Schedule

August

31    Introductions and planning

September

07    Labor Day
14    Cancelled
21    Overview of ENSO and current El Niño
28    Sloan (dissertation overview)

October

05    Danielle (global food security); discuss "Playing hide and seek with El Niño"
12    Gaby (OMZ research); Hannah ("blind pig" research)
19    Balaji Rajagopolan (CIRES; Indian monsoon)
26    Cancelled

November

02    De-Zheng Sun (NOAA; response of El Niño to higher CO2 forcing)
09    Diane Thompson (NCAR; coral reef connectivity)
16    Cancelled
23    Fall break
30    Lei Zhang (analytical model for understanding SST patterns under global warming)

December

07    ?