ClimaTea Journal Club

Date: 

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 3:00pm

Location: 

HUCE Seminar Room MCZ 429

Speaker: Ned Kleiner

Ned will discuss the simple model used to understand the atmospheric blockings.

During the discussion, Ned will introduce the following points:

1. local wave activity index that diagnoses blocking events

2. time evolution of the LWA index and its relationship with jet dynamics

3. analogy between atmospheric blocking and traffic jams