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221. Recalde-Coronel, G. C., Zaitchik, B., Pan, W., Zhou, Y., & Badr, H. (2024). Contributions of initial conditions and meteorological forecast to subseasonal-to-seasonal hydrological forecast skill in Western Tropical South America. Journal of Hydrometeorology.

220. Stowell, J. D., Anenberg, S., Zaitchik, B. F., Tong, D. Q., Horwell, C. J., Stolle, D. P., ... & McEntee, C. (2024). Health?damaging climate events highlight the need for interdisciplinary, engaged research. GeoHealth, 8(2), e2024GH001022.

219. Colston, J. M., Fang, B., Houpt, E., Chernyavskiy, P., Swarup, S., Gardner, L. M., Nong, M. K., Badr, H. S., Zaitchik, B. F., Lakshmi, V. & Kosek, M. N. (2024). The Planetary Child Health & Enterics Observatory (Plan-EO): A protocol for an interdisciplinary research initiative and web-based dashboard for mapping enteric infectious diseases and their risk factors and interventions in LMICs. Plos one, 19(2), e0297775.

218. Gunderson, A. K., Recalde-Coronel, C., Zaitchick, B. F., Yori, P. P., Pinedo, S. R., Olortegui, M. P., ... & Pan, W. K. (2023). A prospective cohort study linking migration, climate, and malaria risk in the Peruvian Amazon. Epidemiology & Infection, 151, e202.

217. Yasanayake, C. N., Zaitchik, B. F., & Gnanadesikan, A. (2023). Seasonal modulation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation's impact on rainfall in Sri Lanka. Journal of Climate, 36(20), 7231-7255.

216. Kim, J., Zaitchik, B., & Waugh, D. (2023). How Does Climate Change Affect the Upper Airway?. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America.

215. Miller, D. L., Wolf, S., Fisher, J. B., Zaitchik, B. F., Xiao, J., & Keenan, T. F. (2023). Increased photosynthesis during spring drought in energy-limited ecosystems. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7828.

214. Waugh, D. W., Zaitchik, B., Scott, A. A., Ibsen, P. C., Jenerette, G. D., Schatz, J., & Kucharik, C. J. (2023). Limited Role of Absolute Humidity in Intraurban Heat Variability. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 62(12), 1845-1854.

213. Gashaw, T., Wubaye, G. B., Worqlul, A. W., Dile, Y. T., Mohammed, J. A., Birhan, D. A., ... Zaitchik, B., ,,,, & Seid, A. (2023). Local and regional climate trends and variabilities in Ethiopia: Implications for climate change adaptations. Environmental Challenges, 13, 100794.

212. Ademe, D., Tesfaye, K., Simane, B., Zaitchik, B. F., Alemayehu, G., & Adgo, E. (2024). Optimizing agronomic practices to harness climate change impacts on potato production in tropical highland regions. European Journal of Agronomy, 152, 127021.

211. Badr, H. S., Zaitchik, B. F., Kerr, G. H., Nguyen, N. L. H., Chen, Y. T., Hinson, P., ... & Gardner, L. M. (2023). Unified real-time environmental-epidemiological data for multiscale modeling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data, 10(1), 367.

210. Aune, K. T., Zaitchik, B. F., Curriero, F. C., Davis, M. F., & Smith, G. S. (2023). Agreement in extreme precipitation exposure assessment is modified by race and social vulnerability. Frontiers in Epidemiology, 3, 1128501.

209. Zaitchik, B.F., Rodell, M., Biasutti, M., & Seneviratne, S.I. (2023). Wetting and drying trends under climate change. Nature Water. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00073-w

208. Brower, A. E., Ramesh, B., Islam, K. A., Mortveit, H. S., Hoops, S., Vullikanti, A., Marathe, M. V., Zaitchik, B., Gohlke, J. M. & Swarup, S. (2023). Augmenting the Social Vulnerability Index using an agent-based simulation of Hurricane Harvey. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 105, 102020.

207. Ramesh, B., Callender, R., Zaitchik, B. F., Jagger, M., Swarup, S., & Gohlke, J. M. (2023). Adverse Health Outcomes Following Hurricane Harvey: A Comparison of Remotely?Sensed and Self?Reported Flood Exposure Estimates. GeoHealth, 7(4), e2022GH000710.

206. Kerr, G. H., Badr, H. S., Barbieri, A. F., Colston, J. M., Gardner, L. M., Kosek, M. N., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2023). Evolving Drivers of Brazilian SARS?CoV?2 Transmission: A Spatiotemporally Disaggregated Time Series Analysis of Meteorology, Policy, and Human Mobility. GeoHealth, 7(3), e2022GH000727.

205. Juturu, P., Conlon, T., Zhang, Y., Avraam, C., Siddiqui, S., Simane, B., & Zaitchik, B. (2023). Optimal grid expansion under future electricity demand for groundwater irrigation in Ethiopia. Energy for Sustainable Development, 72, 351-377.

204. Janko, M. M., Recalde-Coronel, G. C., Damasceno, C. P., Salmón-Mulanovich, G., Barbieri, A. F., Lescano, A. G., Zaitchik, B. F., & Pan, W. K. (2023). The impact of sustained malaria control in the Loreto region of Peru: a retrospective, observational, spatially-varying interrupted time series analysis of the PAMAFRO program. The Lancet Regional Health-Americas, 20.

203. Badr, H. S., Colston, J. M., Nguyen, N. L. H., Chen, Y. T., Burnett, E., Ali, S. A., ... Zaitchik, B. F., & Kosek, M. N. (2023). Spatiotemporal variation in risk of Shigella infection in childhood: a global risk mapping and prediction model using individual participant data. The Lancet Global Health, 11(3), e373-e384.

202. Wubaye, G. B., Gashaw, T., Worqlul, A. W., Dile, Y. T., Taye, M. T., Haileslassie, A., Zaitchik, B.F., ... & Srinivasan, R. (2023). Trends in Rainfall and Temperature Extremes in Ethiopia: Station and Agro-Ecological Zone Levels of Analysis. Atmosphere, 14(3), 483.

201. Colston, J. M., Hinson, P., Nguyen, N. L. H., Chen, Y. T., Badr, H. S., Kerr, G. H., ... & Zaitchik, B. F. (2023). Effects of hydrometeorological and other factors on SARS-CoV-2 reproduction number in three contiguous countries of Tropical Andean South America: a spatiotemporally disaggregated time series analysis. IJID regions, 6, 29-41.

200. Kim, J., Waugh, D. W., Zaitchik, B. F., Luong, A., Bergmark, R., Lam, K., ... & Mullings, W. (2022, December). Climate Change, The Environment, And Rhinologic Disease. In International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology.

199. Brower, A. E., Corpuz, B., Ramesh, B., Zaitchik, B., Gohlke, J. M., & Swarup, S. (2022). Predictors of Evacuation Rates During Hurricane Laura: Weather Forecasts, Twitter, and COVID-19. Weather, Climate, and Society.

198. Colston, J., Kosek, M., Zaitchik, B., & Badr, H. (2022). Spatiotemporal variation and environmental sensitivity of childhood enteric pathogen infection risk: a Planetary Health approach to predictive modelling and risk mapping. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6, S13.

197. Nie, W., Kumar, S. V., Peters?Lidard, C. D., Zaitchik, B. F., Arsenault, K. R., Bindlish, R., & Liu, P. W. (2022). Assimilation of remotely sensed leaf area index enhances the estimation of anthropogenic irrigation water use. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14(11), e2022MS003040.

196. A. Hoffman-Hall, M. E. Gorris, S. Anenberg, A. E. Bredder, J. K. Dhaliwal, M. A. Diaz, S. K. Fortner, B. G. McAdoo, D. Reano, R. C. Rehr, H. A. Roop, B. F. Zaitchik (2022) A GeoHealth Call to Action: Moving Beyond Identifying Environmental Injustices to Co-Creating Solutions. GeoHealth. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GH000706

195. Fetene, Z. A., Zaitchik, B. F., Zeleke, T. T., Yeshita, B. D., & Vashisht, A. (2022) Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 and 6 representation of peak and end of rainy season over Upper Blue Nile basin. International Journal of Climatology.

194. Recalde-Coronel, G.C.*, Zaitchik, B., Pan, W., & Getirana, A. (2022). Influence of Vegetation on Simulation of the Water Balance and Hydrological Response to the El Niño Southern Oscillation in Western Tropical South America. Journal of Hydrometeorology.

193. Fu, J., Wang, W., Zaitchik, B., Nie, W., Fei, E. X., Miller, S., & Harman, C. J. (2022). Critical role of irrigation efficiency for cropland expansion in western China arid agroecosystems. Earth's Future, e2022EF002955.

192. Osman, M., Zaitchik, B. F., & Winstead, N. S. (2022). Cascading drought-heat dynamics during the 2021 Southwest United States Heatwave. Geophysical Research Letters, e2022GL099265.

191. Zaitchik, B. F., Omumbo, J., Lowe, R., van Aalst, M., Anderson, L. O., Fischer, E., ... & Luterbacher, J. (2022). Planning for compound hazards during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of climate information systems. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(3), E704-E709.

190. Nie, W., Kumar, S. V., Arsenault, K. R., Peters-Lidard, C. D., Mladenova, I. E., Bergaoui, K., Hazra, A., Zaitchik, B.F., ... & Navari, M. (2022). Towards effective drought monitoring in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: implications from assimilating leaf area index and soil moisture into the Noah-MP land surface model for Morocco. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(9), 2365-2386.

189. Barnard, M. A., Emani, S. R., Fortner, S. K., Haygood, L., Sun, Q., White-Newsome, J. L., & Zaitchik, B. (2022). GeoHealth perspectives on integrated, coordinated, open, networked (ICON) science. Earth and Space Science, e2021EA002157.

188. Dezfuli, A., Razavi, S., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2022). Compound effects of climate change on future transboundary water issues in the Middle East. Earth's Future, 10(4), e2022EF002683.

187. Ramesh, B., Jagger, M. A., Zaitchik, B., Kolivras, K. N., Swarup, S., Deanes, L., ... & Gohlke, J. M. (2022). Flooding and emergency department visits: Effect modification by the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 102986.

186. Gao, Z., Zaitchik, B. F., Hou, Y., & Chen, W. (2022). Toward park design optimization to mitigate the urban heat Island: Assessment of the cooling effect in five US cities. Sustainable Cities and Society, 81, 103870.

185. Perez-Saez, J., Lessler, J., Lee, E. C., Luquero, F. J., Malembaka, E. B., Finger, F., ... Zaitchik, B.F., & Azman, A. S. (2022). The seasonality of cholera in sub-Saharan Africa: a statistical modelling study. The Lancet Global Health.

184. Cromar, K. R., Anenberg, S. C., Balmes, J. R., Fawcett, A. A., Ghazipura, M., Gohlke, J. M., ... Zaitchik, B.F., & Ewart, G. (2022). Global Health Impacts for Economic Models of Climate Change: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, (ja).

183. Ramesh, B., Jagger, M. A., Zaitchik, B. F., Kolivras, K. N., Swarup, S., Yang, B., ... & Gohlke, J. M. (2022). Estimating changes in emergency department visits associated with floods caused by Tropical Storm Imelda using satellite observations and syndromic surveillance. Health & Place, 74, 102757.

182. Osman, M., Zaitchik, B. F., Badr, H. S., Otkin, J., Zhong, Y., Lorenz, D., ... & Holmes, T. (2022). Diagnostic classification of flash drought events reveals distinct classes of forcings and impacts. Journal of Hydrometeorology.

181. Schulte, J., Policelli, F., & Zaitchik, B. (2022). A waveform skewness index for measuring time series nonlinearity and its applications to the ENSO-Indian monsoon relationship. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 29(1), 1-15.

180. Van de Walle, J., Brousse, O., Arnalsteen, L., Brimicombe, C., Byarugaba, D., Demuzere, M., ... Zaitchik, B. F., & van Lipzig, N. P. (2022). Lack of vegetation exacerbates exposure to dangerous heat in dense settlements in a tropical African city. Environmental Research Letters.

179. Mhiret, D. A., Dersseh, M. G., Guzman, C. D., Dagnew, D. C., Abebe, W. B., Zimale, F. A., Zaitchik, B. F., ... & Steenhuis, T. S. (2022). Topography Impacts Hydrology in the Sub-Humid Ethiopian Highlands. Water, 14(2), 196.

178. Colston, J. M., Zaitchik, B. F., Badr, H. S., Burnett, E., Ali, S. A., Rayamajhi, A., ... & Kosek, M. N. (2021). Associations between 8 Earth Observation-derived climate variables and enteropathogen infection: An Independent Participant Data Meta-Analysis of surveillance studies with broad spectrum nucleic acid diagnostics. GeoHealth, e2021GH000452.

177. Vashisht, A., & Zaitchik, B. (2021). Modulation of East African boreal fall rainfall: combined effects of the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Journal of Climate, 1-42.

176. Zaitchik, B. F., & Tuholske, C. (2021). Earth observations of extreme heat events: leveraging current capabilities to enhance heat research and action. Environmental Research Letters, 16(11).

175. Pan, W., Fernández, D., Tyrovolas, S., Iago, G. V., Dasgupta, R. R., Zaitchik, B. F., ... & Woods, C. W. (2021). Heterogeneity in the Effectiveness of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions during the first SARS-CoV2 wave in the United States. Frontiers in public health, 1857.

174. Ademe, D., Zaitchik, B. F., Tesfaye, K., Simane, B., Alemayehu, G., & Adgo, E. (2021). Analysis of agriculturally relevant rainfall characteristics in a tropical highland region: An agroecosystem perspective. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 311, 108697.

173. Lorenz, D. J., Otkin, J. A., Zaitchik, B., Hain, C., & Anderson, M. C. (2021). Predicting Rapid Changes in Evaporative Stress Index (ESI) and Soil Moisture Anomalies over the Continental United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22(11), 3017-3036.

172. Birhan, D. A., Zaitchik, B. F., Fantaye, K. T., Birhanu, B. S., Damot, G. A., & Tsegaye, E. A. (2021). Observed and projected trends in climate extremes in a tropical highland region: An agroecosystem perspective. International Journal of Climatology.

171. Shi, R., Hobbs, B. F., Zaitchik, B. F., Waugh, D. W., Scott, A. A., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Monitoring intra-urban temperature with dense sensor networks: Fixed or mobile? An empirical study in Baltimore, MD. Urban Climate, 39, 100979.

170. Womber, Z. R., Zimale, F. A., Kebedew, M. G., Asers, B. W., DeLuca, N. M., Guzman, C. D., ... & Zaitchik, B. F. (2021). Estimation of Suspended Sediment Concentration from Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurement over Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Advances in Civil Engineering, 2021.

169. Nigussie, Y., Zaitchik, B., & Simane, B. (2021). Environmental cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative rural energy programs in Ethiopia. Biofuels, 1-9.

168. Ramesh, B., Jagger, M. A., Zaitchik, B., Kolivras, K. N., Swarup, S., Deanes, L., & Gohlke, J. M. (2021). Emergency department visits associated with satellite observed flooding during and following Hurricane Harvey. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 1-10.

167. Fetene, Z. A., Zaitchik, B. F., Zeleke, T. T., Yeshita, B. D., & Recalde-Coronel, C. G. (2021). Influence of the Boreal Summer Intra-Seasonal Oscillation on rainfall in the Blue Nile Basin. Climate Dynamics, 1-13.

166. Zamora, R. A., Zaitchik, B. F., Rodell, M., Getirana, A., Kumar, S., Arsenault, K., & Gutmann, E. (2021). Contribution of Meteorological Downscaling to Skill and Precision of Seasonal Drought Forecasts. Journal of Hydrometeorology.

165. Fang, J., & Zaitchik, B. (2021). Challenges in Reconciling Satellite-Based and Locally Reported Estimates of Wetland Change: A Case of Topographically Constrained Wetlands on the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sensing, 13(8), 1484.

164. Osman, M., Zaitchik, B. F., Badr, H. S., Christian, J. I., Tadesse, T., Otkin, J. A., & Anderson, M. C. (2021). Flash drought onset over the Contiguous United States: Sensitivity of inventories and trends to quantitative definitions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(2), 565-581.

163. Yang, G., Zaitchik, B., Badr, H., & Block, P. (2021). A Bayesian adaptive reservoir operation framework incorporating streamflow non-stationarity. Journal of Hydrology, 594, 125959.

162. Gorris, M. E., Anenberg, S. C., Goldberg, D. L., Kerr, G. H., Stowell, J. D., Tong, D., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2021). Shaping the future of science: COVID-19 highlighting the importance of GeoHealth. GeoHealth, e2021GH000412.

161. Gao, Z., Hou, Y., Zaitchik, B. F., Chen, Y., & Chen, W. (2021). A Two-Step Integrated MLP-GTWR Method to Estimate 1 km Land Surface Temperature with Complete Spatial Coverage in Humid, Cloudy Regions. Remote Sensing, 13(5), 971.

160. Kerr, G. H., Badr, H. S., Gardner, L. M., Perez-Saez, J., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2021). Associations between meteorology and COVID-19 in early studies: Inconsistencies, uncertainties, and recommendations. One Health, 12, 100225.

159. Sweijd, N., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2021). The 2020 WMO Symposium on Climatological, Meteorological and Environmental factors in the COVID-19 pandemic: A special issue from symposium presentations. One Health, 12, 100243.

158. Nie, W., Zaitchik, B. F., Rodell, M., Kumar, S. V., Arsenault, K. R., & Badr, H. S. (2021) Irrigation water demand sensitivity to climate variability across the Contiguous United States. Water Resources Research, e2020WR027738.

157. Ewunetu, A., Simane, B., Teferi, E., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2021). Mapping and Quantifying Comprehensive Land Degradation Status Using Spatial Multicriteria Evaluation Technique in the Headwaters Area of Upper Blue Nile River. Sustainability, 13(4), 2244.

156. Ewunetu, A., Simane, B., Teferi, E., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2021). Land cover change in the blue nile river headwaters: Farmers' perceptions, pressures, and satellite-based mapping. Land, 10(1), 68.

155. Avraam, C., Zhang, Y., Sankaranarayanan, S., Zaitchik, B., Moynihan, E., Juturu, P., Neff, R., & Siddiqui, S. (2021) Optimization-Based Systems Modeling for the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40518-020-00161-5

154. Solomon, R., Simane, B., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2021). The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture Production in Ethiopia: Application of a Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model. American Journal of Climate Change, 10(1), 32-50.

153. Ewunetu, A., Simane, B., Teferi, E., & F Zaitchik, B. (2021). Relationships and the Determinants of Sustainable Land Management Technologies in North Gojjam Sub-Basin, Upper Blue Nile, Ethiopia. Sustainability, 13(11), 6365.

152. Grace, K., Siddiqui, S. & Zaitchik, B.F. (2020). A framework for interdisciplinary research in food systems. Nature Food, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00212-6

151. Zhou, Y., Zaitchik, B. F., Kumar, S. V., Arsenault, K. R., Matin, M. A., Qamer, F. M., ... & Shakya, K. (2021). Developing a hydrological monitoring and sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting system for South and Southeast Asian river basins. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(1), 41-61.

150. Zaitchik, B. F., Sweijd, N., Shumake-Guillemot, J., Morse, A., Gordon, C., Marty, A., ... & Lu, Y. (2020). A framework for research linking weather, climate and COVID-19. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1-3.

149. Bazzana, D., Gilioli, G., Simane, B., & Zaitchik, B. (2021) Analyzing constraints in the water-energy-food nexus: The case of eucalyptus plantation in Ethiopia. Ecological Economics, 180, 106875.

148. Schulte, J., Policielli, F., & Zaitchik, B. (2020). A skewed perspective of the Indian rainfall-El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) relationship. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(11), 5473-5489.

147. Schulte, J., Policielli, F., & Zaitchik, B. (2021). A Continuum Approach to Understanding Changes in the ENSO-Indian Monsoon Relationship. Journal of Climate, 34(4), 1549-1561.

146. Waugh, D. W., He, Z., Zaitchik, B., Peng, R. D., Diette, G. B., Hansel, N. N., ... & Williams, D. (2020). Indoor heat exposure in Baltimore: does outdoor temperature matter?. International Journal of Biometeorology, 1-10.

145. Ambikapathi, R., Kosek, M. N., Lee, G. O., Olortegui, M. P., Zaitchik, B., Yori, P. P., ... & Caulfield, L. E. (2020). La Niña weather impacts dietary patterns and dietary diversity among children in the Peruvian Amazon. Public Health Nutrition, 1-11.

144. Bazzana, D., Gilioli, G., & Zaitchik, B. (2020) Impact of water and energy infrastructure on local well-being: an agent-based analysis of the water-energy-food nexus. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 55, 165-176.

143. Wongso, E., Nateghi, R., Zaitchik, B., Quiring, S., & Kumar, R. (2020). A Data-Driven Framework to Characterize State-Level Water Use in the United States. Water Resources Research, 56(9), e2019WR024894.

142. Vashisht, A., Zaitchik, B., & Gnanadesikan, A. (2021). ENSO teleconnection to eastern African summer rainfall in global climate models: Role of the Tropical Easterly Jet. Journal of Climate, 34(1), 293-312.

141. Osman, M., Zaitchik, B., Badr, H., & Hameed, S. (2020). North Atlantic centers of action and seasonal to subseasonal temperature variability in Europe and eastern North America. International Journal of Climatology.

140. DeLuca, N. M., Zaitchik, B. F., Guikema, S. D., Jacobs, J. M., Davis, B. J., & Curriero, F. C. (2020). Evaluation of remotely sensed prediction and forecast models for Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Chesapeake Bay. Remote Sensing of Environment, 250, 112016.

139. Bazzana, D., Gilioli, G., & Zaitchik, B. (2020). Impact of hydropower development on rural livelihood: An agent-based exploration. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275, 122333.

138. Helman, D., Zaitchik, B. F., & Funk, C. (2020). Climate has contrasting direct and indirect effects on armed conflicts. Environmental Research Letters, 15(10), 104017.

137. Colston, J. M., Faruque, A. S., Hossain, M. J., Saha, D., Kanungo, S., Mandomando, I., ... Zaitchik, B. F. & Kosek, M. N. (2020). Associations between Household-Level Exposures and All-Cause Diarrhea and Pathogen-Specific Enteric Infections in Children Enrolled in Five Sentinel Surveillance Studies. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(21), 8078.

136. Rehr, R. C., Bandaragoda, C., Zaitchik, B. F., & Wimberly, M. C. (2020) A GeoHealth Response to a Geoscience Community climate change position statement. GeoHealth, e2020GH000265.

135. Helman, D., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2020). Temperature anomalies affect violent conflicts in African and Middle Eastern warm regions. Global Environmental Change, 63, 102118.

134. Mhiret, D. A., Dagnew, D. C., Guzman, C. D., Alemie, T. C., Zegeye, A. D., Tebebu, T. Y., Langendoen, E. J., Zaitchik, B.F., Tilahun, S. A. & Steenhuis, T. S. (2020). A nine-year study on the benefits and risks of soil and water conservation practices in the humid highlands of Ethiopia: The Debre Mawi watershed. Journal of Environmental Management, 270, 110885.

133. Jordan, A.K., Zaitchik, B.F., Gnanadesikan, A., Kim, D., and Badr, H.S. (2020) Strength of Linkages Between Dust and Circulation Over North Africa: results from a coupled modeling system with active dust. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. DOI:10.1029/2019JD030961.

132. Carter, A.W., Zaitchik, B.F., Gohlke, J.M., Wang, S. and Richardson, M.B. (2020). Methods for estimating Wet Bulb Globe Temperature from remote and low-cost data: a comparative study in central Alabama. GeoHealth. DOI:10.1029/2019GH000231

131. Logan, T. M., Zaitchik, B., Guikema, S., & Nisbet, A. (2020). Night and day: The influence and relative importance of urban characteristics on remotely sensed land surface temperature. Remote Sensing of Environment, 247, 111861.

130. Shukla, S., Arsenault, K. R., Hazra, A., Peters-Lidard, C., Koster, R. D., Davenport, F., ... Zaitchik, B.F. ... & Getirana, A. (2020). Improving early warning of drought-driven food insecurity in southern Africa using operational hydrological monitoring and forecasting products. Natural Hazards & Earth System Sciences, 20(4).

129. Gebreyes, M., Bazzana, D., Simonetto, A., Müller-Mahn, D., Zaitchik, B., Gilioli, G., & Simane, B. (2020). Local Perceptions of Water-Energy-Food Security: Livelihood Consequences of Dam Construction in Ethiopia. Sustainability, 12(6), 2161.

128. Sankaranarayanan, S., Zhang, Y., Carney, J., Nigussie, Y., Esayas, B., Simane, B., Zaitchik, B. & Siddiqui, S. (2020). What Are the Domestic and Regional Impacts From Ethiopia's Policy on the Export Ban of Teff?. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4, 4.

127. Harrower, M. J., Nathan, S., Mazzariello, J. C., Zerue, K., Dumitru, I. A., Meresa, Y., ... Zaitchik, B.F. & Anderson, M. C. (2020). Water, Geography, and Aksumite Civilization: The Southern Red Sea Archaeological Histories (SRSAH) Project Survey (2009-2016). African Archaeological Review, 1-17.

126. Arsenault, K. R., Shukla, S., Hazra, A., Getirana, A., McNally, A., Kumar, S. V., Koster, R.D., Peters-Lidard, C.D., Zaitchik, B.F., Badr, H.S. & Jung, H. C. (2020). The NASA hydrological forecast system for food and water security applications. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

125. Recalde-Coronel, G. C., Zaitchik, B., & Pan, W. K. (2020). Madden-Julian oscillation influence on sub-seasonal rainfall variability on the west of South America. Climate Dynamics, 1-19.

124. Colston, J., Paredes Olortegui, M., Zaitchik, B., Peñataro Yori, P., Kang, G., Ahmed, T., ... & Lima, A. (2020). Pathogen-Specific Impacts of the 2011-2012 La Niña-Associated Floods on Enteric Infections in the MAL-ED Peru Cohort: A Comparative Interrupted Time Series Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(2), 487.

123. Tonn, G., Guikema, S., & Zaitchik, B. (2019). Simulating behavioral influences on community flood risk under future climate scenarios. Risk analysis. DOI: 10.1111/risa.13428

122. Taye, M., Simane, B., Zaitchik, B. F., Selassie, Y. G., & Setegn, S. (2019). Rainfall Variability across the Agro-Climatic Zones of a Tropical Highland: The Case of the Jema Watershed, Northwestern Ethiopia. Environments, 6(11), 118.

121. Taye, M., Simane, B., F Zaitchik, B., G Selassie, Y., & Setegn, S. (2019). Land Use Evaluation over the Jema Watershed, in the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia. Land, 8(3), 50.

120. Nelson, E. J., Pulla, S. T., Matin, M. A., Shakya, K., Jones, N., Ames, D. P., ... Zaitchik, B.F. & Gatlin, P. (2019). Enabling Stakeholder Decision-Making With Earth Observation and Modeling Data Using Tethys Platform. Frontiers in Environmental Science.

119. Mhiret, D. A., Dagnew, D. C., Alemie, T. C., Guzman, C. D., Tilahun, S. A., Zaitchik, B. F., & Steenhuis, T. S. (2019). Impact of Soil Conservation and Eucalyptus on Hydrology and Soil Loss in the Ethiopian Highlands. Water, 11(11), 2299.

118. Bedaso, Z. K., DeLuca, N. M., Levin, N. E., Zaitchik, B. F., Waugh, D. W., Wu, S. Y., ... & Shanko, D. (2019). Spatial and temporal variation in the isotopic composition of Ethiopian precipitation. Journal of Hydrology, 124364.

117. Getirana, A., Rodell, M., Kumar, S., Beaudoing, H. K., Arsenault, K., Zaitchik, B., ... & Bettadpur, S. (2020). GRACE improves seasonal groundwater forecast initialization over the US. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(1).

116. Nie, W., Zaitchik, B. F., Rodell, M., Kumar, S. V., Arsenault, K. R., Li, B., & Getirana, A. (2019). Assimilating GRACE into a Land Surface Model in the presence of an irrigation-induced groundwater trend. Water Resources Research. DOI: 10.1029/2019WR025363

115. Davis, B. J., Jacobs, J. M., Zaitchik, B., DePaola, A., & Curriero, F. C. (2019). Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Chesapeake Bay: operational in situ prediction and forecast models can benefit from inclusion of lagged water quality measurements. Applied and environmental microbiology, 85(17), e01007-19.

114. Colston, J. M., Zaitchik, B., Kang, G., Yori, P. P., Ahmed, T., Lima, A., ... & Peng, R. D. (2019). Use of earth observation-derived hydrometeorological variables to model and predict rotavirus infection (MAL-ED): a multisite cohort study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3(6), e248-e258.

113. Blum, A. G., Zaitchik, B., Alexander, S., Wu, S., Zhang, Y., Shukla, S., ... & Block, P. (2019). A Grand Prediction: Communicating and Evaluating 2018 summertime Upper Blue Nile rainfall and streamflow forecasts in preparation for Ethiopia's new dam. Frontiers in Water, 1, 3.

112. Li, B., Rodell, M., Kumar, S., Beaudoing, H. K., Getirana, A., Zaitchik, B. F., ... & Tian, S. (2019). Global GRACE data assimilation for groundwater and drought monitoring: Advances and challenges. Water Resources Research 55(9), 7564-7586

111. Bruss, C. B., Nateghi, R., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2019). Explaining National Trends in Terrestrial Water Storage. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 7, 85.

110. Yoon, Y., Kumar, S. V., Forman, B. A., Zaitchik, B., Kwon, Y., Qian, Y., ... & Richey, A. (2019). Evaluating the uncertainty of terrestrial water budget components over High Mountain Asia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7, 120.

109. Qamer, F. M., Tadesse, T., Matin, M., Ellenburg, W. L., & Zaitchik, B. (2019). Earth Observation and Climate Services for Food Security and Agricultural Decision Making in South and Southeast Asia. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, (2019).

108. Wang, S., Richardson, M. B., Wu, C. Y., Cholewa, C. D., Lungu, C. T., Zaitchik, B. F., & Gohlke, J. M. (2019). Estimating Occupational Heat Exposure from Personal Sampling of Public Works Employees in Birmingham, Alabama. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine.

107. Stettz, S., Zaitchik, B. F., Ademe, D., Musie, S., & Simane, B. (2019). Estimating variability in downwelling surface shortwave radiation in a tropical highland environment. PLoS One, 14(2), e0211220.

106. Eggen, M., Ozdogan, M., Zaitchik, B. F., Ademe, D., Foltz, J., & Simane, B. (2019). Vulnerability of sorghum production to extreme, sub-seasonal weather under climate change. Environmental Research Letters.

105. Wu, C. Y., Zaitchik, B. F., Swarup, S., & Gohlke, J. M. (2019). Influence of the Spatial Resolution of the Exposure Estimate in Determining the Association between Heat Waves and Adverse Health Outcomes. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1-12.

104. Yimanie, T. A., Zaitchik, B. F., Simane, B., & Ambelu, A. (2019). Changing patterns of tree cover in a tropical highland regions and implications for food, energy, and water resources. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 7, 1.

103. Taye, M., Simane, B., Zaitchik, B., Setegn, S., & Selassie, Y. (2019). Analysis of the Spatial Patterns of Rainfall across the Agro-Climatic Zones of Jema Watershed in the Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia. Geosciences, 9(1), 22.

102. Mhiret, D. A., Dagnew, D. C., Assefa, T. T., Tilahun, S. A., Zaitchik, B. F., & Steenhuis, T. S. (2018). Erosion hotspot identification in the sub-humid Ethiopian highlands. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology.

101. Shortridge, J. E., & Zaitchik, B. F. (2018). Characterizing climate change risks by linking robust decision frameworks and uncertain probabilistic projections. Climatic Change, 151(3-4), 525-539.

100. Jordan, A. K., Gnanadesikan, A., & Zaitchik, B. (2018). Simulated Dust Aerosol Impacts on Western Sahelian Rainfall: Importance of Ocean Coupling. Journal of Climate, 31(22), 9107-9124.

99. Rougé, C., Tilmant, A., Zaitchik, B., Dezfuli, A., & Salman, M. (2018). Identifying key water resource vulnerabilities in data-scarce transboundary river basins. Water Resources Research, 54(8), 5264-5281.

98. Ghatak, D., Zaitchik, B., Kumar, S., Matin, M., Bajracharya, B., Hain, C., & Anderson, M. (2018). Influence of Precipitation Forcing Uncertainty on Hydrological Simulations with the NASA South Asia Land Data Assimilation System. Hydrology, 5(4), 57.

97. DeLuca, N., Zaitchik, B., & Curriero, F. (2018). Can Multispectral Information Improve Remotely Sensed Estimates of Total Suspended Solids? A Statistical Study in Chesapeake Bay. Remote Sensing, 10(9), 1393.

96. Taye, M., Simane, B., Selsssie, Y., Zaitchik, B., & Setegn, S. (2018). Analysis of the Spatial Variability of Soil Texture in a Tropical Highland: The Case of the Jema Watershed, Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(9), 1903.

95. Milazzo, M. J., Gohlke, J. M., Gallagher, D. L., Scott, A. A., Zaitchik, B. F., & Marr, L. C. (2019). Potential for city parks to reduce exposure to BTEX in air. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 21(1), 40-50.

94. Policelli, F., Hubbard, A., Jung, H. C., Zaitchik, B., & Ichoku, C. (2019). A predictive model for Lake Chad total surface water area using remotely sensed and modeled hydrological and meteorological parameters and multivariate regression analysis. Journal of Hydrology, 568, 1071-1080.

93. Sivitskis AJ, MJ Harrower, H David-Cuny, IA Dumitru, S Nathan, F Wiig, & B Zaitchik (2018) Hyperspectral satellite imagery detection of ancient raw material sources: Soft-stone vessel production at Aqir al-Shamoos (Oman). Archaeological Prospection. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1719

92. Kuwayama Y, A Thompson, R Bernknopf, B Zaitchik, & P Vail (2018) Estimating the Impact of Drought on Agriculture Using the US Drought Monitor. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay037

91. Nie W, BF Zaitchik, M Rodell, SV Kumar, MC Anderson, C Hain (2018) Groundwater Withdrawals Under Drought: Reconciling GRACE and Land Surface Models in the United States High Plains Aquifer. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017WR022178

90. Funk C, L Harrison, S Shukla . . . B Zaitchik & J Verdin (2018) Examining the role of unusually warm Indo-Pacific sea surface temperatures in recent African droughts. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1002/qj.3266.

89. Bakker C, BF Zaitchik, S Siddiqui, BF Hobbs . . . & CL Parker (2018) Shocks, seasonality, and disaggregation: Modelling food security through the integration of agricultural, transportation, and economic systems. Agricultural Systems, 164, 165-184.

88. Scott A, DW Waugh and BF Zaitchik (2018) Reduced urban heat island intensity under warmer conditions. Environmental Research Letters.

87. Colston JM, T Ahmed … & B Zaitchik (2018) Evaluating meteorological data from weather stations, and from satellites and global models for a multi-site epidemiological study. Environmental Research, 165, 91-109.

86. Weldegerima TM, TT Zeleke, BS Birhanu, BF Zaitchik & ZA Fetene (2018) Analysis of Rainfall Trends and Its Relationship with SST Signals in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia. Advances in Meteorology, https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5869010.

85. Wu CYH, BF Zaitchik, & JM Gohlke (2018) Heat waves and fatal traffic crashes in the continental United States. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 119, 195-201.

84. Pizzitutti F, W Pan, B Feingold, B Zaitchik, CA Alvarez and CF Mena (2018) Out of the net: An agent-based model to study human movements influence on local-scale malaria transmission. PloS one, 13(3), e0193493.

83. Policelli F, A Hubbard, HC Jung, B Zaitchik, & C Ichoku (2018) Lake Chad Total Surface Water Area as Derived from Land Surface Temperature and Radar Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing, 10(2), 252.

82. Bernknopf R, D Brookshire, Y Kuwayama, M Macauley, M Rodell, A Thompson ... & B Zaitchik (2017) The Value of Remotely Sensed Information: The Case of a GRACE-Enhanced Drought Severity Index. Weather, Climate, and Society, 10, 187-203.

81. Alemu, ZA, AA Ahmed, AW Yalew, BS Birhanu, & BF Zaitchik (2017) Individual and community level factors with a significant role in determining child height-for-age Z score in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis. Archives of Public Health, 75(1), 27.

80. Moore SM, AS Azman, BF Zaitchik, ED Mintz, J Brunkard, D Legros, ... & J. Lessler (2017) El Niño and the shifting geography of cholera in Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201617218.

79. Ghatak D, B Zaitchik, C Hain and M Anderson (2017) The role of local heating in the 2015 Indian Heat Wave. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 7707.

78. Wilusz DC, BF Zaitchik, MC Anderson, CR Hain, MT Yilmaz & IE Mladenova (2017) Monthly flooded area classification using low resolution SAR imagery in the Sudd wetland from 2007 to 2011. Remote Sensing of Environment, 194, 205-218.

77. Satti S, BF Zaitchik, HS Badr and T Tadesse (2017) Enhancing dynamical seasonal predictions through objective regionalization. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0192.1

76. Russell A, A Gnanadesikan and B Zaitchik (2017) Are the Central Andes Mountains a warming hot spot? Journal of Climate. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0268.1.

75. Shortridge J, S Guikema and B Zaitchik (2017) Robust decision making in data scarce contexts: addressing data and model limitations for infrastructure planning under transient climate change. Climatic Change, 140(2), 323-337.

74. Zaitchik BF (2017) Madden-Julian Oscillation impacts on tropical African precipitation. Atmospheric Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.10.002

73. Dezfuli AK, BF Zaitchik, HS Badr, J Evans and CD Peters-Lidard (2017) The role of low-level terrain-induced jets in rainfall variability in Tigris-Euphrates Headwaters. Journal of Hydrometeorology DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0165.1

72. Nie W, BF Zaitchik, G Ni and T Sun (2017) Impacts of Anthropogenic Heat on Summertime Rainfall in Beijing. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(3), 693-712.

71. Zeleke TT, F Giorgi, GT Diro and BF Zaitchik (2017) Trend and periodicity of drought over Ethiopia. International Journal of Climatology. DOI:10.1002/joc.5122

70. Badr HS, AK Dezfuli, BF Zaitchik and CD Peters-Lidard (2017) Regionalizing Africa: Patterns of Precipitation Variability in Observations and Global Climate Models. Journal of Climate. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0182.1

69. Scott AA, B Zaitchik, D Waugh and K O'Meara (2017) Intra-urban temperature variability in Baltimore. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0232.1

68. Eggen M, M Ozdogan, BF Zaitchik and B Simane (2017) Land Cover Classification in Complex and Fragmented Agricultural Landscapes of the Ethiopian Highlands. Remote Sensing, 8(12), 1020.

67. Alemneh T, A Ambelu, S Bahrndorff, ST Mereta, C Pertoldi and BF Zaitchik (2017) Modeling the impact of highland settlements on ecological disturbance of streams in Choke Mountain Catchment: Macroinvertebrate assemblages and water quality. Ecological Indicators 73:452-459.

66. Soneja SI, JM Tielsch, SK Khatry, B Zaitchik, FC Curriero, PN Breysse (2017) Characterizing Particulate Matter Exfiltration Estimates for Alternative Cookstoves in a Village-Like Household in Rural Nepal. Environmental Management. doi:10.1007/s00267-017-0915-3.

65. Scott AA, H Misiani, J Okoth, A Jordan, J Gohlke, G Ouma, J Arrighi, BF Zaitchik, E Jjemba, S Vergee, and D Waugh. (2017) Temperature and heat in informal settlements in Nairobi. PLoS ONE12(11): e0187300. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187300

64. Kuras ER, M Bernhard, et al. (2017) Opportunities and challenges for personal heat exposure research. Environmental Health Perspectives, 85001, 1.

63. Regonda SK, BF Zaitchik, HS Badr and M Rodell (2016) Using Climate Regionalization to Understand Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2) Precipitation Performance for the Conterminous United States (CONUS). Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069150.

62. Shortridge J, S Guikema, and B Zaitchik (2016) Empirical streamflow simulation for water resource management in data-scarce seasonal watersheds. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 20:2611-2628, doi:10.5194/hess-20-2611-2016

61. Rivero-Calle S, CE Del Castillo, A Gnanadesikan, A Dezfuli, B Zaitchik and DG Johns (2016) Interdecadal Trichodesmium variability in cold North Atlantic waters. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. doi:10.1002/2015GB005361

60. Kirschbaum, DB, GJ Huffman, RF Adler, S Braun, K Garrett, ... and BF Zaitchik (2016) NASA's Remotely-sensed Precipitation: A Reservoir for Applications Users. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00296.1

59. Zaitchik BF, MH Hayden, DAM Villela, CC Lord, UD Kitron, JJ Carvajal, DCP Câmara, and IC dos Reis (2016) Climate information for arbovirus risk monitoring: opportunities and challenges. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0016.1

58. Kumar SV, BF Zaitchik, CD Peters-Lidard, M Rodell, RH Reichle, B Li, M Jasinski, D Mocko, A Getirana, G De Lannoy, M Cosh, CR Hain, M Anderson, KR Arsenault, Y Xia, and M Ek (2016) Assimilation of gridded GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates in the North American Land Data Assimilation System. Journal of Hydrometeorology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-15-0157.1

57. Tadesse T, T Haigh, N Wall, A Shiferaw, B Zaitchik, S Beyene, G Berhan and J Petr (2016) Linking Seasonal Predictions to Decision-Making and Disaster Management in the Greater Horn of Africa. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 97(4):ES89-ES92

56. Simane B, BF Zaitchik and JD Foltz (2016) Agroecosystem specific climate vulnerability analysis: application of the livelihood vulnerability index to a tropical highland region. Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change. 21(1):39-65, DOI 10.1007/s11027-014-9568-1

55. Berhane F, BF Zaitchik, and HS Badr (2015) The Madden-Julian Oscillation's influence on Spring Rainy Season Precipitation over Equatorial West Africa. Journal of Climate 28(22):8653-8672, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00510.1

54. Urquhart EA, BF Zaitchik, SD Guikema, BJ Haley, E Taviani, A Chen, ME Brown, A Huq and RR Colwell (2015) Use of Environmental Parameters to Model Pathogenic Vibrios in Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Environmental Informatics, doi:10.3808/jei.201500307

53. Satti S, BF Zaitchik, and S Siddiqui (2015) The question of Sudan: a hydroeconomic optimization model for the Sudanese Blue Nile. Hydrol. & Earth System Sci. 19:2257-2293, doi:10.5194/hess-19-2275-2015

52. Badr HS, BF Zaitchik and AK Dezfuli (2015) A tool for hierarchical climate regionalization. Earth Science Informatics 8(4):949-958, DOI 10.1007/s12145-015-0221-7

51. Shortridge JE, SM Falconi, BF Zaitchik and SD Guikema (2015) Climate, agriculture, and hunger: statistical prediction of undernourishment using nonlinear regression and data-mining techniques. Journal of Applied Statistics 42(11): 2367-2390, DOI:10.1080/02664763.2015.1032216

50. Bhattacharjee P and BF Zaitchik (2015) Perspectives on CMIP5 model performance in the Nile River headwaters regions. International Journal of Climatology 35(14):4262-4275 DOI: 10.1002/joc.4284

49. Peters-Lidard, CD, EM Kemp, T Matsui, JA Santanello, Jr., SV Kumar, J Jacob, T Clune, W-K Tao, M Chin, A Hou, JL Case, D Kim, KM Kim, W Lau, Y Liu, J-J Shi, D Starr, Q Tan, Z Tao, B Zaitchik, B Zavodsky, S Zhang, M Zupanski (2015) Integrated Modeling of Aerosol, Cloud, Precipitation and Land Processes at Satellite-Resolved Scales with a Unified-Weather Research and Forecasting Model.Environmental Modelling & Software. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.01.007.

48. Dezfuli AK, BF Zaitchik, A Gnanadesikan (2015) Regional atmospheric circulation and rainfall variability in South Equatorial Africa. Journal of Climate 28:809-818. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00333.1

47. Lawston PM, JA Santanello, BF Zaitchik, and M Rodell (2015) Impact of irrigation methods on land surface model spinup and initialization of WRF forecasts. Journal of Hydrometeorology. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0203.1

46. Barlow M, BF Zaitchik, S Paz, E Black, JP Evans, and A Hoell (2015) A Review of Drought in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. Journal of Climate. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00692.1

45. Soneja SI, JM Tielsch, FC Curriero, B Zaitchik, SK Khatry, B Yan, SN Chillrud, and PN Breysse (2015) Determining Particulate Matter and Black Carbon Exfiltration Estimates For Traditional Cookstove Use In Rural Nepalese Village Households. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(9): 5555-5562.

44. Castanho CdT, CJ Lortie, B Zaitchik, and PI Prado (2015) A meta-analysis of plant facilitation in coastal dune systems: responses, regions, and research gaps. PeerJ 3:e768 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.768

43. Anderson W, S Guikema, B Zaitchik and W Pan (2014) Methods for Estimating Population Density in Data-Limited Areas: Evaluating Regression and Tree-Based Models in Peru. PLoS ONE 9(7): e100037. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100037

42. Berhane F and BF Zaitchik (2014) Modulation of daily precipitation over East Africa by the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Journal of Climate 27(15): 6016-6034. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00693.1

41. Badr HS, BF Zaitchik, and SD Guikema (2014) Application of Statistical Models to Prediction of Seasonal Rainfall Anomalies over Sahel. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 53(3): 614-636, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0181.1

40. Urquhart EA, BF Zaitchik, DW Waugh, SD Guikema, and CE Del Castillo (2014) Uncertainty in Model Predictions of Vibrio vulnificus Response to Climate Variability and Change: A Chesapeake Bay Case Study. PLoS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098256

39. Simane B and BF Zaitchik (2014) The Sustainability of Community-Based Adaptation Projects in the Blue Nile Highlands of Ethiopia. Sustainability 6(7): 4308-4325. doi:10.3390/su6074308

38. Tadesse T, GB Demisse, BF Zaitchik, and T Dinku (2014) Satellite-based hybrid drought monitoring tool for prediction of vegetation condition in Eastern Africa: A case study for Ethiopia. Water Res. Res. 50: 2176-2190, doi:10.1002.2013WR014281.

37. Yilmaz, MT, MC Anderson, BF Zaitchik, CR Hain, WT Crow, M Ozdogan, JA Chun, and JP Evans (2014) Comparison of prognostic and diagnostic surface flux modeling approaches over the Nile River basin. Water Res. Res. 50: 386-408, doi:10.1002/2013WR014194.

36. Danysh H, RH Gilman, J Wells, W Pan, B Zaitchik, G Gonzalvez, M Alvarez and W Checkley (2014) El Nino adversely affected childhood stature and lean mass in northern Peru. Climate Change Responses 2014, 1:7

35. Kent ST, LA McClure, BF Zaitchik, TT Smith, and JM Gohlke (2014) Heat Waves and Health Outcomes in Alabama (USA): The Importance of Heat Wave Definition. Environ Health Perspect. DOI:10.1289/ehp.1307262

34. Brown ME, AE Racoviteanu, DG Tarboton, A Sen Gupta, J Nigro, F Policelli, S Habib, M Tokay, MS Shrestha, S Bajracharya, P Hummel, M Grey, D Duda, B Zaitchik, V Mahat, G Artan, and S Tokar (2014) An integrated modeling system for estimating glacier and snow melt driven streamflow from remote sensing and earth system data products in the Himalayas. J Hydrology. 519B: 1859-1869. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.09.050

33. Berhane F, BF Zaitchik and A Dezfuli (2014) Sub-seasonal analysis of precipitation variability in the Blue Nile River basin. Journal of Climate. 27: 325-344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00094.1

32. Zaitchik BF and N Levin (2013) Understanding the dynamics of Tropical African climate [workshop report]. EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. 94(23): 209

31. Urquhart EA, MJ Hoffman, RR Murphy and BF Zaitchik (2013) Geospatial Interpolation of MODIS-Derived Salinity and Temperature in the Chesapeake Bay. Remote Sensing of Environment. 135: 167-177

30. Zaitchik BF, JA Santanello, SV Kumar and CD Peters-Lidard (2013) Representation of soil moisture feedbacks during drought in NASA Unified WRF (NU-WRF). Journal of Hydrometeorology 14(1): 360-367; doi:10.1175/JHM-D-12-069.1

29. Brennan ME and BF Zaitchik (2013) On the potential for alternative greenhouse gas equivalence metrics to influence sectoral mitigation patterns. Environ. Res. Lett. 8: 014033

28. Simane B, BF Zaitchik and M Ozdogan (2013) Agroecosystem analysis of the Choke Mountain watersheds, Ethiopia. Sustainability 5(2): 592-616; doi:10.3390/su5020592

27. Smith TT, BF Zaitchik, and JM Gohlke (2013) Heat Waves in the United States: definitions, patterns and trends. Climatic Change. doi: 10.1007/s10584-012-0659-2

26. Valle D, B Zaitchik, B Feingold, K Spangler, and W Pan (2013) Abundance of water bodies is critical to guide mosquito larval control interventions and predict risk of mosquito-borne diseases. Parasites & vectors, 6(1): 179-180.

25. Kent, ST, LA McClure, BF Zaitchik, and JM Gohlke (2013) Area-level risk factors for adverse birth outcomes: trends in urban and rural settings. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth 13:129; doi:10.1186/1471-2393-13-129

24. Cavieres, LA, RW Brooker, and 30 co-authors, including BF Zaitchik (2013) Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.12217

23. Butterfield, BJ, LA Cavieres and 24 co-authors, including BF Zaitchik (2013) Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.12070

22. Anderson WB, BF Zaitchik, CR Hain, MC Anderson, MT Yilmaz, J Mecikalski, and L Schultz (2012) Towards an integrated soil moisture drought monitor for East Africa. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16: 2893-2913; doi:10.5194/hess-16-2893-2012

21. Zaitchik BF, B Simane, S Habib, MC Anderson, M Ozdogan, and JD Foltz (2012) Building Climate Resilience in the Blue Nile/Abay Highlands--A role for Earth System Sciences. Int. J. Env. Res. Pub. Health 9(2): 435-461; doi:10.3390/ijerph9020435

20. Simane B, BF Zaitchik and D Mesfin (2012) Building Climate Resilience in the Blue Nile/Abay Highlands--A framework for Action. Int. J. Env. Res. Pub. Health 9(2): 610-631; doi:10.3390/ijerph9020610

19. Urquhart E, BF Zaitchik, M Hoffman, S Guikema, and EF Geiger (2012) Remotely Sensed Estimates of Surface Salinity in the Chesapeake Bay. Remote Sensing of Environment 123: 522-531.

18. Li B, M Rodell, BF Zaitchik, RH Reichle, R Koster, and TM van Dam (2012) Assimilation of GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage into a Land Surface Model: Evaluation and Potential Value for Drought Monitoring in Western and Central Europe. J. Hydrology: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.035

17. Houbourg R, M Rodell, B Li, RH Reichle, and BF Zaitchik (2012) Drought Indicators Based on Model Assimilated GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Observations. Journal of Hydrometeorology 48, W07525, doi:10.1029/2011WR011291

16. Zeng N, A King, BF Zaitchik, SD Wullschlegger, J Gregg, S Wang, D Kirk-Davidoff (2012) Ecological carbon sequestration via wood harvest and storage: An assessment of its practical harvest potential. Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0624-0

15. Shemesh H, B Zaitchik, T Acuna, and A Novoplansky (2012) Architectural plasticity in a Mediterranean winter annual. Plant Signaling and Behavior 7(4)

14. Zaitchik BF, M Rodell, and F Olivera (2010) Evaluation of the Global Land Data Assimilation System using global river discharge data and a Source-to-Sink routing scheme. Water Resources Research 46, W06507, doi:10.1029/2009WR007811.

13. Zaitchik BF and M Rodell (2009) Forward-looking assimilation of MODIS-derived Snow Covered Area into a Land Surface Model. Journal of Hydrometeorology 10(1): 130-148.

12. Evans JP and BF Zaitchik (2008) Modeling the large scale water balance impact of different irrigation systems. Water Resources Research 44, W08448, doi:10.1029/2007WR006671.

11. Zaitchik BF, M Rodell, and RH Reichle (2008) Assimilation of GRACE terrestrial water storage data into a land surface model. Journal of Hydrometeorology 9:535-548

10. Zaitchik BF, JP Evans, and RB Smith (2007) Regional impact of an elevated heat source: the Zagros Plateau of Iran. Journal of Climate 20(16): 4133-4146

9. Zaitchik BF, JP Evans, RA Geerken, and RB Smith (2007) Climate and vegetation in the Middle East: inter-annual variability and drought feedbacks. Journal of Climate 20(15): 3924-3941

8. Hole F and BF Zaitchik (2007) Policies, plans, practices, and prospects: irrigation in northeastern Syria. Land Degradation and Development 18:DOI:10.1002/ldr.772

7. Zaitchik BF, AK Macalady, LR Bonneau, and RB Smith (2006) Europe's 2003 heatwave: a satellite view of impacts and land-atmosphere feedbacks. International Journal of Climatology 26:743-769

6. Geerken R, B Zaitchik, and JP Evans (2005) Classifying rangeland vegetation type and coverage from NDVI time series using Fourier Filtered Cycle Similarity. International Journal of Remote Sensing 26:5535-5554

5. Zaitchik BF, J Evans, and RB Smith (2005) MODIS-derived boundary conditions for MM5: application to irrigated agriculture in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin. Monthly Weather Review 133(6):1727-1743.

4. Zaitchik BF, HM van Es, and PJ Sullivan (2003) Modeling slope stability in Honduras: parameter sensitivity and scale of aggregation. Soil Science Society of America Journal 267:268-278.

3. Zaitchik BF and HM van Es (2003) Applying a GIS slope stability model to site-specific landslide prevention in Honduras. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 58(1):45-53.

2. Zaitchik BF, LG LeRoux, and EA Kellogg (2000) Development of Male Flowers in Zizania aquatica (North American Wild-Rice; Gramineae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 161(3):345-351.

1. Spangler R, B Zaitchik, E Russo, and E Kellogg (1999) Andropogoneae evolution and generic limits in Sorghum (Poaceae) using ndhF sequences. Systematic Botany 24:267-281.