Jordan Christian
- Assistant Professor, Atmospheric Sciences
Contact Info
- Email: jordan.i.christian@UND.edu
Office Address
Clifford Road Room 400
4149 University Avenue Stop 9006
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9006
Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Dr. Jordan Christian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of North Dakota. Dr. Christian received a B.S. in Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, an M.S. in Atmospheric Science at the University of Wyoming, and a Ph.D. in Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. His primary area of research includes subseasonal-to-seasonal weather and climate extremes utilizing a combination of reanalysis data, satellite observations, and climate models.
Puxley, B. L., E. R. Martin, J. B. Basara, and J. I. Christian, 2024: The wildfire impacts of the 2017-2018 precipitation whiplash event across the Southern Great Plains. Environmental Research Letters, 19, 074029, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad54da.
Christian, J. I., M. Hobbins, A. Hoell, J. A. Otkin, T. W. Ford, A. E. Cravens, K. A. Powlen, H. Wang, V. Mishra, 2024: Flash drought: A state of the science review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1714.
Lowman, L. E. L., J. I. Christian, and E. D. Hunt, 2023: How land surface characteristics influence the development of flash drought through the drivers of soil moisture and vapor pressure deficit. J. Hydrometeorology, https://doi.org/10.1175/jhm-d-22-0158.1.
Christian, J. I., E. R. Martin, J. B. Basara, J. C. Furtado, J. A. Otkin, L. E. L. Lowman, E. D. Hunt, V. Mishra, and X. Xiao, 2023: Global projections of flash drought show increased risk in a warming climate. Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 165, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00826-1.
Edris, S. G., J. B. Basara, J. I. Christian, E. D. Hunt, J. A. Otkin, S. T. Salesky, and B. G. Illston, 2023: Analysis of the critical components of flash drought using the standardized evaporative stress ratio. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 330, 109288, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109288.
Christian, J. I., J. B. Basara, L. E. L. Lowman, X. Xiao, D. Mesheske, and Y. Zhou, 2022: Flash drought identification from satellite-based land surface water index. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 26, 100770, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100770.
Hunt, E., F. Femia, C. Werrell, J. I. Christian, J. A. Otkin, J. Basara, M. Anderson, T. White, C. Hain, K. McGaughey, R. Randall, 2021: Agricultural and Food Security Impacts from the 2010 Russia flash drought. Weather and Climate Extremes, 34, 100383, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2021.100383.
Christian, J. I., J. B. Basara, E. D. Hunt, J. A. Otkin, J. C. Furtado, V. Mishra, X. Xiao, and R. M. Randall, 2021: Global Distribution, Trends, and Drivers of Flash Drought Occurrence. Nature Communications, 12, 6330, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26692-z.
Otkin, J. A., Y. Zhong, E. D. Hunt, J. I. Christian, J. B. Basara, H. Nguyen, M. C. Wheeler, T. W. Ford, A. Hoell, M. Svoboda, M. C. Anderson, 2021: Development of a Flash Drought Intensity Index. Atmosphere, 12, 741, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12060741.
Osman, M., B. F. Zaitchik, H. S. Badr, J. I. Christian, T. Tadesse, J. A. Otkin, and M. C. Anderson, 2021: Flash drought onset over the contiguous United States: sensitivity of inventories and trends to quantitative definitions. Hydrology & Earth System Sciences, 25, 565–581, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-565-2021.
Christian, J. I., J. B. Basara, E. D. Hunt, J. A. Otkin, and X. Xiao, 2020: Flash drought development and cascading impacts associated with the 2010 Russian heatwave. Environmental Research Letters, 15, 094078, https://doi.org/1088/1748-9326/ab9faf.
Hunt, E. D., J. I. Christian, J. B. Basara, L. Lowman, and J. A. Otkin, 2020: The Flash Drought of 1936. Journal of Applied and Service Climatology, 2020, 1-15, https://doi.org/10.46275/JOASC.2020.11.001.
Christian, J. I., J. B. Basara, J. A. Otkin, and E. D. Hunt, 2019: Regional characteristics of flash droughts across the United States. Environmental Research Communications, 1, 125004, https://doi.org/1088/2515-7620/ab50ca.
Basara, J. B., J. I. Christian, R. A. Wakefield, J. A. Otkin, E. H. Hunt, and D. P. Brown, 2019: The evolution, propagation, and spread of flash drought in the Central United States during 2012. Environmental Research Letters, 14, 084025, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2cc0.
Christian, J. I., J. B. Basara, J. A. Otkin, E. D. Hunt, R. A. Wakefield, P. X. Flanagan, and X. Xiao, 2019: A Methodology for Flash Drought Identification: Application of Flash Drought Frequency across the United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20, 833–846, https://doi.org/1175/JHM-D-18-0198.1.
Basara, J. B., J. I. Christian, 2018: Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Land-Atmosphere Coupling within the Southern Great Plains. International Journal of Climatology, 38, 964-978, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5223.
Geerts, B., J. I. Christian, 2017: Radar Kinematic Information as Surrogate for Thermodynamic Information in Stratiform Precipitation Systems. Monthly Weather Review, 145, 3763-3774, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-16-0470.1.
Degelia, S. K., J. I. Christian, J. B. Basara, T. J. Mitchell, D. F. Gardner, S. E. Jackson, J. C. Ragland, and H. R. Mahan, 2016: An overview of ice storms and their impact in the United States. International Journal of Climatology, 36, 2811–2822, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4525.
Christian, J., K. Christian, and J. B. Basara, 2015: Drought and Pluvial Dipole Events within the Great Plains of the United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54, 1886-1898, https://doi.org/1175/JAMC-D-15-0002.
Ph.D., Meteorology, 2020
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
M.S., Atmospheric Science, 2017
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
B.S., Meteorology, 2014
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma