Methane vs. CO2 in climate policy: The problem with global warming potenials

I will discuss atmospheric circulation regimes of tide-locked exoplanets, drawing on concepts developed in connection with the Earth’s tropics. Wave-Mean-Flow interactions and their role in generation of equatorial super-rotation will be discussed, together with intrinsically threedimensional effects that are not captured by shallow-water dynamics.

About this Series: Supported by the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT invited by the EAPS Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months, as scientists-in-residence within our Program. For more information and Zoom password please contact Kayla Bauer: kbauer@mit.edu