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Alex hosts seminar at Brown University on ITCZ biases in climate models
On September 15th, Alex hosted the Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences Lunch Bunch Seminar at Brown University. The title of his talk was, “We need to simulate more northern ITCZs and less southern ITCZs over the east Pacific Ocean in coupled climate models.”
Read MoreChelone presents her summer research on Hurricane Lee at WHOI
On August 7th, Chelone presented her WHOI Summer Student Fellowship program summer research entitled, “The Effect of Upper Ocean Freshwater on the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Lee” at WHOI in Woods Hole, MA. Congrats on a wonderful summer, Chelone!
Read MoreAlex presents research on ITCZ biases at the 11th Northeast Tropical Workshop at The University at Albany
On August 3rd, Alex traveled to The University at Albany to attend the 11th Northeast Tropical Workshop in Albany, NY. Alex presented his work entitled, “We need to simulate more double ITCZs and less southern ITCZs in reanalyses and coupled climate models,” and he chaired the Tropical Cyclones and Climate session. More information is here:…
Read MoreChelone presents her summer research on Hurricane Lee at NCAR summer colloquia
On July 28th and 31st, Chelone Laws presented her NSF Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) program summer research entitled, “The Effect of Upper Ocean Freshwater on the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Lee” at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO. Congrats on a wonderful summer, Chelone!
Read MoreAlex travels to Boulder, CO to participate in U.S. CLIVAR Summit
From July 20–23, Alex participated in the bi-annual U.S. CLIVAR Summit in Boulder, Colorado. At the Summit, Alex co-chaired the session entitled, “The Tropical ASTZ and its Impact on Climate Extremes.”
Read MoreAlex’s wins WHOI Independent Study Award on the impact of cloud-related factors on tropical rainfall
On May 29th, 2025, Alex had a WHOI Independent Study Award proposal funded. The title of the project is “The impact of cloud-related factors on Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) biases in atmospheric reanalysis data.” The funding goes from June 2025 through May 2027. Congrats, Alex!
Read MoreChelone travels to Woods Hole to start summer research project on Hurricane Lee
On May 20th, 2025, Chelone Laws arrived at WHOI to start her summer research project in Woods Hole as part of WHOI’s Summer Student Fellowship and the NSF Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) programs. Chelone’s project is focused on using satellite-based and Argo float data to understand how upper ocean fresh layers…
Read MoreAlex presents research at the WHOI Board of Trustees and Members of the Corporation Joint Meeting
On May 15th, 2025, Alex presented his research at the WHOI Board of Trustees and Members of the Corporation Joint Meeting. His presentation was entitled, “The Interconnections between Clouds, Storms, and Rainfall over the Ocean.” Alex discussed his group’s work on low clouds, the ITCZ, and education using rotating tanks efforts (in collaboration with the…
Read MoreAlex travels to New York City to host seminars at NASA GISS and the City College of New York
On March 26th, Alex traveled to New York City to host seminars at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the City College of New York. Both talks were entitled, “We need to simulate more double ITCZs and less southern ITCZs in reanalyses and coupled climate models.”
Read MoreLast intensive operating period of weather balloon launches for WFIP3 wraps up
From March 10–25, Alex wrapped up the last intensive observing period of weather balloon launches for the 3rd Wind Forecast Improvement Project (https://www2.whoi.edu/site/wfip3/). We would like to thank the approximately 60 local volunteers who helped with the field operations, both in Woods Hole and on ships transecting the offshore area south of Cape Cod.
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