TOPICS IN ATMOSPHERIC & OCEANIC SCIENCES
(TAOS) SEMINARS - Fall 2015 Schedule
Wed, 12:00 Noon, Endeavour Hall 120
Aug. 26 Fred H. M. Semazzi
Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
North Carolina State University
“Recent Advances in the Understanding of the Causes of
the Ongoing Multi-decadal Decline of the East African
Rainfall”
Host: Kamazima Lwiza
Sept. 2 Brian Rose
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental
Sciences
University at Albany
“Understanding the Effects of Ocean Circulation on
Radiative Feedbacks and the Planetary Energy Budget”
Host: Edmund Chang
Sept. 9 Terrence Joyce
Physical Oceanography
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
“Exploring the Relation Between Mean and SeasonallyChanging Wintertime Synoptic Variability in the
Atmosphere”
Host: Sultan Hameed
Sept. 16 Nicole Riemer
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois
“Particle-Resolved Modeling to Quantify Aerosol Mixing
State Impacts on Climate”
Hosts: John Mak / Daniel Knopf
Sept. 23 Susanne Bauer
The Earth Institute
Columbia University
“Significant Air Pollution caused by World Food
Cultivation”
Host: Daniel Knopf
Sept. 30 Benjamin Schenkel
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
University at Albany
“A Composite Analysis of the Environmental Memory of
Tropical Cyclones”
Host: Kevin Reed
Oct. 7
James Kinter
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
George Mason University
“Prospects and Issues for Mesoscale-Resolving Global
Coupled Climate Modeling”
Host: Hyemi Kim
Oct. 14 Sandra Yuter
Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
North Carolina State University
Title to be Announced
Host: Brian Colle
Oct. 21 Stephen Griffies
NOAA / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Princeton, NJ
“Impacts on Ocean Heat from Transient Mesoscale Eddies
in a Hierarchy of Climate Models”
Host: Christopher Wolfe
Oct. 27 Benjamin Zaitchik
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Causes and Consequences of Climate Variability in the
Nile Basin"
Host: Edmund Chang
Nov. 4 Allison Wing
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
“Connections Between Stratospheric Pollution
and the Asian Monsoon Circulation”
Host: Kevin Reed
Nov. 11 Jian Wang
Biological, Environmental & Climate Sciences Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title to Be Announced
Host: Daniel Knopf
Nov. 18 Adam Sobel
Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
"Understanding Climate Controls on the Frequency and
Intensity of Tropical Cyclones"
Host: Marat Khairoutdinov
Dec. 2
Robert Hallberg
NOAA / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Princeton, NJ
“The Physics of the Ocean Boundary Layer and its
Representation in Climate Models”
Host: Christopher Wolf