This document provides biographical information about Dargan Frierson and an overview of his research interests in climate modeling. It notes that Frierson is from Wilmington, NC and experienced several hurricanes growing up. It describes his educational background, including undergraduate studies in math/physics at NC State and graduate work in atmospheric modeling at Princeton. The document outlines Frierson's research focusing on modeling patterns of rainfall, weather systems, and how climate features may change with global warming. It provides examples of his work on storm tracks, tropical rainfall, and atmospheric chemistry. It also describes the University of Washington's atmospheric sciences department and opportunities for student research.

1. Dargan M. W. Frierson Department of Atmospheric Sciences Computer Modeling of the Global Climate System

2. About Me Home town: Wilmington, NC Wilmington, NC Hurricane Floyd, 1999

3. About Me Home town: Wilmington, NC Wilmington, NC Hurricane Bonnie, 1998

4. About Me Home town: Wilmington, NC Wilmington, NC Hurricane Bertha, 1996

5. About Me Home town: Wilmington, NC Wilmington, NC Hurricane Diana, 1984

6. About Me Undergraduate: North Carolina State, Raleigh, NC Raleigh, NC Total precipitation from Hurricane Fran, 1996 (my freshman year)

7. Undergraduate Majored in Math/Physics Freshman year took Astrophysics on a whim Discovered computational science

8. Undergraduate Research Did research for Prof. John Blondin Best college job ever! Published results in Blondin, Chevalier, and Frierson (Astrophysical Journal, 2001)

9. Graduate School Wanted to switch to science that’s more applicable to our everyday life Grad school at Princeton focusing on atmospheric modeling At UW since 2007 But enough about me…

10. Climate Science Studying the patterns of rainfall, weather systems, ocean currents, sea ice, etc Seasonal changes in surface color from satellite data Albedo: how much sunlight is reflected off of a surface

11. Weather vs Climate Many weather phenomena add up to create the climate

12. Main Motivation for My Research How will climate features change with global warming? Current rainfall distribution Projected change with global warming  Drier Wetter 

13. Climate Model Computer representation of the atmosphere and ocean Contains weather phenomena We only have one Earth to observe You can make up all kinds of imaginary planets to help understand how the climate really works! Ex: Really hot or really cold worlds

14. Midlatitude Storms The Pacific storm track in a climate model These storms are predicted to shift polewardand havemore rainfall with global warming

15. Tropical Rainfall Tropical rain follows the warmth Big event in 1960s-1980s: drought in northern tropical Africa New discovery by Ting Hwang: air pollution in 1960s-70s caused some of this drying Temporarily cooled the Northern Hemispherewhile the SH was experiencingsteady global warming

16. UW Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences #1 ranked in the country Based on Thompson Scientific citation rankings and other metrics 18 faculty in weather, climate, and atmospheric chemistry Dedication to research and teaching Around 15 undergraduates per year 3 degree tracks: Climate, weather and air quality Many opportunities for undergraduate research I have an ad going out today for 2 new undergrad assistants

17. Flying in the Eye of Katrina Research flight of Professor Houze, UW AtmosSci Photo by Dr. Deanna Hence

18. A scientific research team on sea ice Prof Cecilia Bitz, world expert on sea ice modeling

19. Atmospheric Chemistry Prof Becky Alexander: chemistry and climate change Ion chromatograph

20. 100 Level Classes in ATM S ATM S 101: Weather & ATM S 111: Global Warming Global Warming: I’m teaching this in the spring Weather

21. 200 Level Classes in ATM S ATM S 211: Climate and Climate Change ATM S 212: Air Pollution: From Urban Smog to the Ozone Hole Both 211 and 212 are offered in the winter as well! And all sorts of interesting classes at the 300/400 level for those who’ve taken MATH 124, 125, 126 and PHY 121, 122, 123

22. Summer Research Jobs Summer research opportunities in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program I did one on astronomy in Arecibo, Puerto Rico We have a program here, also Oregon State,WSU, Oklahoma, NYC, Princeton, Boulder, etc E-mail me or Sam for info about research opportunities here

23. Student Chapter of American Meteorological Society Meets every month or so in ATG Next meeting: 10/27, 4:30 PM, ATG 610 E-mail: uwams@uw.edu