Weekly science calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
04/28/06

This is the last weekly science calendar until fall semester. During the summer, information on science-related events will be posted on the calendar’s web page, http://www.cgc.uaf.edu/calendar.html. If you’d like to receive e-mail notices of these events, please send your e-mail address to the calendar coordinator.

Tuesday, May 2

1 p.m. - 401 IARC
International Arctic Research Center Seminar
Polar Amplification as an Excitation of the Climate System’s Least Stable Mode
Peter L. Langen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Information: http://www.iarc.uaf.edu, 474-7569, or Jenny Hutchings

Wednesday, May 3

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Atmospheric Science Informal Seminar
Dynamic Assimilation of MODIS-Retrieved Humidity Profiles within a Regional Model for High-Latitude Forecast Applications
Xiangang Fan, Geophysical Institute Atmospheric Sciences Group, UAF
Information: 474-7910, Nicole Molders

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science Seminar
Aleutian Low-Pressure Systems and Their Influence on Arctic Upwelling
Robert Pickart, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (SFOS visiting scientist)
Information: http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/events/ or Bodil Bluhm

Thursday, May 4

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Fire and Ice: Using Electrical Resistivity to Monitor the Physical State of the Earth
Malcolm Ingham, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Information: 474-7565, Pam Harris

Friday, May 5

2 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Department of Geology and Geophysics Thesis Defense
Response of the Groundwater Wells in Alaska to Near and Distant Large Earthquakes
Samik Sil, M.S. candidate in Geophysics
Information: 474-7565, Pam Harris

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Revisiting Rhyolite: A Closer Look at Magma Ascent and Eruption Dynamics at the Inyo Volcanic Chain
Jonathan Castro, Smithsonian Institution
Information: 474-7565, Pam Harris

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, 215 Elvey Building
Department of Physics Journal Club
Check http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm or call 474-7339 to see if there’s a presentation scheduled for this week.

Monday, May 8

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Sponsored by the West Coast and Polar Regions Undersea Research Center
Large-scale Lateral Fluid Flow within Oceanic Crust and the Global Importance of Seamounts in Driving Hydrothermal Circulation
Andrew T. Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz
Information: 474-5870, Brook Gamble