Research Projects

Ongoing Research

A small stream surrounded by melting snow. Attribution: https://www.deviantart.com/thesleepyrabbit/art/Snow-Melt-519165575
Using data-driven models to improve forecasts of growing-season water supply in Colorado

Last Updated: May 13th, 2025

Image: Snow melting in Roosevelt National Forest.
Understanding Changes in Global Extreme Precipitation Using Machine Learning

Using climate model output and satellite observations, we train a series of convolutional neural networks to understand the underlying physical mechanisms contributing to extreme precipitation in different regions around the globe.

Last Updated: June 28, 2024

Image: Flooding in Greeley, Colorado (30 miles east of Fort Collins) in September, 2013.

Previous Research

image of flooded street

Economic costs of extreme precipitation and flooding under climate change

image of flooded river raging under an arched bridge

Snowmelt-driven vs. rain-driven flooding in the Western United States