Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science

The Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science is a unit of the Department of Mathematics, within the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.  Our mission is to advance our understanding of and ability to predict the coupled atmosphere, ocean and ice system through the use of mathematical and computational tools and analysis of observations; and to train the next generation of leading theoretical and computational climate scientists to face one of the most consequential problems of the 21st century.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: The Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science comprises students, postdocs and faculty. Our program values equity, diversity and inclusion as essential elements of an effective, safe and ethical research and educational environment.   It is our responsibility to remove barriers to knowledge and resources that limit access for marginalized groups;  to create a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for all our members and the communities with which we interact; and to continually evaluate ourselves, our program, and our educational and research outcomes to ensure we live up to these standards.

News & Research


  • Two faculty positions available

    Nov. 1, 2024

    The Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science (CAOS) announces the opening of two separate searches for open-rank tenure/tenure-track faculty appointments Read More

     

  • Scientists Capture New View of How the Ocean Melts Antarctica’s Ice Shelves

    Aug. 7, 2024

    A report on the deployment of autonomous underwater vehicles in Antarctica was published in the New York Times. CAOS professor David Holland was part of the research team, contributing instrumentation through a hot-water drilled hole on an Antarctic Ice Shelf, collecting data coincident with the underwater vehicle, a first-ever feat. The research was also reported in NYU News. Read More

  • Forecasting heat stress months in advance from the current state of ENSO

    Aug. 5, 2024

    CAOS Assistant Professor Yi Zhang and collaborators published a paper on a seasonal forecast model of extreme heat stress in the tropics. The new model can forecast heat stress metrics months in advance. Read More

  • ClimSim: An open large-scale dataset for training high-resolution physics emulators

    Jan. 24, 2024

    CAOS Professor Laure Zanna served as a co-author of "ClimSim: A large multi-scale dataset for hybrid physics-ML climate emulation" which won an Outstanding Paper Award at the NeurIPS 2023 Conference in New Orleans. You can read more about their progress here. Read More

  • CAOS Professor Interviewed by the New York Times Magazine

    Jan. 7, 2024

    CAOS Professor David Holland was interviewed for an article in the latest issue of the New York Times Magazine on an ambitious new plan to save the Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland. You can read the full article here Read More

     

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Upcoming Events


Wednesday, November 13, 2024
  • TBD
    Atmosphere Ocean Science Colloquium
    Rei Chemke, Weizmann Institute
    3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302

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