Speaker: Dr. Justin Baumann, UNC-Chapel Hill (hosted by C. Arendt) Seminar Title: The Impacts of Anthropogenic Global Change and Local Human Activities on Reef-building Corals on the Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
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…
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: 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.