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Serreze, Mark C.

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  • My primary areas of research are in climate variability and change, particularly with respect to the Arctic region. My work involves analysis of atmospheric and ocean dynamics, satellite remote sensing, synoptic climatology, and analysis of output from numerical weather prediction models, land surface models and coupled global climate models. I also have very strong interests and activities in science education and communication to the media and public. I was was co-author on peer-reviewed sections of temperature and precipitation for the annual NOAA Arctic Report Card, and for the BAMS state of the climate Arctic section. A paper addressing the meteorology of rain and snow events over the Arctic was published, led by my former MA student Jessica Voveris, based on her Masters Thesis. I was also co-author in a paper addressing the response of the community of Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada, to a series of debilitating blizzards during the winter of 2021/2022. My PhD student Meghan Helmberger was able to complete her dissertation in December (on trends an variability on the net surface heat flux over the Arctic Ocean). She will formally graduate in May 2024. I took on a new MA student (Zaria Cast) in fall 2023.

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  • Climate variability, climate change, atmospheric dynamics, ocean dynamics, hydroclimatology, sea ice processes, satellite remote sensing, model evaluation, climate model applications

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Teaching

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  • GEOG 1001 - Environmental Systems: Climate and Vegetation
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2023
    Lect. and lab. Introduces the atmospheric environment of the Earth: elements and controls of climate and their implications for hydrology, vegetation, and soils. Emphasizes distribution of physical features across the Earth's surface and interactions between humans and their environment, especially those leading to global change on the decade to century time scale.
  • GEOG 2271 - Introduction to the Arctic Environment
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
    Rising temperatures and shrinking sea ice are only the most visible indications of a rapidly changing Arctic. This course addresses the climate of the Arctic and the changes being observed at a non-mathematical level. It is intended to provide students with a basic understanding of the Arctic physical environment.
  • GEOG 4271 - The Arctic Climate System
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    Understanding the climate of the Arctic requires a synthetic, system oriented approach. The course focuses on the intimate linkages between the atmosphere, ocean and land that give the Arctic region its unique character, link the Arctic to the larger global climate system, and promote understanding the rapid changes occurring in the Arctic. Recommended prerequisites: GEOG 3511 or GEOG 3601 or ATOC 3600 or ENVS 3600 and statistics. Same as GEOG 5271.
  • GEOG 5271 - The Arctic Climate System
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    Understanding the climate of the Arctic requires a synthetic, system oriented approach. The course focuses on the intimate linkages between the atmosphere, ocean and land that give the Arctic region its unique character, link the Arctic to the larger global climate system, and promote understanding the rapid changes occurring in the Arctic. Same as GEOG 4271.
  • GEOG 6950 - Master's Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
    Instructor consent required.

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