Joe Barsugli's Bio

Joe Barsugli is a Research Scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington in Seattle on the theory of atmosphere-ocean interactions. His specialty is "Climate Dynamics", which is the study of the changing weather and climates of the past, present and future with an emphasis on the role of atmospheric and oceanic fluid motions -- winds and currents -- often using global climate models. His research has ranged from the role of sea-ice during the last Ice Age, to the effects of El Nino on individual storms, to the impacts of Tropcial Ocean "hot spots" in climate change. Joe works with the Western Water Assessment on the use of weather forecasts and climate change projections to inform water resources planning in the West. He is one of the lead authors of "Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis to support Water Resources Management and Adaptation." and of a forthcoming white paper for the Water Utility Climate Alliance on improvedclimate modeling to better serve water resources management.