Spring 2017 Seminar Schedule
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Texas A&M University
Seminars are usually held at Wednesdays 4:00 pm in Room 112 of the Eller O&M Building unless otherwise specified.
The nearest visitor parking is in the Central Campus Garage.
Jan 18
Montana Etten-Bohm (TAMU)
Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes
and
Kyle Wodzicki (TAMU)
Observed Changes in the Morphology of TRMM Precipitation Features in the ITCZ
(Host: M. Battalio)
Jan 25
Evandro Anselmo (TAMU)
Mesoscale convective systems over GoAmazon field campaign sites: the coastal formation and inland propagation
(Host: C. Schumacher)
Feb 1
Qi Ying (TAMU)
Particulate Air Pollution in China: Source Contributions and Responses to Reductions
(Host: R. Zhang)
Feb 8
Jian Wang (Brookhaven National Lab)
Understanding aerosol under natural conditions for better assessment of climate change
(Host: S. Brooks)
Feb 15
Gabriel J. Kooperman (Univ of California, Irvine)
Forest response to rising CO2 drives zonally asymmetric rainfall change over tropical continents
(Host: Y. Xu)
Feb 22
Mary Barth (NCAR)
Role of Thunderstorms on the Composition of the Troposphere – What We Have Learned from DC3
(Host: Y. Xu)
Mar 1
Michael King (Univ of Colorado)
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Tropospheric Clouds observed by MODIS onboard the Terra and Aqua satellites
(Host: Y. Xu)
Mar 8
Yi Ming (NOAA/GFDL)
Sahel rainfall response to a uniform oceanic warming
(Host: Y. Xu)
Mar 15
No Seminar (SPRING BREAK)
Mar 22
Kris Bedka (NASA Langley Research Center)
Analysis and Detection of Clouds and Hazardous Convective Storms Using Multispectral Satellite Imager Observations
(Host: K. Bowman)
Mar 29
No Seminar
Mar 30 (Thursday 4pm @ O&M1209)
Maxim Yurkin
The discrete dipole approximation for light-scattering simulations
(Host: P. Yang)
Apr 4 (Tuesday 4pm @ O&M1209)
Bill Lau (University of Maryland)
Competing influences of greenhouse warming and aerosols on Asian monsoon climate change
(Host: Y. Xu)
Apr 5 ("Frontiers in Atmospheric Sciences" series)
Peter Liss (University of East Anglia)
Particles in the Marine Atmosphere
(Host: S. Books and P. Yang)
Apr 6 (Thursday 12:30pm @ O&M1209)
Alan Betts (Atmospheric Research, Vermont)
Hydroclimatology - an integrated view
(Host: C. Schumacher)
Apr 12
Daniel Rosenfeld (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Aerosol effects on microstructure, hydrometeors and electrification of deep convective clouds as documented by aircraft, polarimetric radars and satellites
(Host: Y. Xu)
Apr 19
Kaicun Wang (Beijing Normal University)
Uncertainty in climatic detection using observed surface solar radiation and mean air temperature
(Host: P. Yang)
Apr 26 ("Frontiers in Atmospheric Sciences" series)
Yuk Yung (Caltech)
Global Patterns of Variability Using Chemical Tracers
(Host: R. Zhang)
Apr 27 ("Frontiers in Atmospheric Sciences" series, Thursday 12:30pm @ O&M 1209 )
Yuk Yung (Caltech)
Isotopic Fractionation: From Processes to Atmospheric Evolution
(Host: R. Zhang)
Apr 27 (Thursday 4pm @ O&M Room 1209)
Thomas Vonder Haar (Colorado State University)
History and Results from the Two Decade Quest to Measure the Earth’s Radiation Budget
(Host: P. Yang)
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Texas A&M University
Seminars are usually held at Wednesdays 4:00 pm in Room 112 of the Eller O&M Building unless otherwise specified.
The nearest visitor parking is in the Central Campus Garage.
Jan 18
Montana Etten-Bohm (TAMU)
Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes
and
Kyle Wodzicki (TAMU)
Observed Changes in the Morphology of TRMM Precipitation Features in the ITCZ
(Host: M. Battalio)
Jan 25
Evandro Anselmo (TAMU)
Mesoscale convective systems over GoAmazon field campaign sites: the coastal formation and inland propagation
(Host: C. Schumacher)
Feb 1
Qi Ying (TAMU)
Particulate Air Pollution in China: Source Contributions and Responses to Reductions
(Host: R. Zhang)
Feb 8
Jian Wang (Brookhaven National Lab)
Understanding aerosol under natural conditions for better assessment of climate change
(Host: S. Brooks)
Feb 15
Gabriel J. Kooperman (Univ of California, Irvine)
Forest response to rising CO2 drives zonally asymmetric rainfall change over tropical continents
(Host: Y. Xu)
Feb 22
Mary Barth (NCAR)
Role of Thunderstorms on the Composition of the Troposphere – What We Have Learned from DC3
(Host: Y. Xu)
Mar 1
Michael King (Univ of Colorado)
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Tropospheric Clouds observed by MODIS onboard the Terra and Aqua satellites
(Host: Y. Xu)
Mar 8
Yi Ming (NOAA/GFDL)
Sahel rainfall response to a uniform oceanic warming
(Host: Y. Xu)
Mar 15
No Seminar (SPRING BREAK)
Mar 22
Kris Bedka (NASA Langley Research Center)
Analysis and Detection of Clouds and Hazardous Convective Storms Using Multispectral Satellite Imager Observations
(Host: K. Bowman)
Mar 29
No Seminar
Mar 30 (Thursday 4pm @ O&M1209)
Maxim Yurkin
The discrete dipole approximation for light-scattering simulations
(Host: P. Yang)
Apr 4 (Tuesday 4pm @ O&M1209)
Bill Lau (University of Maryland)
Competing influences of greenhouse warming and aerosols on Asian monsoon climate change
(Host: Y. Xu)
Apr 5 ("Frontiers in Atmospheric Sciences" series)
Peter Liss (University of East Anglia)
Particles in the Marine Atmosphere
(Host: S. Books and P. Yang)
Apr 6 (Thursday 12:30pm @ O&M1209)
Alan Betts (Atmospheric Research, Vermont)
Hydroclimatology - an integrated view
(Host: C. Schumacher)
Apr 12
Daniel Rosenfeld (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Aerosol effects on microstructure, hydrometeors and electrification of deep convective clouds as documented by aircraft, polarimetric radars and satellites
(Host: Y. Xu)
Apr 19
Kaicun Wang (Beijing Normal University)
Uncertainty in climatic detection using observed surface solar radiation and mean air temperature
(Host: P. Yang)
Apr 26 ("Frontiers in Atmospheric Sciences" series)
Yuk Yung (Caltech)
Global Patterns of Variability Using Chemical Tracers
(Host: R. Zhang)
Apr 27 ("Frontiers in Atmospheric Sciences" series, Thursday 12:30pm @ O&M 1209 )
Yuk Yung (Caltech)
Isotopic Fractionation: From Processes to Atmospheric Evolution
(Host: R. Zhang)
Apr 27 (Thursday 4pm @ O&M Room 1209)
Thomas Vonder Haar (Colorado State University)
History and Results from the Two Decade Quest to Measure the Earth’s Radiation Budget
(Host: P. Yang)