Uma Bhatt, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Research - Alaska Climate Variability
Climate Downscaling in Alaska
- Lader, RT, JE Walsh, US Bhatt, and PA Bieniek, 2016: Projections of 21st century climate extremes for Alaska via dynamical downscaling and quantile mapping. (accepted) Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
- Bieniek, P.A., U.S. Bhatt, J.E. Walsh, T.S. Rupp, J. Zhang, J.R. Krieger, and R.T. Lader, 2016: Dynamical downscaling of ERA-Interim temperature and precipitation for Alaska, J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55, 635–654, pdf.
- Zhang, J., J. R. Krieger, U. Bhatt, C. Lu, X. Zhang, 2016: Alaskan Regional Climate Changes in Dynamically Downscaled CMIP5 Simulations, Proceedings of the 2013 National Conference on Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, Springer.
- Zhang, J., U. S. Bhatt, W. V. Tangborn, and C. S. Lingle, 2007: Climate downscaling for estimating glacier mass balances in northwestern North America: Validation with a USGS benchmark glacier, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21505, doi:10.1029/2007GL031139. pdf version .
- Bhatt
U.S.,
J. Zhang, W.V. Tangborn, and C.S. Lingle, L. Phillips, 2007. Examining
Glacier Mass Balances with a Hierarchical Modeling Approach, Computing
in Science and Engineering, 9 (2), 61-67. pdf
version.
- Zhang
J.
, U.S. Bhatt, W. V. Tangborn, C.S. Lingle, 2007: Response
of Glaciers in Northwestern North America to Future Climate Change:
an Atmosphere/Glacier Hierarchical Modeling Approach, Annals
of Glaciology, Vol. 46, 283 – 290. pdf version.
Climate Variability in Alaska
- Lader, R.T., U.S. Bhatt, J.E. Walsh, T.S. Rupp, and P.A. Bieniek: 2016: Evaluation of Reanalysis Products for Alaska to Facilitate Climate Impact Studies, J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55, 901-922. DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0162.1, pdf.
- Kontar, Y.Y., U.S. Bhatt, S.D. Lindsey, E.W. Plumb, and R.L. Thoman, 2015: Interdisciplinary approach to hydrological hazard mitigation and disaster response and effects of climate change on the occurrence of flood severity in central Alaska, Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Proc. IAHS, 369, 13–17, 2015, proc-iahs.net/369/13/2015/, doi:10.5194/piahs-369-13-2015, pdf.
- Bieniek, P.A., J.E. Walsh, R.L. Thoman and U.S. Bhatt, 2014: Using Climate Divisions to Analyze Variations and Trends in Alaska Temperature and Precipitation, J. Climate, 27 (8), 2800-2818, pdf.
- Bieniek, P. A., U.S. Bhatt, R.L. Thoman, H. Angeloff, J. Partain, J. Papineau, F. Fritsch, E. Holloway, J.E. Walsh, C. Daly, M. Shulski, G. Hufford, D.F. Hill, S. Calos, and R. Gens, 2012: Climate divisions for Alaska based on objective methods, J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 51 (7), 1276-1289, pdf.
- Bieniek, P. A., U. S. Bhatt, L. A. Rundquist, S. D. Lindsey, X. Zhang, R. L. Thoman, 2011: Large-Scale Climate Controls of Interior Alaska River Ice Breakup. J. Climate, 24, 286–297. pdf.
- Bourne, S. M., U.S. Bhatt, J. Zhang, R. Thoman, 2010: Surface-based Temperature Inversions in Alaska from a Climate Perspective, Atmospheric Research, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.09.013. pdf.
- Stefanie Bourne, 2008: A Climate Perspective of Observed and Modeled Surface-based Temperature Inversions in Alaska. M.S. Thesis Dept Atmos Sci UAF, pdf.
Climate-Boreal Forest and Boreal Fires
- JL Partain, S Alden, US Bhatt, PA Bieniek, BR Brettschneider, RT Lader, PQ Olsson, TS Rupp, H Strader, RL Thoman, JE Walsh, AD York, and RH Ziel, 2016: An assessment of the role of anthropogenic climate change in the Alaska fire season of 2015, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Special Report Explaining Extreme Events of 2015 from a Climate Perspective, S14-S18 pp., pdf.
- Young-Robertson, J. M., Bolton, W. R., Bhatt, U. S., Cristobal, J., & Thoman, R. “Deciduous trees are a large and overlooked sink for snowmelt water in the boreal forest.” Nature: Scientific Reports, 6 (12 July 2016), 29504. doi: 10.1038/ srep29504. pdf.
other resources: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160721151500.htm.
Climate-Glacier studies
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Zhang, J., U. S. Bhatt, W. V. Tangborn, and C. S. Lingle, 2007: Climate downscaling for estimating glacier mass balances in northwestern North America: Validation with a USGS benchmark glacier, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21505, doi:10.1029/2007GL031139. pdf version .
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Bhatt U.S., J. Zhang, W.V. Tangborn, and C.S. Lingle, L. Phillips, 2007. Examining Glacier Mass Balances with a Hierarchical Modeling Approach, Computing in Science and Engineering, 9 (2), 61-67. pdf version.
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Zhang J. , U.S. Bhatt, W. V. Tangborn, C.S. Lingle, 2007: Response of Glaciers in Northwestern North America to Future Climate Change: an Atmosphere/Glacier Hierarchical Modeling Approach, Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 46, 283 – 290. pdf version.