December 11, 2014 - 3:30pmAOSC Student Seminar
Contact: Tim Canty | December 4, 2014 - 3:30pmForecasting Severe Weather For The Capital Weather Gang Dr. Jeffrey Halverson University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Department of Geography and Environmental Studies [ Abstract ] Contact: William Miller |
November 20, 2014 - 3:30pmCan we use GRACE, Argo, altimetry, and tide gauges to constrain estimates of deep ocean warming? Dr. Eric Leuliette NOAA NESDIS [ Abstract ] Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | November 13, 2014 - 3:30pmMass Changes of Polar Ice Sheets and Sea Ice in a Changing Climate Dr. Jay Zwally ESSIC-University of Maryland, NASA Goddard, Cryospheric Science Branch Contact: Derrick Lampkin |
November 6, 2014 - 3:30pmProgress in Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere Dr. Ludovic Brucker NASA Goddard, Cryospheric Science Branch [ Abstract ] Contact: Derrick Lampkin | October 30, 2014 - 3:30pmRemote Sensing of Ice-Sheet Margins Dr. Kelly Brunt ESSIC-University of Maryland, NASA Goddard, Cryospheric Science Branch [ Abstract ] Contact: Derrick Lampkin |
October 23, 2014 - 3:30pmSlip Slidin' Away: Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a changing climate Sridhar Anandakrishnan Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geoscience [ Abstract ] Contact: Derrick Lampkin | October 16, 2014 - 3:30pmTowards Multisensor Snow Assimilation: A Simultaneous Radiometric and Gravimetric Framework Dr. Barton Forman University of Maryland, Civil and Environmental Engineering [ Abstract ] Contact: Derrick Lampkin |
October 9, 2014 - 5:00pm*** Distinguished Lecture *** Location: CSIC Room 1115 Reception 4:00 PM The challenges for food, water, and energy security in the face of climate change and loss of biodiversity. Dr. Robert Watson Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, University of East Anglia [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Catherine Stephens | October 2, 2014 - 3:30pmUnderstanding Greenland's Coupled Ice Sheet-Atmosphere-Ocean System: Recent Progress Dr. Gordon Hamilton University of Maine, Climate Change Institute [ Abstract ] Contact: Derrick Lampkin |
September 25, 2014 - 3:30pmArctic Freshwater Export: Status, Mechanisms, and Prospects Dr. Tom Haine Johns Hopkins University [ Abstract ] Contact: Kayo Ide | September 18, 2014 - 3:30pmEfficiency Space: A Framework for Evaluating Joint Evaporation and Runoff Behavior Dr. Randy Koster NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [ Abstract ] Contact: Rachel Pinker |
September 11, 2014 - 3:30pmAdditive and Multiplicative Incremental 4DVAR for Mixed Gaussian and Lognormal Distribution Errors Dr. Steven Fletcher Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University [ Abstract ] Contact: Daryl Kleist | September 4, 2014 - 3:30pmNew satellite measurements related to plant physiological functioning Dr. Joanna Joiner NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [ Abstract ] Contact: Russell Dickerson |
November 29, 2012Tele-connecting local consumption to global land use and water consumption Professor Klaus Hubacek University of Maryland [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | November 15, 2012Research and data management at the: NODC Ocean Climate Laboratory and World Dada Center for Oceanography Dr. Sydney Levitus NOAA/NESDIS National Oceanographic Data Center [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Jim Carton |
November 12, 2012 - 11:00am*** Note the Date and Time *** *** Location: CSS3400 *** A Fuel Injected Outlet Glacier: Melt Water Infiltration from Saturated Shear Margins Dr. Derrick Lampkin Pennsylvania State University Contact: Jim Carton | November 8, 2012NASA Earth Sciences: activities and opportunities Dr. Peter Hildebrand NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Contact: Jim Carton |
November 1, 2012*** CANCELLED due to Storm Sandy *** CGILS: First Results From an International Project to Understand Cloud-Climate Feedbacks in General Circulation Models Professor Minghua Zhang Stony Brook University Contact: Ning Zeng | October 25, 2012Late Holocene Sea Level Rise: History, Processes, Future Professor Michael Kearney University of Maryland [ Abstract ] Contact: Eugenia Kalnay |
October 18, 2012Community Radiative Transfer Model Development and Applications Dr. Quanhua (Mark) Liu University of Maryland [ Abstract ] Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | October 11, 2012*** Bob Hudson Symposium *** TBA
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October 8, 2012 - 2:00pm*** Note the Date and Time *** *** Location: CSS3400 *** Physical underpinnings of oceanic phytoplankton blooms Dr. Amala Mahadevan Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Contact: Jim Carton | October 4, 2012Changes in the ventilation of the southern oceans due to stratospheric ozone depletion Professor Darryn Waugh Johns Hopkins University [ Abstract ] Contact: Kayo Ide |
September 27, 2012Hot Air in the Forest Primeval Professor Bill Brune Pennsylvania State University [ Abstract ] Contact: Da-Lin Zhang | September 20, 2012Earth Science Research at NASA Langley Research Center Dr. Bruce Doddridge NASA Langley Research Center [ Abstract ] Contact: Russ Dickerson/Jim Carton |
September 13, 2012*** AOSC Meeting *** AOSC Meeting of the Whole Professor Jim Carton University of Maryland | August 30, 2012*** Special NOAA Seminar *** *** Special Reception at 3pm *** An Overview of the Current and Future NCEP Operational Modeling Suite Dr. William Lapenta Acting Director NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center [ Abstract ] Contact: Jim Carton |
May 10, 2012*** Alumnus Seminar *** Multi-faceted forced variability of the South Asian summer monsoon Dr. Massimo Bollasina Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Contact: Sumant Nigam | May 3, 2012*** Distinguished Alumnus Seminar *** Shallow-water Remote Sensing: The Unsolved Problem of Atmospheric Correction Dr. Curtis Mobley Sequoia Scientific, Inc. [ Abstract ] Contact: Ragu Murtugudde |
April 26, 2012A Significant Advance in Calculating EOFs from Very Large Data Sets Dr. Huug van den Dool NOAA/NCEP Climate Prediction Center [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | April 19, 2012Air Quality Forecasting basics and experiences Dr. Pius Lee NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Contact: Russ Dickerson |
April 12, 2012*** Alumnus Seminar *** A Reanalysis for Mars: Insights into the Weather and Predictability of the Red Planet Dr. Steven Greybush University of Maryland Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | April 5, 2012Assimilation of CO2 measurements from an AIRS channel with peak sensitivity in the mid- and lower-troposphere Dr. Andrew Tangborn NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [ Abstract ] Contact: Eugenia Kalnay |
March 29, 2012 - 6:00pm*** Rasmusson Lecture *** Why is Global Warming Polarizing? Professor George Philander Princeton University [ Abstract ] Contact: Sumant Nigam | March 15, 2012*** Faculty Seminar *** The Impact of Tropospheric Aerosols, Volcanoes, and Ocean Circulation on Global Climate Professor Ross Salawitch University of Maryland [ Abstract ] Contact: Russ Dickerson |
March 8, 2012Chaotic Advection in a Three-dimensional, Idealized Ocean Eddy Dr. Larry Pratt Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Contact: Kayo Ide | March 1, 2012How important is the Tibetan Plateau to China and global weather, environment, and climate systems? Dr. Chungu Lu National Science Foundation [ Abstract ] Contact: Zhanqing Li |
February 23, 2012A tale of two winter storms: Dec 26, 2010 and Jan 26, 2011 Mr. Steven Zubrick National Weather Service Sterling [ Abstract ] Contact: Scott Rudlosky | February 16, 2012*** Faculty Seminar *** Big History: Earth, Life, and Sustainability Professor Raghuram Murtugudde University of Maryland [ Presentation ] Contact: Tony Busalacchi |
February 9, 2012Nucleation, Growth, and Transformation of Atmospheric Aerosols: Recent Progress and Challenges Professor Renyi Zhang Holder of Harold J. Haynes Endowed Chair Texas A&M University Contact: Zhanqing Li | February 2, 2012Tales from my sabbatical: a hydrologist with a mid-life crisis playing multi-lateral development banking in Washington Professor Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm Florida International University Contact: Tony Busalacchi |
December 1, 2011Impact of Land Use, Climate Variability, and Watershed Restoration on Nitrogen Dynamics Professor Sujay Kaushal Universiy of Maryland ESSIC & Geology [ Abstract ] Contact: Raghu Murtugudde | November 17, 2011The Structure of the LaGrange, Wyoming Tornado Observed during VORTEX2 Dr. Roger Wakimoto Director National Center for Atmospheric Research [ Abstract ] Contact: Kayo Ide |
November 10, 2011How Well Do We Know Recent Climate Trends at the Tropical Tropopause? Dr. James Wang NOAA Air Resources Laboratory [ Abstract ] Contact: Phil Arkin | November 3, 2011Part I - Sea Surface Temperature for Numerical Weather Prediction. Part II - U. S. Global Change Research Program Strategic Plan. Professor David Halpern NASA Headquarters University of Maryland [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Rachel Pinker |
October 20, 2011*** Alumna Seminar *** Estimation of Surface Carbon Fluxes with an Advanced Data Assimilation Methodology Dr. Ji-Sun Kang Ph.D. AOSC 2009 Advisor: Eugenia Kalnay University of Maryland [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | October 13, 2011*** Faculty Seminar *** Long-term and Global Impact of Aerosols on Cloud and Precipitation Professor Zhanqing Li Universiy of Maryland [ Abstract ] Contact: Da-Lin Zhang |
October 6, 2011*** Alumna Seminar *** AIRS Contribution to Climate and Air Quality Studies - Focus on Algorithm Refinement and Validation Dr. Juying Warner Ph.D. Meteorology 1997 Advisor: Bob Ellingson University of Maryland Baltimore County Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Russ Dickerson | September 29, 2011*** Faculty Seminar *** Regional Climate-Weather Research and Forecasting (CWRF) Model Development and Application over the U.S. Professor Xin-Zhong Liang University of Maryland [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Russ Dickerson |
September 22, 2011Multi-model Ensemble Forecasting in the Energy Weather Industry Dr. Daniel Kirk-Davidoff MDA Information Systems [ Abstract ] Contact: Kayo Ide | September 15, 2011America's Climate Choices, Maryland's Climate Choices Professor Donald F. Boesch President University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Tony Busalacchi |
September 8, 2011*** Chair's Address *** State of the Department Professor Jim Carton University of Maryland Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science | June 23, 2011* Special Seminar * Observing System Simulation Experiments: Methodology, Early Results and Plans for the Future Dr. Robert Atlas Director NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Kayo Ide |
May 18, 2011El Nino in SODA 1871-2008 Prof. Benjamin Giese Texas A&M University Department of Oceanography [ Abstract ] Contact: Prof.Jim Carton | May 10, 2011* Joint AOSC-Dept. History Seminar * Climate Controversies: Science and the Politics of Knowledge about Global Climate Change Prof. Paul Edwards University of Michigan School of Information [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Kayo Ide |
May 5, 2011* Almuni Seminar * Tropical Weather Systems within a Global Data Assimilation and Forecasting Framework Dr. Oreste Reale 2011 Distinguishd Alumni Award Recipient PhD, Meteorology, University of Maryland NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmosphere [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Ning Zeng | April 28, 2011Using Neural Networks to Improve Atmospheric Model Physics Dr. Vladimir Krasnopolsky NOAA Nat'l Centers for Environmental Prediction Environmental Modeling Center [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Da-Lin Zhang |
April 21, 2011Adjoint Sensitivity Studies of Extratropical and (Sub-)Tropical Transition: Floyd (1999) and Andrea (2007) Prof. Michael Morgan University of Wisconsin NSF Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Kayo Ide | April 14, 2011Daily Precipitation Statistics: An Intercomparison between NCEP Reanalyses and Observations Dr. Vernon Kousky University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sceince [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Jim Carton |
April 7, 2011How Can Environmental Changes Affect Climate: Findings From the EAST-AIRE and AMF Experiments in China Prof. Zhanqing Li University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Eugenia Kalnay | March 31, 2011When did the Anthropocene Begin? Observations and Climate Model Simulations Prof. John Kutzbach University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Climate Research [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Sumant Nigam |
March 17, 2011It is Necessary to Revolutionize Climate Prediction: Is it Possible? Professor Jagadish Shukla George Mason University Institute for Global Environment and Society [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Eugenia Kalnay | March 16, 2011Aerosol Assimilation and its Applications Dr. Nicholas Schutgens University of Tokyo Atmospheric and Oceanic Research Institute Contact: Prof. Zhanqing Li |
March 14, 2011Ideas for Improving Ensemble Data Assimilation Dr. Takemasa Miyoshi University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Contact: Prof. Eugenia Kalnay | March 10, 2011The Relationship between Refractivity and Atmospheric Boundary Layer Structure Dr. Robert Marshall Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Da-Lin Zhang |
March 9, 2011The Data-Assimilation Zoo. Section: Kalman Filters Dr. Lars Nerger Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Contact: Prof. Jim Carton | March 3, 2011Recent Progress in Analysis and Prediction at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Environmental Modeling Center Dr. Steve Lord NOAA Nat'l Centers for Environmental Prediction Environmental Modeling Center [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Kayo Ide |
February 24, 2011Air Quality in a Changing Climate Dr. Darrell Winner National Center for Environmental Assessment [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Dr. Jeff Stehr | February 17, 2011Almuni Seminar Observed Global Precipitation Variability during the 20th Century Dr. Phil Arkin PhD, Meteorology, University of Maryland Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Antonio Busalacchi |
February 10, 2011Integration of Information from Multiple Sources Prof. Benjamin Kedem University of Maryland, Department of Mathematics [ Abstract ] Contact: Prof. Rachel Pinker | January 31, 2011Too Smart for Our Own Good Dr. Craig Dilworth Uppsala University, Sweden, Department of Philosophy [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Prof. Eugenia Kalnay |
December 9 Ensemble Forecasting: Why and How? Dr. Zoltan Toth NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Forecast Application Branch [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Kayo Ide | December 2 The NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis Dr. Suranjana Saha NOAA Nat'l Centers for Environmental Prediction Environmental Modeling Center [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Eugenia Kalnay |
November 18 The Effects of Deep Convection on Atmospheric Chemistry Dr. Kenneth Pickering PhD, Meteorology, University of Maryland * Alumni Reception at 3:00pm * NASA GSFC Atmos. Chem. and Dyn. Branch UMD Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciecne [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Russ Dickerson | November 11 Contrasting Physical-Biological Interactions in the Central Gyres and Ocean Margin Prof. Anand Gnanadesikan NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University (Starting January 2011) [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: James Carton |
November 4 Overview of the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) Dr. Sonny Kim Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Joint Global Change Research Institute [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Ning Zeng | October 28 Land-use Change and Earth System Dynamics: Advancing the Science Prof. George Hurtt University of Maryland Department of Geography [ Abstract ] Contact: Ning Zeng |
October 21 The Fate of Ethanol and Meat in a Changing Climate: Integrating the Socio-Economic and Physical Drivers of Land-use Change in the Partial Equilibrium Economic Land-use (PEEL) Model Dr. Joshua W. Elliott University of Chicago & Argonne National Laboratory Computation Institute [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Danniel Kirk-Davidoff | October 14 A Hybrid Lagrangian/Eulerian View of the Atmospheric Mass Circulation: Preliminary Results Prof. Ming Cai Florida State University Dept. of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science On sabbatical at Univeristy of Maryland [ Abstract ] Contact: Eugenia Kalnay |
October 7 Recent Widening of the Tropical Belt Dr. Dian Seidel PhD, Meteorology, University of Maryland NOAA Air Resources Laboratory [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Sumant Nigam | September 30 "Blue Collar" Science and The Maryland State Implementation Plan for Air Quality Dr. Jeffrey W. Stehr University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science [ Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: Russ Dickerson |
September 23 A Critical Look at the Science of Climate Change Prof. Ross J. Salawitch University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science [ Abstract ] Contact: Kayo Ide | September 16 Revolutionizing Climate Modeling: Impact of High Spatial Resolution Prof. James Kinter Institute of Global Environment and Society Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies [Abstract | Presentation ] Contact: James Carton |
September 2 Population and Climate Change: Coupling Population Models with Earth System Models Prof. Eugenia Kalnay and Mr. Harald Rybka(#) University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (#) Also Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany [Abstract | Presentation PartI & PartII ] Contact: Kayo Ide | May 6 Nitrogen: A Story of Food, Feed and Fuel Professor James N. Galloway University of Virginia Department of Environmental Sciences Abstract Contact: Russell Dickerson |
April 29 The Multi-Faceted Influence of Aerosols in Climate Professor Venkatachalam Ramaswamy NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Princeton University Abstract Contact: Sumant Nigam | April 22 Observations of Tropical Variability in the Upper Troposphere/ Lower Stratosphere: Insights from the SHADOZ Strategic Ozonesonde Network Professor Anne Thompson Penn State University Department of Meteorology Abstract Contact: Ross Salawitch |
April 15 Droughts over the US Great Plains and the African Sahel: A Key Role for Atlantic Basin Temperatures Professor Sumant Nigam University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science & Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Abstract Contact: Kayo Ide | April 8 Modeling Land Cover/Land Use Changes and Their Impact on Regional Climate Professor E. Hugo Berbery University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Abstract Contact: Kayo Ide |
April 1 Enhanced surface heating and accelerated snow melt in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau induced by absorbing aerosols Dr. William K.M. Lau NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Chief, Laboratory for Atmospheres Abstract Contact: Jeff Stehr | March 25 Recent Findings in Weather and Climate Research from the AIRS on Aqua Dr. Thomas S. Pagano NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory AIRS Project Manager Abstract Contact: Kayo Ide |
March 8, Monday, 12pm ESSIC Conference Room 4102 (M square) From a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady State Economy: With Ten Policy Steps Along the Way Professor Herman E. Daly University of Maryland School of Public Policy [ Abstract | Talk ] Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | March 4 The Effervescent Eddy Enigma Professor A. Dennis Kirwan Jr. University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment Abstract Contact: Kayo Ide |
February 25 The Stratospheric Ozone Hole and the Montreal Protocol: Role Model for Global Warming? Professor Robert Hudson University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Abstract Contact: Russell Dickerson | February 18 NOAA Operational Polar-Orbiting Satellites for Monitoring the Environment and Socioeconomic Activities Dr. Felix Kogan NOAA Satellite Meteorology & Climatology Division Environmental Monitoring Branch Abstract Contact: Rachel Pinker |
February 11: '"Blue Collar" Science and The Maryland State Implementation Plan for Air Quality' Dr. Jeffrey W. Stehr University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Abstract Contact: Kayo Ide | February 4 Expansion of the World's Deserts due to Vegetation-Albedo Feedback Under Global Warming Professor Ning Zeng University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Abstract Contact: Kayo Ide |
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 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 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 | 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 |
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 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 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 1 Wind Wave Modeling at NCEP Dr. Hendrik Tolman NOAA NCEP/EMC Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch Contact: Kayo Id |
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 | September 17 Global Climate Change and Sahel Rainfall Michela Biasutti Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Abstract Contact: Raghu Murtugudde |
September 17 Global Climate Change and Sahel Rainfall Michela Biasutti Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Abstract Contact: Raghu Murtugudde | 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 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 | 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 |
May 7 The Threat to Polar Bears From Global Warming Prof. Eric DeWeaver University of Maryland Abstract Contact: Sumant Nigam | April 30 Traveling Waves and Instabilities in the Martian Atmosphere Dr. John Wilson NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory 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 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 16 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 | April 9 Predictability of Severe Weather at the Mesoscales Prof. Fuqing Zhang Penn State University Abstract Contact: Kayo Ide |
April 2 Inter- and intra-basin Freshwater Disparities and Global Ocean Thermohaline Circulation Dr. Dan Seidov NOAA Oceanic Climate Laboratory Abstract Contact: Senya Grodsky | 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 |
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 5 MERRA Overview, Global Water and Energy Budgets and a Brief Demonstration Dr. Michael Bosilovich NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract Contact: Massimo Bollasina |
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 | February 26 Climate, Oceans, Global Warming, and Infectious Disease: The Cholera Paradigm Prof. Rita Colwell University of Maryland Abstract Contact: Ragu Murtugudde |
February 19 Atmospheric Bromine: Sources, Distribution, and Photochemistry Prof. Ross Salawitch University of Maryland Abstract Contact: Ross Salawitch | February 12 Wind Power, Weather and Climate Prof. Daniel Kirk-Davidoff University of Maryland Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
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 | |
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 | December 4 Stratosphere-Troposphere Dynamical Coupling and Tropospheric Predictability Dr. Ed Gerber Columbia University Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
November 20 Hurricanes in the Climate System Prof. Kerry Emanuel M.I.T. 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 13 Impacts of Global Change on Regional Air Quality Prof. Tracey Holloway University of Wisconsin, Madison Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | November 6 Recent and Projected Future Behavior of Arctic Clouds Dr. Steve Vavrus University of Wisconsin, Madison Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
October 30 The Role of Moisture in the MJO Prof. David Randall Colorado State University Contact: Sumant Nigam | October 23 The Incredible Shrinking Iguana: Galapagos, Gaia, and Hominid Evolution' Prof. Ragu Murtugudde ESSIC/AOSC, University of Maryland |
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 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 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 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 |
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 | September 18 Impact of Climate Change on Global Viticulture Prof. Anthony Busalacchi ESSIC, U. Maryland Abstract |
September 11 New Developments in Ensemble Kalman Filters Prof. Eugenia Kalnay AOSC, U. Maryland Presentation (PDF) | September 4 The economics of climate change Prof. Tom Schelling Dep't. of Economics University of Maryland |
May 15 Coupled ocean-atmosphere breeding for ensemble forecasting and data assimilation Dr. Shu-Chih Yanh University of Maryland Contact: Shu-Chih Yang | 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 1 What the ice ages are trying to tell us about climate sensitivity Prof. Robert Toggweiler Princeton University Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | April 24 PDFs of tropospheric humidity: Measurements and theory Prof. Darryn Waugh Johns Hopkins University Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
April 18 Note: Friday! Global Warming and Atmospheric Brown Clouds: A Double Threat for Asia Prof. V. Ramanathan UCSD Contact:Zhanqing Li | April 17 The Tropical Warm Pool in a Warming World Prof. Peter Webster Georgia Tech Contact:Sumant Nigam |
April 10 Surface-based Remote Sensing of Aerosol Indirect Effects Prof. Mark Miller Rutgers University Contact:Zhanqing Li | 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 |
March 27 Denitrification and anammox in the Arabian Sea Prof. Bess Ward Princeton University Contact: Raghu Murtugudde | 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 |
Friday March 7 Cloud-aerosol-precipitation processes as revealed by the A-Train Prof. Graeme Stephens Colorado State University Contact: Zhanqing Li | 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 |
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Dr. Andrew Tangborn NASA/GSFC, UMBC JCET Contact: Dale Allen | 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 14 Simulation and Assimilation of Denmark Strait Overflow Prof. Tom Haine Johns Hopkins University Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | February 7 The Fronts are Moving! The Fronts are Moving! Prof. Robert Hudson University of Maryland Contact: Robert Hudson |
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 | January 17 Ocean Viscosity and Climate Dr. Markus Jochum National Center for Atmospheric Research Contact: Raghu Murtugudde |
December 6 "The Orbiting Carbon Observatory" Prof. Ross Salawitch University of Maryland | November 29 From the Laboratory to the Storm Environment: Integrating Observations and Models of Rainfall Microphysics Prof. Ana Barros Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Duke University Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
November 15 Regional radiative forcing vs regional climate response: Implications for science and for environmental policy Dr. Hiram Levy NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Contact: Russ Dickerson | November 8 "Hadley circulation and monsoon dynamics." Prof. Tapio Schneider Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences Caltech Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
November 1 Self-maintaining jets and subtropical drying in the greenhouse Prof. Walter Robinson NSF/University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | October 25 Weather by the Numbers: The Development of NWP in the Mid-Twentieth Century Prof. Kristine Harper Humanities Department, New Mexico Tech Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
October 18 "Climate change in the Sahel" Dr. Alessandra Giannini IRI for Climate and Society/Columbia University Contact: Ernesto Munoz | October 11 Tropical and Subtropical Salinity and Hydrologic System Variability During the Late Quaternary Prof. Howard Spero Department of Geology, U.C. Davis Contact: Ning Zeng |
October 4 Examples of Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation in Oceanography Dr. Ibrahim Hoteit Scripps Institution of Oceanography Contact:Eugenia Kalnay | September 27 Africa's role in global water and carbon cycles: Diagnosing ecosystem processes and connections to climate Dr. Christopher Williams GEST/UMBC/NASA GSFC Contact: Ning Zeng |
September 20 Observing System Experiments using NCEP Operational Data Assimilation Systems Mr. James Jung NCEP Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | September 13 Modeling Marine Microbial Communities Dr. Mick Follows Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology Contact: Ragu Murtugudde: |
September 6 From Physics to Fish: Nature's rules and biological loopholes Prof. Ragu Murtugudde Dep't. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science University of Maryland | May 24 Overview of the EAST-AIRE experiment Prof. Zhanqing Li University of Maryland |
May 17 The use of spectral zenith radiance measurements to better understand cloud-radiation processes Dr. Warren Wiscombe NASA GSFC | May 10 Prof. Alex Hall A Strategy to Reduce the Persistent Spread in Projections of Future Climate University of Calfornia at Los Angeles |
April 26 The Eugene Rasmusson Symposium at the 2007 AMS Annual Meeting: Gene's Hydroclimate Legacy Prof. Sumant Nigam University of Maryland, College Park Contact: Sumant Nigam | April 19 The Origins of ITCZ, Monsoon and Monsoon Onset Dr. Winston Chao NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff Abstract |
April 12 POSTPONED TO FALL 2007 History of Numerical Weather Forecasting Prof. Kristine Harper New Mexico Tech Contact:Dan Kirk-Davidoff | April 5 The Impact of Tropical Indian Ocean Warming on Southern Hemisphere Polar Climate Dr. Judith Perlwitz NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Contact:Dan Kirk-Davidoff Abstract |
March 29 Tropical influences on the hydroclimate and vegetation of Central and Southwest Asia Prof. Matt Barlow U. Mass Lowell Abstract Contact: Sumant Nigam | March 15 SO2 over China detected with EOS Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument and aircraft in-situ measurements Dr. Nickolay A. Krotkov GEST/UMBC and NASA/GSFC Contact: Zhanqing Li |
March 8 Linking Landscape and Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin for 200 years Prof. R. Eugene Turner Louisiana State University Contact: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff Abstract | March 1 The Global Aerosol System as Viewed by MODIS Today Dr. Lorraine Remer NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Contact: Zhanqing Li Abstract |
February 22 Causes and Impacts of the 2005 Amazon Drought Prof. Ning Zeng University of Maryland Contact: Ning Zeng Abstract | February 15 Tracking the sources of stratospheric water: new measurements of isotopic markers of deep convection Dr. Elizabeth Moyer Harvard University Contact:Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
February 8 Climate Change Technology Research: Do we need a Manhattan Project for the Environment? Mr. Lee Lane Climate Policy Center Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | February 1 Hybrid Variational/Ensemble Data Assimilation Dr. Dale Barker National Center for Atmospheric Research Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
Friday, January 12 at 11 am in CSS 3425 Impact of climate change on the water cycle in West Africa: Numerical modelling and uncertainty Dr. Tristan d'Orgeval Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du C.N.R.S. Contact: Hugo Berbery | |
December 7 Sensitivity study of T2m and precipitation forecasts to soil moisture initial condition using NCEP WRF ensemble system Dr. Jun Du NOAA/NCEP/EMC Abstract PowerPoint Slides of Talk Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | November 30 Stratosphere-troposphere Interactions Forced by Variations in Snow Extent Prof. Paul Kushner University of Toronto Contact: Sumant Nigam |
November 16 Human impacts on atmospheric deposition of iron Dr. Natalie Mahowald National Center for Atmospheric Research Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | November 9 "How do "greenhouse" Climates Work?" Prof. Matthew Huber Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Purdue University Relevant Paper Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
November 2 "NCEP Update: Review of Progress in Operational Weather, Climate and Ocean Forecasts" Dr. Louis Uccellini NOAA/NWS Slides from the Talk Movie 1 Movie 2 Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | October 26 "Diagnosing Climate Model Fidelity" Prof. Daniel Kirk-Davidoff University of Maryland |
October 19 "The mesoscale dynamics associated with fire-atmosphere interactions" Dr. Jay Charney USDA Forest Service Contact: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff | October 12 "Indian Ocean Climate Variability of Relevance to Biogeochemistry" Prof. Ragu Murtugudde University of Maryland, College Park |
October 5 "Recent Changes in Arctic-Atlantic Climate" Dr. Helge Drange Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norway Contact: Emily Becker | September 25 "Understanding the Land-Cloud-Atmosphere Interaction" Dr. Alan Betts Atmospheric Research Contact: Eugenia Kalnay |
September 21 "Multimodel Ensemble Prediction System in Spain" Dr. Jose Garcia-Moya National Institute of Meteorology, Spain Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | September 7 "The Tropical Pacific Meridional Mode and ENSO-like Decadal Variability" Prof. Dan Vimont Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences University of Wisconsin, Madison Contact: Sumant Nigam |
June 16 Special Time: 1:30 pm Friday Cegeon Chan M.I.T. Contact: Ferdinand Baer | May 11 Explosive cyclogenesis over western Pacific: Impacts of upstream wave packets Edmund Chang The Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres SUNY Stony Brook Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
May 4 Mechanisms for decadal changes in ENSO Dr. Rong-Hua Zhang ESSIC Contact: Rong-Hua Zhang | April 27 When will the Antarctic ozone hole recover? Dr. Paul Newman NASA GSFC Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
April 20 Hydroclimate Variability over the Great Plains in Observations, Reanalyses, and Model Simulations Prof. Sumant Nigam AOSC Contact: Sumant Nigam | March 30 Changing Characteristics of Hurricanes in a Warming World Dr. Greg Holland Mesoscle and Microscale Modelling Division NCAR Contact: Da-Lin Zhang |
March 16 The Global Carbon Cycle: A Faustian Bargain? Prof. Berrien Moore Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space University of New Hampshire Contact: Antonio Busalacchi | March 9 Dynamics of the (so-called) North Atlantic Oscillation and (so-called) Annular Modes Prof. Geoff Vallis Department of Geosciences Princeton University Contact: Roxana Wajsowicz |
March 2 Detection and attribution of regional climate change Prof. David Karoly School of Meteorology University of Oklahoma Relevant Paper Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | February 16 Direct estimation of midlatitude stratosphere-troposphere mass exchange using an advection-diffusion method Prof. Noboru Nakamura Dept. of Geosciences University of Chicago Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
February 9 What controls the cross-tropopause transport of water vapor and CO over the Asian monsoon/Tibetan Plateau? - A preliminary investigation based on Aura and other A-train observations Prof. Rong Fu Dept. of Atmospheric Science University of Georgia Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | February 8 (Wednesday), 10:00 in Room CSS 2324 Accounting for an imperfect model in 4D-Var Dr. Yannick Trèmolet ECMWF Contact: Istvan Szunyogh |
February 7 (Tuesday), 3:30 in Room CSS 2428 A consistent theory for linear waves of the Shallow Water Equations on a rotating plane in mid-latitudes Prof. Nathan Paldor Dept. of Atmospheric Science Department of Atmospheric Sciences Hebrew University of Jerusalem Relevant Paper Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | February 2 at 3:20 Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange Trend From Changing Sea-Surface Temperatures Dr. Mark Olsen NASA GSFC Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
January 25 Special Seminar: Wednesday at 3:30 pm Understanding Processes and Uncertainties in Atmospheric Modeling: The Global Modeling Initiative Prof. Jose Rodriguez U. Miami and NASA/Goddard Contact: Russell Dickerson | January 19 Special Time: 2 pm Stratospheric Clouds: The Meteorology, Marvels, and Mysteries Mr. Mike Fromm Naval Research Lab Contact: Zhanqing Li |
December 19 Special Time: 11 am, rm. 3425 Ensemble Data Assimilation with the NCEP GFS Dr. Jeff Whitaker NOAA Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | December 8 The signature of global warming and Pacific pan-decadal variability in the observed and reanalyses fields Dr. Jonathan Chen Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center University of Maryland, College Park Contact: Jonathan Chen |
December 1 Location: Chemistry Building, Room 1407 Time: 7 pm Seminar, 8 pm Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the "Anthropocene" Prof. Paul Crutzen Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Contact: Russ Dickerson | November 17 Air-sea CO2 flux response to climate variability on seasonal, interannual and decadal timescales Prof. Galen McKinley Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science University of Wisconsin, Madison Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
November 10 The West African Monsoon System: 20th Century Simulation and 21st Century Prediction Prof. Kerry Cook Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Cornell University Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | November 3 What can biogeochemical tracers tell us about pathways of ocean ventilation? Dr. Anand Gnanadesikan NOAA/GFDL Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
October 31, Monday 11:30 am, Room 3425 "The Maximum Likelihood Ensemble Filter: Recent development and preliminary results" Milija Zupanski CIRA/Colorado State University Contact: Eugenia Kalnay | October 27 Global Changes of the Water Cycle Intensity Michael Bosilovich NASA/GSFC Contact: Roxana Wajsowicz |
October 21 Friday, 3 pm 'Issues in Modeling the Aerosol Effects on Climate' Dr. Chul Chung Scripps Institute of Oceanography Contact: Sumant Nigam | October 20 2:30 pm in CSS 2324 "Partitioning of poleward heat transport between the atmosphere and ocean" Prof. John Marshall Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences M.I.T. Contact: Roxana Wajsowicz |
October 13 "Atmospheric Aerosols: Formation, Aging, and Interaction with Cloud- Climate" Prof. Renyi Zhang Department of Atmospheric Sciences Texas A&M Relevant Paper 1 Relevant Paper 2 Contact: Zhanqing Li | October 6 "Air Pollution: Science, Impacts and Policy" Prof. Denise Mauzerall Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University Contact: Russ Dickerson |
September 29 'A parametric view of climate and low-frequency variability' Prof. Sukyoung Lee Dept. of Meteorology Pennsylvania State University Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | September 22 "A Global Convection Circulation Paradigm for the Annular Mode" Prof. Ming Cai Dept. of Meteorology Florida State University Relevant Paper 1 Relevant Paper 2 Contact: Eugenia Kalnay |
September 15 "Prospects for Passive Precision Measurement of CO2 column from Space" Dr. Bill Heaps NASA/GSFC Contact: Dan Kirk-Davidoff | September 9 (Friday), 3 pm Note Special Day and Time "Tropical rainfall impacts under global warming" Prof. David Neelin Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences University of California, Los Angeles Relevant Paper Contact: Ning Zeng |
May 12 Use of AIRS/AMSU data for weather and climate studies Dr. J. Susskind NASA/GSFC Contact: ekalnay@atmos.umd.edu | May 5 Satellite Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Conditions Hazardous to Aviation Dr. Gary Ellrod NOAA/NESDIS Contact: ekalnay@atmos.umd.edu |
April 28 "Hyperspectral Infrared Remote Sensing Research and Development Activities at NESDIS" Dr. Mitchell D. Goldberg NOAA/NESDIS Contact: ekalnay@atmos.umd.edu | April 21 "Constraining the Missing CO2 Sink" Dr. Randy Kawa NASA/GSFC Contact: Ning Zeng |
April 14 "The Global Carbon Cycle: an Introduction" Ning Zeng Dept. of Meteorology University of Maryland Contact: Ning Zeng | April 7 "Predictability of Climate: Why Do Climate Model Sensitivities to Doubled CO2 Differ?" Prof. Ed Schneider George Mason University and COLA Contact: roxana@atmos.umd.edu |
March 31 "Evidence of Land-Atmosphere Feedback in the Observational Record" Dr. Randal Koster NASA/GSFC Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu | March 17 "Representing Extreme Behavior in Climate Models" Dr. Jim Kinter COLA Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu |
March 10 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" Dr. Peter Colarco ESSIC University of Maryland Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu | March 3 "Forecasting Extremes in the Indian Ocean Sector Climate" Dr. Roxana Wajsowicz Dept. of Meteorology University of Maryland Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu |
February 24 " Prospects for Passive Precision Measurement of CO2 column from Space" Dr. Bill Heaps NASA/GSFC Contact: dankd@atmos.umd.edu | February 17 "Paleoclimate: An Introdution" Prof. Dan Kirk-Davidoff Dept. of Meteorology University of Maryland Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu |
February 10 "Characterization and High Resolution Numerical Simulations of Stratospheric Clear Air and Optical Turbulence " Prof. Alex Mahalov Arizona State University Contact: ekalnay@atmos.umd.edu | February 3 "The Total Ozone Record as a Diagnostic of Decadal Climate Change" Prof. Bob Hudson Department of Meteorology University of Maryland Contact: zeng@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 | December 2 Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Charlie (2004) Observed by Coastal WSR-88Ds Dr. Wenchau Lee NCAR Contact: dalin@atmos.umd.edu |
November 18 Including Land in Climate Models Robert E. Dickinson Georgia Institute of Technology Contact: Ning Zeng | November 11 "Diagnosing Ocean Transport Pathways and Timescales From Tracers" Prof. Tom Haine Johns Hopkins University Contact: roxana@atmos.umd.edu |
November 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 | 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 |
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 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 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 | September 30 "Geological Perspective on Global Warming" Prof. George Philander Department of Geological Sciences Princeton University Contact: roxana@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 16 "The Discovery of Global Warming" Dr. Spencer Weart Center for History of Physics American Institute of Physics Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu |
September 9 "The Internal Variability of the Tropical Oceans" Prof. Ragu Murtugudde ESSIC and Department of Meteorology University of Maryland Contact: zeng@atmos.umd.edu | May 6 Dr. Xuguang WangPenn State Ensemble Forecasting with the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter (ETKF) Contact person: Dr. Istavan Szunyogh |
April 29 Dr. Franco Enaudi NASA/GSFC, Earth Science Directorate Earth science research at NASA with an emphasis on research at the Goddard Space Flight Center Contact person: Dr. Ning Zeng | April 22 Dr. Gerard Roe University of Washington Characterization of Millennial-Scale Climate Variability Contact person: Prof. Dan Kirk-Davidoff |
Special Joint Seminar --Meteorology/Geology/Geography/ESSIC April 15 Dr. William Ruddiman University of Virginia The Anthropogenic Greenhouse Era Began Thousands of Years Ago Contact person: Prof. Ning Zeng | April 8 Dr. Ning Zeng Meteorology and ESSIC, U Maryland, College Park How strong is carbon-climate feedback under global warming? Contact person: Dr. Ning Zeng |
April 1 Dr. Jonathan Adams Environmental Science and Ecology, Providence, Rhode Island Patterns in tree species richness and the glacial extinction hypothesis Contact person: Dr. Ning Zeng | March 18 Dr. Elizabeth NorthUniversity 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 11 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 3 Special date: WendnsdayJoint Oceanographic Institute/USSAC Distinguished Lecturers Series Dr. Mitch LyleBoise State Univeristy The Pacific Ocean and Climate Change, from Eocene Extreme Warmth to Pleistocene Glacial Cycles Contact person: Ms. Sandra Martinka |
Feburary 19 Dr.Yoram KaufmanNASA/GSFC Aerosol effect on climate - the unique satellite vantage point Contact person: Dr. Z. Li | Feburary 12 Dr. Vernon Kousky NOAA/Climate Prediction Center The Recent Evolution of the ENSO cycle Contact person: Prof. O. Thompson |
Feburary 5 Dr. Devara Atmospheric Aerosol Research Activity at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India Contact person: Prof. R. Pinker | January 29 Dr. Zhanqing Li Departmentof Meteorology, University of Maryland Cloud Absorption Anomaly: An Overview and Update Contact person: Prof. Ning Zeng |
December 11 Dr. Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland Interannual Variability of Warm-Season Rainfall over the US Great Plains in NCAR/CAM2.0 and NASA/NSIPP Simulations Contact person: Dr. Sumant Nigam | December 4 Dr. Mick Follows Massachusetts Institute of Technology Modulation of atmospheric CO2 by the oceans subtropical thermocline Contact person: Dr. Raghu Murtugudde |
November 20 Dr. Bernard Dugas Numerical Prediction Research Division, Atmospheric Environment Service Results from the Global Environmental Multiscale (GEM) model at RPN Contact person: Dr. Michael Fox-Rabinovitz | November 13 Dr. William Lau NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Precipitation-Aerosol-Clouds interactions and Climate Change Contact person: Dr. Ning Zeng |
November 7, 3:30 pm Room 2400 Dr. Michael Ghil Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, and University of California, Los Angeles Interannual Variability of the Wind-Driven Ocean Circulation: A New Source of Climate Predictability? Contact person: Dr. Eugenia Kalnay | October 30 Dr. Andrew Robertson International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI) Downscaling of seasonal rainfall predictions over NE Brazil using a Hidden Markov Model Contact person: Dr. Hugo Berbery |
October 23 Dr. J. Shukla George Mason University and Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) The Walker Family: ENSO, Monsoon and the Indian Ocean "dipole" Contact person: Dr. E. Kalnay | October 16 Dr. Paul Dirmeyer Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) Global soil wetness products: What can we believe? Contact person: Dr. Ning Zeng |
October 9 Dr. Larrabee Strow University of Maryland, Baltimore County Early observations from the Advanced Infrared Sounder on Aqua Contact person: Dr. Andrew Dessler | October 2 Dr. Raghu Murtugudde Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland 'Bio-Climate Feedbacks: Towards an Earth System Model? Contact person: Dr. Hugo Berbery |
September 25 Dr. Jose Rodriguez RSMAS, University of Miami NASA's Global Modeling Initiative and the "Science of Assessment" Contact person: Dr. Tony Busalacchi | September 18 Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Can Cities Make Their Own Rainfall?: Recent Insights from new NASA Research - Contact person: Ms. Melanie Follette |
September 11 Dr. Istvan Szunyogh; coauthors: E. Kostelich, B. Hunt, E. Ott, E. Kalnay, G Gyarmati, D.J. Patil, J. Yorke and A. Zimin Institute for Physical Science and Technology and Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland A Local Ensemble Kalman Filter for the NCEP Global Forecast System Contact person: Dr. Eugenia Kalnay | September 4 Dr. Konstantin Vinnikov and Norman Grody (NESDIS/NOAA) Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland Warming Trend in Satellite Observed Globally Averaged Tropospheric Mean Temperature Contact person: Dr. Hugo Berbery |
May 15 Dr. Arnold Gordon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University The Coolness of the Indonesian Throughflow Contact person: Dr. Roxana Wajsowicz | May 9 at 11:00 am Special seminar Rm 3425 CSS Renu Joseph Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois Stationary wave response to climate change in a coupled GCM Contact person: Dr. Sumant Nigam |
May 8 Dr. Dmitri Chalikov Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center - University of Maryland Monin-Obukhov similarity theory. Revision and application to parameterization of mixing in upper ocean Contact person: Dr. Hugo Berbery | May 1 Dr. David Considine NASA Langley Research Center When are we going to get there? Problems in predicting the recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole Contact person: Dr. Andrew Dessler |
April 24 Dr. James Carton Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland SODA POP -- a reanalysis of ocean climate Contact person: Dr. Da-Lin Zhang | April 17 Dr. Jim Collatz NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Interannual variability of the terrestrial carbon cycle Contact person: Dr. Ning Zeng |
April 10 Dr. Winston T. Luke NOAA/Air Resources Laboratory (R/ARL) BRACE - Bay Region Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment: Overview and some early results Contact person: Dr. Russ Dickerson | April 3 Dr. Ming Cai Department of Meteorology - University of Maryland Dynamical Implications of Atmospheric Eddies' Orientation Contact person: Dr. Eugenia Kalnay |
March 20 Dr. Siegfried Schubert The Earth Sciences Directorate at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center The Impact of ENSO on Extreme Winter Weather over the United States Contact person: Dr. Tony Busalacchi | March 13 Dr. Robert Atlas NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center The Impact of Scatterometer Observations on Weather Prediction Contact person: Dr. Hugo Berbery |
March 6 Dr. Mike Spall Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Deep convection east of Greenland: Atmospheric forcing and oceanic response Contact person: Dr. Roxana Wajsowicz | February 27 Professor Shoshiro Minobe Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University Regime shifts, pentadecadal and bidecadal oscillations over the North Pacific Contact person: Dr. Roxana Wajsowicz |
February 20 Dr. Oleg Dubovik NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - GEST Center/UMBC Inversion of Spectral Aerosol Optical Thickness & Sky Radiance to Derive Aerosol Optical and Microphysical Properties from AERONET Contact person: Dr. Rachel Pinker | February 13 Dr. Andrew Dessler Department of Meteorology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)- University of Maryland New developments in understanding troposphere-to-stratosphere transport: Isotopes and seasonal cycles Contact person: Dr. Ferd Baer |
February 6 Dr. Fu-Lung Chang Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)- University of Maryland Validation of a new cloud microphysical retrieval scheme applied to MODIS data Contact person: Dr. Zhanqing Li | January 30 Dr. Bill Stockwell Office of Weather and Air Quality NOAA/OAR Mesoscale Air Quality Modeling of Ozone and Aerosol Contact person: Dr. Russ Dickerson |
December 5 Dr. Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas Department of Meteorology - University of Maryland Seasonal moisture flux variability over North America in AMIP simulations and atmospheric reanalyses Contact person: Dr. Sumant Nigam | November 21 Dr. Jorge Sarmiento Princeton University Response of ocean biology to global warming Contact persons: Dr. Tony Busalacchi -- Dr. Raghu Murtugudde |
November 14 Dr. Annarita Mariotti Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) - University of Maryland Variability of the Euro-Mediterranean water cycle Contact person: Dr. Tony Busalacchi | November 7 Dr. Ray Hoff University of Maryland, Baltimore County Towards a global lidar observing capability Contact person: Dr. Russ Dickerson |
October 31 Dr. Omar Torres NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology at UMBC The use of ultraviolet observations to measure aerosol absorption from space Contact person: Marcos Andrade | October 24 Dr. Barry Klinger George Mason University and COLA Remote wind-driven overturning in the absence of the Drake Passage Effect Contact person: Roxana Wajsowicz |
October 17 Dr. Kuo-Nan Liou (Chair) Department of Atmospheric Sciences - University of California at Los Angeles Remote Sensing of Cirrus Clouds: A Global Perspective and Global Implication Contact person: Dr. Zhanqing Li | October 10 Dr. Wei-Kuo Tao Laboratory for Atmospheres - NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Convective Systems over the South China Sea: Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations Contact person: Dr. Sumant Nigam |
October 3 Drs. Mozheng Wei and Zoltan Toth Environmental Modeling Center, NCEP/NOAA Explaining Forecast Errors by Ensemble Perturbations Contact person: Dr. Eugenia Kalnay | September 26 Drs. Raghu Murtugudde, Joel Picaut, Eric Hackert, Tony Busalacchi and Gary Lagerloef Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)- University of Maryland Mechanisms of the 1997-98 El Niño-La Niña Observed From Space Contact person: Dr. Tony Busalacchi |
September 19 Dr. Peter Yau Dept of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - McGill University Title: Spiral bands in a simulated hurricane Contact person: Dr. Da-Lin Zhang | September 12 Dr. Vladimir Krasnopolsky Environmental Modeling Center NWS/NCEP/NOAA (SAIC) Introduction to Neural Networks with Some Atmospheric and Oceanic Applications Contact person: Dr. Michael Fox-Rabinovitz |
September 5 Dr. Eugenia Kalnay, the Chaos Group and Malaquias Peña Department of Meteorology/IPST - University of Maryland Breeding, Predictability and Data Assimilation Contact person: Dr. Hugo Berbery | May 16 Dr. John Derber Environmental Modeling Center/NCEP/NOAA The trials and tribulations of data assimilation Contact person: Eugenia Kalnay |
May 9 Dr. Roseanne Diab University of Natal, Durban, South Africa Tropospheric Ozone over Africa Contact person: Anne Thompson | May 6 at 1:00 pm Room 2428 Dr. Istvan Szunyogh IPST, The University of Maryland The dynamical foundation of targeting weather observations Contact person: Ferd Baer |
May 3 at 11:00 am Room 3425 Dr. Baijun Tian Scripps Institution of Oceanography Tropical Cloud Radiative Forcing and the Hadley/Walker Circulation Contact person: Sumant Nigam Special seminar | May 2 Dr. Fu-Lung Chang Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) University of Maryland Examining the cloud and radiation quantities derived from satellite observations Contact person: Zanqing Li Special seminar |
May 1 at 12:00 pm Room 2428 Dr. Ming Cai Department of Meteorology, The University of Maryland Dynamical fingerprint of climate variability and trend Contact person: Ferd Baer | April 29 at 1:00 pm Room 2428 Dr. Aiguo Dai NCAR Diurnal Cycle in Observed and Model Simulated Precipitation Contact person: Ferd Baer Special seminar |
April 25 Dr. Kenneth Mitchell Environmental Modeling Center/NCEP/NOAA Land surface modeling initiatives in the NCEP Eta mesoscale model and the Eta Data Assimilation System (EDAS) Contact person: Hugo Berbery Special seminar | April 18 Dr. Fuzhong Weng Office of Research and Applications, NOAA/NESDIS and CICS/University of Maryland Atmospheric and Surface Parameters Retrieved from Satellite Microwave Radiometry |
April 16 at 4:30 pm Dr. René Laprise Regional Climate Modelling Laboratory, Université du Québec à Montréal Testing the downscaling skill of nested Regional Climate Models: The Big-Brother experiment Contact person: Hugo Berbery | April 11 Dr. Anwar Huq Center of Marine Biotechnology - University of Maryland Biotech Institute Vibrio cholerae and Cholera: Detection, Prediction & Prevention Contact person: Tony Busalacchi Special seminar |
April 4 Dr. Georgyi Stenchikov Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Arctic Oscillation response to the Mt. Pinatubo Eruption. Contact person: Ken Pickering | March 21 Dr. Michael Ek Environmental Modeling Center/NCEP/NOAA Coupled land-atmosphere model evaluation and impact of soil moisture on cumulus initiation |
March 14 Dr. Kamran Syed*, Arnold Gruber and Cheng-Zhi Zou *Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland Computation of Global Moisture Flux, Flux Divergence and Residual Evaporation Using Diverse Data Products | March 7 Dr. George J. Huffman Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA Progress in Global Rainfall Estimates |
February 28 Dr. Alan Robock Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Volcanic Eruptions and Climate: Winter Warming and Summer Cooling | February 21 Dr. Keith Moore National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Phytoplankton Functional Groups and Oceanic Carbon Cycling |
February 14 Dr. Tim DelSole Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) Optimal Persistence Patterns: An Approach to Predictability and Decadal Variability Theory | February 7 Dr. Victor Nikolaevskiy Institute of Earth Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences Modeling of Tornadoes by turbulence theory with eddy angular momentum |
January 31 Drs. Jean-François Estrade and Joe Sela Environmental Modeling Center/NCEP/NOAA The NCEP global spectral model: New challenges in parallelization | |
December 6 Dr. Michael Fox-Rabinovitz ESSIC/Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland and Data Assimilation Office, NASA/GSFC Studying anomalous regional climate events with a variable-resolution stretched-grid GCM and Data Assimilation System | November 29 Dr. Roxana C. Wajsowicz Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland Determining the Circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea |
November 15 Dr. Eric DeWeaver Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland Dynamics of the El Niño Anticyclones | November 8 Dr. Michael King NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Remote Sensing of Cloud, Aerosol, and Water Vapor Properties from MODIS |
November 1 Dr. Aimé Fournier Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland Multiwavelet multiresolution adaptive spectral-element computation of shallow-water flow | October 26 at 11:00 am Rm 3425 CSS Doug Wilson NOAA/AOML, Miami Physical Oceanography in the Caribbean: Recent Programs and Observations |
October 25 Dr. Xu Li Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland Satellite Data Assimilation in ECMWF Reanalysis Special seminar | October 18 Dr. Randal Koster NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Impact of Land Processes on Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts |
October 11 Drs. M. Corazza, E. Kalnay and D. J. Patil Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland Breeding and Data Assimilation | October 4 Dr. Steve Tracton Environmental Modeling Center/NOAA/NWS/NCEP / The NCEP/EMC Short Range Ensemble Forecast(SREF) System |
September 27 Dr. David Stensrud NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory Value of Real-time Land Use Data in Numerical Weather Prediction | September 21 (FRIDAY) Dr. Axel Kleidon Department of Geography, University of Maryland Growing deep: Model investigations into the role of deep rooted vegetation in the climate system SPECIAL SEMINAR |
September 6 Dr. Konstantin Vinnikov Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland Trends in Statistical Moments of Climatic Indices. Seasonal and Diurnal Cycles in the Trends | June 28 at 3:30 pm Rm 2400 CSS Dr. Richard Kerr Senior Writer for Science How Science Becomes News? |
May 31 at 3:30 pm Rm 2400 CSS Dr. Jeff Proehl Dartmouth University Wave Geometry and Equatorial Oceanic Instability Special seminar | May 10 Prof. Roger Pielke Sr. Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University Missing links in multi-decadal regional and global climate prediction Special seminar |
May 8 at 3:00 pm Rm 3425 CSS Prof. Ray Najjar Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University Modeling photochemistry in Sargasso Sea surface waters | May 4 at 1:00 pm Rm 3425 CSS Dr. Sim Aberson Hurricane Research Division/AOML/NOAA Targeting dropwindsonde data to improve hurricane forecasts (1997-1998) Special seminar |
May 3 Dr. David P. Bacon Director, Center for Atmospheric Physics/Science Applications International Corporation OMEGA: Multiscale weather forecasting using adaptive unstructured grids Special seminar | April 26 Dr. Eugene M. Rasmusson Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland On the trail of ENSO: Part I (1867-1969) A fascinating tale of scientific progress and missteps |
April 19 Dr. Winston Chao NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center On the origin of monsoon and its onset | April 12 Dr. Michael Mishchenko NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (New York) Global climatology of aerosol properties over the ocean for the period of NOAA-9 observations based on two-channel AVHRR retrievals |
April 5 Dr. Darryn W. Waugh Department of Earth & Planetary Science, Johns Hopkins University Intrusions into the tropical upper troposphere | March 29 Dr. Joe Friday National Research Council Policy Issues in the Practice of Meteorology |
March 19 at 3:00 pm Rm 3425 CSS Yoshiaki Takeuchi Numerical Prediction Division, Japan Meteorological Agency The variational assimilation system for global and mesoscale NWP model developed by JMA | March 15 Dr. Arnold Gruber National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)/NOAA Recent results from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project Special seminar |
March 8 Dr. Ron McPherson Executive Director of the American Meteorological Society What's New with the American Meteorological Society | Mar. 2 at 12:00 pm Rm 3425 CSS Dr. Brooke L. Hemming Office of International Activities - Environmental Protection Agency Thermodynamics of Aerosol-Phase Atmospheric Organics: Temperature and Humidity Effects |
March 1 Dr. Peter M. Lyster Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)/ U. Maryland High-end computing and Kalman filter development for data assimilation Special seminar (joint Atm. Chem. talks) | February 22 Dr. James Christian Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)/ U. Maryland Biogeochemical modelling of the tropical Pacific Ocean |
February 15 Dr. Alan K. Betts Atmospheric Research Contrasting the land-surface-atmosphere interaction at boreal latitudes and in the tropics | February 8 Dr. Zhaohua Wu Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies "Baking Bread": A Poor Chef's Recipe for Thermally Driven Circulations in the Tropics |
February 1 Dr. Muthuvel Chelliah Climate Prediction Center/National Centers for Environmental Prediction/NOAA Interdecadal and ENSO related changes in tropical convection and associated global impacts | |
December 7 Dr. Eugene M. Rasmusson Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland On the trail of ENSO: Part I (1867-1969) A fascinating tale of scientific progress and missteps | December 4 at 3:30 pm Rm 2114 CSS Dr. N. H. Saji Institute for Global Change Research, Frontier Research System for Global Change, Tokyo A View of the Indian Ocean Climate System From the Vantage Point of Dipole Mode Events |
November 30 Dr. Frank Evans Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/ University of Colorado Retrieving and simulating cloud fields from ARM radar observations Special seminar (jointly sponsored with ESSIC) | November 16 Dr. Pao K. Wang Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - University of Wisconsin-Madison Physical and Dynamical Processes at Cloud-top Level of Severe Thunderstorms |
November 9 Dr. Ants Leetmaa Climate Prediction Center - NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Prediction Monitoring and Forecasting Drought | November 2 Dr. Ming Cai Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland A theory on prevailing easterlies and zonally tilted thermocline over equatorial Pacific and the accompanying ENSO variability |
Oct. 31 at 11:00 am Rm 3425 CSS Dr. Hee-Sang Lee Department of Meteorology/Florida State University Improvement of initial state of clouds and its impact on cloud forecasts in the Florida State University Global Spectral Model | October 26 Dr. Robert Hudson Department of Meteorology/University of Maryland Detection of decadal climate change from the total Ozone record Special seminar |
October 19 Dr. Dennis Lettenmaier Department of Civil Engineering - University of Washington Challenges and opportunities in macroscale hydrology | Oct. 18 at 3:00 pm Rm 3425 CSS Dr. K. R. Saha Former Director of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology African Monsoons |
Oct. 17 at 3:00 pm Rm 3206 Math Bldg Dr. Lennart Bengtsson Director, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology Will extreme weather events become more common in a future climate? Special seminar | October 12 Dr. Anne Thompson NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center and Department of Meteorology/University of Maryland Tropospheric Ozone Observations: An overview of recent advances Special seminar |
October 5 Drs. Ming Cai and Eugenia Kalnay Department of Meteorology/University of Maryland The growing errors in the Cane-Zebiak coupled ocean-atmosphere model | September 28 Dr. Dale J. Allen Department of Meteorology/University of Maryland Lightning and Atmospheric Chemistry as Simulated with a Global Chemical Transport Model |
September 21 Dr. Jean Côté Meteorological Service of Canada - Numerical Methods Group Algorithmic developments around the Global Environmental Multiscale (GEM) model | September 19 at 3:00 pm Special seminar Dr. Thomas Cuff U.S. Naval Observatory - Washington, DC Operational Weather and Oceanography in the U.S. Navy |
September 14 Dr. Dmitri Chalikov Ocean Modeling Branch - NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Prediction Development of the Ocean Forecasting System for MPP computers | September 7 Drs. Ming Cai and Eugenia Kalnay Department of Meteorology/University of Maryland SEMINAR CANCELED - New date: October 5 |
July 24: Special seminar Dr. Istvan Szunyogh NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Prediction Relationship between atmospheric baroclinic waves and the impact of targetted observations | May 18 Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnections Dr. Huug Van den Dool Climate Prediction Center, NOAA/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD
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May 12 (Friday) Special Seminar Time: 10:00am; Room: 3425 Location and intensity of the ITCZ: Effects of westward-propagating synoptic-scale disturbances Prof. C. Zhang Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), University of Miami, Miami, Florida | May 11 Time: 3:30pm Aerosol effects on climate Prof. John Seinfeld Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (co-sponsored by the Department of Chemical Engineering) |
May 5 (Friday) Special Seminar Time: 3:30pm; Room: 3425?? Farming strategies for variable climate--a challenge Prof. Sulochana Gadgil Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India | May 4 Tornadogenesis within supercell storms Prof. Roger Wakimoto Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
May 1 (Monday) Special Seminar Time: 3:30pm; Room: 3425?? Direct and inverse methods for estimating influence areas for the atmosphere of a given region: Theory and numerical experiments Prof. Gdaly Rivin Head, Laboratory of the Modeling of Atmospheric Processes, Inst. of Computational Technologies, Novosibirsk, Russia | April 27 Predictability and the relationship between subseasonal and interannual variability during the Asian summer monsoon Dr. Ken Sperber Program for Climate Model Diagnostics and Intercomparison (PCMDI), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA |
April 20 Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) prediction and predictability Prof. Duane Waliser Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres, State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, New York | April 13 Variational data assimilation using quasi-inverse method: Application to storm-scale prediction Dr. Seon Ki Park Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
April 6 Decadal Variability in the North Atlantic Dr. Sirpa Hakkinen Oceans & Ice Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland | March 30 Convection and radiation in TOGA COARE: Implications for tropical atmospheric circulations Prof. Richard Johnson Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado |
March 29 (Wednesday) Special Seminar Time: 2:00pm; Room: 3425 Investigation of surface and subsurface variability in the tropical Pacific using Cyclostationary EOF analysisd Prof. Kwang-Yul Kim Department of Meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida | March 27 (Monday) Special Seminar Time: 3:00pm; Room: 3425?? A concept to find and verify the slow manifold using local and global models in climate integrations Dr. Juergen Steppeler DWD, Offenbach, Germany |
March 16 Trace gas observations during the 1999 Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) Dr. Armin Hansel University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria | March 9 The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX): Impact of continental emissions on the composition and radiative properties of the marine atmosphere Prof. Russ Dickerson Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, Colllege Park, Maryland |
February 24 Where does the rainwater come from? Applying a back-trajectory scheme to atmospheric water vapor Dr. Paul Dirmeyer Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, IGES, Calverton, MD | February 17 Recent innovations that enhance global and regional climate modeling Prof. Ferdinand Baer Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
February 10 The nonhydrostatic Global Environmental Multiscale (GEM) Model Dr. Kao-San Yeh Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland, College Park, MD | February 3 Dynamical analysis of the Pacific/North American (PNA) Pattern of Winter Variability Dr. Sumant Nigam Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
December 9 Oceanic normal modes and application to problems of ocean tides and circulation Dr. D. B. Rao Environmental Modeling Center, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD | December 8 (Wednesday) Special Seminar Time: 3:30pm; Room: 2114 (Classroom in OLD wing of CSS Bldg) Global energy budgets of the atmosphere: Recent results from ERA and NCEP Reanalyses Dr. Kevin Trenberth Climate and Global Dynamics division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado |
December 2 NCEP: Vision for 2000-2005 and related strategic issues Dr. Louis Uccellini Director, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, NOAA/NWS, Camp Springs, MD | November 18 Mesoscale modeling of orographic precipitation over the Pacific Northwest Prof. Brian Colle Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres, Marine Sciences Research Center State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY |
November 16 (Tuesday) Special Seminar Time: 3:30pm; Room: 3425 Atmospheric and Oceanographic Analyses and Forecasts for the Chesapeake Bay Region during the Coastal Marine Demonstration Project Dr. Frank Aikman III Chief, Oceanographic Programs, Coast Survey Development Lab., National Ocean Service, NOAA, Silver Spring | November 11 Recent research in tropospheric chemistry Prof. Daniel Jacob Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
November 8 (Monday) Special Seminar Time: 2:00pm; Room: 3425 Disturbances of the summer monsoon over Australia Dr. K. R. Saha Former Director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India | November 4 Wetter but Less Extreme: 20th Century Trends in Floods, Droughts, and Everything in Between Dr. Harry Lins Office of Surface Water, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia |
October 28 Seasonal predictions with NASA/GEOS-2 general circulation model Dr. Siegfried Schubert Data Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD | October 21 Magnetospheric Modeling for Space Weather Prof. Konstantinos Papadopoulos Departments of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
October 14 The Environmental Modeling Center: Present status and future plans Dr. Steven Lord Environmental Modeling Center, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD | October 7 Shortwave radiation absorption in clear and cloudy skies Prof. Catherine Gautier Director, Institute for Computational Earth System Science University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
September 30 Co-sponsored by ESSIC Evaluating regional-scale photochemical models and using them for guiding emissions management Prof. S. T. Rao New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, NY | September 23 Tropical pipes and Taylor pipes, Baker's maps, random walks and eggbeaters: A survey of mixing and transport in the stratosphere Dr. Lynn Sparling NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland |
September 17 (Friday) Special Seminar Time: 3:30pm; Room: 3425 Satellite altimetry observations of the Black Sea Dr. Gennady Korotaev Deputy Director, Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Ukraine Academy of Science, Ukraine | September 16 Bio-optical Properties of the Marine Cyanobacteria Trichodesmium and its role in climate change Dr. Ajit Subramaniam Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD |