Kent Moore

DepartmentEmailPhoneAddressMississauga , Ontario L5L 1C6CanadaBioProfessor Moore has a Ph.D. in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics from Princeton University. He is a Professor of Physics and Vice-Principal Research at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Professor Moore’s research interests include: theoretical geophysical fluid dynamics, mesoscale meteorology, polar meteorology, high latitude air-sea-ice interactions, physical oceanography, paleoclimatology and high altitude physiology. Professor Moore has published over 170 research papers in the peer-reviewed literature including papers in Science, Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, the New England Journal of Medicine and the British Medical Journal.

Currently, the focus of Professor Moore’s research is in understanding the impact that topographic obstacles such as Greenland and the Himalaya have on the climate in adjoining regions. This work has and will continue to improve our understanding of the changes that are occurring in these regions as the Earth warms. In addition, Professor Moore is involved with an international collaboration that is seeking to understand the processes through which heat, moisture and momentum are exchanged between the high latitude ocean and atmosphere and the impact that a declining sea ice cover has on these exchanges. This work has implications on the impact that climate change has on important ocean circulation systems such as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

Interests

Sea Ice, Physical Science, Science Education

Current Research

High latitude climate dynamics, Mountain meteorology, High altitude physiology