Hurricanes and Climate Change
RICHARD SOMERVILLE: Richard Somerville is distinguished professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. His research interests are in atmospheric and environmental science, particularly climate theory and numerical weather prediction. He is a general expert on global climate change and is a specialist in computer modeling of the climate system. Somerville has presented testimony before the U.S. Congress, has briefed U.N. climate change negotiators and has advised federal agencies on research, education and outreach.
Effects on Energy Supplies
JAMES D. HAMILTON: An expert on oil shocks, James Hamilton is a professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego. Hamilton can comment on the consequences of Katrina for energy supplies, the loss of refineries and their effects on local gas markets, as well as the contribution of the storm to the chances of a national recession. Some of Hamilton's thoughts on the hurricane's aftermath can be read on his blog: http://www.econbrowser.com.
Economic Damages and Recovery
RICHARD CARSON: Chair of the economics department at the University of California, San Diego and current president of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Richard Carson specializes in the economic damages of environmental disasters. Perhaps best known for his government work assessing the economic effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Carson is also well-versed in water projects, including levee systems, having served on a National Academy of Sciences planning review committee.
Inside Hurricane Processes
KEN MELVILLE: A scientist who studies air-sea interactions, Melville is a professor of physical oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. Researchers in his group use a variety of laboratory and field experiments, and theoretical models, to study processes at the ocean surface, including surface waves in high winds and hurricanes, and related phenomena. See the video "Waves Across the Boundary" at http://explorations.ucsd.edu/video2005
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