Speaker: Donald Perovich, Professor, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
Dr. Perovich's research interest is understanding the Arctic system and its role in global climate change. The central focus of his research is simple to state: where does all the sunlight go? More precisely, how does the incident solar radiation interact with sea ice and snow? This simple statement belies the rich complexity and importance of the topic. The interaction of solar radiation with snow and sea ice is intimately interrelated with the physical and morphological properties of snow and ice and forcing from the atmosphere and ocean. Through the positive ice-albedo feedback, solar partitioning affects not only the Arctic system, but global climate as well.
Sponsored by the Institute of Arctic Studies at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding.
For more information, contact:
Sharon Tribou-St. Martin
sharon.m.tribou-st.martin [at] dartmouth.edu