David Romps
Title
Professor
Department
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
Research Group
Email
Phone
(510) 642-7095
Research Expertise and Interest
climate, atmosphere, atmospheric science, weather, clouds, fluid dynamics
Research Description
Our group at UC Berkeley and LBNL uses theory, simulation, and observation of clouds and atmospheric dynamics to improve our understanding of Earth's climate.
In the News
September 19, 2019
In media coverage of climate change, where are the facts?
The New York Times makes a concerted effort to drive home the point that climate change is real, but it does a poor job of presenting the basic facts about climate change that could convince skeptics, according to a review of the paper’s coverage since 1980.
November 13, 2014
Lightning expected to increase by 50 percent with global warming
Today’s climate models predict a 50 percent increase in lightning strikes across the US during this century as a result of warming temperatures associated with climate change. UC Berkeley climate scientists look at predictions of precipitation and cloud buoyancy in 11 different climate models and conclude that their combined effect will generate more frequent electrical discharges to the ground.