Thomas J Ballinger

My research intersects Arctic weather-climate processes and cryosphere behaviors. Two current, broad areas of active research include glacial ice-atmosphere-ocean interactions, and impacts of sea-ice conditions on meso-to-synoptic scale weather and climate. Recent collaborative efforts have examined: 1) the influence of Baffin Bay ice cover/open water on Greenland coastal climate and ice sheet mass balance, and upper-air atmospheric circulation (e.g. Greenland Blocking characteristics), 2) subseasonal ocean-atmosphere conditions effecting the Pacific Arctic sea ice melt, and 3) physical linkages between Arctic marginal sea ice conditions, the polar jet stream, and boreal mid-latitude temperature and precipitation extremes.