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.
Brian Meyer
My research interests are in the use of marine and airborne remote sensing techniques to measure magnetic anomalies created by the distribution of magnetic minerals within the Earth's lithosphere. To that end, I reformat, quality control, ingest, and archive marine and airborne magnetic and gravity surveys run by academic, commercial, and government institutions into a central database hosted at the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). This data is then compiled into a global lithospheric magnetic grid called the Earth Magnetic Anomaly Grid (EMAG2)
Larisza Krista
Dr. Larisza Krista earned a MSc degree in astrophysics from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary. In 2011 she completed her PhD on solar coronal holes and high-speed solar wind streams at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. The same year she moved to Boulder to accept a research scientist position at the University of Colorado. She studies the open magnetic field regions of the Sun: the long-lived, quiescent (coronal holes) and the eruptive, transient open field regions (solar dimmings).
Jocelyn Turnbull
My research expertise is in the atmospheric carbon cycle, primarily using radiocarbon and other tracers to understand the source and fate of fossil fuel CO2 emissions at scales from individual point sources to urban areas, regions and globally. I hold joint appointments at CIRES and at GNS Science, New Zealand, and co-chair the WMO Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS) program.
Christopher Amante
I'm a Geospatial Research Scientist at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) through the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder. I develop integrated bathymetric-topographic digital elevation models (DEMs) to support coastal inundation modeling. My research interests include quantifying the uncertainty in coastal DEMs, and incorporating that uncertainty and uncertainty in sea-level rise projections and storm surge models in probabilistic, future flood risk assessments.
