Dr. Albert I. Barcilon, Ph.D.
Harvard University, 1965

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Professor Emeritus of Meteorology

Past research in theoretical problems arising in dynamic meteorology and geophysical fluid dynamics has included studies of strong atmospheric vortices, planetary atmospheres, atmospheric and oceanic turbulence, flows over topography in the presence of moisture, nonlinear studies of baroclinic instability, and explosive cyclogenesis. Current research interests: blocking, low frequency dynamics, baroclinic instability in zonally varying basic states; mixed baroclinic-barotropic instabilities.

Selected Publications

• 1999: Study of block onsets using sensitivity perturbations in climatological flows, Mon. Wea. Rev., 127,879-9 00 (with Z.Li and M.Navon).
• 1999: ENSO model dynamics in the presence of stochastic excitation.J. Atmos. Sci., 56,5-23 (with B. Wang and Z. Fang).
• 1998: Non-modal development of baroclinic waves undergoing horizontal shear deformation. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3583-3597 (with C. Bishop)
• 1998: The role of LC1 breaking, linear instability and PV transports in model block onset., J. Atmos.Sci., 55, 2852-2873 (with M. de Pondeca and X. Zou).
• 1998: An adjoint sensitivity study of the efficacy of modal and non-modal perturbations in causing block onset. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 2095-2118 (with M. Pondeca and X. Zou).