What's up with these Atmospheric Rivers we keep hearing about? 

Join the Cooperative Institute of Research in Environmental Sciences, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Sierra Nevada Avanalche Center in this special webinar on Atmospheric Rivers, learn all about what they are, how we measure them, and the impact this environmental phenomenon has had on the U.S. 

This virtual webinar will be 60 minutes with 20 minutes of presentation by the experts followed by 30 minutes of live Q&A. We invite students and families to ask questions live and on camera to experts during the Q&A session. If you want to bring your classroom on screen to speak with our experts directly, please email daniela.pennycook@colorado.edu (6 spots available!) 

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About our speakers: 

Dr. Mimi Hughes got her B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Penn State University, and her M.S. and PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. After her PhD, she began working at NOAA’s Earth Science Research Laboratory (ESRL), Physical Sciences Division, which is now the Physical Sciences Laboratory. She began working in PSL as a National Research Council Postdoctoral fellow, continued as a CIRES research scientist, and is currently a NOAA Research Meteorologist in the Hydrology Applications Division. 

Mimi's current research focuses on improving understanding and model representation of hydrometeorological events that result in droughts and floods, especially in the contiguous United States. She diagnoses the ability of high-resolution models to properly represent physical processes key to hydrometeorological event simulation, working toward understanding the sensitivity of these processes to model configuration. She also focuses on improving our understanding of future projections of hydroclimate, especially in the mountainous western United States.