John J. Cassano

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Research Interests

Meteorology and climate of the polar regions, regional climate modeling, numerical weather prediction, mesoscale and boundary layer processes.

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate meteorology, atmospheric dynamics, numerical modeling.

Recent Publications

Pavolonis, M.J., J.R. Key, and J.J. Cassano, 2004: A study of the Antarctic surface energy budget using a polar regional atmospheric model forced with satellite derived cloud properties. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 654-661.

Parish, T.R. and J.J. Cassano, 2003: Diagnosis of the katabatic wind influence on the wintertime Antarctic surface wind field from numerical simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 1128-1139.

Lynch, A.H., E.N. Cassano, J.J. Cassano, and L. Lestak, 2003: Case studies of high wind events in Barrow, Alaska: Climatological context and development processes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 719-732.

Bromwich, D.H., A.J. Monaghan, J.G. Powers, J.J. Cassano, H.L. Wei, Y.-H. Kuo, and A. Pellegrini, 2003: Antarctic mesoscale prediction system (AMPS): A case study from the 2000-01 field season. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 412-434.

Cassano, J.J., J.E. Box, D.H. Bromwich, L. Li, and K. Steffen, 2001: Evaluation of Polar MM5 simulations of Greenland's atmospheric circulation. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 33867-33890.

Cassano, J.J., T.R. Parish, and J.C. King, 2001: Evaluation of turbulent surface flux parameterizations for the stable surface layer over Halley, Antarctica. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 26-46.

Cassano, J.J. and T.R. Parish, 2000: An analysis of the nonhydrostatic dynamics in numerically simulated Antarctic katabatic flows. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 891-898.