About the Lab
Welcome to the tropical climate dynamics research group at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)! We are interested in atmospheric and oceanic processes in the tropics and their interactions with higher latitudes. We study a variety of topics, including the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), marine atmospheric boundary layer clouds, the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), the Hadley circulation, equatorial waves, tropical cyclones, El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and tropical-extratropical interactions. One of our primary goals is to improve understanding of observations of these complex phenomena using a hierarchy of models and observations. With this improved understanding, weather and climate prediction can be guided in the right direction.
We are also involved in science education and outreach, particularly at WHOI and in the local Cape Cod community. From bringing hands-on rotating tank climate science experiments to K–12 and college classrooms to mentoring middle- and high-school students and teachers on research projects, we strive to motivate a generation of future scientists.
Recent News
On May 20, undergraduate student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chelone Laws, started her summer research project as a part of the NSF SOARS Program. Her summer project involves the influence of increasing vertical resolution on the representation of the ITCZ and low clouds. Welcome, Chelone!
On May 11, Alex was invited to serve a four-year term (through March 2028) on the U.S. CLIVAR Process Study and Model Improvement (PSMI) Panel: https://usclivar.org/panels/psmi. Congrats, Alex!
From May 6–10, Alex and Fouzia attended the American Meteorological Society (AMS) 36th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology in Long Beach, CA. Alex had a poster presentation entitled, “Daily ITCZ States over the East Pacific in Observations, Reanalyses, and CMIP6 Models” (https://ams.confex.com/ams/36Hurricanes/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/442632) and he co-chaired two sessions: Madden-Julian Oscillation and Intraseasonal Variability I (https://ams.confex.com/ams/36Hurricanes/meetingapp.cgi/Session/66506)…
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