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Phone: (520)626-4244 Website: Climate Science Applications Program http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/index.htm Website: Climate Science Applications Program http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/index.htm updated 08/2011 |
EDUCATION
2004 Ph.D. (Geography/Climatology) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1998 M.A. (Geography/Climatology) Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
1996 B.S. (Atmospheric Science) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
APPOINTMENTS
2005-present |
Assistant Professor/Climate Science Extension Specialist, Dept. of Soil, Water, & Environmental Science & Arizona Cooperative Extension, University of Arizona |
2002-2004 |
Graduate Research Fellow, NASA Space Grant Program, University of Arizona |
2001-2002 |
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geography and Regional Dev., University of Arizona |
1998-2001 |
Environmental Scientist, Kieser & Associates Environmental Science and Engineering, Kalamazoo, Michigan |
1996-1998 |
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geography, Western Michigan University |
1995-1996 |
Meteorologist Intern, National Weather Service, White Lake, Michigan Research Assistant |
Michael A. Crimmins received his undergraduate degree in atmospheric science from the University of Michigan, his master’s degree in geography/climatology from Western Michigan University and his doctorate in geography/climatology from the University of Arizona. Dr. Crimmins is trained as an applied climatologist and meteorologist and has ten years experience in the application of climatological methods, tools, and data for natural resource management. Watershed management was his focus for several years while working as a private sector environmental scientist. In that position, he provided expertise on hydroclimatology, urban and agricultural non-point source runoff modeling, remote sensing and GIS applications for watershed management.
Dr. Crimmins is currently on the faculty of the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science at the University of Arizona and is a Climate Science Extension Specialist for Arizona Cooperative Extension. In this position he provides climate science support to resource managers across Arizona by assessing information needs, synthesizing and transferring relevant research results and conducting applied research projects. His extension and research work supports resource management across multiple sectors including rangelands, forests/wildfire, and water resources as well as policy and decision makers. This work aims to support managers by increasing climate science literacy as well as developing strategies to adapt to a changing climate. He also serves as a drought monitoring expert on the Arizona Governor’s Drought Task Force and has worked with counties across Arizona to implement drought preparedness and impact monitoring plans.
PUBLICATIONS
T. Crimmins, M.A. Crimmins, and D. Bertelsen. 2011. Onset of summer flowering in a ‘Sky Island’ is driven by monsoon moisture. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03705.x.
Holden, Z.A., M.A. Crimmins, S.A. Cushman, and J.S. Littell. 2011. Empirical modeling of spatial and temporal variation in warm season nocturnal air temperatures in two North Idaho mountain ranges, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 151:261-269. 
doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.10.006.
T. Crimmins, M.A. Crimmins, and D. Bertelsen. 2010. Complex responses to climate drivers in onset of spring flowering across a semi-arid elevation gradien. Journal of Ecology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01696.x
M.A. Crimmins. 2010. Interannual to decadal changes in extreme fire weather event frequencies across the southwestern United States. International Journal of Climatology. doi: 10.1002/joc.2184.
Zaimes, G. and M.A. Crimmins. 2010. Riparian Areas of the Southwest: Learning from Repeat Photographs. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education. 39:63-69.
Crimmins, T.M., M.A. Crimmins, D. Bertlesen. 2009. Flowering range changes across an elevation gradient in response to warming summer temperatures. Global Change Biology. 15:1141-1152 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01831.x.
Miller, J.D., H.D. Safford , M.A. Crimmins and A.E. Thode. 2009. Quantitative Evidence for Increasing Forest Fire Severity in the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade Mountains, California and Nevada, USA. Ecosystems, 12:16-32. DOI 10.1007/s10021-008-9201-9.
Crimmins, M.A. and T.M. Crimmins. Watching grass grow: Monitoring plant phenology using repeat digital photography. Environmental Management. Vol. 41, 949-958. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9086-6.
Crimmins, T.M., M.A. Crimmins, D. Bertleson, and J. Balmat. 2007. Relationships between flowering diversity and climatic variables along an elevation gradient. International Journal of Biometeorology. Vol. 52, 353-366. DOI 10.1007/s00484-007-0130-7.
Holden, Z.A., P. Morgan, M.A. Crimmins, R.K. Steinhorst, and A.M.S. Smith. 2007. Fire Season Precipitation Variability Influences Fire Extent and Severity in a Large Southwestern Wilderness Area, USA. Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 34, L16708, doi:10.1029/2007GL030804.
Crimmins, M.A., G. Zaimes, N. Haas, C. Jones, G. Garfin, and T. Crimmins. 2007. Changes on the Range: A Novel Exercise to Explore Interactions between Range Management Decision Making and Climate Change. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education. 36:76-86.
Garfin, G.M., M. A. Crimmins, and K.A. Jacobs, 2006. Drought, Climate Variability, and Implications for Water Supply and Management. In: Water Management Innovations for Arid Regions: Arizona Policy and Practice. (eds) Bonnie G. Colby and Katharine Jacobs. Resources for the Future Press: Washington, D.C.
Morehouse, B.J., G. Christopherson, M. Crimmins, B. Orr, J.T. Overpeck, T. Swetnam, S. Yool, W. Grunberg, J. Perin, P. Johnson, S. Jensen, A. Thwaits, H. Severson, 2006. Modeling Interactions among Wildland Fire, Climate, and Society in the Context of Climate Variability and Change in the US Southwest. In: Climate Change and Variability: Consequences and Responses. (eds) Matthias Ruth, Kieran Donaghy, and Paul Kirshen. EPA/NCER: Washington D.C.
Crimmins, M.A., 2006. Synoptic Climatology of Extreme Fire Weather Conditions across the Southwest United States. International Journal of Climatology. 26: 1001-1016.
Crimmins, M.A. and Comrie, A.C., 2004. Wildfire-Climate Interactions across Southeast Arizona. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 13: 455-466.
Crimmins, M.A., 2004. High-Resolution Climate Monitoring on a Mountain Island: The Saguaro National Park Pilot Study. Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II: Connecting Mountain Islands and Desert Seas. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Tucson, AZ. RMRS-P-36, pp. 176-181.
Crimmins, M.A. and Mau-Crimmins, T.M., 2003. Climate Variability and Plant Response at the Santa Rita Experimental Range, Arizona. In: M.P. McClaran, P.F. Ffolliott and C.B. Edminster (Editors), Santa Rita Experimental Range: 100 Years (1903 to 2003) of Accomplishments and Contributions. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Tucson, AZ, pp. 111-115.
Crimmins, M.A., 2003. Cloud-to-ground Lightning in Southern Michigan: 1985-1995. Great Lakes Geographer, 10: 1-10.