Email: rotunno@ucar.edu
Phone: 303-497-8904
Postal Address: P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000
Shipping Address: 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000

Mesoscale Meteorology

Rich Rotunno has worked on the theory and modeling of a number of meteorological phenomena including tornadoes, supercell thunderstorms, squall lines, hurricanes, polar lows, midlatitude cyclones and fronts, stratified flow past mountains, sea breezes, and variety of related fluid-dynamics problems such vortex instability, density currents, internal bores and hydraulic jumps. Current research interests include orographic precipitation and atmospheric predictability.

Recent Publications

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Richard (Rich) Rotunno's Vitae

Recent Presentations

• "The Fluid Dynamics of Tornadoes" (Seminar University of Utah, 12 January 2012)
• "Basics of Rotating-Flow Boundary Layers" (14th Conference on Mesoscale Meteorology, August 2011)
• "Factors Controlling the Intensity of Idealized Hurricanes in Numerical Models" (Changing Climates, Changing Minds, Stony Brook University, Nov. 2008)
• "Dynamics of Orographic Precipitation" (Mountain Hydroclimate Workshop, Boulder, Oct. 2007)
• "Moist Convection and Mesoscale Predictability" (9th Plinius Conference, Varenna, Italy, Sept. 2007)
• "Mesoscale Processes in Precipitation Systems" (AMS Symposium on the Connections between Mesoscale Processes and Climate, San Antonio, Jan. 2007)

Summer School Lectures

• "Fluid Dynamics for Coastal Meteorology" (ModObs Summer School on Air-Sea Interaction, Castro Marina, Italy, June 2007)
• Dynamical Mesoscale Mountain Meteorology(From Microscale to Mesoscale, Castro Marina, Italy, Sept. 2005)
• Thermally Driven Circulations (From Microscale to Mesoscale, Castro Marina, Italy, Sept. 2005)
• Mountain Waves (From Microscale to Mesoscale, Castro Marina, Italy, Sept. 2005)
• Mountain Lee Vortices (From Microscale to Mesoscale, Castro Marina, Italy, Sept. 2005)
• Orographic Precipitation (From Microscale to Mesoscale, Castro Marina, Italy, Sept. 2005)
• "Orographic Effects on Precipitation" (Summer School on Mountain Meteorology, Trento, Italy, July 2004)