Research
I'm interested in tackling problems in atmospheric and climate dynamics, specifically relating to our understanding of climate processes and their response to climate change and how we can modeling such processes to make inferences about the future. Currently, I am working in the lab of Dr. Natalie Mahowald analyzing the biogeochemical effects of large volcanic eruptions on the climate system by forcing an AOGCM + coupled carbon cycle model (the NCAR CCSM3.5) with controlled volcanic eruptions. My goal is to quantify the resulting effects on the climate system and compare those effects to paleo-data.
Previously, I've worked on other biogeochemical climate interactions, specifically with aerosols and dusts. I've also developed a suite of Python scripts built on SciPy/matplotlib which can be used to perform statistical analyses of netCDF output data from climate simulations and plot a variety of data.
Publications
Note: this list may not be current. Please contact me for a full resume and/or CV.- N. Mahowald, S. Kloster, S. Engelstaedter, J. K. Moore, S. Mukhopadhyay, J. McConnell, S. Doney, M. Flanner, F. Hoffman, D. Lawrence, K. Lindsay, P. Mayeswki, J. Neff, D. Rothenberg, P. Thornton, C. Zender. "Observed 20th Century desert dust changes: implications for climate and biogeochemistry." in final preparation