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Soroosh Sorooshian

Distinguished Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Director, Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing, Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Distinguished Professor, Earth System Science
School of Physical Sciences

Ph.D., UCLA, 1978, Engineering - Water Resources and Hydrologic Systems Analysis


Engr., UCLA, 1977, Systems Engineering (Engineer Degree)


M.S., UCLA, 1973, Operations Research


B.S., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 1971, Mechanical Engineering

Phone: (949) 824-8825
Fax: (949) 824-8831
Email: soroosh@uci.edu

University of California
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
E/4130 Engineering Gateway
Mail Code: 2175
Irvine, CA 92697

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Research
Interests
Hydrology, hydrometeorology and hydroclimate modeling, remote sensing, water sources management
   
URLs CEE Dept. Faculty Profile, link to CV & Publications
   
Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing (CHRS)
   
Distinguished Professor Profile
   
Press Release: CHRS named joint winner of UNESCO’s 2007 Great Man-Made River International Water Prize
   
Academic
Distinctions
Member, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2003

Member, International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), 2007

Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Sciences Award, American Meteorological Society, 2009 – “For bridging the interdisciplinary gap between hydrology, meteorology, and remote sensing.”

Orange County Engineering Council (OCEC) Distinguished Engineering Educator Award (2009)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Orange County Branch 2007-2008 Distinguished Engineering Educator

Robert E. Horton Memorial Lectureship, American Meteorological Society, 2006-“For significant contributions for estimating precipitation from space-based imagery and for application to semi-arid region hydrology and water resources management.”

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 2005 - "For your distinguished record in providing scientific leadership for global water cycle research and assuring that NASA science is well integrated into international programs"

William Nordberg Memorial Lectureship, NASA Goddard Scientific Colloquium, 2004

Group Honor Award for Excellence, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2001

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Award, 2006, 1998, 1989

Regents Professor, University of Arizona, 2000-2004

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1997
Fellow, American Meteorological Society (AMS), 1995
Fellow, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1994
Fellow, International Water Resources Association (IWRA), 2001
Life Member, Phi Kappa Phi, 1988
Life Fellow, Indian Association of Hydrologists, Roorkee, India
   
Appointments Current Professional Activities:

EDITORIAL
1995-present: Member, Editorial Board, UNESCO International Hydrological Programme

1999-present: Editorial Board, Scientia Iranica: International Journal of Science and Technology

2000-present: Editorial Board, Advances in Water Resources, Elsevier Publishing Company

2002-Present: Editorial Board, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

2004-present: Associate Editor/Editorial Board, International Journal of Ocean & Oceanography

2007-present: Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology

2008-present: Member, Editorial Board IEEE Systems Journal

COMMITTEE and PANEL ASSIGNMENTS

INTERNATIONAL
2002-Present: U.S. Member, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Hydrology (CHy) Advisory Working Group on Sustainable Management of Water Resources

2004-Present: Member, Executive Committee of G-WADI, UNESCO

2006-Present: Member, U.S. National Committee for the International Hydrological Programme (IHP-UNESCO)

2009: World Meteorological Organization Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) (WMO IPCC AR5)

2009: NERC United Kingdom Changing Water Cycle Programme Advisory Group (NERC-UK)

NATIONAL
American Meteorological Society (AMS)
2008-present: Member, Awards Nominations Committee

California Council on Science and Technology (CCST)
2009-2012: Member, Advisory Council

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
2006-2009: Special Fields and Interdisciplinary Engineering Peer Committee

The National Academies - National Research Council (NRC)
2007-2012: Member, Beckman Center Advisory Board
2007-2009: Member, Space Studies Board

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
2002-present: Emeritus Member, NOAA Science Advisory Board

Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)
2008-present: Member, Advisory Board

National Science Foundation (NSF-STC)Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA)
2003-Present: Member, Executive Committee

National Water Research Institute (NWRI)
2004-present: Member, Research Advisory Board

Pacific Northwest Hydrologic Observatory (PNWHO)
2005-Present: Member, Science Advisory Board

USC Center for Sustainable Cities Program
2005-present: Member, Advisory Board on watershed preservation issues


Recent Professional Activities
INTERNATIONAL
1999-2008: Chair, GEWEX Scientific Steering Group, WCRP Joint Scientific Committee

2006-2008: Member, Scientific Committee of the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (EMFCSC)

NATIONAL
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2004-2008: Chair, Public Affairs Committee (COPA)

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
2006-2007: Member, LANL Earth and Environmental Science (EES) Division Review Committee

The National Academies - National Research Council (NRC)
2005: Member, NRC Committee to Review GEWEX-Americas Prediction Project (GAPP)
2007: Member, Water Science and Technology Board
2007: Chair, Panel to review the CCSP Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3

US Department of Energy (US DOE),
2006-2008: Chairman, Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee

External Examining & Assessment Panels
2008: Member, evaluation committee Institute of Observational Research for Global Change (IORGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

2009: Member, Review Panel, National Severe Storm Laboratory (NSSL), University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK


Professor Sorooshian is the Past-President of AGU’s Hydrology Section; former editor of AGU’s Water Resources Research; Emeritus Member, NOAA Science Advisory Board; and Past Member, AMS Council. He has provided Expert Witness Testimonies to both U.S. Senate and House Committees and served on numerous advisory committees, including those of NRC, NASA, NOAA, NSF, EPA, and UNESCO.

Professor Sorooshian has served as the Present and Past Member and Chair of over 30 other advisory and review committees and boards for NASA, NOAA, DOE, EPA, NSF, National Labs, UNESCO, WMO, and professional societies. National Research Council (NRC) service over the past 15 years includes member of 7 NRC committees and Chair of GEWEX Panel.

Since he joined UCI in 2003, Professor Sorooshian has been an invited speaker and session organizer at over 90 professional conferences, seminars and workshops.
   
Research
Abstract
Dr. Sorooshian's research focuses on surface hydrology, primarily in the area of rainfall-runoff modeling. He has devoted much of his effort to model identification and calibration issues and has developed special estimation criteria to account for the uncertainties of calibration data. Other research interests include the application of remote sensing data for characterization of hydrologic parameters and fluxes and the implication of climate variability and change in water resources. He also consults on problems related to surface hydrology and flood forecasting.

In 2007, the UNESCO Great Man-made River Prize was awarded to his research group at the Center for Hydrometorology & Remote Sensing (CHRS) and co-recipient U of AZ center SAHRA (Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrologic and Riparian Areas. Professor Sorooshian was the founding Director of both research centers.

CHRS is actively engaged in research for NASA, NOAA, NSF, and the USNWS. Current and recent projects include:

NASA
“The Challenges of Utilizing Satellite Precipitation Data for Hydrologic Applications”

“Improving Satellite Precipitation Estimation for Weather and Climate Application Using Multiple Instruments On TRMM and Other Satellites

“Towards an EOS-Enhanced Hydrological Prediction System”

“Monitoring and Prediction of Water Distribution/ Availability Semi-Arid Regions”

“Improving Water Resources Management in the Western U.S. Through use of Remote Sensing Data and Seasonal Climate Forecasts”

“An Integrated Information System For Multi-Purpose User-Adaptive Access To Land Surface Hydrologic and Water Resources Data (HyDIS)”

“Impacts of Irrigation on Regional Climate, Hydrology Variability”

NOAA
"Investigating Southwestern United States hydroclimate intraseasonal variability
through enhancing land surface representations in a regional climate
model"

“Predicting North American Monsoon Rainfall Using Mesoscale Modeling with an Emphasis of Satellite data Assimilation”

“Improving Meteorological and Hydrological Predictions of the Semi-Arid Regions”

“Evaluation of Seasonal Hydroclimatic Forecasts from Water Management”

NSF/UAZ
"NSF-Science and Technology Center for Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas”

UC/NLRP (University of California/National Labs Research Program)
“Enhancing California Water Resource Decision Support System”
   
  Author of over 150 refereed journal and conference proceedings papers

CHRS is actively engaged in research and the publication of its findings. Over 80 manuscripts and articles have been published, or are in press, since the research group relocated to the University of California at Irvine in July 2003.

PUBLISHED PAPERS (Refereed Journals)

Jin, J., X. Gao, and S. Sorooshian, “Impacts of Model Calibration on High-Latitude Land-Surface Processes: PILPS 2(e) calibration/validation experiments,” Global and Planetary Change, 38 (1-2): 73-80, July 2003.

Yucel, I., W.J. Shuttleworth, X. Gao, and S. Sorooshian, “Short-Term Performance of the MM5 Model with Cloud Assimilation from Satellite Observations,” Monthly Weather Review 131(8) 1797-1810, August 2003

Vrugt, J.A., H.V. Gupta, W. Bouten, and S. Sorooshian, “A Shuffled Complex Evolution Metropolis Algorithm for Optimization and Uncertainty Assessment of Hydrologic Model Parameters”, Water Resources Research 39 (8): Art. No. 1201, Aug. 2003

Li, J., X. Gao, R.A. Maddox, S. Sorooshian, and K. Hsu, “A Numerical Investigation of Storm Structure and Evolution During the July 1999 Las Vegas Flash Flood,” Monthly Weather Review, 131(9): 2038-2059, September 2003

Liu, Y., L.A. Bastidas, H.V. Gupta, and S. Sorooshian, “Impacts of a Parameterization Deficiency on Off-line and Coupled Land-Surface Model Simulations,” Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4 (5): 901-914, October 2003

Morin, E., Krjewski, WF, Goodrich, DC, Sorooshian, S., et al; “Estimating rainfall Intensities from Weather Radar Data: The Scale-Dependence Problem, “Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4 (5): 782-797, October 2003

Gao X., S. Sorooshian, J. Li and J. Xu, “SST Data Improve Modeling of North American Monsoon Rainfall,” EOS-AGU, 84(43): October 2003

Franz, K.J., H.C. Hartmann, S. Sorooshian, and R. Bales, “Verification of National Weather Service Ensemble Streamflow Predictions for Water Supply Forecasting in the Colorado River Basin,” Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4 (6): 1005-1118, December 2003

Moradkhani, H., S. Sorooshian, H.V. Gupta, and P.R. Houser, “Dual State-Parameter Estimation of Hydrological Models Using Ensemble Kalman Filter, ” Journal of Advances in Water Resources, 28(2):135-147, February 2004

Wagener T., H.V. Gupta, K. Carpenter, et al., “A Hydroarchive for the Free Exchange of Hydrological Software,” Hydrological Processes, 18(2): 3839-391, February 2004

Hsu, K-L., Y. Hong, and S. Sorooshian, “Rainfall Estimation Using a Cloud Patch Classification Map,” Measuring Precipitation from Space EURAINSAT and the future, 8 June 2004.

Moradkhani, H., K. Hsu, H.V. Gupta, and S. Sorooshian, “Improved Streamflow Forecasting Using Self-Organizing Radial Basis Function Artificial Neural Networks,” Journal of Hydrology, 295(1-4): 246-262, August 2004

Xu, J., X. Gao, Q. Xiao and S. Sorooshian, “Investigate the Impacts of Assimilating Satellite Rainfall Estimates on Rainstorm Forecast over Southwest United States.,” Geophy. Res. Letters , 31(16: Art No. L16104 , August 2004

Xu, J. X. Gao, J. Shuttleworth, S. Sorooshian, and E. Small, “Model Climatology of the North American Monsoon Onset Period During 1980-2001,” Journal of Climate Research, 17(20): 3892-3906, October 2004

Ajami N.K., H.V. Gupta, T. Wagner, S. Sorooshian “Calibration of a Semi-Distributed Hydrologic Model for Stramflow Estimation along a River System”, Journal of Hydrology, 298(1-4):112-135, October 2004

Xu, J., X. Gao, S. Sorooshian, J. Shuttleworth, and E. Small, “Soil moisture-precipitation feedback on the North American monsoon system in the MM5-OSU model”, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 130(603): 2873-2890 Part B October 2004

Xu, J., X. Gao, S. Sorooshian, “Model Study of Soil-Moisture influence on precipitation seesaw in the southern United States ,” Tellus A-Dynamci Meteorology and Oceanography, 56(5): 514-519, October 2004

Pagano, T. C., D. C. Garen, and S. Sorooshian, “Evaluation of official Western US seasonal water supply outlooks, 1922-2002”. J. Hydrometeorol., 5(5): 896-909 October 2004

Liu, U., H.V. Gupta, S. Sorooshian, L.A. Bastidas, and W.J.Shuttleworth, “Exploring Parameter Sensitivities of the Land Surface Using a Locally Coupled Land-Atmosphere Model” Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres 109 (D21): Art. No. D21101 November 2004

Li, J., X. Gao, R.A. Maddox, and S. Sorooshian,, “Model Study of Evolution and Diurnal Variations of Rainfall in North American Monsoon during June and July 2002,” Monthly Weather Review, 132(12): 2895-2915, December 2004

Hong, Y., K-L Hsu, S. Sorooshian, X. Gao, "Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Imagery Using an Artificial Neural Network Cloud Classificaton System ," Journal of Applied Meteorology, 43(12): 1834-1852, December 2004

Yuan, H., S. L. Mullen, X. Gao, S. Sorooshian, J. Du, and H. H Juang, “Verification of probabilistic quantitative precipitation forecasts over the southwest United States during winter 2002-2003 by the RSM ensemble system, “ Monthly Weather Review, 133(1): 279-294, January 2005

Hogue, T., L. Bastidas, H.V.Gupta, et al, “Evaluation and transferability of the Noah land surface model in semiarid environments,” Journal of Hydrometeorology 6 (1) ): 68-84, February 2005

Moradkhani, H., S. Sorooshian, H.V. Gupta, and P.R. Houser, “Dual State-Parameter Estimation of Hydrological Models Using Ensemble Kalman Filter, ” Journal of Advances in Water Resources, 28(2):135-147, February 2005

Hong, Y. K.-L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and X. Gao, “Improved Representation of Diurnal Variability of Rainfall Retrieved from the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission Microwave Image adjusted Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information Using Artificial Neural Networks (PERSIANN) system, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110(D6) Art. No. D06102, Mar 17 2005

Hong, Yang, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and X. Gao, “Self-organizing nonlinear output (SONO): a neural network suitable for cloud patch-based distributed rainfall estimation from remotely sensed information,” Water Resource Research, 41(3) Art. No. W03008, Mar 8 2005

Sorooshian, S., R. Lawford, P. Try, W. Rossow, J. Roads, J. Polcher, G. Sommeria, R. Schiffer, “Water and energy cycles: investigating the links,” World Meteorological Organization Bulletin, Vol. 54(2): 58-64, April 2005

Liu, Y.Q., H.V. Gupta, S. Sorooshian, L.A. Bastidas, and W.J.Shuttleworth, "Constraining land surface and atmospheric parameters of a locally coupled model using observational data," Journal of Hydrometorology, 6(2):156-172, Apr 2005

Moradkhani, H., K.-L. Hsu, H.V. Gupta, and S. Sorooshian, “Uncertainty assessment of hydrologic model states and parameters: Sequential data assimilation using the particle filter,” Water Resources Research, 41(5) Art. No. W05012, May 17 2005

Shamir, E., B. Imam, H.V. Gupta, and S. Sorooshian, "Application of temporal streamflow descriptors in hydrologic model parameter estimation", Water Resources Research, 4(6), Art. No. W06021, June 29, 2005

Shamir, E., B. Imam, E. Morin, H.V. Gupta, S. Sorooshian, “The role of hydrograph indices in parameter estimation of rainfall-runoff models,” Hydrological Processes, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5676, 19(1): 2187-2207, July 2005

Yilmaz, K., T. S. Hogue, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, H. V. Gupta, and T. Wagener, “Intercomparison of Rain Gauge, Radar and Satellite-based Precipitation Estimates with Emphasis on Hydrologic Forecasting, ” Journal of Hydrometeorology, 6(4):497–517, Aug 2005

Morin, E., R. A. Maddox, D. Goodrich, S. Sorooshian, "Radar Z-R Relationship for Summer Monsoon Storms in Arizona," Weather and Forecasting 20 (4) 672-679 Aug 2005

Li, J., X., Gao, R.A. Maddox, and S. Sorooshian, “ Sensitivity of North American Monsoon Rainfall to Multisource SSTs in MM5,” Monthly Weather Review, 133 (10): 2922-2939, October 2005

Jin J.M., N.L. Miller, S. Sorooshian, et al., "Relationship between atmospheric circulation and snowpack in the western USA," Hydrological Processes 20 (4): 753-767 March 15 2006

Hogue, T.S., H.V. Gupta, S.Sorooshian, "A 'User-Friendly' approach to parameter estimation in hydrologic models," Journal of Hydrology 320 (1-2): 202-217 Sp. Iss. SI March 30 2006

Duan Q, J. Schaake, V. Andreassian, S. Franks, G. Goteti, H.V. Gupta, Y.M. Gusev, F. Habets, A. Hall, L. Hay, T. S. Hogue, M. Huang, G. Leavesley, X. Liang, O.N. Nasonova , J. Noilhan, L. Oudin, S. Sorooshian, T. Wagener, E.F. Wood, "Model Parameter Estimation Experiment (MOPEX): An overview of science strategy and major results from the second and third workshops," Journal of Hydrology 320 (1-2): 3-17 Sp. Iss. SI March 30 2006

Morin, E., D. Goodrich, R.A. Maddox, X. Gao, H. Gupta, S. Sorooshian, "Spatial patterns in thunderstorm rainfall events and their coupling with watershed hydrological response", Advances in Water Resources, 29(6): 843-860, June 2006

Vrugt J.A., H.V.Gupta, S.C. Dekker, S. Sorooshian, T. Wagener, W. Bouten, "Application of stochastic parameter optimization to the Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting Model," Journal of Hydrology, 325 (1-4): 288-307 JUN 30 2006

Farid, A., D. Rautenkranz, D.C. Goodrich, S.E. Marsh, and S. Sorooshian, “Riparian vegetation classification from airborne laser scanning data with an emphasis on cottonwood trees, Can. J. Remote Sensing, 32 (1) 15-18, 2006

Farid, A., D.C. Goodrich, and S. Sorooshian, “Using Airborne Lidar to Discern Age Classes of Cottonwood Trees in a Riparian Area,” WJAF 21(3): 149-158, 2006

Xu, J.J., Q. Xiao, X. Gao, and S. Sorooshian (2006), “Influence of assimilating rainfall derived from WSR-88D radar on the rainstorm forecasts over the southwestern United States,” J. Geophys. Res., 111, D13105, doi:10.1029/2005JD006650, 2006

Ajami, N., Q. Duan, S. Sorooshian, "Multimodel Combination Techniques for Analysis of Hydrological Simulations: Application to Distributed Model Intercomparison Project Results", Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 7, No. 4, pages 755–768, Aug 2006

Lawford R, M. Bosilovich, S. Eden, S. Benedict, C. Brown, S. Gruber, P. Houser, K. Hsu, J. Huang, W. Lau, T. Meyers, K. Mitchell, C. Peters-Lidard, J. Roads, M. Rodell, S. Sorooshian, D. Tarpley, S. Williams, “US contributions to the CEOP,” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 87 (7): 927+ JUL 2006

Hong, Y., K-L Hsu, H. Moradkhani, and S. Sorooshian, “Uncertainty Quantification of Satellite Precipitation Estimation and Monte Carlo Assessment of the Error Propagation into Hydrologic Response,” Water Resources Research , 4242 (8): Art. No. W08430 AUG 26 2006

Hogue, T. S., L. A. Bastidas, H. V. Gupta, and S. Sorooshian, “Evaluating model performance and parameter behavior for varying levels of land surface model complexity,” Water Resour. Res., 42, W08430, doi:10.1029/2005WR004440, 2006

Ajami, N. K., Q. Duan, and S. Sorooshian (2007), “An integrated hydrologic Bayesian multimodel combination framework: Confronting input, parameter, and model structural uncertainty in hydrologic prediction,” Water Resour. Res., 43 (1) Art. No. W01403, doi:10.1029/2005WR004745, January 9, 2007

Yuan HL, Mullen SL, Gao XG, Sorooshian S., Du, J., and Juang, H-M H., “Short-range probabilistic quantitative precipitation forecasts over the southwest United States by the RSM ensemble system”, Monthly Weather Review 135 (5): 1685-1698 May 2007

Duan QY, Ajami NK, Gao XG, and Sorooshian, S., “Multi-model ensemble hydrologic prediction using Bayesian model averaging ”, Advances in Water Resources 30 (5): 1371-1386 May 2007

Welles E, Sorooshian S, Carter G, and Olsen, B, “Hydrologic verification - A call for action and collaboration”, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) 88 (4): 503+ April 2007

Gao X, Li J, and Sorooshian S, “Modeling intraseasonal features of 2004 North American monsoon precipitation”, Journal of Climate 20 (9): 1882-1896 May 2007

Hong, Y., D. Gochis, J-T Chieng, K-L Hsu, and S. Sorooshian, “Evaluation of PERSIANN-CCS Rainfall Measurement Using the NAME Event Rain Gauge Network, J. of Hydrometeor., 2007, DOI:10.1175/JHM574.1

Chiang, YM, KL Hsu, FJ Chang, Y Hong, S Sorooshian, "Merging multiple precipitation sources for flash flood forecasting", J. Hydrology, 340(3-4) 183-196 July 15 2007

Li, J., X., Gao, and S. Sorooshian, “Modeling and Analysis of the Variability of the Water Cycle in the Upper Rio Grande Basin at High Resolution”, J. Hydrometeor., 18(4) 805-824, August 2007

Huiling, Y., X. Gao, S. L. Mullen, S. Sorooshian, J. Du, and H-M H. Juang, "Calibration of Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts with an Artificial Neural Network", Weather and Forecasting Vol. 22, No. 6. 1287–1303 December 2007

Farid A, D.C. Goodrich, R. Bryant, and S. Sorooshian, "Using airborne lidar to predict Leaf Area Index in cottonwood trees and refine riparian water-use estimates, Journal of Arid Environments,72(1: 1-15, 2008

Park, G.H., X. Gao, S. Sorooshian, “Estimation of surface longwave radiation components from ground-based historical net radiation and weather data,” J. of Geo. Research, Vol 113, (D14), D04207, doi:10.1029/2007JD008903, February 22, 2008

Li, J., X. Gao, and S. Sorooshian,"Influence of Spatial Resolution on Diurnal Variability during the North American Monsoon" (JCLI 2022) 21(16), 3967-3988, 2008

Li, J., X. Gao, and S. Sorooshian, Model performance of downscaling 1999-2004 hydrometeorological fields to the Upper Rio Grande River basin using cloud-resolved scale resolution Monsoon”, J. of Hydrometeor., 9(4),677-694, 2008

Franz, K. J., T. S. Hogue, and S. Sorooshian, “Operational Snow modeling: Addressing the challenges of an energy balance model for National Weather Service forecasts”, J. of Hydrometeor., 360(1-4), 48-66, October 15, 2008

Behrangi, A., B. Khakbaz, J. A. Vrugt, Q. Duan, and S. Sorooshian, Comment on "Dynamically dimensioned search algorithm for computationally efficient watershed model calibration" by Bryan A.Tolson and Christine A. Shoemaker, Water Resour. Res., 44, W12603, doi:10.1029/2007WR006429 (2008)

Franz, K. J., T. S. Hogue, and S. Sorooshian, “Snow model verification using ensemble prediction and operational benchmarks”, J. of Hydrometeor., 9(6), 1402-1415, 2008

Hsu, K., H. Moradkhani, and S. Sorooshian (2009), A sequential Bayesian approach for hydrologic model selection and prediction, Water Resour. Res., 45, W00B12, doi:10.1029/2008WR006824 2008

Ajami, NK; Q. Duan, S. Sorooshian, " Reply to Comment by B. Renard et al. on "An integrated hydrologic Bayesian multimodel combination framework: Confronting input, parameter, and model structural uncertainty in hydrologic prediction'' Water Resources Research Volume: 45 Article Number: W03604, 2009

Welles, E. and S. Sorooshian, "Scientific Verification of Deterministic River Stage Forecasts," J. of Hydrometeor., 10(2), 507–520, April 2009

In Press
Bae, H.K, B.H. Olson, K. Hsu, and S. Sorooshian, Identification and Application of Physical and Chemical Parameters to Predict Indicator Bacterial Concentration in a Small California Creek, Water and Environmental Research, 2009

Bellerby, Tim, K-L Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “LMODEL: A Satellite Precipitation Algorithm Using Cloud Development Modeling and Model Updating: Part 1: Model Development and Calibration”, J. of Hydrometeor., 2009

Bellerby, Tim, K-L Hsu, S. Sorooshian, “LMODEL: A Satellite Precipitation Algorithm Using Cloud Development Modeling and Model Updating: Part 2: Model Updating”, J. of Hydrometeor., 2009

Khakbaz, B., B. Imam, K. Hsu, and S. Sorooshian, From Lump to Distributed Via Semi-Distributed: Calibration Strategies from Semi Distributed Hydrologic Models, Water Resources Research, 2009.
   
  BOOKS
Sorooshian, S., B. Imam, S. E. Mahani, T. Pagano, and M. Whittaker, “Hydrologic Sciences and Water Resources Management In a Changing World,” In Water Resources Perspectives: Evaluation, Management, and Policy. (Alsharhan A.S., and W.W. Wood Eds.), Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003.

Duan, Q., H. V. Gupta, S. Sorooshian, A. N. Rousseau, R. Turcotte, Editors, Calibration of Watershed Models, AGU Water Science and Application, Vol. 6 , American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 2003

Wheater, H., S. Sorooshian, G. Sharma, Hydrological Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas, UNESCO IHP International Hydrology Series, Cambridge University Press, 2006

CONTRIBUTIONS IN BOOKS
Sorooshian, S. and P.L. Whitaker, “Hydrology Overview,” in Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water: Chemistry, Impacts, and Applications, T. Potter and B. Colman (Editors), pp. 417-430, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2003.

Gupta, H.V., S. Sorooshian, T.S. Hogue, and D. Boyle, “Advances in Automatic Calibration of Watershed Models”, in: Calibration of Watershed Models, AGU Water Science and Application, Volume 6, pp. 9-28, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 2003.

Vrugt, J.A., H.V. Gupta, W. Bouten, and S. Sorooshian, “A Shuffled Complex Evolution Metropolis Algorithm for Estimating the Posterior Distribution of Watershed Model Parameters,” in Calibration of Watershed Models, AGU Water Science and Application, Vol. 6, pp. 105-112, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 2003.

Misirli, F., H.V. Gupta, S. Sorooshian, and M. Thiemann, “Bayesian Recursive Estimation of Parameter and Output Uncertainty for Watershed Models,” in Calibration of Watershed Models, AGU Water Science and Application, Vol. 6, pp. 113-124, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 2003.

Hogue, T.S., H.V. Gupta, S. Sorooshian, and C.D. Tomkins, “A Multi-Step Automatic Calibration Scheme for Watershed Models,” in Calibration of Watershed Models, AGU Water Science and Application, Vol. 6, pp. 165-174, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 2003.

Boyle, D.P., H.V. Gupta, and S. Sorooshian, “Multicriteria Calibration of Hydrologic Models,” in Calibration of Watershed Models, AGU Water Science and Application, Vol. 6, pp. 185-196, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 2003.

Bastidas, L.A., H.V. Gupta, K. Hsu, and S. Sorooshian, “Parameter, Structure, and Model Performance Evaluation for Land-Surface Schemes,” in Calibration of Watershed Models, AGU Water Science and Application, Vol. 6, pp. 229-237, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 2003.

Lawford, R.G., J.M. Landwehr, S. Sorooshian, and M.P.L. Whitaker, “International Hydrologic Science Programs and Global Water Issues,” in Water: Science, Policy, and Management, Water Resources Monograph 16, Chapter 11, pp. 223-246, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 2003.

Sorooshian S., B. Imam, S. E. Mahani, T. Pagano, and M. Whittaker, “Hydrologic Sciences and Water Resources Management In a Changing World,” In Water Resources Perspectives: Evaluation, Management, and Policy. (Alsharhan A.S., and W.W. Wood Eds.), Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003.

Imam B., and S. Sorooshian, “Overview of the Hydrologic Cycle and its Connection to Climate: Droughts and Floods,” in The Science and Culture Series, International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies, 32nd Session. Ed. R. Ragaini, Series Ed. A. Zichichi, World Scientific, 2004.

Pagano, T., and S. Sorooshian, “Global Water Cycle (Fundamental, Theory, Mechanisms),” in Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, Edited by M.G. Anderson, Vol 5, 173: pp. 2697-2711, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England, 2006

Ksu, K-L, Y. Hong, S. Sorooshian, “Rainfall estimation using a cloud patch classification map,” in Advances in Global Change Research Series, Volume 28: Measuring Precipitation from Space, EURAINSAT and the Future, Volume Ed 28: V. Levizzani, P. Bauer, T.J. Turk, , Springer, 2007
   
Grant Principal investigator and co-principal investigator on over $40 million by various agencies, such as NSF, NOAA, NASA, DOE, DOD, etc.
   
Professional
Societies
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Meteorological Society (AMS)
International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
Indian Association of Hydrologists, Roorkee, India
   
Other Experience Founding Director
NSF Science and Technology Center on “Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas” (SAHRA), U of Arizona 2000—2003

Professor and Regents Professor ( Since 2000)
Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources, U of Arizona 1996—2003

Department Head and Professor
Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources, U of Arizona 1989—1996

Adjunct Regents Professor
University of Arizona 2004

Expert Witness
Union Pacific 2004—2008

Research Center Director, Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing (CHRS) http://www.chrs.web.uci.edu/
   
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