Daniel Swain

Daniel Swain
Born 1989
San Rafael, California
Residence Palo Alto, California
Nationality American
Fields Meteorology Climatology
Institutions Stanford University
Alma mater Stanford University
UC Davis
Doctoral advisor Noah Diffenbaugh[1]
Known for Ridiculously Resilient Ridge

Daniel Swain is a climate scientist at Stanford University. He is frequently cited in the press as an expert on California weather, climate change in California, and the 2012–15 North American drought.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] He coined the term "Ridiculously Resilient Ridge" for a persistent region of high pressure over the Pacific during the 2013 and 2014 winters.[10]

Biography

Swain grew up in San Rafael, California, where he built a weather station on his parents' roof.[11] In high school, he started his blog Weather West,[12][13] which he says now has a million annual readers,[11] and which has been described as "a must-read for weather nerds".[12] Swain attended college at UC Davis, and graduated in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in atmospheric science, before entering the PhD program at Stanford University.[11][14]

Research

According to Bay Nature magazine, Swain's research "focuses on the causes of persistent patterns in the atmosphere — like the ones that cause drought or exceptional rain in California — and how climate change might be affecting them".[12][15] Among others, he has co-authored the scientific papers "The Extraordinary California Drought of 2013/2014: Character, Context, and the Role of Climate Change" and "Anthropogenic warming has increased drought risk in California".[16]

Swain has been cited by the magazine High Country News as one of ten "young leaders changing the West".[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Swain, Daniel. "Teaching". Stanford University. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Xia, Rosanna (December 10, 2015). "Wettest start to an El Niño season in Pacific Northwest as storms hit California". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Deanno, Paul (December 2, 2015). "El Niño Rains Coming, But Likely Not Much In December". CBS SF Bay Area. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Appleton, Rory (December 10, 2015). "Rain in Valley expected to continue into Friday". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Brekke, Dan (November 23, 2015). "OK, So Where Is This El Niño Already?". KQED News. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Karlamangla, Soumya (September 13, 2015). "Valley fire spread with 'mind-boggling' speed, experts say". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Swain, Daniel (November 20, 2015). "El Nino Forecast for California: Batten Down the Hatches". KQED. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Miller, Craig (September 17, 2015). "Why the Worst of Fire Season May Lie Ahead". KQED. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  9. ↑ Rong-Gong, Lin (September 10, 2015). "A monster El Niño is likely, but there are 'no guarantees'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  10. ↑ Swain, Daniel. "The extraordinary California dry spell continues: 2013 will probably be the driest year on record". Weather West. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 Fagan, Kevin (April 18, 2015). "'New normal’: Scientists predict less rain from here on out". SF Chronicle. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 Simons, Eric (July 20, 2015). "First Person: Watching the Weather with Daniel Swain". Bay Nature magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Madson, Diana (November 3, 2015). "A Young Climate Scientist". Yale Climate Connections. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  14. ↑ Swain, Daniel. "Daniel Swain". Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Science. Stanford University. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  15. ↑ Swain, Daniel. "Daniel Swain". Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  16. ↑ Swain, Daniel. "Publications". Stanford University. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  17. ↑ Goldfarb, Ben (January 13, 2015). "Young leaders changing the West". High Country News. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

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