Affiliation:
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Title:
Senior Scientist
Department:
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
Expertise:
Land surface modeling, land-atmospheric interaction, arctic land processes, Earth system modeling, land-cover and land-use change
AGCI Workshop Participation
AGCI Presentations/Publications
Biography
I am interested in land surface processes and their interactions with climate and climate change with a particular emphasis on Arctic terrestrial climate system feedbacks and the role of land use and land management in climate change and climate mitigation (co-lead of LUMIP). Additional interests include land-atmosphere interactions, land model assessment, and improving the representation of hydrology in Earth System models. I am co-lead of the Community Terrestrial Systems Model (CTSM) unification effort at NCAR and was the lead developer of the Community Land Model for many years. I am currently the head of the Terrestrial Sciences Section in CGD at NCAR.