Prof. Richard S Lindzen

Alfred P Sloan Professor of Meteorology, Emeritus

Primary DLC

Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

MIT Room: 54-1410

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Baroclinic Instability
Average Distribution of Winds
Average Pole-Equator Temperature Variation
Response of Planetary Waves to Stationary Forcing
Transient Planetary Waves
Climatological Advance of Monsoon Rains
Gravity Waves in the Upper Atmosphere
Hydrodynamic Instability
Atmospheric Science
Convection, Atmospheric Water Vapor, and Cloud Formation
Upper Atmospheric Chemistry and Circulation
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate
Atmospheric Circulation
Climate Modeling Initiative
Planetary Atmospheres
Meteorology
Climate Change
Dynamical Meteorology

Recent Work