Climate Change

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Adam Kochanski

Adam Kochanski

Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology and Climate Science. (Photo by Jim Gensheimer/San José State University)

Adam Kochanski is an associate professor in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science. He is an atmospheric modeler and a leader of the fire modeling group at the Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC). He is a co-developer of the coupled atmospheric model, WRF-SFIRE, and the fire forecasting platform WRFx. His research focuses on forecasting fire danger, fire propagation, and smoke dispersion.

Phone: 408-924-5199
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Wildfire Modeling, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Smoke, Fuel Moisture, Simulation
Posted on by Pourya Nadimi Meteorology

Alison Bridger

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Professor Emeritus, Meteorology and Climate Science. (Photo by: David Schmitz/San José State University)

Alison Bridger is a professor emeritus in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science. Her research focuses on large-scale atmospheric dynamics (Earth and Mars) and numerical prediction. She holds a doctoral degree in atmospheric science from Colorado State University.

Phone: 408-924-5206
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Posted on by Christina Olivas Climate Change

Eugene Cordero

Eugene Cordero Portrait

Professor, Meteorology and Climate Science. (Photo by: David Schmitz/San José State University)

Eugene Cordero is a professor in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science. He is the founder and director of the Green Ninja Project, an educational initiative that supports teachers and their students with digital media and curricula designed around climate science and solutions. His research focuses on understanding the processes responsible for long-term changes in climate through the use of observations and atmospheric models. He holds a doctoral degree from the University of California, Davis.

Phone: 408-924-5188
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Climate Change, Education, Environment, Global Warming, Governance, K-12 Education, Meteorology, Science, Weather
Posted on by Monica Bosque Climate Change

Ismaila Diallo

Ismalia Diallo

Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology and Climate Science. (Photo by: Jim Gensheimer/San José State University)

Ismaila Diallo is an assistant professor in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science and a member of the Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC). His research focuses on understanding the interaction between the atmosphere and the earth’s surface, large-scale atmospheric dynamics, drivers for long-term changes in climate, processes by which climate change could impact wildfires and water resources, climate modeling, extreme events, and sub-seasonal-to-seasonal predictions. He holds a doctoral degree from the University of Dakar, Senegal.

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Climate, Wildfire, Meteorology, Climate Change, Climate Extreme, Climate Change Impact, Climate Variability
Posted on by Pourya Nadimi Hurricanes

Sen Chiao

Sen Chiao Portrait

Emeritus Professor, Meteorology and Climate Science. (Photo by: David Schmitz/San Jose State University)

Sen Chiao is an emeritus professor in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science in the College of Science. He earned a doctoral degree in atmospheric science from North Carolina State University and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard. He is the director of the NASA Minority University Research and Education Program Institutional Research Opportunity (MIRO) Center for Applied Atmospheric Research and Education. His research focuses on aerosol and its impacts on air quality, weather and regional climate, urban heat islands, wildfire impacts on air quality, and public health linkages to air quality, weather and climate. He also specializes in hurricanes.

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Hurricanes, Meteorology, Science, Public Health, Governance, Meteorology and Climate, Climate Change, Disaster Preparedness, Governance, Drought