Erinanne Saffell
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Phone: 602-543-3636
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Coor Geographical Sciences TEMPE, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 5302Campus: Tempe
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Erinanne Saffell is the Arizona State Climatologist, Director of the Arizona State Climate Office, and Senior Global Futures Scientist with the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. Her main research interests are extreme weather and climate events, including flood and drought, as well as impacts of the Urban Heat Island.
As Teaching Associate Professor with the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University, Saffell develops courses and upper-division seminars in Physical Geography, Meteorology, and Climatology, and directs K-12 outreach and training programs on these topics. Together with the National Weather Service and the Salt River Project, she established Arizona’s only middle-school weather camp. She is currently co-chair of the Arizona Drought Monitoring Technical Committee and serves on the American Meteorological Society Board of Outreach and Informal Education. Erinanne Saffell was appointed as the Arizona State Climatologist in 2021 and confirmed by the Arizona Senate in 2022.
- Ph.D. Geography, Arizona State University
- M.A. Geography, Arizona State University
- B.S. Geography, Arizona State University
Hydroclimatology
Drought
Urban Heat Island
K-12 outreach
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 413 | Meteorologic Instrmnt/Measure |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 513 | Meteorologic Instrmnt/Measur |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 381 | Geography of Natural Resources |
GPH 111 | Intro to Physical Geography |
GPH 267 | Extreme Weather |
GPH 210 | Society and Environment |
Co-Chair, Arizona Drought Monitoring Technical Committee
Board Member, American Meteorological Society, Outreach and Informal Education
Steering Committee Member, Urban Climate Research Center, ASU
Partner, Greater Phoenix RCE, UNESCO
Member, Arizona Drought Interagency Coordinating Group
Member, Multi Agency Task Force, Arizona Flood Warning System
Advisor, ASU Student Organization, Weather and Climate
Supervisor, NWS Tempe/ASU Weather Station