Jorge Garcia-Franco

I studied a BSc in Earth Sciences at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México with a specific interest in atmospheric and climate science.

In particular, I developed an interest in phenomena of the tropical atmosphere such as monsoons and tropical cyclones. I did an MRes at the University of Leeds with a thesis on tropical cyclone intensification as seen by the dropwindsonde observations.

Now, I am a student of Prof Lesley Gray and Dr. Scott Osprey on a project that aims to understand the imapact of stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation on the tropical circulation and the american monsoon system.

Title: The american monsoon system: climate variability and teleconnections.

Aims

• Understanding model biases in current state-of-the-art general circulation models.
• Characterizing the onset and retreat of regional monsoons.
• Diagnosing the processes associated with the Midsummer drought of southern Mexico and Central America.
• Determining the role of the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation for the tropical circulation and the American monsoon system.