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Hurricanes in the Climate System
Kerry Emanuel
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Hurricanes are the most lethal natural phenomenon worldwide, and are responsible for nearly 80% of insured property loss in the U.S. These losses are increasing rapidly, as a result of the collision between a massive migration to the coastline and enhanced storm activity in recent decades. Here I will examine the theoretical and observational evidence linking these recent increases to human induced climate change and discuss implications for the future, including the possible effect of changing hurricane activity on climate itself. .
About the Lecturer
Kerry Emanuel is a professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been on the faculty since 1981, after spending three years as a faculty member at UCLA. Professor Emanuel's research interests focus on tropical meteorology and climate, with a specialty in hurricane physics. His interests also include cumulus convection, and advanced methods of sampling the atmosphere in aid of numerical weather prediction. He is the author or co-author of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and two books, including Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes, recently released by Oxford University Press and aimed at a general audience, and What We Know about Climate Change, published by the MIT Press.
Curriculum Vitae
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate
Room 54-1620
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone: (617) 253-2462
Facsimile: (617) 324-0308
Email: emanuel@texmex.mit.edu
WWW: wind.mit.edu/~emanuel/home.html
Birth Date: 21 April 1955
Education
- Graduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in Meteorology, 1978
- Undergraduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S.B. Earth and Planetary Sciences, May 1976
Recent Positions
Professor
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
July 1997 to present
Professor and Director
Center for Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
July 1989 to July 1997
Awards
- The Meisinger Award, American Meteorological Society, 1986
- The Banner I. Miller Award (with Richard Rotunno), American Meteorological Society, 1992
- Fellow, American Meteorological Society, 1995
- The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, American Meteorological Society, 2007
- Louis J. Battan Author's Award, American Meteorological Society, 2007
- Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecturer, American Meteorological Society, 2007
- The David B. Stone Medal, New England Aquarium, 2007
Other Activities
- Board of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1989-1992
- Council of the American Meteorological Society, 1999-2002
- Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the National Academy, 2003-
- Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 2007
Up-to-date publication list
More Information
http://wind.mit.edu/~emanuel/home.html
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Kerry Emanuel
Friday, April 4, 2008
Lecture: 4:00-5:00 PM
Reception: 5:00-7:00 PM
CIRES Auditorium
University of Colorado at Boulder
(Directions to CIRES)
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Emanuel also gave a 2004 CIRES Distinguished Lecture titled, "A Simple Model of Multiple Climate Regimes."
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