Curriculum Vitae

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Elfatih A.B. Eltahir

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sc. D., 1993, MIT.
Room: 48-207
Phone: (617) 253-6596
Fax: (617) 253-7462
Email: eltahir@mit.edu

 

Education

Principal Fields of Interest

Employment

Professional Service

Awards Received

Organization Membership

Teaching Experience

        Publications

Education

School Degree Date
University of Khartoum B. Sc. in Civil Engineering, First Class Honors 1985
National University of Ireland M. Sc. in Hydrology, First Class Honors 1988
MIT S. M. in Meteorology 1993
MIT Sc. D. in Hydroclimatology 1993

Principal Fields of Interest

Hydrology, Water Resources, and Hydroclimatology.

Employment

Rank Beginning Ending
Post Doctoral Associate, MIT January 1993 December 1993
Assistant Professor, MIT January 1994 July 1998
Associate Professor, MIT
(without tenure)		 July 1998 July 2000
Associate Professor, MIT
(with tenure)		 July 2000  July 2003
Professor, MIT July 2003  

Professional Service

  • Member, U.S. National Research Council Committee on Integrated Observation for Hydrologic and Related Studies, 2005 – present.
  • Member, Editorial Board, Advances in Water Resources, 2001- present.
  • Member of the Institute Committee on Academic Performance (CAP), 2004 – present.
  • Graduate Program Officer, Parsons Laboratory, 2004 – present.
  • Editor, Geophysical Research Letters, January 1998-2001.
  • Chair of the Organizing Committee of the Seventh International Conference on Precipitation, Rockport, Maine; June 2000-June 2001.
  • Member, Executive Committee, Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union, September 1998-2001.
  • Organizer and Chair of seven special sessions in the general area of Hydroclimatology during the meetings of the American Geophysical Union: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
  • Reviewer for several proposals to NASA, NSF, NOAA, EPA, the UK Natural Environment Research Council, and the Australian Research Council.
  • Reviewer of many papers for Water Resources Research, Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of the Atmospheric Science, Advances in Water Resources, and Journal of Hydrology, among others.
  • Member of the World Meteorological Organization CLIVAR Africa Task Team, 1999.
  • Member of the NASA panel on Land Surface Hydrology, September 1998.
  • Member of the NSF/EPA panel on hydrologic vulnerability to global climate change, July 1995.

Awards Received

Award Date
Lyons Prize in Surveying, University of Khartoum
for best performance in Surveying		 1984
Ministry of Irrigation Prize, University of Khartoum
for best performance in Hydraulics and Irrigation		 1985
Sudan Engineering Society Prize, University of Khartoum
for best B.Sc. thesis 		1985
Merghani Hamza Prize, University of Khartoum
for best performance in B. Sc. (Civil Engineering) program		 1985
McLaughlin Award, National University of Ireland
for best performance in the M. Sc. (Hydrology) program		 1988
Elsabah Prize
for the paper : A Feedback Mechanism in Annual Rainfall in Central Sudan		 1992
NASA Fellowship in Global Change Research 1991-1993
Gilbert Winslow Career Development Chair 1995-1998
NASA New Investigator Award 1996
The US Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers 1997
The Kuwait Prize in Applied Science 2000

Professional Memberships

  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Meteorological Society
  • The Royal Meteorological Society
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Sudan Engineering Society

Teaching Experience

Term Number Title Role
FT89 1.71 Introduction to Hydrology Recitations
FT94 1.714 Surface Hydrology Development, Teaching
IAP95 Ecology of the Nile: Big Dams,  Big problems Lectures
ST95 1.715 Environmental Data Analysis Development, Teaching
FT95 1.714 Surface Hydrology Teaching
IAP96 Ecology of the Nile: Big Dams Lectures
ST96 1.715 Environmental Data Analysis Teaching
FT96 1.715 Environmental Data Analysis Teaching
FT96 12.300 Global Change Science Development, Teaching
ST97 1.714 Surface Hydrology Teaching
FT97 1.715 Environmental Data Analysis Teaching
FT97 1.11J Global Change Science Teaching
IAP98 Environmental Cost of  Building the 3-Gorges Dam Lectures
ST98 1.714 Surface Hydrology Teaching
FT98 1.715 Environmental Data Analysis Teaching
FT98 1.11J Global Change Science Teaching
ST99 1.715 Surface Hydrology Teaching
FT 99 1.715 Environmental Data Analysis Teaching
FT99 1.071 Global Change Science Teaching
FT99 1.016 Introduction to Environmental Engineering Coordination
ST00 1.714 Surface Hydrology Teaching
FT00 1.071 Global Change Science Teaching
ST01 1.714 Surface Hydrology Teaching
FT02 1.071 Global Change Science

Teaching
ST03 1.714 Surface Hydrology

Teaching
FT03 1.071 Global Change Science

Teaching
ST04 1.714 Surface Hydrology

Teaching
FT04 1.071 Global Change Science

Teaching
ST05 1.714 Surface Hydrology

Teaching
FT05 1.715 Environmental Data Analysis

Teaching
ST06 1.714 Surface Hydrology

Teaching
FT06 1.071 Global Change Science

Teaching
ST07 1.714 Surface Hydrology

Teaching
ST07 1.096 Environmental Engineering Clinic

Coordination
FT07 1.715 Environmental Data Analysis

Teaching

 

Publications

Papers in Refereed Journals

  1. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1988. Testing Trends in Annual Rainfall in Central and Western Sudan, Sudan Engineering Society Journal, 30: 37-50.
  2. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1989. A Feedback Mechanism in Annual Rainfall in Central Sudan, Journal of Hydrology, 110: 323-334.
  3. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1992. Forecast of Winter Flow in the Blue Nile, Sudan Engineering Society Journal, 32: 55-68.
  4. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1992. Drought Frequency Analysis of Annual Rainfall Series in Central and Western Sudan, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 37: 185-199.
  5. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1993. Estimation of the Fractional Coverage of Rainfall in Climate Models, Journal of Climate, 6: 639-644.
  6. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1993. A Description of Rainfall Interception Over Large-areas, Journal of Climate, 6: 1002-1008.
  7. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1993. On the Response of the Tropical Atmosphere to Large-scale Deforestation, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 119: 779-793.
  8. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1994. Precipitation Recycling in the Amazon Basin, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 120: 861-880.
  9. Eltahir, E. A. B and R. L. Bras, 1994. Sensitivity of Regional Climate to Deforestation in the Amazon Basin, Advances in Water Resources, 17: 101-115.
  10. Bo, Z., S. Islam, and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1994. Aggregation-Disaggregation Properties of a Stochastic Rainfall Model, Water Resources Research, 30(12): 3423-3435.
  11. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1996. El Nino and the Natural Variability in the Flow of the Nile River, Water Resources Research, 32(1): 131-137.
  12. *Eltahir, E. A. B. and C. Gong, 1996. Dynamics of Wet and Dry Years in West Africa, Journal of Climate, 9(5): 1030-1042.
  13. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1996. The Role of Vegetation in Sustaining Large-scale Atmospheric Circulations in the Tropics, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(D2): 4255-4268.
  14. *Wang, J., R. L. Bras and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1996. Stochastic Modelling of Thermally Induced Atmospheric Flow at the Mesoscale, Meccanica, 31: 15-25.
  15. *Wang, J., R. L. Bras and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1996. A Stochastic Linear Theory of Mesoscale Circulation Induced by the Thermal Heterogeneity of the Land Surface, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 53(22): 3349-3366.
  16. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1996. Precipitation Recycling, Reviews of Geophysics, 34(3): 367-379.
  17. *Gong, C. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1996. Sources of Moisture for Rainfall in West Africa, Water Resources Research, 32(10): 3115-3121.
  18. *Eltahir, E. A. B. and J. Pal, 1996. Relationship Between Surface Conditions and Subsequent Rainfall in Convective Storms, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(D21): 26,237-26,245.
  19. *Zheng, X. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. The Response to Deforestation and Desertification in a Model of West African Monsoons, Geophysical Research Letters, 24(2): 155-158.
  20. *Findell, K. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. An Analysis of the Soil Moisture - Rainfall Feedback, Based on Direct Observations from Illinois, Water Resources Research, 33(4): 725-735.
  21. *Amarasekera, K. N., R. F. Lee, E. R. Williams and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. ENSO and the Natural Variability in the Flow of Tropical Rivers, Journal of Hydrology, 200(1): 24-39.
  22. *Wang, J., E. A. B. Eltahir and R. L. Bras, 1998. Numerical Simulation of the Non-linear Mesoscale Circulation Induced by Thermal Heterogeneity of the Land Surface, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 55(3): 447-464.
  23. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1998. A Soil Moisture - Rainfall Feedback Mechanism, 1. Theory and Observations, Water Resources Research, 34(4): 765-776.
  24. *Zheng, X. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. A Soil Moisture - Rainfall Feedback Mechanism, 2. Numerical Experiments, Water Resources Research, 34(4): 777-786.
  25. Moglen, G., E. A. B. Eltahir and R. L. Bras, 1998. On the Sensitivity of Drainage Density to Climate Change, Water Resources Research, 34(4): 855-862.
  26. *Yeh, P. J.-F. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. Stochastic Analysis of the Relationship Between Topography and the Spatial Distribution of Soil Moisture, Water Resources Research, 34(5): 1251-1263.
  27. *Zheng, X. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. The Role of Vegetation in the Dynamics of West African Monsoons, Journal of Climate, 11(8): 2078-2096.
  28. *Yeh, P. J.-F., M. Irizzary and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. Hydroclimatology of Illinois: A Comparison of the Estimates of Evaporation Based on Atmospheric Water Balance and Soil Water Balance, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103(D16): 19,823-19,837.
  29. *Eltahir, E. A. B. and E. J. Humphries, 1998. The Role of Clouds in the Surface Energy Balance over the Amazon Forest, International Journal of Climatology, 18(14): 1575-1591.
  30. *Eltahir, E. A. B. and G. Wang, 1999. Nilometers, El Niño and Climate Variability, Geophysical Research Letters, 26(4): 489-492.
  31. *Eltahir, E. A. B and P. Yeh, 1999. On the Asymmetric Response of Aquifer Water Level to Droughts and Floods in Illinois, Water Resources Research, 35(4): 1199-1217.
  32. *Zheng, X., E. A. B. Eltahir and K. A. Emanuel, 1999. A Mechanism Relating Spring Sea Surface Temperature in the Tropical Atlantic and Rainfall Variability over West Africa, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 125(556): 1129-1164.
  33. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1999. Use of ENSO Information for Medium- and Long-range Forecasting of the Nile Floods, Journal of Climate, 12(6): 1726-1737.
  34. *Findell, K. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1999. Analysis of the Pathways Relating Soil Moisture and Subsequent Rainfall in Illinois, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104(D24): 31,565-31,574.
  35. *Kiang, J. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1999. The Role of Ecosystem Dynamics in Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions over the Coastal Region of West Africa, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104(D24): 31,173-31,189.
  36. *Wang, J., E. A. B. Eltahir and R. L. Bras, 2000. On the Impact of Observed Deforestation on the Mesoscale Distribution of Rainfall and Clouds in Amazonia, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 1: 267-286.
  37. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2000. Biosphere-Atmosphere Interaction Over West Africa: 1. Development and Validation of a Coupled Dynamic Model, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 126(565): 1239-1260.
  38. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2000. Biosphere-Atmosphere Interaction Over West Africa: 2. Multiple Climate Equilibria, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 126(565): 1261-1280.
  39. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2000. Ecosystem Dynamics and the Sahel Drought, Geophysical Research Letters, 27(6): 795-798.
  40. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2000. Role of Vegetation Dynamics in Enhancing the Low-Frequency Variability of the Sahel Rainfall, Water Resources Research, 36(4): 1013-1021.
  41. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2000. Modelling the Biosphere-Atmosphere System: The Impact of Sub-Grid Variability in Rainfall Interception, Journal of Climate, 13: 2887-2899.
  42. *Pal, J., E. Small and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2000. Simulation of Regional Scale Water and Energy Budgets: Representation of Subgrid Cloud and Precipitation Processes within RegCM, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(D24): 29579-29594.
  43. *Pal, J. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2001. Pathways Relating Soil Moisture Conditions to Future Summer Rainfall within a Model of the Land-atmosphere System, Journal of Climate, 14(6): 1227-1242.
  44. Marani, M., E. A. B. Eltahir and A. Rinaldo, 2001. Geomorphic Controls on Regional Baseflow, Water Resources Research, 37(10): 2619-2630.
  45. *Seneviratne, S. I., J. S. Pal, E. A. B. Eltahir and C. Schar, 2002. Summer Dryness in a Warmer Climate: A Process Study with a Regional Climate Model, Climate Dynamics, 20: 69-85.
  46. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2002. Impact of CO2 Concentration Changes on the Biosphere-Atmosphere System of West Africa, Global Change Biology, 8: 1169-1182.
  47. *Pal, J. S. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2002. Teleconnections of Soil Moisture and Rainfall during the 1993 Midwest Summer Flood, Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2002GL014815.
  48. Barros A. P. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2002. Foreword to Special Section on Observation, Estimation, and Prediction of Precipitation Variability at all Scales: Seventh International Conference on Precipitation, J. Geophys. Research, 108(D8): 8376, doi:10.1029/2002JD003198.
  49. *Irizarry-Ortiz, M. M., G. Wang and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2003. Role of the Biosphere in Mid-Holocene Climate of West Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D2): 4042, doi:10.1029/2001JD000989.
  50. *Findell, K. L. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2003. Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions; Part I: Framework Development. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4(3): 552-569.
  51. *Findell, K. L. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2003. Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions; Part II: Feedbacks Within the Continental United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4(3): 570-583.
  52. *Pal, J. S. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2003. A Feedback Mechanism Between Soil Moisture Distribution and Storm Tracks, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 129(592): 2279-2297.
  53. *Findell, K. L. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2003. Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions: Three-Dimensional Wind Effects, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D8): 8385.
  54. Niemann J. D. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2004. Prediction of regional water balance components based on climate, soil, and vegetation parameters, with application to the Illinois River Basin, Water Resources Research, 40: W03103, doi:10.1029/2003WR002806.
  55. *Wang, G., E. A.B. Eltahir, J. A. Foley, D. Pollard and S. Levis, 2004. Decadal variability of rainfall in the Sahel: results from the coupled GENESIS-IBIS atmosphere-biosphere model. Climate Dynamics, 22: 625-637.
  56. *Kim, Y. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2004. Role of topography in facilitating coexistence of trees and grasses within savannas. Water Resources Research, 40(7): W07505, doi:10.1029/2003WR002578.
  57. *Eltahir, E. A. B., B. Loux, T. K. Yamana, and A. Bomblies, 2004. A See-Saw Oscillation Between the Amazon and Congo Basins, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L23201, doi:10.1029/2004GL021160.
  58. *Yeh, P. J.-F. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2005. Representation of Water Table Dynamics in a Land-Surface Scheme: Part I. Model Development. Journal of Climate, 18(12): 1861-1880.
  59. *Yeh, P. J.-F. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2005. Representation of Water Table Dynamics in a Land Surface Scheme: Part II.. Subgrid Variability, Journal of Climate, 18(12): 1881-1901.
  60. Niemann J. D. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2005. Sensitivity of regional hydrology to climate changes, with application to the Illinois River basin. Water Resources Research, 40: W07014, doi:10.1029/2004WR003893.
  61. *Hildebrandt, A. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2006. Forest on the edge: Seasonal cloud forest in Oman creates its own ecological niche. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L11401, doi:10.1029/2006GL026022.
  62. *Hildebrandt, A, .M. Al Aufi, M. Amerjeed, M. Shammas and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2007. Ecohydrology of a seasonal cloud forest in Dhofar: 1. Field experiment. Water Resources Research, 43: W10411, doi:10.1029/2006WR005261.
  63. *Hildebrandt, A. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2007. Ecohydrology of a seasonal cloud forest in Dhofar: 2. Role of clouds, soil type, and rooting depth in tree-grass competition. Water Resources Research, 43, W11411, doi:10.1029/2006WR005262.
* A paper co-authored by one or more of my students

Proceedings of Refereed Conferences

  1. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1992. Spatial Distribution of Precipitation Recycling in the Amazon Basin, in (World at risk: natural hazards and global change), edited by Rafael L. Bras, pages 174-180, published by the American Institute of Physics.
  2. Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1999. The Role of the Biosphere in the Climate of West Africa, Proceedings of the International Workshop on West African Monsoon Variability and Predictability (WAMAP), Dakar, Senegal, pp. 195-198, published by WMO.
  3. Perez-Prado, L. T. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1999. Mechanisms of Biosphere-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions over West Africa, Proceedings of the International Workshop on West African Monsoon Variability and Predictability (WAMAP), Dakar, Senegal, pp. 83-86, published by WMO.

 

Other Publications and Conference Presentations

  1. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1990. A Model of the Interaction between Atmospheric Processes and Land Processes under Poor Drainage Conditions, Proceedings of the Chapman Conference on Hydrologic Aspects of Global Climate Change, June 1990, Lake Chelan.
  2. Eltahir, E. A. B., J. A. Ramirez and R. L. Bras, 1990. A Physically-based Hydrologic Rainfall Model, Proceedings of the AMS Eighth Conference on Hydrometeorology, American Meteorological Society, pp. 93-98.
  3. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1991. Spatial Variability in the Hydrology of the Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 72(44): 149.
  4. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1992. Precipitation Recycling and the Hydrologic Cycle in the Amazon Basin, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 73(14): 111.
  5. Bras, R. L. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1992. Estimation of the Fractional Coverage of Rainfall in Climate Models; EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 73(14): 117.
  6. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1992. Sensitivity of Amazonian Runoff to Large Scale Deforestation, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 73(43): 102.
  7. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1993. Sensitivity of Regional Climate to Small Scale Deforestation in the Amazon Basin, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 74(43): 177.
  8. Eltahir, E. A. B. and R. L. Bras, 1994. Large Scale Deforestation in the Amazon: Mechanisms of Land-atmosphere Interactions, European Conference on The Global Energy and Water Cycle, The Royal Society, London.
  9. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1995. On the Relation of Soil Moisture Distribution to Topography, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 76(17): S128.
  10. *Eltahir, E. A. B. and J. Pal, 1995. A Bivariate Stochastic Model of Rainfall and Surface Wet-bulb Temperature, Proceedings of the International Precipitation Conference, Crete, Greece.
  11. *Eltahir, E. A. B. and P. Trowbridge, 1995. A Physical Approach to the Estimation of Rainfall from Space using Multiple Sensors, Proceedings of the International Precipitation Conference, Crete, Greece.
  12. *Moglen, G. E., E. A. B. Eltahir and R. L. Bras, 1995. On the Sensitivity of Drainage Density to Climate Change, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 76(46): F270.
  13. *Eltahir, E. A. B. and C. Gong, 1995. Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Interactions and Rainfall in the Sahel, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 76(46): F91.
  14. *Gong, C. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1995. Sources of Moisture for Rainfall in the Sahel, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 76(46): F127.
  15. *Humphries, E. J. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1995. The Role of Cloudiness in the Surface Energy Balance over the Amazon Forest, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 76(46): F125.
  16. *Humphries, E. J. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1996. Experimental Validation of Topography as a Soil Moisture Forcing, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 77(17): S264.
  17. *Moglen, G. E., E. A. B. Eltahir and R. L. Bras, 1996. The Relationship between Precipitation, Sediment Yield, and Drainage Density, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 77(17): S136.
  18. *Kiang, J. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1996. The Role of Rainforests in the Tropical Climate, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, Washington D.C.
  19. *Eltahir, E. A. B., X. Zheng and G. Wang, 1996. The Role of Land-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions in the Dynamics of Droughts and Floods over West Africa, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 77(46): F114.
  20. *Wang, G., X. Zheng and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1996. Why 1994 was a Wet Year in West Africa, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 77(46): F116.
  21. *Findell, K., and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1996 Analysis of the Soil Moisture-Rainfall Feedback based on Direct Observations form Illinois, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 77(46): F116.
  22. *Yeh, P. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. Topography and the Spatial Distribution of Soil Moisture, AGU Spring Meeting, Baltimore.
  23. *Zheng, X. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. The Role of Vegetation in the Dynamics of West African Monsoons, Proceedings of the AMS 13th Conference on Hydrology, pp. 145-148.
  24. *Pal, J. S. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. On the Relationship between Spring Soil Moisture and Summer Precipitation over the Midwest, Proceedings of the AMS 13th Conference on Hydrology, pp. 382-385.
  25. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1997. Hydroclimatology of Illinois: Propagation of Hydrological Anomalies from the Atmosphere into the Soil and down to the Groundwater Aquifer, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 78(46): F230.
  26. *Yeh, P., M. Irizarry and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. Hydroclimatology of Illinois: A Comparison between the Monthly Evaporation Estimates based on Soil Water Balance and Atmospheric Water Balance, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 78(46): F265.
  27. *Findell, K. L. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. An Analysis of the Relationship between Soil Moisture, Boundary Layer Conditions, and Rainfall, based on Direct Observations from Illinois, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 78(46): F269.
  28. *Kiang, J. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. Vegetation Dynamics in a one Dimensional Climate Model of the Tropics, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 78(46): F259.
  29. *Zheng, X. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. On the Link between Deforestation and Drought in West Africa, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 78(46): F139.
  30. *Wang J., R.L. Bras, and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997. A New Method for the Estimation of Surface Fluxes Energy and Mass, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 78(46): F246.
  31. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1998. The feedback between soil moisture conditions and rainfall processes, European Geophysical Society Newsletter, No. 66, pp. 155.
  32. *Wang, J., R. L. Bras and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. Deforestation and Clouds Pattern over Rondonia, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(17): S53.
  33. *Pal, J. S. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. A Numerical Investigation of the Role of Soil Moisture on the Surrounding Water and Energy Balance in Floods and Droughts over the Mississippi Basin, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(17): S81.
  34. *Kiang, J. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. Two-way Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropics, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(17): S82.
  35. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. Development of a 2-D Zonally Symmetric Model to Study Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(17): 53.
  36. *Yeh, P. J.-F. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. On the Cross-Correlation between Topography and Large-scale Soil Moisture Distribution, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(17): S138.
  37. *Findell, K. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. Data Analyses and Modelling Studies on the Soil Moisture-Rainfall Feedback, Sixth International Conference on Precipitation, Mauna Lani Bay, Hawaii. pp. 3-14.
  38. *Wang, J., R. L. Bras, E. A. B. Eltahir and L. Yu, 1998. Enhanced Precipitation over Partially Deforested Areas in the Amazon Region, Sixth International Conference on Precipitation, June 29-July 1, 1998, Mauna Lani Bay, Hawaii. pp. 4-17.
  39. *Kiang, J., G. Wang, and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. ENSO and its Relationship to Nile River Flow, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(45): F289.
  40. *Pal, J. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. Soil Moisture Distribution and its Impact on the 1998 Spring and Summer Rainfall Anomalies over the United States, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(45): F349.
  41. *Wang, J., R.L. Bras and E.A.B. Eltahir, 1998. Do mesoscale circulation induced by deforestation play any role in triggering moist convection? EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(45): F339.
  42. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions: Representation of Sub-Grid Spatial Variability of Rainfall Interception, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(45): F349.
  43. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1998. Natural Variability in the Regional Hydrological Cycle of Illinois, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(45): F296.
  44. *Small, E. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998. The effects of the vegetation changes in the West African monsoon, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 79(45): F340.
  45. *Irizarry, M., E. A. B. Eltahir and J. Wang, 1999. Variability in Precipitation over Lake Victoria and the Amazon observed by TRMM, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 80(17): S100.
  46. Eltahir, E. A. B., 1999. Mechanisms of Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions over West Africa, Abstracts of the International Workshop on West African Monsoon Variability and Predictability (WAMAP), Dakar, Senegal, pp. 40.
  47. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1999. The Role of Ecosystem Dynamics in Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions over West Africa, Abstracts of the International Workshop on West African Monsoon Variability and Predictability (WAMAP), Dakar, Senegal, pp. 78.
  48. *Perez-Prado, L. T. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1999. Theory and Observations of the Low-frequency Variability in West African Monsoons, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 80(46): F181.
  49. *Wang, G. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1999. Deterioration of the Natural Ecosystem Induced by the Man-made Land Cover Changes: The Importance of Vegetation Dynamics, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 80(46): F91.
  50. *Eltahir, E. A. B. and G. Wang, 1999. Dynamics of Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions over West Africa, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 80(46): F31.
  51. *Eltahir, E. A. B. and G. Wang, 2000. Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions over West Africa, Chapman Conference on the Gaia Hypothesis, Valencia, Spain.
  52. Findell, K. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2000. A New Measure of Convective Triggering Potential, Developed Using Illinois Soundings, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
  53. Eltahir, E. A. B., 2000. Hydroclimatology of West Africa, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
  54. *Irizarry, M. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2000. A Study on the Climate of West Africa During the Middle Holocene Using a Zonally Symmetric Biosphere-Atmosphere Model (ZonalBAM), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
  55. *Yeh, P. J.-F., and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2000. The Representation of Groundwater Dynamics and Sub-grid Heterogeneity in a Land Surface Scheme, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
  56. Eltahir, E. A. B., 2001. Elements of a Land-atmosphere Interaction Theory, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 82(20): S102.
  57. *Findell, K. L. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2001. Atmospheric Controls on Soil-Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 82(20): S101.
  58. *Pal, J. S. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2001. Modeling the Role of Soil Moisture in North American Summer Climate, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 82(20): S88.
  59. *Seneviratne, S. I., J. S. Pal, E. A. B. Eltahir and C. Schär, 2001. Risks of Summer Dryness in Mid-latitudes: A Process Study with a Regional Climate Model. Conference on Climate Variability and Land-Surface Processes: Physical Interactions and Regional Impacts, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Miramare, Trieste, Italy.
  60. *Seneviratne, S. I., J. S. Pal, and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2001. Risks of Summer Dryness in Mid-latitudes: A Process Study with a Surrogate Climate Change Scenario. General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Nice, France.
  61. *Seneviratne, S. I., J. S. Pal, E. A. B. Eltahir and C. Schär, 2001. Risks of Summer Dryness in the Midwestern United States. Second Swiss Global Change Day, Bern, Switzerland.
  62. *Seneviratne, S. I., J. S. Pal, E. A. B. Eltahir and C. Schär, 2001. Risks of Summer Dryness in the Midwestern United States. Annual Meeting of the Alliance for Global Sustainability, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  63. Eltahir, E. A. B. 2005. Hydrological and Climatological determinants of African Anophline, Annual Meeting of European Geophysical Union, Vienna.
  64. Eltahir, E. A. B. 2005. Role of Groundwater Aquifers in the Climate System, Annual Meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
  65. Eltahir, E. A. B. 2005. Ecohydrology of a seasonal cloud forest in Dhofar, Annual Meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

* A paper co-authored by one or more of my students

 

Internal Memoranda and Progress Reports

  1. Eltahir, E. A. B., and R. L. Bras, On the Estimation of the Fractional Coverage of Rainfall in Climate Models, MIT Center for Global Change Science, report No. 15, August 1992.
  2. Eltahir, E. A. B., and R. L. Bras, On the Response of the Tropical Atmosphere to Large-Scale Deforestation, MIT Center for Global Change Science, report No. 19, January 1993.
  3. Eltahir, E. A. B., The Role of Vegetation in Sustaining Large Scale Atmospheric Circulations in the Tropics, MIT Center for Global Change Science, report No. 34, February 1995.
  4. Zheng, X., and E. A. B. Eltahir, The Role of Vegetation in the Dynamics of West African Monsoons, MIT Center for Global Change Science, report No. 41, March 1996.
  5. Wang, G., and E. A. B. Eltahir, The Role of Vegetation Dynamics in the Climate of West Africa, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Report Number 344, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 224 pages, November 1999.
  6. Hildebrandt, A. and E. A. B. Eltahir, Echohydrology of a Seasonal Cloud Forest in Dhofar, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Hydrology and Water Resources, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 190 pages, June 2006.

Invited Lectures

  1. March 1994, “Global Change and Natural Disasters.” NASA Workshop on The use of Satellites in Natural Disaster Reduction, Richmond, VA.
  2. March 1994, “Deforestation and Regional Climate in the Amazon Basin.” Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland.
  3. November 1995, “The Role of Vegetation in Sustaining Large Scale Atmospheric Circulations in the Tropics.” University of Wisconsin, Madison.
  4. October 1996, “The Role of Vegetation in Sustaining Large Scale Atmospheric Circulations in the Tropics.” Swiss Federal Institute, Zurich.
  5. January 1998, “The Soil Moisture-Rainfall Feedback Mechanism.” Swiss Federal Institute, Zurich.
  6. November 1998, “Natural Variability in the Regional Hydrological Cycle of Illinois.” Boston University, Boston.
  7. November 1998, “Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions.” Duke University, Durham.
  8. December 1998, “Regional Climate Modeling.” AGS, MIT, Cambridge.
  9. January 1999, “Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions.” IAP, MIT, Cambridge.
  10. February 1999, “Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in West Africa.” SUNY, Stony Brook, New York.
  11. February 1999, “Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions.” John Hopkins University, Baltimore.
  12. April 1999, “Recent Progress in Long-range Hydrologic Forecasting.” INRS, Université du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec.
  13. May 1999, “The Role of Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in the Dynamics of Regional Hydrological Droughts and Floods.” University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
  14. June 1999, “Regional Climate Modeling.” International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
  15. August 1999, “Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions and the Regional Hydrological Cycle.” Potsdam, Germany.
  16. April 2000, “The Role of the Biosphere in the Climate of West Africa.” Nice, France.
  17. June 2000, “Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions over West Africa.” Chapman Conference on the Gaia Hypothesis, Valencia, Spain.
  18. October 2000, “Progress in Long-range Hydrologic Forecasting.” Entretiens Jacques Cartier, Montreal, Canada.
  19. November 2000, “Hydroclimatology: Processes and Mechanisms in Regional Hydrology.” University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  20. November 2000, “The Role of the Biosphere in Climate Change.” Kuwait Prize Lecture, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait.
  21. December 2000, “Hydroclimatology: Case Studies from Illinois and the Sahel.” Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  22. May 2001, “Elements of a Land-atmosphere Interaction Theory.” Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Boston, USA.
  23. June 2001, “Recent Advances in Global Change Research.” Muscat, Oman.
  24. July 2001, “Examples of Recent Advances in Global Hydrology: Does La Niña cause Floods in the Nile Basin? and did deforestation cause the drought in the Sahel?, World Bank, Washington.
  25. October 2001, “Role of Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in Hydroclimatology of Africa.” International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
  26. October 2002, “Intransitivity in the Climate System: Greening of the Sahara 6000 years ago.” Princeton University, Princeton.
  27. November 2002, “Fundamental Processes in the Biosphere-atmosphere System.” Muscat, Oman.
  28. November 2003, “Drought Occurrence in West Africa: Role of Vegetation Dynamics,” CLIVAR/PAGES/IPCC workshop on Droughts. Tucson, Arizona, November 18-21.
  29. December 2004. Role of Soil Moisture Distribution in Shaping Regional Climates, Invited Presentation, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
  30. February 2005, “Regional Climate Modeling: Water, Climate, and Life.” American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
  31. April 2005, “Mechanisms of Droughts in West Africa,” International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, New York.
  32. August 2005, “Monsoons and Malaria in Africa,” International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
  33. October 2005, “Intransitivity in the Climate of Integrated Biosphere-atmosphere Systems,” University of Connecticut, Connecticut.

 

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