BREE Researchers Present at AMS Annual Meeting and Dr. Dupigny-Giroux Receives Honors

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) held its 100th annual meeting from January 12-16, 2020, with three BREE researchers on hand to present findings and receive honors.

Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux was inducted as a Fellow of the AMS during the annual meeting. As a Fellow, Dupigny-Giroux is among a select group of AMS members recognized for their outstanding contributions to the atmospheric, oceanic or hydrologic sciences over a substantial period of years.

An applied climatologist by training, Dupigny-Giroux's research interests intersect several fields including hydroclimatic natural hazards and climate literacy, as well as the use of remote sensing and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in the fields of spatial climate and land-surface processes. Dupigny-Giroux is the State Climatologist for Vermont.

BREE Graduate Research Assistant, Caitlin Crossett, presented her poster titled "Using a Self-Organizing Map to Identify Synoptic Patterns in Heavy Precipitation Events in the Northeastern US" at the AMS's 34th Conference on Hydrology.

Giorgio Sarro, a 2019 undergraduate BREE intern, presented his poster titled "Meteorological Predictors of Droughts in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Eastern New York." This poster featured research he completed as a part of the BREE Summer Undergraduate Research Program and was presented at the AMS's 19th Annual Student Conference.

For more information about the AMS 2020 annual meeting, visit https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2020.