Dr. Ming Cai

Research Areas Include:

• Linear/nonlinear dynamics of large-scale atmospheric motion and short-time climate variability
• Diagnostics of general circulation anomalies using observed data and GCM outputs
• Sub-seasonal and interannual climate variability predictions and forecast model error diagnostics
• Data mining algorithms for detecting climate variability patterns
• Simple atmospheric general circulation models and air-sea coupled models
• Ensemble forecast and data assimilation methods for atmosphere and ocean coupled systems
• Physics of climate impact of land use changes