Jordan Christian
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Assistant Professor, Atmospheric Sciences
- Subseasonal-to-seasonal weather and climate extremes, flash drought, climatology
Contact Info
- Email: jordan.i.christian@UND.edu
Office Address
Atmospheric Science
Clifford Road Room 400
4149 University Avenue Stop 9006
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9006
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.
Fall semester
- ATSC 405: Numerical Methods in Meteorology
Spring semester
- ATSC 270: Computer Concepts in Meteorology
- ATSC 513: Big Data Analytics in Earth Sciences
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
Edris, S., A. McGovern, J. B. Basara, J. I. Christian, J. C. Furtado, H. Olayiwola, and X. Xiao, 2025: Evaluation of Flash Drought Identification with Machine Learning Techniques. Part II: Neural Network Algorithms. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 4, https://doi.org/10.1175/aies-d-24-0069.1.
Edris, S., A. McGovern, J. B. Basara, J. I. Christian, J. C. Furtado, H. Olayiwola, and X. Xiao, 2025: Evaluation of Flash Drought Identification with Machine Learning Techniques. Part I: Traditional Machine Learning Algorithms. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 4, https://doi.org/10.1175/aies-d-24-0068.1.
Fellman, B. J., J. B. Basara, J. I. Christian, and M. R. Tye, 2025: Flash Drought Timing and Winter Wheat Productivity in the Southern Great Plains of the United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 64, 637–652, https://doi.org/10.1175/jamc-d-24-0144.1.
Christian, J. I., T. M. Grace, B. J. Fellman, D. F. Mesheske, S. G. Edris, H. O. Olayiwola, J. B. Basara, B. A. Fuchs, and J. C. Furtado, 2024: The flash droughts across the south-central United States in 2022: Drivers, predictability, and impacts. Weather and Climate Extremes, 46, 100730, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2024.100730.
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. Journal of 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.