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Date
2-18-2010
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Duration
1:30:24
Description
As concerns and debates grow over global climate change, scientists forge ahead toward grasping a better understanding of climate variability. In the atmosphere (an integral component of our climate system), research efforts are unraveling its fundamental global pattern that accounts for much of the changing wintertime meteorological conditions. As the "heart" of our atmosphere, this pattern beats in time but becomes arrhythmic in association with unusual atmospheric occurrences 30,000 feet above ground. To date, our limited knowledge of the atmosphere at these lofty heights and computational constraints make the diagnosis of this heart condition difficult and uncertain. With rapid development in technology that will allow us to better observe and simulate the atmosphere, this difficulty, which clouds our ability to assess future climate change, may be overcome by future generations.
Subject
Coastal Carolina University--Periodicals;Lecture--Series;Climatology;Climatic changes;Gravity waves;Limpasuvan, Varavut
Rights
Copyright © Coastal Carolina University. For more information contact University Archives at Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC 29526.
Extent
Additional files include a printed speech and flyer
Recommended Citation
Limpasuvan, Varavut, "Diagnosing the Beating Heart of Our Atmosphere: A Puzzle for Future Generations" (2010). HTC Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecture Series. 5.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/dtsls/5
Comments
This series was made possible through the generous support of HTC, the Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc. This award was announced in Fall 2009 and Dr. Limpasuvan presented in 2010.