ESRL Physical Sciences Laboratory Seminars 2015
The PSL Seminar Series is typically held at 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Tuesdays and features a mix of internal and external speakers. The goal of the series is to facilitate collaboration between PSL and external scientists. The series is co-sponsored by partners at CIRES.
Details including connection information can be found on the individual announcements. If you have any questions about the series, please contact the coordinators at: psl.seminars@noaa.gov. Get seminar announcements sent straight to your inbox by signing up below.
Please note: Seminars are not recorded.
All times Mountain Time (MT).
| Date | Seminar |
|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2015 Thursday, 10:00 am | Andrew Badger, CIRES Postdoctoral Research Associate From the Amazon to the Missouri River Basin: exploring links between vegetation, climate, and extreme events [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Eli) |
| 01 Dec 2015 Tuesday, 2:00 pm | Bill McCormick, P.E., P.G. Chief, Colorado Dam Safety Branch Colorado Dam Performance During the September 2013 Floods as Context for Discussion of On-going Efforts to Modernize Dam Design Standards to Accommodate Extreme Rainfall Events. [Abstract] Room GC-402 (Coordinator: Babs) |
| 04 Nov 2015 Wednesday, 2:00 pm | Dr. Maximilian Maahn, Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne Using vertically pointing Doppler radar to study clouds. [Abstract] Room 1D403 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 21 Oct 2015 Wednesday, 2:00 pm | Scott Powell, University of Washington A Dynamic Mechanism for Initial MJO Convective Onset [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Rita) |
| 07 Oct 2015 Wednesday, 2:00 pm | Yuanlong Li,, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder Decadal Sea Level Variations in the Indian Ocean Investigated with HYCOM: Roles of Climate Modes, Ocean Internal Variability, and Stochastic Wind Forcing [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Rita) |
| 28 Sep 2015 Monday, 2:00 pm | Christopher Kadow , Freie Universität Berlin Decadal Climate Prediction and Evaluation Initiative in Germany [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Eli) |
| 21 Sep 2015 Monday, 2:00 pm | Anna Shlyaeva, Environment Canada Ensemble-variational data assimilation for sea ice prediction. [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Eli) |
| 13 Aug 2015 Thursday, 1:30 pm | Evan Kalina, NOAA/PSL/HRD Plowable hailstorms and hurricanes: Using novel observing platforms to improve forecasts of extreme weather events [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Eli) |
| 22 Jul 2015 Wednesday, 2:00 pm | Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University Natural and anthropogenic forced trends in the Mediterranean Basin: Pattern and consequences [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Eli) |
| 29 May 2015 Friday, 10:00 am | Kristopher Karnauskas, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Interactive Relationship between Air Travel and Climate [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 15 Apr 2015 Wednesday, 10:00 am | Dr. Chris Landsea, Science and Operations Officer NOAA National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL Hurricanes and Global Warming: Expectations versus Observations [Abstract] Room 2A305 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 08 Apr 2015 Wednesday, 1:00 pm | Simon De Szoeke, Assistant Professor Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR Tropical Intraseasonal Air-Sea Interaction and the Madden-Julian Oscillation [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 03 Apr 2015 Friday, 10:00 am | Andrew Hoell, Geography Department University of California Santa Barbara Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Synchrony and the Regional Forcing of Northern Hemisphere Precipitation [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 01 Apr 2015 Wednesday, 12:00 pm | Kelly Mahoney, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA, ESRL, Physical Sciences Laboratory Extreme Precipitation and Flood Risk Research in Decision-Making Frameworks [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 18 Mar 2015 Wednesday, 2:00 pm | Jihwang (Aaron) Wang, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/GSD The Role of Meteorological Data in Surface Parameterizations and Surface Model Evaluations - Using SiB and HYCOM as Examples [Abstract] Room 1D-403 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 11 Mar 2015 Wednesday, 2:00 pm | Laura Slivinski, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Lagrangian data assimilation: Extracting more information from drifter trajectories [Abstract] Go To Meeting: Web: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/908326810 Phone: https://global.gotomeeting.com/908326810/numbersdisplay.html Access Code: 908-326-810 Room 1D708 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 04 Mar 2015 Wednesday, 3:00 pm | Nathan Arnold, Colorado State University Global-scale convective aggregation and the Madden-Julian oscillation. [Abstract] Room 1D403 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 04 Mar 2015 Wednesday, 10:00 am | Xuguang Wang, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma GSI-based Hybrid ensemble-varitional data assimilation for global to storm scale numerical weather prediction [Abstract] Room 1D403 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 03 Mar 2015 Tuesday, 2:00 pm [Special *FLASH* Seminar] | Vladimir Ostashev, NOAA/ESRL/PSL Acoustic Travel-Time Tomography of the Atmosphere [Abstract] Christopher Cox, NOAA/ESRL/PSL Using Pan-Arctic, Springtime, Surface Radiation Observations to Quantify Atmospheric Preconditioning Processes that Impact the Sea Ice Melt Season [Abstract] Room 2A305 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 25 Feb 2015 Wednesday, 2:00 pm | Alice K. DuVivier, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Wintertime mesoscale winds and their impact on the oceans around southeastern Greenland [Abstract] Room 1D403 (Coordinator: Shawn) |
| 24 Feb 2015 Tuesday, 1:30 pm [Special *FLASH* Seminar] | John Albers, NOAA/ESRL/PSL Scale Interactions and Deep Tropical Potential Vorticity Intrusions During Sudden Stratospheric Warmings [Abstract] Tom Hamill , NOAA/ESRL/PSL The National Blend of Models: What is it? What is PSL doing to support it? [Abstract] Room 1D403 (Coordinator: Barbara) |
| 24 Feb 2015 Tuesday, 10:00 am | Nili Harnik, Dept of Geophysical, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences Tel Aviv University Atmospheric jet stream regime transitions and possible implications for weather and climate [Abstract] Room 1D403 (Coordinator: Shawn) |
| 21 Jan 2015 Wednesday, 2:00 pm | Dr. Johannes Loschnigg, Former White House Staff The Politics of Climate Change in Washington DC: 'Debates' about the science, confusion about the impacts, and ideological battles. [Abstract] Room GC402 (Coordinator: Barbara) |