Public Lecture

The Music in the Noise: Identifying the Jet Stream Response to Human Activity

Colorado State University (CSU)
Elizabeth Barnes | Presenter
Colorado State University (CSU)
June 13, 2017

Elizabeth Barnes loves noise – atmospheric noise that is. Her passion is sifting through geophysical data in search of previously undetected signals. She gets to do this every day, as well as teach the next generation of scientists techniques for doing so, as an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University. Her research covers a variety of questions related to atmospheric variability, including, “Can we forecast extreme weather 5 weeks in advance?” to “How does the atmosphere respond to volcanic eruptions?” Prof. Barnes and her fantastic research group have written over 40 papers on extracting atmospheric “music” from the “noise” across a range of past, present and future climates.