Editing Richard Lindzen (section)

== Middle period (1972–1990) ==
From 1972 to 1982 Lindzen was a professor of dynamic meteorology at [[Harvard University]]. From February to June 1975 he was a visiting professor of dynamic meteorology at [[MIT]], and during part of 1979 Lindzen was a visiting professor at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], before switching affiliations to MIT as the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology in 1983.

During this time, Lindzen published some research on [[gravity waves]],<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lindzen | first1 = R. S.| doi = 10.1029/JC086iC10p09707 | title = Turbulence and stress owing to gravity wave and tidal breakdown | journal = Journal of Geophysical Research | volume = 86 | issue = C10| pages = 9707–9714| year = 1981 |bibcode = 1981JGR....86.9707L }}</ref> as well as [[Hadley circulation]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lindzen | first1 = R. S. | last2 = Hou | first2 = A. V. | title = Hadley Circulations for Zonally Averaged Heating Centered off the Equator | journal = Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | volume = 45 | issue = 17 | pages = 2416–2427 | year = 1988 | doi = 10.1175/1520-0469(1988)045<2416:HCFZAH>2.0.CO;2 |bibcode = 1988JAtS...45.2416L | doi-access = free }}</ref> He is named as one of 16 Scientific Members of the team authoring the [[National Academy of Sciences]] 1975 publication ''Understanding Climatic Change: A Program for Action''.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/understandingcli00unit Understanding Climate Change] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408103340/https://archive.org/details/understandingcli00unit |date=April 8, 2016 }}, National Academy of Sciences 1975, full text and pdf scan available at the Internet Archive</ref>