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What we do

Caroline Ummenhofer’s lab works all over the world, including Australia, East Africa, India, Indian Ocean, the Indo-Pacific and North Atlantic region, Southeast Asia, and the Southern Hemisphere extratropics. We are looking primarily at climate variability and change in the hydrological cycle, with an eye towards rainfall variability and drought, Indian Ocean and monsoon dynamics, impacts of climate on agriculture and health, and biological-physical interactions.

CLIMATE VARIABILITY/CHANGE

climateOur lab studies climate variability and change from year-to-year variations to long-term trends in the ocean-atmosphere system,as well as the resulting regional impacts on land. MORE…

CLIMATE MODELING

modelingWe use climate models that employ quantitative methods to simulate the interactions of the atmosphere, oceans, land surface, and ice, to understand past, present and future climate. MORE…

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE

hydrologicalOur lab is studying the global water cycle, with a particular focus on the origin, distribution, and properties of water on Earth to learn more about droughts and floods.  MORE…

Caroline Ummenhofer Lab in the News

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