ESRL Physical Sciences Laboratory Past Seminars

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PSL holds seminars in two locations: The PSL South Conference Room (1D403) and the Multipurpose Room (GC402) at the David Skaggs Research Center. All seminar attendees, including pedestrians and bike riders, are required to receive a Visitor Badge from the Visitor Center at the Boulder Dept. of Commerce facilities. Seminar attendees will need to present a valid U.S. photo ID or their Permanent Resident Alien card. If you are a Foreign National without permanent residency please email the seminar coordinator* at least 48 hours prior to the seminar to provide information required for security purposes. You will need to present your passport when you check in at the Visitor Center. Please allow extra time to accommodate these procedures. If you have any questions or are interested in presenting a seminar, please contact one of the following coordinators*: Barbara Herrli (303-497-3876) Barbara.S.Herrli@noaa.gov; Madeline Sturgill (303-497-5961) Madeline Sturgill@noaa.gov; or Shawn Dowd (303-497-6476) Shawn Dowd@noaa.gov.


Date Seminar
29 Oct 2013
Tuesday, 2:00pm
Caroline Muller CNRS/ Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
Amplification of precipitation extremes with warming. [Abstract]
Room 1D403 (Coordinator: Barbara)
25 Sep 2013
Wednesday, 2:00pm
Dr. Luis Samaniego Head, Department Computational Hydrosystems Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Leipzig, Germany
Towards robust predictions of water fluxes and states on large scales. [Abstract]
Room 1D403 (Coordinator: Barbara)
1 Aug 2013
Thursday, 10:00am
Joint PSD and GMD Seminar
Dave D. Turner, Forecast Research and Development Division, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), Norman, OK
Characterizing turbulence in the convective boundary layer with Raman and high spectral resolution lidars

Room GC402 [Coordinator: Ann Thorne (303-497-4600) or Julie Singewald (303-497-6074)]
24 Jul 2013
Wednesday, 3:30pm
Joint PSD and CSD Seminar
Zbigniew Sorbjan, Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Numerical modeling of the evolving stable boundary layer
[Abstract and Remote Access Info]

Room 2A305 (Note Different Room)
3 Jul 2013
Wednesday, 2:00pm
Geert Van Oldenborgh, KMDI
Important Role for ocean warming and increased ice-shelf melt in Antarcitic sea ice expansion. [Abstract]

1D403 (Coordinator: Barbara/Madeline)
26 Jun 2013
Wednesday, 11:00pm
Daniel E. Wolfe NOAA/ESRL/PSD3 & CU CIRES
The Boulder Atmospheric Observatory: More than just a Tall Tower! [Abstract]

GC402 (Coordinator: Madeline)
6 Jun 2013
Thursday, 1:00pm
Lance Bosart, Distinguished Professor at University at Albany/SUNY
A Big Picture Perspective on the Intense Arctic Cyclone of 6 August 2012 [Abstract]

GC402 (Coordinator: Barbara)
17 Apr 2013
Wednesday, 2:00pm
Franco Biondi, DendroLab Director, Department of Geography, University of Nevada
Space-Time Kriging Extension of Precipitation Variability at 12-km Spacing from Tree-Ring Chronologies [Abstract]

1D-403 (Coordinator: Barbara)
27 Feb 2013
Wednesday, 2:00pm
Michael Pritchard,Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle
Intrinsic predictability insensitivities of the superparameterized Madden-Julian Oscillation [Abstract]

1D-403 (Coordinator: Barbara)
14 Feb 2013
Thursday, 2:00pm
Melvyn A. Shapiro: National Center for Atmospheric Research
The Life Cycle of Hurricane Sandy: Observations; Simulations; Operational Forecasts; Socioeconomic Impacts [Abstract]

GC-402 (Coordinator: Barbara)
13 Feb 2013
Wednesday, 2:00pm
Dr. Michael Scheuerer: University of Heidelberg, Germany
Statistical Post-Processing of Temperature Forecasts: The Importance of Spatial Modeling. [Abstract]

1D-403 (Coordinator: Barbara)
31 Jan 2013
Thursday, 2:00pm
Richard Seager: Palisades Geophysical Institute/Lamont Research Professor Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, New York
The Importance of the Montreal Protocol for Protecting the Earth's Hydroclimate. [Abstract]

1D-403 (Coordinator: Barbara)
30 Jan 2013
Wednesday, 2:00pm
Dr. Michael Tippet, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, @ The Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York
Associating U.S. tornado activity with environmental parameters [Abstract]

1D-403 (Coordinator: Barbara)

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