Publications

Journal Articles

visualCaseGen: An SMT-based Experiment Configurator for Community Earth System Model

Published in Journal of Open Source Software, 2026

visualCaseGen is a Python/Jupyter-based tool using SMT constraint solvers to guide users through configuring CESM model experiments, reducing setup errors and lowering the barrier to running climate simulations.

Recommended citation: Altuntas, A., Simpson, I. R., Bachman, S. D., Venumuddula, M., Levis, S., Dobbins, B., Sacks, W. J., & Danabasoglu, G. (2026). visualCaseGen: An SMT-based experiment configurator for Community Earth System Model. Journal of Open Source Software. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09130
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Differentiating Diversions and Drought to Understand Drivers of Water Loss from a North American Terminal Lake

Published in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2025

A reconstruction of the water balance of Mono Lake, a North American terminal lake, to disentangle the drivers of water loss between human water diversions and drought.

Recommended citation: Gossard, A., Venumuddula, M., VanDeWeghe, A., Wegener, C., & Gronewold, A. D. (2025). Differentiating diversions and drought to understand drivers of water loss from a North American terminal lake. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. https://doi.org/10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-6782
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Combining Satellite, Teleconnection, and In Situ Data to Improve Understanding of Multi-Decadal Coastal Ice Cover Dynamics on Earth’s Largest Freshwater Lake

Published in Earth and Space Science, 2024

To differentiate and understand drivers behind coastal ice cover trends and variability, we advance development of a model combining satellite, in situ, and teleconnection data along the shoreline of Earth’s largest freshwater lake (Lake Superior).

Recommended citation: Venumuddula, M., Kirchner, K., Chen, A., Rood, R. B., & Gronewold, A. D. (2024). Combining satellite, teleconnection, and in situ data to improve understanding of multi-decadal coastal ice cover dynamics on Earth's largest freshwater lake. Earth and Space Science, 11, e2024EA003845. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EA003845
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Software

CrocoDash: A Software Package for Setting Up Regional MOM6 in CESM

Published in Zenodo, 2025

CrocoDash is a Python software package that streamlines the configuration of regional MOM6 (Modular Ocean Model 6) within the Community Earth System Model (CESM).

Recommended citation: Venumuddula, M., Altuntas, A., Levy, M., Janney, A., Kwong, A., & Hung, N. (2025). CrocoDash (v0.1.0-beta). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17342302
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Manish Venumuddula