NSBP Innovate Seminar Series: A Physicist’s Guide to Weather and Climate Science

Date: May 3, 2023

Time: 4:00PM ET

Venue: Virtual

Meeting:  Click here to Register

Abstract: Thermodynamic and dynamical aspects of geophysical fluids are key to generating the everyday weather that we experience, as well as what the climate will be like in years to come. In this talk we will first review fundamental aspects of earth’s atmospheric circulation, and how computer simulations are used as experimental playgrounds to understand climate. Then, background and original research will be presented on atmospheric blocking: persistent extratropical anticyclones known to steer storms and generate devastating heatwaves and cold spells. This work includes climate modeling experiments performed at NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory studying blocking in current, “future”, and various hypothetical climates. Commentary will also be provided on routes into climate science from the point of view of someone fully trained in traditional physics.

About the Speaker

Veeshan “Vee” Narinesingh is a CESSRST-I Alumni.  Vee completed his B.S. and Ph.D. in Physics at The City University of New York (CUNY). He is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Princeton University / NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.