Overview
My current work focuses on two sets of questions. Firstly, how does the Earth's climate respond to spatially varying patterns of forcing? This could be in the form of anomalous SST patterns, or through regional aerosol forcing (either in the climatological sense, or from larger transient phenomena such as wildfires). The second focus is on understanding the interactions between clouds and circulation, particularly in the tropics. Although these questions may at first glance seem quite disconnected, the subtle dynamics governing cloudiness in the tropics often yields significant insights into the first question.
My work combines theory with numerical simulations of the atmosphere (ranging from Large-Eddy simulations to full-complexity GCMs) to try and answer these questions.