Greg Tierney

Bio

Greg Tierney is a Research Scholar in the State Climate Office of North Carolina, involved with improving risk assessment and communication around high-impact weather such as heat waves and extreme precipitation events, including how that risk may be amplified by changes in the climate system. He has extensive experience with atmospheric modeling as both a data producer and user, especially with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. His past work has characterized the sensitivity of mid-latitude weather phenomena, such as Nor’easters and large-scale atmospheric blocking, to changes in the climate system. Additionally, he has developed a framework utilizing Intensity-Duration-Frequency curves (traditionally used for rainfall and hydrological applications) to statistically analyze the occurrence of extreme temperature events.

Previously, Greg was a fellow in the ORISE program placed at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and worked as a postdoc at North Carolina State University. He has a Ph.D. and Master’s in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s in Atmospheric Science from Cornell University.