Staff at Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis

Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis Staff

Anstey, James
Research Scientist

Arora, Vivek
Research Scientist

• Carbon-climate interactions in Earth system models (ESMs)
• Parameterization of terrestrial biogeochemical processes in ESMs
• Role of vegetation in influencing climate

Berkley, Mike
Local System Administrator

• Linux computing support

Boer, George
Senior Research Scientist

• Atmospheric and coupled climate modelling
• Climate diagnostics

Cole, Jason
Research Scientist

• Modelling of clouds, radiative transfer and their interaction at a range of scales
• Evaluation of models using a range of observations

Flato, Greg
Research Scientist

• Sea-ice and climate modelling

Fyfe, John
Senior Research Scientist

• Climate variability and change

Gachon, Philippe
Research Scientist

• Regional climate modelling
• Statistical downscaling
• Extremes and trend analysis
• Effect of large/mesoscale atmospheric dynamics on regional climate

Gillett, Nathan
Research Scientist, Manager

• Climate change attribution
• Atmospheric circulation changes
• The influence of ozone depletion on climate

Jiao, Yanjun
Physical Scientist

• Physical parameterizations
• Regional climate modelling

Kharin, Slava
Research Scientist

• Climate variability and predictability
• Climate extremes and their future changes

Lazare, Mike
Senior Climate Research Meteorologist

• Development, optimization, implementation and maintenance of CCCma atmospheric models

Lee, Warren
Ocean Modelling Analyst

• Ocean and Earth systems model development and support
• Earth system model application support

Lee, Woo-Sung
Seasonal Forecasting Development Specialist

• Climate modeling and data analysis
• Long-Range forecast

Li, Jiangnan
Research Scientist

• Radiative transfer parameterization

Majaess, Fouad
Senior Systems Analyst

• Model, diagnostics and data libraries

Merryfield, William
Research Scientist

• Seasonal to decadal climate prediction
• Climate variability and change
• Ocean modelling

Mitovski, Toni
NSERC Visiting Fellow

Petersen, Tiffany
Administration

Plummer, David
Research Scientist

• Interactions between climate change and the chemical composition of the atmosphere
• The future evolution of the stratospheric ozone layer
• The effects of climate change and emissions on air quality

Qian, Minwei
Physical Scientist

• Computational fluid dynamics
• Regional climate modelling

Rong, Robin B.
Physical Scientist

• Canadian Climate Data and Scenarios
• Climate data and climate change analysis
• GCM data downscaling

Saenko, Oleg
Research Scientist

• Ocean circulation and climate

Scinocca, John
Research Scientist

• Dynamics, physical parameterizations

Shrestha, Rudra
NSERC Visiting Fellow

• Impact of shipping emissions on Arctic climate

Sigmond, Michael
Research Scientist

• Seasonal climate predictions
• Atmospheric large-scale circulation changes and implications for regional climate
• Impact of the ozone hole on the Southern Ocean and Antarctic sea-ice
• Stratospheric climate change

Solheim, Larry
Climate Modelling Scientist

• Coupled modelling support

Sospedra-Alfonso, Reinel
Research Scientist

• Seasonal to decadal climate predictability and prediction
• Climate variability and change
• Cryosphere and climate interaction

Swart, Neil
Research Scientist

• Developing and using biogeochemical models to understand the interaction of the ocean carbon cycle and climate change.
• Using observations and models to understand natural climate variability and human induced changes in Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice, and global temperatures.
• Quantifying observed and simulated changes in atmospheric winds, the eddy-modulated ocean circulation, and the resulting impacts on the carbon cycle and climate.
• Open source software tools for climate model analysis, development, and version control.

Tam, Benita
Climate Scenarios Analyst

• Canadian Climate Data and Scenarios site
• Climate change impacts and analysis

Von Salzen, Knut
Research Scientist

• Physical parameterizations

Yang, Duo
Climate Modelling Scientist

• Ocean and coupled modelling
• Climate variability and change
• Earth system model application support

Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis Associates

Christian, Jim
Research Scientist, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

• Ocean biogeochemical cycles

Denman, Ken
Research Scientist, UVic

• Ocean biogeochemical cycles

Gagné, Marie-Ève
Research Associate, UVic

• Climate variability and change in the Arctic
• Sea ice variability and changes
• Role of aerosols on climate forcing

McCusker, Kelly E.
Postdoctoral Fellow, UVic

• Climate variability and change
• Climate modelling
• Sea-ice and climate interactions

McFarlane, Norm
Research Scientist

• Physical parameterizations
• Middle atmosphere modelling

Mahmood, Rashed
Postdoctoral Fellow, UVic

• Aerosols and climate modelling
• Black carbon processes in the Arctic
• Aerosols and Asian monsoons

Reader, Cathy
Research Associate, Uvic

• Aerosols and Climate
• GCM Modelling of Mineral Dust

Riche, Olivier GJ
Postdoctoral Fellow, UVic

• Estuarine circulation and biogeochemical cycles
• Ocean ecosystem modelling
• Dinitrogen fixation in earth system models

Steiner, Nadja
Research Scientist, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

• Ocean biogeochemical cycles
• Sea-ice/ocean modelling