Welcome!
In an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, all colloquia for the Spring 2021 semester will be held virtually via Zoom. We have also partnered with INSTAAR, Geology, and Geography to convene the Joint Earth Seminar Series (JESS) throughout the academic year. JESS seminars will be held over Zoom on a monthly basis and will rotate among the aforementioned departments.
About the ATOC Colloquium
The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Colloquium will be held approximately every other Friday from 11:00 AM–Noon. Come early for coffee starting at 10:45 AM, and stay after for discussions during a virtual lunch.
Colloquia will alternate between the following two formats:
A. Full-length talk by a faculty member or invited speaker
B. Three conference-length talks by graduate students or post-docs
If you would like to nominate a speaker (including yourself), please email the Chair of the ATOC Colloquium Committee, Prof. Andrew Winters.
Upcoming Schedule
Spring 2021
***Note that the times and dates of JESS seminars vary from the standard schedule for ATOC colloquia.***
| Date | Format | Room | Speaker(s) | Title & Abstract | Zoom Info |
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Friday 01/15/2021 *1pm MT* |
JESS –ATOC | Zoom | Solomon Bililign (NCAT) |
Recording: link Passcode: &Bsgb6Q+ |
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Friday 02/05/2021 12pm MT |
JESS – GEOG | Zoom | Reza Khatami (U. Florida) | Characterizing Land Cover and Vegetation Dynamics using Earth Observation Systems |
Recording: link
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Friday 02/19/2021 11am MT |
A | Zoom | Sara Sanchez (ATOC) | Reconstructing the ENSO Response to the Mystery and Tambora Eruptions with Coral Based Data Assimilation |
Recording: Link Passcode: aq#.1Mc? |
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Friday 03/05/2021 11am MT |
A | Zoom |
Initialized Earth System Prediction from Subseasonal to Decadal Timescales |
Recording: Link Passcode: ^t6BG=KG |
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Monday 03/15/2021 12pm MT |
JESS – INSTAAR | Zoom | Aisha Morris (NSF) | Creating a Culture of Inclusion for Building a Strong Geoscience Community |
Canceled due to Snow Day |
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Friday 03/19/2021 11am MT |
B | Zoom | ATOC Student "Poster" Conference | Program |
Recording: Link Passcode: MSm6$&xA |
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Friday 04/02/2021 11am MT |
A | Zoom | Models and Data: A Critical Relationship for Constraining Uncertainty in Ice-Sheet Model Projections |
Recording: Link Passcode: G@6xicrQ |
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Wednesday 04/14/2021 4pm MT |
JESS – GEOL | Zoom | Paula Welander (Stanford) | Synthesis of Sponge Sterol Lipid Fossils: Who Makes What and Why Does it Matter? |
Zoom: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/7420931141 Passcode: geotalk |
Past colloquia
Fall 2020
Spring 2020
| Date | Format | Room | Speaker(s) | Title & Abstract |
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01/24/2020 |
A | SEEC S228 | James Brasseur (ASEN/CU) | The surprising transition in atmospheric boundary layer turbulence structure from neutral stability to the development of large-scale atmospheric rolls |
| 02/07/2020 | B | SEEC S228 |
Connor Nelson Nander Wever Cenlin He (NCAR) |
Observations of environments supporting moist convective initiation during RELAMPAGO-CACTI |
| 02/28/2020 | A | SEEC S228 | Marika Holland (NCAR) | Perspectives on predicting Arctic sea ice from seasons to centuries |
| 03/06/2020 | A | SEEC S228 | Use of statistical post-processing to improve extended-range fire-weather forecasts | |
| 03/20/2020 | B | SEEC S228 |
Canceled |
Canceled |
| 04/10/2020 | A | SEEC S228 |
Canceled |
Canceled |
| 04/24/2020 | B | SEEC S228 |
Canceled |
Canceled |
Fall 2019
| Date | Format | Room | Speaker(s) | Title & Abstract |
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09/06/2019 |
A | SEEL 303 | Jeffrey Weiss (CU Boulder) | |
| 09/20/2019 | B | SEEC S372A/A |
Matt Cann
Matt Gentry
Elina Valkonen |
Considering the Influence of Clouds on Ocean Carbon Uptake A Novel Intensity Metric for Arctic Cyclones – A Comparison with the more Traditional Metrics |
| 10/04/2019 | A | SEEL 303 | Cathy Smith (NOAA) | NOAA/ESRL PSD Web-Based Weather and Climate Analysis Tools |
| 10/18/2019 | B | SEEL 303 |
Nick Luchetti Tessa Gorte Abigail Smith |
Evaluating Gust Front Characteristics Near Complex Terrain Scoring Antarctic Surface Mass Balance in Climate Models to Refine Future Projections Seasonal Transitions of Arctic Sea Ice over the Satellite Era |
| 11/01/2019 | A | SEEL 303 | Brooke Anderson (CSU) | Hurricanes and Health: The Association between Cardiorespiratory Medicare Hospitalizations and Tropical Cyclone Exposure |
| 11/15/2019 | B | SEEL 303 | Kristen Aponte / Carolyn Brinkworth (UCAR) | |
| 12/06/2019 | - | SEEC C120 | ESSS Poster Conference | |
Spring 2019
Fall 2018
| Date | Format | Speaker(s) | Title |
| 09/07/2018 | A* | Cora Randall & Brian Toon (CU Boulder) |
Clouds on the Edge of Space: Insight from the NASA Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) Mission (Randall) The environmental impacts of nuclear war are far more damaging than the explosions and could kill 90% of the Earth's population (Toon) |
| 09/21/2018 | B | Ariel Morrison, Jason West, Steffen Mauceri |
Observed and Simulated Cloud Response to Arctic Sea Ice Loss from CALIPSO and CESM1 (Morrison) The Role of Oceanic Processes in the Initiation of Indian Summer Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillations over the Indian Ocean (West) Aerosol Retrieval from Hyperspectral Imagery over India (Mauceri) |
| 10/05/2018 | A | Nikki Lovenduski (CU Boulder) |
A Change in the Forecast: Ocean Biogeochemistry over the Next Decade |
| 10/19/2018 | B | Vineel Yettella, Bobby Wallace, Lynn Montgomery |
An ensemble covariance framework for quantifying forced climate variability and its time of emergence (Yetella) Hidden Water: Investigating a firn aquifer in Southeast Greenland (Montgomery) Deep Hail Accumulations: How can we identify storms that produce the largest threat? (Wallace) |
| 11/02/2018 | A | Dan McGrath (CSU) | How much is really out there? Forays into measuring snow accumulation on glaciers and implications for glacier mass balance |
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(Room change: SEEL303) |
B | Riley Brady, Guo Lin, Maaike Izeboud |
On the role of climate modes in modulating the air-sea CO2 fluxes in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (Brady) Interactions Between a Nocturnal MCS and the Stable Boundary Layer, as Observed by an Airborne Compact Raman Lidar During PECAN (Lin) Response of Greenland Ice Sheet firn to cloud radiative forcing (Izeboud) |
| 11/30/2018 | ESSS Poster Conference | TBD |
* The inaugural colloquium was given by two faculty members.