Bridging the Gap Between Climate and Mesoscale Processes

Welcome! I am a graduate student in the Atmospheric Science Department at Colorado State University in Jim Hurrell's research group. Our group focuses on modeling studies and diagnostic analyses to better understand the climate, including climate variability and climate change, with an emphasis on the mechanisms, predictability, and impacts of leading patterns of climate variability. 

Specifically, my work focuses on how the variations in climate impact mesoscale processes important for convective environments, primarily over the eastern United States. I focus on using a large-ensemble approach, where many coarse climate simulations, which are run from 1870-2100, can be used to calculate proxy variables and further diagnose the large-scale environment in which convection occurs. 

By implementing a large-ensemble approach using state-of-the-art climate models, I am able to examine how convective storm type, frequency, intensity, dynamics, and location might change as a result of climate change, as well as how these changes are likely to be modulated by the internal variability of the climate system.