Talks

Invited Talks & Seminars

  1. Mohommad Reza Alizedeh, Koko Kummel, Daniel J Short Gianotti, Dara Entekhabi (2024). Global Mapping of Groundwater Recharge and Sustainable Aquifer Water Withdrawls using Satellite Observations. MIT Energy Initiative, 2024 Future Energy Systems Center Fall Workshop.
  2. D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi, K. A. McColl, A. F. Feldman, X. Xu (2024). Patterns and Drivers of Water/Carbon Coupling Across Biomes. Energy & Water Resources Spring Seminar Series, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University.
  3. D. J. Short Gianotti (2020). Water limitation and vegetation response. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Research Talks Series, Arnold Arboretum.
  4. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, A. G. Konings, P. Gentine, D. Entekhabi (2020). Thirsty plants: Tracking their water uptake from space. Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Remote Environmental Science Seminar Series, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  5. D. J. Short Gianotti, R. Akbar, A. F. Feldman, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2020). Climatic Changes in Land Surface Evaporation and Drainage to Streams. Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Remote Environmental Science Seminar Series, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  6. D. J. Short Gianotti (2019). Water availability controls on vegetated ecosystems. Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Environmental Science Seminar Series, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  7. N. Toft, N. Lutz, D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2019). Impacts of Soil Moisture on Ecosystem Carbon and Water Exchanges. Civil & Environmental Engineering Mini-UROP Presentations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  8. D. J. Short Gianotti (2016). The Potential Predictability of Precipitation over the Continental United States. Dissertation Defense, Boston University.
  9. D. J. Gianotti (2015). Weather models for climate variability. Dept. of Earth & Env. Graduate Student Presentations, Boston University.
  10. D. J. Gianotti (2014). Real weather, fake weather, and the California Drought. Dept. of Earth & Env. Graduate Student Presentations, Boston University.
  11. D. J. Gianotti, B. T. Anderson, G. Salvucci (2012). Stochastic and deterministic aspects of observed seasonal-mean precipitation variations and extreme event occurrences over the United States. Science and Engineering Research Symposium, Boston University.
  12. D. J. Gianotti (2012). How predictable is rain?. Dept. of Geography & Env. Graduate Student Presentations, Boston University.

Conference Presentations

2023

  1. D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2023). Time-scales of water/carbon coupling and their similarities across biomes. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  2. M. Gannon, D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2023). The Drought Cascade in a Changing Climate. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
  3. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, J. Dong, R. Akbar, W. T. Crow, K. A. McColl, A. G. Konings, J. B. Nippert, S. J. Tumber-Davila, N. M. Holbrook, F. E. Rockwell, R. H. Reichle, A. Chatterjee, J. Joiner, B. Poulter, D. Entekhabi (2023). Remotely sensed soil moisture can capture dynamics relevant to plant water uptake. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  4. F. Jonard, S. De Canniere, A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2023). Remote sensing based framework for observing water and light limitation across global ecosystems. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  5. L. N. Zhang, D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2023). Land Surface Influence on Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) Change During Interstorms. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  6. L. N. Zhang, D. Entekhabi, D. J. Short Gianotti (2023). Land Surface Influence on Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) Change During Drydowns. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
  7. Y. Xu, Q. He, P. Yao, H. Lu, K. Yang, A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2023). Global Characterizations of Drydown Events from a Long-Term Satellite Soil Moisture Dataset. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.
  8. D. Chaparro, T. Jagdhuber, M. Piles, M. Link, A. Fluhrer, M. J. Baur, A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2023). Analyses of the relationship between horizontal and vertical brightness temperatures for derivation of signal-to-noise ratio and vegetation metrics. The Fifth Space for Hydrology Workshop.

2022

  1. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, J. Dong, I. F. Trigo, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2022). Tropical surface temperature response to vegetation cover changes and the role of drylands. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  2. D. J. Short Gianotti, E. R. Williams, L. N. Zhang, D. Entekhabi (2022). Soil Moisture Impacts on Convective Lightning Triggering. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  3. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, I. F. Trigo, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2022). Observed landscape responsiveness to climate forcing. Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting.
  4. L. N. Zhang, D. Entekhabi, D. J. Short Gianotti (2022). Land Surface Influence on Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) Evolution During Drydowns. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  5. D. J. Short Gianotti, K. A. McColl, X. Xu, A. F. Feldman, D. Entekhabi (2022). Ecosystem structural dynamics dominate water-use efficiency in coupling the terrestrial water and carbon cycles. Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting.
  6. D. Entekhabi, R. Akbar, J. Dong, A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti (2022). Detection and mapping of shifts in dominant hydrologic processes guide model development. Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting.
  7. J. Dong, R. Akbar, D. J. Short Gianotti, A. F. Feldman, W. T. Crow, D. Entekhabi (2022). Can Surface Soil Moisture Information Identify Landscape Evapotranspiration Regime Transitions?. Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting.

2021

  1. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, I. F. Trigo, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2021). Observed landscape responsiveness to climate forcing. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  2. D. J. Short Gianotti, K. A. McColl, X. Xu, A. F. Feldman, D. Entekhabi (2021). Emergent observed coupling of terrestrial water, energy, and carbon fluxes. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  3. D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2021). An emergent spatial Water/Energy/Carbon relationship explained by local coupling. Improving Understanding of Land-Atmosphere Interactions through Integration of Surface Flux and Atmospheric Boundary Layer Measurements Workshop, Ameriflux Year of Water Fluxes Community Meeting.
  4. J. Dong, R. Akbar, A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2021). A new framework for global soil moisture dry-down analysis and its application for vegetation water stress quantification. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2020

  1. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, A. G. Konings, P. Gentine, K. A. McColl, R. Akbar, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2020). SMAP Measurements Show Water Movement in the Soil-Plant Continuum as Pulses. 16th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry (MicroRAD).
  2. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, A. G. Konings, A. Chulakadabba, P. Gentine, D. Entekhabi (2020). Satellite-observed patterns of plant water refilling and growth response following pulses of soil moisture availability. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.
  3. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, I. F. Trigo, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2020). Land-atmosphere drivers of landscape-scale plant water content loss using satellite observations. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  4. D. J. Short Gianotti, A. F. Feldman, K. A. McColl, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2020). Emergent Climatological Coupling of the Terrestrial Carbon Sink with Water and Energy Availability. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2019

  1. Y. Li, H. Lu, D. Entekhabi, D. J. Short Gianotti (2019). The impact of higher-than-radiometer resolution landscape and weather features on SMAP product. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  2. D. J. Short Gianotti, G. D. Salvucci, R. Akbar, R. Cuenca, D. Entekhabi (2019). Surface-Subsurface Linkages Derived From SMAP Time Series. SMAP Science Team Meeting #13.
  3. R. Akbar, D. J. Short Gianotti, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2019). Seasonal Hydroclimatology of ET and Drainage from SMAP TB and Precipitation. SMAP Science Team Meeting #13.
  4. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, I. Trigo, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2019). Satellite-Based Assessment of Surface Energy Partitioning Soil Moisture Relationships. SMAP Science Team Meeting #13.
  5. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, I. F. Trigo, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2019). Satellite-based assessment of land surface energy partitioning-soil moisture relationships and effects of confounding variables. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  6. D. J. Short Gianotti, R. Akbar, A. F. Feldman, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2019). Land Surface Fluxes and Hydrologic Sensitivities in a Warmer Climate. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  7. P. Yao, H. Lu, S. Yue, F. Yang, H. Lyu, K. Yang, K. A. McColl, D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2019). Estimating Surface Soil Moisture from AMSR2 TB with Artificial Neural Network Method and SMAP Products. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.
  8. D. Entekhabi, R. Akbar, D. J. Short Gianotti (2019). Decadal Distribution of ET and Drainage Based on SMAP Based Hydrologic Analogues and Historical Precipitation. SMAP Science Team Meeting #13.
  9. D. J. Short Gianotti, R. Akbar, A. F. Feldman, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2019). Consequences of the Acceleration of Water Cycle on Surface Water Balance Components Using SMAP Observations. SMAP Science Team Meeting #13.

2018

  1. D. J. Short Gianotti, G. D. Salvucci, A. J. Rigden, D. Entekhabi (2018). Water Use Efficiency Dependence on Soil Moisture. Science Utilization of SMAP Meeting #2.
  2. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, A. G. Konings, K. A. McColl, R. Akbar, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2018). Water Exchange Patterns in the Soil-Plant Continuum Based on SMAP Microwave Satellite Measurements. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  3. A. F. Feldman, D. J. Short Gianotti, A. G. Konings, K. A. McColl, R. Akbar, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2018). Water Exchange Patterns in the Soil-Plant Continuum Based on SMAP Microwave Satellite Measurements. Science Utilization of SMAP Meeting #2.
  4. G. D. Salvucci, A. J. Rigden, D. Entekhabi, D. J. Short Gianotti (2018). Partitioning evapotranspiration over the continental United States using SMAP observations and weather station data. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  5. D. J. Short Gianotti, G. D. Salvucci, A. J. Rigden, D. Entekhabi (2018). Linkages between water, energy and carbon cycles revealed by SMAP. SMAP End of Prime Mission Science Meeting.
  6. D. G. Short Gianotti, G. D. Salvucci, K. A. McColl, R. Akbar, D. Entekhabi (2018). Hydrologic length scale of L-band radiometric soil moisture retrievals. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  7. R. Akbar, D. J. Short Gianotti, K. McColl, E. Haghighi, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2018). Estimation of ecosystem-scale soil water losses from satellite observations of soil moisture. SMAP End of Prime Mission Science Meeting.
  8. H. Lu, F. Yang, H. Lyu, K. Yang, K. A. McColl, D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2018). Estimating Surface Soil Moisture from AMSR2 TB with Machine Learning Methods and SMAP Products. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2017

  1. E. Haghighi, D. J. Short Gianotti, R. Akbar, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2017). What determines transitions between energy- and moisture-limited evaporative regimes?. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  2. D. Entekhabi, SMAP Science Team, D. J. Short Gianotti, R. Akbar, A. J. Rigden, G. D. Salvucci, J. S. Kimball (2017). The Science Applications of SMAP. Science Utilization of SMAP Meeting.
  3. D. J. Short Gianotti, A. J. Rigden, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2017). Soil moisture controls on water/energy/carbon coupling. Science Utilization of SMAP Meeting.
  4. G. D. Salvucci, A. J. Rigden, D. J. Short Gianotti, D. Entekhabi (2017). Soil moisture (SMAP) and vapor pressure deficit controls on evaporation fraction over the Continental U.S.. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  5. R. Akbar, D. J. Short Gianotti, E. Haghighi, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2017). Estimation of ecosystem-scale soil water losses from satellite observations of soil moisture. Science Utilization of SMAP Meeting.
  6. D. J. Short Gianotti, A. J. Rigden, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2017). Effects of water availability through the coupled land-atmosphere system. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2016

  1. D. J. Short Gianotti, A. J. Rigden, G. D. Salvucci, D. Entekhabi (2016). Soil Moisture Controls on Evaporative Fraction. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2015

  1. D. J. Short Gianotti, G. D. Salvucci, B. T. Anderson (2015). California Drought, Weather Variability, and Climate Variability. AGU Chapman Conference on California Drought: Causes, Impacts, and Policy.

2014

  1. D. J. Short Gianotti, B. T. Anderson, G. D. Salvucci (2014). Stochastic analysis of California's recent precipitation drought in the context of the last one hundred years. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  2. M. Dietze, H. E. Emery, D. Gergel, D. Gianotti, J. A. Mantooth, A. J. Rigden (2014). Predicting phenology: A case-study in real-time ecological forecasting. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.
  3. M. Dietze, H. E. Emery, D. Gergel, D. Gianotti, J. A. Mantooth, A. J. Rigden (2014). Integrating satellite and tower phenology: a case-study in real-time ecological forecasting. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  4. D. J. Short Gianotti, B. T. Anderson, G. D. Salvucci (2014). Characterizing weather and climate variability for precipitation: A data-based stochastic modeling framework. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2013

  1. D. J. Gianotti, B. T. Anderson, G. D. Salvucci (2013). Potential Predictability of Precipitation: Occurrence or Intensity?. 38th Climate Diagnostic and Prediction Workshop.

2012

  1. I. Pal, B. T. Anderson, G. Salvucci, D. J. Gianotti (2012). Magnitude and significance of observed trends in precipitation frequency over the US. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  2. I. Pal, B. T. Anderson, G. Salvucci, D. J. Gianotti (2012). Magnitude and significance of observed trends in precipitation frequency over the U.S.. 37th Climate Diagnostic and Prediction Workshop.
  3. B. T. Anderson, D. J. Gianotti, G. D. Salvucci (2012). Historical expansion of the summertime monsoon over the southwestern United States: What can regional models tell us about its causes?. Regional Spectral Modeling Workshop.
  4. D. J. Gianotti, B. T. Anderson, G. D. Salvucci (2012). Establishing Potential Predictability of U.S. Precipitation Using Rain Gauge Data. 37th Climate Diagnostic and Prediction Workshop.

2011

  1. D. Gianotti, B. T. Anderson, G. Salvucci (2011). Stochastic and deterministic aspects of observed seasonal-mean precipitation variations and extreme event occurrences over the United States. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
  2. B. T. Anderson, D. Gianotti, G. D. Salvucci (2011). Detection of historical summertime monsoon precipitation variations and trends over the southwestern United States. WCRP Open Science Conference.
  3. B. T. Anderson, D. Gianotti, G. D. Salvucci (2011). Detection of historical precipitation variations and trends over the continental United States. Department of Energy Principal Investigators Meeting.

2007

  1. D. H. Schubert, D. J. Gianotti, K. Sauers (2007). Upgrades to a wastewater lagoon treatment system in a rural sub-Arctic community in Alaska. International Symposium on Cold Region Development.
  2. Daniel H. Schubert, D. J. Gianotti, Greg Jones (2007). Application of a Thermal-hydraulic Model to Analyze and Design a Circulating Water System in Alaska. International Symposium on Cold Region Development.

2005

  1. D. J. Gianotti, Craig Woolard, Dan White (2005). Wastewater treatment lagoon design in rural Alaska. 45th Alaska Water and Wastewater Management Association Annual Conference.