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Christopher L. Castro has been the Director NSF NCAR’s Research Applications Laboratory (RAL). Since 2024. As director, Castro oversees the lab’s multidisciplinary approach, building strategic partnerships and continuing to transfer science and technology solutions to society for deployment.
An expert in hydrometeorology, Castro has applied specialized modeling techniques to predict water resources and extreme weather in arid and semiarid environments. A particular focus of his research has been the North American monsoon, among many other research topics. His expertise spans short-term weather forecasts, sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasts, and climate projection. He holds a Ph.D. from Colorado State University in atmospheric science.
He also serves on the UCAR President’s Advisory Council on University Relations, which helps guide strategic priorities for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a nonprofit consortium of 126 North American colleges and universities that manages NSF NCAR on behalf of NSF.
Before this appointment, he was interim head of the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona, as well as director of the Center for Applied Hydroclimate Sciences within the Arizona Institute for Resilience. He served on the faculty of the University of Arizona for 18 years.
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Education/Academic qualification
Atmospheric Science, PhD, Colorado State University
Atmospheric Science, MS, Colorado State University
Meteorology, BS, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
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Impact of Assimilating GPS Precipitable Water Vapor on Simulations of Two North American Monsoon Convective Events Using Observing System Simulation Experiments
Shohan, S., Koch, S. E., Castro, C. L., Arellano, A. F., Kay, J., Risanto, C. B., Weckwerth, T. M., Pinto, J. O. & Adams, D. K., Aug 28 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 130, 16, e2025JD044491.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New Climate Change Center of Saudi Arabia: Advancing Understanding and Prediction for the Arabian Peninsula Climate
Hoteit, I., Abualnaja, Y., Afzal, S., Aman, C., Antony, C., Ashok, K., Asiri, M. I., Attada, R., Al-Azemi, M. A., Bavera, D., Al-Boqami, S., Castro, C., Chang, H. I., Cornuelle, B., Cui, W., Dasari, H. P., Desamsetti, S., Dougherty, W., Ehsan, A. & Feki, S. & 30 others, , Dec 2025, In: Earth's Future. 13, 12, e2025EF006296.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Rainfall climatology and predictability over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at subseasonal scale
Luong, T. M., Dasari, H. P., Attada, R., Chang, H. I., Risanto, C. B., Castro, C. L., Zampieri, M., Vitart, F. & Hoteit, I., Oct 1 2025, In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 151, 772, e5015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Scopus citations -
Advancing South American Water and Climate Science through Multidecadal Convection-Permitting Modeling
Dominguez, F., Rasmussen, R., Liu, C., Ikeda, K., Prein, A., Varble, A., Arias, P. A., Bacmeister, J., Bettolli, M. L., Callaghan, P., Carvalho, L. M. V., Castro, C. L., Chen, F., Chug, D., Chun, K. P. S., Dai, A., Danaila, L., da Rocha, R. P., de Lima Nascimento, E. & Dougherty, E. & 39 others, , Jan 2024, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 105, 1, p. E32-E44Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate Change Projections of Potential Evapotranspiration for the North American Monsoon Region
Shamir, E., Mendoza Fierro, L., Mohsenzadeh Karimi, S., Pelak, N., Tarouilly, E., Chang, H. I. & Castro, C. L., Jun 2024, In: Hydrology. 11, 6, 83.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Scopus citations
Activities
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S&T updates of the Research Applications Laboratory, emphasizing AI/ML, 1 session, 3 people
Swerdlin, S. (Speaker) & Castro, C. (Speaker)
Jun 10 2025Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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S&T updates of the Research Applications Laboratory, emphasizing AI/ML, 1 session, 4 people
Swerdlin, S. (Speaker) & Castro, C. (Speaker)
Jun 10 2025Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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S&T updates in the Research Applications Laboratory, emphasizing AI/ML, 1 session, 8 participants
Swerdlin, S. (Speaker) & Castro, C. (Speaker)
Jun 9 2025Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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S&T updates of the Research Applications Laboratory, emphasizing AI/ML, 1 session, 3 people
Swerdlin, S. (Speaker) & Castro, C. (Speaker)
Jun 9 2025Activity: Give a talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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The NA-CORDEX dataset
Mearns, L. O. (Other), McGinnis, S. (Data Manager), Korytina, D. (Other), Scinocca, J. F. (Creator), Kharin, S. (Creator), Jiao, Y. (Creator), Qian, M. (Creator), Lazare, M. (Creator), Biner, S. (Creator), Winger, K. (Creator), Christensen, O. B. (Creator), Nikulin, G. (Creator), Arritt, R. (Creator), Herzmann, D. (Creator), Bukovsky, M. S. (Creator), Chang, H. I. (Creator), Castro, C. (Creator), Frigon, A. (Creator), Gutowski, W. (Creator) & Kessenich, L. (Creator), UCAR/NCAR Climate Data Gateway, 2007
DOI: 10.5065/D6SJ1JCH
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