Research has been central to the department’s activities since its inception. Despite the department’s modest size, an impressive array of research projects are being undertaken by our faculty and students involving field work, experimental work, computer modeling, and theoretical calculations. Our research interests have a primary focus on weather and climate of the tropics, but many projects have application to phenomena of global scope. [ More ]
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Full-Time Graduate Faculty
Steven Businger
- Ph.D., Washington. Mesoscale and synoptic meteorology, satellite meteorology, storm stSructure and dynamics.
- emailname businger
- Storm Evolution and Energetics Research (SEER) Group Page
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Yi-Leng Chen
- Ph.D., Illinois. Mesoscale meteorology, heavy rainfall.
- emailname yileng
- Atmospheric Sciences Dept. Page | Rain and Wind Study Group Page
- Curriculum Vitae
Pao-Shin Chu
State Climatologist
- Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison. Climate variability and natural hazards, tropical cyclones, climate prediction.
- emailname chu
- Pao-Shin Chu’s Home Page | Hawai‘i State Climate Office
- Curriculum Vitae
Jennifer D. Small Griswold
Department Chair
Undergraduate Advisor
- Ph.D., UCSC. Cloud microphysics, aerosols and climate, satellite remote sensing of clouds and aerosols.
- emailname smalljen
- Curriculum Vitae
Christina Karamperidou
- Ph.D., Columbia University. ENSO dynamics and predictability, extreme events in response to large-scale climate variability and change, paleoclimate, hydro-climate modeling, machine learning applications in environmental science and climate model optimization.
- emailname ckaramp
- Website
- Curriculum Vitae
Fei-Fei Jin
- Ph.D., Academia Sinica. Dynamical meteorology, climate dynamics.
- emailname jff
- Atmospheric Sciences Dept. Page
- Curriculum Vitae
Tim Li
Graduate Chair
- Ph.D., Hawaii. Climate dynamics and coupled atmosphere-ocean modeling.
- emailname timli
- IPRC Page
- Curriculum Vitae
Alison D. Nugent
- Ph.D., Yale University. Mountain meteorology and Cloud Physics: Orographic convection and precipitation, shallow cloud dynamics, cloud microphysics, aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions, observations and modeling.
- emailname anugent
- Curriculum Vitae
Giuseppe Torri
- Ph.D., Imperial College London. Atmospheric Physics. Precipitating convection, downdraft and cold pool dynamics, severe thunderstorms, and climate change.
- emailname gtorri
- Curriculum Vitae
Yuqing Wang
- Ph.D., Monash (Australia).
- Atmospheric dynamics and physics, tropical meteorology, tropical cyclones, global and regional climate modeling.
- emailname yuqing
- Atmospheric Sciences Dept. Page | IPRC Page
- Curriculum Vitae
Jingxia Zhao
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., UCLA. Atmosheric chemistry and physical meteorology.
- emailname jingxiaz
- Curriculum Vitae
Cooperating Graduate Faculty and Researchers
H. Annamalai
Affiliate Researcher, International Pacific Research Center
- Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Tropical climate dynamics, climate variability and prediction.
- emailname hanna
- IPRC Page
Tiziana Cherubini
Associate Researcher, Institute for Astronomy
- Ph.D., Rome. Very high resolution numerical weather prediction modeling and meteorological data assimilation.
- emailname tiziana
- Mauna Kea Weather Center, Institute for Astronomy
Rashed Chowdhury
Affiliate Researcher
- Ph.D., University of Tsukuba (Japan)
- emailname rashed
- Pacific ENSO Application Center (PEAC)
John N. Porter
Associate Researcher, Hawaii Instit. of Geophysics & Planetology, UH-Manoa
- Ph.D., Hawaii. Satellite and ground-based optical sensing of atmospheric aerosols.
- emailname johnport
- HIGP Projects Page | LIDAR Page | Satellite Images
Emeritus Faculty
Kevin P. Hamilton
- Ph.D., Princeton. Dynamical meteorology, climate dynamics.
- emailname kph
- Atmospheric Sciences Dept. Page | IPRC Page
Thomas A. Schroeder
- Ph.D., Purdue. Mesometeorology — severe local storms, flash flood meteorology, interactions of island with synoptic environments.
- emailname tas
- Research statement + recent publications | JIMAR
Bin Wang
Ph.D., Florida State. Climate dynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, and tropical meteorology.