Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule

Seminars are held on Fridays from 3:30-4:30 PM (except where noted) in the Charles H. Jones Auditorium (L1205) in the Ford ES&T Building.

Organizers: Dr. Ellery Ingall, Associate Professor of geochemistry and oceanography, and Dr. Athanasios Nenes, Professor of aerosols and clouds.

For more information, please contact Susan Ryan at (404) 894-3893.

Aug. 21

Dr. Yuhang Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
"Air quality impacts of East Asian pollutant emissions"

Aug. 28

Angela Fritz/James Belanger, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
“Tropical Cyclones: Impacts, Energetics, and Predictability”

Sep. 11

Dr. Jean Lynch-Stieglitz, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
"Abrupt Climate Change and Atlantic Ocean Circulation"

Sep. 18

Dr. Kim Cobb, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
"Coral records of tropical Pacific climate change:  past, present, and future"

Oct. 2

Dr. Annalisa Bracco, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
"Mesoscale vortices, vertical mixing and the Meridional Overturning Circulation"

Oct. 9

Dr. Wei-Jun Cai, University of Georgia
“Carbon cycling in coastal oceans and the impacts of global changes”

Oct. 16

          Jordon Beckler, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

          "Iron delivery to estuarine sediments stimulates the production of soluble, organic-Fe(III) complexes 
          by dissimilatory metal-reducing microorganisms"

          Intan Nurhati, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
          "Coral records of late 20th century warming and freshening in the central tropical Pacific"

Oct. 23

Jaime Convers, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
"Radiated Seismic Energy for Rapid Determinations of Tsunami Earthquakes, Large Earthquake Size, and Rupture Duration"

Kevin Chao, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences                                     "Remote Triggering of Tremor Beneath the Central Range in Taiwan"

Nov. 6

Arsineh Hecobian, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences                                      "The Relationship between UV/VIS Light Absorption Spectra and Water-Soluble Organic Carbon (WSOC) in S.E. US"

Jenn Telling, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences                                        "Volcanic Ash Aggregation in Eruptive Plumes"                                

Nov. 13

           Dr. Hyemi Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
           "Different flavors of Pacific warming and their impact on the world climate"

Nov. 20

Yuley Cardona, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences                                       "Vertical mixing, mesoscale structures, and high frequency winds in South China Sea"

Jason Furtado, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences                                       "North Pacific Decadal Variability and Climate Change in Coupled Climate Models"