Dr. Michela Biasutti
Doherty Associate Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Ocean and Climate Physics
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201C Oceanography
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8512
biasutti@ldeo.columbia.edu
Fields of interest: 
Tropical Climate: dynamics of ITCZs, interaction of oceanic and continental convection centers

I am interested in atmospheric and climate dynamics. My focus is on the climate of the Tropics, in particular on what controls the location and intensity of rainfall, both over the ocean and over land. A proper understanding of mechanisms is both the mean and the end in studying climate change in the past and the future.

  • Forcing Mechanisms for Tropical Rainfall in GCMs
  • A comparative, continental-scale investigation of African climate variability and change

 

Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle
2003
MS in Atmospheric Sciences
University of Washington, Seattle
2000
Laurea in Fisica (cum laude)
Universita` degli studi di Trieste, Italy
1995