Brown Bag Seminar Schedule
Global Hydrology and Climate Center
320 Sparkman Dr., Huntsville, Alabama 35805
All Seminars are in GHCC Room 4065, 12:45 p.m.
Wednesday, August 29
Lightning: A View from Space -- Red Sprites and Blue Jets.
Howard (Skeet) Vaughan (NASA/MSFC, Retired)
Wednesday, September 5
Estimations of the Electrical Energy of Lightning.
Chris Maggio (University of Mississippi)
Visit Coordinator: Bill Koshak (NASA/MSFC)
Wednesday, September 12
Evidence for a Recurring Eastern North America Upper Tropospheric Ozone Maximum during Summer.
Owen Cooper (CIRES/University of Oklahoma)
Visit Coordinator: Mike Newchurch (UAH)
Wednesday, September 19
Integration of IVICS (Interactive Visualizer and Image Classifier for Satellites) with ADAM (Algorithm Development and Mining System).
Helen Conover, et al. (UAH)
Monday, September 24
Exploring the Use of Remotely Sensed Observations in Sustainable Development Planning.
Maudood Kahn (USRA) & Alper Unal (EMBARQ, Center for Sustainable Transport, World Resources Institute):
Wednesday, September 26
Dynamics of Deep Convective Clouds on Titan.
Scot Rafkin (Southwest Research Institute)
Visit Coordinator: Udaysankar Nair (UAH)
Wednesday, October 3
The Applications of Satellite Aerosol Remote Sensing in Air Quality and Health.
Yang Liu (Harvard University)
Visit Coordinator: Sundar Christopher (UAH)
Wednesday, October 10
Ozone Profile and Tropospheric Ozone Retrievals from Backscatter UV Measurements.
Xiong Liu (Harvard University)
Visit Coordinator: Mike Newchurch (UAH)
Wednesday, October 17
Aerosol Forcing from Satellites: A Review.
Thomas Jones (UAH)
Wednesday, October 24
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion.
Mike Newchurch (UAH)
Wednesday, October 31 NOTE: 12:30 p.m.
Seminar Class Student Presentations
Wednesday, November 7
Contrasting Uses of Data and Numerical Models to Advance Frontiers in the Atmosphere -- Biosphere Interface.
Lianhoong Gu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Visit Coordinator: Udaysankar Nair (UAH)
Wednesday, November 14
Diagnosis of Soil Moisture Conditions Using Microwave Observations of Surface Soil Moisture and Thermal-Infrared Observations of Evapotranspiration.
Christopher Hain (UAH)
Wednesday, November 21
Thanksgiving Holidays -- No Classes
Wednesday, November 28
MODIS Aerosol Product Analysis for Data Assimilation.
Dr. Jianglong Zhang (University of North Dakota)
Visit Coordinators: Sundar Christopher (UAH)
Wednesday, December 5
A Multi-Satellite Perspective on Clouds and Water Vapor in the Tropical Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere.
Pete Robertson (NASA/MSFC)
Wednesday, December 12
Determination of Global CO2 Sources and Sinks.
Dennis O'Brien (CSU)
Visit Coordinator: Kirk Fuller (UAH)
Wednesday, December 19
Distinguishing Aerosols from Clouds in Global, Multispectral Satellite Data with Automated Cloud Classification Algorithms.
Keith Hutchinson (University of Texas, Center for Space Research)
Visit Coordinator: Ron Welch (UAH)
Wednesday, January 9
High-Speed Video Captures of Lightning Flashes.
Tim Samaras (Applied Research Associates)
Visit Coordinator: Bill McCaul (USRA)
Wednesday, January 16
Do Precipitation Systems Control Climate Sensitivity?
Roy Spencer (UAH)
Wednesday, January 23
No Seminar Scheduled – AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans
Wednesday, January 30
Routine Mapping of Evapotranspiration and Moisture Stress across the Contiguous United States.
Martha Anderson (USDA)
Visit Coordinator: John Mecikalski (UAH)
Wednesday, February 6
Development of Space Vehicle Terrestrial Environment Criteria Guidelines.
Dale Johnson (NASA/MSFC)
Wednesday, February 13
African Lightning: Indicator of Tropical Atlantic Cyclone Formation.
Themis Chronis (MSFC/ORAU)
Wednesday, February 20
Some Recent Atmospheric Research Results.
Gary Jedlovec (NASA/MSFC)
Wednesday, February 27
To What Extent Does Solar Variability Contribute to Climate Change?
David Hathaway (NASA/MSFC)
Wednesday, March 5
The Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Model (OLAM)
Robert L. Walko (Duke University)
Visit Coordinator: Udaysankar Nair (UAH)
Wednesday, March 12
Seminar Class Student Presentations
Wednesday, March 19
No Seminar Scheduled – Spring Break
Wednesday, March 26
THOR Infrastructure and Research: Toward Improved Understanding and Prediction of Hazardous Weather.
Kevin Knupp (UAH)
Wednesday, April 2
Seminar Class Student Presentations
Wednesday, April 9
NASA Radiation Sciences Program – Overview and Directions.
Hal Maring (NASA/HQ)
Visit Coordinator: Sundar Christopher (UAH)
Wednesday, April 16
The Helicopter Observation Platform (HOP) ): New Technologies for Atmospheric Research.
Roni Avissar (Duke University)
Visit Coordinator: Udaysankar Nair (UAH)
Wednesday, April 23
(NASA HQ): NASA Natural Disaster and Water Resources Program.
Steve Amrose (NASA/HQ)
Visit Coordinator: Udaysankar Nair (UAH)
Wednesday, April 30
Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) Earth Science Applications.
Wayne Feltz (University of Wisconsin)
Visit Coordinator: John Mecikalski (UAH)
Wednesday, May 7
Dynamics of Deep Convective Clouds on Titan.
Scot Rafkin (Southwest Research Institute)
Visit Coordinator: Udaysankar Nair (UAH)
Wednesday, May 14
Open Date Available
Wednesday, May 21
Remote Sensing the Agricultural Landscape of the Ancient Maya: Models and the New Technologies.
Robert Griffin (Penn State University)
Wednesday, May 28
Open Date Available