Atmospheric Dynamics
Dynamical meteorology is the physical science of atmospheric motion at all spatial and temporal scales. Topics of dynamical meteorology include the dynamics of the atmospheric general circulation, jet streams, midlatitude storm tracks, tropical cyclones, mesoscale vortices, convective scale storms, boundary layer turbulence, air-sea interactions, atmospheric waves and instabilities, etc.
Faculty
Research Professor
David Bullock Harris Professor of Geosciences
Atmospheric dynamics, stratospheric ozone, climate dynamics, satellite meteorology
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
Professor
Hurricanes, moist convection, large-scale dynamics, climate dynamics, climate variability, past climates
Professor Emeritus, Research Scientist
Large-scale flow organization and transport, theory of geophysical models, pattern-forming PDEs, numerical simulation of electromagnetic scattering
Associate Professor
Midlatitude convective storms, particularly supercell dynamics, storm/environment interactions, and probabilistic severe weather forecasting
Professor
Atmospheric dynamics, predictability, numerical weather prediction, data assimilation, machine learning
Associate Professor
Mesoscale atmospheric dynamics, topographically forced waves and wakes, numerical modeling and scientific computation
Instructional Professor
Meteorology forecasting and services, meteorological and oceanographic instrumentation
