E-Newsletter Vol. 18 – 2010

Welcome Back ! The Spring 2010 semester begins on Monday, January 25.

This week’s “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) speaker is Professor Michela Biasutti from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University. She will present her seminar entitled, “Global Climate Change and Sahel Rainfall,” on Wednesday, January 27 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Biasutti, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Please mark your calendars for the next SoMAS faculty meeting on Friday, January 29 at 2:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 120.

Professors Daniel Knopf and Marat Khairoutdinov attended the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 2009 meeting held in San Francisco, CA, from December 13-18.

Professor Edmund Chang attended the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in Atlanta, GA, from January 17-21.

On January 7, Professor Minghua Zhang visited the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, and presented a seminar entitled , “Simulation of Variability of Low Clouds in Global Climate Models.”

From January 15-22, Professor Zhang was in China to attend the International Summit on Global Change at Tsinghua University where he gave a presentation entitled, “Sensitivities of Climate Models to Physical Parameterizations and Resolution.”

Student News

Jungmin Lee also attended the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 2009 meeting in San Francisco, CA from December 13-18.

Miscellaneous

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMRWF) is seeking a Boundary Layer Meteorologist in the Physical Aspects Section of their Research Department. Additional details may be obtained at http://www.ecmwf.int/newsevents/employment/en/AP10-02-en.html.

The Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is seeking qualified candidates for multiple postdoctoral student positions to analyze climate model output from the 5th Coupled Model Intercomparison Project that is being performed in support of the next report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. For additional information, please access http://www.llnl.gov. Click on “Jobs” and enter job number 008761.

Brookhaven National Laboratory is accepting applications for the Renate W. Chasman Scholarship for Women. Stony Brook University is pleased to announce that it will match this scholarship with an additional one-time award of $2,000. Applications may be downloaded at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Women in Science website at http://www.bnl.gov/BWIS/default.asp.

The National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies sponsors a number of awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers at federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. Detailed program information and instructions on how to apply online may be accessed athttp://www.national-academies.org/rap.

SoMAS will once again host the Bay Scallop Bowl on Saturday, March 6. Volunteers are needed to assist at this special event. To volunteer, please send an email to this year’s Volunteer Coordinator, Anne Cooper Ellefson at bayscallopbowl@gmail.com.

The NASA Living with a Star program, hosted by the UCAR Visiting Scientist Program is inviting applications for the 2010 Heliophysics Summer School to be held in Boulder, CO. The summer school has two principal aims: to deepen the appreciation of the basic science of heliophysics for a select group of students as teachers take the them through highly interactive seminars and hands-on working groups, and 2, expand the newly published textbook series to include labs, problem sets and background material from which heliophysics may be taught at universities worldwide. The 2010 program will focus on teaching graduate level students and first year postdoctoral fellows the fundamentals of heliophysics along with the cause an effect of space storms. Additional information may be obtained at http://www.vsp.ucar.edu and is also posted on the ITPA bulletin board located in Endeavour Hall.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Yi Huang from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He will present his seminar entitled, “An Outgoing Longwave Radiation Spectral Perspective on Climate and Climate Change,” on Wednesday, February 3 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Huang, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

There will be a special TAOS seminar on Tuesday, February 2 at 9:30 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Juanxiong He from the International Arctic Research Center in Fairbanks, Alaska, will present a seminar entitled, “Developing the Coupled WRF within CCSM4.” All are welcome to attend.

This week’s Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) speaker is Professor Vickie Ferrini from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University. She will present her seminar entitled, “A New Era in Oceanography – From High Resolution Mapping in the Deep Sea to New Science Opportunities Enabled Through Data Sharing,” on Friday, February 5 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. For additional information, please contact Rob Armstrong at 2-3088.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

On February 1 and 2, Professor Brian Colle will attend an Army-Office of Naval Research (ONR) sponsored workshop in Tempe, Arizona, to formulate basic research directions that will improve predictability of mountain weather as well as scientific and technological tools for achieving this goal.

The Department of Energy’s Regional and Global Climate Modeling (RGCM) Program is soliciting proposals on “Modes of Low Frequency Variability in a Changing Climate.” Details are posted athttp://www.sc.doe.gov/grants/FOA-10-0000242.html.

President Stanley is seeking nominations for the Undergraduate Recognition Awards to be presented at a ceremony on April 26. Nominations may be submitted athttps://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Prov/uaaforms.nsf/awards. Deadline for submission is February 5.

Post-Doctoral Associate, Jian Li, from the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences will be arriving on Tuesday, February 2. Please stop by his office in Endeavour 205 to welcome him to SoMAS.

Student News

The day and time of Professor Marvin Geller’s class, MAR 594, has been changed. The class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:50 to 2:10 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 158.

Miscellaneous

There will be an Open Forum with Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher and other SUNY officials on Thursday, February 4 at 8:30 a.m. in the Student Activities Center. The Open Forum is a prime opportunity for the campus and greater communities to comment on SUNY’s Strategic Plan 2010. For additional information, please access http://www.stonybrook.edu/sunyconversation.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Jenni Evans from the Department of Meteorology at Pennsylvania State University. She will present her seminar entitled, “Use of Ensembles for Forecasting the Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones” on Wednesday, February 10 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Evans, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

On February 9, Professor Minghua Zhang will travel to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, to attend the joint meeting of the Atmospheric Model Working Group (AMWG) and the Chemistry Climate Working Group (CCWG) of the Community Earth System Model. He is co-chair of the AMWG, and the purpose of this meeting is to determine the configuration of the atmospheric model for the next IPCC assessment. It will be called the Community Atmospheric Model Version 4 (CAM4).

ITPA would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new Post-Doctoral Associate, Jian Li, from the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences. Jian’s office is located in Endeavour 205. Please stop by to welcome him to SoMAS.

Student News

The date for the Robert L. de Zafra Student Symposium has been confirmed for Friday, May 7. Please mark your calendars.

Miscellaneous

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Ping Liu from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University. He will present his seminar entitled, “An MJO Simulated by the NICAM at 14- and 7-km Resolutions,” on Wednesday, February 17 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Liu, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

The Stony Brook University (SBU) – Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Symposium on Climate Change takes place on Tuesday, February 16, at 8:30 a.m. in the Wang Center, lecture hall 2. All are welcome to attend, however, registration is required. Registration is free. For further information or to register, please contact Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. The agenda may be accessed at http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/climate/

The Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium (OAC) takes place on Friday, February 20 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Speaker and topic to be announced. For information, please contact Chet Frost in the Dean’s Office at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Professor Marat Khairoutdinov will be in Ft. Collins, Colorado from February 15-18 to participate in the Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP) Site Review.

The University now requires that faculty provide students with textbook information for the following semester. Fall and summer textbook information, including ISBN and pricing, must be made available to the Stony Brook Bookstore by April 5. For further information, please contact Mary Scranton atmscranton@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Student News

Students in MAR 595 may obtain the paper, “A Revised, Hazy Methane Greenhouse for the Archean Earth” at http://climate.msrc.sunysb.edu/papers/haqqmisra_etal_Astrobiol_08.pdf .
This paper will be discussed on February 15, 22, and 29.

Miscellaneous

The Department of Commerce and NOAA announced plans to establish a NOAA Climate Service to consolidate NOAA’s climate-related services, programs, and other functions within a single line office in NOAA, and to “provide a single, reliable and authoritative source for climate data, information, and decision-support services to help individuals, businesses, communities and governments make smart choices in anticipation of a climate changed future.” The NOAA Climate Service will be a major component of the effort to establish a coordinated and integrated government-wide National Climate Service. Details may be accessed at http://www.noaa.gov/climate.html

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Dilip Ganguly from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) at Princeton University. He will present his seminar entitled, “Inferring the Composition and Concentration of Aerosols by Combining AERONET and MPLNET Data,” on Wednesday, February 24 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Ganguly, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

Due to the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Portland, Oregon, there will be no Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium (OAC) this week.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Professor Marvin Geller will be in Switzerland this week to attend the Gravity Wave Activity Workshop at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland.

From February 22-24, Professor Minghua Zhang will be in Washington, DC to attend the meeting of the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Student News

Please remember to sign the February attendance roster located in the Main Office.

This year’s GSO fax clinic takes place on Thursday, February 25, at 8:00 p.m. in the Student Activities Center 226.

Miscellaneous

Volunteers are needed to assist with a variety of tasks for this year’s SoMAS recruitment weekend on March 26-28. To volunteer, please contact Anne McElroy at 2-8488.

Earthstock 2010, the annual celebration of Earth Day, will take place from April 19 to 23. At this time, faculty, staff and students are being invited to submit programs to host events. For more information, please access http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/earthstock/.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has several job openings for WRF modelers. For more information, please access http://jobs.pnl.gov.

Congratulations to Marv Geller, Bruce Brownawell, Stefanie Massucci, Mary Scranton and David Hirschberg who were recently honored at a University ceremony for their many years of service to Stony Brook University.

A volunteer photographer is needed for the Bay Scallop Bowl on Saturday, March 3. To volunteer, please contact Kim Knoll at 2-8656.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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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On March 1-2, Professor Minghua Zhang will host a “CGILS Workshop” in Endeavour Hall 120. For complete details, please access http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/cgils/

This week’s “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) speaker is Professor Adam Showman from the Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona. He will present his seminar entitled, “Jet Formation on the Giant Planets,” on Wednesday, March 3 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Showman, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This weeks Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) speaker is Heidi Pearson from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. She will present her seminar entitled, “Behavioral Ecology of Dusky Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) in New Zealand: Fission-fusion Dynamics,” on Friday, March 5 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. For further information, please contact Chet Frost at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

On March 3-4, Professor Minghua Zhang will be in Maryland to participate in the “Long Term Vision Planning Meeting” for the US Department of Energy (DOE).

Student News

Students coordinators are needed for this year’s VAX to Flax race. For details, please contact Juliet Kinney at jwkinney@ic.sunysb.edu.

As part of the Hera Lecture Series, Luke Surowiec and Adam DeRose will present a talk entitled, “Life after Stony Brook: Taking Your Career Path Beyond the Zebra Path,” on Wednesday, March 3, at 3:00 pm in the Wang Center, room 201. The speakers will discuss life after graduation from their points of view as two recent Stony Brook alums, as well as what they do in their careers.

Miscellaneous

In conjunction with the SoMAS recruitment weekend, the International Dinner has been scheduled for Friday, March 26, at 6:00 p.m. Sign-up sheets and details are posted in Endeavour Hall outside the mail room.

A UUP general membership meeting will take place on Thursday, March 4, at 12:00 noon in the Student Activities Center, ballroom A. The guest speaker, Phil Smith, Statewide UUP President, will discuss issues and concerns regarding the Empowerment and Innovation Act. RSVP online at www.uupsbu.org.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor James Kasting from the Department of Geological Science, Pennsylvania State University. He will present his seminar entitled, “Atmospheric Composition and Climate on the Early Earth” on Wednesday, March 10 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor Kasting is this year’s Robert D. Cess Distinguished Speaker. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with him, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) speaker is Isaac Wirgin from New York University’s Institute for Environmental Medicine. He will present his seminar entitled, “The Mechanistic Basis of Resistance to PCBs in Atlantic Tomcod from the Hudson River,” on Friday, March 12 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. For further information, please contact Chet Frost at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

From March 5-9, Professor Minghua Zhang will be in Beijing, China to develop a collaborative research project with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Student News

Forms to continue health insurance for the summer of 2010 are available in the Educational Programs Office. Deadline for submission of forms is April 12. Inquiries may be directed to Christina Fink atcfink@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Miscellaneous

In conjunction with the SoMAS recruitment weekend, the International Dinner has been scheduled for Friday, March 26, at 6:00 p.m. Sign-up sheets and details are posted in Endeavour Hall outside the mail room.

In conjunction with the SoMAS recruitment weekend, the International Dinner has been scheduled for Friday, March 26, at 6:00 p.m. Sign-up sheets and details are posted in Endeavour Hall outside the mail room. Please sign up even if you have not yet decided what you will donate.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Jeffrey Park from the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University. He will present his seminar entitled, “Coherence Between Global Average Carbon Dioxide and Temperature on an Interannual Time Scale,” on Wednesday, March 17 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with him, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) speaker is Jelle Atema from Boston University. He will present his seminar entitled, “Small-scale Population Structure Linked to Social Behavior of Fishes and Lobsters, on Friday, March 19 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. For further information, please contact Chet Frost at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

This week, Professor Minghua Zhang will be in Maryland to attend the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Team Meeting.

The Robert D. Cess Distinguished seminar took place on Wednesday, March 10. For the complete story and photos, please access http://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu/npages/CessSem10.html.

Faculty are now required by the University to provide textbook information to students for the following semester. The deadline for providing this information for summer and fall courses is April 5. You must provide textbook information, ISBN, and pricing information to the University Bookstore who will make the information available to registering students via the Solar System.

Student News

Recruitment weekend begins on Friday, March 26, and your help is urgently needed to host our prospective students. In addition to accommodations, assistance with transportation is needed. To volunteer, please contact Jennifer Hertzberg at jhertzbe@ic.sunysb.edu.

The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) is seeking candidates for the 2010-11 Executive Committee. Nomination forms can be downloaded at http://www.sbgso.org/forms.

Miscellaneous

The deadline for URECA’s (Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity) call for abstracts is March 24. This is an opportunity for students to present their research and connect with other departments on campus. The URECA Celebration takes place on Wednesday, April 28, at the Student Activities Center from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Details may be accessed athttp://www.stonybrook.edu/ureca/.

In conjunction with the SoMAS recruitment weekend, the International Dinner has been scheduled for Friday, March 26, at 6:00 p.m. Sign-up sheets and details are posted in Endeavour Hall outside the mail room. Please sign up even if you have not yet decided what you will donate.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Ryan Torn from the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University at Albany. He will present his seminar entitled, “Tropical Cyclone Data Assimilation and Predictability,” on Wednesday, March 24 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with him, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) speaker is Russell Borski from North Carolina State University. He will present his seminar entitled, “Catch-Up Growth:  Hormones and Mechanisms,” on Friday, March 26 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. For further information, please contact Chet Frost at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Proposed dates for the next faculty meeting are as follows: April 5 at 3:00 p.m., April 7 a 9:00 a.m., April 9 at 9:00 a.m. Please email Chet Frost at Chester.Frost@stonybrook.edu with your availability.

Student News

Recruitment weekend begins on Friday, March 26, and we are still in need of housing for two prospective students. Your help is urgently needed. To volunteer, please contact Jennifer Hertzberg atjhertzbe@ic.sunysb.edu.

Please remember to sign the March graduate student attendance roster located in the Dean’s Office before April 10.

Yanjuan Guo will defend her dissertation, “Storm Tracks in the Southern Hemisphere: Strength and Trends,” on Friday, March 26. at 1:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 120.

Tara Duffy will defend her dissertation, “Mechanisms of Growth and Sex Determination in the Atlantic Silverside, Menidia menidia, and the Spatial Scale of Local Adaptation,” on Friday, March 26, at 9:00 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120.

Miscellaneous

Don’t forget to sign up for the SoMAS International Potluck Dinner which takes place on Friday, March 26, at 6:00 p.m. Sign-up sheets and details are posted in Endeavour Hall outside the mail room. Please sign up even if you have not yet decided what you will donate.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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 Spring break, there will be no Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences seminar, Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium, or Friday Weather Discussion.

Faculty News

The next faculty meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 7, at 9:00 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Please send agenda items to David Conover at dconover@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

During Spring break, Professor Edmund Chang will be visiting Hong Kong. During the trip, he will present a seminar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong entitled, “Storm Tracks in the Changing Climate.”

Professor Minghua Zhang will be in Gaithersburg, Maryland from March 29 to April 2 to attend the Department of Energy’s Climate Change and Prediction Program (CCPP) Science Team Meeting.

Professor Sultan Hameed will be in Washington, D.C. from March 29-31 to participate in the Review Panel for NASA’s “Living with a Star” program.

Student News

Vax to Flax is rapidly approaching, and Maggi Mars would like to recruit a student team to complete against the SoMAS faculty. Practice would be once a week. Please contact Maggi atmaggi.mars@gmail.com if you would like to participate.

Miscellaneous

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day will take place on Thursday, April 22. Offices and departments throughout west campus will offer hands-on activities and tours. For further information, please contact Arlene Skala at 632-6320.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Suzana Camargo from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University. She will present her seminar entitled, “Exploring the Modulation of Tropical Cyclone Activity by Various Climate Modes” on Wednesday, April 7 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with her, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) speaker is Peter Berg from the University of Virginia. He will present his seminar entitled, “Eddy Correlation – An Effective Technique for Measuring Oxygen Exchange Between the Seafloor and the Water Column,” on Friday, April 9 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. For further information, please contact Chet Frost at 2-8781.

All are welcome to attend a Stony Brook Southampton lecture by Dr. Heidi Pearson on Friday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Duke Lecture Hall/Chancellor’s Hall. Dr. Pearson’s lecture entitled, “Tracking North Atlantic Whale Populations” will be followed by a reception open to the public.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

The next faculty meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 7, at 9:00 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Please send agenda items to David Conover at dconover@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Professor Brian Colle and graduate students Michael Erickson and Jaime Lima will attend the 4th Ensemble Kalman Filter Workshop in Rensselaerville, NY from April 7 to 9.

Student News

Flax to Vax has been scheduled for Saturday, May 8. Flax to Vax is a five-mile race starting from the Endeavour Hall parking lot and ending at Flax Pond. Participants are invited to walk, run, rollerblade or bike to Flax Pond where a barbecue will be held at the conclusion of the race. For more information, please contact Maggi Mars at mmars@ic.sunysb.edu.

Miscellaneous

The Awards Committee is currently soliciting applications for the 2010 Petra M. Udelhofen Memorial Scholarship. The $500 cash scholarship is awarded annually to an undergraduate entering his/her senior year of study in the Environmental Studies, Atmospheric Sciences/Meteorology, and/or Marine Sciences programs at Stony Brook University. The award may be used for tuition, fees, books, or other educational expenses. All current juniors (entering their senior year in Fall 2010) in the above programs are encouraged to apply. For more information or to download an application form, please visit our website at http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/education/undergrad_petra.html.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Man-Li Wu from the NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. He will present his seminar entitled, “Mechanisms and Climatological Structure of the Easterly Jet Over Africa and the Atlantic,” on Wednesday, April 14 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with him, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) speaker is Jim Estes from the Institute for Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz. He will present his seminar entitled, “The Aleutian Archipelago: Understanding Carnivory from Patterns of Variation in Space and Time,” on Friday, April 14 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. For further information, please contact Chet Frost at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

On April 15 and 16, Professor Brian Colle will attend the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Unidata Policy Committee meeting in Arlington, VA.

Student News

This year’s Robert de Zafra Student Symposium has been scheduled for Friday, May 7, at 9:00 a.m. in Endeavour 120. ITPA students will make presentations regarding progress on their research projects over the past year. All are welcome to attend.

SoMAS students are invited to attend the Mount Grey Spring Benefit Party on Saturday, April 24 at 8:00 p.m. Refreshments will be provided and organizers are requesting a $10 donation per person to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. For more information, please contact Maggi Mars atmmars@ic.sunysb.edu.

Miscellaneous

The Awards Committee is currently soliciting applications for the 2010 Petra M. Udelhofen Memorial Scholarship. The $500 cash scholarship is awarded annually to an undergraduate entering his/her senior year of study in the Environmental Studies, Atmospheric Sciences/Meteorology, and/or Marine Sciences programs at Stony Brook University. The award may be used for tuition, fees, books, or other educational expenses. All current juniors (entering their senior year in Fall 2010) in the above programs are encouraged to apply. For more information or to download an application form, please visit our website at http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/education/undergrad_petra.html.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Alexy Fedorov from the Department of Geology and Geophysics. He will present his seminar entitled, “Stability of the Atlantic Meridonal Circulation in a Zonally-Averaged Ocean Model,” on Wednesday, April 21 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with him, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) speaker is James Cervino from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He will present his seminar entitled, “Zooxanthellae Regulation in Vibrio Induced Yellow-band and Other Coral Diseases Contrasted with Temperature Related Bleaching: in-situ Destruction vs. Expulsion,” on Friday, April 23 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. For further information, please contact Chet Frost at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

Professor Minghua Zhang will be visiting the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing this week.

Student News

The Awards Committee is currently soliciting applications for the 2010 Petra M. Udelhofen Memorial Scholarship. The $500 cash scholarship is awarded annually to an undergraduate entering his/her senior year of study in the Environmental Studies, Atmospheric Sciences/Meteorology, and/or Marine Sciences programs at Stony Brook University. The award may be used for tuition, fees, books, or other educational expenses. All current juniors (entering their senior year in Fall 2010) in the above programs are encouraged to apply. For more information or to download an application form, please visit our website at http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/education/undergrad_petra.html.

Miscellaneous

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Cristiana Stan from the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies in Calverton, Maryland. She will present her seminar entitled, “On the Predictability of Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events” on Wednesday, April 28 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with her, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) speaker is Dr. Frank Roethel from SoMAS’ Waste Reduction and Management Institute. He will present his seminar entitled, “Burn It or Bury It – Long Island’s Solid Waste Dilemma,” on Friday, April 30 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. For further information, please contact Chet Frost at 2-8781.

The Friday Weather Discussion takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the Meteorology Laboratory, Endeavour Hall 129. Topic to be announced on day of discussion.

Faculty News

From April 27-29, Professor Minghua Zhang will be attending the NASA CERES Science Team Meeting in Newport News, Virginia and will give an invited presentation on “CGILS: A Project to Understand Climate Feedbacks of Low Clouds.”

Student News

The Awards Committee is currently soliciting applications for the 2010 Petra M. Udelhofen Memorial Scholarship. The $500 cash scholarship is awarded annually to an undergraduate entering his/her senior year of study in the Environmental Studies, Atmospheric Sciences/Meteorology, and/or Marine Sciences programs at Stony Brook University. The award may be used for tuition, fees, books, or other educational expenses. All current juniors (entering their senior year in Fall 2010) in the above programs are encouraged to apply. For more information or to download an application form, please visit our website at http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/education/undergrad_petra.html.

Miscellaneous

All are welcome to attend this year’s Robert de Zafra Student Symposium on Friday, May 7, at 9:00 a.m. in Endeavour 120. ITPA students will make presentations regarding progress on their research projects over the past year. All are welcome to attend.

Faculty, staff and students are strongly 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) speaker is Professor Dale Haidvogel from the Institute for Marine and Coastal Science at Rutgers University. He will present his seminar entitled, “Laboratory and Numerical Simulations of Gravity-Driven Coastal Currents: Comparison with Geostrophic Theory,” on Wednesday, May 5 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with him, please contact Professor Sultan Hameed at 2-8319.

This week’s Oceans and Atmosphere Colloquium (OAC) speaker is Professor Bassem Allam from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. He will present his seminar entitled, “QPX Disease in the Hard Clam: From Early Days to the Geonomics Era,” on Friday, May 7 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. For further information, please contact Chet Frost at 2-8781.

Due to the Robert L. de Zafra Student Symposium on May 7, there will be no Friday Weather Discussion this week.

Faculty News

A faculty meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, May 13, at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour 120. Provost Kaler will join the meeting to discuss the search process for a new SoMAS Dean. Discussion of strategic planning reports is also on the agenda.

Student News

All are welcome to attend this year’s Robert de Zafra Student Symposium on Friday, May 7, at 9:00 a.m. in Endeavour 120. ITPA students will make presentations regarding progress on their research projects over the past year.

Miscellaneous

The Flax to Vax race takes place on Saturday, May 8, with a barbecue at the conclusion of the race. For information, please contact Maggi Mars at mmars@ic.sunysb.edu.

On June 1 at 2:00 p.m., a representative from the Office of the Vice President for Research will present a demonstration of the COEUS proposal preparation submission system. This presentation will take place in Endeavour 120, and all faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.

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