Valentine G. Anantharaj Research Associate vga1@msstate.edu Office: HPC 221 Phone: (662) 325-5135 Mailstop 9652 2 Research Blvd Mississippi State, MS 39762

Biography:

Valentine Anantharaj is an atmospheric scientist at the Geosystems Research Institute in Mississippi State University (MSU). In his current role as a research project manager, he manages several research activities funded by NASA Applied Sciences Program and the NOAA Office of Atmospheric Research. His current research interests are centered on integrating satellite remote sensing into numerical models. His professional interests are also focused on transitioning research results into operations. He is also a skilled software engineer who played a key role in one of the first major data sharing projects on the internet, the Master Environmental Library, sponsored by the Defense Modeling and Simulations Office. Mr. Anantharaj has been recognized with many organizational awards, including the 2008 Research Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research at MSU. During 2003-2005, he was one of the recipients of the NASA EIGS Graduate Fellowship award.

Research Interest:

Numerical modeling (atmosphere, land surface and tides) using COAMPS, RAMS and NASA Land Information System (LIS); land-atmosphere interactions; remote sensing of the land, atmosphere and oceans; land use land cover change; tides and tidal currents; integration of remotely sensed data into numerical models; observing system simulation experiments (ATMS/CrIS and Aquarius); uncertainty estimation and characterization; scientific data management; scientific computing; software engineering; research project management; research-to-operations (R2O) transitions.

Mostovoy, G. V., & Anantharaj, V. G. (2008). Observed and Simulated Soil Moisture Variability over the Lower Mississippi Delta Region. J. Hydrometeor. 9, 1125-1150.

Luo, Y., Houser, P. R., Anantharaj, V. G., Fan, X., De, G. J., Lannoy, Dabbiru, L., Turlapaty, A., & Aanstoos, J.V. (2008). Potential L-Band Aquarius Radiometer and Scatterometer Soil Moisture Products from an Observing System Simulation Experiment. 2008 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA: American Geophysical Union. [Abstract]

Mostovoy, G. V., Anantharaj, V. G., King, R., & Filippova, M. G. (2008). Interpretation of the relationship between skin temperature and vegetation fraction: effect of subpixel soil temperature variability. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 29(10), 2819-2831.

Mostovoy, G. V., Anantharaj, V. G., & Wasson, L. L. (2008). Regional variability of soil moisture from SCAN measurements: implication for land surface modeling and assimilation. AMS 88th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. 7. [Document]

Masutani, M., Woollen, J. S., Errico, R., Xie, Y., Zhu, T., Sun, H., Terry, J., Yang, R., Greco, S., Prive, N., Andersson, E., Schlatter, T. W., Stoffelen, A., Weng, F., Reale, O., Riishojgaard, L. P., Emmitt, G. D., Lord, S. J., Toth, Z., Marseille, G. J., Anantharaj, V. G., Fielding, K., McConaughy, G., Worley, S. J., & Shih, C. F. (2008). Progress in Joint OSSEs - Three Joint OSSE Nature Runs and Simulations of Observations. 88th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA.