ATOC 6020, Fall 2008 — Notes & Calendar

ATOC 6020: Oceanography Seminar

Or, The Ocean Left Colorado 60 Million Years Ago, but Oceanography Didn't! This is a weekly seminar covering topics in oceanography and ocean-focused climate science. Presentations will feature campus and Boulder scientists on notable developments in ocean science. University of Colorado graduate students can enroll in the ATOC 6020 seminar for 1 credit per semester.

Participation is not limited to enrolled students. All interested students (graduate and undergraduate), faculty, researchers, Boulder-area oceanographers, visitors, and alumni are encouraged to attend and present.

You can access the syllabus, class notes and calendar, reading, and class files.

Class Meetings and Notes

All meetings will be in Duane E126 at 4PM on Mondays, unless noted

Registered students are required to email a writeup of each talk to me by Friday at 7PM. The writeups should include a summary, strengths, weaknesses, and brainstorming sections.

ATOC6020 Fall 2008 weekly schedule
Week Speaker Links & Presentation Slides Reading Writeups
1Mon 8/25 4PM: STAD 255-12
Organizational Meeting
Syllabus
29/01: Labor Day
39/08: Baylor Fox-KemperWe've Got Navier-Stokes, So Why Aren't We Done?More Is Different (Anderson, Science 1972)writeups
49/15: Antonietta CapotondiENSO dynamics, and its representation in climate modelsCapotondi 2007; Capotondi et al. 2006writeups
59/22: Shang-Ping XieThe Development and Effects of the Northward-Displaced Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)Xie (2004)writeups
69/29: Gary WickMulti-Sensor Satellite Retrievals of Sea Surface TemperatureDonlon et al. 2007writeups
710/06: Marika HollandRapid Arctic Sea Ice LossSerreze et al. '07; Holland et al. '06writeups
810/13: Dax MatthewsEstimation of Wind-Driven Ocean Velocities in the California Current Systemwriteups
910/20: Mike AlexanderMixed Layer Ocean Dynamics and its Impact on Climate VariabilityAlexander et al. 2000; Cassou et al. 2007writeups
1010/27: Gokhan DanabasogluSensitivity of the Meridional Overturning CirculationRahmstorf 2006; Danabasoglu 2008writeups
1111/03: Stephen YeagerAddressing the Gulf Stream Problem in the 1 Degree POP ModelZhang & Vallis 2007writeups
1211/10: Scott Lehman, Tom MarchittoMarine Radiocarbon Evidence for the Mechanism of Deglacial Atmospheric CO2 RiseMarchitto et al. 07; Keeling's commentswriteups
1311/17: Frank BryanTracer based ages, transit time distributions, and water mass compositionHaine & Hall 02; Waugh, Hall & Haine 03writeups
1411/24: Fall BreakFall BreakFall BreakFall Break
1512/01: Weiqing HanSeasonal Surface Ocean Circulation and Dynamics in the Philippine Archipelago RegionGodfrey 89, Qu et al. 06writeups
1612/08: AGU Fall Meeting Student Practice TalksFeaturing: L. Trenary (12m Talk), S. Dorsi (Poster), S. Stevenson (Poster)