University of Toronto
Department of Physics
60 St. George St.
Toronto ON M5S1A7
Office Location: McLennan Physics MP716
Email: paul.kushner@utoronto.ca
Phone: +1-416-946-3683
Publication profile here.
Paul, with Ali Moridnejad, discussing Kelly McCusker's poster at the 2017 CMOS Congress in Toronto. Photo by Dan Weaver.
The Kushner group works on many aspects of the atmosphere related to climate variability and change:
Atmospheric dynamics
The jet stream and polar vortex
Storm tracks and circulation
Cold-Climate Processes
Snow cover and sea ice
Arctic linkages with global climate
Canadian Sea Ice and Snow Evolution Network CanSISE.ca
Applications
Climate change science and engineering concerns
Theory
Large-scale waves and stability
Wave mean-flow interactions
Modes of climate variability
Tools
Earth system models and simpler models
Mining of observational data and model data