Alan Robock
 (click here for Biographical Sketch)


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

Climate and Environmental Change Initiative

Center for Environmental Prediction

Atmospheric Sciences Section, American Geophysical Union

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

  

 

 

 

Publications

PowerPoint Presentations:

     Climatic Consequences of Regional Nuclear Conflict PowerPoint (32 MB - for teaching)
     (revised November 15, 2009)
You will also need the movies, pin.AVI and effct01a.mov

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

     Volcanic Eruptions and Climate PowerPoint (62 MB - for teaching)
(revised November 15, 2009)
You will also need the movie, pin.AVI

Global Warming

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

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

  Ice-core Volcanic Index 2 (IVI2) 

Global Soil Moisture Data Bank

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)
 

  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 November 15, 2009