Member Since 1983
Randy D. Koster
Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Chair, Peter S. Eagleson Award Committee
Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Scientist
1987 - Present
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1988
California Institute of Technology
Bachelors
1982
Honors & Awards
Peter S. Eagleson Award
Received December 2024
Union Fellow
Received January 2010
Publications
Soil Moisture Memory: State‐Of‐The‐Art and the Way Forward
Soil moisture is an essential climate variable of the Earth system. Understanding its spatiotemporal dynamics is essential for predicting weather p...
May 22, 2024
Neglect of Potential Seasonal Streamflow Forecasting Skill i...
February 14, 2024
Representing the Subgrid Surface Heterogeneity of Precipitat...
September 12, 2023
Canopy Height and Climate Dryness Parsimoniously Explain Spa...
August 08, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Ocean-Land Teleconnections and Chaotic Atmospheric Variability in Climate Models, with Implications for Real-World Behavior
CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY ON SUBSEASONAL TO CENTENNIAL TIMESCALES II POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 12 december 2024
Randal D. Koster, Anthony M. DeAngelis, Siegfried ...
A 45-member ensemble of multidecadal AMIP-style atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) simulations is examined to determine a quantity central t...
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The Great Plains Low-Level Jet in MERRA-21C
DATA-DRIVEN SCIENCE: DEVELOPMENTS IN MACHINE LEARNING SUBGRID-SCALE PARAMETERIZATIONS AND IN REANALYSES ACROSS EARTH SYSTEM MODELING II POSTER
nonlinear geophysics | 12 december 2024
Anthony M. DeAngelis, Michael G. Bosilovich, Amal ...
The Great Plains low-level jet (GPLLJ), characterized by its diurnally varying southerly winds in the lower troposphere, is a critical component of th...
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A comparison of methods for daily streamflow reconstruction in the Irrawaddy and Mekong Rivers
HYDROCLIMATIC ANALYSIS IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES III ORAL
hydrology | 11 december 2024
Sophea Rom Phy, Mauricio E. Arias, Eunjee Lee, Ste...
Effective hydrological research and management hinge on long and continuous streamflow datasets. However, studies on Myanmar's rivers have been partic...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2027
Chair
Peter S. Eagleson Award Committee
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