Kirsten Findell's CV

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Kirsten L. Findell
Research Physical Scientist
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
P.O. Box 308, Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08542
(609) 452-6530
http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~klf/
Kirsten.Findell@noaa.gov

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Ph.D. in Hydroclimatology, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering	January 2001
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	S.M. in Hydroclimatology, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering	June 1997
Princeton University	B.S.E. in Civil Engineering, Program in Geological Engineering	June 1992

Principal Fields of Interest

Hydroclimatology, Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Hydrology

Publications

Papers in Refereed Journals:

Levy, H., II, M. D. Schwarzkopf, L. Horowitz, V. Ramaswamy, and K. L. Findell, 2008. Strong sensitivity of late 21st century climate to projected changes in short-lived air pollutants. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D06102, doi:10.1029/2007JD009176. Download Paper.

Findell, Kirsten L., Elena Shevliakova, P.C.D. Milly, and Ronald J. Stouffer, 2007. Modeled impact of cumulative anthropogenic land cover change on climate. Journal of Climate, 20(4), 3621-3634. Download Paper.

Findell, Kirsten L., Thomas R. Knutson, and P.C.D. Milly, 2006. Weak Simulated Extratropical Responses to Tropical Deforestation. Journal of Climate, 19(12), 2835-2850. Download Paper.

Delworth, T. L., A. J. Broccoli, A. Rosati, R. J. Stouffer, V. Balaji, J. A. Beesley, W. F. Cooke, K. W. Dixon, J. P. Dunne, K. A. Dunne, J. W. Durachta, K. L. Findell, P. Ginoux, A. Gnanadesikan, C. T. Gordon, S. M. Griffies, R. Gudgel, M. J. Harrison, I. M. Held, R. S. Hemler, L. W. Horowitz, S. A. Klein, T. R. Knutson, P. J. Kushner, A. R. Langenhorst, H.-C. Lee, S.-J. Lin, J. Lu, S. L. Maleshev, P. C. D. Milly, V. Ramaswamy, J. Russell, M. D. Schwarzkopf, E. Schevliakova, J. J. Sirutis, M. J. Spelman, W. F. Stern, M. Winton, A. T. Wittenberg, B. Wyman, F. Zeng, R. Zhang, 2006. GFDL's CM2 global coupled climate models - Part 1: Formulation and simulation characteristics. Journal of Climate, 19(5), 643-674.

Held, I. M., T. L. Delworth, J. Lu, K. L. Findell, and T. R. Knutson, 2005. Simulation of Sahel drought in the 20th and 21st centuries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(50), 17891-17896. Download Paper and corrected figures 2 and 4.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Thomas L. Delworth, 2005. A modeling study of dynamic and thermodynamic mechanisms for summer drying in response to global warming. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L16702, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023414. Download Paper.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 2003. Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions; Part I: Framework Development. The Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol.4, No. 3, pp 552-569. Download Framework Development Paper.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 2003. Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions; Part II: Feedbacks Within the Continental United States. The Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp 570-583. Download Nationwide Analysis Paper.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 2003. Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions: Three-dimensional Wind Effects. The Journal of Geophysical Research--Atmospheres, Vol. 108, No. D8. Download Wind Effects Paper.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 1999. Analysis of the Pathways Relating Soil Moisture and Subsequent Rainfall in Illinois. J. Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, Vol. 104, No. D24, pp 31,565-31,574. Download Paper.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 1997. An Analysis of the Soil Moisture-Rainfall Feedback, Based on Direct Observations from Illinois. Water Resources Research, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp 725-735. Download Paper.

Findell, Kirsten L., Hasan U. Koyluoglu, and Ahmet S. Cakmak, 1993. Modeling and Simulating Earthquake Accelerograms Using Strong-Motion Data from the Istanbul, Turkey region. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 12 (1), pp 51-59.

Conference Proceedings:

Findell, Kirsten L., Thomas R. Knutson, and P.C.D. Milly, 2005: Weak Simulated Extratropical Responses to Tropical Deforestation. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Download small pdf of poster.

Findell, Kirsten L., Elena Shevliakova, Ronald Stouffer, and P.C.D. Milly, 2005: Impact of Anthropogenic Land Cover Change on Climate. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Thomas L. Delworth, 2003: CO2-induced Continental Summer Drying. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Findell, Kirsten L., 2001: Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions: Validation of the Newly Developed CTP-HIlow Framework. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 2001: Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions: Three-dimensional Wind Effects. The Seventh International Precipitation Conference.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 2001: Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions Within the Continental US. Conference on Climate Variability and Land-Surface Processes: Physical Interactions and Regional Impacts. The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 2001: Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 2000: A New Measure of Convective Triggering Potential (CTP), Developed Using Illinois Soundings. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 1998: Data Analyses and Modeling Studies on the Soil Moisture-Rainfall Feedback. The Sixth International Precipitation Conference.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 1997: An Analysis of the Relationships Between Soil Moisture, Boundary Layer Conditions, and Rainfall, Based on Direct Observations from Illinois. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Elfatih A.B. Eltahir, 1996: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Soil Saturation and Precipitation Based on Direct Observations from Illinois. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Participated in the ASCE conference on Women Faculty in Structural Engineering, Spring 1993.

Findell, Kirsten L. and Ahmet S. Cakmak, 1992: Modeling and Simulating Earthquake Accelerograms Using Strong-Motion Data from the Istanbul, Turkey region. ASCE Summer Conference.

Theses:

Findell, Kirsten L.: Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 2001.

Findell, Kirsten L.: An Analysis of the Relationships Between Soil Moisture, Boundary Layer Conditions, and Rainfall, Based on Direct Observations from Illinois. Master's Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 1997.

Findell, Kirsten L.: Modeling and Simulating Earthquake Accelerograms Using Strong-Motion Data from the Istanbul, Turkey region. Bachelor's Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research, Princeton University, June 1992.

Professional Service

Review of books and journal articles for Cambridge University Press, the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters, the Journal of Hydrometeorology, Hydrological Processes, Advances in Water Resources, the International Journal of Climatology, Climate Dynamics and the World Scientific Publishing Company (Singapore). Review of proposals for NOAA's Climate and Global Change Progam and NOAA's Climate Prediction Project for the Americas Program.

Awards and Honors

National Science Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship	1994-97
National Association of Geology Teachers Summer Internship Grant	1992
W. Mack Angas Prize: Awarded to the top graduating student in the Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research	1992
W. Taylor Thom, Jr. Prize: Awarded to the top graduating student in the Geological Engineering Program	1992
Granted Membership to Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society	1992
J. Rich Steers Award	1991
The B.F. Howell Junior Geology Prize: Awarded for excellent achievement in the Geology Department during the junior year	1991
National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Supplement	1990-92

Work Experience

The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, June 2002 to present
- Research Physical Scientist
Princeton University, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, April 2001 to May 2002
- Visiting Scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. February 2001
- Post-doctoral research associate
ENVIRON Corporation, Counsel in Health and Environmental Sciences, Princeton, NJ, 1992-4
- Engineer working on a variety of projects, including groundwater modelling for source identification and remediation recommendation at a large Superfund site in New Jersey, and air quality monitoring at a Superfund site in central Pennsylvania
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Lakewood, CO, Summer 1992
- Summer intern on the National Water Quality Assessment Program on the South Platte River

Teaching Experience

M.I.T.: Introduction to Hydrology, Teaching Assistant, Fall 1998
Princeton: Introduction to Geology, Lab and Field Assistant, 1991-2