Welcome!
All colloquia for the Spring 2023 semester will continue to be held in-person and virtually over Zoom. Please refer to this page for the most updated schedule and information regarding presentation format.
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 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 2023
| Date | Format | Room | Speaker(s) | Title & Abstract | Zoom Info | Lunch Offered? |
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Friday 01/27/2023 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 | Xinyue Wang (NCAR ASP/ACOM) |
Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling and its Role in Atmospheric Composition and Climate |
Recording: Link |
Yes |
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Friday 02/10/2023 11am MT |
B | SEEC S228 |
Clairy Reiher (ATOC)
Cole Persch (ATOC)
Tessa Gorte (ATOC) |
The Impact of Orbital Precession on Carbon Flux in the Southern Ocean Antarctic Ice Sheet Discharge Drives Large Scale Southern Ocean Circulation Changes |
Recording: Link |
Yes |
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Friday 03/03/2023 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 | Matthew Shupe (CIRES/NOAA PSL) |
The MOSAiC Expedition for Understanding the Processes of Arctic Change |
Recording: Link
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Yes |
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Friday 03/10/2023 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 |
|
Using Earth-Reflected Solar Radiation to Identify and Unravel Climate Change Mysteries from Space |
Recording: Link
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Yes |
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Friday 03/24/2023 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 |
Recording: Link |
Yes | ||
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Friday 04/14/2023 11am MT |
B | SEEC S228 |
Vikas Hanasoge Nataraja (ATOC/LASP)
Ziqi Yin (ATOC)
Ethan Murray (ATOC/LASP) |
TBA
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TBA |
TBA |
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Friday 04/28/2023 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Past colloquia
Fall 2022
| Date | Format | Room | Speaker(s) | Title & Abstract | Zoom Info | Lunch Offered? |
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Friday 09/02/2022 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 | Kris Karnauskas (ATOC/CIRES) |
Upwelling and Equatorial Islands: Old Theories and the Ocean Data Revolution |
Recording: Link Passcode: G$UWBHW2 |
Yes |
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Friday 09/16/2022 11am MT |
B | SEEC S228 |
Lucas Howard (ATOC)
Jonah Shaw (ATOC/CIRES)
Margaret Duffy (NCAR/ASP) |
Emerging Changes in Arctic Outgoing Longwave Radiation The Influences of Atmospheric Parameters and SST Warming Pattern on Radiative Feedbacks in CAM6 |
Recording: Link Passcode: x8B5%8eQ |
Yes |
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Friday 09/30/2022 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 | Hansi Singh (Univ. of Victoria) |
Recording: Link Passcode: Er.5nZXV |
Yes | |
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Friday 10/14/2022 11am MT |
B | SEEC S228 |
Rebecca Baiman (ATOC)
Hristo Chipilski (NCAR/ASP)
Carlos Martinez (NCAR/ASP)
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A Circumpolar View of Synoptic Drivers of Atmospheric Rivers Reaching Antarctica Invertible Neural Networks for Nonlinear Ensemble Filtering An Evaluation of the Seasonal Hydroclimate of the Caribbean within CESM and other CMIP6 Models |
Recording: Link Passcode: i!r%W.U3 |
Yes |
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Friday 10/28/2022 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 |
Zoom recording not available. |
Yes | ||
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Friday 11/11/2022 11am MT |
B | SEEC S228 |
Timothy Higgins (ATOC)
Erin Guderian (ATOC)
Monica Morrison (NCAR/ASP) |
Investigating the Relative Forcing of Tropical Ocean SST on Asian Monsoon Precipitation using LIM The Logic of Actionable Science: Earth System Model Inadequacies and Epistemic Risk |
Recording: Link Passcode: U.+m83mU |
Yes |
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Friday 12/09/2022 10am MT |
A | SEEC C120 |
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Yes |
Spring 2022
| Date | Format | Room | Speaker(s) | Title & Abstract | Zoom Info | Lunch Offered? |
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Friday 01/21/2022 11am MT |
A | Zoom Only | Sebastian Schmidt (ATOC) |
Recording: Link Passcode: +*hO6xX6 |
No | |
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Friday 02/04/2022 11am MT |
B | SEEC S228 |
Mikell Warms (ATOC) Megan Thompson-Munson (ATOC) Chris Wyburn-Powell (ATOC/INSTAAR) |
Observed and Modeled Firn Properties on the Greenland Ice Sheet Understanding Simulated and Observed Internal Variability in Arctic Sea Ice |
Recording: Link Passcode: R7#zbh.f |
Yes |
|
Friday 02/18/2022 11am MT |
A | SEEC S372A/B | Melissa Breeden (CIRES/NOAA/PSD/CSD) |
Exploring Seasonal Changes in 2-meter Temperature Forecasts of Opportunity over North America |
Zoom: Link Passcode: 4UA3?Wad |
Yes |
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Friday 03/04/2022 11am MT |
B | SEEC S228 |
Jeremy Klavans (ATOC) Devon Dunmire (ATOC)
|
Zoom: Link Passcode: *6irfw5N |
Yes | |
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Friday 03/11/2022 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 |
How Can We Leverage Machine Learning in the Wind Energy Sector? |
Zoom: Link Passcode: 1g++xwf@ |
Yes | |
|
Friday 04/08/2022 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 | Yassir Eddebbar (Scripps) | Ocean Oxygen Dynamics and Variability Across Scales: Insights from an Earth System Model |
Recording Unavailable per Speaker Request |
Grad Students Only |
|
Friday 04/22/2022 11am MT |
B | SEEC S228 |
Mckenzie Dice (ATOC) Sam Mogen (ATOC) Andrew Buggee (ATOC) |
Ocean biogeochemical signatures of the North Pacific Blob Estimating Vertical Profiles of Cloud Microphysical Properties from Space |
Zoom: Link Passcode: 4ExY7c&5 |
Yes |
Fall 2021
| Date | Format | Room | Speaker(s) | Title & Abstract | Zoom Info | Lunch Offered? |
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Friday 09/03/2021 11am MT |
JESS-ATOC | SEEC S228 | Maria Molina (NCAR) | Robustness of Deep Learning in a Changing Climate |
Recording: Link Passcode: $emV1Lg# |
Yes |
|
Friday 09/17/2021 11am MT |
B | SEEC N128 |
Yiming Guo (NC State) Lei Zhang (ATOC) Jed Lenetsky (ATOC/INSTAAR) |
Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction and Eddy Potential Energy Budget: Is it Important? |
Recording: Link Passcode: z06Q?8aK |
Yes |
|
Friday 10/01/2021 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 | Benét Duncan (CIRES) | Science for What? Developing Usable Climate Science for Decision Makers |
Recording: Link Passcode: sr.?4@TK |
Yes |
|
Monday 10/04/2021 12pm MT |
JESS-INSTAAR | Zoom | Aradhna Tripati (UCLA) | Carbonate Clumped Isotope Geochemistry as an Applied Tool in Paleoclimate, within an Inclusive Science Framework | N/A | N/A |
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Friday 10/15/2021 11am MT |
B | SEEC S228 |
Eric Keenan (ATOC)
Nicola Maher (ATOC/CIRES)
Danni Du (ATOC) |
Detailed snow modeling reveals dynamic drivers of Antarctic mass loss Modulation of ENSO teleconnections over North America by Pacific decadal variability |
Recordng: Link Passcode: uZXhKj0^ |
Yes |
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Friday 10/29/2021 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 | Gustavo Marques (NCAR) | Improving the representation of oceanic processes in NCAR's next-generation climate model |
Zoom: Link Passcode: w5Q8G#dN |
Yes |
|
Friday 11/05/2021 3:30pm MT |
JESS-GEOG | GUGG 205 | Karen Bailey (CU/ENVS) | Climate Change, Social Capital and Sustainable Livelihoods in Conservation Landscapes | Zoom: Link | N/A |
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Friday 11/12/2021 11am MT |
A | SEEC S228 | Pacific-Paleo Climate Variability |
Recording Not Publicly Available |
Yes | |
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Friday 12/03/2021 11am MT |
A | C120 | ATOC Student Poster Conference | TBA | TBA | Yes |
Spring 2021
| 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 |
Fall 2020
Spring 2020
| Date | Format | Room | Speaker(s) | Title & Abstract |
|
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 |
|
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.