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Dr. Marshall Shepherd's research focuses primarily on hydrometeorological extremes, urban climate, and the intersections of atmospheric sciences with society. He uses remote sensing, weather-climate modeling, and risk-vulnerability approaches to address challenges such as urban flooding, energy-food-water nexus, weather-climate risk, and communication-warnings.
Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd is a leading international expert in weather and climate and is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia. Dr. Shepherd was the 2013 President of American Meteorological Society (AMS), the nation’s largest and oldest professional/science society in the atmospheric and related sciences. Dr. Shepherd serves as Director of the University of Georgia’s (UGA) Atmospheric Sciences Program and Full Professor in the Department of Geography where he is Associate Department Head. Dr. Shepherd is also the host of The Weather Channel’s Award-Winning Sunday talk show Weather Geeks, a pioneering Sunday talk show on national television dedicated to science and a contributor to Forbes Magazine. Dr. Shepherd is the 2018 recipient of the prestigious AMS Helmut Landsberg Award for pioneering and significant work in urban climate and in 2017, he was honored with the AMS Brooks Award, a high honor within the field of meteorology. Ted Turner and his Captain Planet Foundation honored Dr. Shepherd in 2014 with its Protector of the Earth Award. Prior recipients include Erin Brockovich and former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. He is also the 2015 Recipient of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Media Achievement award, the Florida State University Grads Made Good Award and the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Sandy Beaver Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2015, Dr. Shepherd was invited to moderate the White House Champions for Change event. He is an alumni of the prestigious SEC Academic Leadership Fellows program. Prior to UGA, Dr. Shepherd spent 12 years as a Research Meteorologist at NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center and was Deputy Project Scientist for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, a multi-national space mission that launched in 2014. President Bush honored him on May 4th 2004 at the White House with the Presidential Early Career Award for pioneering scientific research in weather and climate science. Dr. Shepherd is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Two national magazines, the AMS, and Florida State University have also recognized Dr. Shepherd for his significant contributions. Dr. Shepherd was the 2016 Spring Undergraduate Commencement speaker at his 3-time Alma Mater, Florida State University. He was also the 2017 Graduate Commencement speaker at the University of Georgia.
Dr. Shepherd is frequently sought as an expert on weather, climate, and remote sensing. He routinely appears on CBS Face The Nation, NOVA, The Today Show, CNN, Fox News, The Weather Channel and several others. His TedX Atlanta Talk on “Slaying Climate Zombies” is one of the most viewed climate lectures on YouTube. Dr. Shepherd is also frequently asked to advise key leaders at NASA, the White House, Congress, Department of Defense, and officials from foreign countries. In February 2013, Dr. Shepherd briefed the U.S. Senate on climate change and extreme weather. He has also written several editorials for CNN, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal Constitution, and numerous other outlets and has been featured in Time Magazine, Popular Mechanics, and NPR Science Friday. He has over 90 peer-reviewed scholarly publications. Dr. Shepherd has attracted $3 million dollars in extramural research support from NASA, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and U.S. Forest Service. Dr. Shepherd was also instrumental in leading the effort for UGA to become the 78th member of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a significant milestone for UGA and establishing UGA’s Major in Atmospheric Sciences.
Dr. Shepherd currently chairs the NASA Earth Sciences Advisory Committee and was a past member of its Earth Science Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council. He was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Nature Conservancy (Georgia Chapter), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Science Advisory Board, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s Hazard Preparedness Advisory Group United Nations World Meteorological Organization steering committee on aerosols and precipitation, 2007 Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR4 contributing author team, National Academies of Sciences (NAS) Panels on climate and national security, extreme weather attribution, and urban meteorology. Dr. Shepherd is a past editor for both the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology and Geography Compass, respectively.
Dr. Shepherd received his B.S., M.S. and PhD in physical meteorology from Florida State University. He was the first African American to receive a PhD from the Florida State University Department of Meteorology, one of the nation’s oldest and respected. He is also the 2nd African American to preside over the American Meteorological Society. He is a member of the AMS, American Geophysical Union, Association of American Geographers (AAG), Sigma Xi Research Honorary, Chi Epsilon Pi Meteorology Honorary, and Omicron Delta Kappa National Honorary. He is also a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and serves on various National Boards associated with his alma mater. Dr. Shepherd co-authored a children’s book on weather and weather instruments called Dr. Fred’s Weather Watch. He is also the co-founder of the Alcova Elementary Weather Science Chat series that exposes K-5 students to world-class scientists. Dr. Shepherd is originally from Canton, Georgia.
NASA: The Impact of Soil and Surface Moisture on Tropical Cyclone Reintensification Over Land. PI. (UGA Budget, $316,516).
07/01/12-06/30/16 NSF, RCN-SEES Urban Heat Island Network. Co-I with multiple investigators (UGA Budget, $25,243).
NSF, LTER: The Interacting Effects of Hydroclimate Variability and Human Landscape in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Multiple Co-Is (UGA Budget, $8,080,620).
2012-2015 NASA, Combining satellite data and models to assess the impacts of urbanization on the continental United States surface climate. Co-I with L. Bounana, M. Imhoff, D. Quattrochi, et al. (UGA Budget, $170,687).
2011-2012 NASA, The Brown Ocean Concept: A spatio-temporal and theoretical analysis of re-intensifying tropical cyclones over land. PI with graduate student Theresa Andersen (UGA Budget, $28,400).
2010-2013, NASA, Influence of Humans on Precipitation Variability, Climate, and the Water Cycle: Preparing for the GPM era. PI with co-PIs S. Burian and Menglin Jin (UGA Budget, $406,343).
2010-2013, NASA, Using geospatial data and field investigations to monitor effects of climate change on birds along elevational and latitudinal gradients Co-Investigator with J. Hepinstall, M. Conroy, R. Cooper (UFA Budget, $449,765).
2008-2013, Department of Energy/SRNL, FY 2009-FY2012, Project Title: Integrated Hydrologic/Hydrodynamic Modeling System for Collection of Pollutant Signatures. Co-Investigator with A. Grundstein (PI), J. Bollinger, T. Mote, T. Rasmussen, and others (UGA Budget, $750,000).
2012 UGA Provost Summer Research Award (UGA Budget, $5000).
2010-2012. U.S. Forest Service, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the Southeast U.S and Africa. Principal Investigator (UGA Budget, $15000).
2009-2012 U.S. Forest Service, Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the Southeast U.S. Co-Investigator (UGA Budget, $22000).
2009-2012 National Science Foundation, Creating a Diversity Climate Network (D-ClimNet) to enhance the climate sciences pipeline of minority students from high school to graduate levels. Co-PI with L. Giroux and M. Raphael (UGA Budget, $58,418).
2007-2011-NASA Headquarters, FY 2006-2009, Impact of Humans on Precipitation Variability. Principal Investigator with co-investigators S. Burian (University of Utah) and M. Jin (University of Maryland) (UGA Budget, $390,000).
2009-2011-U.S. Forest Service, Regional Climate Simulations of Southern Forests. Co-Investigator with T. Mote (UGA Budget, 130K).
2009-2011-U.S. Forest Service, Evaluation of WRF Model for SHRMC Activities. Co-Investigator with T. Mote (UGA Budget, 30K).
2006-2009-NASA, FY 2006-2009, Impact of Humans on Precipitation Variability. Principal Investigator with co-investigators S. Burian (University of Utah) and M. Jin (University of Maryland) (UGA Budget, $390,000).
2010-Franklin College, Franklin Visiting Scholars Program. Travel grant for Dr. Dupigny-Giroux (Vermont) to visit UGA. ($1000).
2008-1010-NASA, Water and Energy Cycle, An observational and modeling study of a rare tornadic storm in a major central business district: Possible linkages to drought and urban land cover. Principal Investigator with co-Investigator D. Niyogi (Purdue) (UGA Budget, $45,632).
2007-2009-Defense Threat Reduction Agency, FY 2006-2008, Urban Enhancements to Meteorological Modeling and Observations. Co-Investigator with S. Burian (University of Utah) and M. Jin (University of Maryland) (UGA Budget, $85790).
2008-2009-US Forest Service, Assessing air quality and perceptions of environmental hazards in the Newtown Community: A prototype UGA-U.S. Forest Service Initiative on environmental justice and green space engagement. Principal Investigator with co-Investigators T. Mote, N. Heynen, and C. Johnson (UGA Budget, $7895).
Improving Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level, 2006-2007, Enhancing Climate Change Science Education Through Inquiry-Based Concepts and Real-World Simulations Co-Investigator, Robert Hill (UGA COE) ($7790).
Global Precipitation Measurement Mission’s Science Implementation Plan and Continuing Precipitation Science Team Activities ($55,000).
2006-2007-NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Developing a Framework for Understanding the Titanian Methane Cycle using Remote Sensing Techniques Developed for Studying Earth’s Water Cycle. PI: Dr. Marshall Shepherd (UGA), Co-I: Terence Doiron/GSFC/555, Co-I: Chris Ruf/University of Michigan ($75,000 in FY06 with possible FY07 extension, UGA Budget $5120).
2006-2007-NASA Headquarters. Extension of PECASE funding. The Impact of Urbanization on Climate: Integrated Modeling to Couple urban growth, land use change and weather-climate ($106,974).
2003-2006-NASA Headquarters. Research Opportunities for Precipitation Measurement Missions: Understanding the Impact of Urbanization on Short and Long Term Precipitation Variability and Land Surface Hydrologic Processes ($275,000).
2003-2006-NASA NRA-02-OES-05 Research Opportunities for Precipitation Measurement Missions.
The Impact of Precipitation Measurement Missions on Hydrologic and Water Resource Predictions. Co-I with PI C.P. Lidard (GSFC) and CO-I A. P. Georgakakos (Ga. Tech) (Unfunded co-PI).
2003-2005-NASA Headquarters. Impacts of Urban Surfaces on Rainfall Modification using Space-Based Rainfall Measurement, Numerical Models Simulations, and High-Density Gauge Validation: Science Impact, Applications, and Policy Implications. NASA New Investigator Program (300K/3 Years).
1999-2000-NASA GSFC. “Informal Science Education Supporting Weather Broadcasters On-Air with TRMM “Mini-Education Supplements” awarded by GSFC Director’s Discretionary Fund (25K per year).
1994-1995- NASA Headquarters. Co-Investigator on proposal with Dr. Gerald Heymsfield and Dr. Brad Ferrier on research related to remote sensing of tropical mesoscale convective systems.
2017 -2018 Associate Head, Geography Department: I served as associate administrator in the Department and an ex-officio member of the departmental advisory committee. My responsibilities included scheduling departmental courses, managing faculty teaching schedules, strategic planning for external awards, and other tasks as designated by the Department Head.
2017-2018 Chair, NASA Earth Science Advisory Committee: The NASA Earth Science Advisory Committee is one of the FACA mandated committees that advises the agency. I served as chairman of this committee and facilitated relevant activities in that role.
2016-2017 SEC Academic Leadership Fellow: I was selected as one of four faculty leaders at the University of Georgia to participate in the SEC’s Leadership Fellows program. This program selects potential Academic leaders and immerses them within 1-year leadership and higher administration program with peers at UGA and across the SEC schools.
Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program, University of Georgia (Current): In this role, I direct the AMS and Federally-credential atmospheric sciences program. The program addresses the needs of students interested in studying meteorology or climate science. Under my leadership, the University of Georgia became the 78th membership of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and a member of the WSI National Lightning Network. From 2008-2015, our program faculty has attracted over $12 million dollars in extramural grants, contributed over 110 peer-reviewed journals, and provided key experts to the media and nation on weather and climate topics. For example, in February 2013, I briefed the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and in 2015 briefed members of the Congress and White House staff. My colleagues and I are also frequently sought for major media appearances or Opinion Editorials. Our program is also notably regarded on the UGA campus and is well supported by University Administrators, including President Jere Morehead. In 2015, we proposed a new Atmospheric Sciences major at the University of Georgia. The program was approved by the State Board of Regents in August 2016. I also secured the program’s first major donor and endowment. In 2016, we partnered with the Office of Preparedness to make UGA the first SEC member of the WeatherSTEM network.
President of the American Meteorological Society (2013): The American Meteorological Society is one of the leading professional societies in the world, dedicated to weather, climate, and related sciences. As President of the organization, I was elected by the nearly 14,000 members and preside over the AMS Executive Council and Executive Committee, which overseas the organization and its multi-million dollar budget and portfolio. I also provided vision and leadership on issues of the day facing the weather, climate, and related communities. AMS publishes several of the highest rated and cited journals in weather and climate fields and is seen as a key broker of information and leadership on weather/climate issues of the day. In this role, I also served as the U.S. representative to the International Federation of Meteorological Societies (IFMS). I also chaired the Executive Council and Executive Committee and led the annual performance review of the Executive Director.
International and National Advisory Roles: I have served as a member of the Nature Conservancy (Georgia) Board of Trustees, Board of Climate Central, Mothers and Others for Clean Air Partnership Council, NOAA Science Advisory Board, NOAA Climate Working Group, Department of Energy ARM Science Board, NSF Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education, NSF Committee of Visitors, Biocomplexity Program, Earth Science Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council, Mothers and Others for Clean Air Partnership Council, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Director Search Committee, University Space Research Association (USRA) Earth Science Advisory Board, Department of Energy expert panel on Cool Roof Initiative and Climate Change, NASA/NOAA/Howard University Programmatic Advisory Committees and 2 National Academy of Science Studies (i. Implications of Climate Change on National Security and U.S. Naval Operations and ii. Urban Meteorology). I have also served on a World Meteorological Organization advisory committee related to aerosols, clouds, and precipitation and the external review committee for NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center and Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. I was also a contributing author to a chapter in the 2007 IPCC report (AR4). At the University level, I also served on the 2013 UGA Provost Search Committee, the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate and the Center for Integrative Conservative Research (CICR) Executive Committee.
Host, Weather Channel WxGeeks (2014-Current): Weather Geeks is a pioneering national Sunday talk show on The Weather Channel. The show discusses contemporary weather and climate topics. The show has garnered strong critical reviews and an Award from the American Meteorological Society.
Editorships: I have served as an editor for both the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology (JAMC) and Geography Compass. I have also served as the Climatology Editor for the Wiley/Association of American Geographers (AAG) Encyclopedia of Geography and the Associate Editor for Weather at the IEEE-sponsored Earthzine.
Former Deputy Project Scientist, NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission: While at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, I served as the Deputy Project Scientist on a major NASA mission seeking to measure precipitation from space. GPM will improve weather, climate, and hydrological forecasting and is slated for a 2014 launch date. In this role, I was a part of the scientific leadership team that interfaced with the engineers, NASA Headquarters staff, and international partners. GPM is an approximately $1 billion dollar mission in aggregation.
1990 National Collegiate Forecast Winner (Burlington, VT period).
Events in the Context of Climate Change (includes J.M. Shepherd as an author). Washington, DC: National Academies Press. DOI: 10.17226/21852.
2014 Bortz, F. and J.M. Shepherd, 2014: Dr. Fred’s Neighborhood Weather Watch. McGraw-Hill Publishers. 98 pp. 2nd Edition.
2012 National Research Council Committee on Urban Meteorology, 2012: Urban Meteorology: Scoping the problem, Defining the Need (includes J.M. Shepherd as author). The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13328.
2016 Mitra, C. and Shepherd, M., 2016: Urban Precipitation: A global perspective. The Routledge Handbook of Urbanization and Global Environment Change. Edited by Karen C. Seto and William Solecki, Routledge, 581 pp.
2014 Shepherd, M. 2014: Space-based measurement of precipitation. Contributed essay in The Atmosphere, 13th Edition by Frederick Lutgens and Edward Tarbuck, Pearson, 466 pp.
2013 Hossain, F., A.M. Degu, A.T. Woldemichael, W Yigzaw, C. Mitra, J.M. Shepherd, and AHM Siddique-E Akbor, 2013: Water Resources Vulnerability in the Context of Rapid Urbanization of Dhaka City (a South Asian Megacity). Climate Vulnerability. Ed. Roger Pielke. Elsevier, 1570 pp.
2013 Shepherd, J.M., 2013: Impacts of Urbanization on Precipitation and Storms: Physical Insights and Vulnerabilities. Climate Vulnerability. Ed. Roger Pielke. Elsevier, 1570 pp.
2013 Vose, J., T.L. Mote, J.M. Shepherd, B. KC, and C. Strother, 2013: Framing the future in the southern United States: Climate, land use and forest conditions. Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Management Options. Eds. J. Vose and K. Klepzig. Routledge. pp 9-43.
2010 **Shepherd, J.M., J.A. Stallins, M. Jin, and T.L. Mote, 2010: Urban effects on precipitation and associated convective process. The Routledge Handbook of Human Ecology. Eds. Ian Douglas et al. Taylor and Francis Books, 688 pp.
2010 Shepherd, J.M., 2010: Essay entitled “Urbanization and its effects on key atmospheric and surface water cycle.” In Principles of Water Resources, 3rd Edition by T. Cech. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 546 pp.
2010 **Shepherd, J.M., W. Shem, M. Manyin, L. Hand, and D. Messen, 2010: Modeling Urban effects on the precipitation component of the water cycle. Invited chapter for the book: Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Urban Environments. Eds. X. Yao and H. Jaing. Springer Book Series and GIScience, 445 pp.
2009 **Didier, T, P. Artaxo, S. Yuter, and Y. Kaufman with contributing authors J.M. Shepherd, Z Levin, U. Baltensperger, G. Feingold, 2009: Chapter 5: Observational studies of the effects of aerosols on clouds and precipitation, Assessment of the Effects of Pollution on Precipitation. Eds. Levin, Z., and W. Cotton. Commissioned by The World Meteorological Organization/IUGG. International Aerosol Precipitation Science Assessment Group (IAPSAG). Springer. 386 pp.
2008 *Mitra C., Shepherd J.M., and Jordan T. R., 2008: Assessment and dynamics of the urban growth in the city of Kolkata, India. Eds. A.K. Dutt, V. Wadhwa, B. Thakur, and G.M. Pomeroy. Social Geography for the 21st Century. (Contract with) Concept Publishing Company. New Delhi (In Press).
2008 Reynolds, S., Burian, S., Shepherd, J.M., and Manyin, M., 2008: Chapter 7: Urban induced rainfall modifications on urban hydrologic response. In: Reliable Modeling of Urban Water Systems. Edited by W. James et al. Computational Hydraulics International. Guelph, Ontario, CA. pp. 99-122.
2008 **Hou, A.Y., G.S. Jackson, C. Kummerow, and J.M. Shepherd, 2008: The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission. Precipitation: Advances in measurement, estimation, and prediction. Edited by Silas Michaelides. Springer. 540 pp.
2007 * and **Lead Authors: Trenberth, K.E., P.D. Jones, P. Ambenje, R. Bojariu, D. Easterling, A. Klein Tank, D. Parker, F. Rahimzadeh, J.A. Renwick, M. Rusticucci, B. Soden and P. Zhai Contributing Authors: R. Adler (USA), L. Alexander (UK, Australia, Ireland), H. Alexandersson (Sweden), R. Allan (UK), M.P. Baldwin (USA), M. Beniston (Switzerland), D. Bromwich (USA), I. Camilloni (Argentina), C. Cassou (France), D.R. Cayan (USA), E.K.M. Chang (USA), J. Christy (USA), A. Dai (USA), C. Deser (USA), N. Dotzek (Germany), J. Fasullo (USA), R. Fogt (USA), C. Folland (UK), P. Forster (UK), M. Free (USA), C. Frei (Switzerland), B. Gleason (USA), J. Grieser (Germany), P. Groisman (USA, Russian Federation), S. Gulev (Russian Federation), J. Hurrell (USA), M. Ishii (Japan), S. Josey (UK), P. Kållberg (ECMWF), J. Kennedy (UK), G. Kiladis (USA), R. Kripalani (India), K. Kunkel (USA), C.-Y. Lam (China), J. Lanzante (USA), J. Lawrimore (USA), D. Levinson (USA), B. Liepert (USA), G. Marshall (UK), C. Mears (USA), P. Mote (USA), H. Nakamura (Japan), N. Nicholls (Australia), J. Norris (USA), T. Oki (Japan), F.R. Robertson (USA), K. Rosenlof (USA), F.H. Semazzi (USA), D. Shea (USA), J.M. Shepherd (USA), T.G. Shepherd (Canada), S. Sherwood (USA), P. Siegmund (Netherlands), I. Simmonds (Australia), A. Simmons (ECMWF, UK), C. Thorncroft (USA, UK), P. Thorne (UK), S. Uppala (ECMWF), R. Vose (USA), B. Wang (USA), S. Warren (USA), R. Washington (UK, South Africa), M. Wheeler (Australia), B. Wielicki (USA), T. Wong (USA), D. Wuertz (USA), 2007: Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Eds. Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 235-336.
Note: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared in the Nobel Prize (2007).
2007 **Imhoff, M., L. Bounani, and J.M. Shepherd, 2007: The gray wave. Our Changing Planet: A View from Space. Eds. Robin G. Williams, Kim Partington, Claire Parkinson, and Michael D. King. Cambridge University Press. 500 pp.
2007 **Smith, A., G. Asrar, Y. Furuhama, A. Ginati, C. Kummerow, V. Levizzani, A. Mugnai, K. Nakamura, R. Adler, V. Casse, M. Cleave, M. Debois, J. Durning, J. Entin, P. Houser, T. Iguchi, R. Kakar, J. Kaye, M. Kojima, D. Lettenmaier, M. Luther, A. Mehta, P. Morel, T. Nakazawa, S. Neeck, K. Okamoto, R. Oki, G. Raju, J.M. Shepherd, E. Stocker, J. Testud, and E. Wood, 2007: International Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) program and mission: An overview. Measuring Precipitation from Space - EURAINSAT and the future. Eds. V. Levizzani, P. Bauer, and F. J. Turk. Springer, 611-653.
2004 Burian, S.J., J.M. Shepherd, and P. Hooshialsadat, 2004: “Urbanization impacts on Houston rainstorms.” Innovative Modeling of Urban Water Systems. Monograph 12. Edited by W. James. pp. 1-22.
2010 **Shepherd, J.M., J.A. Stallins, M. Jin, and T.L. Mote, 2010: Urbanization: Impacts on clouds, precipitation, and lightning. Monograph on Urban Ecological Ecosystems. Eds. Jacqueline Peterson and Astrid Volder. American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science Society of America- Soil Science Society of America, 354 pp.
2003 Tao, W.-K., R. Adler, D. Baker, S. Braun, M.-D. Chou, M. Jasinski, Y. Jia, R. Kakar, S. Lamg, W. K.-M. Lau, B. Lynn, M. Karyampudi, Z.-X. Pu, J.M. Shepherd, J. Simpson, D. Starr, Y. Wang, W. Weinman and P. Wetzel, 2003: Regional scale modeling at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Recent Research Developments in Atmospheric Science. Research Signpost. Volume 2, 52 pp.
2018 Rudd, M.A., A.F.P. Moore, D. Rochberg, L. Bianchi-Fossati, M.A. Brown, D. D'Onofrio, C.A. Furman, J. Garcia, B. Jordan, J. Kline, L.M. Risse, P.L. Yager, J. Abbinett, M. Alber, J.E. Bell, C. Bhedwar, K.M. Cobb, J. Cohen, M. Cox, M. Dormer, N. Dunkley, H. Farley, J. Gambill, M. Goldstein, G. Harris, M. Hopkinson, J.-A. James, S. Kidd, P. Knox, Y. Liu, D.C. Matisoff, M.D. Meyer, J.D. Mitchem, K. Moore, A.J. Ono, J. Philipsborn, S. Saha, P.J. Schramm, K.M. Sendall, F. Shafiei, M. Shepherd, V. Sims, J. Teebken, and A.N. Worley. 2018. Climate research priorities for policy-makers, practitioners, and scientists in Georgia, USA, Environmental Management, in press.
2017 Williams, Marcus D.; Hawley, Christie M.S.; Madden, Marguerite; Shepherd, J. Marshall 2017. Mapping the spatio-temporal evolution of irrigation in the Coastal Plain of Georgia, USA. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 83(1): 57-67. 11 p. https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.83.1.57.
2017 Johnson, B., and J.M., Shepherd, 2017: An urban-based climatology of winter precipitation in the Northeast United States. Urban Climate. Accepted.
2017 Debbage, N., and J.M., Shepherd 2017: The influence of urban development patterns on streamflow characteristics. Water Resources Research. Submitted.
2017 Ray, P.S., and J.M, Shepherd, 2017: Tracking a hurricane center and eye radius with incoherent radar. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Submitted.
2017 McLeod, J., J.M. Shepherd, and C. Konrad, 2017: Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Patterns Around Atlanta, Georgia and Possible Relationships to Urban Land Cover. Urban Climate, 21, 27-42.
2016 Shepherd, J.M., and P. Knox, 2016: The Paris COP21 Climate Conference: What Does It Mean for the Southeast? Southeastern Geographer, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/622282.
2016 Johnson Gaither, C., D. Himmelfarb, S. Hitchner, J. Schelhas, J.M. Shepherd, and B. KC, 2016. “Where the sidewalk ends”: examining the potential for climate change mitigation in Atlanta’s cascade community, City and Society (In Press).
2015 Shepherd, J.M., and B. KC, 2015: Climate Change and African Americans in the United States. Geography Compass, 9/11, 579-591,10.1111/gec3.12244.
2015 Debbage, N., and J.M. Shepherd, 2015: The urban heat island effect and city contiguity. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. Volume 54, November 2015, 181–194.
2015 KC, Binita, J.M. Shepherd, and C. Johnson, 2015: Climate change vulnerability assessment in Georgia. Applied Geography, DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.04.007.
2015 Shultz, J., J.M. Shepherd, R. Bagrodia, and Z. Espinel, 2015: Tropical cyclones in a year of rising global temperatures and a strengthening El Niño Disaster Health, Vol 2, Issue 3-4, 151-162.
2015 Bounaoua, L., P. Zhang, G. Mostovoy, K. Thome, J. Masek, M. Imhoff, J. M. Shepherd, D. Quattrochi, J. Santanello, J. Silva, R. Wolfe, and A. Toure: 2015 Impact of urbanization on US surface climate. Env. Research Letters, 10(8), DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084010.
2015 Williams, M., S. Goodrick, A. Grundstein, and J.M. Shepherd, 2015: Comparison of Dew Point Temperature Estimation Methods in Southwestern Georgia. Physical Geography, 36, 255-266.
2015 Mattingly, K.S., J.T. McLeod, J.A. Knox, J.M. Shepherd, and T. L. Mote, 2015: A climatological assessment of Greenland blocking conditions associated with the track of Hurricane Sandy and historical North Atlantic hurricanes. ​ International Journal of Climatology. 35, 746-760.
2014 Shepherd, J.M., A. Grundstein, and T. Mote, 2014: An analysis of seasonal biases in satellite and reanalysis rainfall products in the Savannah River Basin. Physical Geography, 35(3). DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2014.887428.
2014 Chang, I., M. Bentley, and J.M. Shepherd, 2014: A global climatology of extreme rainfall events in the inner core of intense tropical cyclones, Physical Geography, Vol 35, 478-496.
2014 Debbage, N., N. Gonsalves, J.M. Shepherd and J. Knox, 2014: Superstorm Sandy and Voter Vulnerability in the 2012 US Presidential Election: A Case Study of New Jersey and Connecticut. Environmental Hazards, 13, 181-199.
2014 Gustafson, S., N. Heynen, J. Rice, Gragson, J.M. Shepherd, and C. Strother, 2014: Megapolitan Political Ecology and Urban Metabolism in Southern Appalachia. Professional Geographer. 66, DOI:10.1080/00330124.2014.905158.
2014 Maier, G., A. Grundstein, W. Jang, C. Li, L. Naeher, and J.M. Shepherd, 2014: Assessing the performance of a vulnerability index during oppressive heat across Georgia. Weather, Climate, and Society, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-13-00037.1.
2014 Mahmood, R.; R. Pielke, Sr., K. Hubbard, D.Niyogi, P. Dirmeyer, C. McAlpine, A. Carleton, R. Hale, S. Gameda, A. Beltrán-Przekurat, B. Baker, R. McNider, D. Legates, J.M. Shepherd, J. Du, P. Blanken, O. Frauenfeld, U. Nair, and S. Fall, 2014: Land cover changes and their biogeophysical effects on climate Int. J. Climatol. 10.1002/joc.3736.
2013 Shepherd, J.M., T. Anderson, L. Bounoua, A. Horst, C. Mitra, and C. Strother, 2013: Urban Climate Archipelagos: A new framework for urban-climate interactions. IEEE Earthzine, published online at http://www.earthzine.org/2013/11/29/urban-climate-archipelagos-a-new-framework-for-urban-impacts-on-climate/.
2013 Andersen, T., and J.M. Shepherd, 2013: A global spatiotemporal analysis of inland tropical cyclone maintenance or intensification. Int. J. of Clim., DOI: 10.1002/joc.3693. Note: Featured in NASA Press Release.
2013 Andersen, T., and J.M. Shepherd, 2013: Floods in a changing climate. Geography Compass. 7, I, 95–115.
2013 Andersen, T., D.E. Radcliffe, and J.M. Shepherd, 2013: Quantifying Surface Energy Fluxes in the Vicinity of Inland-Tracking Tropical Cyclones. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 2797–2808.
2012 Hossain, F., A. Degu, A. Woldemicahel, W. Yigzaw, S. Burian, D. Niyogi, J.M. Shepherd, and R. Pielke, Sr., 2012: Climate Feedback–Based provisions for dam design, operations, and water management in the 21st century. J. of Hydrologic Engineering, 1-14.
2011 Mitra, C., J.M. Shepherd and T. Jordan, 2011: On the relationship between the pre-monsoonal rainfall climatology and urban land cover dynamics in Kolkata city, India. International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.2366.
2011 Shepherd, J.M., 2011: Carbon, Climate Change, and Controversy. Animal Frontiers, Vol. 1, http://www.animalfrontiers.org/2011/Vol1/003.pdf.
2011 Shepherd, J.M., and T.L. Mote, 2011: Can Cities Create Their Own Snowfall?: What observations are required to find out? Earthzine, Special Urban Monitoring Theme Issue. http://www.earthzine.org/2011/09/06/can-cities-create-their-own-snowfall-what-observations-are-required-to-find-out/.
the Am. Meteor. Soc. 92, 861-870. doi: 10.1175/2010BAMS3003.1. Note: UGA issued a press release on this paper.
2011 Zhao, F., and J.M. Shepherd, 2011: Precipitation Changes near Three Gorges Dam, China-Part I: A Spatio-Temporal Validation Analysis. J. of Hydrometeor. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-061.1.
2011 Niyogi, P. Pyle, M. Lei, S.Arya, C. Kishtawal, J.M. Shepherd, F. Chen, and B. Wolfe, 2011: Urban modification of thunderstorms: Urban Modification of Thunderstorms - An Observational Storm Climatology and Model Case Study for the Indianapolis Urban Region.. J. of Appl. Meteor. and Clim.,50, 1129-1144.
2011 Hossain*, F. A. M. Degu*, D. Niyogi, S. Burian, J.M. Shepherd, R. Pielke Sr.(2011). Climate Feedback-based Considerations to Dam Design, Operations and Water Management in the 21st Century, ASCE J. Hydrologic Engineering, (doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000541).
2011 Andersen, T., and J.M. Shepherd, 2011: Seasonal predictability of tornadic activity using antecedent soil moisture conditions. Earthzine, http://www.earthzine.org/2011/06/10/seasonal-predictability-of-tornadic activity-using-antecedent-soil-moisture-conditions/.
2011 Mitra, C., T. Jordan, and J.M. Shepherd, 2011: Growth of Kolkata, India-Past, present, and future: a synergistic analysis using cartographic, GIS, remote sensing, and cellular automata modeling. Professional Geographer (Conditionally Accepted).
2011 Degu, A.M., F. Hossain, D. Niyogi, R. Pielke, J.M. Shepherd, N. Voisin, and T. Chronis, 2011: The influence of large dams on surrounding climate and precipitation patterns. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 38, doi: 10.1029/2010GL046482.
2010 Shepherd, J.M., W.M. Carter, M. Manyin, D. Messen, and S. Burian, 2010: The impact of urbanization on current and future coastal convection: A case study for Houston. Environment And Planning , 37, 284-304.
2010 Jin, M., J.M. Shepherd, and W. Zheng, 2011: Urban Surface Temperature Reduction via the Urban Aerosol Direct Effect: A Remote Sensing and WRF Model Sensitivity Study. Advances in Meteorology, vol. 2010, Article ID 681587, 14 po. 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/681587.
2010 Mahmood, R., R. Pielke Sr., K. Hubbard, D. Niyogi, G. Bonan, P. Lawrence, B. Baker, R. McNider, C. McAlpine, A. Etter, S. Gameda, B. Qian, A. Carleton, A.B.-Przekurat, T. Chase, A. Quintanar, J. Adegoke, S. Vezhapparambu, G. Conner, S. Asefi, E. Sertel, D. Legates, Y. Wu, R. Hale, O. Frauenfeld, A. Watts, M. Shepherd, C. Mitra, V. Anantharajan, S. Fall, R. Lund, A. Nordfelt, P. Blanken, J. Du, H. Chang, R. Leeper, U. Nair, S. Dobler, R. Deo, and J. Syjtus, 2010: Impacts of land use land cover change on climate and future research priorities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, 37-46.
2010 Han, W.S., Burian, S.J., and Shepherd, J.M. 2010: Assessment of satellite-based rainfall estimates in urban areas in different geographic and climatic regions. Natural Hazards (published online, DOI 10.1007/s11069-010-9585-7).
2010 Stafford, S. G., D.M. Bartels, S. Begay-Campbell, J.L. Bubier, J. C. Crittenden, S.L. Cutter, J.L.Delaney, T.E. Jordan, A. C. Kay, G.D.Libecap, J.C. Moore, N.N. Rababais, D. Rejeski, O.E. Sala, J.M. Shepherd, and J.Travis. 2010: Now Is the Time for Action: Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex Environmental Systems. Environment: Science and Policy for SustainableDevelopment, 52: 1, 38-45 Doi: 10.1080/00139150903481882.
2010 Jordan, T. E., O. E. Sala, S. G. Stafford, D. M. Bartels, S. Begay-Campbell, J. L. Bubier, J. C. Crittenden, S. L. Cutter, J. R. Delaney, A. C. Kay, G. D. Libecap, J. C. Moore, N. N. Rabalais, D.Rejeski, J. M. Shepherd, A. Tessier, and J. Travis. Tipping our Science: New NSF Report Recommends Interdisciplinary Approach to Study Natural and Social Systems. EOS, 91, 143.
2009 Kishtawal, C., D. Niyogi, M. Tewari, R. Pielke Sr., and M. Shepherd, 2009: Urbanization signature in the observed heavy rainfall climatology over India. International Journal of Climatology. DOI: 10.1002/joc.2044.
2009 **Shepherd, J.M., D. Niyogi, and T.L. Mote, 2009: A seasonal-scale climatological analysis correlating spring tornadic activity with antecedent fall-winter drought in the Southeastern United States. Environmental Research Letters. 4, 7 pp. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/2/024012. Note: UGA issued a press release on this paper.
2009 Seto, K., and J.M. Shepherd, 2009: Global urban land-use trends and climate impacts. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2009.07.012.
2009 Hand, L., and J.M. Shepherd, 2009: An investigation of warm season spatial rainfall variability in Oklahoma City: Possible linkages to urbanization and prevailing wind. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. 48, 251–269.
2009 Zhou, Y., and J.M. Shepherd, 2009: Atlanta’s urban heat island under extreme heat conditions. Natural Hazards. 10.1007/s11069-009-9406-z, 30 pp.
2009 Lacke, M., T.L. Mote, and J.M. Shepherd, 2009: Aerosols and Associated Precipitation Patterns in Atlanta, Atmospheric Environment. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.04.022.
2009 Durkee, J. D., T. L. Mote, and J. M. Shepherd, 2009: The contribution of mesoscale convective complexes to rainfall across subtropical South America. Journal of Climate. 22, 4590-4605.
2009 Chang, H. D. Niyogi, A. Kumar, C. Kishtawal, J. Dudhia, F. Chen, U.C. Mohanty, and J.M. Shepherd, 2009: Possible relation between land surface feedback and the post-landfall structure of monsoon depression. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037781.
2008 Shepherd, J.M., and T. Knutson, 2008: Teaching and learning guide for: The current debate on the linkage between global warming and hurricanes. Geography Compass. Vol. 2. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00120.x.
2008 Shem, W, and J.M. Shepherd, 2008: On the impact of urbanization on summertime thunderstorms in Atlanta: Two numerical model case studies. Atmospheric Research. 92, 172-189.
2008 Jin, M., and J.M. Shepherd, 2008: Aerosol relationships to warm season clouds and rainfall at monthly scales over east China: Urban land versus ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 113, D24S90, doi:10.1029/2008JD010276.
2008 Grundstein, A., S.E. Sarnat, M. Klein, J.M. Shepherd, L. Naeher, T. Mote, and P. Tolbert, 2008: Thunderstorm-associated asthma in Atlanta, Georgia. Thorax. doi:10.1136/thx.2007.092882 63;659-660.
2007 Shepherd, J.M., and T. Knutson, 2007: The current debate on the linkage between global warming and hurricanes. Geography Compass. 1 (1). 1–24. doi:10.1111/j.1749-8198.2006.00002.x. Note: This paper has consistently been in the top 10 viewed papers online for this journal according to publisher.
2007 Shepherd, J. M., A. Grundstein, and T. L. Mote, 2007: Quantifying the contribution of tropical cyclones to extreme rainfall along the coastal southeastern United States. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L23810, doi:10.1029/2007GL031694. Note: Funding sponsor, NASA, issued a press release on this paper.
2007 Jin, M., M. Shepherd, and C. Peters-Lidard, 2007: Development of a parameterization for simulating the urban temperature hazard using satellite observations in a climate model. Nat. Hazards. doi 10.1007/s11069-007-9117-2.
2007 Mote, T.L., M.C. Lacke, and J.M. Shepherd, 2007: Radar signatures of the urban effect on precipitation distribution: A case study for Atlanta, Georgia. Geophysical Research Letters. 34. L20710, doi:10.1029/2007GL031903.
2006 **Shepherd, J.M., 2006: Evidence of urban-induced precipitation variability in arid climate regimes. Journal of Arid Environments. 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.03.022. Note: UGA and NASA issued a press release on this paper.
2006 Elaine M. Prins, Christopher S. Velden, Jeffrey D. Hawkins, F. Joseph Turk, Jaime M. Daniels, Gerald J. Dittberner, Kenneth Holmlund, Robbie E. Hood, Arlene G. Laing, Shaima L. Nasiri, Jeffery J. Puschell, M. Shepherd, and John V. Zapotocny, 2006: 13th AMS Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 87, 633–637.
2005 Shepherd, J.M., 2005: A review of current investigations of urban-induced rainfall and recommendations for the future. Earth Interactions. Vol. 9. No. 12, 1–27.
2005 Burian, S.J. and J. M. Shepherd, 2005: Effects of urbanization on the diurnal rainfall pattern in Houston. Hydrological Processes: Special Issue on Rainfall and Hydrological Processes. 19, 1089-1103.
2005 Jin, M., M. Shepherd, and M. D. King, 2005: Urban aerosols and their variations with clouds and rainfall: A case study for New York and Houston. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D10S20, doi:10.1029/2004JD005081.
2005 Jin, M., and M. Shepherd, 2005: Inclusion of urban landscape in a climate model: How Can Satellite Data Help? Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Vol. 86. No. 5, 681–689.
2004 Shepherd, J.M., and M. Jin, 2004: Linkages between the urban environment and Earth’s climate system. EOS. 85, 227-228.
2004 Shepherd, J.M., L. Taylor, and C. Garza, 2004: A dynamic multi-criteria technique for siting NASA-Clark Atlanta rain gauge network. J. of Atm. and Oceanic Technology. 21, 1346-1363.
2004 Shepherd, J.M., 2004: "A reply to Diem et al.'s commentary on A recent literature contribution focused on urban-induced rainfall in Atlanta." J. of Appl. Meteor. Vol. 43. 951-957.
2003 **Shepherd, J.M., and S.J. Burian, 2003: Detection of urban-induced rainfall anomalies in a major coastal city. Earth Interactions. 7, 1-14. Note: Paper was featured in August 2003 edition of Time magazine.
2002 **Shepherd, J.M., Harold Pierce, and A. J. Negri, 2002: On rainfall modification by major urban areas: Observations from space-borne radar on TRMM. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 41, 689-701.
2001 Shepherd, J.M., Brad S. Ferrier, and Peter S. Ray, 2001: Rainfall morphology in Florida convergence zones: A numerical study. Monthly Weather Review. 129, 177-197.
2001 Michaels, M. J.M. Shepherd, S. Aberson, K. Murphy, and H. Friedman, 2001: Survey results of society membership: The face of our profession at the threshold of the new millennium. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Bull. of Amer. Meteo. Soc. 82, 1331-1352.
1996 G.M. Heymsfield, I,J. Caylor, J.M. Shepherd, and W.B. Olson, 1996: Structure of Florida Thunderstorms Using High-Altitude Aircraft Radiometer and Radar Observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 35, 1736-1762.

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