Understanding the mechanisms responsible for climate variability and change is a major research theme in CCR. Our center has been at the forefront of unraveling the causes of past, present, and future variations in climate, using an array of modeling and statistical tools. Researching regional climate change across the world, CCR scientists are currently studying the drivers and predictability of monsoon circulations, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, African vegetation dynamics, Middle Eastern dust storms, Great Lakes warming trends, and Arctic climate change.
Principal Investigators
Zhengyu Liu, Feng He, Tristan L’Ecuyer, David Lorenz, Michael Notaro, Steve Vavrus, Dan Vimont
Affiliates
Larissa Back, Paul Block, Mark Chandler, Robert Jacob, Jim Kossin, Jon Martin
Current and Recent Projects
Season-ahead Drought Prediction in Southern Peru to Support Water Resources Management
Michael Notaro, CCR Associate Director, Senior Scientist
Steve Vavrus, Senior Scientist
The Predictability Of Extreme Arctic Sea Ice Variations In A Rapidly Changing Climate
Steve Vavrus, Senior Scientist
Simulation of Extreme Arctic Cyclones in IPCC AR5 Experiments
Steve Vavrus, Senior Scientist
Role of Low-Level Clouds in the Accelerated Warming of the Great Lakes – A Dual Observational and Regional Modeling Assessment
Michael Notaro, CCR Associate Director, Senior Scientist
Steve Vavrus, Senior Scientist
The Role of Arctic Amplification in Modifying Mid-latitude Atmospheric Circulation and Promoting Extreme Weather Events
Steve Vavrus, Senior Scientist
Change in the Extratropical Circulation in Response to Global Warming
David Lorenz, Associate Scientist
A Pilot Study of Simultaneous Parameter and State Estimation in Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere General Circulation Models using the Ensemble Kalman Filter
Zhengyu Liu, Professor
Seasonal and Interannual Prediction of Saudi Arabian Dust Storms
Zhengyu Liu, Professor
Michael Notaro, CCR Associate Director, Senior Scientist
Dynamics and Predictability of East and Central Pacific ENSO Events
Dan Vimont, Professor
Understanding ENSO Biases and Their Relation to Mean State Biases
Dan Vimont, Professor
Evaluation of the Large-Scale and Regional Climatic Response Across North Africa to Natural Variability in Oceanic Modes and Terrestrial Vegetation Among the CMIP5 Models
Michael Notaro, CCR Associate Director, Senior Scientist