Dr. Natalie Thomas
Faculty Research Assistant · Non-Tenure Track
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About
Natalie Thomas is a GESTAR II assistant 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.
Research interests
climate variability and change, extreme climate events, and teleconnections
Education
- Ph D, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science — University of Maryland (2018)
- BS, Applied Mathematics, Environmental Science — University of North Carolina (2014)
Publications
- Global SMAP Soil Moisture Patterns and associated disease outbreaks during the 2020-2021 La Niña Event