Natalie Thomas is an associate scientist in the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO). Her current research supports the GMAO's Reanalysis of EOS Observations for the National Climate Assessment project. She is investigating the applicability of the MERRA-2 reanalysis in various applied climate topics. Her current focus is on the large-scale weather associated with extreme climate events such as heat waves. General research interests include climate variability and change, extreme climate events, and teleconnections.
Natalie P Thomas
(POSTDOCTORAL SCIENCE RESEARCH)
| Email: | natalie.p.thomas@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.5304 |
| Org Code: | 610.1 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 610.1 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO |
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Assistant Research Scientist
University of Maryland, Baltimore County / GESTAR II - Baltimore, MD
December 2021 - Present
Associate Scientist
USRA / GESTAR - Greenbelt, MD
March 2021 - December 2021
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Scientist
USRA / GESTAR - Greenbelt, MD
January 2019 - March 2021
Education
PhD, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science - University of Maryland - Dec 2018
BS, Applied Mathematics and Environmental Science - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - May 2014
Selected Publications
Refereed
2024. "Insights into the causes and predictability of the 2022/23 California Flooding." Journal of Climate 37 (13): 3613-3629 [10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0696.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Effect of Baseline Period on Quantification of Climate Extremes Over the United States." Geophysical Research Letters 50 (17): [10.1029/2023gl105204] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Evaluation of Extreme Soil Moisture Conditions During the 2020 Sahel Floods and Implications for Disease Outbreaks." Geophysical Research Letters 49 (19): [10.1029/2022gl099872] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Seasonal variability in the mechanisms behind the 2020 Siberian heatwaves." Journal of Climate 35 (10): 3075-3090 [https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0432.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Mechanisms Associated with Daytime and Nighttime Heat Waves over the Contiguous United States." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 59 (11): 1865-1882 [10.1175/jamc-d-20-0053.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Twentieth-Century Climate Change over Africa: Seasonal Hydroclimate Trends and Sahara Desert Expansion." Journal of Climate 31 (9): 3349-3370 [10.1175/jcli-d-17-0187.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Striking Seasonality in the Secular Warming of the Northern Continents: Structure and Mechanisms." Journal of Climate 30 (16): 6521-6541 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0757.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "An Observational, Spatially Explicit, Stability-Based Estimate of the Wind Resource off the Shore of North Carolina." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 54 (12): 2407-2425 [10.1175/jamc-d-15-0090.1] [Journal Article/Letter]