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colloquia schedule for 2008
Click on each speaker's name for an abstract.
Spring 2008
Jan 16 , Center for Australian Weather and Climate Research
The Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment - some of the meteorology |
Jan 23 , DAS
Microphysical properties of Arctic boundary layer stratus and their impacts on the surface radiation budget |
Jan 30 , DAS
RICO - From dinner napkin to publication |
Feb 6 , National Weather Service, Lincoln, IL
The July 19, 2006 Derecho Event – A Meteorology and Radar Review |
Feb 13 , DAS
The microphysical and radiative properties of tropical cirrus observed during the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE): implications for climate studies |
Feb 20 , University of Maryland
Satellite-based variations in global precipitation: Climate scale to floods |
Feb 29 4pm SESE Joint Colloquia: , Yale University
Orographic precipitation and isotope fractionation along the American Cordillera
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Mar 5 , Illinois State Water Survey
Review of recent climate events in 2007: The April freeze and August heavy rains
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Mar 12 , DAS
Examining the role of carbon, nitrogen, climate, land use changes, and management interactions in the terrestrial biosphere
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Mar 26 PINAKI CHAKRABORTY, Department of Geology, University of Illinois
The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability: from water falling out of a glass to
fire falling out of the sky
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Apr 2 , Department of Geography, University of Illinois
Water cycle dynamics in a changing environment: Advancing hydrologic science through synthesis |
Apr 9 , DAS
Toward understanding the environmental and microphysical properties associated with significant tornadoes |
Apr 16 University of New Brunswick
A framework for modelling species-specific site quality index based on data generated from remote sensing imagery and a process-based model |
Apr 23 FAYE BARTHOLD, DAS
The spatial evolution of clouds and snow in a lake-effect boundary layer |
Apr 30 , National Center for Atmospheric Research
The flow of energy through the climate system |
May 1 JOSEPH CLARK, DAS
Observed and reanalysis cloud fraction at a coastal location in the Arctic |
Fall 2008
| Aug 27 |
John Walsh, DAS
Professor Emeritus |
The Arctic as a Case Study of the Uncertainty in Climate Projections |
| Sep 3 |
Amanda Wisdom, DAS
M.S. Candidate, Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois |
Ice Microphysics in Tropical Cyclones from NAMMA: Implications for Hurricane Models |
| Sep 12 |
Becky Mansfield, Ohio State University
Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, Ohio State University |
The Surprises of Property: Remaking Nature-Society Relations Through Privatization |
| Sep 17 |
Syukuro Manabe, Princeton University
AOSP, Princeton University |
Role of Ocean in Global Warming |
| Sep 24 |
Victoria Wittig, DAS
Post Doctoral Researcher, DAS |
Quantifying the impact of rising carbon dioxide and tropospheric ozone on plant productivity utilizing modeling and meta-analytic techniques. |
| Oct 1 |
Larry DiGirolamo, DAS
Associate Professor, DAS |
Ten Years of Research with MISR and UIUC |
| Oct 8 |
Steve Nesbitt, DAS
Assistant Professor, DAS |
What Makes the North American Monsoon Tick? |
| Oct 15 |
Shaun Lovejoy
Professor McGill University, Canada |
The space-time cascade structure of satellite radiance and numberical models of the atmosphere |
| Oct 22 |
Darren Drewry
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Eng., University of Illinois |
Coupling sub-surface hydrological & biogeochemical interactions with above-ground canopy functioning: Sensitivity of carbon, water and energy exchange predictions to sub-surface process representation |
| Oct 29 |
Paul Moorcroft
Assistant Professor, Harvard University |
How close are we to a predictive science of the biosphere? |
| Nov 5 |
Wendilyn Kaufeld, DAS
M.S. Candidate, DAS, University of Illinois |
Toward assessing the effects of aerosols on deep convective precipitation: A numerical study using the WRF-Chemistry model |
| Nov 12 |
Peter Frumhoff, Director of Science & Policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists |
Confronting Climate Change in the United States: Science, Political Will and Public Policy |
| Nov 19 |
Benjamin Lintner, UCLA |
Life on the edge! (of convective zones): Convective margins theory and variability |
| Dec 1 |
Courtenay Strong, UC Irvine |
The role of tropospheric Rossby wave breaking in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation |
| Dec 5 |
Gang Chen, MIT |
Understanding the Recent Poleward Shift of Southern Hemisphere Surface Westerlies |
| Dec 8 |
Larissa Back, MIT |
"Tropical Deep Convection: Climatological Controls on Location, Timing and Intensity" |
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