Uma Bhatt
I majored in Mechanical Engineering as an undergraduate and was planning to attend graduate school in the area of alternate energy. After finishing my BS degree, I joined the U.S. Peace Corps and served as a high school math teacher in Kenya for two years (1983-85). The dramatic drought in East Africa during this time and the amazing atmospheric phenomena I experienced at our rural secondary school made me decide to pursue a graduate degree in Atmospheric Sciences. This has turned out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made! We are living through a particularly exciting time in atmospheric sciences as our understanding of the chemistry and physics of the earth system is advancing at a phenomenal rate. In addition, we are observing dramatic changes in the climate. Atmospheric science requires strong math, computer, and science skills. If you think you are interested in pursuing a career in this field, do not hesitate to contact me or any of the other Atmospheric Sciences faculty at UAF. UAF has excellent resources (extensive library resources, supercomputer center, and experts on polar processes in a variety of areas) and is a place where a resourceful student can excel. Doing research and teaching is a bit like the Peace Corps, namely "The toughest job you will ever love".
- Role of Sea Ice, Oceans, & Land in Climate Variability and Change
- Multi-decadal Climate Variability
- Climate in Alaska
- Complex Systems Research
- Associate Professor Univ. Alaska Fairbanks in the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences & Geophysical Institute (2004 - present)
- Research Associate Professor Univ. Alaska Fairbanks at IARC-Frontier (2003)
- Research Assistant Professor Univ. Alaska Fairbanks at IARC-Frontier (1998 - 2003)
- Post Doctoral Researcher, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (1997 -1998)
- Research Scientist at Ross Computational Resources (1996 - 1997)
- US. Peace Corps Volunteer at Sochoi Secondary School, Kenya (1983 - 1985)
- V. Masson-Delmotte, D. Swingedouw, A. Landais, M. Seidenkrantz, E. Gauthier, V. Bichet, C. Massa, B. Perren, V. Jomelli , G. Adalgeisdottir, J. Hesselbjerg Christensen, J.Arneborg, U.S. Bhatt, D.A. Walker, B. Elbering, F. Gillette-Chaulet, C. Ritz, H. Gallée, M. van den Boreke, X. Fettweis, A. de Vernal, and B. Vinter, 2011: Greenland climate change: from the past to the future, submitted to WIREs Climate Change.
- Dammann, D. O, U.S. Bhatt, P.L. Langen, J. Krieger, X. Zhang, 2011: Impact of Daily Arctic Sea Ice Variability in CAM3.0 During Fall and Winter, submitted to J. Climate.
- Polyakov, I.V., U.S. Bhatt, J. E. Walsh, E. P. Abrahamsen, 2011: Recent oceanic changes in the Arctic in the context of longer term observations, submitted to Ecological Applications.
- Epstein, H. E., M. K. Raynolds, D. A. Walker, U. S. Bhatt, C. J. Tucker, and J. E. Pinzon, 2011: Dynamics of aboveground phytomass of the circumpolar arctic tundra during the past three decades, in revision for Environmental Research Letters.
- Bieniek, P. A., U.S. Bhatt, R.L. Thoman, H. Angeloff, J. Partain, J. Papineau, F. Fritsch, E. Holloway, J.E. Walsh, C. Daly, M. Shulski, G. Hufford, D.F. Hill, S. Calos, and R. Gens, 2011: Climate divisions for Alaska based on objective methods, in revision for J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
- Legatt, R., I.V. Polyakov, U.S. Bhatt, X. Zhang, 2011: North Atlantic Variability Driven by Atmospheric and Oceanic Stochastic Forcing in a Simple Box Model, in revision for Tellus A.
- Walker, D.A., H.E. Epstein, M.K. Raynolds, P. Kuss, M.A. Kopecky, G.V. Frost, F.J.A. Daniëls, M.O. Leibman, N.G. Moskalenko, G.V. Matyshak, O.V. Khitun, A.V. Khomutov, B.C. Forbes, U.S. Bhatt, A.N. Kade, C.M. Vonlanthen, 2011: Environment, vegetation and greenness (NDVI) along the North America and Eurasia Arctic transects, Environmental Research Letters, in press.
