It is with great sadness that we from the CORDEX community have learned of the passing of Dr. Linda Mearns from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR). She was a dedicated geographer and climate scientist who was highly engaged with CORDEX since the beginning. She also led the development of the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP), the precursor to North American CORDEX. For many years, Linda served as a Point of Contact for CORDEX North America and worked hard to organize CORDEX-CMIP5 for the region. She also contributed through presentations and valuable discussions at several CORDEX conferences, including a talk on NA regional modeling at the Trieste conference in 2023 (at 8 h 15 min 30 sec).

In April 2024, NSF NCAR honoured Linda with the Mearns Symposium to celebrate the magnitude of her career impact.

Her wit, wisdom, dedication, and mentorship have left a lasting impact on all who had the privilege of knowing her, and she will be missed by many.

If you would like to share your own remembrances of Linda, please feel free to add them to this document over the next week (please note that you will need to first request edit access, but please do not hesitate to do so).  It will be published on the NSF NCAR Colleagues We Will Miss page in the near future.