Jet streams, storms and waves- how they shape our weather, and the response to climate change Nili Harnik, Tel Aviv University

.Please join us for our next Monday departmental seminar on the 16th of May from 15:00 to 16:00 at the Porter Auditorium

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Jet streams, storms and waves- how they shape our weather, and the response to climate change

Nili Harnik, Tel Aviv University

The large-scale atmospheric circulation in the midlatitudes shapes our climate and weather, and is typically a central player in the formation of extreme weather and climate events. The circulation is the atmosphere’s way of moving heat and moisture from the tropics, which are strongly warmed by the sun, to the poles, which are thus much warmer than they would be without the circulation. In this talk we will explain some of the main features of this circulation - the jet streams, weather storms, and Rossby waves (meanders in the jets), how they come about, how they drive some of the extreme weather and climate events we have seen, and what can we expect in the future