Physics Program Presents
How Will Rainfall Change with Global Warming?
Friday, April 1, 2016
Hegeman 107
12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Nadir Jeevanjee, University of California-Berkeley
Computer simulations show that global average rainfall increases with surface warming at a rate of roughly 1-3% per Kelvin, but we lack the understanding to estimate this number without resorting to complicated numerical models. This talk will review the basic physics governing mean precipitation, as well as present a new theoretical framework which allows us to intuitively understand as well as quickly estimate this quantity.
For more information, call 845-758-7302, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Hegeman 107