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chris.fletcher@uwaterloo.ca
Chris Fletcher joined GEM in 2010 and has served as department chair since 2023. His research program uses computer models and satellite observations of the global climate system to better understand global and regional climate variability and change on timescales from seasons to centuries. His primary research interest is in leveraging modern observational and data science techniques to improve the Earth system models we rely on for quantitative projections of future climate. These models are incredibly complex pieces of software and run on some of the world's most powerful supercomputers. As such, group members develop skills in scientific computing, as well as physical climatology, and analysis of big data.
For more information, or if you are interested in joining Chris' group as a research assistant, or graduate student, please visit Chris Fletcher's research group.
Key Areas of Graduate Supervision
Earth system modelling, satellite Earth observation and monitoring, climate dynamics and change, land surface processes, hydrologic change, cold regions, snow albedo feedback..
Recent Courses Taught
GEOG 408: Earth's Future Climate
GEMCC 610: Climate Prediction, Modeling, and Scenarios