Snow Hydrology Research and Applications: Improving our understanding of cold season processes is very important to furthering our ability to know and predict better the water cycle, both locally and globally.Some of our research goals focus on integrating ground, airborne and satellite observations with the latest land surface models (LSMs) and snow-based models with different techniques like data assimilation within the Land Information System (LIS) software environment. Also, we are working to improve the model using the latest satellite information and ground truth data. Some of our other Center goals include improving and adding to existing ground-based networks that are in place to study cold season processes, like the Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX).The purpose of some of these research goals is to serve not only the snow hydrology community but also water resource and other hydrological applications communities.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Climate Dynamics
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (To Be Defended: TBD)
Dissertation Director: Dr. Paul Houser
Committee Chairman: Dr. J. Shukla

Master of Science in Atmospheric Sciences
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (2000)
Supervising Professor: Dr. David H. Bromwich Master of Science in Atmospheric Sciences
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (2000)
Supervising Professor: Dr. David H. Bromwich

Bachelor of Science in Geography (Climatology)
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (1997)

Professional Experience

Present- Research Scientist, Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD.

2003-2008 Research Associate, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

2001-2003 Research Assistant, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

2001 Research Assistant, Caelum Research Corporation, Rockville, Maryland.

2000 Graduate Student Summer Program Intern, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

1997-2000 The Ohio State University, Byrd Polar Research Center, Research Assistant, Polar Meteorology Group, Columbus, Ohio.

1998-2000 The Ohio State University, Department of Geography, Teaching Assistant, Geography and Atmospheric Sciences, Columbus, Ohio.

1995-1997 Research Intern, NASA Undergraduate Grant and Internship, Mars Global Surveyor TES Flight Facility, Arizona State University,Tempe, Arizona.

1995 Research Assistant, Water Resources Management Department, Salt River Project, Phoenix, Arizona.

Professional Services and Memberships

Member, American Meteorological Society (AMS)

Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Publications and Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:

2008 Feng, X., A. Sahoo, K. Arsenault, P. Houser, Y. Luo, and T.J. Troy. The Impact of Snow Model Complexity at Three CLPX Sites. J. Hydrometeor., 9, 1464?1481.

2006 de Goncalves, L.G.G., E. J. Burke, W. J. Shuttleworth, P. Houser, D. Toll, M. Rodell and K. Arsenault. Towards a South America Land Data Assimilation System (SALDAS): ?Aspects of Land Surface Model Spin Up Using the Simplified Simple Biosphere Model (SSIB). Journal of Geophysical Research?Atmospheres, 111, D17110, doi:10.1029/2005JD006297.

2004 Rodell, M., P. R. Houser, U. Jambor, J. Gottschalck, K. Mitchell, C.-J. Meng, K. Arsenault, B. Cosgrove, J. Radakovich, M. Bosilovich, J. K. Entin, J. P. Walker, D. Lohmann, and D. Toll. The Global Land Data Assimilation System. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85 (3), pp. 381-394.

2000 Arsenault, K. R., A Modeling and Observational Investigation of North Atlantic SST Anomalies and their Effects on Eurasian Snow Cover. Master of Science Thesis, The Ohio State University, 123 pp.

1997 Arsenault, K. R., The Seasonal Interplay Between the Martian North Polar Ice Cap and the Ice and Dust Cloud Development over the Cap Boundary. Honors Undergraduate Thesis, Arizona State University, 30 pp.

Non-Peer-Reviewed Works

2003 Arsenault, K. R., P. R. Houser, and D. A. Matthews, Incorporating the Land Data Assimilation System into Water Resource
Management and Decision Support Systems, Earth Observation Magazine NASA Earth Science Enterprise Issue, vol.
12, pp. 24-27.

Presentations

Conference/Poster Presentations (Non-Juried/Refereed) � Most Recent

2008 Arsenault, K.R., G. J. M. De Lannoy, and P. R. Houser. Assimilating MODIS Snow Cover Fraction into CLM to improve Snow Water Equivalent estimates for Complex Terrain Areas, Presented (oral presentation) at the Fall AGU Meeting, in San Francisco, CA, 15-19 December.

2008 Toll, D., K. R. Arsenault, et al., Use of NASA Satellite and Modeling Products to Improve the US Bureau of Reclamation AWARDS ET Toolbox in the Middle Rio Grande. Presented (poster) at AMS Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 21-25 January, 2008.

2007 Arsenault, K. R., S. Kumar, S. Hunter, R. Aman, P. Houser, D. Toll, T. Engman, J. Nigro. Land Surface Model Biases and their Impacts on the Assimilation of Snow-related Observations, Presented (poster) at the Fall AGU Meeting, in San Francisco, CA, 10-14 December, 2007.

2006 Arsenault, K. R., R. Stodt, A. Pinheiro, P. Houser. Improving Water Demand Forecasting in the Middle Rio Grande River Basin, presented at the first CPPA PI's Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 14-16 August, 2006.

2006 Arsenault, K. R., R. Stodt, D. Frevert, S. Hunter, A. Brower. Water Management Applications with the US Bureau of Reclamation, presented at NASA Water Management Program Workshop, College Park, MD, June.

2006 Arsenault, K. R., A. Pinheiro, R. Stodt, D. Toll, and P. Houser. Improving Drought Monitoring and Prediction Using LIS and Satellite Products. (Presented by K. Arsenault), 20th Conference of Hydrology, 86th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, paper J2.4, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2006.

2006 Boyle, B. P., J. Huntington, D. Toll, S. Bowser, D. Frevert, R. Stodt, D. Clark, K. R. Arsenault, and A. Pinheiro. Improving US Bureau of Reclamation Water Supply, Demand Monitoring and Forecasting Using NASA Earth Data Products for the Carson and Truckee River Basins. (Presented by K. Arsenault), 20th Conference of Hydrology, 86th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, paper J2.3, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2006.

2006 Pinheiro, A., S. Kumar, R. Reichle, J. L. Privette, Y. Yu, K. Arsenault. Determining the required accuracy of LST products for estimating surface energy fluxes, poster presented at the 2nd International Symoposium on Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing, Valencia, Spain, September 25-29.

2006 Pinheiro, A. C., R. H. Reichle, S. Kumar, K. Arsenault, J.L. Privette, and Y. Yu, Determining the required accuracy of LST products for estimating surface energy fluxes, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December.

2006 Toll, D., J. Dong, P. Houser, K. Arsenault, A. Pinheiro, J. Basara and J. Monroe, Analysis of NOAA and NASA Surface Water and Energy Balance for Water Resources Applications, poster presented at the NOAA CPPA Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 14-16 August.

2006 Toll, D., J. Dong, P. Houser, K. Arsenault, and B. Cosgrove, Land Surface Water and Energy Flux Evaluation from the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) and Land Data Assimilation Systems (LDAS) for Water Resources Applications, poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May.

2006 Toll, D., K. Arsenault, E. Engman, L. Friedl, C. Peters-Lidard, Ana Pinheiro, J. Nigro. Protect and Monitor Water Resources 2006. Paper presented at the IGARRS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, July.

Honors Received

2004 Year 2003 Peer Award for Outstanding Contractor Support from the Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
1998 The AMS Global Climate Change Studies Travel Grant for 78th Annual AMS National Meeting
1997-1998 An Ohio State University Fellowship recipient
1997 Graduated from Arizona State University from the Honors College and summa cum laude.
1995-1997 NASA Undergraduate Grant recipient
1996 Award for Excellence of Scholarship from the National Council for Geographic Education
1995 Ray Henkel Outstanding Geography Undergraduate Scholarship, Arizona State University
1993-1997 Student Regents Scholarship at Arizona State University