Simona Bordoni (born 1972) is an Italian professor of atmospheric physics who leads a research group at the

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since 2019. She studies atmospheric dynamics, with a special emphasis on understanding the coupling between larger-scale circulations and the hydrological cycle, in particular in tropical monsoon systems.

Career

Bordoni received her M.Sc in Atmospheric Sciences from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

in 2003, and her PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from

in 2007. She was then an assistant professor (2009-2017) and subsequently a full professor of environmental science and engineering (2017-2019) at the

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes ...

. Bordoni and Tapio Schneider have a highly cited paper on the onset of the

Asian monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in Atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annu ...

that used an idealised climate model to show that the monsoon is a rapid transition between two circulation regions. Simone has also worked with Salvatore Pascale to study the weakening of the North American monsoon and its consequences for regional water resources. Her analysis of ocean winds over the

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and northeast

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identified that the onset of the summer season is accompanied by a seasonal reversal of the wind flow along the Gulf.

Areas of Interest

Monsoons, Tropical dynamics, Climate Dynamics Interactions between mesoscale and large-scale circulations

Awards

* 2014 ISSNAF (Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation) Young Scientist Award in Environmental Sciences * 2009 James R. Holton Junior Scientist Award

References

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