Erinanne Saffell
Arizona State Climatologist, State of Arizona
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
Arizona State University
PO Box 875302
Tempe, AZ 85287-5302
Titles
- Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
- Arizona State Climatologist, State of Arizona
- Senior Instructor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts ant Sciences
Biography
Erinanne Saffell is the Arizona State Climatologist. Her main research interests are extreme weather and climate events, including flood and drought, as well as impacts of the Urban Heat Island.
As Senior Lecturer with the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University, Saffell develops courses and upper-division seminars in Physical Geography, Meteorology, and Climatology, and directs K-12 outreach and training programs on these topics. Together with the National Weather Service and the Salt River Project, she established Arizona’s only middle-school weather camp. She is currently co-chair of the Arizona Drought Monitoring Technical Committee and serves on the American Meteorological Society Board of Outreach and Informal Education.
Education
- PhD, Geography, Arizona State University
- MA, Geography, Arizona State University
- BS, Geography, Arizona State University
Expertise
Journal Articles
2004
Ellis, A. W., E. M. Saffell and T. W. Hawkins. 2004. A method for defining monsoon onset and demise in the southwestern USA. International Journal of Climatology 24(2):247-265. DOI: 10.1002/joc.996. (link )
Hawkins, T. W., A. J. Brazel, W. L. Stefanov, W. Bigler and E. M. Saffell. 2004. The role of rural vulnerability in urban heat island determination for Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of Applied Meterology and Climatology 43(3):476–486. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<0476:TRORVI>2.0.CO;2. (link )
2002
Saffell, E. M. and A. W. Ellis. 2002. Urban-rural humidity variations in Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 34(1):53-82. (link )
Books
2003
Saffell, E. M. ed. 2003. Introductory Physical Geography Laboratory Manual. Hayden-McNeil Publishers. Phymouth, MI.
2002
Saffell, E. M. ed. 2002. Physical Geography Laboratory Manual. Thomson Publications. Florence, NY.
Posters
2015
Saffell, E. M. 2015. Professional skills in sustainability. Poster presented at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2015, Minneapolis, MN.
Thesis (PhD)
2004
Saffell, E. M. 2004. The applicability of synoptic classifications: Analysis of an urban complex. PhD Disseratation. Arizona State University. (link )
Thesis (Masters)
2001
Saffell, E. M. 2001. Urban-rural humidity variations in Phoenix, Arizona. MA thesis. Arizona State University.