Center for Earth Systems Research (CESR)
CESR is part of the Institute for
Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) at UCLA. Its members--Profs. Michael
Ghil, James McWilliams (Center Head), David Neelin, and Richard Turco,
together with their research associates in the IGPP, the Department of Atmospheric
Sciences and the Institute
of the Environment --have primary research interests in the
physics and biogeochemistry of the Earth's atmosphere, cryosphere, and
oceans. In addition, CESR is a base for broad, cooperative effort to
develop, test, and apply a comprehensive numerical modeling capability
for the Earth's climate--for periods extending over previous
millennia, the present, and the coming centuries of anthropogenically
induced changes.
Among the projects carried out in CESR are the following research
topics: the atmospheric and oceanic general circulations; geophysical
fluid dynamics; natural variability of climate on sub-annual,
interannual (e.g., El Niño), decadal, and centennial time scales;
climatic effects of volcanic and anthropogenic aerosols; greenhouse
gases and radiation; stratospheric ozone depletion; tropospheric
organic and sulfur chemistry; oceanic ecosystems and biogeochemical
cycles; paleoclimatic variability; sea ice and glaciers; assimilation
of observations into models; and Southern California regional climate
and its impacts on society.
Members of CESR
Faculty:
M. Ghil,
N. Gruber,
J. McWilliams,
D. Neelin,
R. Turco.
Visiting Faculty:
M. Boiseau,
R. Chretien.
I. Yavneh
Researchers:
P. Berloff,
K. Ide,
R. Lu,
C.-C. Ma,
A. Robertson,
A. Shchepetkin,
F. Varadi,
M.I. Venkatesan,
N. Zeng.
Postdoctoral Fellows:
C. Chou,
M. Gupta,
P. Marchesiello,
J. Molemaker,
H. Parish,
C. Sun,
A. Wirth.
Graduate Students:
R. D'Auria,
J. Duan,
B. Gallego,
S. George,
P. Graves,
K. Hales,
Y. Huang,
N. Jiang,
S. Koo,
J. Lin,
Q. Ma,
P. J. Paysant,
J. Redemann,
A. Saunders,
Y.-D. Tian,
F.-Q. Yu.
Phone and Mail Directory
For more information about the Center for Earth Systems Research
contact: James C. McWilliams, Dept. of Atmos. Sciences/IGPP, UCLA, 405
Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565, (310)206-2829,
jcm@atmos.ucla.edu.