Topics
Impact of climate change on ecosystems of the Southwest United States and Wisconsin
Vegetation feedbacks to climate
Regional climate modeling: Great Lakes water levels and lake-effect snow
Wisconsin climate change
Achievements
Direct weekly group meetings on vegetation-climate interactions and regional climate modeling/Great Lakes
Member, Climate Working Group, Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts
Developer, 9-part WICCI climate change seminar series for Wisconsin Public Television
Funded by NOAA, DOE, USDA, EPA, CPEP, King Saud University
Areas of Expertise
Global and regional climate modeling; land-ocean-atmosphere interactions and feedbacks; dynamic vegetation modeling; climate change and its impacts on terrestrial ecosystems; lake-effect snow; Great Lakes hydrology; Middle Eastern dust storms; weather extremes.
Dr. Notaro's research interests span the following topics: land-ocean-atmosphere interactions, climate change impacts on ecosystems, dynamical downscaling, hydrology of the Great Lakes Basin, lake-effect snow, monsoon dynamics, and dust storm mechanisms.