Climate Dynamics Group
Understand the Climate System
Advance climate science through interdisciplinary research.
Leverage Computational Tools
Harness advances in computing to model the climate system and produce high-quality public code.
Use Observational Data
Learn from observational data to constrain predictions of Earth’s future.
Climate Dynamics
An Introduction
Caltech’s Climate Dynamics Group comprises physicists, engineers, applied mathematicians, and software engineers, united in advancing climate science and modeling.
Our mission is twofold: to uncover fundamental insights into the drivers of climate change and variability, and to translate these discoveries into advances in modeling and prediction. We specialize in advancing theories related to clouds, convection, and extreme events. Leveraging diverse datasets, including high-resolution simulations and Earth observations, we develop state-of-the-art, physics-based and data-driven models. As a member of the Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA), we shape the future of climate modeling for the 21st century.
Recent Publications
Patel, R.N., Schneider, T., 2026: How short climate records affect GEV-based estimates of rare event probabilities. Environmental Research: Climate.
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Guan, Y., Hassanzadeh, P., Schneider, T., Dunbar, O.R.A., Huang, D.Z., Wu, J., Lopez-Gomez, I., 2026: Online learning of eddy-viscosity and backscattering closures for geophysical turbulence using ensemble Kalman inversion. Physical Review Research, 8, 023215.
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Eusebi, R., Schneider, T., 2026: A theory of seasonally varying axisymmetric Hadley circulations including vertical momentum advection. Journal of Climate,39, 2699-2720.
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Yatunin, D., Byrne, S., Kawczynski, C., Kandala, S., Bozzola, G., Sridhar, A., Shen, Z., Jaruga, A., Sloan, J., He, J., Huang, D.Z., Barra, V., Chew, R., Boral, A., Chen, Y., Knoth, O., Ullrich, P., Mbengue, C., Schneider, T., 2026: The Climate Modeling Alliance atmosphere dynamical core: Concepts, numerics, and scaling. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 18, e2025MS005014.
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Mendonça, J.M., Schneider, T., Liu, J., Lian, Y., 2025: Reconciling Jupiter’s vertical motions with the observed cloud structure in
the upper troposphere. Icarus, 443, 116766.
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