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Midwestern Climate and Weather Prediction Goals

Our ultimate goal is to improve subseasonal to seasonal climate prediction in order to address the serious financial, health and property risks posed by weather and climate extremes. In the near-term, we will adapt and apply machine learning prediction
methods to analyze specific flood and heat wave events affecting the midwest. In the long-term, we will achieve:

  • Better predictions of precipitation and temperature extremes (drought, floods, heat waves and cold air outbreaks)
  • Better predictions of environmental conditions that give rise to extreme weather and climate events (tropical cyclones and severe thunderstorms)
  • Development of risk-relevant metrics that can inform stakeholder decision making

Risk-Based Approaches to Midwestern Climate and Weather Prediction Team

Ryan Sriver

Ryan L. Sriver

rsriver@illinois.edu


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Associate Professor, Atmospheric Sciences

Vera Hur

Vera Mikyoung Hur

verahur@math.uiuc.edu


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Professor, Mathematics

Ashish Sharma

Ashish Sharma

sharmaa@illinois.edu


Illinois State Water Survey: Illinois Research Climatologist

Zhizhen (Jane) Zhao Professor Of Electrical And Computer Engineering

Zhizhen Jane Zhao

zhizhenz@illinois.edu


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Bo Li

Bo Li

libo@illinois.edu


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Professor, Statistics

Email: libo@illinois.edu

Donald J Wuebbles

Donald J. Wuebbles

wuebbles@illinois.edu


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Professor, Atmospheric Sciences

Email: wuebbles@illinois.edu

Simulating Hurricanes

PI Ryan Sriver, head of the Climate Dynamics and Variability Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has used the Blue Waters supercomputer at NCSA to model the effect of changing climate on the frequency and power of hurricanes. As an expert in the intersection between climate and weather, Sriver will will lead this science team in project activities including observational data analysis, statistical modeling and development of risk-based metrics.