Prof. Kerry A Emanuel
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Primary DLC
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
MIT Room:
54-1814
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Tropical Cyclones
Cumulus Convection
Water Vapor and Clouds
Climate Modeling Initiative (CMI)
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC)
Climate Change in the Tropical Oceans and Its Relationship to Storms
Cumulus Convection
Water Vapor and Clouds
Climate Modeling Initiative (CMI)
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC)
Climate Change in the Tropical Oceans and Its Relationship to Storms
Research Summary
Professor Emanuel is working on various aspects of moist convection in the atmosphere, and on tropical cyclones. He is interested in fundamental properties of moist convection, including the scaling of convective velocities and the nature of the diurnal cycle of convection over land. His group has developed a promising technique for inferring tropical cyclone activity from coarse-grain output of climate models or re-analyses.
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Projects
April 13, 2022Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Preparing for a New World of Weather and Climate Extremes
Principal Investigators Kerry Emanuel , Miho Mazereeuw , Paul O'Gorman
October 19, 2016Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesConservative Climate Policy
Principal Investigator Kerry Emanuel
July 18, 2011Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesGeneral Circulation Research at MIT
Principal Investigator Kerry Emanuel
July 18, 2011Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesWeather and Forecasting Research at MIT
Principal Investigator Kerry Emanuel
June 30, 2008Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary SciencesTropical Meteorology Research at MIT
Principal Investigator Kerry Emanuel
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Books
Publication date: August 9, 2018BooksWhat We Know About Climate Change: Updated Edition (2018)