Understanding biases in Antarctic passive microwave sea ice concentration using ICESat-2, NISAR, and data assimilation.

Christopher Horvat

Seminar
Feb. 5, 2026

11:00 am – 12:00 pm MST

Mesa Lab-Main Seminar Room

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Professor Horvat is an applied mathematician and physical oceanographer. He leads the Antipodal Oceanography Group, which works on understanding rapid climate change in polar and tropical regions. Key research areas include: Modeling of sea ice fracture and ocean surface waves, Parameterization of ocean turbulence and mixing, Remote sensing of sea ice and waves, Emergent ecological variability in polar and tropical seas, Modeling of tropical cyclones and their impacts in the Pacific, Machine learning applied to climate downscaling and emulation

Christopher Horvat

Brown University