Marilyn Raphael

Marilyn Raphael
Born Trinidad
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields Climatology, environmentalism, geography
Institutions University of California, Los Angeles

Marilyn N. Raphael is a Trinidadian climatologist, best known for her work on climate change and variability in the high latitude southern hemisphere. She is a professor and former chair of the Department of Geography at UCLA.[1][2]

Early life and education

Raphael was born and grew up in Trinidad and Tobago. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from McMaster University in 1984,[3] and a Master of Arts and PhD (1990) from Ohio State University.[1]

Career

Raphael's research interests are global climate change and variability, specifically climate dynamics in the middle and high latitude of the Southern Hemisphere and the interaction between Antarctic sea ice and the atmosphere.[1][4] Her research uses global climate models and also large-scale observational databases.[5]

Professor Raphael has been teaching at UCLA since 1998. Notable courses include: Climatology, Environmental Impact Analysis, Seminar- Environmental Studies, Tropical Climatology, and Issues in Geographical Inquiry.[1][3]

Influences

Growing up, education was of the utmost importance for Raphael. Her mother was one of the key driving factors for pushing an education because she saw that education was the key to advancing in life. Raphael’s path to climatology specifically was internally driven; however, she had people in her life that served as role models and mentors. Her high school teacher as well as her undergraduate adviser were both very encouraging of her pursuits into the geosciences. Professor Raphael’s interest in the Southern Hemisphere specifically came about when she was pursuing her PhD in Geography by her PhD adviser’s adviser.

Positions and Accomplishments

Marilyn N. Raphael is a professor in the Department of Geography at UCLA and is a former chair of the department between 2010 and 2013.

Raphael is a co-chair of the SCAR (Science Committee of Antarctic Research) expert group Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (ASPeCt). She is also a co-lead of the WCRP’s (World Climate Research Programme) Polar Climate Predictability Initiative (PCPI).[5]

Raphael’s co-authored book, The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change: A Complete Visual Guide, received an Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Choice Award in 2010.[6][7]

Selected bibliography

  • Raphael, M.N. and Hobbs, W., 2014. The influence of the large‐scale atmospheric circulation on Antarctic sea ice during ice advance and retreat seasons. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(14), pp. 5037-5045.
  • Raphael, M.N., 2007. The influence of atmospheric zonal wave three on Antarctic sea ice variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 112(D12).
  • Raphael, M. and Marika Holland: 2006 Twentieth Century Simulation of the Southern Hemisphere Climate in Coupled Models. Part I: Large Scale Circulation Variability, Climate Dynamics, 26:217-228
  • Holland, M.M and Marilyn N. Raphael: 2006 Twentieth Century Simulation of the Southern Hemisphere Climate in Coupled Models. Part II: Sea Ice Conditions and Variability. Climate Dynamics, 26:229-245
  • Raphael, M.N., 2004: A zonal wave 3 index for the Southern Hemisphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 31
  • Raphael, M. N., 2003: Impact of observed sea-ice concentration on the Southern Hemisphere extratropical atmospheric circulation in summer. J. Geophys. Res., 108, No. D22, 4687
  • Raphael, M.N. 2003 Recent, Large-Scale Changes in the Extratropical Southern Hemisphere Atmospheric Circulation. J. Clim., 16, No. 17, pp. 2915-2924.
  • Raphael, M.N. 2003 A possible influence of the tropical quasi-biennialoscillation on the variability of the extratropical circulation in the Southern Hemisphere. J. Geophys. Res., 108, No. D22

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "UCLA Department of Geography". www.geog.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  2. ↑ "Polar Climate Predictability Initiative". www.climate-cryosphere.org. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  3. 1 2 "UCLA Department of Geography". www.geog.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  4. ↑ Raphael, Marilyn N.; Hobbs, Will (2014-07-28). "The influence of the large-scale atmospheric circulation on Antarctic sea ice during ice advance and retreat seasons". Geophysical Research Letters. 41 (14): 2014GL060365. Bibcode:2014GeoRL..41.5037R. doi:10.1002/2014GL060365. ISSN 1944-8007.
  5. 1 2 "Committee Membership - Antarctic Sea Ice Variability in the Southern Climate-Ocean System: A Workshop". dels.nas.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  6. ↑ "2010 ASLI Choice Awards". 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  7. ↑ Wong, Kate. "Recommended: The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change: A Complete Visual Guide".
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