Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Lesley Smith

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Education
  • M.S. Computer Information Systems, Denver University
  • M.S. Physics, University of Kansas
  • B.A. Physics, University of Colorado
  • Ph.D. Physics, University of Kansas

Research Interests

Dr. Lesley L. Smith is a physicist in the University of Colorado's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. Her research interests include climate diagnostics and variability on seasonal to centennial time scales, ENSO impacts, attribution of weather and climate-related extremes, chemistry climate interactions and climate modeling. 

Dr. Smith is committed to increasing diversity in the scientific community and is a longtime mentor in NSF's Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) program. She has also participated in programs of organizations such as PROmoting Geoscience Research, Education & SuccesS (PROGRESS)Blacks in Government (BIG), and The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).

Current Research

Dr. Smith is currently working on extreme weather, extratropical cyclones and atmospheric rivers on seasonal-to-subseasonal timescales and how they're mediated by phenomena such as ENSO and MJO, and on High Resolution Unified Forecast System model diagnostics. 

Research Categories

Atmosphere, Chemistry, Climate and Weather, Water Resources
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