A Hotter, Drier Colorado

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James White
James White is a Professor of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies and the Director of Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1983. His research primarily focuses on climate change and the loss of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through land plants in the Earth's climate. White specifically researches climate from stable hydrogen isotopes in carbon dioxide concentrations, organic material, deuterium excess, and ice cores.
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Theodore Scambos
Theodore Scambos is a Senior Research Associate for the Cooperative Institute for Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and Lead Scientist for the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). He received his PhD from the University of Colorado in 1991 and specializes in glaciology, remote sensing of the poles, climate change effects on the cryosphere, Antarctic history, geochemistry and planetary science. He is also a member of IceTrek, a research expedition that tracked an iceberg's journey in the South Atlantic. In this 2006 study, Scambos and his team worked to determine the stages of iceberg break-up caused by global warming.
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Mark Serreze
Mark Serreze is a Research Professor for the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), and Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Some of his research interests include arctic climate variability, high latitude atmospheric circulation, numerical weather prediction in high latitudes, and the hydrologic cycle. Currently, he is working on evaluating causes for the declining sea ice cover, studying aspects of the Arctic's large-scale heat and freshwater budgets, and examining the role of Greenland and the surrounding area on cyclone development and poleward heat and moisture transports.
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Brad Udall
Brad Udall is the Director of Western Water Assessment and a Professional Research Assistant for the Cooperative Institute for Environmental Sciences (CIRES). The Western Water Assessment is one of the NOAA-funded Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment programs that help connect climate science with decision-making. Udall works closely with Denver Water and other water providers that rely on the Colorado River.
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Richard Armstrong
Richard Armstrong is a Senior Research Scientist for the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), a Cooperative Institute for Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Fellow, and an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Armstrong specializes in remote sensing of snow, ice and frozen ground and the physical and mechanical properties of snow. He has helped enhance methods to map global snow cover by combining optical data from MODIS and passive microwave data from AMER-E in addition to studying microwave sensor calibration.
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