Seminar Series |
Information for the speakers
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Instructions for the contact person
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Directions for Visitors
January 29
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Dr. Zhanqing Li
Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland Cloud Absorption Anomaly: An Overview and Update Contact person: Prof. Ning Zeng |
Feburary 5
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Dr. Devara
Atmospheric Aerosol Research Activity at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India (special time on Tuesday) Contact person: Prof. R. Pinker |
Feburary 12
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Feburary 19
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Dr.
Yoram Kaufman
NASA/GSFC Aerosol effect on climate - the unique satellite vantage point Contact person: Dr. Z. Li |
Feburary 26
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March 3
Special date: Wendnsday Joint Oceanographic Institute/USSAC Distinguished Lecturers Series |
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March 11
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Dr. Adam Sobel
Lamont-Doherty Observatory, Columbia University The role of surface fluxes, cloud-radiative feedbacks, and ocean coupling in the tropical intraseasonal oscillation Contact person: Dr. Ning Zeng |
March 18
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Dr. Elizabeth North
University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory Linking environmental variability to fish population fluctuations using field and modeling approaches Contact person: Prof. Eugenia Kalnay |
March 25
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April 1
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April 8
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Special Joint Seminar --
Meteorology/Geology/Geography/ESSIC April 15 |
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April 22
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April 29
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May 6
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Dr. Xuguang Wang
Penn State Ensemble Forecasting with the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter (ETKF) Contact person: Dr. Istavan Szunyogh |
SeptemberSeptember 9"The Internal Variability of the Tropical Oceans" Prof. Ragu Murtugudde ESSIC and Department of Meteorology University of Maryland Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu September 16 "The Discovery of Global Warming" Dr. Spencer Weart Center for History of Physics American Institute of Physics Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu September 23 "Regional Air Pollution Potential" Dr. Mark Lawrence Department of Airchemistry/NWG Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Contact: russ@atmos.umd.edu September 30 "Geological Perspective on Global Warming" Prof. George Philander Department of Geological Sciences Princeton University Contact: roxana@atmos.umd.edu |
OctoberOctober 7"Reforecasts, an Important New Data Set for Improving Weather-Climate Predictions" Drs. Tom Hamill and Jeff Whitaker NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center Boulder, Colorado Contact: ekalnay@atmos.umd.edu October 14 Suppression of Deep Convection by Saharan Air Layer over the Tropical North Atlantic Dr. Sun Wong ESSIC, University of Maryland Contact: dessler@atmos.umd.edu October 21 The impact of large-scale wind farms on climate Prof. Daniel Kirk-Davidoff Department of Meteorology University of Maryland Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu October 28 Why is the climate change debate so confusing? Dr. Andy Dessler ESSIC and Department of Meteorology University of Maryland Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu | ||||
NovemberNovember 4"Corals, Coccoliths, and CO2: The Role of Carbonate Cycling in the Earth System" Dr. Andy Ridgwell University of British Columbia Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu November 11 "Diagnosing Ocean Transport Pathways and Timescales From Tracers" Prof. Tom Haine Johns Hopkins University Contact: roxana@atmos.umd.edu November 18 Including Land in Climate Models Robert E. Dickinson Georgia Institute of Technology Contact: Ning Zeng November 25 Thanksgiving Break |
DecemberDecember 2Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Charlie (2004) Observed by Coastal WSR-88Ds Dr. Wenchau Lee NCAR Contact: dalin@atmos.umd.edu December 9 Special Seminar "Air Quality and Climate Change" Prof. Mario Molina MIT, Nobel Laureate of Chemistry Contact: bruce@atmos.umd.edu |
Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held in RM. 2400
(the auditorium on the second floor in the new wing of the Computer &
Space Sci. Bldg.) at 3:30 p.m.
Coffee and cookies are served at 3:00 p.m. |
Directions to the Department of Meteorology Directions from airports to the University of Maryland |
Visitors
attending the Thursday's Meteorology Seminars can park at the Stadium
Garage (PG 3). Parking area with attendant to the east of the building.
To see location, either click on the link "Directions to the Department of Meteorology"
. The department can pay the parking as a courtesy: please take a ticket and get it stamped by Tammy Paolino before 5pm. Otherwise you can pay the ticket yourself. |