Alexey Fedorov Associate Professor Email Me Office: 117b KGL Phone: (203) 432-3153 Fax: (203) 432-3134 Personal web-page Research Interests: Climate dynamics with a focus on large-scale ocean-atmosphere interactions, ocean circulation, and global climate change. Theory and modelling of climate. Current Courses: Theory of climate: G&G 523/323: Paleoclimates: G&G 602/402 Physical Oceanography: G&G 525/325 Selected Publication(s): Fedorov, A. V., Dekens P., McCarthy M., Ravelo, C. and co-authors, 2006: The Pliocene Paradox (Mechanisms for a permanent El Nino). Science 312, 1437-1443. Fedorov, A.V. 2006: Net energy dissipation rates in the tropical ocean. J. Climate, in press. Fedorov, A. V., Barreiro, M., G. Boccaletti, R. C. Pacanowski, and S. G. Philander, 2006: The freshening of surface waters in high latitudes: effects on the thermohaline and wind-driven circulations. J.Phys.Oceanography, in press.