Spring 2002 Atmospheric Sciences Courses
ATM 693 Special Topics in Polar Climatology
ATM 693 will be offered for 6-week periods in both Spring and Fall Semesters. For the February/March 2002 period we have been able to invite the six distinguished scientists listed below. All lectures will be held in the newly remodeled Elvey Auditorium (Geophysical Institute) on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 15:30.
| Prof. George Ewing,
Indiana University 12 February: Atmospheric gases, aerosols, and the earth's radiation balance. 14 February: Methane hydrates and climate |
| Prof. Stephen Warren,
University of Washington 19 February: Snowball Earth: catastrophic glaciation, geological evidence, biological consequences, and climate modeling. 21 February: Snowball Earth; Ice thickness on the tropical ocean |
| Dr. Peter Brewer, Monterey
Bay Aquarium Research Institute 26 February: Holding Global Warming in Check? Progress in Direct Experiments on the Ocean Disposal of Fossil Fuel CO2. 28 February: Measuring the lifetime and transport processes of methane hydrates from the sea floor to the ocean surface. |
| Dr. Robie MacDonald,
Institute of Marine Sciences, Sidney BC 5 March: The sources of freshwater to the Arctic and the meaning of recent change. 7 March: The interaction between contaminant pathways and global change in the Arctic. |
| Prof. Arne Folvik, University
of Bergen, Norway 12 March: Bottom water formation and ocean climate: The interaction between the atmosphere, the ocean and the floating ice shelves in the Weddell Sea." 14 March: A climate perturbation scenario. An example of a possible coupling between regional wind climate in the Weddell Sea and the stability of the Ice Sheet. " |
| Dr. Gerard Roe, University
of Washington 26 March: 28 March: |
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ATM 645 Atmospheric Dynamics I
ATM 645 will be offered as an independent study course with Dr. Tilley.
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PHYS 660 Radiative Transfer
PHYS 660 will be offered M/W/F 9:15-10:15 AM by Dr. R. Storvold
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PHYS 693 Ice-Ocean Dynamics
PHYS 693 will be offered M/W/F 1:00-2:00 PM by Dr. W. Hibler
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CHEM F631 Chemical Fate and Transport
CHEM F631 will be offered M/W/F 9:15-10:15 AM by Dr. C. Cahill
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CHEM F660 Chemical Oceanography
CHEM F660 is cross-listed with MSL F660 and will be offered T/R 9:45-11:15 AM by Dr. Henrichs.
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Please note that courses are offered in a variety of departments that are appropriate for your research specialty and intererests. Additional course listings for Spring 2002 can be found in the UAF course catalog.
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