Chapter 6. Center for the Study of Earth from Space (CSES), 1985-2002
Global Hydroclimatic Variability
Gupta initiated this new area of research
in 1997. Developing simple nonlinear dynamical models that couple
global water and energy cycles via terrain, vegetation, oceans, polar
ice and the atmosphere, Gupta will explore the "Gaia hypothesis," which
posits that global climate is self-regulating due to positive and negative
feedbacks. Keith Nordstrom is exploring this topic in his Ph.D. dissertation,
which is near completion. This topic is also leading to collaborative
research with Thomas Chase of CSES.
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