Kim Wood
- Associate Professor, Hydrology / Atmospheric Sciences
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-2139
- John W. Harshbarger Building, Rm. 122
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- kimwood@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences
- The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Evaluating the impacts of eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones on North America utilizing remotely sensed and reanalysis data
- M.S. Atmospheric Sciences
- The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- B.S. Physics
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Work Experience
- The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2023 - Ongoing)
- Mississippi State University (2022 - 2023)
- Mississippi State University (2015 - 2022)
- The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2012 - 2015)
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Tropical Meteorology
ATMO 580 (Spring 2025) -
Weather Forecasting II
ATMO 474B (Spring 2025) -
Weather Forecasting II
ATMO 574B (Spring 2025) -
Current Topics: Hydrology/Atmo
HWRS 495A (Fall 2024) -
Dissertation
ATMO 920 (Fall 2024) -
Research
ATMO 900 (Fall 2024) -
Topics in Hydrology+Atmo Sci
HWRS 595A (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Independent Study
HWRS 699 (Spring 2024) -
Research
ATMO 900 (Spring 2024) -
Weather Forecasting II
ATMO 474B (Spring 2024) -
Weather Forecasting II
ATMO 574B (Spring 2024)
Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Hoffman, J. S., McNulty, S. G., Brown, C., Dello, K. D., Knox, P. N., Lascurain, A., Mickalonis, C., Mitchum, G. T., Rivers, I. L., Schaefer, M., Smith, G. P., Camp, J. S., & Wood, K. M. (2023). Southeast. In Fifth National Climate Assessment(p. 22). U.S. Global Change Research Program.
Journals/Publications
- Diamond, H. J., Schreck, C. J., Allgood, A., Becker, E. J., Blake, E. S., Bringas, F. G., Camargo, S. J., Chen, L., Coelho, C. A., Fauchereau, N., Fogarty, C., Goldenberg, S. B., Goni, G., Harnos, D. S., He, Q., Hu, Z., Klotzbach, P. J., Knaff, J. A., Kumar, A., , L???Heureux, M., et al. (2023). The Tropics. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(9), S207 - S270.
- Stackhouse, S. D., Zick, S. E., Matyas, C. J., Wood, K. M., Hazelton, A. T., & Alaka, G. J. (2023). Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics. Weather and Forecasting, 38(10), 2111 - 2134.
- Wood, K., Yanase, W., Beven, J., Camargo, S. J., Courtney, J. B., Fogarty, C., Fukuda, J., Kitabatake, N., Kucas, M., McTaggart-Cowan, R., Reboita, M. S., & Riboldi, J. (2023). Phase transitions between tropical, subtropical, and extratropical cyclones: A review from IWTC-10. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 12(4), 294-308.
- Wood, K. M., Rodríguez-Herrera, O. G., Ritchie, E. A., Piñeros, M. F., Hernández, I. A., & Tyo, J. S. (2015).
Tropical Cyclogenesis Detection in the North Pacific Using the Deviation Angle Variance Technique
. Weather and Forecasting, 30(6), 1663-1672. doi:10.1175/waf-d-14-00113.1 - Ritchie, E. A., Wood, K. M., Rodríguez-Herrera, O. G., Piñeros, M. F., & Tyo, J. S. (2014).
Satellite-Derived Tropical Cyclone Intensity in the North Pacific Ocean Using the Deviation-Angle Variance Technique
. Weather and Forecasting, 29(3), 505-516. doi:10.1175/waf-d-13-00133.1 - Wood, K. M., & Ritchie, E. A. (2014).
A 40-Year Climatology of Extratropical Transition in the Eastern North Pacific
. Journal of Climate, 27(15), 5999-6015. doi:10.1175/jcli-d-13-00645.1 - Wood, K. M., & Ritchie, E. A. (2013).
An Updated Climatology of Tropical Cyclone Impacts on the Southwestern United States
. Monthly Weather Review, 141(12), 4322-4336. doi:10.1175/mwr-d-13-00078.1 - Wood, K. M., & Ritchie, E. A. (2012).
The Unusual Behavior and Precipitation Pattern Associated with Tropical Storm Ignacio (1997)
. Monthly Weather Review, 140(10), 3347-3360. doi:10.1175/mwr-d-11-00284.1 - Ritchie, E. A., Wood, K. M., Gutzler, D. S., & White, S. R. (2011).
The Influence of Eastern Pacific Tropical Cyclone Remnants on the Southwestern United States
. Monthly Weather Review, 139(1), 192-210. doi:10.1175/2010mwr3389.1
