Rachel H. White

Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

Rachel leads the UBC Climate Dynamics group here at UBC. Her research interests are based in large-scale atmospheric dynamics, and currently she is most interested in understanding the connections between atmospheric circulation and extreme weather events and how we can use these connections to provide better predictions of extreme weather events and to better understand how anthropogenic climate change will affect weather extremes. She runs and analyzes results from climate models, and analyzes data from atmospheric observations to explore a wide variety of questions about our climate, from: How accurately can we predict the probability of summer heat waves weeks to months in advance? to: What differences would we see in atmospheric circulation patterns if the Earth rotated backwards? For more information, including her plans to combine climate outreach with aerial circus, click here.

Email: rwhite at eoas dot ubc dot ca
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