Abby Frazier
Assistant Professor, Geography
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
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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.A. in Mathematics, University of Vermont, 2008
- B.S. in Geography, University of Vermont, 2008
Affiliated Department(s)
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Scholarly and Creative Works
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NCA5 Webinar - Hawaiʻi & U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
U.S. Global Change Research Program
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Virtual
February
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2024
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
July
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2024
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The Hawaiʻi Climate Data Portal (HCDP)
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
July
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2024
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Vol. 105
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Issue #7
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Routine Climate Monitoring in the State of Hawai‘i: Establishment of State Climate Divisions
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
June
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2024
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Vol. 105
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Issue #6
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Effects of Systematic Predictor Selection for Statistical Downscaling of Rainfall in Hawaiʻi
International Journal of Climatology
February
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2024
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Vol. 44
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Issue #2
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Drought as an emergent driver of ecological transformation in the twenty-first century
Bioscience
July
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2024
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How people, rainfall and vegetation shape tropical island fire regimes across Micronesia
Journal of Biogeography
March
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2024
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Vol. 51
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Issue #3
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Three new climate factsheets for Guam
January
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2023
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Published by U.S. Global Change Research Program
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2023
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Climatic Change
December
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2023
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Vol. 176
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Sustainability
September
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2022
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Vol. 14
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Issue #9
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Sustainability
August
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2022
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Vol. 14
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Issue #17
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Slice of PI-CASC Seminar Series
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virtual
April 5
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2022
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Anthropocene
December
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2022
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Vol. 40
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
February
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2022
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Vol. 103
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Issue #2
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Journal of Hydrometeorology
April
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2022
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Vol. 23
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Issue #4
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Environmental Research Letters
September
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2021
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Vol. 16
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Issue #10
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Awards & Grants
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NOAA
Oct. 1, 2021 - Sep. 30, 2026
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Climate Adaptation Support Activity (CASA)
US Agency for International Development (USAID) - Tetra Tech prime contractor
Jan. 17, 2024 - Sep. 30, 2024
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Drought Early Warning and Response in Hawaii – Expanding and enhancing stakeholder-driven drought products and services
NOAA NIDIS
Jul. 1, 2022 - Aug. 31, 2024
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Acquisition of a Hawaii Statewide Mesonet
NSF MRI
Sep. 1, 2021 - Aug. 31, 2024
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Analyzing CHELSA Downscaled Climate Projections of Future Precipitation and Temperature in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
Edna Bailey Sussman Fund Graduate Research Fellowship
May. 1, 2023
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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
Sep. 1, 2023
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Scaling up the Hawai‘i Drought Knowledge Exchange
USFS / USGS
Jun. 1, 2021
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Routine Monitoring of Climate in the State of Hawai‘i: Establishment of State Climate Divisions
NOAA NWS
Jul. 1, 2021
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USGS
Feb. 1, 2021
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Co-Creating Research and Education Capacities to Understand, Visualize and Mitigate Climate-Change Impact Cascades and Inequities in Central Mexico
NSF-PIRE
Aug. 1, 2022
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