I am an Assistant Professor at the Département des sciences de la Terre et de l’atmosphère at the Université du Québec à Montréal, in Montreal, Canada. I am currently a member of the centre ESCER, Centre pour l'étude et la simulation du climat à l'échelle régionale (ESCER), and an associate investigator in CLEX, the Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes funded by the Autralian Research Council.
My overarching research interests revolve around the use of very high resolution climate models to better understand climate phenomena and the causes and consequences of their future changes at local and regional scales. I have led work in midlatitude cyclones, temperature and precipitation extremes, tropical rainfall and snowfall and snowpack in mountainous regions. A fundamental focus of my research is understanding weaknesses and strengths of climate models with the aim to develop efficient modelling approaches that tackle scientific questions with significant societal impacts.
High-resolution simulation of an extratropial cyclone affecting the east coast of Australia. The simulation was performed using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model with a 3-km horizontal grid spacing.
Département des sciences de la Terre et de l’atmosphère,
Université du Québec à Montréal,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- di_luca .alejandro@uqam.ca
- (+1) 514 987-3000 (3325)
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