I am a research associate professor
at the University of Washington's Department of Atmospheric Sciences. You can find my google scholar page here. My research interests include:
- Atmosphere-sea ice-ocean interactions
Work understanding trends in sea ice and their interactions with other parts of the climate system. We have recently assessed the impacts of winds and Southern Ocean SSTs on Antarctic sea ice trends, which have shown a slight positive trend over 1979-2015, and a strong decline since.
- Impact of fires on climate
Boreal fires have drastically increased over the last decade, driven by warmer summers and earlier spring snow melt, amonth other factors. We are doing work to understand how continuing high fire aerosol emissions may impact future climate trends.
- Polar predictability
I'm a member of the Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN). You can find info on SIPN here. We collect, analyze and disseminate seasonal forecasts of Arctic sea ice. I also work on understanding the theoretical mechanisms of predictability in the polar regions, focusing on sea ice and remote influences.
- Snow and waves in the Arctic climate system
I was part of NASA's Operation IceBridge's science team over 2017-2020, helping monitor sea ice and snow in the polar regions, and I was also part of NASA IceSAT-2 sea ice science team during that time.
- Extreme events in the polar regions
In recent years, extreme events have been recorded in both polar regions with increasing frequency. I've investigated both record Arctic cyclones and Antarctic heatwaves from a 'case-study' perspective, both to understand observed events, and to test the skill of weather and climate models in predicting and replicating such events.
- Mountain snow in the North Cascades
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