Prof. Lorenzo M. Polvani

Columbia University

Professor

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Professor

Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics

Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics

500 W. 120th St.

S.W. Mudd, Room 216

New York

10027

Phone:

(212) 854-7331

lmp@columbia.edu

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Fields of interest:

Atmospheric and climate dynamics; geophysical fluid dynamics; numerical methods for weather and climate modeling; planetary atmospheres.

Education

List of Highest to Lowest Degree in order.

Ph.D. (Oceanography)

Massachussetts Institute of Technology

1988

M.Sc. (Physics)

McGill University

1982

B.Sc. (Physics)

McGill University

1981

Educational Activities:

APMA E4204 Functions of a Complex Variable

APPH E4210 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Selected Publications:

The Impact of Stratospheric Ozone Recovery on the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies in the 21st Century, Son, S.W.; Polvani, L.M.; Waugh, S.W.; and CCMVal co-authors , Science, Volume 320, p.1486-1489, (2008)

A new look at stratospheric sudden warmings. Part I: Climatology and modeling benchmarks, Charlton, A. J.; Polvani, L. M. , Journal of Climate, Feb 1, Volume 20, Issue 3, p.449-469, (2007), Doi 10.1029/2004gl020503

Transport and mixing of chemical airmasses in idealized baroclinic life cycles, Polvani, L. M.; Esler, J. G. , J. Geophys. Res, (2007)

Upward Wave Activity Flux as a Precursor to Extreme Stratospheric Events and Subsequent Anomalous Surface Weather Regimes, Polvani, L.M.; Waugh, D.W. , Journal of Climate, 09/2004, Volume 17, Issue 18, p.3548–3554, (2004)

Tropospheric response to stratospheric perturbations in a relatively simple general circulation model, Polvani, L.M.; Kushner, P.J. , Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 29, Issue 7, (2002)

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