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Robert Korty is a Professor at Texas A&M University within the College of Arts and Sciences. His research primarily focuses on climate dynamics, including the study of hurricanes, moist convection, large-scale dynamics, and climate variability. Korty's group is engaged in climate dynamics discussions that encompass applications to past, present, and future climate states. His current projects target tropical cyclone activity in varying climatic conditions—from ice ages to hotter states. Korty investigates the thermodynamic properties and stability of the tropical atmosphere and the evolution that influences the environment capable of spawning tropical storms. A significant portion of his research involves examining model-generated cyclones across different climates and analyzing the statistical properties of vortices using both global models and higher resolution weather models, especially in relation to paleoclimates. One of his ongoing efforts includes simulating early Cenozoic ocean circulation and comparing these models with data derived from cores drilled from the bottom of the world’s oceans, where geochemical analyses have revealed shifts in deep water formation during the Eocene epoch. He collaborates with Deborah Thomas from Oceanography to evaluate model simulations against core-derived insights.
Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.