Joshua Roundy

Joshua Roundy
  • Associate Professor
  • Ph.D., P.E.

Contact Info

785-864-3134
Learned Hall, 2153
Lawrence

Research —

My research focuses on understanding and improving the predictability of the global water cycle through numerical models with the end goal of providing meaningful hydrologic predictions to ensure the future sustainability of water resources.

Selected Publications —

Santanello, J., Dirmeyer, P., Ferguson, C., Findell, K., Tawfik, A., Berg, A., Ek, M., Gentine, P., Guillod, B., Van Heerwaarden, C., Roundy, J., Wulfmeyer, V. (2018). Land–Atmosphere Interactions: The LoCo Perspective. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society - Issue 6 | Volume 99. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0001.1.
Roundy, J., Schaake, J., Duan, Q. (2018). Hydrological Predictability, Scales, and Uncertainty Issues. Handbook of Hydrometeorological Ensemble Forecasting. Springer.
Demaria, E., Roundy, J., Wi, S., Palmer, R. (2016). The Effects of Climate Change on Seasonal Snowpack and the Hydrology of the Northeastern and Upper Midwest United States. Journal of Climate - Issue 18 | Volume 29. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0632.1.
Lievens, H., De Lannoy, G., Al Bitar, A., Drusch, M., Dumedah, G., Hendricks Franssen, H., Kerr, Y., Tomer, S., Martens, B., Merlin, O., Pan, M., Roundy, J., Vereecken, H., Walker, J., Wood, E., Verhoest, N., Pauwels, V. (2016). Assimilation of SMOS soil moisture and brightness temperature products into a land surface model. Remote Sensing of Environment - Volume 180. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RSE.2015.10.033.
Demaria, E., Palmer, R., Roundy, J. (2016). Regional climate change projections of streamflow characteristics in the Northeast and Midwest U.S. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies - Volume 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EJRH.2015.11.007.
Song, H., Ferguson, C., Roundy, J. (2016). Land–Atmosphere Coupling at the Southern Great Plains Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Field Site and Its Role in Anomalous Afternoon Peak Precipitation. Journal of Hydrometeorology - Issue 2 | Volume 17. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-15-0045.1.
Yuan, X., Roundy, J., Wood, E., Sheffield, J. (2015). Seasonal forecasting of global hydrologic extremes: system development and evaluation over GEWEX basins. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society - Issue 11 | Volume 96. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00003.1.
Lievens, H., Tomer, S., Al Bitar, A., De Lannoy, G., Drusch, M., Dumedah, G., Hendricks Franssen, H., Kerr, Y., Martens, B., Pan, M., Roundy, J., Vereecken, H., Walker, J., Wood, E., Verhoest, N., Pauwels, V. (2015). SMOS soil moisture assimilation for improved hydrologic simulation in the Murray Darling Basin, Australia. Remote Sensing of Environment - Volume 168. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RSE.2015.06.025.
Santanello, J., Roundy, J., Dirmeyer, P. (2015). Quantifying the Land–Atmosphere Coupling Behavior in Modern Reanalysis Products over the U.S. Southern Great Plains. Journal of Climate - Issue 14 | Volume 28. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00680.1.
Roundy, J., Yuan, X., Schaake, J., Wood, E. (2015). A Framework for Diagnosing Seasonal Prediction through Canonical Event Analysis. Monthly Weather Review - Issue 6 | Volume 143. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-14-00190.1.
Roundy, J., Wood, E. (2015). The Attribution of Land–Atmosphere Interactions on the Seasonal Predictability of Drought. Journal of Hydrometeorology - Issue 2 | Volume 16. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0121.1.
Chaney, N., Roundy, J., Herrera-Estrada, J., Wood, E. (2015). High-resolution modeling of the spatial heterogeneity of soil moisture: Applications in network design. Water Resources Research - Issue 1 | Volume 51. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014964.
Roundy, J., Ferguson, C., Wood, E. (2014). Impact of land-atmospheric coupling in CFSv2 on drought prediction. Climate Dynamics - Issue 1-2 | Volume 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/S00382-013-1982-7.
Yuan, X., Wood, E., Roundy, J., Pan, M. (2013). CFSv2-Based Seasonal Hydroclimatic Forecasts over the Conterminous United States. Journal of Climate - Issue 13 | Volume 26. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00683.1.
Roundy, J., Ferguson, C., Wood, E. (2013). Temporal Variability of Land–Atmosphere Coupling and Its Implications for Drought over the Southeast United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology - Issue 2 | Volume 14. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-12-090.1.
Wood, E., Roundy, J., Troy, T., Van Beek, R., Bierkens, M., Blyth, E., De Roo, A., Döll, P., Ek, M., Famiglietti, J., Gochis, D., Van De Giesen, N., Houser, P., Jaffe, P., Kollet, S., Lehner, B., Lettenmaier, D., Peters-Lidard, C., Peters‐Lidard, C., Sivapalan, M., Sheffield, J. (2012). Reply to comment by Keith J. Beven and Hannah L. Cloke on “Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth's terrestrial water”. Water Resources Research - Issue 1 | Volume 48. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011WR011202.
Wood, E., Roundy, J., Troy, T., Van Beek, L., Bierkens, M., Blyth, E., De Roo, A., Döll, P., Döll, P., Ek, M., Famiglietti, J., Gochis, D., Van De Giesen, N., Houser, P., Peters‐Lidard, C., Jaffe, P., Kollet, S., Lehner, B., Lettenmaier, D., Peters-Lidard, C., Sivapalan, M., Sheffield, J. (2011). Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: Meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth's terrestrial water. Water Resources Research - Issue 5 | Volume 47. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010WR010090.