SEAS Colloquium in Climate Science (SCiCS)

The SEAS Colloquium in Climate Science (SCiCS) meets on Thursdays in the APAM Department, room 214 Mudd, from 2:45-3:45 PM. For more information, please contact Prof. Lorenzo Polvani.

Fall 2012-Spring 2013 Coorindator: Harald Rieder

1/24/13     
No seminar

1/31/13     
Martin Juker, GFLD
"Newtonian Cooling 2.0: A new dry GCM setup for a more realistic stratosphere"
Hosts: Lorenzo Polvani & Karen Smith

2/7/13          
Andreas Muehlbauer, University of Washington
"Large-scale dynamical controls of cirrus microphysics at midlatitudes: Insight from SPartICus"
Host: Harald Rieder

2/14/13    
No seminar

2/21/13, 10 AM, Sindeband East 414, CEPSR
Susan Solomon, MIT EAPS
"Surprises in radiative forcing: what chemicals are affecting our recent climate?"
Host: Lorenzo Polvani

2/28/13    
No seminar

3/7/13        
Kyongmin Yeo, LBL
"Lagrangian analysis of entrainment and mixing in a deep convecting cloud"
Host: Daehyun Kim

3/14/13    
Yen-ting Hwang, UW
"The Energetic Constraints on the Zonal Mean Atmospheric Circulation: Why is ITCZ in the North?
And Why Do GCMs Have Double ITCZ?"

Hosts: Lorenzo Polvani & Elizabeth Barnes

3/21/13     
No seminar - Spring Recess

3/28/13    
Julien Lambaerts, NYU
"A nonlinear 'Moist' Shallow Water model including condensation and latent heat release: Development and Application"
Host: Tiffany Shaw

4/4/13        
Nicolas Rochetin, Columbia University
"Deep convection triggering by boundary layer thermals: Stochastic formulation and parametrization for climate models"
Host: Harald Rieder

4/11/13    
Sim Aberson, NOAA Hurricane Research Division
Data collected from NOAA P3 hurricane missions, or "What it's like to fly into a hurricane?"
Host: Adam Sobel

4/18/13    
Nathan Arnold, Harvard University
"Organized Tropical Convection and Atmospheric Superrotation in Warm Climates"
Host: Harald Rieder

4/25/13    
Stephen Klein, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
"Clouds and Climate: What is the nature of progress on this long-standing problem?"
Host: Lorenzo Polvani

5/2/13
No seminar this week

5/9/13
Brian Arbic, University of Michigan
"Geostrophic turbulence in the frequency-wavenumber domain: Eddy-driven low-frequency variability"
Host: Lorenzo Polvani

5/16/13
No seminar - Final Exams

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SCiCS History


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