Christopher Phillips

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Education

Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville (2023)
M.S. Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville (2017)
B.S. Physics and Earth Systems Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville (2015)

Interests

Machine learning and AI, Land-atmosphere interactions, Planetary boundary layer Numerical modeling, Land-cover change, Microscale instrumentation

Courses Taught

MET 103L Introduction to Meteorology Lab
MET 330 Meteorological Computer Applications
MET 480 Synoptic Scale Analysis and Forecasting

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Susan Alexander, Aaron Kaulfus, C. E. Phillips, Bob Baron, John N McHenry, Udaysankar Nair. Utility of a Low-Cost, Dense Sensor Network for the Study of Air Quality Impact Upon Human Health in Urban and Rural Areas. Annual review of nursing research 38, 1–14 (2019).

Rappin, E., Mahmood, R., Nair, U., Pielke, R. A., Brown, W., Oncley, S., Wurman, J., Kosiba, K., Kaulfus, A., Phillips, C., Lachenmeier, E., Santanello, J., Kim, E., & Lawston- Parker, P. (2021). The Great Plains Irrigation Experiment (GRAINEX). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1–66 (September, 2021). doi:10.1175/bams-d-20-0041.1

Phillips, C. E., Nair, U. S., Mahmood, R., Rappin, E. & Pielke, R. A. Influence of Irrigation on Diurnal Mesoscale Circulations: Results from GRAINEX. Geophys. Res. Lett. 1–12 (2022). doi:10.1029/2021gl096822

Phillips, C. E., Nair, U. S., Christopher S., The Influence of Dust-Smoke Mixtures on Boundary Layer Processes and Nocturnal Warming in the Sahel, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres (2022). doi: 10.1029/2021JD036349

Nair, U. S., Phillips, C., Dasgupta, S. & Mitra, C. Impact of growth of a medium-sized Indian coastal city on urban climate: A case study using data fusion and analytics. Urban Clim 49, 101525 (2023).

Lachenmeier, Emilee; Mahmood, Rezaul; Phillips, Chris; Nair, Udaysankar; Rappin, Eric; Pielke, Roger A; Brown, William; Oncley, Steve; Wurman, Joshua; Kosiba, Karen; Kaulfus, Aaron; Santanello, Joseph; Kim, Edward; Lawston-Parker, Patricia; Hayes, Michael; and Franz, Trenton E. Irrigated Agriculture Significantly Modifies Seasonal Boundary Layer Atmosphere and Lower Tropospheric Convective Environment. J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim. (2024) doi:10.1175/jamc-d-23-0020.1.

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Mukkavilli, S Karthik; Civitarese, Daniel Salles; Schmude, Johannes; Jakubik, Johannes; Jones, Anne; Nguyen, Nam; Phillips, Christopher; Roy, Sujit; Singh, Shraddha; Watson, Campbell; Ganti, Raghu; Hamann, Hendrik; Nair, Udaysankar; Ramachandran, Rahul; Weldemariam, Kommy, AI Foundation Models for Weather and Climate: Applications, Design, and Implementation. arXiv (2023) doi:10.48550/arxiv.2309.10808.

Johannes Jakubik, Sujit Roy, C. E. Phillips, Paolo Fraccaro, Denys Godwin, Bianca Zadrozny, Daniela Szwarcman, Carlos Gomes, Gabby Nyirjesy, Blair Edwards, Daiki Kimura, Naomi Simumba, Linsong Chu, S Karthik Mukkavilli, Devyani Lambhate, Kamal Das, Ranjini Bangalore, Dario Oliveira, Michal Muszynski, Kumar Ankur, Muthukumaran Ramasubramanian, Iksha Gurung, Sam Khallaghi, Hanxi, Li, Michael Cecil, Maryam Ahmadi, Fatemeh Kordi, Hamed Alemohammad, Manil Maskey, Raghu Ganti, Kommy Weldemariam, Rahul Ramachandran. Foundation Models for Generalist Geospatial Artificial Intelligence. arXiv (2023).

Data Sets

Phillips, C., Roy, S., Ankur, K., Ramachandran, R., HLS Foundation Burnscars Dataset, 2023, https://doi.org/10.57967/hf/0956.

Nair, U., Phillips, C., Kaulfus, A. 2019. EMESH Surface Station Observations. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR – Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/ZEP0-XK4N-AW01.

Grants

2018-2020 Alabama EPSCoR Graduate Research Scholars Program, “Aerosols as an indirect pathway for modification of Sahel climate induced by land use change.”

2024 Oak Ridge SummitPLUS Award, “Understanding Extreme Weather Events with AI Forecast Emulators”

External Service

Christopher Phillips was involved with the Huntsville chapter of the American Meteorological Society in planning local outreach events and serving as a panelist. He spent three years serving as the UAH local WxChallenge manager, is a volunteer reviewer for UAH’s undergraduate research publication Perpetua, and served as a session convener at AGU 2023. When requested he reviews articles for academic journals.