Bio
Theodore Allen is a Lecturer and Program Coordinator for the Climate Change Stream at CERMES. He combines a background in geography and meteorology to produce human applied climate services through seasonal and sub-seasonal climate diagnostics and prediction with a specialization in synoptic climatology for the Caribbean region. He also pursues research and applications in marine meteorology with a special interest in wave forecasting for the east Caribbean. Teddy actively participates with climate risk initiatives across various UN organizations (WMO / FAO).
Qualifications
- BS Physical Geography (University of California at Santa Barbara)
- MA Geography (East Carolina University)
- PhD Meteorology (The University of Miami)
Research Areas
Teddy’s work in applied climate systems focuses on diagnostic methods and observational data analysis to explain extreme events including droughts, floods, heat waves and marine hazards. He also collaborates with an international team to measure extreme waves using novel drone based technology.
As a result of his work and interests, he serves as co-chair of the Caribbean Expert Team in Marine Meteorology and Oceanography with the World Meteorological Organization.
Through his research, Teddy has coined the names of the Caribbean Rain-Belt pattern, The Hurricane Heat Trail, and the Aerial Buoy.
Teaching Areas
- Climate dynamics and climate change
- Regional climate system of the Caribbean
- Quantitative methods for climate data analysis
Select Publications
- Brotons, M., Haarsma, R., Bloemendaal, N., de Vries, H., Allen, T. Drivers of Caribbean precipitation change due to global warming: analyses and emergent constraint of CMIP6 simulations. Clim Dynamics (2024).
- Guido, Z., Allen, T., Mason, S., & Méndez-Lázaro, P. (2022). Hurricanes and anomalous heat in the Caribbean. Geophysical Research Letters, 49
- Di Napoli, C., Allen, T., Méndez-Lázaro, P. A., & Pappenberger, F. (2022). Heat stress in the Caribbean: Climatology, drivers, and trends of human biometeorology indices. International Journal of Climatology, 1– 21.
- Hawkins, T.W.; Gouirand, I.; Allen, T.; Belmadani, A., Atmospheric Drivers of Oceanic North Swells in the Eastern Caribbean. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10
- Allen, T. L., Mapes, B. E. and Cavanaugh, N. (2016), Informativeness of wind data in linear Madden–Julian oscillation prediction. Atmosph. Sci. Lett., 17: 362–367.
