E-Newsletter Vol. 11 – 2006

Welcome Back! The Fall 2006 semester officially begins on Wednesday, September 6th.

The first Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 6 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Chris Forest from the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present a seminar entitled, “Estimated PDFs of Climate System Properties Including Natural and Anthropogenic Forcings.” Light refreshments will be served. If you like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Forest, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8391. The full seminar schedule for the Fall 2006 semester may be accessed at http://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu/npages/taos.html.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is MSRC’s Professor Robert Aller. Professor Aller’s seminar entitled, Sedimentary Carbon Cycling, Incineration, and Burial in Tropical Oceania: The Gulf of Papua Deltaic Complex,” will take place on Friday, September 8 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11: 45 a.m.). For additional information,
please contact the host, Michael Frisk, at 2-3750.

Faculty News

A faculty meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 5, at 2:00 p.m. at the Southampton campus. If you want a ride to the meeting, please assemble in the main MSRC parking lot near Endeavour Hall at 12:55pm. Vans will depart promptly at 1:00 p.m.

Student News

ITPA extends a very warm welcome to our new students!

A list of ITPA student names, room assignments and telephone numbers for the Fall semester will be distributed later this week.

Yanquan Guo will defend her Ph.D. thesis proposal on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 1:00 pm. The title of her project is “Characteristics of Southern Hemisphere Baroclinic Wave Activities in the Reanalyses and Observations”

Congratulations to the following people who successfully defended their Ph.D thesis and graduated: Tiehan Zhou, Jingbo Wu, Xiaosong Yang. We wish them good luck in their future careers.

Miscellaneous

Mark your calendar for this year’s Oktoberfest celebration on Friday, October 6th! This is an annual fundraising event with proceeds earmarked for the Petra M. Udelhofen Memorial Scholarship Fund. Additional details will be included in next week’s newsletter.

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Asheville is seeking a tenure-track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective July 2007. Further information can be found at http://www.atms.unca.edu and on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall.

The US National/Naval Ice Center seeks to fill a postdoctoral fellowship position to assist in the development and implementation of the new sea ice forecasting techniques. Additional details may be obtained at http://www.vsp.ucar.edu and are also posted on the ITPA bulletin board.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 13 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Tim Garrett from the Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, will present a seminar entitled, “Exploring Pollution-Cloud-Climate Interactions in the Arctic.” Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Garrett, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8391. The full seminar schedule for the Fall 2006 semester may be accessed athttp://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu/npages/taos.html.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Suzanne Alonso from Yale University. Professor Alonso’s seminar entitled, “Conflict and Cooperation in the Ocellated Wrasse, Sympohdus Ocellatus,” will take place on Friday, September 15 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11: 45 a.m.). For additional information,
please contact the host, Stephan Munch, at smunch@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on September 15 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced.

Faculty News

This week, Professor Nicole Riemer is attending the 7th International Aerosol Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota. She giving a talk with the title “Aerosol Processing in Clouds: Monte Carlo Simulations on the Impact of Coagulation on the Mixing State”.

The IAC brings together much of the worldwide aerosol research community to share the results of recent research. This year, over 1200 contributions with 10 specialty symposia focus on the formation, transport and transformation of atmospheric aerosols, the delivery and biological effects of inhaled particles, the emission of pollutants by aircraft and traffic, homeland security issues related to aerosols, and particulate matter pollution problems inside cars and other microenvironments.

Professor Marvin Geller will be in Washington, DC from September 13 through 15 to Chair an external review panel for the Naval Research Laboratory’s atmospheric science research program.

Student News

Mark your calendars for the new student barbeque on Friday, September 15, at 3:00 p.m. behind Discovery Hall. Please stop by to welcome our new students. All are welcome to attend.

Miscellaneous

This year’s Oktoberfest celebration takes place on Friday, October 6 in MSRC’s boathouse. This is an annual fundraising event in memory of Dr. Petra M. Udelhofen, a former faculty member who passed away in May of 2002. A scholarship fund was established in Petra’s name and benefits undergraduate students majoring in atmospheric or environmental sciences. We are in need of volunteers to assist us with this event. If you would like to volunteer, please add your name to the sign-up sheet posted near the mailroom in Endeavour Hall.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 20 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Rick Katz from the Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), will present a seminar entitled, “Bayesian Approach to Decision Making Using Ensemble Weather Forecasts.” Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Katz, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8391. The full seminar schedule for the Fall 2006 semester may be accessed at http://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu/npages/taos.html.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Jeff Levinton from Stony Brook’s Department of Ecology and Evolution. Professor Levinton’s seminar entitled, “Pollution, Evolution, and Environmental Risk,” will take place on Friday, September 22 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11: 45 a.m.). For additional information,
please contact the host, Stephan Munch, at smunch@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on September 22 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced.

Faculty News

Last week, Professor Marvin Geller served as Chair of the External Review Panel to review the Battlespace Environments Focus Area 6.1/6.2 (Atmosphere Technology) Research Program in Washington DC.

Please remember to send Gina an e-mail if you plan to be out of town so that your name can be put up on the board in the ITPA office.

Student News

Due to inclement weather, last Friday’s new student barbecue was postponed. The event will now take place on September 18 at 3:00 p.m. behind Discovery Hall. All are welcome to attend.

Miscellaneous

On Tuesday, September 19 at 10:00 a.m., there will be a welcome reception for new Center faculty and staff members. ITPA would like to take this opportunity to welcome Dr. Eric Tromeur, a postdoctoral research scientist, working with Professor Minghua Zhang. Please stop by the Okubo Room, Endeavour Hall 171, to say hello.

President Shirley Strum Kenny invites all faculty, staff and students to attend the University Convocation and State of the University Address on September 20 at 4:00 p.m. in the Staller Center. Reception to follow in the Staller Center lobby.

On September 20 at 2:30 p.m., there will be a meeting with Winenergy Power in Endeavour Hall 113 to discuss wind energy.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 27 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor S.W. Pacala from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, will present a seminar entitled, “Modeling the Terrestrial Biosphere and the Future of the Carbon Sink.” Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Pacala, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8391.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Robert J. Latour from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Professor Latour’s seminar entitled, “Epizootiology of Mycobacteriosis in Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis),” will take place on Friday, September 29 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11: 45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Michael Frisk at 2-3750.

The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on September 29 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced.

Faculty News

On Thursday, September 28 at 6:00 p.m., Professor Minghua Zhang will present a talk in the Honor’s College to discuss the science of global warming as a preface to the Friday evening show of Al Gore’s movie, “An Inconvenient Truth” on campus.

On Friday, September 29, Professor Edmund Chang will present a seminar at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. The title of his seminar is, “An Idealized Model of the Northern Hemisphere Winter Storm Tracks.”

Student News

The Meteorology Club will meet on Tuesday, September 26 at 2:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139.

The National Forecast Contest begins on Monday, September 25 with Orlando, Florida. This year, ITPA has a team of 19 forecasters, which includes 10 undergraduate students, 8 graduate students, and 1 faculty member.

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is currently accepting applications for the 2007/2008 AMS Fellowships and Scholarships programs. In addition, they will also provide annual meeting travel opportunities for qualified students. Travel programs are now posted on the AMS website for those who would like to attend the 87th AMS Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas in January. Additional information may be accessed at http://www.ametsoc.org and is also posted on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall.

Proposals are being accepted from graduate students for the National Science Foundation’s East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships to enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. The program takes place for approximately eight weeks beginning in June 2007. Details are posted on the ITPA bulletin board and may also be obtained from NSF’s Office of International Science and Engineering, (703) 292-8704, eapinfo@nsf.gov.

Miscellaneous

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), in cooperation with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), is seeking postdoctoral level scientists interested in furthering their research interests and developing expertise in new areas at the NRL Marine Meteorology Division in Monterey, California. NRL conducts a research and development program designed to improve the basic understanding of atmospheric processes and to develop information systems that analyze, simulate, predict, and interpret the structure and behavior of these processes and their effects on Naval systems. For more information, please visit http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil. Additional information is also posted on the ITPA bulletin board.

UCAR is also recruiting postdoctoral scientists and short-term senior visitors to work in Princeton at NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) as part of the Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI). For further information, please visit http://www.vsp.ucar.edu. Details are also posted on the ITPA bulletin board.

The date for the welcome reception for new Center faculty and staff members has been changed to Friday, September 29 at 10:00 a.m. Please stop by the Okubo Room, Endeavour 171, to introduce yourself.

Please mark your calendars for the South Campus Blood Drive on Thursday, October 5 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Donors will receive a Lowes movie ticket or a Blood Drive t-shirt. To schedule an appointment to donate, please contact Katerina in the Main Office at 2-8781.

Wolfstock 2006, Stony Brook’s homecoming tradition, takes place on October 6 through 8. For details, please visit http://ws.cc.stonybrook.edu/communicatio/Homecoming.

The annual Fall Pride Patrol has been scheduled for October 12. To volunteer, please contact the Office of Conferences and Special Events at 2-6320.

Volunteers are still needed to assist with this year’s Oktoberfest fundraiser on October 6. Please sign up on the sheets posted outside of the mailroom in Endeavour Hall.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, October 4 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Willie Soon from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics will present a seminar entitled, “Solar and CO₂ Climatic Responses: The Case for Solar Forcing of Arctic Temperature Change on Decadal to Multidecadal Timescales.” Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Soon, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8391.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Howie Bluestein from the University of Oklahoma. Professor Bluestein’s seminar entitled, “Mobile-Doppler Radar Observations of Tornadoes,” will take place on Friday, October 6 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11: 45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Marvin Geller, atmgeller@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

The Friday Weather Discussion is scheduled for October 6 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced.

Student News

There will be a welcoming barbeque for undergraduates at Stony Brook-Southampton on Tuesday, October 3 from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. If you would like to attend, please respond to Professor Gordon Taylor at gtaylor@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. (Rain date: October 10)

Miscellaneous

Please stop by MSRC’s boathouse for this year’s Oktoberfest celebration beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7.

The South Campus Blood Drive takes place on Thursday, October 5 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Donors will receive a Lowes movie ticket or a Blood Drive t-shirt. To schedule an appointment to donate, please contact Katerina in the Main Office at 2-8781.

Wolfstock 2006, Stony Brook’s homecoming tradition, is scheduled for October 6 through 8. For details, please visit http://ws.cc.stonybrook.edu/communicatio/Homecoming.

The NCAR Advanced Study Program is now accepting applications for three to four new positions for entry-level scientists and research engineers in scientific areas relevant to the NCAR Strategic Plan. Application deadline is October 13. Details are posted on the ITPA bulletin board and may also be found at http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco.cfm?do=jobDetailExt&job_ID=717.

The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has an opening for a position in aerosol-climate science. For details, please access http://atmospheres.gsfc.nasa.gov. Details are also posted on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, October 11 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Sonya Legg from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University, will present a seminar entitled, “Tidal Mixing at Steep Topography.” Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Legg, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8391.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Meng Zhou from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Professor Zhou’s seminar entitled, “The Marine Size Spectrum” will take place on Friday, October 13 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11: 45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Joe Warren, at 2-3737.

The Friday Weather Discussion is scheduled for October 13 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced.

Faculty News

Last week, Professor Marvin Geller attended a meeting of the National Research Council’s Board on International Scientific Research Organizations of which he is a member. Its mission is to strengthen U.S. participation in international scientific, engineering, and medical organizations. It also examines issues related to the conduct of science and evaluates opportunities for and barriers to international collaboration in scientific research.

From October 9 to 12, Professors Marvin Geller and Stefan Liess will be attending the 14th session of the World Climate Research Programme’s SPARC (Stratospheric processes and Their Role in Climate). Professor Geller is attending as the Principal Investigator for the NASA-sponsored SPARC Data Center and also in his role as President of SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics). Professor Liess is attending as the Project Scientist for the SPARC Data Center.

Student News

Special thanks to all those who participated in the undergraduate barbeque at Stony Brook-Southampton on October 3rd.

Miscellaneous

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)) announces the continuation of the NOAA Climate and Global Change Fellowship Program. UCAR manages this NOAA-sponsored program, which pairs recently graduated postdocs with host scientists at U.S. institutions to work in an area of mutual interest. Deadline for applications is January 12, 2007. Additional information may be obtained on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall, and at http://www.vsp.ucar.edu.

The University’s Fall Pride Patrol takes place on October 12th. To volunteer, please contact the Office of Conferences and Special Events at 2-6320.

The Inter-Research Science Center announces a symposium entitled, “Death by a Thousand Coasts: The Ethics of Climate Change,” to be held in Washington D.C. from November 24 to 27. Additional information may be accessed at http://www.ir-symposia.com.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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Please join us this week for a very special “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) seminar. On Wednesday, October 18 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120, Professor Warren Washington, this year’s Robert D. Cess Distinguished Speaker, will present a seminar entitled, “Climate Modeling of the 20th and 21st Centuries.” Professor Washington is from NCAR’s Climate and Global Dynamics Division. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with him, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8391.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Robert Mason from the University of Connecticut. Professor Mason’s seminar entitled, “Methylmercury Production in the Coastal Zone: An Important Source of Methylmercury to Marine Fish?” will take place on Friday, October 20 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11: 45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Nick Fisher, at 2-8649.

The Friday Weather Discussion is scheduled for October 20 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

From October 18 to 20, Professor Nicole Riemer is visiting the Aerosol, Trace Gases, and Climate Processes Group at the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research at the University of Karlsruhe. She is collaborating with this group on the aging process of soot on the regional scale and on the impact of the N₂O₅ hydrolysis on tropospheric chemistry.

Student News

Beginning on October 18, ITPA “student paper discussions” will take place on Mondays from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 168. For further information, contact Kolby Jardine atkjardine@ic.sunysb.edu.

Special thanks to all those who participated in this year’s Oktoberfest fundraiser. Over $600 was raised for the Petra M. Udelhofen Memorial Scholarship fund. Photos of this event, courtesy of George Carroll, may be viewed at http://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu/npages/of06.html.

Miscellaneous

There will be a UUP General Membership meeting on October 19 at 12:00 noon in the Student Activities Center Ballroom A. Lunch will be provided. To RSVP, please call the UUP Office at 2-6570.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) seminar speaker is Professor Joseph Prospero from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami. His seminar entitled, “Global Dust Transport: The Impact on Weather, Climate, and the Oceans” will take place on Wednesday, October 25 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Prospero, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8391.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Dolf Seilacher from Yale University. Professor Seilacher’s seminar entitled, “The Role of Parasites in Macroevolution” will take place on Friday, October 27 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Bob Aller, at 2-8746.

The Friday Weather Discussion is scheduled for October 27 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Professor Brian Colle and David Novak will be attending the 13th Cyclone Workshop in Pacific Grove, CA this week.

From October 23-27, Moguo Sun will be attending the CERES/GERB Joint Science Team Meeting in Exeter, UK. He will be giving a talk regarding research done with Bob Cess, entitled, “Cloud Structure Anomalies Over Tropical Pacific During 97/98 El Nino.”

A special TAOS seminar was held on October 18 in honor of Distinguished Professor Robert D. Cess. Please visit http://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu/npages/CessSem06.html for details and photos of this event.

Student News

A “student paper discussion” will take place on Monday, October 23, from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 168. For further information, contact Kolby Jardine at kjardine@ic.sunysb.edu.

Miscellaneous

As part of the Inaugural East End Public Lecture Series, Dr. Carl Safina from the Blue Ocean Institute will present a seminar entitled, “Voyage of the Sea Turtle,” on Friday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. This lecture will be held at the Duke Lecture Hall-Chancellors Hall at Stony Brook Southampton, 239 Montauk Highway. For further information, please call 631-283-4020.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) seminar speaker is Enrique Curchitser from the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University. His seminar entitled, “Multi-Scale Modeling of Coupled Biological-Physical Systems in the North Pacific Ocean” will take place on Wednesday, November 1 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Curchitser, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8391.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is David D. DeMaster from North Carolina State University. Professor DeMaster’s seminar entitled, “Using Radiocarbon Measurements on the Antarctic Continental Margin to Track Labile Carbon Systematics in Benthic Food Webs” will take place on Friday, November 3 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Bob Aller, at 2-8746.

The Friday Weather Discussion is scheduled for November 3 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Professor Minghua Zhang will be in San Francisco this week to attend the DOE ARM Modeling Working Group meeting.

The University is in the process of acquiring a 100 Teraflops computer that will be several times faster than the Earth Simulator in Japan. An advertisement for six new faculty positions has been submitted to Science and Nature. A version for faculty recruitment in atmospheric sciences has been posted athttp://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu/npages/eo-csfac.html

Student News

A “student paper discussion” will take place on Monday, October 30, from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 168. For further information, contact Kolby Jardine at kjardine@ic.sunysb.edu.

Miscellaneous

All are invited to attend a seminar at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Atmospheric Sciences Division, on Friday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m. in Building 815 (conference room). Peter H. Daum will present a seminar entitled, “Microphysical Properties of Stratus/Stratocumulus Clouds During the 2005 Marine Stratus/Stratocumullus Experiment (MASE). Please note: Visitors to BNL must receive special clearance in advance. For more information, please contact Nancy Warren atnwarren@bnl.gov.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) seminar speaker is MSRC’s Professor Brian Colle. His seminar entitled, “The Impact of Coastal Boundaries and Small Hills on the Precipitation Distribution Across Southern Connecticut and Long Island, NY,” will be presented at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 8, in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. For further information, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Michael Fogarty from the National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Professor Fogarty’s seminar entitled, “Prospectus for Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management: Lessons from George Bank,” will take place on Friday, November 10 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Michael Frisk, at 2-3750.

The Friday Weather Discussion is scheduled for November 10 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Professor John Mak will be traveling to Beijing, China this week to present a talk at the Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and will also attend the Global Change Open Science Conference also in Beijing.

On Friday, November 10, Professor Minghua Zhang will give one of the four seminars in this year’s “Hot Topic Lecture Series” of the Undergraduate College of Science and Society. For details please visit http://www.stonybrook.edu/ucolleges/sso/hottopicsII.

Student News

A “student paper discussion” will take place on Monday, November 6, from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 168. For further information, contact Kolby Jardine at kjardine@ic.sunysb.edu.

Miscellaneous

Save the date! This year’s MSRC Holiday Party will take place on Friday, December 1, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Long Island Museums in Stony Brook. Additional details will be provided at a later date.

The November 3 seminar by Peter H. Daum at Brookhaven National Laboratory has been rescheduled to November 17. The seminar entitled, “Microphysical Properties of Stratus/Stratocumulus Clouds During the 2005 Marine Stratus/Stratocumulus Experiment (MASE)” will take place at 11:00 a.m. in Building 815 (conference room). Please note: Visitors to BNL must receive special clearance in advance. For more information, please contact Nancy Warren atnwarren@bnl.gov.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) seminar speaker is Dr. Joan Alexander from Northwest Research Associates. Her seminar entitled, “Satellite Observations of Atmospheric Gravity Waves,” will be presented at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 15, in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. To schedule an appointment to meet with Dr. Alexander, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Dr. Stephen Ellner from Cornell University. Dr. Ellner’s seminar entitled, “Rapid Evolution and the Convergence of Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics,” will take place on Friday, November 17 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Stephan Munch at 2-3087.

The Friday Weather Discussion is scheduled for November 17 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Professor Minghua Zhang will be attending the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWPICE) Workshop at NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City from November 13 to 15.

Professor Bob de Zafra attended the ACE (Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment) Validation Team meeting at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) from October 31 to November 4. The meeting covered intercomparison and validation studies for a large variety of molecular species found in the troposphere, stratosphere, and/or mesosphere. ACE is carried on a Canadian satellite, and involves i.r. absorption measurements against the rising or setting sun, with orbital coverage designed to emphasize measurements in polar regions. ACE is in its third year of operation, with a large body of data now available.

Student News

The Evan R. Liblit Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee has selected Owen Doherty as the 2006-07 Liblit Scholar. Owen was recognized for his scholarship and his research on intercontinental transport of mineral dust (some contaminated with atmospheric pollutants) from Africa into the Caribbean and the U.S. Owen was also honored for his fine work with the Cornell Cooperative Extension examining the effects of tree plantings on mitigating pollution levels in heavily polluted areas of the South Bronx. Congratulations, Owen!

A “student paper discussion” will take place on Monday, November 13, from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 168. For further information, contact Kolby Jardine at kjardine@ic.sunysb.edu.

Miscellaneous

As part of the Inaugural East End Public Lecture Series, Dr. Christopher J. Gobler from MSRC will present a seminar entitled, “Harmful Algal Blooms: A Threat to Coastal Ecosystems,” on Friday, November 17 at 7:30 p.m. This lecture will be held at the Duke Lecture Hall-Chancellors Hall at Stony Brook Southampton, 239 Montauk Highway. For further information, please call 631-283-4020.

All are welcome to attend a seminar by Martin I. Hoffert, Consultant to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Versatility Software, Inc., scheduled for November 14 at 11:00 a.m. at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Dr. Hoffert’s seminar entitled, “Needed: An Apollo Program for Energy,” will be held in Building 490, Medical Large Conference Room. This lecture is open to the public, but visitors are required to have a photo ID.

The November 3 seminar by Peter H. Daum at Brookhaven National Laboratory has been rescheduled to November 17. The seminar entitled, “Microphysical Properties of Stratus/Stratocumulus Clouds During the 2005 Marine Stratus/Stratocumulus Experiment (MASE)” will take place at 11:00 a.m. in Building 815 (conference room).

Tickets are now on sale for this year’s MSRC Holiday Party scheduled for Friday, December 1 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Long Island Museums in Stony Brook. Please see John Graham in the Main Office to purchase tickets.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar, Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium (OAC), or Friday Weather Discussion this week.

H A P P Y   T H A N K S G I V I N G !

Student News

There is a meeting of graduate students with Dean David Conover, Minghua Zhang and the Graduate Programs Director, Anne McElroy, on Tuesday, November 21, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. in Endeavour 120. For graduate students in atmospheric sciences who cannot attend the whole session, please try to attend between 10:00 and 10:30 a.m. Professor Zhang will solicit your opinions on proposed changes in the atmospheric sciences graduate curriculum.

Miscellaneous

Tickets are now on sale for this year’s MSRC Holiday Party scheduled for Friday, December 1 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Long Island Museums in Stony Brook. To purchase tickets, please see one of the following committee members: Gina Gartin, Eileen Goldsmith, Kim Knoll, Sue Pawaji, or Bonnie Stephens.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) seminar speaker is Professor James Elsner from the Department of Geography, Florida State University . His seminar entitled, “Hurricanes, Global Warming, and Modern Risk Models,” will be presented at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 29, in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. To schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Elsner, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Professor Jeremy Collie from the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Collie’s seminar entitled, “Multispecies Fishery Models: Balancing Complexity with Parsimony” will take place on Friday, December 1 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Michael Frisk at 2-3750.

The Friday Weather Discussion is scheduled for December 1, at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

On December 2, Professor Marvin Geller will be leaving for Japan to attend the Kyoto University Active Geosphere Investigations for the 21st Century (KAGI 21) International Symposium. Professor Geller will be attending as an Invited External Review Committee member and will present a paper entitled, “Solar UV Variations and Changes in Climate.”

Student News

Congratulations to Michael Charles, winner of the graduate student division of the National Forecast Contest, forecasting for Jackson, Mississippi. Professor Brian Colle finished second in the faculty/staff division. Stony Brook had five forecasters (1/3 team) in the top 60 out of 1,200 forecasters.

Miscellaneous

The Department of Earth Sciences at SUNY Brockport invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level beginning in August of 2007, with specialization in physical meteorology and/or atmospheric sensing. To apply, please access http://www.brockportrecruit.org. Review of applications begins on December 15. Additional information may be obtained from the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall.

MSRC’s holiday party takes place on Friday, December 1 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Long Island Museums in Stony Brook. To purchase tickets, please see Kim Knoll, Bonnie Stephens, Eileen Goldsmith, John Graham, or Gina Gartin.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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This week’s “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) seminar speaker is Professor V. Ramaswamy from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University. His seminar entitled, “Anthropogenic and Natural Influences in the Evolution of Lower Stratospheric Cooling,” will be presented at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, December 6, in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. To schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Ramaswamy, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Professor Eric Cortes from NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Panama City. Dr. Cortes’ seminar entitled, “Approaches to Conservation and Stock Assessment of Sharks on the East Coast of the U.S.,” will take place on Friday, December 8 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Michael Frisk at 2-3750.

The Friday Weather Discussion is scheduled for December 8, at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

This week, Professor Marvin Geller will be attending the 11th International Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere Radar (MST-11) in India.

Professor Brian Colle will be in Boulder, CO on December 4 and 5 to help teach a course on Orographic Precipitation to the forecasters for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. This course, set up by the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET), is designed to provide forecasters training on the latest research, theory and forecast techniques.

Professor Minghua Zhang will be in Washington D.C. early next week to attend a NASA meeting.

Student News

This year’s departmental Ph.D. qualifying exam for atmospheric sciences will be administered on Friday, December 8.

Miscellaneous

As part of the Inaugural East End Public Lecture Series, Dr. Henry Bokuniewicz from MSRC will present a seminar entitled, “Erosion of Long Island’s Ocean Shoreline: Problems, Solutions and More Problems, on Friday, December 8, at 7:30 p.m. This lecture will be held at the Duke Lecture Hall-Chancellors Hall at Stony Brook Southampton, 239 Montauk Highway. For further information, please call 631-283-4020.

The UUP holiday party takes place on Friday, December 15, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the University Cafe, Stony Brook Union. Space is limited. To RSVP, please contact Corinne at 2-6570.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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Please join us for the final “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) seminar for the Fall 2006 semester. This week’s speaker is Dr. Vanda Grubisic from the Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada. His seminar entitled, “Exploration of Atmospheric Rotors in the Sierras and the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX),” will be presented at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, December 13, in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. To schedule an appointment to meet with Dr. Grubisic, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

The Spring 2007 TAOS seminar series will begin on Wednesday, January 24. The full seminar schedule will be posted in early January, and may be accessed athttp://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu/npages/taos.html. Best wishes for a happy holiday season!

This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is MSRC’s Dr. Kamazima Lwiza. Dr. Lwiza’s seminar entitled, “Dynamics of Dissolved Oxygen in Long Island Sound,” will take place on Friday, December 15 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120 (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.). For additional information, please contact the host, Michael Frisk at 2-3750.

The Friday Weather Discussion is scheduled for December 15, at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Mark your calendars for the MSRC faculty meeting on Thursday, December 21, at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 120.

Student News

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science degree, Owen Doherty will present a seminar entitled, “On the Transport of Saharan Mineral Dust,” on Tuesday, December 12 at 10:00 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120.

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science degree, Melissa Ou will present a seminar entitled, “Application of Atmospheric Centers of Action to Hurricane Prediction,” on Wednesday, December 13 at 2:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 113.

The Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, and the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Maryland, and the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation are pleased to announce a three-week summer workshop on the Application of Remotely Sensed Observations in Data Assimilation. The workshop will be held from July 23 to August 10, 2007 at the University of Maryland. Recent Ph.D. recipients and graduate students at US institutions who will receive their Ph.D. in atmospheric or related sciences prior to June 2008 are eligible to attend. For more information, please see the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall, or visit http://www.essic.umd.edu.

Miscellaneous

Special thanks to all those who organized and participated in MSRC’s holiday party held on December 1. Photo gallery of this event, courtesy of George Carroll, may be accessed athttp://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/news/hp06.html.

The UUP holiday party takes place on Friday, December 15, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the University Cafe, Stony Brook Union. Space is limited. To RSVP, please contact Corinne at 2-6570.

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to submit entries for the weekly ITPA E-newsletter. Please send your submissions to Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

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