I am a Climatologist and Geographer specializing in geospatial analysis of big climate datasets. Currently my work is focused on El Niño, drought, and water resources issues in the Pacific Islands. My research interests include climatology, GIS, drought, geostatistics, climate variability, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, rainfall in the tropics & in complex topography, climate model downscaling, landscape ecology, wildfire, food and water security, and climate adaptation.
I was the Chapter Lead for the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) Hawaii and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands chapter: https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/30/.
Abby G. Frazier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Clark University
Affiliate Graduate Faculty
Department of Geography & Environment
Department of Earth Sciences, SOEST
Water Resources Research Center
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa