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Professional Experience

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences (1996), University of Wisconsin, (Dr. D. Battisti & Dr. D. Houghton)
M.S., Atmospheric Sciences (1989), University of Wisconsin, (Dr. S. Hastenrath)
B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering. and B.A. Russian (1983) University of Pittsburgh

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor Univ. Alaska Fairbanks in the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences & Geophysical Institute (2004 - present)
Research Associate Professor Univ. Alaska Fairbanks at IARC-Frontier (2003)
Research Assistant Professor Univ. Alaska Fairbanks at IARC-Frontier (1998 - 2003)
Post Doctoral Researcher, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (1997 -1998)
Research Scientist at Ross Computational Resources (1996 - 1997)
US. Peace Corps Volunteer at Sochoi Secondary School, Kenya (1983 - 1985)

 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Nance, K., U.S. Bhatt, B.Hay, 2009 (accepted), The PATH Project: Partnerships for Automated Transformations of Heterogeneous Datasets, HICSS, Proceedings of the 43th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'10).

  2. Bourne, S. M., U.S. Bhatt, J. Zhang, R. Thoman, 2009 (in press): Surface-based Temperature Inversions in Alaska from a Climate Perspective, Atmospheric Research, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.09.013.

  3. Walker, D.W., M. O. Leibman, H. E. Epstein, B. C. Forbes, U. S. Bhatt, M. K. Raynolds, J. C. Comiso, A. A. Gubarkov, A. V. Khomutov, G. J. Jia, E. Kaarlejärvi, J. O. Kaplan, T. Kumpula, P. Kuss, G. Matyshak, N. G. Moskalenko, P. Orekhov, V. E. Romanovsky, N. K. Ukraientseva, and Q. Yu, 2009: Spatial and temporal patterns of greenness on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia: Interactions of ecological and social factors affecting Arctic NDVI , Environ. Res. Lett. 4, 045004 (16pp) doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045004. pdf.

  4. Walker, D.A, U.S. Bhatt, M.K. Raynolds, J.E. Comiso, H.E. Epstein and G.J. Jia, 2009: Land: Vegetation, in State of the Climate in 2008: Arctic. Peterson, T. and M. Baringer eds., Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

  5. Walker, D.A., U.S. Bhatt, M.K. Raynolds, V.E. Romanovsky, G.P. Kofinas, J.P. Kuss, B.C. Forbes, F. Stammler, T. Kumpula, E. Kaarlejärvi, M.O. Leibman, N.G. Moskalenko, A.A. Gubarkov, A.V. Khomutov, D.S. Drozdov, H.E. Epstein, Q. Yu, G.J. Jia, J.O. Kaplan, J.C. Comiso. 2009 (in press) Cumulative effects of rapid land-cover and land-use changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. In: Gutman, G. and P. Groisman, and Reissell. (ed.) Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate.

  6. Goetz, S. J., H.E., Epstein, D. Alcaraz, U.S. Bhatt, J. Comiso, G.J. Jia, J.O. Kaplan, H. Lischke, A., Lloyd, Q. Yu, and D.A. Walker 2009 (in press) Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation: Satellite Observations and Simulation Model Predictions. In: Gutman, G. and P. Groisman, and Reissell. (ed.) Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate.

  7. Polyakov, I.V., V. A. Alexeev, U.S. Bhatt, E.V. Polyakova, and X. Zhang, 2009: North Atlantic warming: Patterns of long-term trend and multidecadal variability, published online, Climate Dynamics. pdf .

  8. Bhatt, U. S., M.A Alexander, C. Deser, J.E.Walsh,  J.S. Miller, M. Timlin, J.D. Scott, and R. Tomas, 2008: The Atmospheric Response to Realistic Reduced Summer Arctic Sea Ice Anomalies, in Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Observations, Projections, Mechanisms, and Implications, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 180, edited by E. T. DeWeaver, C. M. Bitz, and L.-B. Tremblay, pp. 91-110, AGU, Washington, D. C. pdf .

  9. Li, Z., U.S. Bhatt, and N. Mölders, 2008. Impact of doubled CO2 on the interaction between the global and regional water cycles in four study regions. Climate Dynamics , pp 255-275, 10.1007/s00382-007-0283-4. download pdf here (link on right column).

  10. Zhang, J., U. S. Bhatt, W. V. Tangborn, and C. S. Lingle, 2007: Climate downscaling for estimating glacier mass balances in northwestern North America: Validation with a USGS benchmark glacier, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21505, doi:10.1029/2007GL031139. pdf version .

  11. Bhatt U.S., J. Zhang, W.V. Tangborn, and C.S. Lingle, L. Phillips, 2007. Examining Glacier Mass Balances with a Hierarchical Modeling Approach, Computing in Science and Engineering, 9 (2), 61-67. pdf version.

  12. Zhang J. , U.S. Bhatt, W. V. Tangborn, C.S. Lingle, 2007: Response of Glaciers in Northwestern North America to Future Climate Change: an Atmosphere/Glacier Hierarchical Modeling Approach, Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 46, 283 – 290. pdf version.

  13. Polyakova E.I. , A.G. Journel, I.V. Polyakov, and U.S. Bhatt, 2006: Changing relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation and key North Atlantic climate parameters, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L03711, doi:10.1029/2005GL024573. pdf version.

  14. Polyakov I. V., U.S. Bhatt, H.L. Simmons, D. Walsh, J.E. Walsh, X. Zhang, 2005: Multidecadal Variability of North Atlantic Temperature and Salinity during the Twentieth Century, J. Climate, (18)21, 4562-4581. pdf version.

  15. Bhatt U.S., D. E. Newman, B. A. Carreras, I. Dobson, Understanding the Effect of Risk Aversion on Risk, HICSS, p. 64b, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'05) - Track 2, 2005. pdf version.

  16. Polyakov I.V. , G.V. Alekseev, L. Timokhov, U.S. Bhatt, R.L. Colony, H.L. Simmons, D. Walsh, J. Walsh, 2004: Variability of the intermediate Atlantic Water of the Arctic Ocean over the last 100 years, J. Climate,17(23), 4485-4497. pdf version.

  17. Hu Z.-Z., E.K. Schneider, U.S. Bhatt, and B.P. Kirtman, 2004: Potential mechanism for response of El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability to change in land surface energy budget, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D21113, doi:10.1029/2004JD004771. pdf version and additional material in COLA TECH Report 126, download.

  18. Zhang X., J.E. Walsh, J. Zhang, U.S. Bhatt, and M. Ikeda. 2004. Intensifying Arctic cyclone activity. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 85: 949-950. [summary in Papers of Note, invited].

  19. Zhang X., J.E. Walsh, J. Zhang, U.S. Bhatt, and M. Ikeda, 2004: Climatology and Interannual Variability of Arctic Cyclone Activity, 1948 – 2002, J. Climate, 2300-2317. pdf version. Link to page containing cyclone data, click here.

  20. Alexander M. A., U.S. Bhatt, J. Walsh, M. Timlin, and J. Miller, 2004: The Atmospheric Response to Realistic Arctic Sea Ice Anomalies in an AGCM during Winter, J. Climate 17, 890-905. pdf version. Other formats and supplemental figures can be found here.

  21. Bhatt U. S., E.K. Schneider, and D. Dewitt, 2003: Influence of North American land processes on North Atlantic SST variability, Global and Planetary Change, 37, 33-56. doi:10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00190-X. (additional material in COLA Tech Report 112). pdf version.

  22. Polyakov I.V. , R. Bekryaev, G. Alekseev, U.S. Bhatt, R. Colony, M. Johnson, and A. Makshtas, 2003: Variability and trends of air temperature and pressure in the maritime Arctic, 1875-2000, J. Climate, 16, 2067-2077. pdf version. Link to data, click here.

  23. Polyakov I.V., G. Alekseev, R. Bekryaev, U.S. Bhatt, R. Colony, M. Johnson, V. Karklin, D. Walsh, and A. Yulin, 2003: Long-term variability of ice in the arctic marginal seas, J. Climate 16, 2078-2085. pdf version. Link to ice data, click here.

  24. Polyakov I.V., S. Akasofu, U.S. Bhatt, R. Colony, M. Ikeda, A. Makshtas, C. Swingley, D. Walsh, and J. Walsh, 2002: Long-term trends and variations of the arctic climate system, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union83 (47) : 547-548.

  25. Polyakov I.V., G. Alekseev, R. Bekryaev, U.S. Bhatt, R. Colony, M. Johnson, V. Karklin, A. Makshtas, D. Walsh, and A. Yulin, 2002: Observationally-based assessment of polar amplification of global warming, Geophysical Research Letters, 1878, doi:10.1029/2001GL011111. pdf version.

  26. Schneider E.K., and U.S. Bhatt, 2000: A dissipation integral with application to ocean diffusivities and structure, J. Physical Oceangr., 30, 1158-1171. (COLA Tech Report 59). pdf version.

  27. Bhatt U.S., M.A. Alexander, D.S. Battisti, D. D. Houghton and L.M. Keller, 1998: Atmosphere-ocean interaction in the North Atlantic: near surface climate variability, J. Climate, 11, 1615-1632. pdf version.

  28. Battisti D.S., U.S. Bhatt, and M.A. Alexander, 1995: A modeling study of the interannual variability of sea-surface temperature in the wintertime N. Atlantic Ocean, J. Climate, 8, 3067-3083. pdf version.

  29. Bhatt, U.S., Circulation regimes of rainfall anomalies in the African - South Asian monsoon belt, 1989: J. Climate, 2, 1133 - 1144. pdf version

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