Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications:
- Risanto, C. B., Arellano Jr., A. F., Koch, S. E., Castro, C. L., Shohan, S., Adams, D. K., Weckwerth, T. M., Pinto, J. O., & Kay, J. (2026). Improving Monsoon Precipitation Forecast Accuracy over Arizona with GPS-PWV Data Assimilation. Monthly Weather Review, 154, 1731–1758, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-25-0101.1
- Attada, R., Luong, T. M., Dasari, H. P., Chang, H., Sharma, N., Karumuri, R. K., Risanto, C. B., Castro, C. L., & Hoteit, I. (2026). Decade-Long Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations for Arabian Peninsula Winter Precipitation: Climatology and Extremes. J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology., 65, 1117–1138, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-25-0123.1
- Chun, K.P., L. Aragão, M. E. Olmo, C. B. Risanto, et al. (2026). New horizons in statistical downscaling and AI approaches for sustainable km-scale climate simulations. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 9, 151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-026-01424-6
- Hoteit, I., Y. Abualnaja, S. Afzal, C. Aman, C. Antony, C. B. Risanto, et al. (2025). New climate change center of Saudi Arabia: Advancing understanding and prediction for the Arabian Peninsula climate. Earth's Future, 13, e2025EF006296. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EF006296
- Shohan, S., S. E. Koch, C. L. Castro, A. F. Arellano, J. Kay, C. B. Risanto, T. M. Weckwerth, J. O. Pinto, D. K. Adams, et al. (2025). Impact of assimilating GPS precipitable water vapor on simulations of two North American monsoon convective events using observing system simulation experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130, e2025JD044491, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD044491
- Luong, T. M., H. P. Dasari, R. Attada, H.-I Chang, C. B. Risanto, C. L. Castro, et al. (2025). Rainfall climatology and predictability over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at subseasonal scale. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, e5015, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.5015
- Risanto, C. B., H.-I Chang, T. M. Luong, et al. (2024). Retrospective sub-seasonal forecasts of extreme precipitation events in the Arabian Peninsula using convective-permitting modeling. Climate Dynamics, 62, 2877-2906, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06336-8
- Chang H.-I, Y. Chikamoto, S. S‐Y Wang, C. L. Castro, M. D. LaPlante, C. B. Risanto, X. Huang, P. Bunn (2024). Enhancing extreme precipitation predictions with dynamical downscaling: A convection‐permitting modeling study in Texas and Oklahoma. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere,129, e2023JD038765, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD038765
- Dominguez, F., and Coauthors (2024). Advancing South American Water and Climate Science through Multidecadal Convection-Permitting Modeling. Bulletin American Meteorology Society, 105, E32–E44, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0226.1
- Risanto, C. B., J. M. Moker, A. F. Arellano, C. L. Castro, Y. L. Serra, T. M. Luong, and D. K. Adams, (2023). On the Collective Importance of Model Physics and Data Assimilation on Mesoscale Convective System and Precipitation Forecasts over Complex Terrain. Monthly Weather Review, 151, 1993–2008, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0221.1.
- Ehsani, M. R., S. Heflin, C. B. Risanto, Ali Behrangi, (2022). How well do satellite and reanalysis precipitation products capture North American monsoon season in Arizona and New Mexico? Weather and Climate Extremes, 38, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2022.100521.
- Risanto, C. B., Castro, C. L., Arellano, A. F., Jr., Moker, J. M., Jr., and Adams, D. K. (2021). The Impact of Assimilating GPS Precipitable Water Vapor in Convective-Permitting WRF-ARW on North American Monsoon Precipitation Forecasts over Northwest Mexico. Monthly Weather Review, 149, 3013-3035, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0394.1
- Risanto, C.B., Castro, C.L., Moker, J.M., Jr., Arellano, A.F., Jr., Adams, D.K., Fierro, L.M., Minjarez Sosa, C.M., (2019). Evaluating Forecast Skills of Moisture from Convective-Permitting WRF-ARW Model during 2017 North American Monsoon Season. Atmosphere, 10, 694. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10110694
- Ehsani, M. R., J. Arevalo, C. B. Risanto, M. Javadian, C. J. Devine, A. Arabzadeh, H. L. Venegas-Quiñones, A. P. Dell’Oro, A. Behrangi, 2020. 2019–2020 Australia Fire and Its Relationship to Hydroclimatological and Vegetation Variabilities. Water, 12, 3067. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12113067.
Selectes Presentation:
- Risanto, C. B., S. Gilpin, A. Arellano: Investigating the Application of Generalized Gaspari-Cohn Correlation Function in Vertical Localization. EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3 May – 8 May 2026, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-2699.
- Risanto, C. B., Arellano, Jr., A. F., Koch, S., Castro, C. L., Shohan, S., and Adams, D. K.: Impacts of Assimilating GPS-PWV in Convective-permitting Model on Forecasting Monsoon Precipitation over Arizona Complex Terrain. EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-100, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-100, 2025.
- Risanto, C. B., A. F. Arellano, C. L. Castro, S. E. Koch, S. M. S. Shohan, T. M. Weckwerth, J. O. Pinto, J. Kay. Assessing the Impact of Data Assimilation and Microphysics Schemes on Monsoon Precipitation Forecasts over Arizona Complex Terrain. 21st Conference on Mountain Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 21-26 June 2024, Boise, Idaho.
- Risanto, C. B., J. M. Moker, A. F. Arellano, C. Castro, Y. L. Serra, T. Luong, D. K. Adams (2023). On the Importance of Multi-Scale Constraints on Mesoscale Convective System and Precipitation Forecasts over Complex Terrain. 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 9 January 2023, Denver, Colorado.
- Chang, H.-I, C. B. Risanto, T. Luong, H. Dasari, R. Attada, C. Castro, I. Hoteit (2023). Tracking Mesoscale Convective Systems during Active Convection Season in the Arabian Peninsula. 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 9 January 2023, Denver, Colorado.
- Girone, D. J., C. B. Risanto, L. M. Fierro, H.-I Chang, C. L. Castro, S. Koch (2022). A Forecast Evaluation of the North American Summer Monsoon Precipitation over Arizona in Recent Years. Mountain Meteorology Conference, 8 January 2022, Boulder, Colorado.