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Member Since 1990
Linda Mearns
Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Professional Experience
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Senior Scientist
2012 - Present
Education
University of California Los Angeles
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Stephen Schneider Lecture
Received December 2017
Publications
U.S. Extreme Precipitation Weather Types Increased in Frequency During the 20th Century
Extreme precipitation has increased in frequency and intensity across the Conterminous U.S. (CONUS). This trend is expected to continue under futur...
April 07, 2021
Representing agriculture in Earth System Models: Approaches ...
September 14, 2017
Two case studies on NARCCAP precipitation extremes
September 20, 2013
AGU Abstracts
Regional Climate Modeling in North America and Europe: Why such Different Paths?
REGIONAL CLIMATE: MODELING, ANALYSIS, AND IMPACTS II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2023
Linda Mearns, Melissa S. Bukovsky, Erika Coppola, ...
Regional climate modeling was initially developed in the United States and soon spread to Europe and other parts of the world. However, developments i...
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A Process-Informed Credibility Analysis of Different Precipitation Downscaling Methods in the Southern Great Plains
CLIMATE DOWNSCALING AND WEATHER POSTPROCESSING: DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION, AND APPLICATIONS II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2023
Seth A. McGinnis, Melissa S. Bukovsky, Rachel R. M...
Although the state of the art in simulation of the Earth system continues to advance, the outputs of global circulation models (GCMs) remain too coars...
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Projected Changes in Inter-Regional Simultaneity of Megafires in the Western US Based on NA-CORDEX Regional Climate Simulations
THE ROLE OF FIRE IN THE EARTH SYSTEM: UNDERSTANDING DRIVERS, FEEDBACKS, AND INTERACTIONS WITH THE LAND, ATMOSPHERE, AND SOCIETY I ONLINE POSTER DISCUSSION
biogeosciences | 16 december 2022
Seth A. McGinnis, Lee Kessenich, Linda Mearns, Mel...
Simultaneous very large wildfires present a unique challenge to fire management and the allocation of firefighting resources. The effect of climate ch...
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Volunteer Experience
2019 - 2020
Member
Global Environmental Change Bert Bolin Award Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Global Environmental Change Awards Committee
2018 - 2018
Member
Global Environmental Change Awards Committee
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