Seminars

Fall 2008 ESSC Brown Bag Series

All regular seminars are from 11:15am to 12:30pm

Date
Location
 Speaker/Discussion Leader Topic
September 3
541 Deike
Dr. Sukyoung Lee
Meteorology, Penn State 		Some unresolved issues in paleoclimate and atmospheric dynamics
October 15
WUN Seminar
NOON-1PM
541 Deike
Dr. Klaus Keller
Penn State 		The economics (or lack thereof) of geoengineering options

October 29

541 Deike
Dr. Tim White
EESI/Penn State 		Paleosol-based data-model reconstructions of greenhouse atmospheric hydrology
November 12
WUN Seminar
NOON-1PM
541 Deike
Dan Lunt
University of Bristol		 Can geoengineering save the Greenland ice sheet?
November 19
541 Deike
Tom Sabbatelli
Meteorology, Penn State 		Semi-Empirical Projections of Future Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity
December 3
541 Deike
Dr. Chris Forest
Penn State

On Estimating PDFs of Effective Climate Sensitivity: Exploring the Dependence on Observed Deep-Ocean Temperatures

(Alternatively, "Observations" of deep-ocean temperatures since the 1950s: Do they matter for predictions of future climate? )
December 10
WUN Seminar
NOON-1PM
541 Deike
Tara LaForce
Imperial College London		 Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Geological Storage of CO2