Massimo A. Bollasina
Graduate Research Assistant III
Department
of Atmospheric and Oceanic
Science
3417 Computer and Space Science Building
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
20742, USA
Email:
massimo (at) atmos.umd.edu
More personal
information
Education
- 2005, Aug –
present (April 2010 expected): Graduate Research Assistant (GPA=4.0),
Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Science, University of Maryland (Advisor: Sumant Nigam)
- 1988 – 1994: Laurea
(B.S. equivalent) in Physics, University of Milan, Italy, "cum laude".
Title of the thesis: "Study of
Transport, Dispersion and Precipitation of Effluents from Cooling Towers"
Awards
Research Interests
- Global-to-regional
modelling and analysis of the hydrological cycle of the
Asian monsoon
at intraseasonal-to-interannual scale
- Study
of the influence of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau in the
development and evolution of the
monsoon
Professional
Experience
- 2005, Jan –
2005, Jun: Visiting Scientist at the Experimental
Climate Prediction
Center, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of
California,
San Diego
- Work field: Regional
climate simulations over North America
- 1995, Nov – 2004, Dec: Researcher at the Epson Meteo Center,
Milan - Italy
- Work fields: Global
and regional numerical modelling of the atmosphere;
numerical models implementation; analysis of the
atmospheric circulation by means of observations, global datasets,
model output
- 2000, 2001, 2002: Scientific expeditions to above
5000 m in the Khumbu Valley, Nepal Himalayas where I was personally
involved in the installation of a network of 5 Automated Weather
Stations
Reviewer
for Journal of Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of
Hydrometeorology, and
Bulletin of Glaciological Research
Other
- Guest Lecturer, AOSC620, "The Growth of Cloud Droplets in
Uniformly Upward-Moving Air: Basic Concepts", Department of Atmospheric
and Oceanic Science (UMD), 25 November 2008.
- 2008, Sep – 2009, June:
AOSC
Representative at the UMD Graduate Student Government
Qualified Collaborations
- 2001 –
2005: Participation to the World Climate Research Programme/Coordinated
Enhanced Observing Period (WCRP/CEOP) within the CEOP Inter-monsoon
Model Study (CIMS) Group and Investigator for the Himalayas Reference
Site
- 1998 – 2004: Investigator of the Project: "Study of
meteorological and climatological characteristics of the Himalayas and
relation to long-range transport and dispersion of pollutants",
approved by the Italian Ministry of University, Scientific and
Technological Research (MURST)
- 1997 – 1999: Development of the Atmospheric Pollutant
Dispersion Software "Modelli!2" by LASTEM S.p.A.,Milan
Articles
- Bollasina, M., and S. Nigam, 2009:
The Summertime “Heat” Low over Pakistan/Northwestern India: Evolution
and Origin. Submitted to Q. J.
Royal. Met. Soc (8 September).
- Bollasina, M., and S. Nigam, 2009:
Absorbing
Aerosols and Pre-Summer Monsoon Hydroclimate Variability over
the Indian Subcontinent: The Challenge in Investigating Links. Atmos. Res., 94, 338-344,
doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.06.008.
- Bollasina, M., and S. Nigam,
2009: A
new pathway for absorbing aerosols' influence on the
interannual variability of the South Asian monsoon. GEWEX News, 19, 10-11.
- Bollasina, M., A. M.B. Nunes, and J.
O. Roads, 2009: North American summertime climate simulation: soil
moisture-atmosphere interactions. J.
Hydrometeorology (under revision).
- Bollasina, M., and S. Nigam, 2008:
Indian
Ocean SST, evaporation, and precipitation during the South Asian
Summer Monsoon in IPCC-AR4 coupled simulations. Clim. Dyn.,
10.1007/s00382-008-0477-4.
- Bollasina, M., S. Nigam,
and K.-M. Lau, 2008: Absorbing
aerosols and summer monsoon evolution
over South Asia: An Observational Portrayal. J. Climate, 21, 3221-3239.
- Bollasina, M., and S. Benedict, 2004:
Coordinated
Enhanced Observing Period/Global Water and Energy Cycle
Experiment Workshop: The Role of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau
within the Asian Monsoon System. Bull.
Amer. Met. Soc., 85,
1001-1004.
- Bollasina, M, and A. Perotto, 2003:
Medium
to long-range weather forecasting and climate models. In
Handbook on Meteorology. Ed. Alphatest, Milan, pp. 565-597 (in Italian).
- Bollasina, M., L. Bertolani, and G.
Tartari, 2002: Meteorological
observations in the Khumbu Valley, Nepal
Himalayas. 1994-1999. Bull. Glac.
Res., 19, 1-11.
- Bertolani, L., M.
Bollasina, and G. Tartari, 2000: Recent
biennial variability of
meteorological features in the eastern highland Himalayas. Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 2185-2188.
Reports, Communications, and Brief
Articles
- Bollasina, M., and K. Ueno, 2004: Current Research
over the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau under CEOP. UCLA Tropical
Meteorology and Climate Newsletter, 65.
- Bollasina, M., J. Matsumoto, and S. Benedict, 2003: The role of
the Himalayas and the
Tibetan Plateau within the Asian Monsoon System. CEOP Newsletter, 4.
- Lau, W. K.-M., J. Matsumoto, M. Bollasina, and H. Berbery,
2003: Diurnal
variability in the monsoon region: preliminary results
from the CEOP Inter-Monsoon Studies (CIMS). CEOP Newsletter, 5.
- Bertolani, L., M. Bollasina, G. P. Verza, and G.
Tartari, 2000: Pyramid Meteorological Station – Summary Report
1994-1998, Milan.
Proceedings
- Bollasina, M., and
S. Nigam, 2009: Observational
Evidence for Absorbing Aerosols' Influence on the South
Asian Summer Monsoon. Are Coupled Models Ready for Probing Mechanisms?
Proc. 89th AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 11-15 January 2009.
- Bollasina, M., A.
Nunes, J. Roads, M. Kanamitsu, 2005: Regional Climate Simulations over
the US and the role of Surface Water in Atmospheric Predictability.
Proc. 1st CEOP/IGWCO Meeting, Tokyo, 28 February – 4
March 2005.
- Bollasina, M., and
L. Bertolani, 2004: Winter snow
events over the Himalayas. Observations
and simulations during CEOP EOP-3. Proc. Joint AOGS 1st
Annual Meeting & 2nd APHW Conference,
Singapore, 5-8 July 2004.
- Bollasina, M., L.
Bertolani, and G. Tartari, 2002: Simulations
of the 2001 Indian summer
monsoon onset with a general circulation model. Proc. IEMSS 2002
Conference, Lugano (Switzerland), 24-27 June 2002.
- Bollasina M., L.
Bertolani, and G. Tartari, 2001: Study of Local and Large-Scale monsoon
Circulation in the eastern highland Himalayas. Proc. Fifth
International Study Conference on GEWEX in Asia and GAME, Nagoya
(Japan), 3-5 October 2001.
- Bertolani L., M.
Bollasina, and G. Tartari, 2001: Recent Meteorological Studies in the
Eastern Highland Himalayas. Proc. of the Interdisciplinary Mountain
Research Young Scientists Conference, Stelvio (Italy), 25-28 September
2001.
Teaching
- Co-advisor for more
than 10 B.S. Theses in Physics (University of Milan) from 1997 to 2001.
- Advisor for a M.
Sci. thesis on "The use of satellite observations in modern climate
research", Milan, 2004.
Talks and Meetings
- "Local Air-Sea Interactions in the Indian Ocean in Coupled
Models."
IAMAS - IAPSO - IACS Joint Assembly (MOCA-09), Montreal, Canada,
19-24 July 2009.
- "Observational Evidence for Absorbing Aerosols' Influence on the
South Asian Summer Monsoon. Are Coupled Models Ready for Probing
Mechanisms?" Special Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions,
89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ,
11-15 January 2009.
- "Local Air-Sea Relationship in the Indian Ocean during the South
Asian Summer Monsoon in Coupled Simulations". Student Seminar at the
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (UMD), 5 November 2008.
- "Observations Reveal a New Pathway for Absorbing Aerosols
Influence on the South Asian Monsoon". Student Seminar at the
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (UMD), 30 April 2008.
- "Validation of numerical model forecast of
precipitation and satellite-derived rainfall estimates over Europe", by
L. Bertolani*, M. Bollasina and A. Airoldi, *presented at the
International Summer School on Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
(ISSAOS) 2005, L'Aquila, Italy, 29 August – 2 September 2005.
- "A Study of the Interaction of Surface Water with the Atmosphere
in a Regional Spectral Model", by M. Woodard*, J. Roads, A. Nunes, and
M. Bollasina, *presented at the 7th International RSM workshop, Israel,
10-14 July 2006.
- Surface
Water-Atmosphere Feedbacks in US Climate Simulations
using the Regional Spectral Model, by M. Woodard*, M. Bollasina, A.
Nunes, J. Roads, *presented at the 6th International RSM workshop, New
York, 11-15 July 2005.
- 5th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and
Water Cycle, Irvine (California), 20-24 June 2005.
- ECPC Advisory Committee Meeting, La Jolla
(California), 17 June 2005.
- 1st
CEOP/IGWCO Joint Meeting, Tokyo (Japan), 28 February – 4
March 2005.
- 85th Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Diego
(California), 9-13 January 2005.
- CEOP/CIMS Workshop on Monsoon Systems of the Americas, Montevideo
(Uruguay), 17-18 September 2004.
- 10th GEWEX Hydrological Panel Meeting, Montevideo
(Uruguay), 13-16 September 2004.
- The 4th International Symposium on the
Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa (Tibet, China), 4-7 August 2004.
- Joint AOGS 1st Annual Meeting & 2nd APHW
Conference, Singapore, 5-8 July 2004.
- Seminar (AS270) at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences (UCLA):
"The Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau and their dynamical and thermal
influence on the variability of the Asian monsoon; the CEOP
perspective", 17 March 2004.
- CEOP 3rd Implementation Planning
Meeting, Irvine (California), 10-12 March 2004.
- CEOP
Model Output Development and Analysis Workshop, University
of California at Irvine (California), 8-9 March 2004.
- Interdisciplinary Summit of the Ev-K2-CNR Project, Pallanza
(Italy), 26 February 2004.
- EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Nice (France), 6-11 April 2003.
- CEOP/GEWEX
Workshop on the role of the Himalayas and the Tibetan
Plateau within the Asian monsoon system, Milan, 7-8 April 2003.
- CEOP 2nd Implementation Planning Meeting, Berlin,
2-4 April 2003.
- CEOP
Reference Site Managers Workshop, Berlin, 31 March – 1 April
2003.
- Assembly of the International Environmental Modelling
and Software Society (IEMSS 2002), Lugano (Switzerland), 24-27 June
2002.
- Seminar at the Department of Environmental Sciences:
"Numerical Weather Prediction Models", University of Milan, April 2002.
- 1st CEOP Asia-Australia Monsoon
Project (CAMP) International Science Panel, Tokyo, 9 March 2002.
- CEOP Kick-off Meeting, Tokyo, 6-8 March 2002.
- 5th International Study Conference on GEWEX in
Asia and GAME, Nagoya, 3-5 October 2001.
- Meeting on "GAME-Tibet Synthesis”, Nagoya, 2 October
2001.
- 6th GAME International Science Panel
(GISP) meeting, Nagoya, Japan, 1-2 October 2001.
- 8th Scientific Assembly of the
International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
(IAMAS 2001), Innsbruck, 10-18 July 2001.
- Meeting of the Ev-K2-CNR Project, Rome, 11 December
2000.
- Interdisciplinary Summit of the Ev-K2-CNR Project, Milan, 20
January 2000.
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Updated: 12 September 2009
