Dr. Michael Grossman
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
Professor Emeritus Physical geology and geography, hydrology, floods, climate and the environment, climate history, Japan and East Asia
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests:
Climate history, tropical cyclones, climate change, Japan and East Asia, hydrology, floods.
Selected Publications:
Grossman, M. J., Zaiki, M., Mikami, T., Mock, C. 2018. Reconstructing typhoons affecting Japan in 1877, G, Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), Tokyo Geographical Society, Tokyo, 127, 4, pp. 457-470.
Zaiki, M., Mikami, T., Hirano, J., Grossman, M. J., Kubota, H., Tsukahara, T. 2018. Climate Characteristics in the South-eastern Kanto Region of Japan Derived from Mid to Late 19th Century Meteorological Records, Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), Tokyo Geographical Society, Tokyo, 127, 4, pp. 447-455.
Ozturk, U., Marwan, N., Korup, O., Saito, H., Agarwal, A., Grossman, M. J., Zaiki, M., Kurths, J. 2018. Complex networks for tracking extreme rainfall during typhoons. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, AIP Publishing, Melville, NY, 28, 7, pp. 075301.
Grossman, M. J., Zaiki, M., Oettle, S. 2016 (in press). An Analysis of Typhoon Tracks around Japan Using ArcGIS. Papers in Applied Geography.
Grossman, M. J., Zaiki, M., Nagata, R. 2014. Interannual Variations in Typhoon Tracks around Japan. International Journal of Climatology. 35: 2514–2527. Published online 9 September 2014 DOI: 10.1002/joc.4156
Grossman, M. J. and Zaiki, M. 2013. Documenting 19th Century Typhoon Landfalls in Japan. Review of Asian and Pacific Studies. Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Seikei University, Tokyo, Japan. pp. 95-118.
Grossman, M. J., 2012. Reconstructing a typhoon chronology for Japan 1860-1899. CAPS Newsletter. Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Seikei University, Tokyo Japan. 116:4-5.
Zaiki, M., Grossman, M. J., Mikami, T. 2012. Document-based reconstruction of past climate in Japan. Special issue the PAGES (Past Global Changes) Newsletter on Japanese Paleoscience. 20:2:82-83, December.
Grossman, M. J. and Zaiki, M. 2009. Heavy rainfall from tropical cyclones in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. Ed. Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. 32:163-172.
Grossman, M. J. and Zaiki M. 2009. Reconstructing typhoons in Japan in the 1880s from documentary records. Weather: Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 64: 315-322.
Grossman, M. J. and Zaiki, M. 2008. Reconstructing typhoon landfalls in Japan in the 19th century using GIS. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. Ed. Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. 31:152-161.
Grossman, M. J. and Zaiki, M. 2007. Reconstructing typhoon landfalls in Japan using historical documents 1801-1830. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences. Ed. Harrington, L.M.B., and J.A. Harrington, Jr. 30: 334-343.
Takagi, T., Oguchi, T., Matsumoto, J., Grossman, M.J., Sarker, M.H., Matin, M.A. 2007. Channel distribution and stability on the Brahmaputra River, Bangladesh, based on GIS and remote sensing analyses. Geomorphology 85: 294-305.
