Additional Campus Affiliations
State Climatologist, Illinois State Water Survey
Assistant Research Scientist, Climatology, Illinois State Water Survey
Research Assistant Professor, Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Recent Publications
Alexander, N., Dickinson, A., Benson, T. J., Ford, T. W., Mateus-Pinilla, N., Arneson, J., & Davis, M. A. (Accepted/In press). Waterbird disease in the United States Laurentian Great Lakes under climate change. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 50(6), Article 102450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102450
Christian, J. I., Hobbins, M., Hoell, A., Otkin, J. A., Ford, T. W., Cravens, A. E., Powlen, K. A., Wang, H., & Mishra, V. (2024). Flash drought: A state of the science review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 11(3), Article e1714. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1714
Corak, N. K., Otkin, J. A., Ford, T. W., & Lowman, L. E. L. (2024). Unraveling phenological and stomatal responses to flash drought and implications for water and carbon budgets. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(8), 1827-1851. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1827-2024
Chen, L., & Ford, T. W. (2023). Future changes in the transitions of monthly-to-seasonal precipitation extremes over the Midwest in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 models. International Journal of Climatology, 43(1), 255-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7756
Chen, L., Ford, T. W., & Swenson, E. (2023). The Role of the Circulation Patterns in Projected Changes in Spring and Summer Precipitation Extremes in the U.S. Midwest. Journal of Climate, 36(6), 1943-1956. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0245.1