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Associate Research Professor
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Space Science and Engineering Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1225 West Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53706
E-mail Jason Otkin
Phone: (608) 265-2476
Fax: (608) 262-5974
Research Interests
- Using satellite observations to improve our ability to detect and monitor wildfires
- Enhancing our understanding of rapidly intensifying flash drought events
- Assimilating satellite observations into high-resolution numerical models
- Cloudy satellite radiance assimilation using ensemble data assimilation systems
- Using satellite radiances and cloud products to validate numerical model output
- Enhancing our understanding of atmospheric processes using model simulations
- Investigating the societal impacts of moderate-to-extreme drought events
Education
- PhD, Mathematics, University of Reading, Reading, UK, March 2020
- M.S., Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, May 2003
- B.S., Meteorology, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, May 2000
Experience
- Associate Research Professor, SSEC/CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, July 2023 - present
- Associate Scientist, SSEC/CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, October 2015 - June 2023
- Assistant Scientist, SSEC/CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, September 2013 - September 2015
- Researcher, SSEC/CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, January 2010 - August 2013
- Associate Researcher, SSEC/CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, July 2006 - December 2009
- Assistant Researcher, SSEC/CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, July 2004 - June 2006
- Research Intern, SSEC/CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, May 2003 - June 2004
- Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2000-2003
- Research Assistant, Nastrom Consulting, LLC, Sauk Rapids, MN, 1999-2000
Professional Society Affiliations
- Member, American Meteorological Society
- Member, American Geophysical Union
- Member, European Geophysical Union
Publications
Author or co-author of 108 published, peer-reviewed scientific articles and two book chapters covering diverse topics such as drought monitoring, rapid onset flash droughts, ensemble data assimilation, validation of numerical model output using satellite observations, synthetic satellite dataset generation, subtropical cyclogenesis, atmospheric bores, and land surface flux modeling.
Journal Referee
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
- Monthly Weather Review
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
- Agriculture and Forest Meteorology
- Weather, Climate, and Society
- Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
- Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
- Geophysical Research Letters
- International Journal of Climatology
- Remote Sensing of Environment
- Journal of Hydrology
- National Hazards Earth System Science
- Atmospheric Research
- Elsevier (book)
- Rangelands
- Climate