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Marshall Shepherd
Associate Professor
University of Georgia
Department of Geography
Athens, GA 30602

Phone: 706-542-0517
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URL for more info: http://www.ggy.uga.edu/people/faculty/marshgeo/index.html
Research Interests:urban weather-climate, mesoscale weather processes, precipitation, tropical weather hazards, and satellite remote sensing
Publications:

Books

Bortz, F. and J.M. Shepherd , 2000. Dr. Fred’s Neighborhood Weather Watch (McGraw-Hill Publishers). -- Weather-Climate Processes

Articles

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

Shepherd, J.M., J. Durkee, and B. Hill, 2008. On the Integration of an Educational Climate Model into Physical Geography Curricula: Implementation and Evaluation Strategies. (In review, Journal of Geography)

Jin, M., and J.M. Shepherd, 2008. Aerosol Relationships to Warm Season Clouds and Rainfall at Monthly Scales Over East China: Urban-land vs. Ocean Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres

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

Hand, L., and J.M. Shepherd, 2008. Hand, L., and J.M. Shepherd, 2008: An investigation of warm season spatial rainfall variability in Oklahoma City: Possible linkages to urbanization and prevailing wind. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology (in press)

Shepherd, J.M, D. Niyogi, T.L. Mote, and J. Entin, 2008. A climatological analysis associating spring tornadic activity with antecedent precipitation and drought in the Southeastern United States Geophysical Research Letters (in review)

Shem, W. and J.M. Shepherd, 2008. On the impact of urbanization on summertime thunderstorms in Atlanta: Two numerical model case studies. Atmospheric Research (in press)

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

Jin, M., and J.M. Shepherd, 2007. Development of a parameterization for simulating the urban temperature hazard using satellite observations in a climate model Journal of Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-007-9117-2

Shepherd, J.M., and T. Knutson, 2006. The current debate on the linkage between global warming and hurricanes, Geography Compass (DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2006.00002.x)

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

Hooshialsadat, P., Burian, S.J., Shepherd, J.M., and Edwards, 2006. “Influence of urbanization on secular trends of annual and warm season rainfall amounts in Houston.” Climatic Change (under review)

Pyle, P., D. Niyogi, B. Wolfe, M. Shepherd, S. P. Arya, and F. Chen , 2006. An observational and modeling storm based climatology assessment for the Indianapolis, Indiana Urban Region for submission. -- Weather-Climate Processes, Urban and resource modeling, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

Shepherd, J.M., 2005. A Review of Current Investigations of Urban-Induced Rainfall and Recommendations for the Future. Earth Interactions: Vol. 9, No. 12, pp. 1–27.

Jin, M., J. 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

Jin, M. and J.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, pp. 681–689.

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. -- Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

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, Marshall Shepherd (912), and John V. Zapotocny , 2005. A Summary of the 13th AMS Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Conference (accepted to AMS Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society). -- Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

Shepherd, M. , 2005. Can Cities Make Rain Weatherwise magazine. Volume 58, No. 5 (September/October Issue) -- Weather-Climate Processes, Urban and resource modeling, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

Shepherd, J.M., and M. Jin, 2004. Linkages between the Urban Environment and Earth’s Climate System. EOS, 85, 227-228. )-- Weather-Climate Processes, Urban and resource modeling, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

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. )-- Weather-Climate Processes, Urban and resource modeling, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

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. )-- Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

Burian, S.J., Shepherd, J.M., and Hooshialsadat, P., 2004. Urbanization impacts on Houston rainstorms. Innovative Modeling of Urban Water Systems, Monograph 12, Edited by W. James, pp. 1-22. -- Weather-Climate Processes, Urban and resource modeling, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

Shepherd, J.M., and S.J. Burian, 2003. Detection of Urban-Induced Rainfall Anomalies in a Major Coastal City. Earth Interactions, 7, 1-14)--Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes,

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, 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. -- Weather-Climate Processes, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

Shepherd, J.M., D. Herring, J. Halverson, R. Gutro, and G. Huffman , 2003. The Big Picture Weatherwise, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Jan./Feb Issue) -- Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

Birk, R., D. Steitz, and J. M. Shepherd , 2003. Earth Observation Summit Earth Observation Magazine, Vol. 12. -- Remote sensing

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. )-- Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes,

Shepherd, J.M., and E.A. Smith , 2002. Bridging from TRMM to GPM to 3-Hourly Precipitation Estimates NASA Technical Memorandum-2002-211602-GPM Report 7, Available at NASA/GSFC, 1-7.-- Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

Shepherd, J.M. and AV. Mehta , 2002. Summary of First GPM Partners Planning Workshop NASA Conference Publication-2002-210012-GPM Report 1, Available at NASA/GSFC, 1-37. -- Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

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. )-- Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing

M. Michaels, 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-- Other

Shepherd, J.M. , 1999. Rainfall Morphology in Semi-Tropical Convergence Zones Submitted in partial fulfillment (May 1999) of a Doctor of Philosophy in Meteorology at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306. 130 pp. -- Weather-Climate Processes

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. -- Weather-Climate Processes, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

C. Paxton and J. M. Shepherd , 1993. NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-149 Radar Diagnostic Parameters as Indicators of Severe Weather in Central Florida. Scientific Services Division-Southern Region, June 1993. -- Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing

Shepherd, J.M. , 1992. A Radar Reflectivity-Based Algorithm for Tropical Cyclone Location Submitted and accepted on Nov. 24th, 1992 in partial fulfillment of a Master's Degree in Meteorology at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl. 32306. -- Weather-Climate Processes, Remote sensing

Book Chapters

Levin Z., J.L. Brenguier, W. Cotton, G. Feingold, Y. Kaufman, and M. Shepherd, 2008. Chapter 5: Observational studies of the effects of aerosols on clouds and precipitation from the book, Assessment of the effects of pollution on precipitation, eds. Z. Levin and W. Cotton Commissioned by The World Meteorological Organization/IUGG , International Aerosol Precipitation Science Assessment Group (IAPSAG), Springer, 386 pp.

C. Mitra, J.M. Shepherd, and T. Jordan, 2008. Assessment and dynamics of the urban growth in the city of Kolkata, India. A.K. Dutt, V. Wadhwa, B. Thakur, and G.M. Pomeroy(eds). Social Geography for the 21st Century. (Contract with) Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi. (accepted)

Hou, A., G.S., Jackson, C. Kummerow, and J.M. Shepherd, 2008. Global Precipitation Measurement Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation, and Prediction, edited by Silas Michaelides, pp. 1-39

Reynolds, S., S. Burian, J.M. Shepherd, and M. Manyin, 2008. 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.

Shepherd, J.M., W. Shem, L. Hand, and M. Manyin, 2008. Modeling Urban Effects on the Precipitation Component of the Water Cycle Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Urban Environments, Springer Book Series-GIScience (submitted)

Shepherd, 2008. Essay entitled “Urbanization and Its Effects on Key Atmospheric and Surface Water Cycle in Principles of Water Resources by T. Cech.

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, 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. V. Levizzani, P. Bauer, and F. J. Turk, Eds., Springer, 611-653.

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, 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. V. Levizzani, P. Bauer, and F. J. Turk, Eds., Springer, 611-653.

Imhoff, M., L. Bounani, and J.M. Shepherd, 2006. The Gray Wave, Our Changing Planet: A View from Space edited by Robin G. Williams, Kim Partington, Claire Parkinson, and Michael D. King, to be published by Cambridge University Press. (in press) -- Weather-Climate Processes, Urban and resource modeling, Remote sensing, Cryosphere-Hydrosphere Processes

Reports

Mitra, C., J.M. Shepherd, and T. Jordan, 2008. The dynamics of urban growth in Kolkata, India and Potential impacts on pre-monsoon precipitation U rban Climate News: Quarterly Newsletter of IAUC (International Association of Urban Climate), titled (Issue 28, Page 11). Available at http://www.urban-climate.org/

Trenberth et al. (Numerous Authors and Contributing Authors including J.M. Shepherd), 2007. Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

Newspapers

Shepherd, J.M with contributions from T.L. Mote, 2008. Hurricanes and Global Warming Atlanta Journal Constitution (September Editorial Commentary)

Shepherd, J.M. , 2006. Op-Ed on Hurricanes and Global Warming Atlanta Journal-Constitution –Weather-Climate Processes.

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