Matthew Higgins, PostDoc

Research Interests

  • atmosphere-land and atmosphere-sea ice feedbacks
  • influence of sea ice and the land surface on synoptic weather patterns
  • impacts of climate variability and extreme climate events on the terrestrial ecosystem

Recent Publications

  • Higgins, M.E., J. He, J.J. Cassano, A. Craig, W. Gutowski, J. Jakacki, D. Lettenmaier, W. Maslowski, A. Roberts, and C. Zhu, 2012. The Regional Arctic Climate Model (RACM): Atmospheric implementation and validation, J. Climate, accepted pending revisions.
  • Glisan, J.M., W.J. Gutowski, J.J. Cassano, and M.E. Higgins, 2012. Effects of Spectral Nudging on Temperature and Precipitation Simulations, J. Climate, in preparation.
  • Cassano, E.N., J.J. Cassano, M.E. Higgins, and M. Serreze, 2012. Atmospheric impacts of an Arctic sea ice minimum as seen in the Community Atmospheric Model, Int. J. Climatol., in preparation.
  • Maslowski, W., J. Clement Kinney, M.E. Higgins, and A.Roberts, 2011. Future of Arctic Sea Ice, Annu. Rev. Earth Pl. Sc., in press.
  • Higgins, M.E. and J.J. Cassano, 2011. Northern Alaskan land surface response to reduced Arctic sea ice extent, Clim. Dynam., early online release, doi: 10.1007/s00382-011-1095-0.
  • Cassano, J.J., M.E. Higgins, and M.W. Seefeldt, 2011. Performance of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model for Month-long pan-Arctic Simulations, Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 3469-3488, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05065.1
  • Higgins, M.E. and J.J. Cassano, 2010. Response of Arctic 1000 hPa circulation to changes in horizontal resolution and sea ice forcing in the Community Atmospheric Model, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D17114, doi:10.1029/2009JD013440.
  • Higgins, M. E. and J.J. Cassano, 2009. Impacts of reduced sea ice on winter Arctic atmospheric circulation, precipitation, and temperature, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D16107, doi:10.1029/2009JD011884.

Education

  • Ph.D., 2010. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Colorado at Boulder.
  • M.S., 2007. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Colorado at Boulder.
  • M.S., 2001. Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University.
  • B.S., 1999. Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia.