Tim Brown

Research Professor, Desert Research Institute

Dr. Brown conducts research and applications development in applied climatology and meteorology, with emphasis on the application of data analysis, statistical methods and scientific visualization to atmospheric sciences data. His primary research topics include analysis of wildland fire-climate and fire-weather relationships and applications product development for wildland fire management planning, decision-making and policy. Dr. Brown is Director of the Western Regional Climate Center, and established and directs the Program for Climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications (CEFA) at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada. He is graduate faculty in the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Nevada, Reno.