Dr. Noah Diffenbaugh

Education

PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz

Research Interests

Climate Change, Biosphere-Atmosphere Feedbacks, Paleoclimatology, Earth System Modeling

Teaching Interests

Global Environmental Change, Ecological Climatology and Paleoclimatology

EAS 591A Writing Successful Science Proposal

Awards and Honors

James R. Holton Junior Scientist Award, Atmospheric Sciences Section, AGU, 2006

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 2004 -

Postgraduate Research Earth Scientist, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2003 - 2004

Sub-Daily Scale Extreme Precipitation in Future Climate-Change Scenarios: A Pilot Study, National Science Foundation, Award #0402054, February 1, 2006 to January 31, 2008, $275,075. (Trapp is P.I.)

Collaborative Research: Water Balance of western North America: Dynamics of the Miocene summer monsoon, National Science Foundation, Award #0450221, February 15, 2005 to January 31, 2008, $230,060. Co-PI: Huber.

Collaborative Research: Surface-Atmosphere Feedbacks and Holocene Climate Variations in Eastern North America: Linkages, Impacts, and Governing Mechanisms, National Science Foundation, Award #0315677. Subcontract with University of California, Santa Cruz, July 1, 2004 to September 30, 2007, $179,750.

Collaborative Research: Investigation of Holocene Seasonality and Inter-annual variability along the California Current System , National Science Foundation, Award # 0402054, May 1, 2004 to April 30, 2007, P.I.: Diffenbaugh, $148,879.

Selected Publications <More>

• Ashfaq, M., Y. Shi, W.-w. Tung, R.J. Trapp, X. Gao, J.S. Pal and N.S. Diffenbaugh, Suppression of South Asian summer monsoon precipitation in the 21st century, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L01704, doi:10.1029/2008GL036500, 2009.
  

• Trapp, R.J., N.S. Diffenbaugh and A. Gluhovsky, Projected trends in severe, extratropical thunderstorm forcing, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L01703, doi:10.1029/2008GL036203, 2009.
  

• Diffenbaugh, N.S., R.J. Trapp and H.E. Brooks, Does global warming influence tornado activity?, Eos, 89(53), 553-554, 2008.
  

• Cook, E.R., P.J. Bartlein, N. Diffenbaugh, R. Seager, B.N. Shuman, R.S. Webb, J.W. Williams, and C. Woodhouse, 2008: Hydrological variability and change. In: Abrupt Climate Change. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, pp. 143–257.
  

• Diffenbaugh, N.S., C.H. Krupke, M.A. White and C.E. Alexander, Global warming presents new challenges for maize pest management, Environmental Research Letters, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/044007, 2008.
  

• Jackson, R.B., J.T. Randerson, P. Canadell, R. Anderson, R. Avissar, D.D. Baldocchi, G.B. Bonan, K. Caldeira, N.S. Diffenbaugh, C.B. Field, B.A. Hungate, L.M. Kueppers and D.E. Pataki, Protecting climate with forests, Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/044006, 2008.
  

• Giorgi, F., N.S. Diffenbaugh, X.J. Gao, E. Coppola, S.K. Dash, O. Frumento, I. Seidou Sanda, S. Rauscher, A. Remedio, A. Steiner, B. Sylla and A. Zakey, The regional climate change hyper-matrix framework, Eos, 89(45), 445-446, 2008.
  

• Diffenbaugh, N.S., F. Giorgi and J.S. Pal, Climate change hotspots in the United States, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L16709, doi:10.1029/2008GL035075, 2008.
  

• Rauscher, S.A., J.S. Pal, N.S. Diffenbaugh and Michael Benedetti, Future changes in runoff timing over the western United States, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L16703, doi:10.1029/2008GL034424, 2008.
  

• Giorgi, F. and N. Diffenbaugh, Developing regional climate change scenarios for use in assessment of effects on human health and disease, Climate Research, 36(2), 141–151, 2008.
  

• Rauscher, S.A., F. Giorgi, N.S. Diffenbaugh, and A. Seth, Extension and intensification of the Meso-American mid-summer drought in the 21st century, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-007-0359-1, 2008.
  

• Diffenbaugh, N.S., F. Giorgi, L. Raymond and X. Bi, Indicators of 21st century socioclimatic exposure, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(51), 20195-20198, 2007.
  

• Trapp, R.J., N.S. Diffenbaugh, H.E. Brooks, M. Baldwin, E.D. Robinson, and J.S. Pal, Changes in severe thunderstorm environment frequency in the 21st century due to anthropogenically enhanced global radiative forcing, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(50), 19719-19723, 2007.
  

• Trapp, R.J., B. A. Halvorson and N.S. Diffenbaugh, Telescoping, multi-model approaches to evaluate extreme convective weather under future climates, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112, D20109, doi:10.1029/2006JD008345, 2007.
  

• Pal, J.S., F. Giorgi, X. Bi, N. Elguindi, F. Solmon, X. Gao, Sara A. Rauscher, R. Francisco, A. Zakey, J. Winter, M. Ashfaq, F.S. Syed, J.L. Bell, N.S. Diffenbaugh, J. Karmacharya, A. Konare, D. Martinez, R.P. da Rocha, L.C. Sloan and A. Steiner, Regional climate modeling for the developing world: The ICTP RegCM3 and RegCNET, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88(9), 1395-1409, 2007.
  

• Diffenbaugh, N.S., and M. Ashfaq, Response of California Current forcing to mid-Holocene changes in insolation and sea surface temperature, Paleoceanography, 22, PA3101, doi:10.1029/2006PA001382, 2007.
  

• Diffenbaugh, N.S., J.S. Pal, F. Giorgi and X. Gao, Heat stress intensification in the Mediterranean climate change hotspot, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L11706, doi:10.1029/2007GL030000, 2007.

• Diffenbaugh, Noah S., M. Ashfaq, B. Shuman, J.W. Williams and P.J. Bartlein, Summer aridity in the United States: Response to mid-Holocene changes in insolation and sea surface temperature, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L22712, doi:10.1029/2006GL028012, 2006.

• White, M.A., N.S. Diffenbaugh, G.V. Jones, J.S. Pal and F. Giorgi, Extreme heat reduces and shifts United States premium wine production in the 21st century, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103(30), 11217-11222, 2006.

• Diffenbaugh, N.S., J.L. Bell and L.C. Sloan, Simulated changes in extreme temperature and precipitation events at 6 ka, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 236(1-2), 151-168, 2006.

• Diffenbaugh, N.S., J.S. Pal, R.J. Trapp and F. Giorgi, Fine-scale processes regulate the response of extreme events to global climate change, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(44), 15774-15778, 2005.

• Diffenbaugh, N.S., Response of large-scale eastern boundary current forcing in the 21st century, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L19718, doi:10.1029/2005GL023905, 2005.

• Diffenbaugh, Noah S., Sensitivity of extreme climate events to CO2-induced biophysical atmosphere-vegetation feedbacks in the western United States, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L07702, doi:10.1029/2004GL022184, 2005.

• Diffenbaugh, Noah S., Atmosphere-land cover feedbacks alter the response of surface temperature to CO2 forcing in the western United States, Climate Dynamics, 24(2-3), 237-251, 2005. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0503-0.