Climate Dynamics & Change
Climate change dynamics researches the physical processes that determine our climate as well as providing insight into how and why the climate changes. This is an enormous topic and covers spatial scales from cloud particles, with radii of microns, to large-scale atmospheric waves, with length scales of thousands of kilometers. Topics studied in the department include the physics of convection, climate variability, feedback physics, climate sensitivity, climate extremes, and regional modeling.
Faculty
Research Professor
David Bullock Harris Professor of Geosciences
Atmospheric dynamics, stratospheric ozone, climate dynamics, satellite meteorology
Professor
Director, Texas Center for Climate Studies
Climate change, remote sensing, climate change policy
Professor
Department Head
Variability and predictability of climate on seasonal to millennial timescales, coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction, large-scale dynamics of the atmosphere and the oceans
Associate Professor
Climate, hydroclimate, radiative effects of aerosols and pollutants
Regents Professor
Texas State Climatologist; Director, Southern Regional Climate Center
Applied Climatology, Extreme Rainfall, Drought Monitoring, Local Circulations
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus
W. J. Haynes Chair (Inaugural holder)
Climate science, mathematical, statistical methods, models, satellite studies, atmospheric physics
Professor
Hurricanes, moist convection, large-scale dynamics, climate dynamics, climate variability, past climates
Professor
Louis & Elizabeth Scherck Chair in Oceanography
