Aug. 26, Syllabus (click at left)

Sep 2, No class, Labor day

Sep 9, “Sea ice predictability on seasonal to interannual timescales”, Dr. Marika Holland, NCAR

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Suggested Reading: Holland et al., (2013)

Suggested Reading: Holland et al., (2010)

Sep 16, “Carbon in the Southern Ocean: Known knowns and known unknowns”, Prof. Nikki Lovenduski, ATOC/INSTAAR

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Suggested Reading: Lovenduski et al., (2013)

Sep 23, “The past, present, and future of the meridional overturning circulation in the Atlantic", Dr. Stephen Yeager, NCAR

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Suggested Reading: Yeager et al., (2012)

Sep 30, "A Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate parameters of a lower-trophic level ocean ecosystem model" Dr. Ralph Milliff, CIRES, CU

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Suggested Reading: Milliff et al., (2013) in revision.

Oct 7, "The Influence of Oceanic Mesoscale Eddies on Surface Stress" Distinguished Professor Dudley Chelton, Oregon State Univ

SPECIAL SEMINAR LOCATION: CIRES Auditorium, Ekeley Sciences

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Suggested Reading: Chelton (2013).

Suggested Reading: Chelton and Xie (2010)

Oct 14, "Air-Sea Interaction on the Ocean Mesoscale" Dr. Frank Bryan, NCAR

This and all subsequent seminars to be held in CIRES Fellows Room, S274 Ekeley Sciences

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Suggested Reading: Bryan et al., (2010).

Suggested Reading: Wu et al., (2006)

Oct 21, "Tsunami Early Detection and Warning Using Satellite Remote Sensing" Dr. Benjamin D. Hamlington, CIRES, CU

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Suggested Reading: Hamlington et al., (2012).

Suggested Reading: Godin et al., (2009)

Oct 28, "Langmuir Turbulence in the Oceanic Mixed Layer" Prof. Peter E. Hamlington, Mechanical Engineering (MCEN), CU

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Suggested Reading: Van Roekel et al., (2012).

Suggested Reading: McWilliams et al., (1997)

Nov 4, "Ocean Acidification and its Impacts on Coral Reef Ecosystems" Dr. Joanie Kleypas, NCAR

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Suggested Reading: Kleypas and Yates (2009).

Suggested Reading: Kleypas et al., (2011)

Nov 11, "An Introduction to Remote Sensing of the Gulf of Mexico" Prof. Robert R. Leben, Aerospace Engineering (ASEN), CU

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Suggested Reading: Walker et al., (2005)

Suggested Reading: Walker et al., (2011)

Suggested Reading: Leben (2005)

Nov 18, "Characterizing Turbulence at a Prospective Tidal Energy Site: Observational Data Analysis" Ms. Katherine McCaffrey, ATOC, CIRES, CU

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Suggested Reading: Thomson et al., (2012)

Nov 25, No Class, FALL BREAK ...

Dec 2, No Student Practice Talks ... Class Over