Atmosphere, Oceans, Climate Dynamics

Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics (AOCD) has a long history at Yale, encompassing a wide range of theoretical, observational, and experimental research on geophysical fluid dynamics and climate. The AOCD group focuses on fundamental problems of atmospheric physics and dynamics, physical oceanography, climate variability, and the physics of ice. Our position at Yale, straddling departmental boundaries and interests, facilitates synergies in the study of weather and climate variability on time scales extending out to millions of years.

Faculty in the core areas of AOCD include: 

  • William Boos (atmospheric dynamics, tropical climate)
  • Alexey Fedorov (ocean and climate dynamics, physical oceanography)
  • Ron Smith (geophysical fluid dynamics, meteorology, remote sensing)
  • Trude Storelvmo (aerosols, clouds, radiation, climate)
  • Mary-Louise Timmermans (ocean dynamics, Arctic climate)
  • Nadine Unger (atmospheric chemistry, land ecosystems, climate)
  • George Veronis (physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics)
  • John Wettlaufer (applied mathematics, fluid dynamics, ice physics, statistical physics, theory of climate)