Additional Campus Affiliations
Research Assistant Professor, Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Assistant Research Scientist, Climatology, Illinois State Water Survey
State Climatologist, Illinois State Water Survey
Recent Publications
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
Ford, T. W., Otkin, J. A., Quiring, S. M., Lisonbee, J., Woloszyn, M., Wang, J., & Zhong, Y. (2023). Flash Drought Indicator Intercomparison in the United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 62(12), 1713-1730. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-23-0081.1
Matus, S. A., Dominguez, F., & Ford, T. W. (2023). Land and Atmosphere Conditions prior to Extreme Great Plains Low-Level Jets. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24(4), 783-800. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-22-0045.1