San Gabriel Mission Gardens
San Gabriel, CA, October 2006
Benjamin R. Lintner

Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Office:
250 Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Building
14 College Farm Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551

Telephone:
(732) 932-9800 x 6223

Email:
lintner[ @ ]envsci[ . ]rutgers[ . ]edu
Research Overview:
Predictive understanding of the spatiotemporal variability of tropical precipitation is critical to our ability to simulate climate with models, to interpret observations of past and modern climate conditions, and to anticipate future climate change impacts. Within the broad context of tropical convection and its variability, my current research foci include: (i) coupled ocean-atmosphere and land-atmosphere interactions; (ii) the mean climate and variability of marginally-convecting regions of the Tropics; and (iii) El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) teleconnections. A secondary focus comprises tropospheric tracer transport and its relationship to climate dynamics, convection, and large-scale carbon-climate interactions. More information about my research.

Professional:

CV

Collaborators

 		Teaching:

Tropical Meteorology
(Spring 2010)

Physical Oceanography 451/501: Lecture on tropical ocean-atmosphere interactions (11/19/09) 		Links:

FERRET: a useful tool for gridded dataset analysis

QTCM: Quasi-equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model, available for download from the Climate Systems Interactions Groups at UCLA

NOAA Climate Prediction Program for the Americas (CPPA): "...a competitive research program to improve operational intraseasonal to interannual climate prediction and hydrological applications."

Southwest Pacific Ocean Circulation and Climate Experiment (SPICE): "...observ[ing], model[ing], and understand[ing] the role of Southwest Pacific Ocean Circulation in...the large-scale, low-frequency modulation of climate...and the generation of local climate signatures..." in the southwest Pacific Ocean region

Last updated 12 August 2009