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

B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1970

Meteorology, Advisor: Lyle H. 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: +1-848-932-5751

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

Latest Publications All Publications

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

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 (44 MB - for teaching)
(revised February 13, 2013)
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)

How To Ask a Professor for a Reference Letter

New York City Metropolitan Area Meteorology Web Sites