CURRICULUM VITA
JAMES R. MILLER
DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND COASTAL SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
71 DUDLEY ROAD, NEW BRUSWICK, NJ 08901
PHONE : 848-932-3349 EMAIL : miller@marine.rutgers.edu
EDUCATION:
B.S.
1966 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mathematics)
M.A.
1968 University of Maryland (Applied Mathematics/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics).
Dissertation: Fluid motion produced by an expanding cylinder in shallow water.
Ph.D.
1972 University of Maryland (Applied Mathematics/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics).
Dissertation: Theoretical study of the Prandtl number dependence of the stability
of unbounded stratified flows.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Geophysical Union
American Littoral Society
American Meteorological Society
The Oceanography Society
New Jersey Academy of Science
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
1992-Present
2005-2009
1981-1992
1975-1981
1973-1975
1972-1973
Professor of Oceanography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Chair, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
Associate Professor of Oceanography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Assistant Professor of Oceanography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
National Academy of Sciences--National Research Council, Postdoctoral Research
Associate, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, New York, NY
Presidential Intern, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
FELLOWSHIPS:
1977 (summer) NASA/ASEE summer Faculty Fellowship, Goddard Space Flight Center,
1978 (summer) Greenbelt, MD.
1993 (spring) Teaching Excellence Center Faculty Fellowship, Rutgers Univ.
1995 Visiting Fellow, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton Univ.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Courses Taught: Have taught the following courses at Rutgers:
Elements of Oceanography
Introduction to Marine Science
Oceanographic Instrumentation
Dynamic Oceanography I
Dynamic Oceanography II
Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography
Coastal Geomorphology
Air-Sea Interactions
Oceanographic Analysis
Earth System Science Colloquium
Perspectives on Agriculture and the Environment
Physical Oceanography (Graduate/Undergraduate)
Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Atmosphere (Graduate/Undergraduate)
Seminar in Meteorology (Graduate)
Modeling Climatic Change (Graduate)
Fundamentals of Environmental Science (Graduate)
Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science (Graduate)
Water Resources and Climate Change (Byrne Seminar for First Year Students)
Papers Presented on Teaching:
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston. Presented paper "Water Resources
and Climate Change: A Web-Based Learning Module," with G. Gordon and K. Hassell,
1998.
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore. Presented paper "A TeamOriented Approach to Teaching Earth System Science." With B.E. Grandin, 1994.
Attended Workshop on STELLA (Interactive computer-based system modeling software
for use in undergraduate and graduate education, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1992)
Educational Grants:
Water Resources and Climate Change, Rutgers Undergraduate Research Fellows Program,
1998-99, for Kevin Hassell, $1500.
Water Resources and Climate Change, New Jersey Water Resources, Research Institute
Grants-in-Aid for Undergraduate Student Research, 1998-99, for Kevin Hassell, $750.
Earth System Science Education, USRA/NASA, 1992-1996. $50,000.
Academic Professional Excellence Award for Academic Innovation and Creativity, Cook
College, 1993.
Graduate Advising: Have chaired ten M.S. and five Ph.D. Committees.
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES:
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. Sensitivity of downward longwave surface
radiation to humidity and clouds at a high elevation site. San Francisco, oral, December, 2014.
With C.M. Naud, Y. Chen, and I. Rangwala.
European Geosciences Union Meeting. Amplified warming rates in high elevation regions.
PICO presentation (Miller, oral/interactive poster), Vienna, Austria, April, 2014. With C. Naud,
I. Rangwala, Y.Chen, D. Ghatak, and E. Sinsky.
94th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (13th Annual Student Conference).
Impacts of Snow-Albedo Feedback in the Tibetan Plateau, Himalayas and Central Asia.
Atlanta, Georgia, 2014. With E. Sinsky, and D. Ghatak.
AGU Fall meeting. Sensitivity of downward longwave surface radiation to humidity and clouds
at a high elevation site. poster, San Francisco, Dec., 2013. With Y. Chen, C. M. Naud, and I.
Rangwala.
AGU Fall meeting. Role of snow-albedo feedback in high elevation warming. poster, San
Francisco, Dec., 2013. With D. Ghatak, and E. Sinsky.
AGU Fall meeting Amplified warming projections for high elevation regions from CMIP5
models. poster, San Francisco, Dec., 2013. With I. Rangwala and E. Sinsky.
MTNCLIM 2012. Elevation Dependent Warming: Where, When, And Why. Estes Park, CO,
Oct., 2012. With I. Rangwala, C. Naud and Y. Chen.
MTNCLIM 2012. Amplified Water Vapor Feedback at High Elevation during Winter., Estes
Park, CO, Oct., 2012. With I. Rangwala and J. Barsugli.
AGU Fall meeting. Quantifying Climate Feedbacks in High Elevation Regions. San Francisco,
Dec., 2012. With I. Rangwala, C. Naud and Y. Chen.
Rutgers climate symposium sponsored by Rutgers Climate Initiative. Examining elevation
sensitive warming in global climate models. Rutgers Univ., Nov, 2012. With E. Sinsky and
I. Rangwala.
AGU Fall Meeting. Amplified water vapor feedback at high altitude regions in winter, San
Francisco, poster, Dec., 2011. With I. Rangwala and J. Barsugli.
AGU Fall Meeting. Projected regime shift in Arctic feedbacks, San Francisco, poster, Dec.
2011. With J. Francis, Y. Chen, and G. Russell.
Climate and snow workshop, Snow-climate interactions. Rutgers, co-organizer, Dec. 2011.
Conference on Exchanging Lessons of the Aral Sea Disaster. Modeling natural and
anthropogenic impacts on the hydrology of the Aral Sea. Ramapo College, NJ, Oct. 2011.
11th AMS Conf. on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography. Modeling seasonal variability in
Arctic cloud and water vapor feedbacks, Boston, MA, May, 2011. With Y. Chen, G.
Russell, and J.A. Francis.
(Invited) Conference on Managing for Resiliency in the San Juan Mountains. Challenges in
understanding climate change in the mountains, Silverton, CO, October, 2010.
MTNCLIM 2010. Enhanced temperature increases in high altitude regions, HJ Andrews
Research Forest, Blue River, OR, June, 2010. With I. Rangwala.
AGU Fall Meeting. Climate change and the water vapor feedback at high altitudes and
latitudes. poster, San Francisco, Dec., 2009. With I. Rangwala, Y. Chen, and G. Russell.
AGU Fall Meeting. 20th Century Trends in the Maximum and Minimum Temperatures in
Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. poster, San Francisco, Dec., 2009. With I. Rangwala.
AGU Fall Meeting. Modeling future Fraser River summer temperature with a global climate
model, poster, San Francisco, Dec., 2008. With M. Ferrari, G. Russell, D. Patterson,and M.
Hague.
AGU Fall Meeting. Influence of increasing surface humidity on winter warming at high
altitudes through the 21st century, San Francisco, Dec. 2008, oral presentation. With I.
Rangwala, G. Russell, and M. Xu.
Ocean Sciences Meeting. Future regime shift in feedbacks during Arctic winter, poster,
Orlando, FL, March, 2008. With Y. Chen, G. Russell, and J. Francis.
AGU Fall Meeting. Modeling feedbacks between the water and energy budgets of the Arctic
Ocean, poster, San Francisco, Dec. 2006. With J. Francis, Y. Chen, and G. Russell.
Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Workshop. Modeling feedbacks between the
water and energy budgets of the Arctic Ocean, poster, Woods Hole, MA, October, 2006.
With J. Francis, Y. Chen, and G. Russell.
AGU Fall Meeting. Changes and feedbacks in the Arctic hydrologic cycle. poster, San
Francisco, Dec. 2005. With J. Francis, Y. Chen, W. Chan, J.Secora, and G.Russell.
Whole Earth Systems Conference, Stanford University, Feb. 2005 (attended without presentation).
American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. Using a global climate model to examine
changes in Arctic permafrost. poster, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2005. With G. Russell.
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory 50th Anniversary Symposium, Princeton, NJ,
September, 2005. (attended without presentation).
Freshwater Initiative All-Hands Meeting. Pieces of the Arctic freshwater puzzle: Clues from
space, the surface, and a GCM. poster, Woods Hole, MA, May, 2004. With J. Francis, W.
Chan, Y. Chen, and D. Groves.
Workshop: Central Arctic: Battleground of Natural and Man-made Climate Forcing.
Arctic
feedbacks in GISS GCM. Invited oral, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY,
January, 2004. With Y. Chen.
American Meteorological Society Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
and Joint Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations, Modeling feedbacks in the Arctic
climate system, invited, Hyannis, MA, May, 2003.
Design Principles for Creating Effective Web-based Learning Resources in the Geosciences,
National Science Foundation Workshop. Development of Teaching Modules for Physical
Oceanography, poster, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Feb. 2003.
Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP) Workshop, Washington, DC, May, 2002.
(attended with no presentation)
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, May 2002. (attended with no
presentation).
Workshop on Measuring and Modeling of Arctic Ocean Circulation. Modeling the freshwater
and energy budgets of the Arctic Ocean for the present and future climates (oral) and Surface
temperature of the Arctic: Comparison of TOVS satellite retrievals with surface observations
(poster). Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, June, 2002. With Y. Chen and J.
Francis.
NSF-ARCSS All-Hands Workshop, Surface temperature of the Arctic: Comparison of TOVS
satellite retrievals with surface observations, poster, Seattle, WA, Feb. 2002. With Y. Chen and
J. Francis.
Estuarine Research Federation 16th Biennial Conference, (Invited talk) Climate change and stream
flow, St. Petersburg, FL, Nov.2001.
6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., (poster) Arctic
surface temperature: A comparison among satellite retrievals and conventional observations.
San Diego, CA, May, 2001. With Y. Chen and J.Francis.
Pan Arctic Shelf Break Initiative Workshop, Climate change and the Arctic hydrologic cycle.
Callaway Gardens, GA, November, 2000.
Second Chapman Conference on the Gaia Hypothesis, Modeling feedbacks between water and
vegetation in the climate system, American Geophysical Union, University of Valencia, Valencia,
Spain, June, 2000. With G. L. Russell.
Climate Change and the Last Fifty Years, (Invited) River flow and climate change, Goddard
Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, November, 1999.
Sea-Ice Modeling Workshop, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, March, 1999.
American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. Modeling the impact of climate change on
freshwater flux from the Arctic Ocean with a global climate model. Dallas, TX, 1999. With G.
Russell.
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Presented papers "Processes affecting Arctic sea
ice in a coupled atmosphere-ocean-ice model," With K. Ohashi and G. Russell and "Water
resources and climate change: A Web-based learning module," With G. Gordon and K. Hassell,
Boston, 1998.
Hydrology Workshop, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, 1998.
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Modeling anthropogenic impacts on river flow
with a global climate model. Baltimore, 1997. With M. R. Ferrari and G. L. Russell.
Ocean Modeling Workshop, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, 1997.
International Glaciological Society, The effects of river flow on sea ice. Victoria, Canada, 1996.
With G. L. Russell.
American Meteorological Society 75th Annual Meeting, Dallas TX, 1975.
Metropolitan New York in the Greenhouse: Infrastructure Planning for an Uncertain Future, New
York, NY, November 3-4, 1994.
Symposium on Regional Assessment of Freshwater Ecosystems and Climate Change in North
America, Co-chaired session on Regional Assessments and Recommendations, Leesburg, VA,
October, 1994.
International Glaciological Society, International Symposium on the Role of the Cryosphere in
Global Change, Climate change and the Arctic hydrologic cycle as calculated by a global coupled
atmosphere-ocean model. Columbus, OH, August, 1994. With G. L. Russell.
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, A team-oriented approach to teaching earth system
science. Baltimore, 1994. With B.E. Grandin.
United States Global Change Research Program, Earth System Modeling Workshop, National
Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, 1994.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Climate change and the Arctic hydrologic cycle as
calculated by a global coupled atmosphere-ocean model. San Francisco, 1993. With G.L. Russell.
GCIP Workshop, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1993.
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Presented two papers, "A river routing scheme for
global climate models" and "Results from a new global coupled atmosphere-ocean model."
Montreal, 1992. With G.L. Russell.
Tenth Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, Special Session on Hydrometeorology.
Modeling the effects of climate change on global river runoff. Salt Lake City, 1991. With G.L.
Russell.
Annual Earth Systems Science Workshop at Pennsylvania State Univ. Modeling the global
hydrologic cycle. State College, PA, 1991. With G.L. Russell.
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Modeling global river runoff. Baltimore, MD,
1991. With G.L. Russell.
Chapman Conference on Hydrologic Aspects of Global Climate Change, American Geophysical
Union, Lake Chelan, WA. Modeling climatic change and the hydrologic cycle at global and
regional scales. Lake Chelan, WA, 1990. With G. L. Russell.
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting. Predicting the impact of climatic change on global
river runoff, Baltimore, MD, 1990. With G. L. Russell.
Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Workshop, Numerical modeling of
oyster recruitment in Delaware Bay. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA,
1989. With T. Jacobsen and J. Milutinovic.
American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting. Ocean circulation during the last glacial
maximum, invited, May, 1989. With G. L. Russell.
The Second Annual Earth System Science Center Workshop, The Global Water Cycle: Past,
Present & Future,. Ocean heat transport during the last glacial maximum. July, 1988,
Pennsylvania State University. With G. L. Russell.
Physics of Shallow Estuaries and Bays Conference. Structuring of benthic communities in a
well-mixed estuary: The role of physical processes, December, 1988, Asilomar, CA. With T.
Jacobsen and J. Milutinovic.
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Freshwater transport during the last ice age,
December, 1988, San Francisco. With G. L. Russell.
Annual Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, MD. Ocean heat
transport during the last ice age. May, 1988, Baltimore, MD. With G. L. Russell.
American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on the Gaia Hypothesis, March, 1988, San
Diego, CA.
Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, February, 1988,
Boston, MA.
Annual Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Workshop. The role of
physical processes in the dispersal of oyster larvae in Delaware Bay. November, 1987, Norfolk,
VA. With J. Milutinovic (presenter) and T. Jacobsen.
Annual Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Seasonal oceanic heat transports
computed from an atmospheric model and ocean temperature climatology. May, 1987,
Baltimore, MD. With T. M. Smith and G. Russell.
Fourth Conference on Climate Variations, AMS Meeting, March,1987, Baltimore, MD.
Institute on Global Interdependence. Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Princeton University, July 6 to July 25, 1986.
Annual Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, May, 1986, Baltimore, MD.
Ocean Sciences Meeting of the American Geophysical Union and the American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography. Monthly-averaged wind speed and wind stress from the Nimbus 7
microwave radiometer. January, 1986, New Orleans, LA. With J. Milutinovic.
Annual meeting of the New Jersey Academy of Science. Analysis of wind speeds obtained from
satellite microwave data. 1985, Trenton State College. With J. Milutinovic(presenter).
Annual meeting of the New Jersey Academy of Science. Analysis of tropical cyclones and
rainfall from satellite microwave data. 1985, Trenton State College. With C.M. Powers
(presenter).
Annual spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Ocean heat transports computed
from an atmospheric model. 1985, Baltimore, MD. With G.L. Russell and L.C. Tsang.
Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Workshop. Lamont/Doherty
Geological Observatory, 1983, Palisades, N.Y.
Annual spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Sea surface wind speeds from
Nimbus SMMR measurements. 1981, Baltimore, MD. With J.E. Geyser, A.T.C. Chang, and T.T.
Wilheit.
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Comparison of surface wind speeds
from the scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR) with surface analyses in the
Northeast Pacific Ocean. 1981, Washington, DC. With J.E. Geyser and A.T.C. Chang.
Annual spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Upper ocean models for climate
studies. 1980, Toronto.
Ocean Climate Variability Symposium, Rosenstiel School, 1979, University of Miami, Miami,
FL.
Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography Workshop, 1979, Stony Brook, N.Y.
Coastal Environmental Remote Sensing Workshop, 1979, University of Rhode Island.
New Jersey Academy of Science Annual Meeting, 1979, Rider College, N.J.
Marine Resources: The Issue Facing New Jersey in the 1980s, 1978, Princeton, N.J.
USNC/URSI spring meeting, 1978, College Park, Md.
Annual Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography Workshop. Meteorological forcing and
bottom water movements off the northern New Jersey coast. 1978, Williamsburg, VA. With D.
Hicks.
Annual meeting of the New Jersey Academy of Science. Oceanographic conditions and fish kills
off the northern New Jersey coast. 1978 Drew University, NJ.
Modeling and Simulation of Environmental Systems Conference. 1978, Rutgers University, NJ.
Current Measurement Conference, 1978, University of Delaware.
Mid-Atlantic Bight, Physical Oceanography Workshop, 1977, Lamont/Doherty, Palisades, NY.
Spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Vertical mixing and anoxic conditions in
the New York Bight. 1977. Washington, D.C.
Symposium on Environmental Dimensions of the Conference on the Law of the Sea, Eagleton
Institute, 1976, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
NASA Geosynchronous Satellite Conference, 1975, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,
MD.
National Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, The use of
mixed-layer ocean models for medium range weather forecasts. 1974, Pasadena, CA.
PUBLICATIONS:
Rangwala, I., E. Sinsky, and J. Miller, 2015. Variability in projected elevation dependent warming
in boreal midlatitude winter in CMIP5 climate models and its potential drivers. Clim. Dyns.
DOI 10.1007/s00382-015-2692-0.
Naud, C.M., I. Rangwala, M. Xu, and J. Miller, 2015. A satellite view of the radiative impact of
clouds on surface downward fluxes in the Tibetan Plateau. J. Appl. Meteor. & Clim., 54, 479493, DOI:10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0183.1.
Pepin, N., R. Bradley, H.Diaz, M. Baraer, E. Caceres, N. Forsythe, H. Fowler, G. Greenwood, M.
Hashmi, X. Liu, J. Miller, L. Ning, A. Ohmura, E. Palazzi, I. Rangwala, W. Schoener, I.
Severskiy, M. Shahgedanova, M. Wang, S. Williamson, and D. Yang, 2015. Elevationdependent warming in mountain regions of the world. Nature Climate Change, 5, 424-430,
DOI:10.1038/NCLIMATE2563.
Ghatak, D., E. Sinsky, and J. Miller, 2014. Role of snow-albedo feedback in higher elevation
warming over the Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia. Environ. Res. Lett., 9,
doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114008.
Chen,Y. C.M. Naud, I. Rangwala, C.C. Landry, and J.R. Miller, 2014. Comparison of the
sensitivity of surface downward longwave radiation to changes in water vapor at two high
elevation sites. Environ. Res. Lett, 9, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114015
Rangwala, I., E. Sinsky, and J. Miller, 2013. Amplified warming projections for high altitude
regions of the northern hemisphere mid-latitudes from CMIP5 models. Environ. Res. Lett., 8,
doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024040.
Naud, C.M., Y. Chen, I. Rangwala, and J. Miller, 2013. Sensitivity of downward longwave
surface radiation to moisture and cloud changes in a high-elevation region. J. Geophs. Res.,
118, 10,072-10,081, doi:1002/jgrd.50644.
Ghatak, D. and J. Miller, 2013. Implications for Arctic amplification of changes in the strength of
the water vapor feedback. J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1-10, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50578.
Rangwala, I. and J. Miller, 2012. Climate change in mountains: A review of elevation
dependent warming and its possible causes. Climatic Change. doi:10.1007/s10584012-0419-3.
Naud, C.M., J.R. Miller, and C. Landry, 2012. Using satellites to investigate the
sensitivity of longwave downward radiation to water vapor at high elevations. J.
Geophys. Res., 117, D0510. doi:10.1029/2011JD016917.
Rangwala, I., and J. Miller, 2010. Twentieth century temperature trends in Colorado’s
San Juan Mountains, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 42, No. 1, 89–97.
Rangwala, I., J. Miller, G. Russell and M. Xu, 2010. Using a global climate model to
evaluate the influences of water vapor, snow cover and atmospheric aerosol on
warming in the Tibetan Plateau during the twenty-first century, Climate Dynamics, 34:859-872,
doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0564-1.
Rangwala I. and J. Miller, 2012. Climate change in mountains: A review of elevation dependent
warming and its possible causes. Climatic Change. doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0419-3.
Chen, Y., J.R. Miller, J.A. Francis and G.L. Russell, 2011. Projected regime shift in Arctic
cloud and water vapor feedbacks, Environ. Res. Lett., 044007,
doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/044007.
Rangwala, I., and J.R. Miller, 2011. Long-term temperature trends in the San Juan Mountains,
in The eastern San Juan Mountains: Their geology, ecology, and human history, R. Blair and
G. Bracksieck (eds.), pps. 99-110, The Univ. Press of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Hague, M., M. Ferrari, J. Miller, D. Patterson, G. Russell, A. Farrell, and S. Hinch, 2010. Modelling
the future hydroclimatology of the lower Fraser River and its impacts on the spawning
migration survival of sockeye salmon. Global Change Biology, doi:10.1111/j.13652486.2010.02225.x.
Rangwala, I., and J. Miller, 2010. Twentieth century temperature trends in Colorado’s San Juan
Mountains, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 42, No. 1, 89–97.
Rangwala, I., J. Miller, G. Russell and M. Xu, 2010. Using a global climate model to evaluate the
influences of water vapor, snow cover and atmospheric aerosol on warming in the Tibetan
Plateau during the 21st century, Clim. Dyn. 34:859-872. DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0564-1.
Rangwala, I., J. Miller, and M. Xu, 2009. Warming in the Tibetan Plateau: Possible influences of
the changes in surface water vapor, Geophys. Res. Let., 36, L0673, doi:10.1029/2009GL037245.
Francis, J.A., W. Chan, D. Leathers, J. Miller, and D. Veron, 2009. Winter Northern
Hemisphere weather patterns remember summer Arctic sea-ice extent. Geophys. Res. Let.,
36, L07503, doi:10.1029/2009GL037274.
Miller, J.R., Y. Chen, G.L. Russell, and J.A. Francis, 2007, Geophys. Res. Let., Future regime
shift in feedbacks during Arctic winter, 34, L23707, doi:10.1029/2007GL031826.
Ferrari, M.R., J.R. Miller, and G.L. Russell, 2007, Modeling changes in summer temperature of
the Fraser River during the next century, J. Hydrology, 342, 336-346.
Rangwala, I, J. Miller, G.L. Russell, and M. Xu, 2006, Analysis of global climate model
experiments to elucidate past and future changes in surface insolation and warming in China,
Geophys. Res. Let., 33, L20709, doi:10.1029/2006GL027778.
Litchman, E., C.A.Klausmeier, J.R. Miller, O.M.Schofield, and P.G. Falkowski, 2006, Multi-
nutrient, multi-group model of present and future oceanic phytoplankton communities,
Biogeosciences, 3, 585-606.
Chen, Y., F. Aires, J.A. Francis, and J.R. Miller, 2006, Observed relationships between Arctic
longwave cloud forcing and cloud parameters using a neural network, J. Climate, 19, 40874104.
Schneider, S.H., J.R. Miller, E. Crist, and P. Boston, (Editors), Scientists Debate Gaia: The
Next Century, MIT Press, 2004, 377 pp.
Miller, J.R., and G.L. Russell, 2004, Modeling feedbacks between water and vegetation in the
North African climate system, in Scientists Debate Gaia: The Next Century, MIT Press, S.H.
Schneider, J.R. Miller, E. Crist, P. Boston (eds.), 297- 305..
Chen, Y., J.R. Miller, J.A. Francis, G.L. Russell, and F. Aires, 2003, Observed and modeled
relationships among Arctic climate variables, J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 108, D24, 4799,
doi:10.1029/2003JD003824, 2003.
Chen, Y., J. A. Francis, and J. R. Miller, 2002, Surface temperature of the Arctic: Comparison
of TOVS satellite retrievals with surface observations, J. Climate, 15(24), 3698-3708.
Miller, J.R., and G.L. Russell, 2002, Projected impact of climate change on the energy budget
of the Arctic Ocean by a global climate model, J. Climate, 15(21), 3028-3042.
Kennish, M.J., J.R. Miller, and P. Miller, 2001, Improving scientific infrastructure in New
Jersey, Bull. New Jersey Acad. Sci., 46(1), 1-4.
Chen, Y., J.Miller, and J. Francis, 2001, Arctic surface temperature: A comparison among
satellite retrievals and conventional observations, in Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology
and Oceanography, Am. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, 178-181.
Russell, G.L., V. Gornitz, and J.R.Miller, 2000, Regional sea level changes projected by the
NASA/GISS atmosphere-ocean model, Clim. Dyn., 16, 789-797.
Russell, G.L., J.R. Miller, D. Rind, R.A. Ruedy, G.A. Schmidt, and S. Sheth, 2000,
Comparison of model and observed regional temperature changes during the past 40 years, J.
Geophys. Res., 105, 14,891-14,898.
Miller, J.R., and G.L. Russell, 2000, Projected impact of climate change on the freshwater and
salt budgets of the Arctic Ocean by a global climate model, Geophys. Res. Let., 27, 1183-1186.
Ferrari, M.R., J.R. Miller, and G.L. Russell 1999, Modeling the effect of wetlands, flooding,
and irrigation on river flow: Application to the Aral Sea, Water Resources Journal, Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Secretariat, United Nations, Bangkok,
Thailand, reprinted from Water Resources Research (1999), December, 77-91.
Ferrari, M.R., J.R. Miller, and G.L. Russell, 1999, Modeling the effect of wetlands, flooding,
and irrigation on river flow: Application to the Aral Sea, Water Resources Res., 35, 1869-1876.
Miller, J.R., and G.L. Russell, 1999, Modeling the impact of climate change on freshwater flux
from the Arctic Ocean with a global climate model, in preprint volume of Fifth Conference on
Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Dallas, TX, Am. Meteor. Soc., 395-396.
Cook, T., M. Folli, J. Klinck, S. Ford, and J. Miller, 1998, The relationship between increasing
sea-surface temperature and the northward spread of Perkinsus Marinus (Dermo) disease
epizootics in oysters, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 46, 587-597.
Miller, J. R., and G. L. Russell, 1997, Investigating the interactions among river flow, salinity,
and sea ice using a global coupled atmosphere-ocean-ice model, Annals of Glaciology, 25, 121126.
Glenn, S. M., and J. R. Miller, 1996, Active learning concepts in the college science classroom:
Applications to satellite remote sensing, Bull. of New Jersey Acad. Science, 41, 3-6.
Russell, G. L., J. R. Miller, and D. Rind, 1995, A coupled atmosphere-ocean model for
transient climate change studies, Atmosphere-Ocean, 33, 683-730.
Miller, J. R., and G. L. Russell, 1995, Climate change and the Arctic hydrologic cycle as
calculated by a global coupled atmosphere-ocean model, Annals of Glaciology, 21, 91-95.
Van Blarcum, S., J. R. Miller, and G. L. Russell, 1995, High latitude river runoff in a doubled
CO2 climate, Climatic Change, 30, 7-26.
Miller, J. R., and B. E. Grandin, 1994, A team-oriented approach to teaching earth system
science, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Abstract, 75, 16, 58-59.
Marengo, J. A., J. R. Miller, G. L. Russell, C. C. Rosenzweig, and F. Abramopoulos, 1994,
Calculations of river-runoff in the GISS GCM: Impact of a new land-surface parameterization
and runoff routing model on the hydrology of the Amazon River, Climate Dynamics, 10, 349361.
Miller, J. R., G. L. Russell, and G. Caliri, 1994, Continental scale river flow in climate models,
J. Climate, 7, 914-928.
Marengo, J., G. Russell, C. Rosenzweig, F. Abramopoulos, and J. Miller, 1994, Calculations of
river-runoff in the GISS GCM: Modeling the hydrology of the Amazon River, in preprint
volume, 6th Conference on Climate Variations, Nashville, TN, Am. Meteor. Soc., 395-398.
Miller, J. R., and G. L. Russell, 1993, Climate change and the Arctic hydrologic cycle as
calculated by a global coupled atmosphere-ocean model, Transactions American Geophysical
Union, Abstract, 74, 43, 254.
Miller, J. R., G. L. Russell, and S. C. Van Blarcum, 1993, Modeling changes in high-latitude
snowpack and river runoff in a doubled CO2 climate, Transactions American Geophysical
Union, Abstract, 73, 43, 174.
Russell, G. L., and J. R. Miller, 1993, Oceanic heat transports from a new global coupled
atmosphere-ocean model, Transactions American Geophysical Union Abstract, 73, 43, 312.
Kuhl, S. C., and J. R. Miller, 1992, Seasonal river runoff calculated from a global atmospheric
model, Water Resources Res., 28, 2029-2039.
Miller, J. R., and G. L. Russell, 1992, A river routing scheme for global climate models,
Transactions American Geophysical Union, Abstract, 73, 14, 111.
Russell, G. L., and J. R. Miller, 1992, Results from a New Global Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean
Model, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Abstract, 73, 14, 158.
Miller, J. R., 1992, Rivers. In Encyclop. Earth System Science, Vol. 4, Academic Press, 13-20.
Miller, J. R., and G. L. Russell, 1992, The impact of global warming on river runoff. J.
Geophys. Res., 97, 2757-2764.
Miller, J. R., and G. L. Russell, 1991, Modeling the effects of climate change on global river
runoff, In preprints of the Tenth Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, Special
Session on Hydrometeorology, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 204-205.
Miller, J. R., and G. L. Russell, 1991, Modeling global river runoff, Transactions American
Geophysical Union, Abstract, 72, 122.
Miller, J. R., and G. L. Russell, 1990, Oceanic freshwater transport during the last glacial
maximum. Paleoceanography, 5, 397-407.
Jacobsen, T. R., J. D. Milutinovic, and J. R. Miller, 1990, Observational and model studies of
physical processes affecting benthic larval recruitment in Delaware Bay. J. Geophys. Res.,
20,331-20,345.
Russell, G. L., and J. R. Miller, 1990, Global river runoff calculated from a global atmospheric
general circulation model. J. Hydrology, 117, 241-254.
Jacobsen, T. R., J. D. Milutinovic and J. R. Miller, 1990, Recruitment in estuarine benthic
communities: The role of physical processes. In Coastal and Estuarine Studies, vol. 38, R. T.
Cheng, editor, 513-525.
Milutinovic, J. D., J. R. Miller and T. Jacobsen, 1990, Model comparisons of oyster recruitment
in Delaware Bay. In Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, M. L. Spaulding, editor, 482-491.
Miller, J.R., and G. L. Russell, 1989, Ocean circulation during the last glacial maximum.
Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, (Abstr.), 70, 15, p. 368.
Miller, J. R. and G. L. Russell, l989, Ocean heat transport during the last glacial maximum.
Paleoceanography, 4, 2, 141-155.
Smith, T. M., J. R. Miller and G. L. Russell, 1989, Seasonal oceanic heat transports computed
from an atmospheric model and ocean temperature climatology, Dynamics Atmos. Oceans, 14,
77-92.
Miller, J.R. and G. L Russell, l988, Ocean heat transport during the last ice age. Trans. Am
Geophys. Union, 69, p. 376.
Miller, J.R., l988, Human impacts on climate. In Global Interdependence and New Jersey
Education, The Humanities l985, The Sciences l986, edited by P.F. Morrissey, Princeton, N.J.,
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2ll-226.
Smith, T. M. and J. R. Miller and G. L. Russell, l987, Seasonal oceanic heat transports
computed from an atmospheric model and ocean temperature climatology, Trans. Am Geophys.
Union, Abstract, 68 l6, p. 338.
Milutinovic, J.D. and J.R. Miller, 1985, Monthly-averaged wind speed and wind stress from
the Nimbus 7 microwave radiometer. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, Abstract, 66, 51, p. 1268.
Russell, G.L., J.R. Miller, and L.C. Tsang, 1985, Seasonal oceanic heat transports computed
from an atmospheric model. Dynamics of Atmos. Oceans, 9, 253-271.
Miller, J.R., G.L. Russell, and L.C. Tsang, 1985, Ocean heat transports computed from an
atmospheric model. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, Abstract, 66, 18, p. 291.
Druyan, L.M., J.R. Miller, and G.L. Russell, 1983, Atmospheric general circulation model
simulations with an interactive ocean: Effects of sea surface temperature anomalies in the
Arabian Sea. Atmosphere-Ocean, 2l, 1, 94-06.
Miller, J.R., G.L. Russell, and L. Tsang, 1983, Annual oceanic heat transports computed from
an atmospheric model. Dynamics of Atmos. Oceans, 7, 95-109.
Miller, J.R., 1983, Ocean currents. Pollution and Water Resources Columbia University
Seminar Series, 15, 1, G. Halasi-Kun, Ed., Pergamon Press, 1-9.
Miller, J.R., J.E. Geyser, A.T.C. Chang, and T.T. Wilheit, 1982, Observations of oceanic
surface-wind fields from the Nimbus 7 microwave radiometer. IEEE Trans. Geosc. Rem.
Sens., GE-20, 4, 549-554.
Miller, J.R., 1982, A linear analysis of energy budgets in stratified viscous free shear layers.
Physics of Fluids, 25, 1, 14-20.
Miller, J.R., 1981, Variations in upper ocean heat storage determined from satellite data. Rem.
Sens. Env., 11, 6, 473-482.
Miller, J.R., J.E. Geyser, and A.T.C. Chang, 1981, Comparison of surface wind speeds from
the scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR) with surface analyses in the
Northeast Pacific Ocean. IEEE Digest, 1981 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Symposium, 1, 351-352.
Miller, J.R., J.E. Geyser, A.T.C. Chang, and T.T. Wilheit, 1981, Sea surface wind speeds from
Nimbus SMMR measurements. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union , Abstract, 62, 17, p. 299.
Miller, J.R., 1980, Simulation of seasonal sea surface temperature variations in the North
Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanog., 10, 5, 800-803.
Hicks, D.C. and J.R. Miller, 1980, Meteorological forcing and bottom water movement off the
northern New Jersey coast. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 11, 563-571.
Miller, J.R., 1980, Upper ocean models for climate studies. Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union,
Abstract, 61.
Miller, J.R., 1978, Annual variation of the oceanic thermal inertia coefficient, Trans. Am.
Geophys. Union (Abstr.), 59, 12, p. 1116.
Miller, J.R., 1978, Monitoring changes in upper ocean heat storage from satellites, NASA
Tech. Memo. 79601, 28 pp.
Miller, J.R., 1977, Vertical mixing and anoxic conditions in the New York Bight, Trans. Am.
Geophys. Union (Abstr.), 58.
Miller, J.R., 1976, The salinity effect in a mixed-layer ocean model. J. Phys.Oceanog., 6, 1,
29-35.
Atlas, R.M. and J.R. Miller, 1975, Climatological forecasts of sea-surface temperatures with a
mixed-layer ocean model. In Meteorology Research Review, Goddard Institute for Space
Studies, NASA.
Miller, J.R., 1974, Coupling the GISS model with an interacting ocean. In Research Review,
Part 2, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA.
Miller, J.R., 1974, The GISS ocean model. In Research Review, Part 2,Goddard Institute for
Space Studies, NASA.
Gage, K.S. and J.R. Miller, 1974, A linear viscous stability analysis of the stratified Bickley
jet. Physics of Fluids, 17, 5, 883-887.
Miller, J.R., 1973, A mixed-layer ocean model for medium range forecasting. In Research
Review, Part 2, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA.
Miller, J.R., 1973, Theoretical research on the stability of thermally stratified viscous parallel
flow. IFDAM Tech. Note BN778, K.S. Gate, ed.
Miller, J.R., 1972,Theoretical study of the prandtl number dependence of the stability of
unbounded stratified flows. IFDAM Tech. Note BN744, University of Maryland, College
Park.
Miller, J.R. and K.S. Gage, 1972, Prandtl number dependence of the stability of a stratified free
shear layer. Physics of Fluids, 15, 5, 723-725.
GRANTS (2000-present):
NSF (PI), Collaborative Research: Quantifying feedbacks affecting high-altitude climate
change, 7/15/11-7/14/14, $300,000.
USEPA STAR (co-PI), United States freshwater resources in the coming decades: An
integrated climate-hydrologic modeling study, 7/1/09 – 6/30/12, $770,000, with Y. Reinfelder.
NASA (PI), An improved GCM simulation of the Arctic hydrologic cycle using satellitederived products. 2/15/02 -2/14/07, $270,000 with J. Francis.