Overview:

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Overview The Department of Meteorology (Atmosphe
ric and Oceanic Science) and ESSIC (Earth System
Science Interdisciplinary Center)
Russell Dickerson Chair
August 6, 2003
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Department of Meteorology

• Ranked 5th in US (Gourman Rpt., 1996)
• Tenure Track Faculty 13
• (3 joint with ESSIC)
• Open TT Faculty slots 1
• Research Faculty 26
• Postdocs 7
• Graduate Students 60
• State Budget 1M yr-1
• Contracts Grants 7M yr-1

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Research Areas

• Air Pollution
• Air/Sea Interactions
• Atmospheric Chemistry
• Biogeochemical Cycles
• Climate Modeling Diagnostics
• Data Assimilation
• Numerical Weather Prediction Dynamics
• Remote Sensing

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• New METO Curriculum
• Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics
• Climate and Earth System Science
• Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Productivity 5 Ph.D.s yr-1

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Departments Future

• Grow in parallel with ESSIC
• Treating ocean/land/atmosphere as system.
• Expanded collaboration with NOAA/NASA
• Outreach to private sector
• Remote sensing