Seminar
Title: Why Record-Breaking Extreme Precipitation events tend to occur preferentially over land than ocean under global warming
Time: Jul. 22, 2024, 8-9pm EST
Recording
Brief Bio
William K. M. Lau received his B. Sc. (Mathematics and Physics) in 1972, and B. Sc. Special (Applied Mathematics) in 1973 from University of Hong Kong, his PhD in Atmospheric Sciences in 1978, from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S. He was assistant professor at the Naval Postgraduate School (1978-1980) before joining the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in 1981. He served as the Head of the Climate and Radiation Branch (1991-2000), Chief, the Laboratory for Atmospheres (2001-2010), and the Deputy Director for Science, Earth Science Division, NASA/GSFC (2011-2014). Currently, he is a senior scientist at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), and adjunct professor of the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Maryland. Dr Lau’s research spans over 4 decades covering a wide range of topics in climate dynamics, tropical and monsoon meteorology, ocean-atmosphere interaction, aerosol-water cycle interaction, climate variability and change. Throughout the years, Dr. Lau has frequently visited international research and academic institutions in China, India, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, North and South America, and Europe presenting invited lectures, and keynote speeches in scientific meetings to promote research collaboration and awareness in regional impacts of climate variability and change.
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