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Dr. Michael J. Croteau (he/him)

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Dr. Michael J. Croteau (he/him)

  • Rsch AST, Solid Earth Geophysical Std
  • 301.614.5803
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 61A
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA

    • Brief Bio

    Mike Croteau is a satellite geodesist and focuses on time-variable gravity estimation with GRACE and SLR, including Level-1B combinatorial solutions with other datasets. He is also involved in the Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory's Global Mean Sea Level work. Mike is a NASA TOPS Champion, advocating for open science and teaching open science best practices at GSFC and in the scientific community.

    Current Projects

    GRACE / GRACE Follow-On Science Team

    NASA Sea Level Change Team

    Earth Information System - Sea Level Team

    NASA Transform to Open Science (TOPS) GSFC Champions

    Positions/Employment

    9/2020 - Present

    Research Geophysicist

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
    2/2019 - 9/2020

    NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, administered by USRA, Greenbelt, MD

    Education

    2019 - Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder

    • Dissertation: "Daily GRACE Water Storage Estimates for Improving Hydrology Models and Forecasting"
    • Advisor: Dr. Steve Nerem

    2014 - M.S. Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder

    2012 - M.Ed., University of Notre Dame

    2010 - B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame

    Awards

    NASA GSFC HBG Scientific Achievement Award, October 2022

    Professional Service

    Science Director's Committee (Chair, 2022-2023; Vice Chair, 2021-2022)

    610 Early and Mid Career Council (EMC2)

    Publications

    Refereed

    Felikson, D., S. Nowicki, I. Nias, et al. B. Csatho, A. Schenk, M. Croteau, and B. Loomis. 2022. "Choice of observation type affects Bayesian calibration of ice sheet model projections." EGUsphere [preprint], (Submitted) [10.5194/egusphere-2022-1213]

    Croteau, M. J., T. J. Sabaka, and B. D. Loomis. 2021. "GRACE Fast Mascons From Spherical Harmonics and a Regularization Design Trade Study." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126 (8): [10.1029/2021jb022113]

    Cullather, R. I., L. C. Andrews, M. J. Croteau, et al. N. E. Digirolamo, D. K. Hall, Y.-K. Lim, B. D. Loomis, C. A. Shuman, and S. M. Nowicki. 2020. "Anomalous circulation in July 2019 resulting in mass loss on the Greenland ice sheet." Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (17): [10.1029/2020GL087263]

    Croteau, M. J., R. S. Nerem, B. D. Loomis, and T. J. Sabaka. 2020. "Development of a Daily GRACE Mascon Solution for Terrestrial Water Storage." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125 (3): [10.1029/2019jb018468]

    Scanlon, B. R., Z. Zhang, A. Rateb, et al. A. Sun, D. Wiese, H. Save, H. Beaudoing, M. H. Lo, H. Müller‐Schmied, P. Döll, R. Beek, S. Swenson, D. Lawrence, M. Croteau, and R. C. Reedy. 2019. "Tracking Seasonal Fluctuations in Land Water Storage Using Global Models and GRACE Satellites." Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (10): 5254-5264 [10.1029/2018gl081836]

    Non-Refereed

    Colombo, O. L., and M. J. Croteau. 2023. "Tsunami Early-Warning CubeSat Design Reference Mission (DRM)." NASA/TM–20230003987 [Full Text (Link)]

    Talks, Presentations and Posters

    Invited

    Recent Misclosure in the Sea Level Budget 

     5 / 9 / 2023

    GISS Sea Level Seminar Series

    Weighing the Cryosphere and monitoring its changes with the GRACE Follow-On satellite mission 

     5 / 3 / 2023

    The Geological Society of Washington

    Optimizing GRACE/GRACE-FO time variable gravity products through advanced estimation strategies

     6 / 28 / 2022

    AGU Geodesy Lecture Series webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cep9ZDWRLTE

    Brief Bio

    Mike Croteau is a satellite geodesist and focuses on time-variable gravity estimation with GRACE and SLR, including Level-1B combinatorial solutions with other datasets. He is also involved in the Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory's Global Mean Sea Level work. Mike is a NASA TOPS Champion, advocating for open science and teaching open science best practices at GSFC and in the scientific community.

    Publications

    Refereed

    Felikson, D., S. Nowicki, I. Nias, et al. B. Csatho, A. Schenk, M. Croteau, and B. Loomis. 2022. "Choice of observation type affects Bayesian calibration of ice sheet model projections." EGUsphere [preprint] (Submitted) [10.5194/egusphere-2022-1213]

    Croteau, M. J., T. J. Sabaka, and B. D. Loomis. 2021. "GRACE Fast Mascons From Spherical Harmonics and a Regularization Design Trade Study." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 126 (8): [10.1029/2021jb022113]

    Cullather, R. I., L. C. Andrews, M. J. Croteau, et al. N. E. Digirolamo, D. K. Hall, Y.-K. Lim, B. D. Loomis, C. A. Shuman, and S. M. Nowicki. 2020. "Anomalous circulation in July 2019 resulting in mass loss on the Greenland ice sheet." Geophysical Research Letters 47 (17): [10.1029/2020GL087263]

    Croteau, M. J., R. S. Nerem, B. D. Loomis, and T. J. Sabaka. 2020. "Development of a Daily GRACE Mascon Solution for Terrestrial Water Storage." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 125 (3): [10.1029/2019jb018468]

    Scanlon, B. R., Z. Zhang, A. Rateb, et al. A. Sun, D. Wiese, H. Save, H. Beaudoing, M. H. Lo, H. Müller‐Schmied, P. Döll, R. Beek, S. Swenson, D. Lawrence, M. Croteau, and R. C. Reedy. 2019. "Tracking Seasonal Fluctuations in Land Water Storage Using Global Models and GRACE Satellites." Geophysical Research Letters 46 (10): 5254-5264 [10.1029/2018gl081836]

    Non-Refereed

    Colombo, O. L., and M. J. Croteau. 2023. "Tsunami Early-Warning CubeSat Design Reference Mission (DRM)." NASA/TM–20230003987 [Full Text (Link)]

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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