Events

Speaker:  Adele Igel, Assistant Professor, UC Davis Seminar Title: Modeling Microphysical Cloud Processes to Understand Macroscale Cloud Properties

Speaker: Yun Qian, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Seminar Title: Measurement and Modeling of Light-Absorbing Particles in Snow and Ice and Their Climatic and Hydrological Impact

Speaker: Donna Surge, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, Low-temperature Geochemistry | Professor, Director of Graduate Studies UNC-Chapel Hill | Seminar Title: Geochemical Archives of Climate and Ecology | There will be a reception beforehand at 3PM in 1132 Jordan Hall.

Speaker: Brian Mapes, University of Miami | Seminar Title: Mesoscale Eddy Momentum Flux in a 7km Mesh Global Atmosphere Model | Abstract: A two-year global nonhydrostatic atmosphere simulation on a 7km mesh (G5NR from NASA’s GEOS-5 model) is queried for one of its most unique strengths: What is the vertical momentum flux (u’w’ and v’w') by explicit…

Speaker: Dr. Conrad C. Lautenbacher | retired Navy Vice Admiral former Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere 8th Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) past president of the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy M.S. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in Applied Mathematics Seminar…

Speaker: Pornpan Uttamang, Atmospheric Science | Seminar title:  Characterization of Air Quality in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand

Speaker: Prakash Bhave, NCState, ICIMOD  | Seminar Title: Improving Air Quality in the Developing World – Recent Experiences from Kathmandu, Nepal | Abstract: The World Health Organization estimates that 7 million people die prematurely every year due to inhalation of air pollutants, and the vast majority of those deaths occur in developing countries.  Despite this enormous public…

Speaker: Chunyong Jung, Atmospheric Science | Seminar Title: Extratropical Transition of Hurricane Irene (2011) in a Changing Climate

Speaker: Dr. Prakash Doraiswamy, RTI, International | Seminar Title: Feasibility of Using Low-cost Air Quality Sensors for Improving Satellite-based PM2.5 Estimates |  Abstract: Fine particles have been linked to health impacts.  Current monitoring using reference equipment is spatially sparse.  Satellite data on the other hand provide spatial coverage. High spatial resolution ground-level data is needed to…