HMEI Faculty Seminar: “From Multiscale Scientific Understanding to Predictions and Projections of the Earth System”

 

“Ram” Ramaswamy, director of the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and associated faculty in the High Meadows Environmental Institute, presented “From Multiscale Scientific Understanding to Predictions and Projections of the Earth System” for our second talk in the spring 2021 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

Ramaswamy discussed how the growth in Earth system sciences has led to the advent of a seamless modeling framework at NOAA/GFDL for understanding and predicting the weather and climate on hourly to multi-decadal timescales. Comprehensive mathematical modeling captures the processes and interactions that govern the Earth system, which allows scientists to quantify the occurrence and characteristics of environmental phenomena. Ramaswamy illustrated how climate modeling is advancing scientific frontiers and providing highly detailed information to decision-makers on changes in air quality, weather and water extremes, long-term impacts of climate change and diminished ecosystems.

Click here for an updated version of Ramaswamy’s presentation.

Gabriel Vecchi, professor of geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, led a discussion and Q&A after the main presentation.

HMEI Faculty Seminar: “From Multiscale Scientific Understanding to Predictions and Projections of the Earth System”

Publish Date

March 2, 2021

Presenter(s)

“Ram” Ramaswamy

Link to Video

https://youtu.be/T-tOFq_jVkI

Video Length

01:00:10

 

“Ram” Ramaswamy, director of the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and associated faculty in the High Meadows Environmental Institute, presented “From Multiscale Scientific Understanding to Predictions and Projections of the Earth System” for our second talk in the spring 2021 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

Ramaswamy discussed how the growth in Earth system sciences has led to the advent of a seamless modeling framework at NOAA/GFDL for understanding and predicting the weather and climate on hourly to multi-decadal timescales. Comprehensive mathematical modeling captures the processes and interactions that govern the Earth system, which allows scientists to quantify the occurrence and characteristics of environmental phenomena. Ramaswamy illustrated how climate modeling is advancing scientific frontiers and providing highly detailed information to decision-makers on changes in air quality, weather and water extremes, long-term impacts of climate change and diminished ecosystems.

Click here for an updated version of Ramaswamy’s presentation.

Gabriel Vecchi, professor of geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, led a discussion and Q&A after the main presentation.