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Christopher Skinner, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

College
College of Sciences
Department
Environmental Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS), Climate Change Initiative (CCI)
Phone
978-934-3901
Office
Olney Hall - 301B
Email
Christopher_Skinner@uml.edu
Links

Expertise

Climate Change, Weather Extremes, Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions, Climate Modeling

Research Interests

I am interested in the intersection of climate change and climate impacts. In my research I use process-based numerical models (i.e. climate models) to study how perturbations to the earth system influence weather and climate events. The insights from this work can be used to better understand the role of climate and weather in shaping societies and ecosystems in the past, and to prepare for climate-related impacts in the future.

Education

  • Ph.D.: Environmental Earth System Science, (2014), Stanford University
  • BS: Atmospheric Science, (2008), Cornell University

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Department Teaching Excellence Award EEAS (2022)

Selected Publications

  • Fallah A, Barlow M, Agel L, Kim J, Mankin J, Mocko DM, Skinner CB (2024), .
  • Oster J, Macarewich S, Lofverstrom M, de Wet C, Monta帽ez I, Lora JM, Skinner CB, Tabor C (2023), . Science Advances, 9(46), eadj2226, .
  • Skinner CB, Harrington TS, Barlow M, Agel L (2023), . Environmental Research: Climate, 2(4), 045010,聽
  • Lora JM, Skinner CB, Rush W, Baek S (2023), . Geophysical Research Letters, 50(18), e2023GL104805
  • Harrington TS, Nusbaumer J, Skinner CB (2023), . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128.
  • Skinner CB, Lora JM, Tabor CR, Zhu J (2023), , Geophysical Research Letters, 50(1), e2022GL101750.
  • Thompson AJ, Zhu J, Poulsen CJ, Tierney J, Skinner CB (2022), . Science Advances.
  • Singh J, Ashfaq M, Skinner CB, Anderson WB, Mishra V, Singh D (2022), . Nature Climate Change.
  • Pagsuyoin SA, Salcedo G, Santos JR, Skinner CB (2022), . Environment Systems and Decisions, 42 (3), 350-361.
  • Coe D, Barlow M, Agel L, Colby F, Skinner CB, Qian JH (2021), , 34, 18.
  • Agel L, Barlow M, Skinner CB, Colby F, Cohen J (2021), . npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4, 31.
  • Harrington TS, Zhu J, Skinner CB (2021), . npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4, 25.
  • Singh J, Ashfaq M, Skinner CB, Anderson WB, Singh D (2021), . npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4, 7.
  • Thompson AJ, Tabor CR, Poulsen CJ, Skinner CB (2021), . Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
  • Christopher, C.B., Lora, J.M., Payne, A.E., Poulsen, C.J. (2020). Atmospheric river changes shaped mid-latitude hydroclimate since the mid-Holocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters,541.
  • Thompson, A.J., Skinner, C.B., Poulsen, C.J., Zhu, J. (2019). Modulation of mid鈥怘olocene African rainfall by dust aerosol direct and indirect effects. Geophysical Research Letters,46.
  • Skinner, C.B., Poulsen, C.J., Mankin, J.S. (2018). Amplification of heat extremes by plant CO2 physiological forcing. Nature Communications,9(1).
  • Webb, M.J., Andrews, T., Bodas-Salcedo, A., Bony, S., Bretherton, C.S., Chadwick, R., Chepfer, H., Douville, H., Good, P., Kay, J.E., Klein, S.A., Marchand, R., Medeiros, B., Siebesma, A.P., Skinner, C.B., Stevens, B., Tselioudis, G., Tsushima, Y., Watanabe, M. (2017). The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) contribution to CMIP6. Geoscientific Model Development,10(1) 359--384.
  • Chadwick, R., Douville, H., Skinner, C.B. (2017). Timeslice experiments for understanding regional climate projections: applications to the tropical hydrological cycle and European winter circulation. Climate Dynamics,49(9-10) 3011-3029.
  • Skinner, C.B., Poulsen, C.J., Chadwick, R., Diffenbaugh, N.S., Fiorella, R.P. (2017). The Role of Plant CO2 Physiological Forcing in Shaping Future Daily-Scale Precipitation. Journal of Climate,30(7) 2319-2340.
  • Skinner, C.B., Poulsen, C.J. (2016). The role of fall season tropical plumes in enhancing Saharan rainfall during the African Humid Period. Geophysical Research Letters,43(1) 349-358.
  • Horton, D.E., Skinner, C.B., Singh, D., Diffenbaugh, N.S. (2014). Occurrence and persistence of future atmospheric stagnation events (4:8 pp. 698-703). Nature Climate Change
  • Skinner, C.B., Diffenbaugh, N.S. (2014). Projected changes in African easterly wave intensity and track in response to greenhouse forcing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,111(19) 6882--6887.
  • Skinner, C.B., Diffenbaugh, N.S. (2013). The contribution of African easterly waves to monsoon precipitation in the CMIP3 ensemble. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,118(9) 3590-3609.
  • Skinner, C.B., Ashfaq, M., Diffenbaugh, N.S. (2012). Influence of Twenty-First-Century Atmospheric and Sea Surface Temperature Forcing on West African Climate. Journal of Climate,25(2) 527-542.
  • Ashfaq, M., Skinner, C.B., Diffenbaugh, N.S. (2011). Influence of SST biases on future climate change projections. Climate Dynamics,36(7-8) 1303-1319.
  • Skinner, C.B., DeGaetano, A.T., Chabot, B.F. (2010). Implications of twenty-first century climate change on Northeastern United States maple syrup production: impacts and adaptations. Climatic Change, (3-4) 685.

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Quantification of biophysical, physiological, and phenological vegetation contributions to future climate (2024), Grant - National Science Foundation, Skinner, C.B. (Principal)
  • Observed and modeled interactions between droughts and heat waves for the Northeast US (2020), Grant - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Barlow, M. (Principal), Skinner, C.B. (Co-Principal)
  • Collaborative Research -- Elucidating the drivers and consequences of changes in atmospheric rivers from the last glacial maximum to the present day (2019), Grant - National Science Foundation Skinner, C.B. (Principal)