The Center for Multi-Scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes
Headquarters: Fort Collins, CO
Description: The Center for Multi-Scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP) will focus on improving the representation of cloud processes in climate models. The need for such improvements has been one of the most important limitations on the reliability of climate-change simulations. CMMAP will address this problem through a revolutionary new approach called the multi-scale modeling framework (MMF). Whereas conventional parameterizations are based on statistical theories involving uncertain closure assumptions, MMFs represent cloud processes on their native scales, and include the cloud-scale interactions among the many physical and chemical processes that are active in cloud systems. A very important strength of an MMF is that the results produced can be evaluated by comparison of simulated and observed cloud-scale processes.
Research areas: Climate modeling, Cloud processes, Climate variability, Tropical meteorology, Transport modeling, Biogeochemical cycles, Atmospheric chemistry, Climate policy
Academic disciplines recruiting from: Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Physics, Chemistry, Math
Available undergraduate intern positions for Summer 2009: Yes
Length of summer undergraduate research program: 10 weeks
Application Deadline: TBD
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