UC Irvine
Isabella Velicogna
peer-reviewed
publications




2017
PJ60-2017 – Kishore P., Janapati J., Pay-Lian J., Velicogna I., Sutterley S., Ciraci’ E., Mohajerani Y. Balaji Kumar S., 'Investigation of Kelvin wave periods during Hai-Tang typhoon using Empirical Mode Decomposition’. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 164, 192–202, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2017.07.025 .
PJ59-2017 – Hsu C., I. Velicogna, 'Detection of sea level fingerprints derived from GRACE gravity data’. Geophys. Res. Lett, 44, 8953–8961, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074070 .
PJ58-2017 – Bhanja S., A. Mukherjee, M. Rodell, Y. Wada, S. Chattopadhyay, I. Velicogna, K. Pangaluru, J. Famiglietti 'Groundwater rejuvenation in parts of India influenced by water-policy change’. Nature Scientific Reports, 7, 7453, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07058-2 .
PJ57-2017 – Basha S., Kishore P., Ratnam M., Jayaraman A., AghaKouchak A., Ouarda T., Velicogna I. 'Historical and Projected Climate Change over India: Contribution of Natural and Anthropogenic Forcings’. Nature Scientific Reports, 7, 2987, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02130-3 .
PJ56-2017 – A G., Velicogna I., Kimball J., Du J., Kim Y., Colliander A., Njoku E. 'Satellite-observed changes in vegetation sensitivities to surface soil moisture and total water storage variations since the 2011 Texas drought’. Environ. Res. Lett., 12, 054006, doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa6965 .
PJ55-2017 – Zhao M., A G., Velicogna I., Kimball J. 'A Global Gridded Dataset of GRACE Drought Severity Index for 2002–14: Comparison with PDSI and SPEI and a Case Study of the Australia Millennium Drought’. J. Hydrometeor, 18, 2117-2129, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0182.1 .
PJ54-2017 – Zhao M., A G., Velicogna I., Kimball J. 'Satellite observations of regional drought severity in the continental US using GRACE-based terrestrial water storage changes’. J. Climate, 30, 6297-6308, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0458.1 .

2016
PJ53-2016 – Bhanja S., Mukherjee A., Saha D, Velicogna I., Famiglietti J. ‘Validation of GRACE based groundwater storage change using in-situ groundwater level measurements in India’. J. of Hydrology, 543, Part B, 729–738.
PJ52-2016 - Khazendar A., E.Rignot, D.Schroeder1, Seroussi H., Schodlok M., Scheuchl B., Sutterley T. Velicogna I., Rapid submarine ice melting in the grounding zones of ice shelves in West Antarctica', Nature Comm., 7 (2016): 13243.
PJ51-2016 - M. Tedesco, J. E. Box, J. Cappelen, X. Fettweis, K. Hansen, T. Mote, C. J. P. P. Smeets, D. van As, R. S. W. van de Wal, Velicogna I., and J. Wahr, ‘Greenland ice Sheet’ [in “State of the Climate in 2015”]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97 (8), S140-S153.
PJ50-2016 - Kishore P., Velicogna I., M. Venkat Ratnam, Ghouse Basha, S. P. Namboothiri, J. H. Jiang, T. C Sutterley, G. N. Madhavi, S. V. B. Rao, ‘Sudden stratospheric warmings observed in the last decade by satellite measurements and reanalysis’, Remote Sensing of Environment, 184, 263-275, 2016.
PJ49-2016 - Rignot E, Fenty I, Xu Y, Cai C, Velicogna I., Cofaigh C, Dowdeswell JA, Weinrebe W, Catania G, Duncan D "Bathymetry data reveal glaciers vulnerable to ice‐ocean interaction in Uummannaq and Vaigat glacial fjords, west Greenland." Geophysical Research Letters 43.6 2667-2674.
PJ48-2016 - Kishore P., G Basha, MV Ratnam, Velicogna I., T Ouarda, DN Rao, ‘Evaluating CMIP5 models using GPS radio occultation COSMIC temperature in UTLS region during 2006–2013: twenty-first century projection and trends’, Climate Dynamics, 1-18.
PJ47-2016 - Lim LK, SD. Schubert, SMJ Nowicki, JN Lee, AM Molod, RI Cullather, B Zhao, Velicogna I., ‘Atmospheric summer teleconnections and Greenland ice mass variations in the last four decades’, Environ Res. Lett., 11 (2), 024002.
PJ46-2016 - Hansen J., M Sato, P. Hearty, R. Ruedy, M. Kelley, V. Masson-Delmotte, G. Russell, G. Tselioudis, J. Cao, E. Rignot, Velicogna I. E. Kandiano, K. von Schuckmann, P. Kharecha, Allegra N Legrande, M. Bauer, K. Lo, “Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: Evidence from Paleoclimate Data, Climate Modeling, and Modern Observations that 2°C Global Warming is Highly Dangerous”, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 15 (14), 20059-20179.
PJ45-2016 - Kishore P., S Jyothi, G Basha, SVB Rao, M Rajeevan, Velicogna I., ‘Precipitation climatology over India: validation with observations and reanalysis datasets and spatial trends’. Climate Dyn., 46, 541-556.

2015
PJ44-2015 - G. A, Velicogna I., Kimball J., Youngwook K., ‘Impact of changes in GRACE derived terrestrial water storage on vegetation growth in Eurasia’, Environ Res. Lett., 10 124024 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124024.
PJ43-2015 - Famiglietti J.S., A. Cazenave, A. Eicker, J.T. Reager, M. Rodell, Velicogna I., ‘Satellites Provide the ‘Big Picture’ for Global Hydrology’ Science, 349 (6249), 684. PJ42-2015 - Mayewski P.A., T. Bracegirdle, I. Goodwin, D. Schneider, N.A.N. Bertler, S. Birkel, A. Carleton, M.H. England, J-H. Kang, A. Khan, J. Russell, J. Turner and Velicogna I., 'Potential for Southern Hemisphere climate surprises'. J. Quaternary Sci., 30 (5), 391-395.
PJ41-2015 - Basha GN, P. Kishore, MV Ratnam, T Ouarda, Velicogna I., T Sutterley, ‘Vertical and latitudinal variation of the intertropical convergence zone derived using GPS radio occultation measurements’. Rem. Sens. Environ., 163, 262-269.
PJ40-2015 - Madhavi, G. N., Kishore, P., Rao, S. V. B., Velicogna I., Basha, G., ‘Two-day wave observations over the middle and high latitudes in the NH and SH using COSMIC GPSRO measurements’. Advances in Space Res., doi:10.1016/j.asr.2014.09.032.

2014
PJ39-2014 - Sutterley T.C., Velicogna I., Flament T., Rignot E., van den Broeke M., Mouginot J., ‘Mass loss of the Amundsen Sea Sector confirmed by four independent techniques’. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 8421-8428.
PJ38-2014 - Velicogna I., T.C. Sutterley, M. van den Broeke, ‘Spatially varying ice mass acceleration of the polar ice sheets from GRACE’. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41 (22), 8130-8137
PJ37-2014 - Kim, Y., Kimball, J. S., Zhang, K., Didan, K., Velicogna I., McDonald, K. C., ‘Attribution of divergent northern vegetation growth responses to lengthening non-frozen seasons using satellite optical-NIR and microwave remote sensing'. Int. J. Rem. Sens., 35(10), 3700-3721.
PJ36-2014 - Kishore P., Velicogna I., ‘Long-term Trends Observed in the Middle Atmosphere Temperatures Using Ground Based LIDARs and Satellite Borne Measurements’. Annales Geophysicae, 32 (3), 301-317.
PJ35-2014 - Lupascu M, J. M. Welker, U. Seibt, X. Xu, Velicogna I., D. S. Lindsey, C. I. Czimczik. ‘Water availability regulates magnitude, seasonality and sources of ecosystem respiration from a polar semi-desert in NW Greenland’. Biogeosci., 11 (16), 4289-4304. PJ34-2014 - Sutterley T.C., Velicogna I., Csatho B., Broeke M., Evaluating Greenland glacial isostatic adjustment corrections using GRACE, altimetry, and surface mass balance data’. Environ Res. Lett., 9 (1), 014004.

2013
PJ33-2013 - Abraham JP, M. Baringer, N.L.Bindoff, T.Boyer, L.J. Cheng, J.A. Church, J.L. Conroy, C.M. Domingues, J.T. Fasullo, J. Gilson, G. Goni, S.A. Good, J.M. Gorman, V. Gouretski, M. Ishii, G.C. Johnson, S. Kizu, J.M. Lyman, A.M. Macdonald, W.J. Minkowycz, S.E. Moffitt, M.D. Palmer, A.R. Piola, F. Reseghetti, K. Schuckmann, K.E. Trenberth, Velicogna I., J. Willis, ‘A review of global ocean temperature observations: implications for ocean heat content estimates and climate change’. Rev. Geophys., doi: 10.1002/rog.20022.
PJ32-2013 - Ratnam M., P. Kishore, Velicogna I., 'Global distribution of pauses observed with satellite measurements'. J. Earth Sys. Sci., doi: 10.1007/s12040-013-0278-y.
PJ31-2013 - Madhavi G. N. , P. Kishore, S.V.B. Rao, Velicogna I., V. Sivakumar, 'Climatology and comparison study of stratosphere and lower mesosphere temperatures using satellite and reanalysis data sets'. Int. J. Current Res. and Rev., 5(5): 17-42.
PJ30-2013 - Velicogna I. and J. Wahr, ‘Time-variable gravity observations of ice sheet mass balance: precision and limitations of the GRACE satellite data’. Frontier Article Requested by the Chief Editor Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/grl.50527.
PJ29-2013 - Yang C., Velicogna I., Famiglietti J., Randerson J.,' Satellite observations of terrestrial water storage provide early warning information about drought and fire season severity in the Amazon', J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1002/jgrg.20046.
PJ28-2013 - Church J., White N.J., Konikow L.F., Domingues C.M., Cogley J.G., Rignot E., Gregory J., van den Broeke M., Monaghan A., Velicogna I., Correction to “Revisiting the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008” Geophys. Res. Lett., 40 (15), 4066-4066. DOI:10.1002/grl.50752

2012
PJ27-2012 - Shepherd A., Ivins E., G. A, V. R. Barletta, M. J. Bentley, S. Bettadpur, K. H. Briggs, D. H. Bromwich, R. Forsberg, N. Galin, M. Horwath, S. Jacobs, I. Joughin, M. A. King, J. T. M. Lenaerts, J. Li, S. R. M. Ligtenberg, A. Luckman, S. B. Luthcke, M. McMillan, R. Meister, G. Milne, J. Mouginot, A. Muir, J.P. Nicolas, J. Paden, A. J. Payne, H. Pritchard, E. Rignot, H. Rott, L. Sandberg Sørensen, T. A. Scambos, B. Scheuchl, E. J. O. Schrama, B. Smith, A. V. Sundal, J. H. van Angelen, W. J. van de Berg, M. R. van den Broeke, David G. Vaughan, Velicogna, I. Wahr J., P. L. Whitehouse, D. J. Wingham, D. Yi, D. Young, and J. Zwally. 'A Reconciled Estimate of Ice-Sheet Mass Balance', Science, DOI: 10.1126/ science.1228102.
PJ26-2012 - Kishore P., Velicogna, I., Ratnam MV, Jiang JH, Madhavi GN, 'Planetary waves in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere during 2009 Arctic major stratospheric warming', Annales Geophysicae, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-30-1529-2012.
PJ25-2012 - Velicogna I., Tong J., Zhang T., Kimball J., ’Increasing groundwater storage in discontinuous permafrost areas in the Lena river basin, Eurasia, detected from GRACE’, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2012GL051623.
PJ24-2012 - Sasgen I., van den Broeke M., Bamber J., Rignot E., Sandberg Sorensen L., Wouters B., Martinec Z., Velicogna I., Simonse S., ‘Timing and origin of recent regional ice mass loss in Greenland’, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 333–334, p 293–303.

2011
PJ23-2011 - Church J., White N.J., Konikow L.F., Domingues C.M., Cogley J.G., Rignot E., Gregory J., van den Broeke M., Monaghan A., Velicogna I., ’Revisiting the Earths sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008’, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 38, L18601, doi:10.1029/2011GL048794.
PJ22-2011 - Rignot E., Velicogna I., van den Broeke, M., Monaghan A., Lenaerts J., ’Acceleration of the contribution of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to sea level rise’, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 38, L05503, doi:10.1029/2011GL046583.
PJ21-2011 - Kishore P., Ratnam M.V., Namboothiri S.P., Velicogna I., Basha G., Jiang J.H., Igarashi K., Rao S.V.B., Sivakumar V., Global (50°S–50°N) distribution of water vapor observed by COSMIC GPS RO: Comparison with GPS radiosonde, NCEP, ERA-Interim, and JRA-25 reanalysis data sets’, J. of Atmos. Solar-Terrestrial Phys., Vol. 73, 1849-1060, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2011.04.017.

2010
PJ20-2010 - Tong J., Velicogna I., ’A Comparison of AMSR-E/Aqua Snow Products with in-situ Observations and MODIS Snow Cover Products in the Mackenzie River Basin, Canada’, Rem. Sens., 2(10), 2313-2322, doi:10.3390/rs2102313.
PJ19-2010 - Khan S.A., Wahr J., Bevis B., Velicogna I., Kendrick E., ’Spread of ice mass loss into northwest Greenland observed by GRACE and GPS’, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 37, L06501, doi:10.1029/2010GL042460.
PJ18-2010 - Rignot E., Koppes M., Velicogna I., ’Rapid submarine melting of the calving faces of West Greenland glaciers’, Nature Geosci., Vol. 3, 187-191, doi: 10.1038/NGEO765.
PJ17-2010 - Tamisiea M.E., Hill W.M., Ponte R.M., Davis J.L., Velicogna I., ’Impact of self- attraction and loading on the annual cycle in sea level’, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 115, C07004, doi:10.1029/2010JB007530.

2009
PJ16-2009 - van den Broeke M., Bamber J., Ettema J., Rignot E., Schrama E., Van De Berg W., Van Meijgaard E., Velicogna I., Wouters B., ’Partitioning recent Greenland mass loss’, Science, Vol. 326, 984-986, doi:10.1126/science.1178176.
PJ15-2009 - Velicogna I.,’ Increasing rates of ice mass loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets revealed by GRACE’, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 36, L19503, doi:10.1029/2009GL040222.
PJ14-2009 - Rodell M., Velicogna I., Famiglietti J., ’Satellite-based estimates of groundwater depletion in India’, Nature, Vol. 460, 999-U80, doi: 10.1038/nature08238.

2006
PJ13-2006 - Velicogna I., Wahr J., ‘Acceleration of Greenland Ice Mass Loss in Spring 2004’, Nature, Vol. 443, 329-331, doi:10.1038/nature05168.
PJ12-2006 - Velicogna I., Wahr J., ‘Time variable gravity shows a large mass loss in Antarctica’, Science, Vol. 311, 1754-1756, doi:10.1126/science11237855.
PJ11-2006 - Wahr J., Swenson S., Velicogna I., ‘The Accuracy of GRACE Mass Estimates’, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 33, L06401, doi: 10.1029/2005GL0253052005.

2005
PJ10-2005 - Velicogna I., Wahr J., ‘Ice Mass Balance in Greenland from GRACE’, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, L18505, doi:10.1029/2005GL023955.

2004
PJ9-2004 - Velicogna I., Wahr J., Hanna E., Huybrechts P., ‘Short term mass variability in Green- land, from GRACE’, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, L05501, doi:10.1029/2004GL021948.
PJ8-2004 - Wahr J., Swenson S., Zlotnicki V., Velicogna I., ‘Time-Variable Gravity from GRACE: First Results’, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 31, L1150, doi:10.1029/2004GL019779.
PJ7-2004 - Perez-Gussinye M., Lowry A.R., Watts A.B., Velicogna I., ‘On the recovery of realistic effective elastic thickness structures using spectral methods’, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109, B10409, doi:10.1029/2003JB002788.

2003
PJ6-2003 - Wahr J., Velicogna I., ’What might GRACE contribute to studies of post glacial rebound?’ Space Sci. Rev., Vol. 108 (1-2), 319-330, doi:10.1023/A:1026183526762.

2002
PJ5-2002 - Velicogna I., Wahr J., ’Post Glacial rebound and Earth’s Viscosity Structure From GRACE’. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 107, 2376, doi:10.1029/2001JB001735.
PJ4-2002 - elicogna I., Wahr J.,’A method for separating Antarctic postglacial rebound and ice mass balance using future ICESat Geoscience Laser Altimeter System, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, and GPS satellite data’, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 107, 2263, doi: 10.1029/2001JB000708.

2001
PJ3-2001 - Velicogna I., Wahr J., Van den Dool H., ’Can surface pressure be used to remove atmospheric contributions from GRACE data with sufficient accuracy to recover the desired hydrological signals?’, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 106, 16,415-16,434, doi:10.1029/2001JB000228.

1999
PJ2-1999 - Accaino F., Cazzaro R., Cernobori L., Costa G., Della Vedova B., Kravania S., Marson I., Nicolich R., Panza G.F., Suhadolc P., Sarao A., Pellis G., Romanelli F., Vaccari F., Velicogna I., 'Structure and physical properties of the tectosphere in the metastable Europe’, Plinius, 650-667, 1999.

1998
- Marson, I., Nicolich R., Cernobori L., Stoka M., Liotta D., Palmieri F., Velicogna I., ‘CROP-03 profile: a geophysical analysis of data and results’, Mem. Soc. Geol. Ital., 52, 123-137, 1998.