Speaker: Dr. Robert Craddock, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (hosted by Byrne/Kling) | Seminar Title: The Geologic History Of Water On Mars Abstract: Features such as valley networks and outflow channels suggest that at one time in the past Mars may have had liquid water on the surface. The interpretation…
Speaker: Dr. Catharina Alves-de-Souza, Research Professor, Director of the Algal Resources Collection, MARBIONC at UNC-Wilmington (hosted by A. Schnetzer) | Seminar Title: Parasites as Biological Control Agents of Harmful Algal Blooms Abstract: Biological control by unicellular parasites has been suggested as a major factor affecting the formation and demise of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). However, information on the quantitative relevance of eukaryote parasites…
Speaker: Dr. Chris Osburn, MEAS, Associate Professor (hosted by Byrne/Wegmann) | Seminar Title: Coastal Carbon Cycling in a Stormier World
Speaker: Mike Bergin, Duke University | Seminar Title: Assessing the impact of dust and air pollution on solar energy production: The need for a combined global modeling and field measurement approach | Abstract: Recent work combining field measurements and global modeling to estimate the influence of dust and PM related to anthropogenic sources (e.g. fossil…
Speaker: Dr. Paul Markowski, Professor of Meteorology, Associate Head, Graduate Program, Pennsylvania State University | Seminar Title: How to Make a Tornado: Ideas Emerging from Decades of Theory, Simulation, and Field Observations | Abstract: I will discuss how scientific "storm chasing," computer simulations, and theory have helped meteorologists better understand and predict tornadoes, and what challenges remain.…
Speaker: Dianna Francisco, Atmospheric Science | Seminar Title: Associating Severe Weather Hazards in High-Shear Low-CAPE Environments within the Southeastern United States via Statistical Methods
Speaker: Prof. Noboru Nakamura, University of Chicago | Seminar Title: Disruption of the Jet Stream and Threshold Behavior of Rossby Waves | Abstract: Weather anomalies in the midlatitudes are often linked to disruptions of the jet stream. Atmospheric blocking in the troposphere and stratospheric sudden warming are cases in point. Despite the advances in numerical weather…
Speaker: Susan C. van den Heever, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Seminar Title: Diving into Cold Pools Abstract: Cold pools are produced by most precipitating convective storms and are frequent features in both the tropics and mid-latitudes. They form from the evaporation and/or melting of liquid and ice species within clouds which produce…
Speaker: Dr. Katherine Ryker - Assistant Professor, Geoscience Education Research, School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, Columbia, South Carolina | President, National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), Geoscience Education Division | NCState – MEAS alumna | Seminar Title: Quantifying the Impact of Discipline-Based Professional Development on Undergraduate Geoscience Teaching Abstract: Geoscience instructors who attended discipline-specific professional development…
Speaker: Dr. Subrahmanyam Bulusu, Professor of Satellite Oceanography & Physical Oceanography, University of South Carolina (hosted by L. Xie) | Seminar Title: Intraseasonal Oscillations in the Indian Ocean and Their Impact on Indian Summer Monsoon Variability