E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 1, Aug 28 – Sept 3, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresWelcome Back! The Fall 2005 semester officially begins on Monday, August 29, 2005. Beginning this semester, the Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminars will start promptly at 11:45 a.m. rather than 11:30 a.m. This week’s TAOS seminar speaker is Lynn Russell from the Center for Atmospheric Sciences, University of California-San Diego. Professor Russell will present a seminar entitled,”Organic Aerosol Growth Mechanisms,” on Wednesday, August 31 at 11:45 a.m. in Endeavour 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to meet with Professor Russell, please contact Sultan Hameed at shameed@notes.cc.sunysb.edu to schedule an appointment. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker, Becky Alexander, from the University of Washington will present a seminar entitled, “The Chemistry-Climate Connection: Using 0-Isotopes to Assess Past Atmospheric Oxidant Concentrations.” The seminar begins at noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Friday Weather Discussions will resume on September 9 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). Faculty News Professor Nicole Riemer will be offering a new course this semester, MAR 599, “Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes.” The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:50 to 11:10 a.m. in Endeavour 168. As a reminder, the Procurement Office now requires itemized receipts for meal reimbursements. A credit card receipt is no longer acceptable. Receipts must indicate the number of meals purchased. Congratulations to Bob Cess for his Best of Show win at the 25th Annual Vanderbilt Invitational Concours. Bob won Best of Show for his restored 1972 Giulietta Spider. This is Bob’s third win for Best of Show at this event. Please visit http://nyaroc.net (click on “Club News” and “Members”) for details and photos. Student News Current and former students can now order and track official transcript requests on-line via the SOLAR system. For more information, please visit http://www.stonybrook.edu/solarsystem and follow the link to Academic Records. Miscellaneous Former Dean and Director, Jerry Schubel, will be the featured guest as MSRC welcomes back its alumni for the Center’s 37th anniversary. Events will be held on September 16 and 17. For details please visit http://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/news/itn050803.html. “Wolfstock 2005,” a homecoming tradition, takes place from September 21 through 25. To view the entire schedule and to register, please visit http://www.stonybrookalumni.com or call 1-877-732-9653. The Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences announces workshops on “Emerging Mathematical Strategies for Multi-Scale and Stochastic Modeling of the Atmosphere and Climate.” Further information can be obtained at http://www.image.ucar.edu/ThemeOfTheYear, and on the ITPA bulletin board located 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 2, September 4 – 10, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThis week’s TAOS seminar will be held on Friday rather than Wednesday. Professor Isaac Held from the Office of Ocean and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will present a seminar entitled, “The Global Hydrological Response to Warming,” on September 9 at 10:30 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to meet with Dr. Held, please contact Edmund Chang 2-6170 to schedule an appointment. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker, Philip Landrigan from Mount Sinai Medical Center will present a seminar entitled, “Toxic Chemicals and Children’s Health: The Problem and the Solution.” The seminar begins at noon on September 9 in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on September 9 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). Faculty News On September 6-7, Professor Edmund Chang, along with graduate students Xiaosong Yang, Yanjuan Guo and Howard Teich, will attend the “Symposium on Modelling and Understanding Climate Variations and Change, and Advancing Climate Predictability for the Benefit of Society” at Princeton University. Professor Minghua Zhang coordinated the publication of a special issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research, “Toward Reducing Cloud-Climate Feedback Uncertainties in Atmospheric General Circulation Models.” This issue, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 110. No. D15, 2005, can be found at http://www.agu.org/journals/ss/ARMCPM1/ and an introduction to the issue by Zhang et al. can be found at http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2005JD005923.shtml. A special issue of Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (Volume 96, Issue 2, Pages 137-326) was published over the summer for the latest HITRAN Database. The issue has an editorial article by its Chief Editor, ITPA faculty member, Professor Prasad Varanasi. This issue can be accessed from university computers at this location. Student News This semester, OCN 694 graduate seminar discussions will focus on 5 topics: ENSO, Hydrological Cycle, Storm Track, QBO, and Aerosols. Papers will be distributed in advance and all are welcome to participate. PCs have been ordered for new, first-year ITPA graduate students. Computers will arrive in offices shortly. The Stony Brook Chorale and the Stony Brook Camerata Singers are seeking new members. For information, please contact Timothy Mount at 632-7329. Membership is open to the entire community. Miscellaneous Mark your calendars for MSRC’s alumni weekend activities. Former Dean and Director, Jerry Schubel, will be the featured guest as MSRC welcomes back its alumni for the Center’s 37th anniversary. Events will be held on September 16 and 17. For details please visithttp://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/news/itn050803.html. 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 3, September 11 – 17, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThis week’s TAOS seminar speaker is Brad Lyon from the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Earth Institute at Columbia University. Professor Lyon will present a seminar entitled, “Interannual Variations and Trends in Tropical Droughts” on Wednesday, September 14th at 11:45 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to meet with Professor Lyon, please contact Edmund Chang at 2-6170 to schedule an appointment. There will be no Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium this week. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on September 16th at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). Faculty News Professor Minghua Zhang will be attending the Science Board meeting of the DOE ACRF User Facility (http://www.arm.gov/acrf/science_board.stm) in Washington DC on September 12-13. Professor Marvin Geller will be attending the 20th anniversary celebration of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign on September 16-17. A special conference is planned, with a Distinguished Ogura Lecture given by Professor Geller. Professor Sultan Hameed will be attending the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) meeting in Durango, Colorado from September 13-16, where he will be presenting a paper entitled, “Prolonged Drought in Northern China During the Maunder Minimum and Its Relation to Peasant Rebellions and Fall of the Ming Dynasty” Student News The September 12th MAR 573 class has been cancelled. A make-up lecture will be scheduled shortly. Students attending the Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminars are required to sign in. A sign-in sheet will be on the table in the rear of Endeavour 120. Miscellaneous Former Dean and Director, Jerry Schubel, will be the featured guest as MSRC welcomes back its alumni for the Center’s 37th anniversary. Events will be held on September 16 and 17. For details please visit http://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/news/itn050803a.html. Please note: the Friday evening banquet will take place at Sunwood rather than the Student Activities Center Ballroom. Directions to Sunwood may be found at http://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/news/Banquet.html. Volunteers are needed to assist with the set-up and clean-up for the Alumni Day barbeque on September 17th. If you would like to help out, please contact Cliff Jones atcjones@notes.cc.sunysb.edu or at 2-8677. All are welcome to attend the Living World Lecture Series seminar on Friday, September 16th at 7:30 p.m. in the Earth and Space Lecture Hall 001. Dr. John Waldman from the Department of Biology at Queens College will present a seminar entitled, “100 Weird Ways to Catch Fish.” For more information, please contact Jeff Levinton at levinton@life.bio.sunysb.edu. The campus has signed a site license for Endnote which can be downloaded fromhttp://softweb.cc.sunysb.edu. For more information, please contact Rich Reeder atrreeder@notes.cc.sunysb.edu or at 2-9085. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), along with the NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) is seeking a research scientist for a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency scientific team to simulate and study the effects of sea level rise on coastal processes of the Pamlico Basin, North Carolina. Application deadline is September 30th. Additional information may be obtained athttp://www.vsp.ucar.edu and from the ITPA bulletin board located in Endeavour Hall. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research also announces the continuation of the NOAA Postdoctoral Program in Climate and Global Change. Recently graduated postdoctorates will be matched with host scientists at US institutions to work in an area of mutual interest. Application deadline is January 15, 2006. Additional information maybe obtained from http://www.vsp.ucar.eduand from the ITPA bulletin board. The Faculty Student Association is collecting contributions for hurricane relief efforts. Cash and checks (made payable to the American Red Cross) may be dropped off at the Interfaith Center (SB Union 201 or 265), Dean of Students Office (SAC 222), Student Health Services, or the Student Accounts Office (Adm. 254). Donations may also be made to the American Red Cross athttp://www.redcross.org. For the Center’s animal lovers, the Humane Society desperately needs donations for their Hurricane/Disaster Relief Fund. To make a donation, please visit http://www.hsus.org. 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 4, September 18 – 24, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThis week’s TAOS seminar speaker is Xun Zhu from the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University. Professor Zhu will present a seminar entitled, “Dynamics in Planetary Atmospheric Physics: Comparative Studies of Equatorial Superrotation for Venus, Titan, and Earth,” on Wednesday, September at 11:45 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to meet with Professor Zhu, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Professor John Mak from MSRC’s Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres. Professor Mak’s seminar entitled, “The Oceanic Contribution to Atmospheric Methyl Bromide”, will take place at noon on September 23 in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on September 23 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). Faculty News Professor Rob Armstrong is requesting information for MSRC’s faculty program booklet. Pleaase send updated faculty profiles, along with a one-paragraph summary describing your research, to Rob Armstrong at rarmstrong@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. In addition, please send your faculty profile to George Carroll (gecarroll@notes.cc.sunysb.edu) for posting on the Center’s website. Student News The annual ATM get-together for students and faculty has been scheduled for Friday, September 23 at 4:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Agenda items are as follows: proposed changes to the atmospheric-oceanic track for the BS program, restarting the campus meteorology club, field trips, development of an American Meteorological Society student chapter at Stony Brook University, possible on-campus TV/radio opportunities, and a short presentation by the local National Weather Service on jobs and opportunities. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided. Please RSVP to Professor Brian Colle (and vote for your favorite pizza toppings) at colle@cyclone.msrc.sunysb.edu. The National Forecast Contest begins on September 26 with Alpena, Michigan. Students and faculty interested in participating in the contest should notify Professor Brian Colle,bcolle@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. Information pertaining to the contest can be found athttp://www.ems.psu.edu/NFC. Miscellaneous All are welcome to attend the Ecology and Evolution seminar on September 21 at 3:30 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building, room 038. Mathew Liebold from the University of Texas will present a seminar entitled, “Metacommunities and the Evolutionary Ecology of Pond Food Webs.” “Wolfstock 2005,” a homecoming tradition, takes place from September 21 through 25. To view the entire schedule and to register, please visit http://www.stonybrookalumni.com or call 1-877-732-9653. 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 5, Sept 25 – Oct 1, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThis week’s TAOS seminar speaker is Daniel Kirk-Davidoff from the Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland. Professor Kirk-Davidoff will present a seminar entitled, “Integrated Lag Covariance as a Diagnostic of Climate Sensitivity,” on Wednesday, September 28 at 11:45 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to meet with Professor Kirk-Davidoff, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Professor Qing Zhi Zhu from MSRC. Professor Zhu will present a seminar entitled, “Biogeochemical heterogeneity of the seafloor revealed by planar optical sensors: 2-dimensional distribution patterns of pH, pCO2, ΣCO2, and O2,” on Friday, September 30 at noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on September 30 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). Faculty News This week Professor Marvin Geller will be at the University of Oxford attending the SPARC (Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate) Scientific Steering Group meeting. Student News Nancy Glover from MSRC’s Education Office has accepted a new position and will be leaving the Center on September 29. In addition, Robert Armstrong has stepped down from his position as Graduate Programs Director. Students requiring assistance may contact the interim Director, Glenn Lopez, at 2-8660. Several new ITPA student computers have arrived and will be distributed shortly. Miscellaneous Professor Minghua Zhang will be hosting the fall meeting of the DOE ARM Cloud Parameterization and Modeling Working group (ARM CPM) on October 12 and 13 in the Wang Center. In addition to presentations regarding individual projects in ARM, a major focus of this meeting will be discussions of the results from the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (MPACE). There will be two 45-minute invited presentations on this topic. A second focus of the meeting is on deep convection and cirrus as a prelude to the upcoming ARM TWP-ICE experiment. Faculty and students are encouraged to attend. If you would like to register, please contact Gina Gartin atggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. All are welcome to attend Columbia University’s seminar series on Thursdays at 3:00 p.m. Seminar information may be found on the ITPA bulletin board in Endeavour Hall. The American Association for the Advancement of Science is offering 2006-07 fellowships to be awarded in the spring. The application deadline is January 10, 2006. For more information, please visit http://www.fellowships.aaas.org. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) announces the continuation of the NOAA Postdoctoral Program in Climate and Global Change. Deadline for applications is January 15, 2006. For more information, please visit http://www.vsp.ucar.edu. Information is also posted on the ITPA bulletin board. All are invited to attend the Department of Ecology and Evolution’s seminar on September 28. David Grimaldi, from the American Museum of Natural History, will present a seminar entitled, “Fossilization in Amber and the Evolution of Insects,” at 3:30 p.m. in Life Sciences 038. Mark your calendars for MSRC’s Oktoberfest on Friday, October 7 beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the boathouse. Additional details will be posted shortly. 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 6, October 2 – 8, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresDue to the Rosh Hashanah holiday, there will be no Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences seminar this week. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Professor Ken Buesseler from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Professor Buesseler will present a seminar entitled, “Marine Particle Fluxes in the Ocean,” on Friday, October 7 at noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on October 7 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). Faculty News Professor John Mak was quoted in a recent article entitled, “Underwater Cities,” in “ScienCentralNews.” To view the article and the video, please visit Student News ITPA students are invited to attend the ARM CPM meeting on October 12 and 13 in the Wang Center, room 201. For information, please visit http://science.arm.gov/wg/cpm/scm/. Miscellaneous Don’t forget MSRC’s Oktoberfest celebration on Friday, October 7 beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the boathouse. Proceeds go to the Petra M. Udelhofen Memorial Scholarship Fund. There will be a South Campus Blood Drive on Thursday, October 13 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. To schedule an appointment to donate, please contact Katerina at 632-8781. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory located in Richland, WA, is seeking an Atmospheric Scientist to carry out development and improvement of atmospheric meteorological and dispersion models with applications to homeland security and air quality. For additional information, please contact Kristi Ross at kristi.ross@pnl.gov. Details can also be found 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 7, October 9 – 15, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThis week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences seminar speaker is Michael Basilovich from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Basilovich will present a seminar entitled, “Global Changes of Water Cycle Intensity,” on Wednesday, October 12 at 11:45 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Dr. Basilovich, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is David Farmer from the University of Rhode Island. Professor Farmer will present a seminar entitled,”Recent Developments in Stratified Flow Past Topography” on Friday, October 14, at noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on October 14 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). Faculty News Bill Wise is working on the new edition of the MSRC Graduate Studies Booklet/Faculty Research Interests. Please send your updated faculty research interest statement to him as soon as possible. Student News ITPA students are invited to attend the ARM CPM meeting on October 12 and 13 in the Wang Center, room 201. For information, please visit http://science.arm.gov/wg/cpm/scm/. Students who wish to register should contact Gina Gartin at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. Miscellaneous All are welcome to attend the Department of Ecology and Evolution’s seminar on Friday, October 12 at 3:30 p.m. in Life Sciences 038. Kenneth Cameron, Associate Director and Curator of the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematic Studies, New York Botanical Gardens, will present a seminar entitled, “Evolutionary Patterns in the Transition Between Terrestrial and Epiphytic Habit in Orchids.” This year the MSRC holiday party will take place in Endeavour Hall 120. If you would like to volunteer to be on the planning committee, please contact Hector Jimenez athjimenez@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. Decisions for merit increase awards for UUP state faculty and staff will be made within the next two weeks.The MSRC community is invited to nominate faculty and staff who have provided exemplary service over the past year. Please send your nominations to Hector Jimenez athjimenez@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. There will be a South Campus Blood Drive on Thursday, October 13 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. To schedule an appointment to donate, please contact Katerina at 632-8781. The Environmental Science Department of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia is seeking to recruit a tenure-track professor to begin in August of 2006. Details may be found at http://www.mercer.edu and 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 8, October 16 – 22, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThis week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences seminar speaker is Susanna Bauer from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). Dr. Bauer will present a seminar entitled, “The Effect of Internally Versus Externally Mixed Aerosols on Aerosol Chemical Composition and Climate Forcing: An Investigation with the GISS Climate Model” on Wednesday, October 19 at 11:45 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Dr. Bauer, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319. Please mark your calendars for a special TAOS seminar on Friday, October 28 at 10:00 a.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Dr. Mark Baldwin from Northwest Research Associates will present a seminar entitled, “Stratosphere-Troposphere Dynamical Coupling.” This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Keith Cooper from Rutgers University. Professor Cooper will present a seminar entitled,”Altered Reproduction Success in Aquatic Organisms Exposed to Persistent Organic Contamination” on Friday, October 21, at noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on October 21 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). Faculty News Over 60 people attended the ARM CPM meeting at Stony Brook despite the extreme weather condition (http://science.arm.gov/wg/cpm/scm/). Thanks to all who participated.
This week, Marvin Geller will be attending the 27th General Assembly of the International Council for Science in Shanghai, China. Student News Oktoberfest cleared $513.95 for the Petra M. Udelhofen Memorial Scholarship Fund. Special thanks who all those who participated in this worthwhile endeavor. Miscellaneous All are welcome to attend the Ecology and Evolution’s seminar on October 19 at 3:30 p.m. in Life Sciences 038. Professor Sergei Nuzhdin from the University of California, Davis, will present a seminar entitled, “Variation and Evolution of Genetic Pathways.” There will also be an informal talk on “Transposable Element Community Evolution.” This year’s MSRC holiday party will take place in Endeavour Hall 120. Faculty and student representatives are needed to serve on the organizing committee. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Hector Jimenez at hjimenez@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 9, October 23 – 29, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThe time for the Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminars has been changed. Seminars will now take place at 12:00 noon rather than 11:45 a.m. There will be two TAOS seminars this week. On Wednesday, October 26 at 12:00 noon, Dr. Roxana Wajsowicz from the Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, will present a seminar entitled, “Potential Predictability of Tropical Indian Ocean Sector Climate Variations.” On Friday, October 28 at 10:00 a.m., Dr. Mark Baldwin from Northwest Research Associates will present a seminar entitled, “Stratosphere-Troposphere Dynamical Coupling.” Both seminars will be held in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with either speaker, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Stephen Leatherman from Florida International University. Professor Leatherman will present a seminar entitled,”Airborne LIDAR Mapping and Storm Surge Modeling” on Friday, October 28, at noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on October 28 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced. Faculty News Professor Brian Colle will be attending a meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Albuquerque, New Mexico this week. Miscellaneous All are welcome to attend the Ecology and Evolution’s seminar by Professor James H. Brown from the University of New Mexico on October 26 at 3:30 p.m. in Life Sciences 038. Topic to be announced. 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 10, Oct 30 – Nov 5, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThis week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences seminar speaker, Marco Carrera, from McGill University in Montreal, will present a seminar entitled, “Downstream Weather Impacts Associated with Atmospheric Blocking Over the Northeast Pacific.” The one-hour seminar will begin at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 2 in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Carrera, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Bill Dennison from the University of Maryland . Professor Dennison will present a seminar entitled, “Ecological Forecasting and Integrated Assessment as Tools to Restore Coastal Ecosystems,” on Friday, November 4 at 12:00 noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on November 4 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced. Faculty News Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Bob Cess, recipient of the AMS Jule G. Charney Award, for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the science of atmospheric radiation and climate change and the role of clouds in climate models. Professor John Mak is chairing ITPA’s search committee for an assistant professor in atmospheric sciences. In addition, Minghua Zhang is seeking to recruit a postdoctoral research associate. Both job postings may be viewed at http://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/news/empops.html. Please bring these positions to the attention of potential candidates. Last week, Professor Nicole Riemer attended the 24th annual AAAR (American Association for Aerosol Research) conference in Austin, Texas. Professor Riemer presented a talk entitled, “Mesoscale Aerosol Modeling for Global Climate Prediction: Modeling the Aging Process of Soot.” This year, six specialty symposia focused on the transport and transformation of atmospheric aerosols, the delivery and biological effects of inhaled particles, the use of space-based aerosol data, the emission of pollutants by aircraft, homeland security issues related to aerosols, and particulate matter pollution problems inside cars and other microenvironments. The conference was the forum for more than 700 presentations of research in all aerosol-related areas Student News ITPA students are encouraged to apply for membership in the American Meteorological Society. Student membership is $15, and members receive discounts on journals, Weatherwise Magazine, reduced fees for conferences and workshops, and eligibility for scholarships. fellowships and other awards. Members may also post their resumes and review job opportunities on-line. To become a member, please visit the AMS website at http://www.ametsoc.org/careercenter. Miscellaneous The 5th annual Bay Scallop Bowl has been scheduled for Saturday, March 4, 2006 in the Wang Center. Volunteers are needed to fill various positions. If you can help out, please contact Paula Rose at bayscallopbowl@yahoo.com. There will be a UUP general membership meeting regarding changes to benefits on November 9 at 12:00 noon in the Stony Brook Union Ballroom. Lunch will be served. To RSVP, please contact the UUP Office at 2-6570. Mark your calendars for this year’s MSRC holiday party on Friday, December 9. This year’s festivities will take place from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Additional details will be provided at a later date. The UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences is recruiting for a tenure-track faculty position in dynamic meteorology. Additional information may be found 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 11, November 6 – 12, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThis week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences seminar speaker, Paul A. Newman, from the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), will present a seminar entitled, “When Will the Antarctic Ozone Hole Recover?” The one-hour seminar will begin at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 9 in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Newman, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Brent McKee from Tulane University. Professor McKee will present a seminar entitled, “The Missing Link: Important Biogeochemical Processes in the Lower Reaches of the Mississippi River,” on Friday, November 11 at 12:00 noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on November 11 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced. Faculty News Professor Marvin Geller, in his capacity as SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics) President, attended the 28th ICSU (International Council for Science) Assembly in Suzhou, China, during the period October 16-22, 2005. He then visited Peking University and the Center for Space Science and Applied Research in Beijing to discuss Chinese participation in SCOSTEP programs. Congratulations to Professor Brian Colle who was promoted to Associate Professor, effective September 1, 2005. Some of the research from Professor Colle’s group and collaborators to verify and improve model microphysics appears in this month’s Monthly Weather Review, and a special section on the IMPROVE experiment appears in the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. Below are some papers in October’s AMS journals:
Student News The new National Forecast contest city for this week is Elkins, WV (EKN). Good luck SBU forecast team!! Miscellaneous TIAA-CREF is offering one-on-one counseling sessions from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Administration Building, room 390, on the following dates: November 9, 16, 21, 30, and December 8, 14, 15, 20 and 21. To schedule an appointment, please visit http://www.tiaa-cref.org/moc or call (516) 454-4000. The Payroll Office has requested that all State and Research Foundation employees verify the mailing address on their pay stubs to ensure that W-2 statements are sent to the correct address. To make corrections, log onto the SOLAR system at http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/DoIT/solarsystem2.nsf. The 5th annual Bay Scallop Bowl has been scheduled for Saturday, March 4, 2006 in the Wang Center. Volunteers are needed to fill various positions. If you can help out, please contact Paula Rose at bayscallopbowl@yahoo.com. The 2005 Holiday Gift Program is underway. Donations of warm clothing and toys may be dropped off in the ITPA Office (Endeavour 129) by December 15. Donations for the food pantry are needed as well. There has been a slight change in time for this year’s MSRC holiday party on Friday, December 9 in Endeavour 120. The party will begin at 3:00 p.m. rather than 2:00 p.m. Please mark your calendars for this special event. The planning committee will announce further details shortly. 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 12, November 13 – 19, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThis week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences seminar speaker, Omar Torres, from the Joint Center for Earth Systems, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), will present a seminar entitled, “TOMS and OMI Aerosol Observations.” The one-hour seminar will begin at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 16 in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Professor Torres, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Tom Delworth from NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Professor Delworth will present a seminar entitled, “Simulation of 20th Century Climate Variability and Change with GFDL’s Climate Model,” on Friday, November 18 at 12:00 noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on November 18 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139. Topic to be announced. Faculty News Professor Marvin Geller is listed on the 2006 ballot as a Presidential candidate for the American Meteorology Society. If you are an AMS member, please send your ballot in by December 30. For more information, please visit http://www.ametsoc.org/exec/candidates.html. Professor Brian Colle was recently appointed as Associate Editor for the American Meteorological Society’s journals, “Monthly Weather Review, and “Weather and Forecasting.” Student News ITPA students taking the qualifying exam scheduled for December 2 and 5 should sign up in Gina Gartin’s office (Endeavour 129) if you haven’t already done so. Three time slots are still available. Miscellaneous Tickets are now on sale for this year’s holiday party scheduled for Friday, December 9 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour 120. The cost is $10 per person and tickets may be purchased from John Graham in the Main Office, Endeavour 145. All are welcome to attend and children are free of charge. 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 13, November 20 – 26, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresDue to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no Topics in Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences seminar, Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium, or Friday Weather Discussion this week. The MSRC main office and the ITPA office will be closed on Friday, November 25. Enjoy the holiday! Faculty News MSRC Professor and Associate Dean Minghua Zhang recently hosted the annual meeting of the US Department of Energy’s ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) CPM (Cloud Parameterization and Modeling) Working Group. To read more about this meeting, please visithttp://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/news/itn051111.html. Student News Qualifying exams have been scheduled for December 2 and 5. The schedule is as follows:
Miscellaneous We are still in need of volunteers for the 5th annual Bay Scallop Bowl scheduled for Saturday, March 4, 2006 in the Wang Center. Various positions are available. For more information, please contact Paula Rose at bayscallopbowl@yahoo.com. Please remember those less fortunate. Donations of warm clothing and toys are needed for the 2005 Holiday Gift Program. Donations may be dropped off at the ITPA office (Endeavour 129) by December 15. Donations for the food pantry are needed as well. Tickets are now on sale for this year’s holiday party scheduled for Friday, December 9 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour 120. The cost is $10 per person and tickets may be purchased from John Graham in the Main Office, Endeavour 145. All are welcome to attend and children are free of charge. 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 14, Nov 27- Dec 3, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThis week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences seminar speaker, Hans Mayr from the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), will present a seminar entitled, “About the QBO, Inter-annual Variations of Tides, and Solar Cycle Influence.” The one-hour seminar begins at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 30 in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Dr. Mayr, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Darcy Lonsdale from MSRC. Professor Lonsdale will present a seminar entitled, “The Regulatory Role of Bivalve Suspension Feeding on Plankton Community Structure,” on Friday December 2 at 12:00 noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on December 2 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). Faculty News This week, Professor John Mak will be traveling to Boulder, Colorado to attend an international workshop on global OH. Participating organizations include NOAA, NCAR, the Max Planck Institute, MIT and Stony Brook University. This week, Professor Minghua Zhang will be at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in Princeton to attend the NSF Climate Process Team (CPT) meeting. Student News As a reminder, the qualifying exam schedule for Friday, December 2 in Endeavour 158 is as follows:
Miscellaneous Donations of warm clothing and toys are needed for the 2005 Holiday Gift Program. Donations may be dropped off at the ITPA office (Endeavour 129) by December 15. Donations for the food pantry are needed as well. For more information, please contact Gina Gartin at 2-8009 or atggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. Don’t forget to purchase your tickets for this year’s holiday party scheduled for Friday, December 9 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour 120. The cost is $10 per person and tickets may be purchased from John Graham in the Main Office, Endeavour 145. All are welcome to attend and children are free of charge. 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 15, December 4 – 10, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresPlease join us for the last “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) seminar of the Fall 2005 semester. This week’s speaker, Christian Franzke, from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, will present a seminar entitled, “Systematic Stochastic Model Reduction for Climate.” The one-hour seminar begins at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, December 7 in Endeavour Hall 120. Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with Dr. Franzke, please contact Sultan Hameed at 2-8319. This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Bassem Allam from MSRC. Professor Allam will present a seminar entitled, “QPX Disease in the Hard Clam: A Mysterious Pathogen in a Well Known Host,” on Friday December 9 at 12:00 noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on December 9 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). Faculty News Congratulations to Professor Bob Cess on his recent election as a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Only two-tenths of one percent of the AMS membership are approved as Fellows each year. All are invited to attend a talk by Professor Bob Cess on Tuesday, December 6, at 2:20 p.m. in Harriman Hall 137. Professor Cess will speak about his hobby, “A History of Italian Automobiles, Specifically the Alfa Romeo, and Italian Automobiles as a Art Form.” Professor Nicole Riemer will be attending the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco from December 5 through 7. Student News As a reminder, the qualifying exam schedule for Monday, December 5 is as follows:
Miscellaneous Donations for the 2005 Holiday Gift Program are needed by 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 15. Warm clothing, toys, and donations for the food pantry may be dropped off at the ITPA office (Endeavour 129) anytime. This year’s holiday party takes place on Friday, December 9 at 3:00 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 120. Tickets are on sale in the Main Office (adults $10, children under 12 free of charge.) 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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E-Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 16, December 11 – 17, 2005Information, Talks, and Publications about AtmospheresThe Spring 2006 “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) seminar series will begin on January 25. The full seminar schedule will be posted on January 3, and may be accessed athttp://atmos.msrc.sunysb.edu/npages/taos.html. Best wishes for a happy holiday season from the Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres! This week’s Oceans and Atmospheres Colloquium speaker is Duncan Fitzgerald from Boston University. Professor Fitzgerald will present a seminar entitled, “Sea Level Controls on Sedimentary Regimes: Runaway Transgression in North America and Strand Plain Development in South America” on Friday, December 16 at 12:00 noon (refreshments at 11:45 a.m.) in Endeavour Hall 120. The Friday Weather Discussion will take place on December 16 at 3:30 p.m. in Endeavour Hall 139 (topic to be announced). This is the final meeting until the Spring semester. Faculty News Professor Minghua Zhang will be in Monterey, California this week to attend the NASA TRMM/GPM Science Team Meeting. Student News Final exams are scheduled for December 16 through 22. Good luck! Miscellaneous The last day to drop off gifts for the 2005 Holiday Gift Program is Thursday, December 15. Gifts and non-perishable food items may be dropped off at the ITPA office in Endeavour Hall 129. Many thanks to all who have donated. Volunteers are still needed for the Bay Scallop Bowl scheduled for Saturday, March 3, 2006. Please volunteer now by contacting Paula Rose at bayscallopbowl@yahoo.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. H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S !
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