The overall direction of this research is toward increased understanding of interactive processes in the Earth's physical environment and the development of a more coherent picture of its sensitivities to natural and anthropogenic change. The carbon dioxide greenhouse effect is a continuing source of research problems, and one of the most pressing problems is how to determine the onset of a theoretically predicted warming. Both of these topics receive considerable attention from CIRES researchers.
Chris Guiterman
My research investigates the interactions among fire, climate, vegetation, and people. My specialty is in dendrochronology, the science of using tree rings to reconstruct past environmental processes. As a dendroecologist, I tend to focus on the drivers of changing forest dynamics, including climate change, human land-use, and altered disturbance processes.
Josh Riley
I am a Space Weather Data Manager for NCEI's Solar & Terrestrial Physics section, helping to work on space weather satellite data. My role is primarily focused on managing large data sets, automating processing pipelines, and developing user interfaces in order to provide discovery and access to scientific products.
Aspen Unkeles
space weather, Earth magnetosphere, planetary magnetospheres, crustal magnetic anomalies, magnetometer instrumentation, plasma physics, wave-particle interaction, public outreach and diversity, equity and inclusion
Donald Schmit
Don Schmit graduated with a Ph.D. in Astrophysics and Planetary Science from the University of Colorado in 2012. He has previously worked at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophyics Laboratory, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His background is in solar imaging and spectroscopy, working in the optical, ultraviolet, and extreme ultraviolet domains.
