Spring 2010 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.


Jan. 22
Dr. Ralph Kahn, NASA
"Aerosol Remote Sensing from Space - What We've Learned, Where We're Heading" (powerpoint attached)

Jan. 29
Dr. Daniel Vimont, University of Wisconsin
“Climate Variability and Change”

Feb. 5
Dr. David P. Gushee, Mercer University
"Understanding Conservative Religious Resistance to Climate Science"
Mar. 12
Dr. Joanna Joiner, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
"The optical centroid cloud pressure: Applications and lessons learned from the A-train"
Apr. 9
 Dr. Annalisa Molini, Duke University
"Intermittency, Asymmetry and Causality Signatures in the Rainfall Generation"
Joint seminar with BESTA (Bioengineering Statistic Center at Tech)

Apr. 16

Dr. Michael Krom, Leeds University
"Atmospheric processes and their effect on the bioavailability of iron and phosphorus in aerosols"

Apr. 23

Dr. Henian Zhang, Georgia Institute of Technology
"Dust in the Divine Wind: Impact of Saharan Dust as Nucleating Aerosols on Atlantic Tropical Cyclone's Development"

Apr. 30

Field Methods Class Presentations, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech