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Summary

Dr. Baker Perry is a Professor of Climatology and the Nevada State Climatologist in the Department of Geography at the ÐÔ°®ÎåÉ«Ìì, Reno. He works at the highest elevations of the planet to understand climate change impacts on the critical water towers that sustain hundreds of millions of people downstream. In collaboration with The National Geographic Society, the Government of Nepal, Tribhuvan University, and Appalachian State University, Dr. Perry co-led the expeditions that installed the highest altitude weather station network in the world on the south side of Mount Everest in Nepal. The 2019 expedition was reported in a feature-length documentary; articles in the National Geographic magazine (including online here and here) have added to the coverage, with hundreds of millions of views worldwide. He and his colleagues have published many scientific papers on the network, including being featured on the front cover of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society in 2019 and 2022 (the latter broke the news of the summit station). Dr. Perry also has worked extensively at the highest reaches of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru, where he and his teams have investigated climate and glacier changes and associated impacts on water resources.

Research interests

• High-mountain precipitation
• Snow and ice
• Precipitation-cryosphere-climate interactions
• High-elevation weather stations

Education

• Ph.D., Geography (Climatology), University of North Carolina, 2006
• M.A., Geography, Appalachian State University, 1998
• B.A., Comparative Area Studies, Duke University, 1996

Selected publications

• Gribbin, T., J.D. Mackay, A. MacDonald, D.M. Hannah, W. Buytaert, J.R. Baiker, N. Montoya, L.B. Perry, A. Seimon, M. Rado, S. Arias, M. Vargas. 2024. . Hydrological Processes.
• Sherpa, T.C., T. Matthews, L.B. Perry, A. Thapa, P.K. Singh, A. Khadka, I. Koch, M. Pelto, P. Panday, D. Aryal, D. Shrestha, S. Kang, P.A. Mayewski. 2023. . Weather.
• Dragone, N.B., L.B. Perry, A. Solon, A. Seimon, T.A. Seimon, S.K. Schmidt. 2023. . Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research.
• Matthews, T., L.B. Perry, A. Khadka, T.G. Sherpa, D. Shrestha, D. Aryal, S. Tuladhar, N. Thapa, N. Pradhananga, P. Athans, D.Y. Sherpa, H. Guy, A. Seimon, A. Elmore, K. Li, N. Alexiev. 2022. . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103: E2827-E2835.
• Clifford, H.M., M. Potocki, C. Rodda, D. Dixon, S. Birkel, M. Handley, E. Korothikh, F. Schwanck, F.A. Tavares, R.T. Bernardo, F.G.L. Lindau, O.V. Gomez, H. Jara-Infantes, V. B. Urviola, L.B. Perry, J. Maurer, A. Seimon, M. Schwikowski, G. Casassa, S. Hou, A.V. Kurbatov, K.R. Miner, J.C. Simões, P.A. Mayewski. 2022. . Journal of Glaciology, 1-15.
• Pelto, M.S., M. Dryak, J. Pelto, T. Matthews, L.B. Perry. 2022. . Water.
• Bessin, Z., J-P. Dedieu, Y. Arnaud, P. Wagnon, F. Brun, M. Esteves, L.B. Perry, T. Matthews. 2022. . Remote Sensing, 14, 1098. 
• Birkel, S., P.A. Mayewski, L.B. Perry, A. Seimon, M. Andrade-Flores. 2022. . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
• Grey, L., A. Johnson, T. Matthews, L.B. Perry, A. Elmore, A. Khadka, D. Shrestha, S. Tuludhar, S. Baidya, D. Aryal, A. Gajurel. 2022. . Weather.
• Moreno, C., M. Sugg, J. Sugg, L.B. Perry. 2022. . Physical Geography. 
• Potocki, M., P.A. Mayewki, T. Matthews, L.B. Perry, M. Schwikowski, A. Tait, E. Korotkikh, H. Clifford, S. Kang, T. Sherpa, P. Singh, I. Koch, S. Birkel. 2022. . npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 5, 7.
• Matthews, T., L.B. Perry, D. Aryal, A.C. Elmore, A. Khadka, M. Pelto, D. Shrestha, R. Wilby. 2022. . Weather 77: 49-52.
• Fyffe, C.L., E. Potter, S. Fugger, A. Orr, S. Fatichi, K. Medina, R.Å Hellström, M. Bernat, C. Aubry-Wake, W. Gurgiser, L.B. Perry, W. Suarez, D.J. Quincey, E. Loarte, F. Pellicciotti. 2021. . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2021JD034911.
• Pelto, M., P. Panday, T. Matthews, J. Maurer, L.B. Perry. 2021. . Remote Sensing 2021: 13(14) 2692.
• Clifford, H. M., M. Potocki, I. Koch, T. Sherpa, M. Handley, E. Korotkikh, D. Introne, S. Kaspari, K. Miner, T. Matthews, L.B. Perry, H. Guy, P. Wagnon, A. Gajurel, P.K. Singh, S.E. Elvin, A.C. Elmore, A. Tait, P.A. Mayewski. 2020. . Science of the Total Environment.
• Jonaitis, J., L.B. Perry, A. Seimon, P. Soulé, C. Thaxton, M. Andrade-Flores, T. Ita-Vargas. 2021. . International Journal of Climatology, 41: 4061-4076.
• Khadka, A., T. Matthews, L.B. Perry, I. Koch, P. Wagnon, D. Shrestha, D. Aryal, A. Tait, T.G. Sherpa, S. Tuladhar, S.K. Baidya, S.E. Elvin, A.C. Elmore, A. Gajurel, P.A. Mayewski. 2021. . Weather.
• Perry, L.B., S.E. Yuter, T. Matthews, P. Wagnon, A. Khadka, D. Aryal, D. Shrestha, A. Tait, M.A. Miller, A. O’Neill, S.R. Rhodes, I. Koch, T.G. Sherpa, S. Tuladhar, S.K. Baidya, S. Elvin, A.C. Elmore, A. Gajurel, P.A. Mayewski. 2021. . Weather 76: 57-59.
• Matthews, T., L.B. Perry, T.P. Lane, A.C. Elmore, A. Khadka, D. Aryal, D. Shrestha, S. Tuladhar, S.K. Baidya, A. Gajurel, M. Potocki, P.A. Mayewski. 2020. Into Thicker Air? . iScience 23(12).
• Mayewski, P.A. L.B. Perry, T. Matthews, S. Birkel. 2020. . One Earth 3(5): 551-55.
• Mayewski, P.A., A. Gajurel, S.E. Elvin, P. Athans, T. Dinley, P. Sherpa, A.C. Elmore, J. Ghimire, L.B. Perry, T. Matthews, S. Birkel, S. Guilford, M. Hubbard, A. Putnam, T. Seimon, A. Seimon, S. Ghimere, A. Tait. 2020. . One Earth 3(5): 556-560.
• Miner, K.R., P.A. Mayewski, S.K. Baidya, K. Broad, H. Clifford, A. Elmore, A.P. Gajurel, B. Giri, S. Guilford, M. Hubbard, C. Jaskolski, H. Koldewey, W. Li, T. Matthews, I. Napper, L.B. Perry, M. Potocki, J.C. Priscu, A. Tait, R. Thompson, S. Tuladhar. 2020. . One Earth 3(5): 547-550.
• Perry, L.B., T. Matthews, H. Guy, I. Koch, A. Khadka, A.C. Elmore, D. Shrestha, S. Tuladhar, S.K. Baidya, S. Maharjan, P. Wagnon, D. Aryal, A. Seimon, A. Gajurel, P.A. Mayewski. 2020. . One Earth 3(5): 594-607.
• Matthews, T., L. B. Perry, I. Koch, I, D. Aryal, A Khadka, D. Shrestha, K Abernathy, A.C. Elmore, A. Seimon, A. Tait, S. Elvin, T. Subash, S.K. Baidya, M. Potocki, S.D. Birkel, S. Kang, P.A. Mayewski, and National Geographic and Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Mt. Everest Team. 2020. . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101: E1870-E1890.
• Kunkel, K.E., D.R. Easterling, A. Ballinger, S. Bililign, S.M. Champion, D.R. Corbett, K.D. Dello, J. Dissen, G.M. Lackmann, R.A. Luettich, Jr., L.B. Perry, W.A. Robinson, L.E. Stevens, B.C. Stewart, and A.J. Terando. 2020. . North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, 233 pp.
• Montpellier, E., P.T. Soulé, P.A. Knapp, L.B. Perry. 2020. . Climate Research 79: 207-218.
• Kinlaw, T., J.W. Sugg, L.B. Perry. 2019. . Atmosphere 10: 289.
• Guy, H., A. Seimon, L.B. Perry, B.L. Konecky, M. Rado, M. Andrade, M. Potocki, P.A. Mayewski. 2019. . Journal of Hydrometeorology 20:915-933.