J. Mejia

CurriculumVitae(JohnMejia)

Academiccredentials

2002-2008:PhDMeteorology,UniversityofOklahoma,CooperativeInstituteforMesoscaleMeteorologicalStudies/NSSL/NOAA.Dissertation:RelationshipofMoistureSurgesandConvectionintheNorthAmericanMonsoonSystemCoreRegion.2000-2002:MScinWaterResourcesManagement,UniversityofColombiaatMedellin.Thesis:GenesisofMesoscaleConvectiveSystemsoverColombiaandtheEasternTropicalPacificOceandiagnosedfromTRMMandtheNCEP/NCARReanalysis.1993-1999:BSCivilEngineeringNationalUniversityofColombiaatMedellin.Thesis:"CrossingPropertiesinRiverDischargeTimeSeries".

ResearchPositions

2017–present (Teaching)AssociateResearchProfessor,PhysicsDepartment,UniversityofNevada,Reno,NV,AtmosphericSciencesProgram,UniversityofNevada,Reno,NV.2017–present(Research)AssociateResearchProfessor,DepartmentofAtmosphericSciences,DesertResearchInstitute,Reno,NV.ClimateModelingandEnvironmentalImpacts;RegionalModelingandAirPollution;CoupledOcean-AtmosphereRegionalClimateModel.2011–2017 (Teaching)AssistantResearchProfessor,PhysicsDepartment,UniversityofNevada,Reno,NV,AtmosphericSciencesProgram,UniversityofNevada,Reno,NV.2011–2017(Research)AssistantResearchProfessor,DepartmentofAtmosphericSciences,DesertResearchInstitute,Reno,NV.ClimateModelingandEnvironmentalImpacts;RegionalModelingandAirPollution;CoupledOcean-AtmosphereRegionalClimateModel.Oct2009:PostdoctoralFellowattheDesertResearchInstitute.DevelopmentandapplicationofRegionalClimateModelsforpresentandfutureclimateprojections.Jan2009:PostdoctoralResearchAssociateattheCooperativeInstituteforMesoscaleMeteorologicalStudies/NOAA/NationalSevereStormsLaboratory.DataassimilationapplicationsandnumericalsimulationsusingWeatherResearchandForecasting(WRF)model.Developmentandimplementationof4-dimensionaldataassimilationofspecialfieldexperimentobservations.ParallelprogramingandclustercomputingexperienceusingMPIinFortranancC++.2007-2008:MSD-IASCLIP:Understandinteractionsbetweenthetradewindandtopographyintheireffectsonthemid-summerdrought(MSD)overCentralAmericaandtheCaribbeanregion.DocumentdetailedstructureanddistributionofcloudandrainfallassociatedwiththeMSDasfunctionsofthetradewind.InsituobservationsofwindfrompilotballoonsandradiosondesarecomparedtotheNCEPNorthAmericanRegionalReanalysis(NARR).MichaelDouglas(PI).2006-2008:NAMMA:ResearchassistantcollaboratingonthereactivationandorganizationalaspectoftheupperairobservationnetworkinwesternAfricafortheNASAAfricanMonsoonMultidisciplinaryAnalyses(NAMMA)campaign.MemberoftheforecastingteamfortheNASADC-8aircraftmissionsduringNAMMA.Currentlyworkinginunderstandingmesoscalestructureandcloudfeaturesindevelopingandnon-developingtropicalstormsintheeasternTropicalAtlantic.MichaelDouglas(PI).2004-2007:NAME:ParticipatedintheplanningandexecutionoftheNorthAmericanMonsoonExperiment(NAME).Participationduringthefieldcampaignincludes:MeteorologyscientistduringCISESEresearchcruiseshipactivity;deploymentofthepilotballoonnetwork(22newsites);andmemberoftheforecastingteamandpartoftheresearchcrewoftheNOAAWP-3D(tenflights).MichaelDouglas(PI).

J. Mejia 2002-2005:SALLJEX:ParticipatedintheexecutionoftheSouthAmericanLow-LevelJetExperiment(SALLJEX).Differentactivitiesinvolved:NOAAWP-3Daircraftmission(datamanipulationandresearchcrewforonboardanalysis);planningandexecutionofothertwoattachedmesoscalefieldcampaignsintheAndesaltiplanoduringSALLJEX(UyuniandTiticaca’sdiurnalcirculations).MichaelDouglas(PI).2000–Mach2002:ResearchEngineerforthe"HydrologicalAtlasofColombia",SupportedbyUPME(UnitofEnergeticMiningManagement).GISdeveloper,productionoflong-termquantitativeprecipitationestimatesforColombia,anddevelopmentandevaluationofLand-Atmospheremodels.1998–March2002:ResearchEngineerintheproject:"BenefitsofincorporatingENSOforecastsintoreservoiroperationandhydroelectricpowerdistributionprocedures".AcollaborativeresearchprojectP.Waylen(UniversityofFlorida),S.Laporte(InstitutoCostarricensedeElectricidad),CesarCaviedes(UniversityofFlorida.),ClaudiaCandanedo(InstitutodeRecursosHidráulicosdePanamá).SupportedbyInter-americanInstitutetotheResearchoftheClimaticChange.1998-1999:Researchassistantintheproject:"WaterBudgetinColombia",SupportedbyUPME(UnitofEnergeticMiningManagement,Colombia)andCOLCIENCIAS(ColombianInstituteforthescienceandTechnologydevelopment).1998-1999:Researchassistantintheproject:"InventoryandWaterBudgetofAntioquia",PhaseI,SupportedbyAntioquiaCouncilforScienceandTechnology,Colombia.

Complementarystudies2015:NASAAppliedRemoteSEnsingTraining(ARSET):SatelliteRemoteSensingofParticulateMatterAirQuality:Data,Tools,MethodsandApplications.

2015:SMOKEandCMAQtraining.CommunityModelingandAnalysisSystemCenterInstitutefortheEnvironment,UniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill.

2011:JuniorFacultyLeadership.NMEPSCoRProgram,JemezSprings,NewMexico,Jan,2011.

2009:ParallelProgramingandClusterComputingFaculty:Programmingandcurriculumdevelopmentandadaptationofparallelcomputingtoundergraduateteachingandresearch.SCEducationProgram,Norman,Oklahoma,August9-15,2009.

2008:ProfessionalDevelopmentforGeosciencesFaculty:PreparingforanAcademicCareerinGeosciences.OntheCuttingedgeprofessionaldevelopmentprogram,July,2008,Norman,Oklahoma.

2001:EssentialAspectsofTropicalMeteorology-EXPANA2001;MichaelDouglasandNOAA/OGP;PanamaCityPanama.

1999:ClimateForecasting;NicholasGraham;Medellin,Colombia.

1997:InternationalEncounterofHydrologyandClimatology;Instructors:VijayKGupta,CecilePenland,RafaelBrass,StefanHastenrath,LilianPosada;MedellinColombia.

1996:TropicalClimatology;Instructor:StefanHastenrath;Medellin,Colombia.

TeachingExperience

Fall,2017:InstructorAtmosphericModelingClass,AtmosphericScienceGraduateProgram,UniversityofNevadaatReno.

J. Mejia Nov,2016:LecturercourseonRegionalClimateModeling(WRF),InstitutoNacionaldeEcologíayCambioClimático(INECC),SecretariadeMedioAmbienteyRecursosNaturalesandUniversidadAutonomadeMexico(UNAM).MexicoCity,MX.

June,2016:InstructorIntroductiontoAtmosphericModeling(GraduateLevel),NationalUniversityofColombia,Medellin,Colombia.

March13,2015:AddressingModelingUncertaintyoverWesternU.S.HydroclimateProjections(Invitedtalk),IIHR—Hydroscience&Engineering,UniversityofIowa,Iowa,City,Iowa.

Since2011:Graduateresearchcommittee:JohannaYepez(PhD;Chair);DanMcEvoy(PhD;Chair);DanSauceda(MSc;Chair);SandraTheiss(PhD);MattFearon(PhD);NickNausler(PhD);DavidSimeral(PhD);EhnsanErfani(PhD);AshtonMontrone(PhD);AshokPokarel(PhD);AngelaM.Rendon(PhD);LilianaJaramillo(MSc;co-chair)

Spring2013:InstructorAtmosphericModelingClass,AtmosphericScienceGraduateProgram,UniversityofNevadaatReno

Fall2012:ScienceAdvisor(MetEdmodule):PreparingHydroclimateInputsforClimateChangeinWaterResourcePlanning,TheCOMETprogram/UniversityCorporationforAtmosphericResearch,CCAWWG,Aug2012.

Spring2012:InstructorClimateModelingClass,AtmosphericScienceGraduateProgram,UniversityofNevadaatReno

MentorIndependentStudies,ClimateVariability,AtmosphericScienceGraduateProgramStudent,Spring2011.

Co-Instructors:ClimateModeling.3rdAnnualEPSCoRWesternConsortiumTri-StateMeeting,April6th-8th,2011,SantaAnaPueblo,NewMexico,USA.

Fall2011:GuestlecturerAdvancedGeography-Biogeography:Climate-ChangeEcology,RegionalClimateModeling:Introduction",UniversityofNevadaatReno.

Fall2010:InstructorAppliedDataAnalysisclass,AtmosphericSciencesGraduateProgram,UniversityofNevadaatReno.

Summer2010:Guestlecturer"InterdisciplinaryModeling:WaterRelatedIssuesandChangingClimatecourse".ClimateModelingandScaleIssues.UniversityofNevadaatReno.

Spring2010:Co-InstructorAtmosphericTurbulenceclass,AtmosphericSciencesGraduateProgram,UniversityofNevadaatReno.

Summer2008:Instructor.MesoscaleModelingforAirQualityApplications(48hours)–EnvironmentalResearchGroup(GIA),GraduateSchoolofEnvironmentalScience,UniversidadPontificiaBolivariana(UPB),Medellin,Colombia.

Summer2007:Co-mentor,ResearchExperiencesforUndergraduates(REU)atNSF/NSSLStefanieHenry,whilecompletingundergraduateprograminMeteorologyinIowaStateUniversityandBoTan,whilecompletinghisundergraduatestudiesinEmbry-RiddleAeronauticalUniversity.

Summer2005:Co-mentor,ResearchExperiencesforUndergraduates(REU)atNSF/NSSLRebekahLaBar,whilecompletingundergraduateprograminGeographyfromCentralWashingtonUniversity.

2001-2002:Co-mentor,ResearchExperiencesforUndergraduates(REU),PaolaArias,LuisFernandoSalazar,andSaraViera,whilecompletingundergraduateprograminCivilEngineeringintheNationalUniversityofColombia.

J. Mejia 2001:SemesterII:TeachingAssistantGeographicInformationSystems(GIS),NationalUniversityofColombia,atMedellin.

1999:SemestersIandII:TeachingAssistantOpenchannelflowlaboratory,NationalUniversityofColombia,atMedellin.

1998:SemestersIandII:TeachingAssistantFluidMechanicsLaboratory,NationalUniversityofColombia,atMedellin.

InvitedTalks

MejiaJ.F.2017:AtmosphericModelingforAirPollutionProblems,WorkshoponAtmosphericPollutionanditsimpactonhumanhealth,agricultureandnaturalecosystems:amathematicalmodelingperspective.September25-27,2017

MejiaJ.F.2017:Improvementofthemultimodelsuper-ensembletechniqueforseasonalforecasts.ServicioNacionaldeHidrologíayMeteorología(SENAHMI).Lima,Peru.

MejiaJ.F.andEricWilcox2017:LongRangeWeatherForecasting:Improvementofthemultimodelsuper-ensembletechniqueforseasonalforecasts.FifthAnnualCaliforniaUtilityForecastingMeeting(CUFM'17)-June12th,2017-SanDiego

Mitchell,D.J.Mejia,2017:TheSeasonalCycleofArcticCirrusCloudsandItsPossibleRelevancetoJetSteamDynamics,FourthSantaFeConferenceonGlobal&RegionalClimate.

MejiaJ.F.2016:ModelosClimáticosRegionales:DiseñodeExperimentosNuméricos,MétodosdeEvaluaciónyAplicaciones,CentrodeCienciasdelaAtmósfera,UNAM,May7,2016.

MitchellD.L,AnneGarnier,JohnMejia,MelodyAAvery,EhsanErfani,2016:TheDependenceofHomo-andHeterogeneouslyFormedCirrusCloudsonLatitude,SeasonandSurface-typebasedonaNewCALIPSORemoteSensingMethod,AtmosphericSciences:MicrophysicalandMacroscopicPropertiesofIceCloudsandMixed-PhaseClouds:LinkingInSituRemoteSensingObservationsandMultiscaleModels,AGUFallMeeting,December2016.

MejiaJ.F.,2016:EulerianandLagrangianmodelingcouplingandapplications,NationalUniversityofColombia,Medellin,FacultaddeMindas,Medellin,Colombia,Oct11,2016.

MejiaJ.F.,2015:AddressingModelingUncertaintyoverWesternU.S.HydroclimateProjections,IIHR—Hydroscience&Engineering,UniversityofIowa,IowaCity,Iowa.Mar2,2015.

McEvoyD.,M.Hobbins,J.Huntington,J.Mejia,C.Hain,M.Anderson,J.Verdin,2014:Exploringtheuseofphysicallybasedevaporativedemandanomaliestoimproveseasonaldroughtprediction,(Invitedtalk:HydroclimaticExtremes:Drought,AGUfallmeeting,Dec-2014.

Mejia,J.F.,Koracin,D.,2011:Climatemodeling:Fromglobalclimatemodelstoregionalclimateapplications.UniversityofNevadaatLasVegas,ClimateChangeSeminarSeries:http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/climate_change

Mejia,J.F.,2010:ClimateandAirQualityModelingcapabilitiesatDRI.DevelopmentofPotentialcollaborationswithColombianresearchandeducationinstitutions.TalkI.DRI:AirQualityModeling–NationalUniversityofColombia;TalkII.DRI:RCMactivities–InstituteforHydrology,MeteorologyandEnvironmentalStudies(IDEAM).Aug,2010.

BookChapters

J. Mejia Dorman C.E., Mejia J., Koračin D., McEvoy D. (2017) Worldwide Marine Fog Occurrence and Climatology. In: Koračin D., Dorman C. (eds) Marine Fog: Challenges and Advancements in Observations, Modeling, and Forecasting. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45229-6_2

Mesa, O., Poveda, G., Vélez, J. I., Barco, J., Botero, B., Cuartas, A., Hoyos, C., Mantilla, R., Mejía, J. F., Montoya, M. & others, “Balances hidrológicos de Colombia,” in Oferta y demanda del recurso hídrico: memorias del evento, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2000. http://koha.ideam.gov.co/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=59014&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20Balances%20hidrol%C3%B3gicos%20de%20Colombia

Publications

Ru Chen, Julie L. McClean, Sarah T. Gille, Elena Yulaeva, Ivana Cerovecki , Tony Craig, Darko Koracin, Mathew Maltrud, Travis McCord, John Mejia, Myrl Hendershott, 2018: Effect of atmospheric forcing resolution on the ocean model fidelity on sea level variability in the North Pacific, Submitted to Ocean Modelling. Leonardo Hernandez-Espinoza, Robert S. Nowak, John F. Mejia, 2018: A semi-mechanistic model of assimilation rate for Bromus tectorum, Submitted to Photosynthetica. Leonardo Hernandez-Espinoza, John F. Mejia, and Robert S. Nowak, 2018: Estimated assimilation rate and seasonal carbon gain of Bromus tectorum in the western United States, In preparation, to be Submitted to J. of Biogeography. Emile Elias, Darren James, Albert Rango, Caiti Steele, Ryann Smith; John F. Mejia, 2015: The impact of climate change on water quality of snowmelt-dominated watersheds of the Upper Rio Grande basin, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Submitted Montrone, A., Laurel Saitob, Peter J. Weisbergc, Meredith Gosejohand, Mirte Iubelte, Kyle Merriamf, and John F. Mejia, 2016: Climate Change Impacts on Vernal Pool Hydrology and Vegetation in Northern California, Accepted Journal of Hydrology. Nicholas John Nauslar, Ph.D.; Timothy Brown; Michael Kaplan; John F. Mejia; Benjamin Hatchett: Examining the North American Monsoon's impact on wildfire activity in the southwest United States, International Journal of Climatology, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5899

Katja Trachte, Rolando Célleri, Esteban Samaniego, Joerg Bendix, Cristóbal Albuja and John F. Mejia, (2018): “Climatology and Teleconnections of Mesoscale Convective Systems in an Andean Basin in Southern Ecuador: The Case of the Paute Basin,” Advances in Meteorology. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4259191.

MejiaJF,KoracinD,WilcoxEM.EffectofcoupledglobalclimatemodelsseasurfacetemperaturebiasesonsimulatedclimateofthewesternUnitedStates.IntJClimatol.2018;1–18.https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5817

Posada-Marín José A., Angela M. Rendón, John F. Mejía, Juan F. Salazar, Juan Camilo Villegas, 2017: WRF downscaling improves ERA-Interim representation of precipitation representation during El Niño over tropical Andean valleys during El Niño: Implications for climate change projections, Clim Dyn (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4403-0

Dorman Clive, John F. Mejia, Darko Koračin, Daniel McEvoy: Worldwide 57-year Climatology of Marine Fog based on ship observations, submitted to IJOC.

J. Mejia Mejia John F.,Marco Giordano,Eric Wilcox, 2017: Conditional Summertime Day-Ahead Solar Irradiance Forecast, Solar Energy, Volume 163, 15 March 2018, Pages 610–622, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.01.094.

.Mejia J. F. and Frank McDonough, 2016: WRF simulations for 8 storms that produced seedable clouds and precipitation over the Upper Colorado River Basin, A report to Colorado Water Conservation Board and Wilson Water Group, Desert Research Institute, 53 pp.

Mejia J. F. and Frank McDonough, 2016: Lagrangian Particle Tracking Dispersion and Regional Climate Modeling; ed. F. McDonough, J. F. Mejia, K. N. Shourd, R. W. Carroll, A. D. Lutz, J. Dean, J. W. Juchtzer, A. W. Huggins, and M. L. Kaplan, 2016: Weather Modification–Laramie Range Siting and Design-Level III Study, A report to Wyoming Water Development Office, Desert Research Institute. Sept- 2016. 167 pp.

Douglas M. W., Rahama Beida, John F. Mejia, Marcia Fuentes, 2016: Developing a high spatial resolution cloud climatology from MODIS imagery for biogeographical applications, Frontiers of Biogeography, 8 (3), https://doi.org/10.21425/F58329532

Jaramillo, L., G. Poveda, J. F. Mejía, 2016: Mesoscale Convective Systems and other Precipitation Features over the Tropical Americas and Surrounding Seas as seen by TRMM, International Journal of Climatology. International Journal of Climatology, January 2017, DOI: 10.1002/joc.5009.

Mejia J. F. and Frank McDonough, 2016: Create high-resolution WRF simulations for 8 storms that produced seedable clouds and precipitation over the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado Water Conservation Board and Wilson Water Group, Technical Report, Desert Research Institute, 53 pp.

Mejia J. F. and Frank McDonough, 2016: Lagrangian Particle Tracking Dispersion and Regional Climate Modeling; ed. F. McDonough, J. F. Mejia, K. N. Shourd, R. W. Carroll, A. D. Lutz, J. Dean, J. W. Juchtzer, A. W. Huggins, and M. L. Kaplan, 2016: Weather Modification–Laramie Range Siting and Design-Level III Study, Wyoming Water Development Office, Technical Report, Desert Research Institute. Sept- 2016. 167 pp.

Douglas M. W., Rahama Beida, John F. Mejia, Marcia Fuentes, 2016: Developing a high spatial resolution cloud climatology from MODIS imagery for biogeographical applications, Frontiers of Biogeography, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.21425/F58329532

Jaramillo, L., G. Poveda, J. F. Mejía, 2016: Mesoscale Convective Systems and other Precipitation Features over the Tropical Americas and Surrounding Seas as seen by TRMM, International Journal of Climatology. International Journal of Climatology, January 2017, DOI: 10.1002/joc.5009.

Elias, E., Rango, A., Steele, C. M., Mejia, J. F., Baca, R., James, D., Gronemeyer, P. (2016). Simulated impact of climate change on hydrology of multiple watersheds using traditional and recommended snowmelt runoff model methodology. Journal of Water and Climate Change, jwc2016097, DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2016.097

Hatchett B, D. Koracin, J. F. Mejia, Douglas Boyle, 2016: Assimilating urban heat island effects into climate projections, Journal of Arid Environments, (128) , May 2016, Pages 59-64, ISSN 0140-1963, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2016.01.007.

McEvoy,D.J.,J.L.Huntington,J.F.Mejia,andM.T.Hobbins,2016:Improvedseasonaldroughtforecastsusingreferenceevapotranspirationanomalies,Geophys.Res.Lett.,42,doi:10.1002/2015GL067009.

J. Mejia Mejia,J.F.,MichaelW.Douglas,PeterJ.Lamb,2015:ObservationalInvestigationofRelationshipsbetweenMoistureSurgesandMesoscale-to-LargeScaleConvectionduringtheNorthAmericanMonsoon,Int.J.Climatol..doi:10.1002/joc.4512.

EliasE.,A.Rango,C.Steele,andJ.F.Mejia,2015:Assessingclimatechangeimpactsonwateravailabilityofsnowmelt-dominatedbasinsoftheUpperRioGrandeBasin,JournalofHydrology:RegionalStudies,3,525–546,doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.04.004.

Mejia,J.F.,Fenstermaker,L.F.,Etyemezian,V.R.,Miller,J.J.,Jiang,P.,Nikolich,G.,Gillies,J.A.,Lomeli-Uribe,E.A.(2015).StrategiesforclimatechangeadaptationattheArmstrong(formerlyDryden)FlightResearchCenterandwithintheMojaveDesertRegion,AreporttoNASAAFRC

BackesTracyM.,MichaelL.Kaplan,RinaSchumer,andJohnF.Mejia,2015:AClimatologyoftheVerticalStructureofWaterVaporTransporttotheSierraNevadainCoolSeasonAtmosphericRiverPrecipitationEvents.J.Hydrometeor,16,1029–1047.doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0077.1Mejia,J.F.,J.Huntington,R.G.Niswonger,2014.UncertaintyTransferinModelingLayers:FromGCMtodownscalingtohydrologicsurface-groundwatermodeling.Ames,D.P.,Quinn,N.W.T.,Rizzoli,A.E.(Eds.),Proceedingsofthe7thInternationalCongressonEnvironmentalModellingandSoftware,June15-19,SanDiego,California,USA.ISBN:978-88-9035-744-2http://www.iemss.org/society/index.php/iemss-2014-proceedings(Peerreviewed)DanielJ.McEvoy,JohnF.Mejia,andJustinL.Huntington,2014:UseofanObservationNetworkintheGreatBasintoEvaluateGriddedClimateData.J.Hydrometeor,15,1913–1931.doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0015.1DormanC.E.,J.F.Mejia,D.Koračin,2013:ImpactofU.S.westcoastlineinhomogeneityandsynopticforcingonwinds,windstress,andwindstresscurlduringupwellingseason,JournalofGeophysicalResearch:Oceans,118,7Mejia,J.F.,J.Huntington,B.HatchettandD.Koracin,R.G.Niswonger,2012:LinkingGlobalClimateModelstoanIntegratedhydrologicmodelusingaHybridDownscalingApproach,J.ofContemporaryWaterRes.andEdu.,147.ISSUE147,PAGES17-27,MARCH2012Mace,ThomasH.,LynnFenstermaker,JohnMejia,JackGillies,VickenEtyemezianandJulieMiller,2012,NASADFRCClimateChangeAdaptationWorkshopSummaryReport,whitepaper.Mejia,J.F.,MichaelW.Douglas,PeterJ.Lamb,2010:AircraftObservationsofthe12–15July2004MoistureSurgeEventduringtheNorthAmericanMonsoonExperiment.Mon.Wea.Rev.,138,3498–3513.doi:10.1175/2010MWR3228.1Douglas,M.W.,J.F.Mejia,N.Ordinola,andJ.Boustead,2009:SynopticVariabilityofRainfallAlongTheNorthernPeruvianCoastDuringthe1997-8ElNiñoEvent,Mon.Wea.Rev.,137,116–136.Mejia,J.F.andM.W.Douglas,2008:RelationshipofTEWsandspatial-temporalvariabilityofMCSsintheNorthAmericanMonsoonRegion,ClivarExchanges-NAME,Number39(Vol.2,No.1),April2008.TimothyJ.Killeen,MichaelDouglas,TrishConsiglio,PeterM.Jørgensen,JohnMejia:2007:DryandWetSpotsintheAndeanhotspots.J.ofBiogeogr.,34,1357-1373.Mejía,J.F.andG.Poveda,2005:AtmosphericEnvironmentsofMesoscaleConvectiveSystemsoverColombiaduring1999usingTRMMradarandmicrowaveproductsandNCEP/NCARreanalysis.Rev.Acad.Colomb.Cienc.,29(113):495-514.ISSN0370-3908.(InSpanish)

J. Mejia Poveda,G.,J.I.Velez,O.J.Mesa,L.A.Cuartas,O.J.Barco,R.I.Mantilla,J.F.Mejia,C.D.Hoyos,J.M.Ramirez,B.A.Botero,M.I.Montoya,L.I.Ceballos,M.D.Zuluaga,J.D.Giraldo,andD.I.Quevedo,2007:LinkingLong-termWaterBalancesandStatisticalScalingtoEstimateRiverFlowsalongtheDrainageNetworkofColombia.J.HydrologicEngrg.,Volume12,Issue1,pp.4-13(January/February2007)Poveda,G.,andJ.F.Mejía,2004:SpecialScalingPropertiesofMesoscaleConvectiveSystemsoverColombiaandEasternPacificbasedon1998datafromTRMMmission.AvancesenRecursosHidráulicos,No.11,131-143.(InSpanish)CelesteSaulo,LorenaFerreira,JohnMejiaandMarceloSeluchi,2004:DescriptionoftheChacoLowcharacteristicsusingSALLJEXspecialobservations,ClivarExchanges-SALLJEX,Number29(Vol.9,No.1),March2004.PovedaGermán,CarlosD.Hoyos,J.Mejía,LuisF.Carvajal,OscarJ.Mesa,AdrianaCuartasandJanethBarco,2002:Non-linearforecastingofmonthlymeanstreamflowinNareriver,Antioquia-Colombia.AVANCES,No.8.September.(InSpanish)PovedaGermàn,JaimeI.Vélez,OscarMesa,CarlosMesa,CarlosD.Hoyos,J.Mejia,OlgaJ.BarcoandPaulaL.Correa,Oct2002:Influenceofmacro-climatephenomenaoverthehydrologicalannualcycleofColombia:linearandnon-linearquantificationandprobabilisticpercentiles.METEOROLOGÍACOLOMBIANA,No.6.(InSpanish)PovedaGerman,OscarJoséMesa,LuisF.Carvajal,CarlosD.Hoyos,J.Mejia,AdrianaCuartas,A.Pulgarín,Oct2002:ForecastingmonthlymeanstreamflowsintheColombianriverusingnon-linearmethods.METEOROLOGÍACOLOMBIANA,No.6.(InSpanish)PovedaGerman,JorgeM.Ramírez,JohnMejía&CarlosD.Hoyos,Oct2002:Multi-scalingextremevalues,detectionofintermittencyusingwaveletsandevidenceofdeterministicchaosinthewinddynamicsovertheCentralAmazonregion.METEOROLOGÍACOLOMBIANA,No.6.(InSpanish)JaimeIgnacioVélez,GermànPovedaJaramillo,CarlosDavidHoyos,LuisF.Salazar&J.Mejía,Oct2002:Land-atmospherecoupledmodelformonthlystreamflowoverColombia.METEOROLOGÍACOLOMBIANA,No.6.(InSpanish)JaimeVélez,GermànPoveda,CarlosHoyos,LuisSalazar&J.Mejía,Oct2002:DifferentmethodologiestoestimatetheIntensity-Duration-FrequencyRelationshipinColombia,METEOROLOGÍACOLOMBIANA,No.6.(InSpanish)JohnMejía,MaríaI.MontoyayMaríaV.Vélez:Droughtindicator:strengthanddurationusingdailymeanstreamflowandanalysesofthetraditionaldurationcurvearoundENSOphenomenon.AVANCESNo.7.November,2000.(InSpanish)JanetBarco,AdrianaCuartas,OscarMesa,GermánPoveda,JaimeI.Vélez,RicardoMantilla,JohnMejía,CarlosHoyos,BlancaBoteroyMaríaI.Montoya,2000:EstimationoftheevapotranspirationfieldinColombia(InSpanish).AVANCESNo.7.November.Mejía,J.F.,Oscarmesa,GermánPoveda,JaimeVélez,CarlosHoyos,RicardoMantilla,JanetBarco,AdrianaCuartas,MaríaMontoya,BlancaBotero,1999:SpatialDistributionoftheAnnualandSemiannualCyclesofPrecipitationinColombia(InSpanish).DYNA127.August.

Conferences and Scientific Meetings Dorman, C.E., J . Mejia, D. Koračin, 2018: Fog Trend and Interannual-to-Decadal Variability. Presented at the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress, 2018 June 10-14. Halifax. https://congress.cmos.ca/index.html Yepes Johanna, Germán Poveda, John F. Mejía, Leswis Cabeza, and Carolina Rueda, 2016: CHOCO-JEX: A Research Programme Focused on the CHOCO Low-level Jet over the Far Eastern Pacific and Western Colombia, EGU Leonardo Conference - Series on the Hydrological Cycle, Ourense, Spain, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36532.65925

J. Mejia Mitchell, D. L., Garnier, A., Mejia, J. F., Avery, M., 2017: The seasonal cycle of Arctic cirrus clouds and its possible relevance to jet steam dynamics, Fourth Santa Fe Conference on Global and Regional Climate Change: Santa Fe, NM, February 5, 2017-February 10, 2017. Mitchell, D. L., Mejia, J. F., Garnier, A., Avery, M., 2017: A potential radiative forcing error from the cirrus cloud pre-exiting ice assumption. CESM Atmosphere Model Working Group (AMWG) Annual Meeting. CESM Atmosphere Model Working Group (AMWG) Annual Meeting: National Center for Atmospheric Research, February 27, 2017-March 1, 2017 Chen, C., Ahmad, S., Mejia, J . , and Kalra, A., 2016: Study of Lehman Creek Watershed’s Hydrologic Response to Climate Change Using Downscaled CMIP5 Projections. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2016: pp. 508-517. doi: 10.1061/9780784479872.052 Mohammed Mujtaba Shareef, Tahir Husain, John F. Mejia and Badr Alharbi, 2016: Identifying Appropriate chemical mechanisms for photochemical air quality modeling in arid regions. Air & Waste Management Association, (940) 20-23, 2016. Elias E, James D, Rango A, Steele C, Smith R, Mejia J . 2015. Tools for adaptation and mitigation of climate change on southwestern working-lands. New Mexico Water Conference. Taos, NV, 10/2015. Wilcox, E.M., Mejia, J . F. , Shan, Y., Giordano, M. (2016). Solar Irradiance Forecasting, Solar Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Nevada Annual Meeting: Reno, March 14, 2016-March 15, 2016 Douglas M., John Mejia, Rahama Beida: Developing MODIS-based cloud climatologies for biogeographical applications Current procedures and next steps, 8th biennial conferencia intenational biogeography society, Jan 2017, Tucson, AZ Rendón Angela, José A Posada, Juan F. Salazar, John Mejia, Juan Villegas, 2016: WRF Improves Downscaled Precipitation During El Niño Events over Complex Terrain in Northern South America: Implications for Deforestation Studies, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2016. Mitchell D. L. Anne Garnier, John Mejia, Melody A Avery, Ehsan Erfani, 2016: Insights on the Feasibility, Modeling and Field Testing of Cirrus Cloud Thinning from Satellite Remote Sensing, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2016. Mohammed Mujtaba Shareef, Tahir Husain, John F. Mejia and Badr Alharbi, 2016: Identifying Appropriate chemical mechanisms for photochemical air quality modeling in arid regions. Air & Waste Management Association, (940) 20-23, 2016. McEvoy DJ, Hobbins MT, Huntington JL, Mejia JF, 2015: Exploring the use of physically based evaporative demand anomalies to improve seasonal drought prediction. Nevada Water Resources Association Annual Conference. Reno, NV, 26-29, January. (Poster: 2nd place prize student posters) McevoyD.,M.Hobbins,J.Huntington,J.Mejia,C.Hain,M.Anderson,J.Verdin,2014:Exploringtheuseofphysicallybasedevaporativedemandanomaliestoimproveseasonaldroughtprediction,(Invitedtalk:HydroclimaticExtremes:Drought,AGUfallmeeting,Dec-2014. YepesJohanna,JohnF.Mejía,GermanPoveda,2015:ChocoandCaribbeanlow-leveljets:observationsandsensitivityanalysisinregionalclimatemodels.USClivar,ClimateVariabilityandPredictabilityprogram,ObservingandModelingClimateVariabilityintheInteramericasSeas,ImpactsintheContinentalAmericasandCaribbean,Virtualworkshop,Aug,2015.MejiaJ.F.andT.McCord,2015:AModelingStudyofAug-Sept2013CaliforniaWildfireSmokePlumeDispersion:AirqualityeffectsoverLakeTahoe/Renoarea.TahoeScienceConference:Air Quality in the Tahoe Basin and Sierra Nevada: Implications for People and Ecosystems.September,2015 Mitchell,D.L.,S.Mishra,J.Comstock,U.Lohmann,M.Kuebbeler,J.Mejia,D.TurnerandP.Rasch,2014:RelevanceofthenegativeTwomeyeffectforcirrusclouds.94thAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanMeteorologicalSociety,Atlanta,Georgia,6February2014.McEvoyD.J.andJ.F.Mejia,2014:RegionalClimateSimulationsofColdSeasonPrecipitationOvertheGreatBasin,RegionalClimateModelingPartI,AMS-2014DormanC.,J.Mejia,D.Koracin,D.McEvoy,2014:InteractionoftheMarineAtmosphere,CoastalTopographyandSeaSurfaceTemperatureonMarineFogDistributionAlongtheWestCoastofNorthAmerica:Atmosphere,Biosphere,Land,andOceanInteractions,AGUfallmeeting,Dec-2014.

J. Mejia EmileElias,A.Rango,C.Steele,J.Mejia,R.Baca,D.James,S.Schrader,2014:SimulatedImpactofClimateChangeonHydrologyofMultipleWatershedsUsingTraditionalandRecommendedSnowmeltRunoffModelMethodology,AdvancingHydrologicPredictionsinSnow-andGlacier-FedRiverSystems,AGUfallmeeting,Dec-2014.DormanC.E.,J.Mejia,D.Koracin,andD.McEvoy,2014:LongTermIncreaseInFogOccurrenceOverTheNWPacificAndNWAtlanticFogMaximums,Decadal-MultidecadalvariabilityinPacificandAtlanticbasinsPosters,AMSannualmeeting2014,Atlanta,GA.DouglasM.W.,B.Rahama,J.F.Mejia,2014:AveryhighresolutionCloudClimatologyofMexico,UnionGeofisicaMexicana(MexicanGeophysicalUnion),PuertoVallartaonNov3.Sauceda,D.andJ.Mejia,2013:SurfaceTemperatureandDiurnalAnalysesoftheUrbanHeat/CoolIslandintheLasVegasMetropolitanArea.ClimateChangeScienceforEffectiveResourceManagementandPublicPolicyintheWesternUnitedStates(NSF/EPSCoRworkshop).LasVegas,NV.Mejia,J.F.,V.Etyemezian,L.Fenstermaker,J.MillerandG.Nikolich,(2014):ClimateChangeImpactsatNASAARMSTRONG(Dryden)flightresearchCenter,NASACASI/ROSES4thAnnualClimateAdaptationWorkshop,23-24,January,2014MitchellDavid,JohnMejia,MiriamKubbeler,UlrikeLohmann,SubhashreeMishraandJenniferComstock,2013:ConstrainingtheNegativeTwomeyEffectforCirrusClouds,GORDONRESEARCHCONFERNCE:RADIATIONANDCLIMATE,July,2013MitchellDavidL.,J.Mejia,M.Kuebbeler,U.Lohmann,andM.Xiao,2013:SeedingofCirrusCloudstoReduceGlobalWarming.ApplicationsofNumericalModelstoWeatherandClimateModification,19thConferenceonPlannedandInadvertentWeatherModification,93rdAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Jan5-10,2013.SaucedaDanO.,J.MejiaandJ.Huntington,2013:VulnerabilityandResilienceofUrbanWaterSystemsunderUncertainClimateChangeScenarios,25thConferenceonClimateVariabilityandChange,93rdAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Jan5-10,2013.KoracinDarko,J.Mejia,K.C.King,andC.E.Dorman,2013:UpwellingandCoastalClimate,ClimateTrendsandProjectionsintheCoastalEnvironment—PartI,11thSymposiumontheCoastalEnvironment,93rdAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Jan5-10,2013.PerrymanNyssaM.andJ.Mejia,2013:AtmosphericRiversinRegionalClimateModelsfortheWesternU.S,25thConferenceonClimateVariabilityandChange,93rdAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Jan5-10,2013.Mejia,J.F.andN.M.Perryman,2012;ClimatologicalImpactofAtmosphericRiverBasedonNARCCAPandDRI-RCMDatasets,FindingsFromClimateChangeAssessments:PostersFromtheUSNationalClimateAssessmentandtheNorthAmericanRegionalClimateChangeAssessmentProgram,AGUFallMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA.DarkoKoracin,BenjaminHatchett,CliveE.Dorman,IvanaCerovecki,JinhuaJiang,RameshVellore,J.F.Mejia;TravisMcCord,2012:Air-seaInteractionovertheKuroshioCurrentduringaCold-airOutbreak,BoundaryLayerProcessesintheClimateSystem,AGUFallMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA.SteeleC.M.,AlbertRango,J.F.Mejia,2012:ApplicationoftheSnowmeltRunoffModeltoexploretheeffectsofclimatewarmingonstreamflowintheheadwatersoftheUpperRioGrande,DiagnosingModelingDeficienciesandtheRecentAdvancesinMonitoring,Measuring,andModelingSnowProcesses,AGUFallMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA.HatchettB.J.,CliveE.Dorman,JinhuaJiang,MichaelKaplan,DarkoKoracin,J.F.Mejia,TravisMcCord,R.Vellore,2012:MidtroposphericResponsetoaSiberianColdAirOutbreakovertheKuroshioCurrentinthePacificBasin,DynamicsandPredictabilityofMidlatitudeStormsinaChangingClimate,AGUFallMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA.MejiaJ.andD.Koracin,2011:NumericalWeatherPredictionandaLagrangianStochasticSimulationofDispersionandTransportofRadiationPlumefromJapan'sFukushimaNuclearReactorsExplosions.EffectiveCollaboration:Risk

J. Mejia CommunicationsandDataSharing,ConferenceofRadiationControlProgramDirectorsMay16,2011,EPA,CenterforRadiationInformationandOutreach.AmelaJericevic,DarkoKoracin,JohnMejia,JudithChow,JohnWatson,EricFujitaandHiroakiMinoura,May-2012,Integratedapproachforanalysisofthenonlinearinteractionsofpollutantsincoastalareasduetoclimatechange,ITM-NATO/SPSInternationalTechnicalMeetingonAirPollutionModellinganditsApplication.HatchettB.J.,J.F.Mejia,J.Huntington,andD.Koracin,2011:Evaluationofthreeclimatedownscalingtechniquesinforcingacoupledhydrologicalmodelinasnow-dominatedwatershedintheLakeTahoebasin,91stAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Seattle,WA.MejiaJ.,D.Koracin,E.M.Wilcox,andK.E.Kunkel,2011:AssessmentofAOGCMbiasesforRCMapplicationsovertheGreatBasininthewesternU.S,91stAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Seattle,WA.Koracin,D.,J.Mejia,C.E.Dorman,andK.E.Kunkel,2011:Astudyofinter-annualvariabilityofU.S.WestCoastupwellingzoneswithENSOandPDOindicesusinghigh-resolutionregionalclimatemodeling,91stAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Seattle,WA.K.C.King,J.F.MejiaandD.Koracin:Analysisofskillanduncertaintyinregionalclimatemodels,19thConferenceonAppliedClimatology,18–20July2011,Asheville,NC.DarkoKoracin,J.F.Mejia,K.E.Kunkel,andC.E.Dorman,2011:Coastalclimateandupwelling,19thConferenceonAppliedClimatology,18–20July2011,Asheville,NC.AndrewJorosandJ.F.Mejia,2011:ImpactofEasternandCentralPacificENSOeventsovertheContinentalUnitedStates,19thConferenceonAppliedClimatology,18–20July2011,Asheville,NC.D.Koracin,R.Vellore,andJ.Mejia,andJ.Jiang,C.E.Dorman,I.Cerovecki,J.McClean,andM.C.Hendershott,2012,MesoscaleatmosphericandoceandynamicsoverKuroshioExtensionregion:AGU-OSLO-Ocean.Soc.,OceanSciencesMeeting,SaltLake,Utah.MejiaJohnF.;KristienC.King;DarkoKoracin,2011:NorthAmericanMonsoonMeanandTransientRainfallPatternsfromRCMproducts,AGUFallMeeting,SanFrancisco.KristienC.King;JohnF.Mejia;DarkoKoracin,2011:EvaluationofAddedValuetoPrecipitationPredictionsusingRegionalDownscalingintheWesternUnitedStates,AGUFallMeeting,SanFrancisco.KristienKing,JohnMejia,DarkoKoracin,DesertResearchInstitute:RegionalClimateModelingEffortsfortheWesternUnitedStates,ClimateChangeScience,Education,andPolicy,UseofClimateRecords,3rdAnnualEPSCoRWesternConsortiumTri-StateMeeting,April6th-8th,2011,HyattregencyTamayaresort&spa,SantaAnaPueblo,NewMexico.BenjaminHatchett,JohnMejia,DarkoKoracin,DesertResearchInstitute:HistoricalClimateData:TheNeverEndingBattleforAcquisition,ClimateChangeScience,Education,andPolicy,UseofClimateRecords,3rdAnnualEPSCoRWesternConsortiumTri-StateMeeting,April6th-8th,2011,HyattregencyTamayaresort&spa,SantaAnaPueblo,NewMexico.MejiaJ.F.,JustinHuntington:Evaluationofthreeclimatedownscalingtechniquesinforcingacoupledhydrologicalmodelinasnow-dominatedwatershedintheLakeTahoebasin,WaterResources:StateandChange,3rdAnnualEPSCoRWesternConsortiumTri-StateMeeting,April6th-8th,2011,HyattregencyTamayaresort&spa,SantaAnaPueblo,NewMexico.K.C.KingandJ.F.Mejia,2011:OptimalCombinationofStatisticalandDynamicalDownscaling,WorldClimateResearchProgram(WCRP)OpenScienceConference2011,Boulder,USA.Mejia,J.F.,2012:CoupledGCMSSTbiasesandtheireffectonregionaldownscalingefforts,WorldClimateResearchProgram(WCRP)OpenScienceConference2011,Boulder,USA.

J. Mejia DarkoKoracin,K.C.King,J.F.Mejia,C.E.Dorman,andK.E.Kunkel,2012:CurrentIssuesandChallengesinClimatePredictionsofCoastalUpwelling,92ndAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,10thSymposiumontheCoastalEnvironment(January22-26,2012).JohnF.MejiaandD.Koracin,2012:CorrectingGCMSSTBiasestoImproveRCMSimulationsOverCoastalUpwellingDominatedRegimes,92ndAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,10thSymposiumontheCoastalEnvironment(January22-26,2012).CliveE.Dorman,J.MejiaandD.Koracin,2012:SimulationofAtmosphericMarineLayeroffSouthernOregonandNorthernCalifornia,92ndAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,10thSymposiumontheCoastalEnvironment(January22-26,2012).K.C.King,J.F.MejiaandD.Koracin:Analysisofskillanduncertaintyinregionalclimatemodels,19thConferenceonAppliedClimatology,18–20July2011,Asheville,NC.DarkoKoracin,J.F.Mejia,K.E.Kunkel,andC.E.Dorman,2011:Coastalclimateandupwelling,19thConferenceonAppliedClimatology,18–20July2011,Asheville,NC.AndrewJorosandJ.F.Mejia,2011:ImpactofEasternandCentralPacificENSOeventsovertheContinentalUnitedStates,19thConferenceonAppliedClimatology,18–20July2011,Asheville,NC.HatchettB.J.,J.F.Mejia,J.Huntington,andD.Koracin,2011:Evaluationofthreeclimatedownscalingtechniquesinforcingacoupledhydrologicalmodelinasnow-dominatedwatershedintheLakeTahoebasin,91stAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Seattle,WA.MejiaJ.,andD.Koracin,E.M.Wilcox,andK.E.Kunkel,2011:AssessmentofAOGCMbiasesforRCMapplicationsovertheGreatBasininthewesternU.S,91stAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Seattle,WA.KoracinJ.andJ.Mejia,C.E.Dorman,andK.E.Kunkel,2011:Astudyofinter-annualvariabilityofU.S.WestCoastupwellingzoneswithENSOandPDOindicesusinghigh-resolutionregionalclimatemodeling,91stAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyAnnualMeeting,Seattle,WA.MejiaJ.andKoracinD.,2010:RegionalClimateModeling:Transferabilityandsensitivitytests.CollaborativeandInterdisciplinaryClimateChangeScience,2ndAnnualTri-StateConsortiumMeeting,InclineVillage,NV,6-8April,2010.DarkoKoracin,MichaelL.Kaplan,RadianBelu,KristianHovarth,JinhuaJiang,KristienC.King,GregoryD.McCurdy,TravisE.McCord,JohnF.Mejia,andRameshVallore,"DRI-windenergyassessmentandforecasting"(August20,2010).NevadaRenewableEnergyConsortiumMeeting.Paper4.http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/nvrec/2010/aug20/4MejiaJ.andKoracinD.,2010:RegionalClimateModeling:Transferabilityandsensitivitytests.DRI/DASSeminar,20April,2010MejiaJ.2010:RCMimplementationandapplicationsfortheIntermountainSouthwest.11thannualWRFuser’sWorkshop,NCAR,Boulder,CO.NSF-EPSCoRCItraininggrant.MejiaJ.F.,2010:"RegionalClimateModelingMethodologicalandExperimentalDesigns"AnnualNevadaNSFEPSCoRClimateChangeConference.Paper45.http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/epscor/2010/feb02/45DarkoK,J.F.MejiaandC.E.Dorman,2010:ClimatesignaturesofthewindstressandwindstresscurlovertheU.S.WestCoast,NinthConferenceonCoastalAtmosphericandOceanicPredictionandProcesses,26-30September2010,Annapolis,MDDormanC.E.,J.F.MejiaandD.Koracin,2010:TheResponseoftheOffshoreAtmosphericMarineLayertoCoastalTopography,17thConferenceonAirSeaInteraction,NinthConferenceonCoastalAtmosphericandOceanicPredictionandProcesses,26-30September2010,Annapolis,MD

J. Mejia MejiaJ.F.andM.W.Douglas,2010:Low-levelflowaroundtheBajaCaliforniapeninsuladuringNAME,17thConferenceonAirSeaInteraction,NinthConferenceonCoastalAtmosphericandOceanicPredictionandProcesses,26-30September2010,Annapolis,MDDouglasM.W,J.F.Mejia,andD.Enfield,2010:DevelopinganenhancedclimatemonitoringnetworkfortheInter-Americanseasregion,dataimpacttestsandobservingsystemsimulationexperiments(OSSEs)II,AMSfallmeeting,Atlanta.DouglasM.W,andJ.F.Mejia:2010:Therecentavailabilityoflow-costradiosondesystemsandtheirimplicationsforadaptivesoundingarrays,15thSymposiumonMeteorologicalObservationandInstrumentation,NetworkDesign,AMSfallmeeting,Atlanta.DouglasM.W,andJ.F.Mejia:2010:Testingalow-costradiosondesystemforpossibleuseinadaptivesoundingnetworks,15thSymposiumonMeteorologicalObservationandInstrumentation,,AMSfallmeeting,Atlanta.

Mejia,J.F.,M.W.Douglas,2009:RelationshipsbetweenMoistureSurgesandMesoscale-toLarge-ScaleConvectionfromMulti-yearSatelliteImageryandNorthAmericanRegionalReanalysisData,EosTrans.AGU,90(52),FallMeet.Suppl.,Abstract,A51F-0170.

M.W.Douglas,J.F.Mejia,2009:High-resolutionNumericalSimulationsoftheNorthAmericanMonsoonCoreRegionusingWRF-ARW.EosTrans.AGU,90(52),FallMeet.Suppl.,Abstract,H53E-0983.Mejia,J.,andDouglasM.,2009:RelationshipsbetweentheMJOandNAMHigherFrequencySynopticVariability,MOCA-09,theIAMAS-IAPSO-IACS2009JointAssembly,Montréal,Canada,July19–29,2009.Mejia,J.,andDouglasM.,2009:MultiscaleFourDimensionalDataAssimilationandShort-termForecastingforDifferentNAMMAEasternAtlanticTropicalStormEvents,MOCA-09,theIAMAS-IAPSO-IACS2009JointAssembly,Montréal,Canada,July19–29,2009.Mejia,J.,andDouglasM.,2009:RelationshipsbetweenGulfofCaliforniaMoistureSurgesandMesoscaleConvectionDerivedfromMulti-YearGoesImageryArchivesandNorthAmericanRegionalReanalysisData,MOCA-09,theIAMAS-IAPSO-IACS2009JointAssembly,Montréal,Canada,July19–29,2009.Douglas,MandMejiaJ.,2008:MappingthespatialextentoftheCentralAmericanMid-summerdrought,PrincipalInvestigatorsMeeting,SilverSpring,MDSeptember29-October1.Mejia,J.,andDouglasM.,2008:SynopticVariabilityofRainfallandCloudinessAlongtheCoastsofNorthernPeruandEcuadorDuringthe1997-8ElNiñoEvent,2008ClimatePredictionProgramfortheAmericasPrincipalInvestigatorsMeeting,SilverSpring,MDSeptember29-October1.Mejia,J.,andDouglasM.,2008:InfluenceofConvectiveOutflowsotheGulfofCaliforniaMonsoonalLow-levelFlow,2008ClimatePredictionProgramfortheAmericasPrincipalInvestigatorsMeeting,SilverSpring,MDSeptember29-October1.MejiaJ.M.,2008:RelationshipsofrainfallandsynopticweathereventstourbanairqualityintheValleyofAburrá,InternationalSeminarinAirPollutionModeling,SwedishMeteorologicalandHydrologicalInstitute(SMHI).Medellin-ColombiaApril7–11,2008.MejiaJ.F.andDouglasM.,2006:ObservationsandAnalysisofthemoisturesurgeofJul12-14thduringNAME,PosterfortheNorthAmericanMonsoonScientificWorkGroup8,August17-18,Tucson,AZ.Orozco,R.K.;Mejia,J.F.;Galvez,J.M.;Douglas,M.W.,2006:PlausibleeffectsofPaleolakeTaucaonthealtiplanocirculationsandrainfallfromWRFmodelsimulations,8thInternationalConferenceonSouthernHemisphereMeteorologyandOceanography-8ICSHMO,FozdoIguaçu-PR,Brazil,April24-28.

J. Mejia Douglas,M.W.;Mejia,J.F.;Killeen,T.J.,2006:DevelopingcloudinessclimatologiesfromsatelliteimagerytomapcloudforestsandothervegetationfeaturesoverthetropicalAmericas,8thInternationalConferenceonSouthernHemisphereMeteorologyandOceanography-8ICSHMO,FozdoIguaçu-PR,Brazil,April24-28.Mejia,J.F.,Douglas,M.W.,2006:FlowaroundtheAndeanelbowfromWRFsimulationsandP-3aircraftmeasurementsduringSALLJEX,8thInternationalConferenceonSouthernHemisphereMeteorologyandOceanography-8ICSHMO,FozdoIguaçu-PR,Brazil,April24-28.Douglas,M.W.;Murillo,J.;Orozco,R.K.;Mejia,J.F.;Galvez,J.M.,2006:AccuracyoftheAviationModel(AVN)finalanalysesoverCentralSouthAmericabaseduponupperairobservationscollectedduringtheSALLJEX,8thInternationalConferenceonSouthernHemisphereMeteorologyandOceanography-8ICSHMO,FozdoIguaçu-PR,Brazil,April24-28.MichaelW.DouglasandJ.F.Mejia,J.M.Galvez,R.Orozco,andJ.Murillo,2006:Theseasonalevolutionofthediurnalvariationofthelow-levelwindsaroundtheGulfofCalifornia.Istherealinktovegetationgreen-upduringthewetseason?18thConferenceonClimateVariabilityandChange,20thConferenceonHydrology,86th/AnnualAMSmeeting2006,Atlanta,GA,J3.4.MichaelW.DouglasandJ.F.MejiaandT.Killeen,2006:UseofMODISandGOESimagerytohelpdelineatethedistributionofcloudforestsalongtheeasternAndeanslopes,14thConferenceonSatelliteMeteorologyandOceanography,86th/AnnualAMSmeeting2006,Atlanta,GA,P3.18.Mejia,JohnF.andM.W.Douglas,2005:ExplainingrainfallandvegetationgradientsalongtheeasternslopesoftheBolivianAndesusingSALLJEXobservationsandWRFsimulations,11thConferenceonMesoscaleProcesses,Albuquerque,NM,October-2005,P2M.5.M.W.Douglas,JavierMurillo,J.M.Galvez,J.F.Mejia,R.OrozcoandC.Brown,2005:Qualitycontrolofpilotballoondataforclimatemonitoring,15thConferenceonAppliedClimatology/13thSymposiumonMeteorologicalObservationsandInstrumentation,AMSMeetings,20-24June2005,Savannah,Georgia,JP1.30.MichaelW.DouglasandJ.F.Mejia,2005:Intensive“porpoising”witharesearchaircrafttodetermineatmosphericstructureduringtheSALLJEXandNAMEprograms,15thConferenceonAppliedClimatology/13thSymposiumonMeteorologicalObservationsandInstrumentation,AMSMeetings,20-24June2005,Savannah,Georgia,JP1.31.MichaelW.Douglas,J.MurilloandJ.F.Mejia,2005:Conductingshortdurationfieldprogramstoevaluatesoundingsiterepresentativenessandpotentialclimatemonitoringbiases—ExaminingtheLow-LevelJetOvertheVenezuelanLlanosDuringthe2005DrySeason,15thConferenceonAppliedClimatology/13thSymposiumonMeteorologicalObservationsandInstrumentation,AMSMeetings,20-24June2005,Savannah,Georgia,JP1.32.MichaelW.Douglas,J.F.MejiaandN.Ordinola,2005:RainfallvariationsalongthecoastofPeruandEcuadorduringthe1997–8ElNiñoandimplicationsforareal-timeforecastingsystemovertheregion,NinthSymposiumonIntegratedObservingandAssimilationSystemsfortheAtmosphere,Oceans,andLandSurface(IOAS-AOLS),85thAMSAnnualMeeting,SanDiego,CA,J5.2.MejiaJ.F.andM.Douglas,2005:Meanstructureandvariabilityofthelow-leveljetacrossthecentralGulfofCaliforniafromNOAAWP-3DflightlevelobservationsduringtheNorthAmericanMonsoonExperiment,SixthConferenceonCoastalAtmosphericandOceanicPredictionandProcesses(6COASTAL),85thAMSAnnualMeeting,SanDiego,CA,J5.8.MichaelDouglas,J.M.Galvez,J.F.Mejia,C.Brown,R.Orozco,C.Watts,2005:Seasonalevolutionofthesea-landbreezecirculationanditsroleintheprecipitationclimatologyofnorthwesternMexico,SixthConferenceonCoastalAtmosphericandOceanicPredictionandProcesses(6COASTAL),85thAMSAnnualMeeting,SanDiego,CA,J3.7.ManuelZuluaga,GermánPoveda,JohnMejia,2004:DiurnalCycleoftherainfalloverColombianandEasternPacificduring1998-2002usingTRMMmissionproducts.XVISeminarioNacionaldeHidráulicaeHidrologíaSociedadColombianadeIngenieros,SociedaddeIngenierosdelQuindío,UniversidaddelQuindíoCorporaciónAutónomaRegionaldelQuindíoArmenia29-31/Octde2004.(Inspanish)

J. Mejia MichaelW.Douglas,JavierMurillo,JohnF.MejiaandJoseM.Galvez,2004:MonitoringtheVariabilityofAtmosphericCirculationsinLatinAmericawiththePanAmericanClimateStudiesSoundingNetwork.ClivarMeeting2004.ThefirstInternationalCLIVAR2004ScienceConference,June21-25,2004inBaltimore,Maryland,USA.MichaelW.Douglas,AnaG.UlkeandJohnF.Mejía,2004:SimulatingaLow-LevelJetObservedduringtheSALLJEXwithRAMS.ClivarMeeting2004.ThefirstInternationalCLIVAR2004ScienceConference,June21-25,2004inBaltimore,Maryland,USA.CelesteSaulo,LorenaFerreira,JohnMejiaandMarceloSeluchi,2004:DescriptionoftheChacoLowCharacteristicsUsingSALLJEXSpecialObservations.ClivarMeeting2004.ThefirstInternationalCLIVAR2004ScienceConference,June21-25,2004inBaltimore,Maryland,USA.MichaelDouglasandJ.MurilloandJ.F.Mejia,2004:RecentPACS-SONETobservationsofrelevancetoNorthAmericanMonsoonExperiment,26thConferenceonHurricanesandTropicalMeteorology,4B.2.MichaelW.Douglas,JohnFMejia,JavierMurillo,JoseGalvez,Sep-2003:LLJstructurefromNOAAWP-3DmeasurementsduringtheSALLJEX,CLIVARPANAMMeeting,BoulderCO.Poster.MichaelW.DouglasandJohnFMejia:Sep-2003:Specialupper-airobservationsfortheSALLJEX.CLIVARPANAMMeeting,BoulderCO.MichaelW.Douglas,JavierMurillo,JohnF.Mejia,andJoseGalvez,Jan–2003:NewdirectionsinthePanAmericanClimateStudiesSoundingNetworkforLatinAmerica,EighthSymposiumonIntegratedObservingandAssimilationSystemsforAtmosphere,Oceans,andLandSurface.The84thAMSAnnualMeeting(Seattle,WA),4.4.G.Poveda,J.M.Ramirez,J.FMejiayC.D.Hoyos,Scalingpropertiesofextremevalues,intermittency,andLyapunovexponentsofwindandtemperaturedynamicsofcentralAmazonia,IIInternationalLBAScientificConference,July7-10,2002,Manaus,Brasil.G.Poveda,J.I.Vélez,O.Mesa,C.D.Hoyos,L.F.Salazar,J.F.Mejía,O.J.Barco,P.L.Correa,Influenceofmacro-climatephenomenaoverthehydrologicalannualcycleofColombia:linearandnon-linearquantificationandprobabilisticpercentiles,MemoriasXXCongresoLatinoamericanodeHidráulica,ISBN959-7160-17-X,CiudaddeLaHabana,Cuba,1-5deOctubre2002.J.I.Vélez,G.Poveda,O.Mesa,L.F.Salazar,S.C.Viera,J.F.Mejía,C.D.Hoyos,D.I.Quevedo,DifferentmethodologiestoestimatetheIntensity-Duration-FrequencyRelationshipinColombia,MemoriasXXCongresoLatinoamericanodeHidráulica,ISBN959-7160-17-X,CiudaddeLaHabana,Cuba,1-5deOctubre2002.G.Poveda,O.J.Mesa,L.F.Carvajal,C.D.Hoyos,J.F.Mejía,L.A.Cuartas,A.Pulgarín,L.F.Salazar,S.C.Vieira,ForecastingmonthlymeanstreamflowsintheColombianriverusingnon-linearmethods,MemoriasXXCongresoLatinoamericanodeHidráulica,ISBN959-7160-17-X,CiudaddeLaHabana,Cuba,1-5deOctubre2002.J.I.Vélez,G.Poveda,O.Mesa,C.D.Hoyos,L.F.Salazar,J.F.Mejía,Land-atmospherecoupledmodelformonthlystreamflowoverColombia,MemoriasXXCongresoLatinoamericanodeHidráulica,ISBN959-7160-17-X,CiudaddeLaHabana,Cuba,1-5deOctubre2002.J.I.Vélez,O.Mesa,G.Poveda,O.J.Barco,L.A.Cuartas,R.Mantilla,C.D.Hoyos,J.F.Mejía,B.A.Botero,C.A.Ríos,D.I.Quevedo,J.M.Ramírez,J.D.Pérez,J.D.Giraldo,L.F.Salazar,L.I.Ceballos,M.D.Zuluaga,P.L.Correa,yS.C.Vieira,AHydro-ClimatologicalAtlasForColombia.InternationalGeographicalUnionStudyGrouponEnvironmentalChangeandWaterSustainability,Zaragoza,Spain,2001.G.Poveda,C.D.Hoyos,J.F.Mejía,L.F.Carvajal,O.J.Mesa,A.CuartasyJ.Barco,Non-linearpredictionoftheColombia’shydrometeorology:Nareriver.MemoriasIXCongresoLatinoamericanoeIbéricodeMeteorología,BuenosAires,Argentina,7-11demayode2001.

J. Mejia MejiaJ.F.andPovedaG.,April2001:GenesisofMesoscaleConvectiveSystemsoverColombiausingTRMMandNCEP/NCARreanalysis,IXCongresoLatinoamericanoeIberoamericanodeMeteorologíaVIICongresoArgentinodeMeteorología.O.Mesa,G.Poveda,J.I.Vélez,J.Barco,B.Botero,A.Cuartas,C.Hoyos,R.Mantilla,J.FMejía,M.I.Montoya.WaterBudgetofColombia.MemoriasSeminarioInternacionalOfertayDemandadelRecursoHídrico.Rionegro,Noviembre1-3,2000.MejíaJ.F.,MesaO.,PovedaG.,VélezJ.I.,HoyosC.D.,MantillaR,BarcoJ.,CuartasA.,MontoyaM.I.,BoteroB.SpatialDistributionoftheAnnualandSemiannualCyclesofPrecipitationinColombia.XIVSEMINARIONACIONALDEHIDRÁULICAEHIDROLOGÍA,Septiembre2000.OscarMesa,GermánPoveda,JaimeI.Vélez,JanetBarco,BlancaBotero,AdrianaCuartas,CarlosHoyos,RicardoMantilla,JohnFMejía,MaríaMontoya.HIDRO-SIG:atoolforhydrologicalanalyses.XIXCONGRESOLATINOAMERICANODEHIDRÁULICA–CÓRDOBA2000.OscarJ.Mesa,GermánPoveda,JaimeI.Vélez,JanetBarco,AdrianaCuartas,RicardoMantilla,CarlosD.Hoyos,J.Mejía,BlancaBoteroyM.IsabelMontoya.Estimationoftheevapotranspirationfieldasabasiccomponentsforthelong-termwaterbudgetoverColombia.XIXCONGRESOLATINOAMERICANODEHIDRÁULICA–CÓRDOBA-Angentina2000.OscarJ.Mesa,GermánPoveda,JaimeI.Vélez,JanetBarco,AdrianaCuartas,RicardoMantilla,CarlosD.Hoyos,J.Mejía,BlancaBoteroyM.IsabelMontoya.ADigitalWaterBudgetandHydrologicAtlasforColombia.Symposiumonimpactsofclimaticvariationsonwaterresourcesafocusonbordersintheamericas.SantaBarbara,California,EUA.Juliode2000.

Fellowships,Honors,andAwards

2014PeterB.WagnerMedalofExcellenceforDRIScholarsintheEarlyStagesofCareerDevelopment:“Inrecognitionofapplicationsofatmosphericmodelstoinformpolicydevelopmentandimplementation.”2013OutstandingReviewer:AmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers(ASCE)JournalofWaterResourcesPlanningandManagement.RisingStartAward,Nevada,22ndNationalNSFESPCoRconference,Coeurd’Alene,Idaho,Oct-2011.NASAGroupAchievementAward.OutstandingaccomplishmentthroughthecoordinationoftheNASAAfricanMonsoonMultidisciplinaryAnalyses(NAMMA),2008.Memberofthewinnergroupinthefirstplace:NationalAwardinEnvironmentalSciences.FoundationAlejandroAngelEscobar.HydrologicAtlasofColombia.September2007.Awardedtothe2006-2009LatinoAchievementandHeritageCelebrationGraduation/Award,UniversityofOklahoma.Recipientrecognitionforacademicexcellence.Memberofthewinnergroupinthefirstplace:NationalAwardinEnvironmentalSciences.FoundationAlejandroAngelEscobar.WaterBudgetinColombia.September2000.Fellowshiprecipient:Excellentstudents.NationalUniversityofColombia,GraduateprograminWaterResourcesManagement.Jan/2000-Feb/2002.Scholarshiprecipient:GranttodevelopMScThesissupportedbytheResearchBureauoftheNationalUniversityofColombia(DINAIN).Memberofthewinnergroupinthesecondplace:TechnologyandScienceaward,WaterBudgetinColombia.SecretaríadeEducaciónyCulturadeMedellínyelPlanetariodeMedellín,November,1999.

J. Mejia

CommunityService

• 2013-NevadaSolarEnergy-Water-EcosystemsNexusAdvisoryCommittee

• 2006-2007:ColombianStudentAssociation(COLSA)Officer.Treasurer.

• 2005-2006:PhDrepresentativeoftheStudentAffairsCommittee(SAC),SchoolofMeteorology,UniversityofOklahoma.

• 2005-2006:ColombianStudentAssociation(COLSA)Officer.WebMaster.• 2004-2005:InternationalrepresentativeoftheStudentAffairsCommittee(SAC),SchoolofMeteorology,

UniversityofOklahoma.

ReviewPanels

• 2018-CALIPSO/CloudSatScienceOperationsReviewPanel.• 2014-:NSF-NevadaSolarEnergy-Water-EcosystemsNexusAdvisoryCommitteeMember• ReviewerScientificReport:Climate-Smartconservationputtingadaptationprinciplesintopractice,National

WildlifeFederation,2013.• 2012-:Inter-AgencyForumonClimateChangeImpacts&Adaptations(NASA,DOI,andtheU.S.GlobalChange

ResearchProgram)andMemberoftheNASA’sClimateAdaptationScienceInvestigator(CASI-ROSES)WorkGroup

• USDAClimateHubRegionalClimateExpert(SouthwestHub).• ReviewerScientificReport:LakeTahoe:Climatechangeresearchstrategyforatmosphericprocesses,Tahoe

ScienceConsortium,TahoeEnvironmentalResearchCenter,2013.• ReviewerforNationalScienceFoundation,DivisionofAtmosphericSciences.• ReviewerforJournaloftheAir&WasteManagementAssociation• ReviewerforScienceoftheTotalEnvironment• ReviewerforJournalofOceanandAtmosphericTechnology• ReviewerforJournalofAppliedMeteorologyandClimatology• ReviewerforJournalofHydrometeorolgy• ReviewerforJournalofGeophysicalResearch• ReviewerforJournalofWaterResourcesPlanningandManagement• ReviewerforJournaloftheAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation• AmericanGeophysicalUnion-EducationSpecialInterestGroupMember-2012-3• NSF-EPSCoRIntegratedScienceWorkingGroups• 10thand11thStudentWorldwaterforum,UniversityofNevada,Reno,2013,2014

ProfessionalAssociations

• FullMemberoftheAmericanMeteorologicalSociety(AMS)• FullMemberoftheAmericanGeophysicalUnion(AGU)• FullMemberoftheInternationalEnvironmentalModelling&SoftwareSociety(iEMSs)

ContactinformationforReferences

MarcPitchford:(Marc.Pitchford@dri.edu);DesertResearchInstitute,2115RaggioPkwy,Reno,Nevada.Officephone(775)674-7127

EricWilcox:(Eric.Wilcox@dri.edu);DesertResearchInstitute,2115RaggioPkwy,Reno,Nevada.Officephone775-673-7686

MichaelDouglas:(michael.douglas@noaa.gov);NWC,Norman,OK;Room#4346.Officephone(405)325-6098.LanceLeslie:(lmleslie@ou.edu),NWC,Norman,OK;Room#5106.Officephone(405)325-0596.GermanPoveda:(gpoveda@unalmed.edu.co),Associateprofessor,GraduateSchoolofWaterResourcesManagement,NationalUniversityofColombiaatMedellin,Colombia,P.O.BOX1027,officephone(011-574)425-5122.

J. Mejia

PersonalContactInformation

OfficeandMailingAddress:2215RaggioParkway,Reno,NV,89512.Telephone:775-673-7667Cellphone:405-863-2842E-mailaddress:john.mejia@dri.edu