Experts

People Faculty Experts Areas of expertise for selected SoMAS faculty members.  For additional experts at Stony Brook University, please visit the Experts page. Atmospheric Sciences Brian Colle, Ph.D., Professor in Atmospheric Sciences. Dr. Colle’s research focuses on...

Rain, Sleet or Snow? Wouldn’t You Just Love To Know?!

If you’ve lived on Long Island for at least one winter then you’ll know from experience that the precipitation type associated with some storms can be quite mixed up. Take the February Blizzard of 2013, for example. Most of the Island saw rain to start...

Aug 30: Tour of Shinnecock Bay, Inlet, and Canal

A Day of Introductionsby Emily MarkowitzToday was a series of introductions between us, the students, and the series of water bodies, jetties, and canals leading from Old Fort Pond through the Shinnecock inlet, to the Ponquogue Bridge.  I suspect that by the end...

Mission #9: Surprise Strong Storms Strike Early!

The DREAMS Project started off the month of July with a mission. Mission #9 took place on July 1st and a lot earlier in the day then the organizers had anticipated. Strong-to-severe thunderstorms developed early in the morning and propagated northeastward over Long...

2013 Publications

Allam, Bassem Allam B. , Carden WE, Ward JE, Ralph G, Winnicki S, Pales Espinosa E. (2013). Early host-pathogen interactions in marine bivalves: Evidence that the alveolate parasite Perkinsus marinus infects through the oyster mantle during rejection of pseudofeces....

E-Newsletter Vol. 23 – 2012

E-Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 1, August 26 – September 1, 2012 Information, Talks, and Publications about Atmospheres Welcome! The Fall 2012 semester officially begins on Monday, August 27. The first Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take...

TAOS Archive 2002-2009

Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences   01/29/03 11:30am, Wednesday, Endeavour 120  Title: “Coupling of the Climate’s Energy and Water Cycles by Clouds” Speaker: William B. Rossow Affiliation: Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA  ...

Tanzania Water, Health & Environment Symposium

Achieving sustanable access to clean water in Tanzania: Impact on human health 1.2 billion people lack access to clean water “Nearly 2 million children die each year for want of a glass of water and adequate sanitation” (Human Development Report 2006). Water borne...

E-Newsletter Vol. 13 – 2007

E-Newsletter Vol. 13 No. 1, September 2 – 8, 2007 Information, Talks, and Publications about Atmospheres Welcome Back! The Fall 2007 semester officially begins on Tuesday, September 4th. The first Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will...

Newsletter – Volume V, No. 1 – 07 August 2007

Chairman Wise opened the meeting at 7:10 pm. He indicated that the Board at the present meeting would be discussing a single topic – changes proposed by DEC in the draft Long Island Sound Surfclam Management Plan that derive from the extensive environmental...

E-Newsletter Vol. 10 – 2006

E-Newsletter Vol. 10 No. 1, January 22 – 28, 2006 Information, Talks, and Publications about Atmospheres The first Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will take place on Wednesday, January 25 at 12:00 noon in Endeavour Hall 120. Professor...

ITPA Newsletter Vol. 4 / Vol. 5 – 2003

ITPA Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 1, January 20 – January 26, 2003 ITPA NEWS Class starts Wednesday this week. We hope everybody enjoyed the holidays. Last week, ITPA graduate students had a retreat with ITPA Director Minghua Zhang. The students made constructive...

OCTET Workshop Report

Acknowledgements We thank the National Science Foundation Division of OceanSciences, NOAA Office of Global Programs, and NASA Office of EarthScience for financial support for this workshop. We particularlythank Don Rice of the NSF Chemical Oceanography Program...