Climate Physics and Geoengineering

Monday, May 23, 2011
8:00 A.M. Coffee, 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Short Course
Salvatori Seminar Room, South Mudd Building - California Institute of Technology

Speakers

  • Mike McCracken (Climate Institute) – Motivations for considering geoengineering (including “climate emergencies”),  overview of key physical processes and geoengineering
  • Alan Robock (Rutgers University) – Stratospheric aerosols, their effects on radiative forcing,  analogues (volcanoes) & risks
  • Graham Feingold (NOAA) – Cloud‐aerosol microphysics, effects of marine and high clouds on albedo & climate, analogoues (ship tracks), and  risks
  • Thomas H. Painter (JPL) – Surface cover effects on albedo & climate, analogues (dust on snow), and risks
  • Phil Rasch (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) – Modeling Climate Physics: challenges & climate sensivity studies

Presentations

Speaker Affiliation Presentation
Mike McCracken, Climate Institute The Potential for Climate (Geo-) Engineering to Help to Limit Global Warming to 2 Degrees Celsius Over Pre-Industrial
(68 MB .pdf) (pdf of Climate Slides of Yore)
Alan Robock, Rutgers University Volcanic Aerosols as an Analog for Geoengineering
(11 MB .pdf)
Graham Feingold, NOAA Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Interactions in Warm Clouds
(19 MB .pdf)
Thomas H. Painter, JPL Influences of Dust and Black Carbon on Melt of Snow and Ice: Mitigation and Geoengineering
(70 MB .pdf)
Phil Rasch, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Modeling climate physics: challenges & climate sensivity studies
(6 MB .pdf)
Climate Physics and Geoengineering - Mike McCracken
Climate Physics and Geoengineering - Graham Feingold
Climate Physics and Geoengineering - Thomas H. Painter
Climate Physics and Geoengineering - Phil Rasch