University of Colorado

Faculty Member, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Other Affiliations: University of Colorado, Applied Mathematics
University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
MIT, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

CIRES Fellow

About

Ocean Modeling and Theory
from global to universal

Baylor studies the physics of the ocean and how the ocean fits into the Earth's climate system, using models that range from the global scale to focused process models that apply universally. He seeks mathematically interesting problems with practical uses.

The products produced are parameterizations, diagnostics, and toy models. That is, after study of complex processes in dedicated and computationally expensive models, he works out simple but accurate approximations and crucial measurements to diagnose. Sometimes the goal is to improve the community models, and sometimes the goal is to aid understanding with a toy model that mimics the complex system.

Baylor also teaches classes in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and is involved in cross-Boulder efforts in oceanography.

Baylor is a member of AGU, AMS, Sigma Xi, and Phi Beta Kappa.  His awards include the AGU Ocean Sciences Early Career Award, a NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the AMS 14th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics Outstanding Student Presenter Award.

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