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Phone: (518) 442-4477 Fax: (518) 442-5825 Email: brose@albany.edu Education: 1999, B.Sc., McGill University 2002, M.Sc., McGill University 2010, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010-2013, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington I am broadly interested in the behavior of the climate system at the global scale. My research is oriented toward fundamental questions such as: What factors control the global mean temperature and its equator-to-pole gradient? Why has Earth's climate been more variable during some periods of the deep geological past than others? Is the climate unique, or does the Earth system possess multiple equilibria? By studying the fundamental underlying "rules" governing the climate system, we build a deeper understanding of the past and future evolution of climate on Earth, and other planets as well. Attempting to answer these questions inevitably involves studying the often-surprising interactions among different components of the climate system: atmosphere, ocean, ice, etc. I have broad training in both atmospheric science and oceanography, and I am particularly interested in coupled atmosphere-ocean climate dynamics over long time scales. I also have a special interest in polar climate and ocean-sea ice interaction. My work typically takes a "building blocks" approach, trying to build understanding of the complex climate system through judicious simplication. I explore ideas using hierarchies of idealized atmosphere-ocean models, ranging from simple mathematical descriptions to complex coupled numerical calculations. Please visit my website for more information about specific current research projects! |
