Eric P. Salathé Jr., Ph.D.

Professor

Chair, Department of Physical Sciences

Eric P. Salathé Jr., Ph.D.

Professor

Chair, Department of Physical Sciences

Prof. Eric Salathé Jr. specializes in regional climate modeling and the impacts of climate change on human and natural systems. His research supports climate impact applications in various fields, including air quality, hydrology, agriculture, and human health, with a focus on the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Salathé is also an adjunct professor in the UW Department of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences.

Education

  • Yale University, New Haven, CT
    • Ph.D. Geology & Geophysics
  • Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
    • B.A. Physics

Courses

  • BPHYS 450 Computational Physical Modeling
  • BPHYS 317 Mathematical Physics
  • BEARTH 310 Fundamentals of Weather and Climate
  • BEARTH 320 Impacts of Climate Change.

Research and Scholarship Interests

Regional climate change, impacts of climate change, computational science

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Select Publications

  • Sandu, S and E. P. Salathé (2025): An Analysis of Pacific Northwest Heatwaves Using Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnections. Journal of Climate in review.
  • Salathé, E. P., Beggs, A., McJunkin, C., & Sandhu, S. (2023). The Relative Warming Rates of Heat Events and Median Days in the Pacific Northwest from Observations and a Regional Climate Model. Journal of Climate, 36(8), 2471–2481. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0313.1
  • Mass, CM, EP, Salathé, R Steed, and J Baars, 2022: The Mesoscale Response to Global Warming over the Pacific Northwest Evaluated Using a Regional Climate Model Ensemble. J Climate, 35(6), 2035–2053. 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0061.1 Mass_2022
  • Lorente-Plazas, R., T. P. Mitchell, G. Mauger, and E. P. Salathé, 2018: Local Enhancement of Extreme Precipitation during Atmospheric Rivers as Simulated in a Regional Climate Model. J. Hydrometeorol., 19, 1429–1446, https://doi.org/jhm-d-17-0246.1 Lorente_2018
  • She, N and Salathé, EP: 2021. Building a decision support platform of future food risk and water quality assessment for Sponge City Construction adapting climate change. World Environmental & Water Resources Congress. Virtual Event, June 7-11, 2021.