Associated Faculty

Prof. Peter H. Stone

Profile

Affiliation(s):

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change;
MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Professor Emeritus;
MIT CGCS Climate Modeling Initiative

Education:

B.A., Harvard University, Astronomy (magna cum laude), 1959
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Harvard University, 1964

Research Interests:
Professor Stone's research interests include: atmospheric dynamics, the interaction of baroclinic eddies with mean flows, diagnostic studies of the general circulation of the atmosphere, development and application of simple climate models and coupled atmosphere-ocean models, global change, and climate predictability.

Publication Examples:
Stone, P.H, 2008: The Atmospheric General Circulation: Some Unresolved Issues, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 44(3-4): 244-250

Scott, J.R., A.P. Sokolov, P.H. Stone & M.D. Webster, 2008: Relative roles of climate sensitivity and forcing in defining the ocean circulation response to climate change, Climate Dynamics, 30(5): 441-454

Forest, C.E., P.H. Stone and A.P. Sokolov, 2006: Estimated PDFs of climate system properties including natural and anthropogenic forcings, Geophysical Research Letters, 33: L01705

Webster, M., J. Scott, A. Sokolov & P. Stone, 2007: Estimating probability distributions from complex models with bifurcations: The case of ocean circulation collapse, Journal of Environmental Systems, 31(1): 1-21

Dalan, F., P.H. Stone and A. Sokolov (Part I); Dalan, F., P.H. Stone, I. Kamenkovich and J. Scott (Part II), 2005: Sensitivity of climate to diapycnal diffusivity in the ocean. Part I: Equilibrium state. Part II: Global warming scenario, Journal of Climate, 18(13): 2460-2481; 2482-2496

Stone, P.H., 2004: Climate Prediction: The Limits of Ocean Models, in: State of the Planet: Frontiers and Challenges in Geophysics, R.S.J. Sparks and C.J. Hawksworth (eds.), American Geophysical Union Monograph Vol. 150: Washington, DC, pp. 259-267

Bugnion, V., and P.H. Stone, 2002: Snowpack model estimates of the mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet and its changes over the 21st century, Climate Dynamics, 20: 87-106