Presenter

Ethan Gutmann is a hydrometeorologist in the Research Applications Lab at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Dr. Gutmann has a background in hydrology, geology, and computer science; he found a happy marriage of these in large scale hydroclimate research. Dr. Gutmann has published scientific articles in topics related to hydrology, mountain snowpack, and climate change; most of his work has focused on understanding the impacts of climate change on water resources and mountain snowpack. Dr. Gutmann is the chair of the AMS Mountain Meteorology committee and the lead scientist and developer of the Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research model (ICAR). He has worked closely with water resource managers at the US Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as with scientists at NASA, NOAA, and various universities around the world.

Outside of science, Gutmann is also an avid outdoor enthusiast and is enjoying introducing his kids to backpacking, climbing, skiing, and more. His passion for the outdoors has taken him to remote mountains around the world. This has furthered an interest in snow related processes in high altitude regions, leading to his current research in snow modeling and measurement, as well as atmospheric modeling of precipitation and turbulence in the mountains. In addition, Ethan enjoys scientific outreach, having dabbled in science blogging at arstechnica, and science videography with Earth Initiatives.