Speaker: Dr. Esther Mullens
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida
Thursday, January 28, 2021
2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8)
Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube
University of Florida
All are welcome to attend.
This seminar will discuss ongoing research on predicting extreme precipitation at seasonal to sub-seasonal (S2S) timescales, focusing specifically on a workshop that brought researchers, emergency managers, tribal environmental professionals, and water resource managers together to discuss and evaluate the impacts, decisions, and complexities in planning for extreme precipitation events. I will tell stories of our discussions, the challenges they raised, and how Stakeholder input is being incorporated in our research.
Dr. Esther Mullens is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography here at the University of Florida. She is a meteorologist by training, with degrees from the Univ. of Reading (United Kingdom) and Univ. of Oklahoma. While the desire to chase tornadoes got her into the discipline, Esther now spends her time studying ice storms and climate variability, focusing on precipitation over various scales and regions. She also delves into applied climatology, working to translate climate science information to those who will apply it in their careers, and recently coauthored the Southern Great Plains Chapter of the National Climate Assessment (NCA4).
For more information, email Dr. Tim Fik at fik@ufl.edu