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Abby Frazier

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Scholarly interests

Climate variability, climate change, geospatial analysis, Pacific Islands, rainfall patterns, drought, ecosystem-climate interactions, geostatistics, climate adaptation, ENSO, El Nino, climatology, GIS, climate modeling, downscaling, Hawaii, water resources, natural resource management, actionable science, co-production

Abby Frazier

Assistant Professor, Geography

Dr. Abby Frazier is a climatologist who studies the spatiotemporal dynamics and impacts of climate change and climate variability. Her research uses geospatial analysis to integrate diverse datasets, including models and observations, to understand the multi-disciplinary impacts of climate on freshwater resources and ecosystems over regional and global scales, with a focus on Pacific Islands. She is interested in climate extremes, particularly the impacts of drought and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on local hydrology and wildfire regimes. She collaborates closely with stakeholders to co-produce actionable science to support climate change decision making and natural resource management.

Before joining Clark University, Dr. Frazier was a Research Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu, HI (2018-2021), and a postdoctoral Research Geographer at the USDA Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry (2016-2018). She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in geography from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and has a B.A. in geography and a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Vermont. 

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Geography, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, 2016
  • M.A. in Geography, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, 2012
  • B.S. in Mathematics, University of Vermont, 2008
  • B.A. in Geography, University of Vermont, 2008

Affiliated Departments

Geography, George Perkins Marsh Institute

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Awards and grants

  • Improving drought early warning systems in Hawai‘i and drought preparedness in the United States Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI)

    NOAA NIDIS

    clock icon Jan. 1, 2025 – Dec. 31, 2026

  • The Pacific RISA Phase IV: Building Equitable and Just Climate Solutions for Pacific Island Resilience to Compound Disasters and Extreme Events

    NOAA

    clock icon Oct. 1, 2021 – Sep. 30, 2026

  • Climate Adaptation Support Activity (CASA)

    US Agency for International Development (USAID) – Tetra Tech prime contractor

    clock icon Jan. 17, 2024 – Sep. 30, 2024

  • Acquisition of a Hawaii Statewide Mesonet

    NSF MRI

    clock icon Sep. 1, 2021 – Aug. 31, 2024

  • Drought Early Warning and Response in Hawaii – Expanding and enhancing stakeholder-driven drought products and services

    NOAA NIDIS

    clock icon Jul. 1, 2022 – Aug. 31, 2024

  • Improving the availability and accessibility of climate data and information for users in Hawai‘i, American Sāmoa, and Guam

    Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center

  • Analyzing CHELSA Downscaled Climate Projections of Future Precipitation and Temperature in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands

    Edna Bailey Sussman Fund Graduate Research Fellowship

  • Co-Creating Research and Education Capacities to Understand, Visualize and Mitigate Climate-Change Impact Cascades and Inequities in Central Mexico

    NSF-PIRE

  • Routine Monitoring of Climate in the State of Hawai‘i: Establishment of State Climate Divisions

    NOAA NWS

  • Scaling up the Hawai‘i Drought Knowledge Exchange

    USFS / USGS

  • Translating existing model results to aid in resource management planning for future precipitation extremes in Hawai‘i and Southeast Alaska

    USGS

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