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In recent years, our group\u2019s work has focused on the use of emergent constraints to narrow this uncertainty.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>The following list of publications details our work related to understanding future cloud changes and their role in exacerbating or mitigating human-caused warming.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>Thee following list of publications details our work related to understanding climate change\u2019s impacts on fire.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global climate models<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>Global climate models are complex computing tools that simulate the global climate system, and they are a major foundation of our group\u2019s research. The following list of publications details our work to analyze, evaluate, and constrain global climate model output.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hybrid Downscaling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>Hybrid downscaling is a methodology that our group developed for regionalizing projections from global climate models. It involves combining dynamical downscaling with statistical downscaling in such a way that maximizes the benefits and minimizes the limitations of each. (See our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dept.atmos.ucla.edu\/downscaling\">Downscaling<\/a>\u00a0page for more on this topic.) The following list of publications details our work developing, evaluating, and applying hybrid downscaling.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interdisciplinary research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>Our group often partners with researchers in fields other than climate science so that we can better understand climate change impacts on natural and human systems. The following list of publications details our interdisciplinary work.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oceans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>The following list of publications details our work related to understanding the ocean\u2019s role in climate change, and climate change\u2019s impacts on oceans.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Precipitation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>The following list of publications details our work related to understanding precipitation changes related to human-caused climate change.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Runoff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>The following list of publications details our work related to understanding climate change\u2019s impacts on runoff of precipitation in watersheds, and their implications for water resources.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sea Ice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>The following list of publications details our work related to understanding changes to sea ice, including our efforts to reduce uncertainty in global climate model projections of sea ice albedo feedback.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Snow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>The following list of publications details our work related to understanding changes to sea ice, including our efforts to reduce uncertainty in global climate model projections of snow albedo feedback.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>The following list of publications details our work creating projections of future warming on regional scales, including changes in extreme heat.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wind<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Description<\/summary>\n<p>Winds are an important aspect of regional climate dynamics. 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