Perry Samson Ph.D.

Expertise: Climate change

Academic Discipline: Meteorology

Appointments: Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Atmospheric Science, Associate Chair, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, College of Engineering

Phone: (734) 763-6234

E-mail: samson@umich.edu

· Can discuss how tornados form and why global climate change will result in more intense hurricanes.
· Research interests include meteorological analysis and interpretation of atmospheric trace constituents affecting air quality; regional-scale transport and deposition of air pollutants; use of visualization in survey-level science classes; development of Internet-enabled learning objects.
· Co-founder, the Weather Underground, a popular website giving forecasts and hourly weather conditions in the U.S. and abroad.

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