ALI BEHRANGI, PH.D. Associate Professor, University of Arizona,

Department of hydrology and atmospheric sciences

Mail:1133 E. James E Rogers Way, Harshbarger Rm. 226b, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0011.

E-mail: Behrangi@email.arizona.edu; Tel: (520)626-6639;

https://behrangi.faculty.arizona.edu/

EDUCATION

PH.D. IN CIVIL ENG. / REMOTE SENSING/HYDROMETEOROLOGY (GPA: 4.0/4.0) 2009

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING / HYDROLOGY/WATER RESOURCES 2002

SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, TEHRAN, IRAN

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING 1999

SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, TEHRAN, IRAN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 2018- PRESENT

University of Arizona, Dept. of hydrology and atmospheric sciences

SCIENTIST 2013- 2018

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Visiting Associate Researcher 2015-2018

Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering at University of California, Los

Angeles (UCLA)

POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLAR 2010 –2012

CALTECH/ NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA

RESEARCH AREA

Multi-sensor multi-spectral remote sensing of precipitation

High latitude and mountainous rain and snow retrievals and analysis

Hydrologic/watershed modeling and optimization

Weather and climate extremes (extreme precipitation, drought , heatwaves) and societal impact

Global water and energy budget analysis

Developing precipitation products for hydrological applications.

Using advanced satellite and in-situ data to improve quantification of hydrologic variables

Representation of precipitation in climate models

Land-atmosphere interaction

Using GRACE for hydrometeorology

Precipitation data record

Water resources in arid and semi-arid regions

Precipitation and ground water recharge

Applied science

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (RECENT FUNDED PROJECTS):

High Latitude Improvement of Long-term GPCP Precipitation Products Using Recent NASA

Missions (PI - NASA MEaSUREs, 2018-2022; $2.6 M).

Using GRACE to advance precipitation analysis in cold regions, (PI - NASA GRACE/GRACE-

FO, 2016-2019; ~$450K).

Revising the global precipitation climatology in light of the most advanced observations from

space, (PI - NASA NEWS, 2014-2018; ~$400K).

Multi-sensor Precipitation and Reflectivity Analysis and Retrievals for Precipitation and All-

weather Temperature and Humidity (PATH) mission ( PI - NASA WEATHER , 2013-2018;

~$530K).

Improving high latitude precipitation observation: A critical step towards evaluation of

reanalysis and climate models: A critical step towards evaluation of reanalysis and climate

models, (PI- NASA NEW INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM 2014-2018, ~$260K).

Radiative and Large-Scale Forcing of Tropical Clouds and Their Controls on High SST

Environments Using Multi-Sensor Aqua and ECMWF-Reanalysis Datasets (JPL PI, NASA

TERRA/AQUA 2014-2018~$200K)

CO-INVESTIGATOR (RECENT FUNDED PROJECTS):

Improving National Water Model (NWM) snowmelt runoff prediction (Co-I, NOAA OAR OWAQ

2018-2020, $ 671K)

Climate Model Evaluation by Transitions between Climate States of Short-Term Natural Climate

Variability (Co-I - NASA MAP, 2017-2020)

Simulation-Based Uncertainty Quantification for Atmospheric Remote Sensing Retrievals (Co-I -

NASA Advanced Information Systems Technology, 2017-2019)

Using aircraft and satellite sensors to determine the role of thermodynamics at multiple scales in

the initiation and organization of tropical convection (Co-I - NASA WEATHER, 2017-2019)

The JPL Fire Danger Assessment System (FDAS): Using satellite observations to map global

wildfire risk (Co-I, NASA JPL RTD 2016-2017)

East Africa Drought and Agricultural Productivity Assessment and Prediction System (Co-I-

NASA SERVIR, 2012-2016)

Enhanced-resolution PATH data products (Co-I - NASA WEATHER, 2013-2016)

Analysis of the AIRS and CrIS radiometric calibration under cloudy conditions and error

propagation into environmental variables(Co-I NASA SNPP, 2014-2017)

The Regional Hydrological Extremes Assessment System (Co-I- NASA RTD, 2012-2014)

Using Cloudy Radiances as a New Test for the Validation of Climate Quality: AIRS-GOES-

IASI(Co-I: NASA Satellite calibration interconsistency studies 2012-2013)

ORGANIZING / CONVENING / CHAIRING SCEINTIFIC SESSIONS

Co-Organizer/Scientific Steering Committee

Working group (research) chair: the 7th International Precipitation Working Group, Bologna, Italy,

3-7 October, 2016

Scientific Steering Committee and session chair: Workshop on “Data requirements to address the

WCRP Grand Challenge on Weather and Climate Extremes, WCRP/GEWEX/extreme panel,

University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Feb. 2015.

Working group (application) chair: the 7th International Precipitation Working Group, Tsukuba,

Japan, 17-21 November, 2014

Co-organizer: Water Cycle Workshop (Water In a Changing Climate: The Science) at JPL,

Pasadena, CA, 2013

Co-Convener:

Co-convened AGU scientific sessions (2012-2018)

Co-convened AMS scientific sessions (2013)

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2005 – 2009

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE Irvine, CA

Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing

INTERN

NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 06/2008 – 08/2008

MESO-SCALE ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES BRANCH Greenbelt, MD

INDUSTRY/CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER 2002 – 2005

SABIR DAM AND WATER WORKS CONSTRUCTION CO. Tehran, Iran

Accompany DNV (Services for Managing Risk) as specialist in their audit team for 6 projects.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2001 – 2002

NATIONAL CENTER FOR WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH Tehran, Iran

Research assistant in Hydraulic Laboratory 2000-2001

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

INSTRUCTOR 3 years: Summers of 2009 & 2010 & 2011

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE Irvine, CA

Teaching associate (3 years) with full responsibility including the course development and

instruction for “Engineering Problem Solving using Matlab”. LECTURER 2015

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES

Occasional lecturer on topics related to remote sensing

CO-LECTURER 2 quarters: 2008-2009

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE Irvine, CA

Co-lecturer of “Surface water hydrology” (2 years), instructor: Prof. Soroosh Sorooshian.

TEACHING ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE/ SUT UC Irvine / SUT

Teaching assistant for Hydrology, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics, and Soil Mechanics

GRADUATE/UNDERGRADUATE ADVISED

Milad Panahi (2018-present)

Guoqiang Tang (2017-present)

Beatrice Aguilar (2016- present)

Julie Sanchez (2014)

Rosemarie Wrigley (2014)

Mark Barker (2014)

POSTDOCTORAL ADVISEES

Song Yang (2018-present)

Yixin Wen (2015-2017)

Alireza Farahmand (2017)

Alka Singh (2017-2018)

AWARDS/HONORS

Fellow, Kavli Frontiers of Science, National Academy of Siences (2017)

NASA JPL award for development of AIRS based drought indicator and prediction (2017)

NASA JPL Scince Dev. team award (2017)

NASA Early Career Achievement Medal (2016)

NASA New Investigator Program (NIP) award (2014)

WCRP/GEWEX Outstanding Early Career Award (2014)

NASA JPL Team Award (800), Water Cycle Workshop (2013) NASA JPL Outstanding Postdoc Research Award (2012)

NASA Earth and Space Science (NESSF) fellowship (2008-2010)

Outstanding Achievement in Doctoral Education in Civil Engineering from the Association of Professors

and Scholars of Iranian Heritage (2010)

Award recipient of Excellence in Engineering Education, sponsored by the Society of American Iranian

Engineers and Architectures (2010)

AGU Fall meeting “Outstanding Student Paper Award” (2010)

NASA GSRP, Goddard Space Flight Center award (2008)

Fariborz Maseeh Best Research Poster Award in the Seventh Annual “California: Prosperity through

Technology” Industry Research Symposium(2008)

Research and travel grant from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine(2007)

ASSOCIATIONS / AFFILIATIONS The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEx), Australia (PI).

Fellow, Kavli Frontiers of Science, National Academy of Sciences

Lead member of the WCRP weather and climate extreme grand challenge

Member of the WMO/WCRP joint Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) Member of the NASA Energy and Water cycle Studies (NEWS) science team

Member of the NASA GRACE and GRACE-follow on science team

Member of J. of Hydrometeorology Editorial board (Associate Editor)

Member of the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG)

Member of GEWEX Mountainous Terrain Precipitation (MOUNTerrain) Project

Member of AGU precipitation committee

Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)

Member of International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Behrangi A., K. Boremann, T.H. painter, 2018: Using the airborne snow observatory to assess remotely

sensed snowfall products in the californian mountains. Water Resources Research, in press.

Behrangi A., A. Gardner, J. T. Reager, J. Fisher, D. Yang, G. Huffman, R. Adler, 2018: Using GRACE

to estimate snowfall accumulation and assess gauge undercatch corrections in high latitudes, Journal of

climate, in press.

Tang, G., A. Behrangi, Z. Ma, Y. Hong, 2018: Downscaling of ERA-Interim temperature in the

Contiguous United States and its implications for rain-snow partitioning, Journal of hydrometeorology ,

https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0041.1.

Barkhordarian Armineh; Storch Hans; Behrangi Ali; Loikith Paul C.; Mechoso Carlos R.; Detzer Judah,

2018: Simultaneous regional detection of land-use changes and elevated ghg levels: The case of spring

precipitation in tropical south america. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 6262-6271.

Singh, A., A. Behrangi, J. B. Fisher, and J. T. Reager, 2018: On the Desiccation of the South Aral Sea

Observed from Spaceborne Missions. Remote Sensing, 10, 793.

Tang, G. A. Behrangi, Y. Hong, 2018: Accounting for spatiotemporal errors of gauges: A critical step to

evaluate gridded precipitation products, Journal of Hydrology, 559, 294-306.

Rajasekaran, E., N. Das, C. Poulsen, A. Behrangi, J. Swigart, M. Svoboda, D. Entekhabi, S. Yueh, B.

Doorn, and J. Entin, 2018: SMAP Soil Moisture Change as an Indicator of Drought Conditions, Remote

Sensing, 10(5), 788.

Behrangi, A., X. Yin, S. Rajagopal, D. Stampoulis, H. Ye, 2018: On distinguishing snowfall from rainfall

using near-surface atmospheric information: comparative analysis, uncertainties, and hydrologic

importance, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (in press).

Wong, S., A. Behrangi, 2018: Regime Dependent Differences in Surface Freshwater Exchange Estimates

over the Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 955-963

Wen, Y., A. Behrangi, H. Chen, and B. Lambrigtsen, 2018: How Well the Early 2017 California

Atmospheric River Precipitation Events Were Captured by Satellite Products and Ground-based Radars?

Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3253.

Behrangi, A., A. S. Gardner, J. T. Reager, and J. B. Fisher, 2017: Using GRACE to constrain precipitation

amount over cold mountainous basins. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 219-227.

G. Zhang, T. Yao, C.K. Shum, …, A. Behrangi et al., 2017: Lake volume and groundwater storage

variations in Tibetan Plateau’s endorheric basin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL073773.

Behrangi, A., and Y. Wen, 2017: On the Spatial and Temporal Sampling Errors of Remotely Sensed

Precipitation Products. Remote Sensing, 9, 1127.

Yanovsky, I., A. Behrangi, Y. Wen, M. Schreier, V. Dang, and B. Lambrigtsen, 2017: Enhanced

Resolution of Microwave Sounder Imagery through Fusion with Infrared Sensor Data. Remote Sensing,

9, 1097.

Andreadis, K. M., and Coauthors, 2017: The Regional Hydrologic Extremes Assessment System: A

software framework for hydrologic modeling and data assimilation. PLOS ONE, 12, e0176506.

Wen, Y., P. Kirstetter, J. J. Gourley, Y. Hong, A. Behrangi, and Z. Flamig, 2017: Evaluation of MRMS

snowfall products over the western United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 0, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-

1116-0266.1171.

Herold, N., A. Behrangi, and L. V. Alexander, 2017: Large uncertainties in observed daily precipitation

extremes over land. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122, 668-681.

Stephens, G. L., M. Z. Hakuba, M. Hawcroft, J. M. Haywood, A. Behrangi, J. E. Kay, and P. J. Webster,

2016: The Curious Nature of the Hemispheric Symmetry of the Earth’s Water and Energy Balances.

Current Climate Change Reports, 1-13.

A. Behrangi, M. Richardson, M. Christensen, M. Lebsock, G. Stephens, G. Huffman, R. Adler et al..

2016: Status of High latitude precipitation estimates from observations and reanalyses, J. of Geophysical

research,121, 4468-4486.

A. Behrangi, E. J. Fetzer, and S. L. Granger, 2016: Early detection of drought onset using near surface

temperature and humidity observed from space. Int. J. of Remote Sensing, 37, 3911-3923.

Y. Wen, A. Behrangi, B. Lambrigtsen, and P.-E. Kirstetter, 2016: Evaluation and Uncertainty Estimation

of the Latest Radar and Satellite Snowfall Products Using SNOTEL Measurements over Mountainous

Regions in Western United States. Remote Sensing, 8, 904.

Stampoulis, D., K. M. Andreadis, S. L. Granger, J. B. Fisher, F. J. Turk, A. Behrangi, A. V. Ines, and N.

N. Das, 2016: Assessing hydro-ecological vulnerability using microwave radiometric measurements from

WindSat. Remote Sensing of Environment, 184, 58-72. Dart.

Chen, S., Y. Tian, A. Behrangi, J. Hu, Y. Hong, Z. Zhang, P. M. Stepanian, B. Hu, and X. Zhang, 2016:

Precipitation Spectra Analysis Over China With High-Resolution Measurements From Optimally Merged

Satellite/Gauge Observations- Part I: Spatial and Seasonal Analysis. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in

Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, PP, 1-13.

Chen, S., Y. Hong, M. Kulie, A. Behrangi, P. M. Stepanian, Q. Cao, Y. You, J. Zhang, J. Hu, and X.

Zhang, 2016: Comparison of Snowfall estimates from the NASA CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar and

NOAA/NSSL Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor System. Journal of Hydrology, 541, 862-872.

Thomas, B. F., A. Behrangi, and J. S. Famiglietti, 2016: Precipitation Intensity Effects on Groundwater

Recharge in the Southwestern United States. water 8, 90.

Christensen, M. W., A. Behrangi, T. L'Ecuyer, N. B. Wood, M. Lebsock, and G. Stephens, 2016: Arctic

Observation and Reanalysis Integrated System: A New Data Product for Validation and Climate Study.

Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 97, 907-915.

F. J Tapiador, A. Behrangi, Z. Haddad, D. Katsanos, M. D. Castro, 2016: Disruptions in the Historical

Global Precipitation Cycles in Twenty CMIP5 Models: Attribution to Anthropic Forcing, J. of

Geophysical research: Atmospheres, 121, 2161-2177.

A. Behrangi, Bin Guan, Paul Neiman, Mathias Schreier, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, 2016: On the Quantification

of Atmospheric Rivers Precipitation from space: Composite assessments and case studies over the eastern

North Pacific Ocean and the western United States, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 369-382.

Ye, H., E. Fetzer, A. Behrangi, S. Wong, B. Lambrigtsen, et al., 2016: Increasing Daily Precipitation

Intensity Associated with Warmer Air Temperatures over Northern Eurasia, Journal of Climate, 29(2),

623-636.

Guo, H., S. Chen, A. Bao, A. Behrangi, Y. Hong, F. Ndayisaba, J. Hu, and P. M. Stepanian, 2016: Early

Assessment of Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement over China,

Atmospheric Research , 176-177, 121-133

A. Behrangi, H. Nguyen, and S. Granger, 2015: Probabilistic Seasonal Prediction of Meteorological

Drought Using the Bootstrap and Multivariate Information. Journal of Applied Meteorology and

Climatology, 54, 1510-1522.

A. Behrangi, P. Loikith, E. Fetzer, H. Nguyen, and S. Granger, 2015: Utilizing Humidity and

Temperature Data to Advance Monitoring and Prediction of Meteorological Drought, Climate, 3(4), 999-

1017

Chen, S., J. Hu, Z. Zhang, A. Behrangi, Y. Hong, A. S. Gebregiorgis, J. Cao, B. Hu, X. Xue, and X.

Zhang, 2015: Hydrologic Evaluation of the TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis Over Ganjiang

Basin in Humid Southeastern China. Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing,

IEEE Journal of, 8, 4568-4580.

Behrangi, , H. Nguyen, B. Lambrigtsen, M. Schreier, and V. Dang, 2015: Investigating the role of multi-

spectral and near surface temperature and humidity data to improve precipitation detection at high

latitudes. Atmospheric Research, 163, 2-12. (IPWG special collection)

Ye, H., E. J. Fetzer, S. Wong, A. Behrangi, D. Yang, and B. H. C. G. L. Lambrigtsen, 2015: Increasing

atmospheric water vapor and higher daily precipitation intensity over Northern Eurasia. Geophysical

Research Letters, 42. (in print; doi:10.1002/2015GL066104)

A. Behrangi, K. Andreadis, J. B. Fisher, F. J. Turk, S. Granger, T. Painter, and N. Das, 2014: Satellite-

Based Precipitation Estimation and Its Application for Streamflow Prediction over Mountainous Western

U.S. Basins. J. of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 53, 2823-2842.

Chen, S., J. Zhang, Y. Hong, A. Behrangi, Y. Tian, and J. Hu, 2014: Mapping the Precipitation Type

Distribution over the Contiguous United States Using NOAA/NSSL National Multi-sensor Mosaic QPE,

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on, PP, 1-10.

A. Behrangi, Y. Tian, B. H. Lambrigtsen, and G. L. Stephens, 2014: What does CloudSat reveal about

global land precipitation detection by other spaceborne sensors? Water Resources Research, 50, 4893-

4905.

A. Behrangi, G. Stephens, R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, B. Lambrigtsen, M. Lebsock., 2014: An Update

on the Oceanic Precipitation Rate and Its Zonal Distribution in Light of Advanced Observations from

Space. Journal of Climate, 27, 3957-3965.

A. Behrangi, S. Wong, K. Mallick, and J. B. Fisher, 2014: On the net surface water exchange rate

estimated from remote-sensing observation and reanalysis. International Journal of Remote Sensing,

2170-2185

Tian, Y., Y. Liu, K. Arsenault, and A. Behrangi (2014), A New Approach to Satellite-based Estimation

of Precipitation over Snow Cover,, Int. J. Remote Sens., 35(13), 4940–4951.

Ye, H., E. J. Fetzer, S. Wong, A. Behrangi, E. T. Olsen, J. Cohen, B. H. Lambrigtsen, and L. Chen, 2014:

Impact of increased water vapor on precipitation efficiency over northern Eurasia. Geophysical Research

Letters, 41, 2014GL059830.

Smith, M., V. Koren, …, A. Behrangi, et al., 2013: The distributed model intercomparison project-Phase

2: Experiment design and summary results of the western basin experiments. Journal of Hydrology, 507,

300-329.

Zahraei, A., K.-l. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, J. J. Gourley, Y. Hong, and A. Behrangi, 2013: Short-term

quantitative precipitation forecasting using an object-based approach. J. of Hydrology, 483, 1-15.

Mahrooghy, M., V. G. Anantharaj, N. H. Younan, W. A. Petersen, K.-L. Hsu, A. Behrangi, and J.

Aanstoos, 2013: Augmenting satellite precipitation estimation with lightning information. International

Journal of Remote Sensing, 34, 5796-5811.

A. Behrangi, M. Lebsock, S. Wong, B. Lambrigtsen, 2012: On the quantification of oceanic rainfall using

space-born sensors, J. Geophys. Res., 117(D20), D20105.

A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, K. Hsu, 2012: Summertime evaluation of REFAME for near real-time high-

resolution precipitation estimation over the Unites States, Journal of Hydrology, 456-57(0), 130-138.

H.H. Aumann, A. Ruzmaikin, A. Behrangi, 2012: On the surface temperature sensitivity of the reflected

shortwave, outgoing longwave and net incident radiation, J. of Climate, 25, 6585-6593.

A. Behrangi, T. Kubar, B. Lambrigtsen, 2012: Phenomenological Description of Tropical Clouds Using

Cloudsat Cloud Classification, Monthly Weather Review, 140(10), 3235-3249.

AghaKouchak, A. Mehran, H. Norouzi, A. Behrangi, 2012: Systematic and Random Error Components

in Satellite Precipitation Data Sets, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, 4.

A. Behrangi, S. Casey, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, 2012: Three dimensional distribution of cloud types over the

United States and Surrounding areas observed by Cloudsat, Int. J. of Remote Sensing,

doi:10.1080/01431161.2011.6394041429, 33(16), pp. 4856-4870

Smith, M., Koren, V., Zhang, Z., …, A. Behrangi, et. al. 2011: Results of the DMIP 2 Oklahoma

Experiments, Journal of Hydrology (2011), doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.056

A. Behrangi, B. Khakbaz, T.C. Jaw, A. AghaKouchak, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, 2011: Hydrologic

Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation Products at Basin-scale , Journal of Hydrology, 397 (3-4), pp. 225-

237.

H. H. Aumann and S. G. DeSouza-Machado, A. Behrangi, 2011: Deep convective clouds at the

tropopause, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 16475-16496.

AghaKouchak, A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, K. Hsu, E. Amitai, 2011: Evaluation of satellite-retrieved

extreme precipitation rates across the Central United States, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116,

D02115, doi:10.1029/2010JD014741.

A. Behrangi, B. Imam, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, T. Bellerby, G.J. Huffman, 2010: REFAME: Rain

Estimation using Forward Adjusted-advection of Microwave Estimates, Journal of Hydrometeorology,

11, 1305-1321.

A. Behrangi, K. Hsu, B. Imam, S. Sorooshian, 2010: Daytime Precipitation Estimation Using Cloud

Segmentation and Bi-spectral Cloud Classification System, Journal of Applied Meteorology and

Climatology, IPWG special issue, 1015-1031.

A. Behrangi, K. Hsu, B. Imam, S. Sorooshian, G.J. Huffman, and R.J. Kuligowski, 2009: PERSIANN-

MSA: A Precipitation Estimation Method from Satellite Based Multispectral Analysis. J.

Hydrometeorology, 10, 1414–1429.

A. Behrangi, K. Hsu, B. Imam, S. Sorooshian, and R.J. Kuligowski, 2009: Evaluating the Utility of

Multispectral Information in Delineating the Areal Extent of Precipitation. Journal of Hydrometeorology,

10, 684–700.

A. Behrangi, B. Khakbaz, J. A. Vrugt, Q. Y. Duan, and S. Sorooshian, 2008: Comment on "Dynamically

dimensioned search algorithm for computationally efficient watershed model calibration" by Bryan A.

Tolson and Christine A. Shoemaker. Water Resources Research, 44, 3.

Y. Hong, W. F. Krajewski, J. Gourley, A. Behrangi, G. Villarinil, G. Skofronick Jackson, A. Berne, P.

Xie, E. Amitai, R. Uijlenhoet, 2010, Outlook for high-resolution precipitation measurements for

hydrologic applications, AGU Hydrology section newsletter, Dec issue. 2010, http:// hydrology.agu.org/

newsletter.html.

PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

INVITED TALKS:

o Behrangi, A., “Precipitation estimation from space: progress, challenges, opportunities, and

applications”, Dept of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics, U of A, Sept 2018. o Behrangi, A., “Monitoring and Predicting Natural Disasters from Space”, National Academy of

Sciences, Kavli Frontiers of Science, Irvine, CA, June 26-28 2017.

o Behrangi, A., University of Arizona, “Precipitation estimation from space: progress, challenges,

opportunities, and applications”, Tucson, AZ, May 2017.

o Behrangi, A., (panelist), “Demonstrate the AIRS drought products and collaboration with USDM

“, 2017 U.S. Drought Monitor Forum, Keystone, SD April 3 - April 5, 2017.

o Behrangi, A., “Remote sensing of precipitation for weather and climate extreme analysis” the

workshop convened by WMO Secretariat for Operational Space-based Weather and Climate

Extremes Monitoring, Feb. 15-17 2017, Geneva, Switzerland.

o Behrangi, A., “Progress, challenges, and opportunities in remote sensing of precipitation

extremes and hydrology” Univ. of Newcastle –GEWEX workshop on Sub-daily rainfall extremes:

data, processes and modelling, Newcastle upon, September 13-15, 2016.

o Behrangi, A., “Remote sensing of precipitation and GEWEX ground challenges “, GEWEX

Hydrological Sensitivity Workshop, Exeter, UK, June 2016.

o Behrangi, A., “WCRP weather and climate extreme panel report: Document“, the 13th

international meeting on statistical climatology, Canmore, Alberta, Canada, June 2016.

o Behrangi, A., “using remote sensing of temperature and humidity profile for early detection of

drought and its intensity”, National Drought Mitigation Center, Nebraska, Lincoln, May 19, 2016.

o Behrangi, A., “Satellite Observations of precipitation over the western U. S.” Water Availability

Grand Challenge for North America Workshop, Univ. of Columbia, MD, May 3-5 2016.

o Behrangi, A., “Probabilistic Seasonal Prediction of Meteorological Drought Using long term

precipitation and temperature “, Western Water States Council, San Diego, CA, April 2015.

o Behrangi, A. “Precipitation extreme indices from space”, The Expert Team on Climate Change

Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) Work Plan Review, UNESCO, Paris, France, July 6-8 2015.

o Behrangi, A. “Precipitation Extremes”, workshop on “Data requirements to address the WCRP

Grand Challenge on Weather and Climate Extremes, WCRP/GEWEX/Extreme Panel, University

of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Feb. 2015.

o Behrangi, A. “Remote Sensing of Water Cycle and Hydroclimatic Analysis”, University of

California, Riverside, 2014.

o Behrangi, A. “High Resolution Precipitation Estimation in Hydroclimatic Studies”, University

of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2012.

o Behrangi, “Remote Sensing of Precipitation for Hydrologic Applications”, Oregon State

University, Corvallis, OR, 2012.

o Behrangi, A. “Multi-sensor Multi-platform High Resolution Precipitation Estimation for

Hydrologic Applications”, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, 2011.

o Behrangi, A. “Multi-spectral Algorithms”, Advanced Concept Workshop on Remote Sensing of

Precipitation at Multiple Scales, Beckman Center, Irvine, CA, March 15-17, 2010

o Behrangi, A. “Status of Global High Resolution Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed

Information”, Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, UC Irvine, Jan 7, 2010.

o Behrangi, A. “Evaluating the Utility of Multi-Spectral Information for Delineating the Areal

Extent and Intensity of Precipitation”, NASA GSFC LIS Science Seminar (invited talk,

Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory Branch), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,

Greenbelt, Maryland, August 6, 2008.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/POSTERS/PROCEEDINGS:

Hobbs J., A. Behrangi, et al. Simulation-Based Uncertainty Quantification for the AIRS Level 2

Retrieval, AIRS science team meeting, May 2018, Caltech, CA, USA.

Igor Yanovsky, Yixin Wen, Ali Behrangi, Mathias Schreier, Bjorn Lambrigtsen,Validating

Enhanced Resolution of Microwave Sounder Imagery through Fusion with Infrared Sensor Data,

MicroRad, 27-30, 2018, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA.

A. Behrangi, J. T. Reager, Alex Gardner, Constraining precipitation amount and distribution

over cold regions using GRACE, AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

A. Singh , A. Behrangi, etc. Utilizing a suite of satellite missions to address poorly constrained

hydrological fluxes, AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

A. Farahmand, J. T. Reager, A. Behrangi , etc., Using NASA Satellite Observations to Map

Wildfire Risk in the United States for Allocation of Fire Management Resources, AGU fall

meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

Y. Wen, A. Behrangi, etc. How Well the Early 2017 California Atmospheric River Precipitation

Events Were Captured by Satellite Products and Ground-based Radars? , AGU fall meeting, New

Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

A. Barkhordarian, A. Behrangi, R. Mechoso, Detection of non-natural springtime precipitation

change over northern South America, AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

S. Ray, …, A. Behrangi, etc. Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA’s Aqua Satellite:

Applications for Volcano Rapid Response, Influenza Outbreak Prediction, and Drought Onset

Prediction, AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, LA. Dec 10-15, 2017.

A. Behrangi, M. Richardson, G. Stephens, G. Huffman, R. Adler, Advancing global precipitation

measurement in light of A-train observations, 3rd International A-Train Symposium, 2017

Pasadena Convention Center, April 19-21, 2017.

Igor Yanovsky, Yixin Wen, Ali Behrangi, Mathias Schreier, and Bjorn Lambrigtsen , Validating

Enhanced Resolution of Microwave Sounder Imagery through Fusion with Infrared Sensor Data,

The 15th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment,

( 2018 MicroRad) 27-30, 2018, at the MIT, Cambridge, MA.

Yixin Wen, Ali Behrangi , S. Licata, S. Granger, T. Tadesse, Advancing drought monitoring and

prediction using A-train data, 3rd International A-Train Symposium, 2017 Pasadena Convention

Center, April 19-21, 2017.

Yanovsky, A. Behrangi, Y. Wen, M. Schreier, V. Dang, and B. Lambrigtsen: Fusion of

Microwave and infrared data for enhancing its spatial resolution. IGARSS 2017, Fort Worth,

Texas, July 2017.

A. Behrangi , M. Richardson, G. Stephens, G. Huffman, R. Adler et al., Using new observations

to improve high latitude and high altitude precipitation estimates in support of water and energy

budget calculations and prediction of future changes, 2016 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.

T. Kubar and A. Behrangi, Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling in SST Hot Spot Regimes as a Function

of ENSO: Local SST and Deep Convection Relationships, Larger-Scale Interactions With and

Modulations on El Nino, and Remote Tropical and Extratropical Connections Using Multi-

Satellite Observations and ERA-Interim Reanalysis, 2016 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA,

USA.

Y. Wen, A. Behrangi, et al., Evaluation and Uncertainty Estimation of Radar and Satellite

Precipitation Products over Western United States, 2016 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.

A. Behrangi, A. Converging to the Real Precipitation over Ocean and Land: Analysis using GPM

and TRMM products, 2016 PMM Science Team Meeting, Houston, Texas, Oct 2016.

A. Behrangi et al. “Quantification of atmospheric rivers precipitation from space: Composite

assessments and case studies over the western United States”, the 96th American Meteorological

Society Annual Meeting, 2016, New Orleans, LA.

S. Granger and A. Behrangi, “A Simple Drought Product and Indicator Derived from

Temperature and Relative Humidity Observed by the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS)”,

2015 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

A. Behrangi et al., Cold region precipitation estimate: Insights from multi-senor multi-platform

instruments, 8th IPWG and 5th IWSSM Joint Workshop

Bologna, 3-7 October, 2016

A. Behrangi, A., A. S. Gardner, J. T. Reager, and J. B. Fishe, Using GRACE to constrain

precipitation amount over cold regions, Oct 2016, Potsdam, Germany.

D. Stampoulis , … A. Behrangi et al. “Assessing Hydro-Ecological Vulnerability from Space” ,

2015 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

A. Behrangi et al. “Status of High Latitude Precipitation Estimates: The Role of GPM in

Advancing our Current Understanding” , 2015 AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Y. Wen, … A. Behrangi et al. “Evaluation of Ground Radar Snowfall Products Using SNOTEL

Measurements over Mountainous Regions in Western United States Evaluation of Ground Radar

Snowfall Products Using SNOTEL Measurements over Mountainous Regions in Western United

States” , 2015 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Lambrigtsen, … A. Behrangi et al. “Atmospheric River Observations with the HAMSR Aircraft

Microwave Sounder”, 2015 fall meeting AGU, San Francisco, CA.

T. Kubar and A. Behrangi et al. “The Coupling of Convection, Large-Scale Atmospheric

Dynamics, Surface Radiation, and Sea-Surface Temperature Hot Spots as Characterized by

MODIS, TRMM, CERES, and ECMWF-Interim Reanalysis Data” , 2015 fall meeting AGU, San

Francisco, CA.

Terry Kubar and A. Behrangi et al. “The Coupling of Convection, Large-Scale Atmospheric

Dynamics, Surface Radiation, and Sea-Surface Temperature Hot Spots as Characterized by

MODIS, TRMM, CERES, and ECMWF-Interim Reanalysis Data” , 2015 fall meeting AGU, San

Francisco, CA.

A. Behrangi, “An update on the status of high latitude precipitation retrieval from remote sensing

and reanalysis”, GEWEX-ESA, Oct. 2015, Fractal , Italy.

A. Behrangi, “Probabilistic Seasonal Prediction of Drought Using Multivariate Observations”,

the 95th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2015, Phoenix, AZ.

A. Behrangi, “Hydrologic Assessment of Remotely Sensed High Resolution Precipitation

Products over Cold-Mountainous Regions, and Analysis of the GPM Impact”, 2014 fall meeting

AGU, San Francisco, CA.

A. Behrangi, “Hydrologic Application and Assessment of Remotely Sensed High Resolution

Precipitation Products over Cold-Mountainous Regions”, 7th workshop of International

Precipitation Working Group (IPWG), Nov. 2014, Tsukuba, Japan.

A. Behrangi, “CloudSat and Multi-sensor Information to Assess and Improve High Latitude

Precipitation Retrievals from Space”, 7th workshop of International Precipitation Working Group

(IPWG), Nov. 2014, Tsukuba, Japan.

A. Behrangi, “CloudSat Perspective of Global Precipitation and Comparison with Observation

and Reanalysis Products”, CALIPSO/CloudSat Science team, Nov. 2014, Alexandria, VA.

A. Behrangi, “Net Surface Water Exchange Rate Estimated from Remote Sensing Observation”,

ECMWF, and MERRA, AIRS Science Team Meeting March 17 -19, 2014, Caltech, Pasadena,

CA.

A. Behrangi, L. Wu, B. Lambrigtsen, “Relationship of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Intensity

Change with Precipitation and Structural Properties Based on a Decade of Microwave Sounder

Observations”, 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 31 March – 4 April

2014, San Diego, CA.

Lambrigtsen, A. Behrangi, et al. “Observing Hurricanes and Severe Storms with a Geostationary

Microwave Sounder”, 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 31 March – 4

April 2014, San Diego, CA.

A. Behrangi, “Net Surface Water Exchange Rate Estimated from Remote Sensing Observation”,

ECMWF, and MERRA, AIRS Science Team Meeting March 17-19, 2014, Caltech, Pasadena, CA.

K. Andreadis, A. Behrangi, N.N. Das, J.B. Fisher, S.L. Granger, F.W. Landerer, T.H. Painter, F.J.

Turk, “Assimilating Remote Sensing Observations Across the Terrestrial Water Cycle in a

Drought Forecasting System”, 2013 fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec., 2013.

A. Behrangi, G.L. Stephens, R.F. Adler, G.J. Huffman, B. Lambrigtsen, M.D. Lebsock,

“Complementary Information from TRMM And Cloudsat to Improve Our Global Estimate of

Precipitation”, 2013 fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec., 2013.

Y. Tian, Y. Liu, K.R. Arsenault, A. Behrangi, “A New Approach to Measuring Precipitation Over

Snow Cover”, 2013 fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec., 2013.

H. Ye, E.J. Fetzer, S. Wong, A. Behrangi, E.T. Olsen, B. Lambrigtsen, J.L. Cohen, “Relationships

Among Precipitation, Precipitable Water, and Surface Air Temperature over Northern Eurasia”,

2013 fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec., 2013.

A. Behrangi, L. Wu, B. Lambrigtsen, “Relationship of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Intensity

Change with Precipitation and Structural Properties Based on a Decade of Microwave Sounder

Observations”, 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 31 March – 4 April

2014, San Diego, CA.

Lambrigtsen, A. Behrangi, et al. “Observing Hurricanes and Severe Storms with a Geostationary

Microwave Sounder”, 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 31 March – 4

April 2014, San Diego, CA.

A. Behrangi, H. Aumann, “Intercalibration and Concatenation of Climate Quality Infrared

Cloudy Radiances from Multiple Instruments”, SPIE Optics + Photonics 2013 Conference, Aug

2013, San Diego, CA, USA.

H. Aumann, E. Manning, A. Behrangi, “Detection of Extremes with AIRS, IASI, And CRIS”, SPIE

Optics + Photonics 2013 Conference, Aug 2013, San Diego, CA, USA.

R. Bhawar, R. Reddy, A. Behrangi, and M. Shinde, “Cloud Types and Its Radiative Forcing

During Summer Monsoon Season over South-East Asia”, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol.

15, EGU2013-6793, 2013 EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, April 2013.

A. Behrangi, M. Lebsock, S. Wong, B. Lambrigtsen, “Quantification of Oceanic Rainfall Using

Complementary Sensors from Space”, 6th Workshop of the IPWG, October 15-19, 2012, Sao Jose

dos Campos, Brazil (oral presentation).

Bjorn Lambrigtsen, Shannon Brown, A. Behrangi, “GRIP Observations with HAMSR of the

Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Karl”, 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.

15-20 April 2012, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

A. Behrangi, S. Wong, B. H. Lambrigtsen, and E. J. Fetzer, “Global Light Rainfall Retrieval and

Its Importance in Quantification of Sea Surface Water Exchange”, 92nd AMS Annual Meeting,

January 22-26, 2012, New Orleans, LA.

Zahraei, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and A. Behrangi, “Short-Term Severe Storms Forecasting

Using Object-Based Tracking method”, 92nd AMS Meeting, Jan. 22-26, 2012, New Orleans, LA.

Lambrigtsen, A. Behrangi, and Y. Marchetti, “Surveying Tropical Cyclones from the Global

Hawk: HAMSR Results From GRIP”, 92nd AMS meeting, Jan. 22-26, 2012, New Orleans, LA.

Bjorn Lambrigtsen, Shannon Brown, A. Behrangi, “Observing Tropical Cyclones from the

Global Hawk: HAMSR Results from GRIP”, 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA., Dec.

5-9

Ali Zahraei, Kuo-lin Hsu, Soroosh Sorooshian, A. Behrangi, “Advection-based Short-Term

Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting Algorithms Using Radar and Satellite Information”, 2011

Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

A. Behrangi, Terence L. Kubar, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, “Characteristics of Tropical Clouds Using

A-Train Information and Their Relationships with Sea Surface Temperature”, 2011 Fall Meeting,

AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

Hartmut H. Aumann, Alexander Ruzmaikin, Ali Behrangi, “On the Surface Temperature

Sensitivity of the Reflected Shortwave, Outgoing Longwave and Net Incident Radiation”, 2011

Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

Evan Fishbein, A. Behrangi, Eric Fetzer, Brian H. Kahn, Mathias M. Schreier, Joao Teixeira,

Qing Yue, “The Unique Capabilities of the Aqua Sensors to Characterize the Planetary Boundary

Layer”, 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

Sun Wong, A. Behrangi, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, Eric Fetzer, “Quantification of Global Sea Surface

Water Exchange in the TRMM-ERA and the Importance of A-Train Observation of Light Rainfall”,

2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec.

A. Behrangi, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Integration of LEO and GEO Sensors for Precipitation

Retrieval : Global Implementation of REFAME”, NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions

(PMM) Science Team Meeting, Nov.7-10, 2011, Denver, Colorado.

A. Behrangi, S. Wong, B. Lambrigtsen, T. Kubar, “Light Rainfall: A Missing Component in

Global Energy and Water Cycle Studies”, JPL post doc research day, Sept 7, 2011, Pasadena CA.

Lambrigtsen, A. Behrangi, S. Brown, “HAMSR Observations of the Evolving Inner-core

Structure of Hurricane Karl during Rapid Intensification”, GRIP science meeting, Los Angeles,

CA. June 6-8, 2011.

Lambrigtsen, A. Behrangi, S. Brown, et al., “Microwave Sounder Observations during GRIP:

Preliminary Results”, 65th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference Ocean and Atmospheric

Influences on Tropical Cyclone Predictions: Challenges and Recent Progress, Miami, Florida, Feb

28th–Mar 3rd, 2011.

Behrangi, B. Khakbaz, A. AghaKouchak, T. C. Jaw, “Analyzing the Performance of the High

Resolution Precipitation Products for Streamflow Simulation”, 91th AMS Annual Meeting Seattle,

WA 23–27 January 2011 (oral presentation).

Lambrigtsen, A. Behrangi, S. Brown, Y. Marchetti , “ Measuring the Structure of Hurricanes and

Severe Storms with a Microwave Sounder”, 91th AMS Annual Meeting Seattle, WA 23–27

January 2011 (oral presentation).

A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, K. Hsu, B. Lambrigtsen, “Development of a Combined Precipitation

Estimation Algorithm for the GOES-R/GPM era” ”, 91th AMS Annual Meeting Seattle, WA 23–

27 January 2011.

A. Behrangi, B. Imam, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, T. Bellerby, G. Huffman, “A New Combined

Precipitation Algorithm for GPM: Adjusted advection of Microwave Precipitation Field using

Multi‐feature Cloud Classification Technique”, NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions

(PMM) Science Team Meeting, Nov.1-4, 2010, Seattle, WA.

K. Hsu, A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, “ Effective Integration of Multi‐satellite Observations for

Precipitation Retrieval”, NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team

Meeting, Nov.1-4, 2010, Seattle, WA.

AghaKouchak, K. Hsu, A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, “Error Decomposition in Satellite-Derived

Precipitation Estimates”, 13–17 December 2010, San Francisco, California, USA. (oral

presentation).

H. H. Aumann, A. Behrangi, S. DeSouza-Machado, ”High Resolution Diagnosis and Monitoring

of Extreme Precipitation Events Using Multi-Sensor Multi-Platform Remotely Sensed Data”, 13–

17 December 2010, San Francisco, California, USA. (oral presentation).

A. Behrangi, B. Imam, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, T. Bellerby, G.J. Huffman, “REFAME: A

Combined Precipitation Estimation Technique using Adjusted-advection of Microwave

Precipitation Estimates”, 5th Workshop of the IPWG, October 11-15, 2010, Hamburg, Germany.

(oral presentation).

A. Behrangi, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Multi-Spectral Cloud Classification for Precipitation

Estimation”, 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite

Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R, 90th AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 17–21 January 2010.

(oral presentation).

A. Behrangi, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Forward Morphing of Passive Microwave Derived

Precipitation Field with Adjusted Intensity from GOES Information”, 6th Annual Symposium on

Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R, 90th AMS

Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 17–21 January 2010.

A. Behrangi, B. Khakbaz, T.C. Jaw, B. Imam, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Evaluation of High

Resolution Precipitation Products for Catchment Hydrologic Forecasting”, AGU Fall Meeting,

14-18 December 2009, San Francisco, CA.

T. Bellerby, A. Behrangi, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Multi-Spectral Multi-platform Satellite

Precipitation Estimation using Cloud Development Modeling”, Earth Observation and Water

Cycle Science: Towards a Water Cycle Multi-Mission Observation Strategy. European Space

Agency in collaboration with EGU/ ISPRS/GEWEX, November 18-20, 2009, ESA-ESRIN- Italy

A. Behrangi, G.S Jackson, B. Johnson,, A.W. Kramer, A. Tokay, J.R. Wang, S. Sorooshian,

“Clustering Approach for Snowfall Detection from Microwave-Only Observations”, The

International Workshop on Microwave Remote Sensing for Land Hydrology Research and

Applications was held on October 20-22, 2008, in Oxnard, California, USA.

A. Behrangi, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “ Global Environmental Change and the Role of Rainfall

in the Climate Change“, The Seventh Annual “California: Prosperity through Technology”

Industry Research Symposium, University of California, Irvine, May 2008.

A. Behrangi, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and R. J. kuligowski, “ Multi-Spectral Precipitation

Estimation Using Artificial Neural Networks“, Fifth GOES Users' Confererence, AMS, January

20-24, 2008, New Orleans, LA. (oral presentation).

A. Behrangi, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshinan, G.J. Huffman, R.J. Kuligowski, 2008,” Evaluating the

Utility of Multi-Spectral Information for Delineating the Areal Extent and Intensity of

Precipitation”, 4th Workshop of the IPWG, October 13-17, 2008, Beijing, China. (oral

presentation).

Khakbaz, A. Behrangi, K.L. Hsu, B. Imam, S. Sorooshian, “Distributed Hydrologic Modeling in

the Western US Using SNOW17 and SAC-SMA”, AGU joint assembly conference, 27-30 May,

2008. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (oral presentation).

Imam, P. Kuranjekar, A. Behrangi, K.L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “The Value of Real-time High

Resolution Satellite Precipitation in Capturing Extreme Rainfall Event”, AGU joint assembly

conference, 27-30 May, 2008. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (oral presentation).

A. Behrangi, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “ Daytime Rain Estimation Using Artificial Neural

Networks (ANN)“, The Sixth Annual “California: Prosperity through Technology” Industry

Research Symposium, University of California, Irvine, May 2007.

A. Behrangi, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “A Bispectral Algorithm for Daytime Precipitation

Detection", Workshop on Satellite Observations of the Global Water Cycle (UCI&NASA-JPL),

March 7-9 2007, Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine, CA

A. Behrangi, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “Extreme Precipitation Estimation”, 6th annual industry

research symposium on energy and the environment. May 15-16, 2007, Irvine , California.

A. Behrangi, K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and R. J. Kuligowski, “Delineation of Areal Extent of

precipitation Using Multi-Spectral Remotely Sensed Data”, AGU Fall Meeting, 10-14 December,

2007, San Francisco, CA. (oral presentation).

S. Sorooshian,, A. Behrangi, B. Khakbaz, J. A. Vrugt, and Q. duan, “ Global Optimization with a

limited Budget of Function Evaluations. “, AGU, Dec. 10-14, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Selected Conference Proceeding Papers and Book Chapters

A. Behrangi, 2018, “Improving high-latitude and cold region precipitation analysis” in

Satellite precipitation measurement book, springer, in print.

A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, k. Hsu, 2010 “REFAME, Forward-backward and Multi-spectral

Extension”, 5th Workshop, International Precipitation Working Group, Oct. 11-15, 2010,

Hamburg, Germany

A. Behrangi, S. Sorooshian, k. Hsu, G.J. Huffman, R.J. Kuligowski, 2008, “Evaluating the Utility

of Multi-Spectral Information for Delineating the Areal Extent and Intensity of Precipitation”, 4th

Workshop, International Precipitation Working Group, October 13-17, 2008, Beijing, China.

HH Aumann, EM Manning, A Behrangi, 2013,“Detection of Extremes with AIRS and CrIS”, SPIE

Optical Engineering+ Applications, 88660X-88660X-11.

K.L. Hsu, A. Behrangi, B. Imam, S. Sorooshian, 2009 “Extreme Precipitation Estimation Using

Satellite-Based PERSIANN-CCS Algorithm”, Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface

Hydrology. (Editors: F. Hossain, and M. Gebremichael), Springer Science+Business Media B.V.,

Chapter 4.