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Member Since 1991
Bill Drew Collins
Senior Scientist, Professor, and Associate Laboratory Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Professional Experience
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Senior Scientist, Professor, and Associate Laboratory Director
2007 - Present
University of California Berkeley
Professor in Residence
Education
Doctorate
1989
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2020
Citation
For pioneering contributions to the fundamental understanding of atmospheric radiation, radiative forcing, and the role of radiation in climate
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John Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture
Received December 2019
Current Roles
Chair
Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
Member
Atmospheric Sciences Fellows Committee
Publications
Contrasting Responses of Atlantic and Pacific Tropical Cyclone Activity to Atlantic Multidecadal Var...
This research assesses the influences of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV) on global tropical cyclones (TCs) using two large ensembles of ide...
May 17, 2023
Characteristics and Variability of Winter Northern Pacific A...
November 30, 2022
The Influence of Ocean Coupling on Simulated and Projected T...
October 15, 2021
Constraining and Characterizing the Size of Atmospheric Rive...
August 19, 2021
AGU Abstracts
The Reliability Diagram: A Diagnostic Tool for Assessing Extreme Event Prediction in FourCastNet
ONLINE POSTER SESSION FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES: EXTREMES - PRECIPITATION IX
atmospheric sciences | 23 january 2024
Joshua Elms, Ankur Mahesh, Travis A. O'Brien, Will...
Global forecast models are diverse and abundant, but they share a common goal: predict future weather conditions. While it is clear that these models ...
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Constraining Future Projections of Atmospheric Rivers using Poleward Latent Heat Transport
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS: PROCESSES, IMPACTS, AND UNCERTAINTIES I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Ankur Mahesh, Travis A. O'Brien, William R. Boos, ...
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are extreme weather events that can alleviate drought or cause billions of dollars in flood damage. Because they transport la...
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Temporal Clustering of the U.S. West Coast Atmospheric Rivers: Characteristics and Large-scale Patterns
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS: PROCESSES, IMPACTS, AND UNCERTAINTIES I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Yang Zhou, Michael F. Wehner, William D. Collins
From late December 2022 to mid-January 2023, California experienced a series of nine consecutive atmospheric rivers (ARs) making landfall. These inten...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2026
Member
Atmospheric Sciences Fellows Committee
2023 - 2024
Chair
Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
2021 - 2022
Chair
Global Environmental Change Nominations Canvassing Committee
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