Atmospheric Rivers: What's up with them?

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Join CIRES E&O virtually on April 27th to learn all about what Atmospheric Rivers are, how we monitor them, and why they have made such an impact in the U.S. this winter. We will be joined by NOAA expert, Dr. Mimi Hughes and an avalanche expert from California. Join us for 20 minutes of presentation followed by 30 minutes of Q&A. We invite students and families to ask questions live to experts during the Q&A session. 
About our speakers: 
Dr. Mimi Hughes got her B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Penn State University, and her M.S. and PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. After her PhD, she began working at NOAA’s Earth Science Research Laboratory (ESRL), Physical Sciences Division, which is now the Physical Sciences Laboratory. She began working in PSL as a National Research Council Postdoctoral fellow, continued as a CIRES research scientist, and is currently as a NOAA Research Meteorologist in the Hydrology Applications Division. 
Mimi's current research focuses on improving understanding and model representation of hydrometeorological events that result in droughts and floods, especially in the contiguous United States. She diagnoses the ability of high-resolution models to properly represent physical processes key to hydrometeorological event simulation, working toward understanding the sensitivity of these processes to model configuration. She also focuses on improving our understanding of future projections of hydroclimate, especially in the mountainous western United States.