Alan Robock
(click here for Biographical Sketch and other photos)


B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1970

Meteorology, Advisor: Lyle Horn

S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974

Meteorology, Advisor: Norman A. Phillips

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977

Meteorology, Advisor: Edward N. Lorenz
 


Professor II
Department of Environmental Sciences
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers University
14 College Farm Road
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8551

 

Phone:  +1-732-932-9800 x6222

Fax:  +1-732-932-8644

E-mail:  robock@envsci.rutgers.edu

Undergraduate Meteorology Program

Graduate Program in Atmospheric Science

Editor, Reviews of Geophysics

Research Interests:
     Nuclear Winter
     Volcanic Eruptions and Climate
     Soil Moisture
    
Human Impacts of Climate Change
     Regional Atmosphere-Hydrology Modeling
     Geoengineering



Publications

Videos of talks and interviews about nuclear winter, geoengineering, and volcanic eruptions


Alan, Barne Glacier, and Mt. Erebus, Antarctica, Sept. 22, 2004   My Trip To Antarctica

PowerPoint Presentations:

     Climatic Consequences of Nuclear Conflict (38 MB - for teaching)
     (revised January 22, 2012)

     Original Nuclear Winter PowerPoint (31 MB - for teaching)
(revised July 4, 2005)
     You will also need the movie, pin.AVI

     Geoengineering (49 MB - for teaching)
(revised January 12, 2012)
You will also need the movie, CCM250yrWarmingOrtho_long.mpg (37 MB)

Volcanic Eruptions and Climate (62 MB - for teaching)
(revised October 31, 2010)
You will also need the movie, pin.AVI

Global Warming (46 MB - for teaching)
(revised April 28, 2010)
You will also need the movies, CCM250yrWarmingOrtho_long.mpg (37 MB) and arctic_ice_cap.avi

SkepticalScience.com (for the truth about global warming)

Fidel Castro Ruz and Alan Robock  My September 2010 Trip To Cuba


Regional Nuclear War and Nuclear Winter Updatedted
(Climatic Consequences of Nuclear Conflict Website,
with Publications and Powerpoints
)

  Ice-core Volcanic Index 2 (IVI2) 

The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP)

Why I Became a Meteorologist

Atmospheric Science / Meteorology at Rutgers

For my courses, log into sakai.rutgers.edu

Local Radar Loop

WeatherWatcher

How To Ask a Professor for a Reference Letter

New York City Metropolitan Area Meteorology Web Sites



Publications:

Tonight as I Stand Inside the Rain: Bob Dylan and Weather Imagery  (© Copyright 2005 AMS)

External Funding of Atmospheric Science Programs 
(© Copyright 2005 AMS)

Parentheses are (are not) for references and clarification (saving space)
 

  ON NUCLEAR WINTER

  ON GEOENGINEERING

ON VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND CLIMATE

  ON GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE

  ON SOIL MOISTURE AND CLIMATE

  ON HUMIDITY

  ON THE DIURNAL CYCLE



Prepared by Alan Robock (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu) - Last updated on January 26, 2012