Andrew P. Ingersoll
Professor of Planetary Science, Emeritus
B.A., Amherst College, 1960; A.M., Harvard University, 1961; Ph.D., 1966. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1966-71; Associate Professor, 1971-76; Professor, 1976-2003; 2011-22; Anthony Professor, 2003-11; Professor Emeritus, 2022-; Executive Officer for Planetary Science, 1987-94.
Research Overview
Professor Ingersoll focuses on dynamic meteorology and climatology; spacecraft studies of the Earth and other planets; chaotic dust storms and polar caps of Mars; moist convection and the long lived atmospheric vortices of Jupiter; oceanography; the unity of atmospheric circulations throughout the solar system.
Research Summary:
dynamic meteorology and climatology, spacecraft studies of the Earth and other planets, chaotic dust storms and polar caps of Mars, moist convection and the long lived atmospheric vortices of Jupiter, oceanography, the unity of atmospheric circulations throughout the solar system