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.

Turk, F. J., Mostovoy, G. V., & Anantharaj, V. G. (2010). The NRL-Blend High Resolution Precipitation Product and its Application to Land Surface Hydrology. In Gebremichael, Mekonnen and Hossain, Faisal (Eds.), Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface Hydrology. Springer Science+Business Media. [Abstract] [Document Site]

Chase, T. N., Lawrence, P., & Anantharaj, V. G. (2009). Hydrology, errors in climate models, and the prediction of extreme events in future climates. Eos Transactions. San Francisco, CA, USA: American Geophysical Union. 90(52)(NG13A-1090). [Document Site]

Wu, Y., Nair, U. S., Pielke, R. A., Sr, McNider, R. T., Christopher, S. A., & Anantharaj, V. G. (2009). Impact of Land Surface Heterogeneity on Mesoscale Atmospheric Dispersion. Boundary Layer Meteorology. Springer. 133(3), 367-389. [Abstract] [Document Site]

Mahrooghy, M., Anantharaj, V. G., Younan, N. H., Petersen, W. A., & Turk, F. J. (2009). An Adaptive Methodology to Enhance Infrared Satellite Precipitation Estimates Using Radar Observations. Proceedings of the 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology. Williamsburg, VA: American Meteorological Society. [Abstract] [Document Site]

Anantharaj, V. G., Nair, U. S., Lawrence, P., Chase, T. N., Christopher, S. A., & Jones, T. (2009). GCM Simulations of Clear-sky TOA Shortwave Fluxes Compared to Satellite Observations. International School on Water Vapor in the Climate System. Cargese, France: European COST Action ES0604 and U.S. National Science Foundation via UCAR Visiting Scientist Program. [Abstract] [Document Site]