Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Michael K. Tippett uses mathematical and statistical methods to address societally important questions about climate and weather. He has developed, implemented, and assessed seasonal climate forecast systems and his work connects climate with the risks from extreme weather, such as tornadoes and hurricanes.
- Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany, 1992-1995
- Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2016–
- Lecturer in the Discipline of Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2013-2016
- Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, 2013
- Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, 2003-2013
- Associate Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, 1999-2003
- Visiting Scientist, Center for Weather Prediction and Climate Studies (CPTEC), Brazil, 1996-1999
- 2016 Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Geophysical Research Letters
- M. K. Tippett, M. Ranganathan, M. L'Heureux, A. G. Barnston, and T. DelSole. Assessing probabilistic predictions of ENSO phase and intensity from the North American Multimodel Ensemble. Clim. Dyn., 2017. doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-3721-y.
- M. K. Tippett, C. Lepore, and J. E. Cohen. More tornadoes in the most extreme U.S. tornado outbreaks. Science, 354, 1419-1423, 2016. doi:10.1126/science.aah7393.
- G. W. Carbin, M. K. Tippett, S. P. Lillo, and H. E. Brooks. Visualizing long-range severe thunderstorm environment guidance from CFSv2. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., 97, 1021-1031, 2016. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00136.1.
- M. K. Tippett and J. E. Cohen. Tornado outbreak variability follows Taylor's power law of fluctuation scaling and increases dramatically with severity. Nat. Commun., 7, 10668, 2016. doi:10.1038/ncomms10668.
- C.-Y. Lee, M. K. Tippett, A. H. Sobel, and S. J. Camargo. Rapid intensification and the bimodal distribution of tropical cyclone intensity. Nat. Commun., 7, 10625, 2016. doi:10.1038/ncomms10625.
- J. T. Allen, M. K. Tippett, and A. H. Sobel. Influence of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation on tornado and hail frequency in the United States. Nat. Geosci., 8, 278-283, 2015. doi:10.1038/ngeo2385.
- M. K. Tippett, M. Almazroui, and I.-S. Kang. Extended-range forecasts of areal-averaged Saudi Arabia rainfall. Wea. Forecasting, 30, 1090-1105, 2015. doi:10.1175/WAF-D-15-0011.1.
- M. K. Tippett, A. H. Sobel, and S. J. Camargo. Association of U.S. tornado occurrence with monthly environmental parameters. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L02801, 2012. doi:10.1029/2011GL050368.
- T. DelSole and M. K. Tippett. Predictability: Recent insights from information theory. Rev. Geophys., 45, RG4002, 2007. doi:10.1029/2006RG000202.
- M. K. Tippett, J. L. Anderson, C. H. Bishop, T. M. Hamill, and J. S. Whitaker. Ensemble square-root filters. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 1485-1490, 2003. doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<1485:ESRF>2.0.CO;2