Dr. Clifford Matsumoto
Dr. Clifford Matsumoto
Associate Director
Office: 325 Broadway DSRC Rm.# 3B803, Boulder, CO 80305-3328
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Dr. Clifford R. Matsumoto
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO  80305-3328
Biography

Dr. Cliff Matsumoto is the Associate Director and a Senior Research Associate with the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University. In this capacity, he provides on-site technical and administrative oversight for CIRA’s approximately 55-member staff conducting collaborative research with the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) and with UCAR in Boulder. 

As CIRA’s Associate Director, Dr. Matsumoto assists the Director and Deputy Director in strategic planning, budget formulation, policy, salary, and promotion activities for this segment of CIRA research. He is also responsible for the hiring of new researchers and for coordinating their research activities with federal technical and administrative managers in the various divisions of ESRL and at other federal agencies. He supervises all CIRA/Boulder employees—ranging from PhD-level research scientists to newly graduated computer software developers. 
 
As a Senior Research Associate, Dr. Matsumoto is involved with improving the collaborative research ties between all CIRA activities and Federal research conducted by NOAA in Boulder as well as between the Boulder and Fort Collins research groups. He submits research proposals on behalf of CIRA research groups to various funding agencies and is the Principal Investigator on several on-going research projects. The Cooperative Agreement between CSU and NOAA that he helps manage generates nearly $5M per year for the University.
 
Dr. Matsumoto joined CIRA in 1997 following a 26-year career in the US Air Force where he obtained considerable experience in atmospheric science-related research and development activities and senior management positions. His final 2 years on active duty were spent as the Director of the Air Force Weather Agency’s worldwide weather operations and technical development of Air Force’s weather policy and concepts. 
Dr. Matsumoto earned his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (1984) through the Air Force Institute of Technology graduate degree program. His dissertation entitled “A Statistical Method for 3-Day Tropical Cyclone Motion” involved the analysis of 20 years of tropical cyclone motion and accompanying large-scale synoptic features for the Atlantic, NW Pacific and North Indian Ocean basins. A statistical-dynamical multivariate regression model was then developed to predict tropical cyclone motion out to 3 days. 
 
He also earned his M.S. degree in Meteorology (1976) from the University of Utah through the AFIT program by correlating the divergence, vorticity and cloud fields with upper level anticyclones over SW North America, Tibet, and North Africa. He earned his B.S. in Geosciences (1970) from the University of Hawaii.
Selected Publications
  • Frimel, J., Matsumoto, C. R., 2007: The Volcanic Ash Coordination Tool (VACT) Project, CIRA Magazine, vol. 27, 18-22
  • Wang, N., Matsumoto, C. R., 2006: A comparison study of data compression techniques for the battle-scale forecast model grids, .,
  • Wang, N., Matsumoto, C. R., 2005: A comparison study of data compression techniques for the battle-scale forecast model grids, Battlespace Atmospheric and Cloud Impacts on Military Operations (BACIMO) 2005 Conference.October 12-14, 2005, Monterey, California
  • Brown, D. H., Brummer, R. L., Matsumoto, C. R., Turpin, M., 2004: The GLOBE program data system architecture, International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE2004).November 30-December 3, 2004, Melbourne, Australia
  • Vonder Haar, T. H., Matsumoto, C.: CIRA ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN DMSP SATELLITE DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS
  • Matsumoto, C.: CIRA ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER DATA REPOSITORY, PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT
  • Matsumoto, C. R., Schranz, S. W.: COLLABORATIVE FX-NET TECHNOLOGY CONSULTATION WITH THE VAISALA GROUP
  • Brummer, R. L., Matsumoto, C.: DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GLOBE PROGRAM WEBSITE AND DATABASE
  • Vonder Haar, T. H., Matsumoto, C.: DEVELOPING A MESOSCALE OBSERVING NETWORK OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC CONTINENT AND ADJACENT OCEAN AREAS TO SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS
  • Matsumoto, C.: DEVELOPMENT OF A PARALLEL COUPLED OCEAN-ICE FORECAST MODEL
  • Vonder Haar, T. H., Matsumoto, C.: ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS RESEARCH
  • Matsumoto, C. R., Schranz, S. W.: FX-NET ENHANCEMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL TRANSFER TO ENSCO'S METWISE NET SYSTEM
  • Matsumoto, C.: GLOBE: INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF EXPLORERS
  • Jiang, H., ETL, , Matsumoto, C. R. In Collaboration With Graham Feingold Of NOAA: INVESTIGATION OF SMOKE CLOUD-AEROSOL INTERACTIONS USING LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS
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