Andrew W. Ellis

Specialities:

·     Climate science, meteorology

·     Hydroclimatic variability/change, snow, drought, water supply

·     Synoptic climate applications in hydroclimatology and meteorology

I am a native of Delaware and earned Bachelor of Arts (Geography, 1991), Master of Science (Geography, 1994), and Doctor of Philosophy (Climatology, 1997) degrees from the Geography program at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.  In 1997, I joined the geography faculty at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona where I remained until leaving for Virginia Tech in July 2011. A hydroclimate scientist, my early research work focused on snowfall variability, snow cover-atmosphere interactions, and snow melt modeling. However, I spent several years working on lower atmospheric pollution problems before returning in recent years to a research agenda focused on water-related issues. Two research areas have been the focus of my most recent work. One area centers on understanding the occurrence of drought and its improved representation for monitoring and study. The second research area focuses on assessing the sustainability of fresh water resources for populations living in arid and semi-arid climates given population growth and the uncertain hydrological impacts of climate change.

Courses Regularly Taught:

·     Introduction to Earth’s Climate (GEOG 1524)

·     Dynamic Meteorology I (GEOG 3515)

·     Dynamic Meteorology II (GEOG 3516)

Recent Publications:

Van Tol Z, AW Ellis. 2022. Analysis of urban heat island intensity through air mass persistence: a case study of four United States Cities. Urban Climate. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101345

Ellis AW, Z Suriano. 2022. A hybrid dataset of historical cool-season lake effects from the eastern Great Lakes of North America. Frontiers in Water, Special Issue: Hydroclimatology of the Great Lakes Region of North America. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2022.788493

Ellis AW, SJ Keighton, SE Zick, AS Shearer, CE Hockenbury, A Silverman.  2022. Analysis of model thermal profile forecasts associated with winter mixed-precipitation within the United States mid-Atlantic region. Journal of Operational Meteorology. 10 (1) 1-17. https://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2022.1001

Marston ML, AW Ellis. 2021. Regional-scale variability and change in daily precipitation across the contiguous United States, 1949-2018. International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7061

Marston ML, AW Ellis. 2020. Delineating precipitation regions of the contiguous United States from cluster analyzed gridded data. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2020.1828803

Ellis AW, ML Marston. 2020: Late 1990s cool season climate shift in eastern North America. Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02798-z

Ellis AW, ML Marston, J Bahret. 2020: Changes in the frequency of cool season lake-effects within the North American Great Lakes region. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2020.1785270