NOAA - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Dr. David Wright is a Physical Scientist at GLERL specializing in lake-atmospheric interactions across spatial and temporal scales. Dr. Wright grew up in the lake effect snow belt of Lake Michigan which peaked his interest in the weather phenomena and meteorology. His research has focused on improving the representation of the Great Lakes in atmospheric models used for numerical weather predictions. This research has led to improvements in the modeling of lake effect snow timing and intensity in the Great Lakes region. Dr. Wright has also studied the role the lakes have in the creation and modification of storm systems during the warm season through high-resolution atmospheric models. With the ultimate goal of coupling atmospheric and hydrodynamic models, Dr. Wright continues to work to validate and improve the modeled fluxes off the lakes.
PhD, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, 2016.
MS, Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan, 2010.
BSE, Earth System Science and Engineering, Concentration in Meteorology, University of Michigan, 2009.
Meteorology, Atmospheric Modeling, Lake-Atmosphere Interactions, Data Assimilation
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David Wright, Physical Scientist