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Samantha Stevenson Postdoctoral FellowAffiliate Researcher, Oceanography International Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808) 956-8396 Fax: (808) 956-9425 Email: Webpage: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~slgs |
Education
- 2007-2011 PhD, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences: University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
- 2006-2007 PhD program, Planetary Sciences: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- 2000-2003 MA, Astronomy: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
- 1995-2000 BA, Mathematics: Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
Research Interests
- Tropical ocean dynamics
- Climate change and climate variability
- El Niño/Southern Oscillation
- Model validation in past climates
- Decadal predictability
- Science policy
Professional Experience
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2012–present
- IT Specialist, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, 2003-2006
Grants and Fellowships
- CIRES: Innovative Research Program seed grant for comparison of climate models and coral oxygen isotopes
- NASA Earth & Space Science Fellowship, 2009-2011
- CIRES Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Colorado, 2008-2009
- Graduate College Fellowship, University of Arizona, 2006-2007
Honors and Awards
- WCRP: Outstanding student presentation, 10/2011
- Sigma Xi member
- NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award, 6/2005
- Citations for academic achievement, Connecticut state Congress: 6/2003, 6/2000
Professional Development
- Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific (ITOP) cold-wake survey cruise, 2010
- Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology, Urbino Italy, 2008
- Graduate Teacher Program Certificate in College Teaching, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008-2011
Academic Service
- Reviewer: Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans
- Faculty search student advisory committee, ATOC, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Comprehensive examination student advisory committee, ATOC, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Prospective graduate student welcoming committee, ATOC, University of Colorado-Boulder
Refereed Publications
- Chikamoto, Y., A. Timmermann, and S. Stevenson, submitted: Potential predictability of land surface processes over North American in the Community Earth System Model. Geophys. Res. Lett..
- Haney, S., S. Bachman, B. Cooper, S. Kupper, K. McCaffrey, L. van Roekel, S. Stevenson, A. Webb, B. Fox-Kemper, and R. Ferrari, in review: Hurricane wake restratification by 1, 2, and 3-dimentional processes. Journal of Marine Research.
- Phipps, S.J., J. Gergis, H.V. McGregor, A.J.E. Gallant, R. Neukom, S. Stevenson, T.D. van Ommen, J.R. Brown, M.J. Fischer, and D. Ackerley, in review: Palaeoclimate data-model comparison: Concepts and application to the climate of Australasia over the past 1500 years. J. Climate.
- Stevenson, S., A. Timmermann, and Y. Chikamoto, in preparation: Stochastically Generated North American Megadroughts Geophys. Res. Lett..
- Stevenson, S., and R. Pielke, Jr., in review: Assumptions of Spontaneous Decarbonization in the IPCC AR5 Baseline Scenarios. Nature Climate Change.
- Stevenson, S., B. Rajagopalan, and B. Fox-Kemper, in review: Generalized Linear Modeling of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation with Application to Seasonal Forecasting and Climate Change Projections. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans.
- Stevenson, S., B. Rajagopalan, and B. Fox-Kemper, submitted: Statistical Modeling of El Niño and La Niña in CCSM Climate Projections. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans.
- Stevenson, S., H.V. McGregor, S. Phipps, and B. Fox-Kemper, submitted: Quantifying Errors in Coral-Based ENSO Estimates: Towards Improved Forward Modeling of Oxygen-18. Paleoceanography.
- Stevenson, S., H.V. McGregor, S. Phipps, and B. Fox-Kemper, in preparation: Quantifying the Limitations of Paleo-ENSO Model Validation. Paleoceanography.
- Bates, S.C., B. Fox-Kemper, S. Jayne, W.G. Large, S. Stevenson, and S.G. Yeager, 2012: Mean Biases, Variability, and Trends in Air-Sea Fluxes and Sea Surface Temperature in the CCSM4. J. Climate, 25 (22), 7781-7801, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00442.1.
- Stevenson, S., 2012: Significant changes to ENSO strength and impacts in the twenty-first century: Results from CMIP5. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39 (17), L17703, doi:10.1029/2012GL052759.
- Stevenson, S., B. Fox-Kemper, and M. Jochum, 2012: Understanding the ENSO-CO2 Link Using Stabilized Climate Simulations. J. Climate, 25 (22), 7917-7936, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00546.1.
- Stevenson, S., B. Fox-Kemper, M. Jochum, R. Neale, C. Deser, and G. Meehl, 2012: Will There Be a Significant Change to El Niño in the Twenty-First Century? J. Climate, 25 (6), 2129‐21, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00252.1.
- Stevenson, S., B. Fox-Kemper, M. Jochum, B. Rajagopalan, and S. Yeager, 2010: ENSO Model Validation Using Wavelet Probability Analysis. J. Climate, 23, 5540-5547.