Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) 2012 Spring Schedule

Wednesdays - (TAOS)12 Noon - Endeavour Hall 120

• 01/25/2012
  • Title: “Atmospheric Aerosol Nucleation: Laboratory Studies and Atmospheric Observations”
  • Speaker: Shanhu Lee
  • Affiliation: College of Public Health, Kent State University
• 02/01/2012
  • Title: “Midlatitude Storm Track Reponse to Increased Greenhouse Warming”
  • Speaker: Yutian Wu
  • Affiliation: Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
• 02/08/2012
  • Title: “Warm Rain Detection Using A-Train Satellites”
  • Speaker: Ruiyue Chen
  • Affiliation: National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, Camp Springs, MD
• 02/15/2012
  • Title: “Understanding Climate Change Impact on Air Pollutants with Synthetic Tracers”
  • Speaker: Yuanyuan Fang
  • Affiliation: Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Program, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
• 02/22/2012
  • Title: “An Evaluation of the Skill of Real-Time ENSO Model Predictions, and of IRI’s Seasonal Climate Forecasts”
  • Speaker: Anthony Barnston
  • Affiliation: International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Pallisades, NY
• 02/29/2012
  • Title: “Weakening of the South Asian Summer Monsoon”
  • Speaker: Massimo Bollasina
  • Affiliation: NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University
• 03/07/2012
  • Title: “Atmospheric Blocking and Atlantic Multidecadal Variability”
  • Speaker: Sirpa Hakkinen
  • Affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
• 03/14/2012
  • Title: “Eurasian Snow Cover: Potential Use in Seasonal Predictions and Influence on Recent Northern Hemisphere Winter Temperature Trends””
  • Speaker: Judah Cohen
  • Affiliation: Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington, MA
• 03/21/2012
  • Title: “Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and Drought Over the Great Plains”
  • Speaker: Sumant Nigam
  • Affiliation: Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Science, University of Maryland
• 03/28/2012
  • To Be Announced
• 04/04/2012
  • Spring Break
• 04/11/2012
  • Title: “Shutdown of Turbulent Convection as a New Criterion for the Onset of Spring Phytoplankton Blooms”
  • Speaker: Raffaele Ferrari
  • Affiliation: Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 04/18/2012
  • Title: “A Dynamical Performance-Ranking Method for Ensembles”
  • Speaker: Jun Du
  • Affiliation: National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), Camp Springs, MD
• 04/25/2012: 2012 Robert D. Cess Distinguished Lecture
  • Title: “Global Remote Sensing and Spatial Patterns of CO₂”
  • Speaker: Yuk L. Yung
  • Affiliation: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology
• 05/02/2012
  • Title: “Clean the Air, Heat the Planet?”
  • Speaker: Nadine Unger
  • Affiliation: School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University