Cullather, R.I., and S.M.J. Nowicki, 2018. Greenland Ice Sheet surface melt and its relation to daily atmospheric conditions. J. Climate, 31(5), 1897-1919, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0447.1.