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Unless stated otherwise, seminars are on Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Auditorium (Rm. 2400) on the second floor of the New Wing of the Computer and Space Science Building.

Coffee, tea and cookies are served in the adjoining Atrium at 3:00 p.m.

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February 2009

February 5
SST Gradients, Boundary Layer Convergence and a Simple Model of Climatological Rainfall and Latent Heating Profiles over the Tropical Oceans
Dr. Larissa Back

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Contact: Sumant Nigam


February 12
Wind Power, Weather and Climate
Prof. Daniel Kirk-Davidoff

University of Maryland
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff


February 19
Atmospheric Bromine: Sources, Distribution, and Photochemistry
Prof. Ross Salawitch

University of Maryland
Abstract
Contact: Ross Salawitch

February 26
***Reception: 3:00pm***
Climate, Oceans, Global Warming, and Infectious Disease: The Cholera Paradigm
Prof. Rita Colwell

University of Maryland
Abstract
Contact: Ragu Murtugudde


February 27, Friday, 12:00pm-1:pm
CSS Room 2324
Moving Forward Following the Launch Failure of OCO
Ross Salawitch and Ben Johnson
University of Maryland
Contact: Ross Salawitch

March 2009

March 5
MERRA Overview, Global Water and Energy Budgets and a Brief Demonstration
Dr. Michael Bosilovich

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Abstract
Contact: Massimo Bollasina

March 12
What Caused the Late 16th Century Drought Across Western North America?
Prof. Michael N. Evans

University of Maryland
Abstract
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff

March 19
Spring Break --- No Seminar

March 26
The Role of Tropospheric Ozone in Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate: New Insights from Satellites, Modeling and Assimilation
Dr. Kevin Bowman

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Abstract
Contact: Kayo Ide


April 2009

April 2
Inter- and intra-basin Freshwater Disparities and Global Ocean Thermohaline Circulation
Dr. Dan Seidov

NOAA Oceanic Climate Laboratory
Abstract
Contact: Senya Grodsky

April 9
Predictability of Severe Weather at the Mesoscales
Prof. Fuqing Zhang

Penn State University
Abstract
Contact: Kayo Ide

April 16
***Reception: 3:00pm***
Turbulent Fluid Dynamics at the Margins of Rotational and Stratified Control: Submesoscale Fluid Dynamics in the Ocean
Prof. James C. McWilliams

University of California, Los Angeles
Abstract
Contact: Kayo Ide

***Special Day, Time, & Location***
April 22, Wednesday, 3:00pm-4:00pm
CSS 2324
On Initial Perturbations for Ensemble Prediction
Prof. Erland Källén

Stockholm University, Sweden
Abstract
Contact: Kayo Ide

April 23
The Pleistocene Glacial Controversary and the Discovery of Climate Warming and Continental Dynamics
Prof. Paul Hoffman

Harvard University
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff

April 30
Traveling Waves and Instabilities in the Martian Atmosphere
Dr. John Wilson

NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Abstract
Contact: Kayo Ide


May 2009

May 7
The Threat to Polar Bears From Global Warming
Prof. Eric DeWeaver

University of Maryland
Abstract
Contact: Sumant Nigam

***Special Time & Location***
May 14, 11:00am-12:00pm
CSS 4301 (IPST Conference Room)
Data Assimilation Using Modulated Ensembles
Dr. Craig Bishop

Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey
Abstract
Contact: Dave Kuhl

***Regular Time & Location***
May 14
Data Assimilation and Ensemble Forecasting at the Met Office: Current Status and Future Plan
Dr. Dale Barker

UK Met Office
Abstract
Contact: Takemasa Miyoshi


September 2009

September 3
Ozone Profile and Tropospheric Ozone Retrievals from Hyperspectral Backscattered Ultraviolet Measurements
Dr. Xiong Liu
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center
Abstract
Contact: Russ Dickerson


September 10
The Hoax at the Equator that Elucidates Global Warming Controversies
Professor George Philander

Princeton University
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program
Contact: Sumant Nigam


September 17
Global Climate Change and Sahel Rainfall
Michela Biasutti
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Abstract
Contact: Raghu Murtugudde


September 24
Aerosols Matter for Climate and Health. What We Remote Sensing Scientists Can Do to Help
Dr. Ralph Kahn
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Climate Branch
Abstract
Contact: Rachel Pinker


October 2009

October 1
Wind Wave Modeling at NCEP
Dr. Hendrik Tolman
NOAA NCEP/EMC
Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch
Contact: Kayo Ide

October 8
3:30pm-3:35pm: Pre-seminar Presentation
Student Opportunities in the National Weather Association
Dr. Ralph Ferraro
National Weather Association

3:35pm-4:35pm: AOSC Seminar
Air Quality in Maryland: Progress Through Policy-Relevant Science
Professor Russell Dickerson

University of Maryland
Deparment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Contact: Kayo Ide


October 15
The Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment (AMAZE-08)
Professor Scot T. Martin

Harvard University
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Abstract
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff


October 22
Global and Regional Aerosol Variations During the EOS Satellite Era: An Analysis Using Data From Multiple Satellite Sensors and a Global Model
Dr. Mian Chin
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch
Abstract
Contact: Rachel Pinker


October 29
Air Pollution and Adverse Respiratory Health Outcomes: How Does Epidemiology Work?
Professor Amir Sapkota

University of Maryland
School of Public Health
Abstract
Contact: Russ Dickerson



November 2009

November 5
Ertel Potential Vorticity as a Diagnostic for the Mars Polar Vortex
Dr. Tim McConnochie
Abstract
University of Maryland, Astronomy
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Contact: Eugenia Kalnay


November 12
Satellite Contributions to the Study of Global Change
Dr. Claire Parkinson
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Earth Observing System Project Science Office
Abstract
Contact: Rachel Pinker


November 19
Considerations of Domain Size and Large-Scale Driving for Nested Regional Climate Models: Impact on Internal Variability and the Skill at Developing Small-Scale Details
Professor René Laprise
Université du Québec à Montréal
abstract
Contact: Hugo Berbery


November 26
Happy Thanksgiving -- No Seminar

December 2009

December 3
No Seminar
[Seminar by Professor A. Dennis Kirwan Jr. is resceduled for March 4, 2010]



December 10
No Seminar