News & Events 2010
Celebrate 50 years of Atmospheric Sciences
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The Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC) and Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (DAES) will be hosting a 2-day commemorative event in Albany. |
Schedule of Events.
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Sunday, October 3, 2010 - 7:00pm -9:00pm
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Monday October 4, 2010
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| 9:00am: Welcome by Dean Edelgard Wulfert and Interim Vice President for Research James Dias |
| Morning Session – Relevance of the Atmospheric Sciences |
| 9:10am-10:00am: Climate Chemistry Coupling: Feedbacks That Control the Climate Professor James Anderson, Harvard University |
| 10:00am-10:50am: From Changing the Weather to Changing the Climate Dr. Michael McCracken, Climate Institute |
| 10:50am-11:20am: Coffee Break |
| 11:20am-12:10pm: 50+ Years of Numerical Weather Prediction: Supercomputers and the Models That Consumed Them or a Sordid Tale of Codependence Dr. Geoff DiMego National Weather Service, NOAA |
| 12:10pm-1:00 pm: The History and Impact of the University at Albany Lightning Research Richard Pyle Vaisala |
| Lunch Break 1:00pm-2:00pm |
| Afternoon Session - Research and Educational Experience |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm: Stratospheric Influence on the Onset and Breakdown of Tropospheric Blocking: A Potential Vorticity Interpretation Professor Steve Colucci Cornell University |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm: 10 Years of Model-Based Air Quality Forecasting for the Northeast: Experiences and Future Directions Dr. Christian Hogrefe NYS Department of Environmental Conservation |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm: Teaching Atmospheric Science as a Contact Sport Professor Perry Samson, University of Michigan |
| 3:30pm-3:55pm Coffee Break |
| 3:55pm-4:25pm: Numerical Tests of a Theory for Hurricane Intensity Professor Greg Hakim University of Washington |
| 4:25pm-4:55pm: Tropical Cyclone Size Professor Gary Lackmann North Carolina State University |
| 4:55pm-5:25pm: Observing Climate Chemistry Interactions from the Mid- Atlantic US to the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Professor Everette Joseph Howard University |
Reception and Banquet Marriott Hotel, 189 Wolf Road
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Download the announcement and registration form. |
| Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (DAES) |
| College Of Arts and Sciences |
| University At Albany |
| September 27, 2010 |
