NATHAN J. MOORE
Address: 202 Manly Miles Bldg
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48823 U.S.A.
http://www.msu.edu/~moorena
Tel 517-355-1733 (W)
517-333-1269 (H)
Fax 517-353-2932
Email: moorena@msu.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Regional climate modeling and mesoscale dynamics; measuring and modeling
impacts of human activity on the hydrologic cycle and surface-atmosphere
interactions; regional and global land use/land cover change.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Earth & Ocean Sciences, 2004. Duke University, Durham, NC
“Irrigation’s Effect on Precipitation in the Texas High Plains”
Advisor: Stuart Rojstaczer
M.S. Physics, 1997. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
B.A. Physics (Astronomy minor), 1993. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research Associate, Michigan State University Department of Geography, East
Lansing, MI. Developed and operated climate simulations of East Africa for the
Climate-Land Interactions Project (CLIP—http://clip.msu.edu) and of the Amazon
for NASA’s LBA project. Validated simulations with satellite, surface, and other
observations. Integrated high-resolution satellite imagery and remotely sensed
land-cover data with a regional climate model (RAMS). May 2004 - present
Teaching Assistant, Duke University, Durham, NC. Assisted for Environmental
Hazards, Introduction to Geology field trips, Geology of Yellowstone National
Park. Aug 2001 - Aug 2003
Research Assistant, Duke University, Durham, NC. Studied effects of irrigation
on precipitation in an arid environment using statistical tools, satellite
observations and atmospheric simulations. Developed remote sensing interface
for use in climate models. Studied changes in North Atlantic physical
oceanography (with Susan Lozier). Aug 1998 - May 2004
Hydrologic Technician, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Developed onedimensional groundwater model of advection-diffusion for Everglades Nutrient
Removal Project (with Jud Harvey). Analyzed simulation results to determine
contaminant flow and to match concentration profiles. June1997 - Aug 1998
Design Engineer, S.T. Research (now Argon ST), Newington, VA. Designed
and developed software for satellite/communication systems. Developed signal
processing algorithms for remote sensing systems. Aug 1997- July 1998
Teaching Assistant, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. Introduction to Physics
for Majors. Sept 1996 - June 1997
Systems Analyst, SAIC, Tyson’s Corner, VA. Analyzed and conducted
computer simulations based on nonlinear dynamics. March - July 1996
Peace Corps Volunteer, Fiji Islands. Math, Physics, and English teacher.
Initiated and led numerous projects in community, including improvement of
water supply, acquiring books for school library, erosion control work. Presented
project proposal for upgrading of school science lab to school board and Fiji
Ministry of Education officers, received funding from Peace Corps, and
supervised completion. Nov 1993 - Dec 1995
RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND GRANTS
Date / Role
Title
Feb 08, Co-I
An Integrated Analysis of Mega-Project
(pending)
Development in the Amazon
Oct 07, PI
Integrated Modeling of the Land-Climate
(pending)
System in the Russian Boreal Forest:
Stochastic Landscapes and Climate
Uncertainty
Oct 07, Co-I
Impacts of Deforestation of the Congo
(pending)
Basin on the Climate of East and Central
Africa
Mar 07, Co-I
Dynamic Ecological Simulation Model of
Tsetse Transmitted Trypanosomiasis in
Kenya
Nov 06, Co-I
Dynamic Interactions among People,
Livestock, and Savanna Ecosystems
under Climate Change
Nov 06, Co-PI Collaborative Research: Coupling
(rejected)
People, Land, and Climate in the
Dynamics of Russian Forests
Apr 05, Co-I
Spatially Specific Land Cover
Econometrics & Integration With Climate
Prediction: Scenarios for Future
Landscapes and Land-Climate
Interactions
Nov 03
An Integrated Analysis of Regional Land/
Postdoc
Climate Interactions
Sponsor
NSF/HSD
Amount
~$750,000
NASA:
LCLUC
$638,946
NASA:
LCLUC
$633,353
NIH
$1,130,809
NSF: CNH $1,466,300
NSF: CNH $1,092,664
NASA:
LBA
$278,702
NSF: Bio- $1,750,000
complexity
PUBLICATIONS
Moore, N. & B. Lofgren. The Future Hydroclimatology of East Africa, First draft.
Moore, N., Nathan Torbick, B. Lofgren, J. Wang, Adapting MODIS phenology
and land cover data for improving climate model performance, First draft.
Moore, N., B. Lofgren, J. Olson, G. Alagarswamy, J. Andresen, N. Torbick, B.
Pijanowski, &. P. Yanda, Land Cover/Land Use Change versus
Greenhouse Gas Concentrations: Relative Impacts in East Africa, 2008,
submitted to PNAS.
Hession, S., & N. Moore, Spatial Regression Analysis of Monthly Rainfall in East
Africa, third draft.
Lozier, M.S., S. Leadbetter, R. Williams, V. Roussenov, M. Reed, N. Moore,
2008. The Spatial Pattern and Mechanisms of Heat Content Change in
the North Atlantic, Science, 10.1126/science.1146436.
Olson J, G. Alagarswamy, J. Andresen, D. Campbell, J. Ge, M. Huebner, B.
Lofgren, D. Lusch, N. Moore, B. Pijanowski, J. Qi, P. Thornton, N.
Torbick, J. Wang, 2007, Integrating Diverse Methods to Understand
Climate-Land Interactions in East Africa, Geoforum, in press, Corrected
Proof, Available online 15 June 2007
Moore, N., E. Arima, R. Walker, and R. Ramos da Silva, 2007, Uncertainty and
the changing hydroclimatology of the Amazon, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34,
L14707, doi:10.1029/2007GL030157.
Torbick, N., D. Lusch, J. Qi, N. Moore, J. Olson and J. Ge, 2006, Developing
land use/land cover parameterization for climate and land modelling in
East Africa, International Journal of Remote Sensing 27(19), 4227-4244.
Ge, J., J. Qi, B. M. Lofgren, N. Moore, N. Torbick, and J. M. Olson, 2006,
Impacts of land use/cover classification accuracy on regional climate
simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D05107, doi:10.1029/2006JD007404.
Haberl, H, Krausmann, F, Erb, K-H, Schulz, NB, Rojstaczer, S, Sterling, SM &
Moore, N. .2002, Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production
(Response), Science 296, 1968–1969.
Moore, N. and S. Rojstaczer, 2002, Irrigation’s Influence on Precipitation: Texas
High Plains, USA, Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, doi: 10.1029/2002GL014940.
Moore, N. and S. Rojstaczer, 2001, Irrigation-Induced Rainfall and the Great
Plains, J. Appl. Meteor. 40, 1297-1309.
Rojstaczer, S., S. Sterling and N. Moore, 2001, Human Appropriation of
Photosynthesis Products, Science 294, 2549-2552.
ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS (last 5 years only)
Moore, N., B. Pijanowski, B. Lofgren, G. Alagarswamy, J. Andresen, . Olson,
Modeling Future Land Use, Regional Climate, and Maize Yields in East
Africa, EOS Trans AGU, 88(52) Fall Meet. Supp., B43H-07, San
Francisco, CA, 2007.
Moore, N., R. Walker, E. Arima, A. Pfaff, E. Reis, R. da Silva, J. Qi. Modelling
Land-Climate Interactions in Amazônia under Uncertainty. 11th LBA
Science Team Meeting, 26-28 Sept 2007, Salvador, Brasil.
Moore, N., B. Lofgren, J. Andresen, J. Olson, D. Ray, B. Pijanowski, N. Torbick.
Simulations of Climate Variability Resulting from Projected Land Cover
Change in East Africa. AAG Ann. Meeting, Chicago IL, 7-11 March 2006.
Moore, N., B. Lofgren, N. Torbick, J. Wang, J. Andresen. Modeling changes in
energy budget variability and distribution due to land cover in East Africa
(5-P-363). 1st iLEAPS Science Conf., Boulder CO, USA, 21-26 Jan 2006.
Moore, N., B. Lofgren, J. Andresen, B. Pijanowski, J. Olson. Projected Changes
in Precipitation Variability and Distribution Due to Land Cover Change in
East Africa, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., H43I-07, San
Francisco, CA, 2005.
Moore, N., B. Lofgren, J. Andresen, CLIP: Modeling Land Use Change and
Precipitation in Eastern Africa. 19th Conference on Hydrology, 85th
Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Diego, CA,
January 9-13, 2005.
Moore, N., B. Lofgren, J. Andresen, D. Campbell, D. Conway, C. Hanson,
Modeling Land Use Change and Precipitation in Eastern Africa, NASA
Earth System Scholars Symposium, College Park, MD, Sept 26-29, 2004.
Moore, N., S. Rojstaczer, & R. Avissar, Modeling Irrigation's Influence on
Precipitation in Texas, EOS Trans AGU, 84(46) Fall Meet. Supp., H22B0915, 2003.
Moore, N., S. Rojstaczer, & R. Avissar, A Test of Irrigation's influence on
Precipitation using RAMS, 83rd Meeting of AMS, Long Beach, CA, 2003.
Moore, N., and S. Rojstaczer, Modeling Irrigation's Effect on Precipitation using
RAMS, Eos Trans AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl. H61B-0760, 2002.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Summer 2007: GEO 490, Independent Study: Statistical Climatology (Graduate)
3 Summers 2005-2007: GEO 203, Introduction to Meteorology (Undergraduate)
Fall 2005: Independent Study: Modeling Land-Atmosphere Interactions
(with Jeff Andresen) (Graduate)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP
Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Member, American Meteorological Society (AMS)
Member, American Association of Geographers (AAG)
Reviewer, Journal of Applied Meteorology
Reviewer, Geophysical Review Letters
Reviewer, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing
Reviewer, NASA New Investigator Program, NNH07ZDA001N-NIP
Reviewer, NSF OISE-Global Scientists and Engineers Program
Search Committee Member, MSU Geography Grants Specialist
Conference Session Chair, 11th LBA-ECO Science Team Meeting
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
NASA Earth Systems Science Fellowship, 2001-2004
Center for Hydrologic Science Fellowship, Duke University, 1998-1999
Oregon Graduate Teaching Fellowship
Robert C. Byrd Scholarship
Echols Scholar Program, University of Virginia
COMPUTER SKILLS
Languages: C/C++, Fortran, Basic, Pascal, Perl, Java
Software: R, Matlab, GrADS, MPICH, RAMS, WRF, familiar with CCSM and LPJ
Extensive experience in managing/using large parallel/MPI environments (SGI,
Beowulf), handling large datasets, and numerical integration methods