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Prof. Richard S Lindzen
Alfred P Sloan Professor of Meteorology, Emeritus
Primary DLC
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
MIT Room:
54-1410
(617) 253-2432
rlindzen@mit.edu
https://cgcs.mit.edu/people/lindzen-richard
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
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Research Scientist
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