Sarah Larson
Assistant Professor
NC State University
Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Area(s) of Expertise
My research interests focus on untangling fundamental drivers of climate variability and climate change. I concentrate primarily on how different atmosphere-ocean processes generate large-scale changes in atmospheric and oceanic circulation and temperature. Recently, I am interested in the role of the ocean in setting the pace of climate change as well as how El Niño and La Niña impacts on North America will change in a future climate. I test my hypotheses by designing experiments that require computationally-intensive complex climate models and observationally-based datasets.