Dr. Clement performs research on tropical climate changes that occur on timescales of years to millennia, including El Nino, Global warming and abrupt climate change. She uses computer models of the climate together with satellite and surface based observations in order to characterize and understand how and why the tropical climate changes. Dr.Clement was a contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 report. She has received awards from both the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union recognizing her research contributions.