Back to High Park, summer 2023!

End-of-summer in-person dinner on the MP patio! August 2021

End-of-summer zoom call, August 2020

End-of-summer zoom call, August 2020

Some of the group in High Park, July 2019

Some of the group in High Park, July 2019

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.

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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

Paul, with Ali Moridnejad, discussing Kelly McCusker's poster at the 2017 CMOS Congress in Toronto. Photo by Dan Weaver.

Paul, with Ali Moridnejad, discussing Kelly McCusker's poster at the 2017 CMOS Congress in Toronto. Photo by Dan Weaver.