Brian Green
Physical Science Research Scientist
Earth System Science
Bio
I'm excited to join Aditi's group, where I'll be using a new dataset of balloon observations to study stratospheric gravity waves. The pressure, temperature, and wind data from the hundreds of balloons Loon has launched provide unprecedented spatial coverage and sampling of the stratosphere at frequencies ideal for studying gravity waves. Our goals are to better understand the sources of these waves and their effect on atmospheric dynamics and circulation, and to develop better parameterizations of them for use in climate models. Before arriving at Stanford, my research focused on the dynamics of tropical rainfall: the historical influence of extratropical sea surface temperatures on it, how its distribution is coupled to the tropical ocean circulation, and how the storms that produce it contribute to the vertical profile of time mean ascent in the tropics. This research involved simplified global climate models, reconstructions of the climate from observations, and satellite observations of tropical storms.
Professional Education
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PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Climate Science (2018)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
My current research is on the dynamics and circulation of the stratosphere, focusing on quantifying the sources and effects of gravity waves. More broadly, I'm interested in and curious about a large range of topics relating to tropical climate, clouds, and the general circulation of the atmosphere and ocean.
All Publications
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The "sticky' ITCZ: ocean-moderated ITCZ shifts
CLIMATE DYNAMICS
2019; 53 (1-2): 1–19
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00382-019-04623-5
View details for Web of Science ID 000471722400001
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Modulation of Monsoon Circulations by Cross-Equatorial Ocean Heat Transport
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
2019; 32 (12): 3471–85
View details for DOI 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0623.1
View details for Web of Science ID 000468768100001
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Hemispherically asymmetric trade wind changes as signatures of past ITCZ shifts
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
2018; 180: 214–28
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.11.020
View details for Web of Science ID 000424183200014
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Twentieth century correlations between extratropical SST variability and ITCZ shifts
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2017; 44 (17): 9039–47
View details for DOI 10.1002/2017GL075044
View details for Web of Science ID 000411702400042
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Coupling of Trade Winds with Ocean Circulation Damps ITCZ Shifts
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
2017; 30 (12): 4395–4411
View details for DOI 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0818.1
View details for Web of Science ID 000402379600004