August 17
"GLIDER (Globally Leveraged Integrated Data Explorer Research) Application for Earth Science"
Todd Berendes (UAH/ITSC)

August 24
"Sun Spots, Space Weather, and the Earth's Climate"
David Hathaway (NASA/MSFC)

August 31
"Weather Research Opportunities for America's Space Program"
Bill Roeder (Air Force/Patrick AFB)
Visit Coordinator: Larry Carey (UAH)

September 7
"Impacts of Boundary Layer Sources for Reactive OVOC and Halogens on the Atmospheric Chemistry of the Tropical Free Troposphere"
Rainer Volkamer (Univ. Colorado)
Visit Coordinator: Udaysankar Nair (UAH)

Monday, September 12 - SPECIAL SEMINAR
"Applications of Global Down-scaling in Regional Climate and Air Quality"
Nick Lam ( University of Tennessee)
Visit Coordinator: Harold Peterson (NASA/MSFC)

September 14
"Comets, Meteors, and Meteorites: Their Origins and Effects on Earth and its Environment"
William Cooke (NASA/UAH)

Friday, September 16
“Terrible 2011 Tornadoes, Debris Balls, and a New Superoutbreak”
Greg Forbes (The Weather Channel)
Visit Coordinator: Sundar Christopher (UAH)

September 21
" EUMETSAT Activities for Weather and Climate Observations: Meteosat Third Generation"
Jochen Grandell (EUMETSAT)
Visit Coordinator: Doug Mach (NASA/MSFC)

Tuesday, September 27 - SPECIAL SEMINAR
"Lightning NOx: Model Representation and its Effect on Satellite Retrievals"
Yuhang Wang ( Georgia Institute of Technology)
Visit Coordinator: Bill Koshak (NASA/MSFC)

September 28
"What Ocean Warming Tells About Climate Sensitivity"
Roy Spencer (UAH)

October 5
"Reducing Uncertainty in Modeled Climate Sensitivity by Observations from a UAH Developed New Technique"
Qinghan Han (UAH)

October 12
"Air Quality Science Supporting Decision Making for the Alabama Forestry Commission”
Udaysankar Nair and Ken Keiser (UAH)

Monday, October 17
: "Climate Catastrophe During the Dark Ages (536-537 AD): Was It Produced by Dust from an Oceanic Impact?"
Dallas Abbott (Columbia University)
Visit Coordinator: Tiffany Keeton (UAH)

October 19
"Boundary Layer and Free Tropospheric Ozone Spatio-Temporal Variability "UAH Lidar Measurements and Model Simulations"
Mike Newchurch (UAH)

October 26 Special Location/Time- Rm 4078, 1:45
"Temperature Reconstructions From Proxies: The Statistical Problems Arising From Proxy Inconsistency"
Steve McIntyre (Consultant)
Visit Coordinator: John Christy (UAH)

November 2
"ATS 781 Student Seminar Presentations"

November 9
"Atmospheric Applications for Aerospace Programs"
Jeff Anderson (NASA/MSFC)

November 16
"Application of Remotely Sensed Data and Models to Evaluate the Effects of Climate Change on Shallow Aquatic Ecosystems and Inform Conservation and Restoration"
Maury Estes (USRA)

November 23
Thanksgiving Holiday--No Seminar Presentation Scheduled.

November 30
"Insights on New Directions for Urban Remote Sensing: Outcomes From a NSF Workshop"
Elizabeth Wentz ( Arizona State University)
Visit Coordinator: Dale Quattrochi (NASA/MSFC)

December 7
OPEN "Title and Speaker TBD"

December 14--31
Winter Break--No Seminar Presentations Scheduled

Wednesday, January 4
NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED

Wednesday, January 11
"Atmospheric Mercury Cycle: Role Of Thunderstorms and Boundary Layer Processes"
Udaysankar Nair (UAH)

Wednesday, January 18
"Of Lightning and New View Of Near-Earth Space"
Dennis Gallagher (NASA/MSFC)

Wednesday, January 25
AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans -- No Seminar Scheduled

Wednesday, February 1
"Volcanic Eruptions and Climate"
Alan Robock (Rutgers University)
Visit Coordinator: Doug Rickman (NASA/UAH)

Wednesday, February 8
"Response and Sensitivity of the Stable Boundary Layer to Greenhouse Gas Forcing"
Dick McNider (UAH)

Wednesday, February 15
"Evaluating U.S. Heat Waves Based On Remote Sensing and Meteorological Reanalysis Data"
Bill Crosson (USRA)

Wednesday, February 22
"Polarized Light As An Aerosol Sensor"
Gordon Videen (DOD/USA)
Visit Coordinator: Kirk Fuller (UAH)

Wednesday, February 29
"Comets, Meteors, And Meteorites: Their Origins And Effects On Earth and Its Environment"
Bill Cooke (NASA/MSFC)

Monday, March 5, SPECIAL SEMINAR
"The Meteorology Of Sprites And Gigantic Jets"
Timothy Lang (Colorado State University)
Visit Coordinator: Larry Carey (UAH)

Wednesday, March 7
"Thermal Structure And Composition Of The Atmospheres Of Saturn And Titan From Observations Of The Cassini/Composite IR-Spectrometer With Some Earth Atmosphere Comparisons"
Mian Abbas (NASA/MSFC)

Wednesday, March 14
"Research Progress and Activities On The April 27, 2011 Tornado Outbreak"
Kevin Knupp (UAH)

Thursday, March 15, SPECIAL SEMINAR (RM 4078 @ 10AM)
"What's Wrong With Mercury?"
Arnout Ter Schure (Electric Power Research Institute)
Visit Coordinator: Udaysankar Nair (UAH)

Wednesday, March 21
Spring Break -- No Seminar Scheduled

Tuesday, March 27, SPECIAL SEMINAR
"Retreat of Himalayan Glaciers: Impact Of Anthropogenic Pollution And Dust Storms On The Regional Climate"
Anup Prasad (Chapman University)
Visit Coordinator: Jeff Luvall (NASA/MSFC)

Wednesday, March 28
"Using NASA Remotely Sensed Environmental Data for National Public Health Applications"
Mohammad Alhamdan (NASA/MSFC)

Wednesday, April 4
"Planetary Science Overview And An Example Of Comparative Planetary Environments"
Dennis Gallagher (NASA/MSFC)

Thursday, April 5, SPECIAL SEMINAR (RM 4078)
"Review of NWS Tornado Warnings – Past, Present, and Future"
Patrick Marsh (NOAA/NSSL)
Visit Coordinator: Kevin Knupp/Todd Murphy (UAH)

Wednesday, April 11
ATS 781 Student Seminar Presentations
12:45-1:00PM - "Quantitative Differences Between Lightning and Non-Lightning Convective Rainfall Events as Observed with Dual-Polarimetric Radar and MSG Satellite Data".
Retha Matthee (UAH ATS 781)
Faculty Advisor: John Mecikalski
1:00-1:15PM - "Detection Efficiency of the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) for Cloud-to-Ground Strikes".
Veronica Franklin (UAH ATS 781)
Faculty Advisor: Phillip Bitzer
1:15-1:45PM - “Intercalibrating OLR (Outgoing Longwave Radiation) From Satellites”
Pete Robertson (NASA/MSFC)

Tuesday, April 17, SPECIAL SEMINAR (RM 2096)
"The Next Frontier in Atmospheric Composition Measurements From Space; NASA's GEO-CAPE Mission"
Jack Fishman (St. Louis University)
Visit Coordinator: Sundar Christopher (UAH)

Wednesday, April 18
"Weather Applications of VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) Data on NPP (NPOESS Preparatory Project)"
Gary Jedlovec (NASA/MSFC)

Wednesday, April 25
"Non-Traditional Wind Storms And Thunderstorms: Wake Lows, Waves, And Bores"
Tim Coleman (UAH)

Wednesday, May 2
"TRMM Precipitation Characteristics and Their Relationships with the Large-Scale Environment In Four Reanalysis Datasets Over Tropical Oceans"
Chie Yokoyama (Univ. of Utah)
Visit Coordinator: Dan Cecil (UAH/ESSC)

Wednesday, May 9
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