Area of research
Global and Planetary Change · Atmospheric Science
Research interest
Research interests include Climatology, Environmental science, Climate change, Precipitation, Geography, and Climate model.
Increasing prevalence of hot drought across western North America since the 16th century
Regional climate change: consensus, discrepancies, and ways forward
An Unexpected Decline in Spring Atmospheric Humidity in the Interior Southwestern United States and Implications for Forest Fires
Observed humidity trends in dry regions contradict climate models
Near-term tropical cyclone risk and coupled Earth system model biases
Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
On the future zonal contrasts of equatorial Pacific climate: Perspectives from Observations, Simulations, and Theories
The impact of flooding on food security across Africa
Violent conflict exacerbated drought-related food insecurity between 2009 and 2019 in sub-Saharan Africa
ENSO-driven coupled megadroughts in North and South America over the last millennium
Disentangling the Regional Climate Impacts of Competing Vegetation Responses to Elevated Atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>
Divergent Regional Climate Consequences of Maintaining Current Irrigation Rates in the 21st Century
Climate Change Amplification of Natural Drought Variability: The Historic Mid-Twentieth-Century North American Drought in a Warmer World
Global Meteorological Drought: A Synthesis of Current Understanding with a Focus on SST Drivers of Precipitation Deficits
Internal ocean‐atmosphere variability drives megadroughts in Western North America
Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era
Contribution of anthropogenic warming to California drought during 2012–2014
Causes of change in Northern Hemisphere winter meridional winds and regional hydroclimate
Urbanization causes increased cloud base height and decreased fog in coastal Southern California
Dynamical and Thermodynamical Causes of Large-Scale Changes in the Hydrological Cycle over North America in Response to Global Warming*
Correlations between components of the water balance and burned area reveal new insights for predicting forest fire area in the southwest United States
Causes and Implications of Extreme Atmospheric Moisture Demand during the Record-Breaking 2011 Wildfire Season in the Southwestern United States
Contribution of ocean overturning circulation to tropical rainfall peak in the Northern Hemisphere
North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments: Part III: Assessment of Twenty-First-Century Projections*
North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments. Part II: Evaluation of Historical Simulations of Intraseasonal to Decadal Variability
Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality
Atmospheric Circulation Response to an Instantaneous Doubling of Carbon Dioxide. Part II: Atmospheric Transient Adjustment and Its Dynamics