For his research he applies numerical methods in order to investigate
atmospheric motions in polar regions and globally.
They represent a unique type of
atmospheric motion whose forcing mechanism is known with great precision, allowing us to test our numerical models and theoretical predictions.
What happens to the wind when a larger number of wind turbines removes more and more of the energy
of atmospheric motion?
We are learning that stability is a common feature of large - scale atmospheric systems in the giant planets: with no solid surface underlying the gas, there is no friction to
dissipate atmospheric motions.
Nonradiative heat transfer again compensates for the imbalance, this time largely by
vertical atmospheric motions involving the evaporation and condensation of water.
In a quest to understand the nature
of atmospheric motions, a thermodynamic view on the atmosphere as a heat engine of some kind has become quite wide - spread.
This atmospheric motion is known as zonal overturning circulation.
This basic picture is complicated by important interactions between water vapor, clouds,
atmospheric motion, and radiation from both the Sun and the Earth.
New core graduate course on the fundamentals of geophysical fluid dynamics and large - scale
atmospheric motions.
The vast bulk of
the atmospheric motion occurs in the Hadley cell.