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Michael H. Glantz is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Sociology and Political Science, and Genetics.

Their research covers several interconnected topics including Climate variability and models, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Yersinia bacterium and plague-related research, and Economic, financial, and policy analysis as well as Risk Perception and Management.

Michael H. Glantz has contributed multiple papers in various reputable outlets. Some recent publications include:

  • Reviewing the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) to Enhance Societal Readiness for El Niño's Impacts, 2020, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
  • China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative and the Coronavirus Pandemic, 2020, Post-Soviet Issues
  • For the Record: Second Thoughts on Early Warning, Early Action (EWEA), EW4All, or EWEA4All?, 2023, Atmosphere
  • Forecast Hesitancy: Why are People Reluctant to Believe, Accept, or Respond to Various Weather, Water, and Climate Hazard-Related Forecasts?, 2021, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
  • Enhancing Societal Value of Early Warning Early Action and Anticipatory Action Frameworks Using NOAA's Oceanic Niño Index, 2025, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

The scientist frequently publishes in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, Post-Soviet Issues, Atmosphere, and Water International.

Michael H. Glantz has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including Gregory Pierce, Iván J. Ramírez, Lino Naranjo-Diaz, Qian Ye, and Igor S. Zonn.

Best Publications

  • Understanding: the Drought Phenomenon: The Role of Definitions

    Donald A. Wilhite;Michael H. Glantz

  • ENSO as an Integrating Concept in Earth Science

    Michael J. McPhaden;Stephen E. Zebiak;Michael H. Glantz

  • Teleconnections Linking Worldwide Climate Anomalies

    M Glantz;R Katz;Neville Nicholls

  • Predictive Skill of Statistical and Dynamical Climate Models in SST Forecasts during the 1997-98 El Niño Episode and the 1998 La Niña Onset.

    Anthony G. Barnston;Michael H. Glantz;Yuxiang He

  • Currents of Change: El Niño's Impact on Climate and Society

    Michael H. Glantz

  • Currents of change : Impacts of El Niño and La Niña on climate and society

    Anthony Patt;Michael H. Glantz

  • The effect of climate variation on agro-pastoral production in Africa.

    Leif Christian Stige;Jørn Stave;Kung-Sik Chan;Lorenzo Ciannelli

  • Creeping environmental problems and sustainable development in the Aral Sea basin

    Michael H. Glantz

  • Drought Follows the Plow: Cultivating Marginal Areas

    Michael H. Glantz

  • Anatomy of a rainfall index

    Richard W. Katz;Michael H. Glantz

  • Climate Variability, Climate Change and Fisheries.

    D. B. Sampson;M. H. Glantz

  • Drought and hunger in Africa : denying famine a future

    M. H. Glantz

  • Effective and Equitable Dissemination of Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Forecasts: policy implications from the Peruvian fishery during El Niño 1997-98

    Kenneth Broad;Kenneth Broad;Alexander S. P. Pfaff;Michael H. Glantz

  • Teleconnections linking worldwide climate anomalies : scientific basis and societal impact

    Michael H. Glantz;Richard W. Katz;N. Nicholls

  • Reviewing the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) to Enhance Societal Readiness for El Niño’s Impacts

    Michael H. Glantz;Ivan J. Ramirez;Ivan J. Ramirez

  • Early Warning Systems Defined

    Ilan Kelman;Michael H. Glantz

  • Improving Federal Response to Drought

    Donald A. Wilhite;Norman J. Rosenberg;Michael H. Glantz

  • Water, Climate, and Development Issues in the Amu Darya Basin

    Michael H. Glantz

  • Tragedy in the Aral Sea basin: Looking back to plan ahead?

    Michael H Glantz;Alvin Z Rubinstein;Igor Zonn

  • Consequences and responsibilities in drought forecasting: The case of Yakima, 1977

    Michael H. Glantz

  • The use of Analogies: In Forecasting Ecological and Societal Responses to Global Warming

    Michael H. Glantz

  • Once burned, twice shy? Lessons learned from the 1997-98 El Niño

    Michael H. Glantz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilan Kelman
Ilan Kelman University College London
Richard W. Katz
Richard W. Katz National Center for Atmospheric Research
Donald A. Wilhite
Donald A. Wilhite University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Neville Nicholls
Neville Nicholls Monash University
Roger A. Pielke
Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder
Stanley A. Changnon
Stanley A. Changnon University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kenneth E. Kunkel
Kenneth E. Kunkel North Carolina State University
Stephen E. Zebiak
Stephen E. Zebiak Columbia University
Laurens M. Bouwer
Laurens M. Bouwer Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Anthony G. Barnston
Anthony G. Barnston Columbia University

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