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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.
You can subscribe to the seminar series via Google Calendars by clicking this button:
January
January 17
Ocean Viscosity and Climate
Dr. Markus Jochum
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Contact: Raghu Murtugudde
January 31
Recent advances in the WRF model and applications to convection-resolving forecasting
Dr. Joe Klemp
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Contact: Dalin Zhang
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February
February 7
The Fronts are Moving! The Fronts are Moving!
Prof. Robert Hudson
University of Maryland
Contact: Robert Hudson
February 14
Simulation and Assimilation of Denmark Strait Overflow
Prof. Tom Haine
Johns Hopkins University
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff
February 18 Note: 11 am Monday, in Room 3425
Predictability of a large-scale flow conducive to extreme precipitation over western Alps
Dr. Federico Grazzini
ARPA-Servizio IdroMeteorologico, Bologna, Italy
Contact: Istvan Szunyogh
Abstract
February 21
Dr. Andrew Tangborn
NASA/GSFC, UMBC JCET
Contact: Dale Allen
February 28
TBA
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March
Thursday March 6
Dynamical Polar Warming Amplification and a New Cliamte Feedback Analysis Framework
Prof. Ming Cai
Florida State University
Abstract
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff
Friday March 7
Cloud-aerosol-precipitation processes as revealed by the A-Train
Prof. Graeme Stephens
Colorado State University
Contact: Zhanqing Li
March 13
Daily Optimum Interpolation Analysis for Sea Surface Temperature
Dr. Thomas Smith
Satellite Climate Studies Branch, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR and ESSIC/CICS
Abstract
Contact: Rachel Pinker
March 20
Spring Break --- No Seminar
March 27
Denitrification and anammox in the Arabian Sea
Prof. Bess Ward
Princeton University
Contact: Raghu Murtugudde.
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April
April 3
Elements of Climate Stabilization: The U.S. Climate
Change Science Program Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and
Atmospheric Concentrations
Dr. Leon Clarke
JGCRI, PNL
Contact: Eugenia Kalnay
His slides: PDF
April 10
Surface-based Remote Sensing of Aerosol Indirect Effects
Prof. Mark Miller
Rutgers University
Contact:Zhanqing Li
April 17
The Tropical Warm Pool in a Warming World
Prof. Peter Webster
Georgia Tech
Contact:Sumant Nigam
April 18 Note: Friday!
Global Warming and Atmospheric Brown Clouds: A Double Threat for Asia
Prof. V. Ramanathan
UCSD
Contact:Zhanqing Li
April 24
PDFs of tropospheric humidity: Measurements and theory
Prof. Darryn Waugh
Johns Hopkins University
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff
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May
May 1
What the ice ages are trying to tell us about climate sensitivity
Prof. Robert Toggweiler
Princeton University
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff
May 8
Rewriting History on Ice in the Arctic - Surprising Results from the
Arctic Coring Expedition
Prof. Kristen St. John
James Madison University
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff
May 15
Coupled ocean-atmosphere breeding for ensemble forecasting and data assimilation
Dr. Shu-Chih Yanh
University of Maryland
Contact: Shu-Chih Yang
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September
September 4
The economics of climate change
Prof. Tom Schelling
Dep't. of Economics
University of Maryland
September 11
New Developments in Ensemble Kalman Filters
Prof. Eugenia Kalnay
AOSC, U. Maryland
Presentation (PDF)
September 18
Impact of Climate Change on Global Viticulture
Prof. Anthony Busalacchi
ESSIC, U. Maryland
Abstract
September 25
Fears, Fantasies, and the Possibility of Climate Control: A useable history of climate engineering
Prof. James Fleming
Colby College
Abstract
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
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October
October 2
Natural and forced modulation of ENSO in the GFDL CM2.1 coupled GCM
Dr. Andrew Wittenberg
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab
Contact:Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
October 3, Friday, Noon
Special seminar, jointly held with the Atmospheric Chemistry Seminar Series
in room CSS 3425
Status of Ensemble Forecasting at ECMWF: 32-day seamless probabilistic prediction
Dr. Roberto Buizza
ECMWF
Talks slides: PDF
October 9
Improving our understanding of Atlantic hurricanes through knowledge of the Saharan Air Layer: Hope or Hype?"
Dr. Scott Braun
NASA/GSFC
Contact: Dalin Zhang:
October 16
Forced and Internal 20th Century SST Trends in North Atlantic:
Attributions and Climate Impacts
Dr. Mingfang Ting
LDEO/Columbia University
Contact: Renu Joseph:
October 23
The Incredible Shrinking Iguana: Galapagos, Gaia, and Hominid Evolution'
Prof. Ragu Murtugudde
ESSIC/AOSC, University of Maryland
October 30
The Role of Moisture in the MJO
Prof. David Randall
Colorado State University
Contact: Sumant Nigam:
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November
November 6
Recent and Projected Future Behavior of Arctic Clouds
Dr. Steve Vavrus
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
November 13
Impacts of Global Change on Regional Air Quality
Prof. Tracey Holloway
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
SPECIAL SEMINAR-- 4:30 pm
Atmospheric self-cleansing capacity: clean air for all?
Dr. Jos Lelieveld
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Contact: Russ Dickerson:
November 20
Hurricanes in the Climate System
Prof. Kerry Emanuel
M.I.T.
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
November 27
Thanksgiving, no lecture
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December
December 4
Stratosphere-Troposphere Dynamical Coupling and Tropospheric Predictability
Dr. Ed Gerber
Columbia University
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
December 11
(Almost) nine years of MODIS: What we are learning about global aerosol
Dr. Robert Levy
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff:
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