Janet Hering, Director Emerita, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, will give a talk as part of the Climate Science Series. Hosted by the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Co-sponsored by the EPS-ESE DIB Council.
Fuqing Zhang Director, Center for Advanced Data Assimilation and Predictability Techniques (ADAPT) And, Professor, Department of Meteorology and Department of Statistics Pennsylvania State University... Read more about Harvard Climate Seminar
Rodrigo Caballero Professor and Head, Department of Meteorology Stockholm University, Sweden
Atmospheric superrotation at Earth's surface
Atmospheric superrotation refers to a state with prograde (i.e. westerly) zonal-mean winds at or near the equator. It is an observed feature of several planetary atmospheres, but does not occur on present-day Earth. The question of whether Earth could superrotate under altered climates has...