Ángel Francisco Adames-Corraliza

Ángel Francisco Adames-Corraliza
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
1225 W DAYTON ST
Madison
WI
53706-1612
Fields of interest
Tropical Meteorology, tropical convection, tropical waves, tropical-extratropical teleconnections, general circulation of the atmosphere, climate change.
Description of scientific projects
1. Understanding interactions between water vapor and the large-scale circulation in rotational tropical waves.
2. Evaluating the role of adiabatic motions in MJO initiation.
3. Development of simple theory to understand convective coupling in the tropics.
4. Large-scale controls on the midsummer drought over the southeast USA.
5. Understanding the processes that lead to the evolution of tropical convection within a buoyancy-based framework.