Melissa Breeden
Position
Research Scientist
Division
Hydrology Applications
Affiliation
NOAA
Contact
Research Interests
- Subseasonal and Seasonal Prediction and Predictability
- Tropical-Extratropical Teleconnections
- Seasonal Wildland Fire Risk, Drought
- Famine Early Warning
- Dynamic Meteorology, Atmospheric Blocking
Education
- Ph.D., Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, UW-Madison, May 2018
- B.S., Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, UW-Madison, May 2013
Honors and Awards
- UW-AOS Early Career Alumni Award, 2025
- NOAA Climate and Global Change Fellowship, 2019
- Best Student Presentation, AMS Annual Meeting, 2015
- Third Place Poster Presentation, AMS Annual Meeting, 2016
- UW AOS Colloquium Service Award, 2015
Related Links
- Gaps and ways forward in Atmospheric Blocking Research
- Seasonal Predictability of Vapor Pressure Deficit over the western US
- Modulation of Warm Conveyor Belts over Southwest Asia by ENSO
- Subseasonal North American Temperature Predictability
- Subseasonal Precipitation Forecasts of Opportunity over Southwest Asia