Warren M. Washington interviews Richard C.J. Somerville in New Orleans, Louisiana at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Dr. Somerville discusses his early life, meeting his wife, his education at Pennsylvania State University and New York University, working with Ben Davidson and Vic Uy... Show moreWarren M. Washington interviews Richard C.J. Somerville in New Orleans, Louisiana at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Dr. Somerville discusses his early life, meeting his wife, his education at Pennsylvania State University and New York University, working with Ben Davidson and Vic Uyama, as well as his early career at NCAR's Advanced Study Program and at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Somerville speaks about working at the Courant Institute, the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, returning to NCAR, and moving to Scripps Institute of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego. Somerville discusses the differences between working in a university setting and a government or government-funded organization, and speaks about the significance of mentoring and teaching in his career, as well as political issues and public perceptions relating to climate change. He discusses his work in communicating about climate science, numerical simulation of thermal convection, mathematical and computational topics for climate science students, and other topics. Show less