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Research Spotlight
A simulation experiment is conducted to inquire into the mean climate state and likely trends in atmospheric infrared radiation by Prof. Yi Huang
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Responses in the zonal-mean zonal winds of the Northern Hemisphere stratosphere to instantaneous doubling of atmospheric CO2. For reference, contours of the control winds are overlaid. The 3 panels represent 3 different experiments. By Dr. Barbara Winter
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The J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory: At McGill University, we own and operate several weather radars and other meteorological sensors. Our large S-band Doppler radar is used for weather surveillance around the Montreal area.
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The ESA EARTHCARE Explorer Mission features the first spaceborne atmospheric Doppler radar. Researchers from our Department are involved in the development of the algorithms for the Exploitation of the spaceborne Doppler radar observations.
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Simulated fields of trade-wind convection impinging on an idealized island ridge with a height of 500m. Conditions for these cases are derived from field campaigns (BOMEX and RICO) over the western Atlantic Ocean. By Prof. Daniel Kirshbaum
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Attenuated backscatter (1/(msr) time-height plot of Doppler lidar moments at the SGP ARM facility by Arunchandra Chandra
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True color images from MODIS onboard Terra spanning about 500 km centered at the location of Graciosa Island. (left) A stratocumulus cloud case. (right) a broken cumulus and cumulus with stratocumulus cases by Jasmine Rémillard
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Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Chair's Welcome
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill has a long tradition of frontier research and teaching in meteorology dating from the establishment of first meteorology group in 1856 and McGill observatory in 1862 to the great "stormy weather" radar research group who established cutting edge radar research in the midst of the Second World War. Today our department's research is quite diverse and our expertise can provide incoming students the opportunity to learn from experts in wide spectrum of research domains such as physical meteorology, dynamics, radar and satellite remote sensing, physical oceanography, air-sea ice/snow-ocean interactions, atmospheric chemistry and physics as well as air pollution and climate.