Richard S. Lindzen

Homepage

Professor
PhD
Phone: (617)253-2432

Address:
54-1720
Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA

Email: rlindzen@mit.edu

Current research interests:
Atmospheric general circulation, hydrodynamic shear instability and nonlinear equilibration, climate feedbacks from clouds and water vapor, and tropical meteorology including the parameterization of cumulus convection.

Group:
Postdocs
Yong-Sang Choi
Graduate students
Mauro Braunstein, Roberto Rondanelli

Recent graduates:
Nili Harnik, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, NY
Pablo Zurita-Gotor, GFDL, Princeton

Publications
R.S. Lindzen, M.-D. Chou, and A.Y. Hou (2001) "Does the Earth have an adaptive infrared iris?" Bull. Amer. Met. Soc. 82, 417-432.

G. Roe and R.S. Lindzen (2001) "The mutual interaction between continental-scale ice sheets and atmospheric stationary waves" J. Climate, 14, 1450-1465.

Lindzen, R.S. and C. Giannitsis (2002) "Reconciling observations of global temperature change" Geophys. Res. Ltrs. 29, (26 June) 10.1029/2001GL014074

 

home | about paoc | education | research | people | events | opportunities | contact us | search
Please report suggestions, comments and problems to paocwebmaster.
   
Copyright © 2000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology