http://oceans.mit.edu America/New_York America/New_York America/New_York 20171105T020000 -0400 -0500 20181104T020000 EST 20180311T020000 -0500 -0400 EDT ai1ec-820918@oceans.mit.edu 20180503T095341Z Special Events,WHOI Events Ms. Annie Doucette; 508.289.2543; adoucette@whoi.edu; http://web.whoi.edu/famos/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2016/07/2016-Original-Meeting-Info-Package.pdf The Forum for Arctic Ocean Modeling and Observational Synthesis (FAMOS) is an international effort to focus on enhancing collaboration and coordination among arctic marine and sea ice modelers, theoreticians and observationalists based on a set of activities starting from generating hypotheses, to planning research included both observations and modeling, and to finalizing analyses synthesizing major results from the field studies and coordinated numerical experiments. FAMOS motivation and approach FAMOS project is motivated by and a logical continuation of more than 10-years of AOMIP (Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project, www.whoi.edu/projects/AOMIP) work demonstrating that that the arctic marine science community needs an informal forum to discuss, coordinate, plan and synthesize scientific activities. The AOMIP approach has been to leverage the existing financial support of each project participant for a comparative analysis of different models and scientific results. This approach has provided a unique opportunity to coordinate studies nationally and internationally via a set of carefully-planned numerical experiments covering the most important processes and interactions.  A clear advantage is that each participant is able to work with her/his specific research theme using simulation results from more than a single model and to analyze differences and test hypotheses using a multi-model suite of outputs.  The result is a synthesis that integrates observational and modeling efforts toward the overall goal of developing advanced Arctic models able to accurately reconstruct past, describe current, and predict future Arctic conditions. In this regard, FAMOS’s approach will be similar AOMIP’s one and we view FAMOS as a “collaboratory” i.e., a collaborative frame-work wherein modelers and observers discuss results, problems, and new ideas, all with the goals of model improvement and better understanding of the Arctic climate system. Participants include several speakers from MIT and WHOI. More information here and here.Tickets: http://web.whoi.edu/famos/meeting-5-november-1-4-2016/. 20161101 20161105 +41.526498;-70.673086 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @ Woods Hole, Falmouth, MA, USA 0

Forum for Arctic Modeling & Observational Synthesis

external arctic,FAMOS,modeling,ocean,sea ice,whoi http://web.whoi.edu/famos/meeting-5-november-1-4-2016/ ai1ec-827531@oceans.mit.edu 20180503T095341Z Special Events MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; https://eapsweb.mit.edu/what-do-hurricanes-harvey-and-irma-portend [caption id="attachment_827533" align="aligncenter" width="576"] Kerry Emanuel: What Do Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Portend?[/caption] Speaker: Kerry A. Emanuel, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science, Co-Director of the Lorenz Center Date: Wednesday, September 20, 4:00pm to 5:00pm Location: MIT Campus, 54-100 Special Lecture: "What Do Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Portend?" Natural disasters are the result of the interaction of a natural phenomenon with human beings and their built environments. Globally and in the U.S., large increases in coastal populations are causing corresponding increases in hurricane damage and these are now being compounded by rising sea levels and changing storm characteristics owing to anthropogenic climate change. In this talk, I will describe projections of changing hurricane activity over the rest of this century and what such projections tell us about how the probabilities of hurricanes like Harvey and Irma have already changed and are likely to continue to do so. About the Speaker Kerry Emanuel is a prominent meteorologist and climate scientist who specializes in moist convection in the atmosphere, and tropical cyclones. His research interests focus on tropical meteorology and climate, with a specialty in hurricane physics. His interests also include cumulus convection, the role of clouds, water vapor, and upper-ocean mixing in regulation of climate, and advanced methods of sampling the atmosphere in aid of numerical weather prediction. Emanuel received an S.B. degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences and a Ph.D. in Meteorology (1978) both from MIT. After completing his doctorate, he joined the faculty of the Atmospheric Sciences department of the University of California at Los Angeles where he remained for three years, with a brief hiatus filming tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas. In 1981 he joined the faculty of the Department of Meteorology at MIT and was promoted to Full Professor in 1987 in what had since becomes the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS). In 1989 he assumed directorship of EAPS Center for Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, a post he held until 1997. Subsequently he chaired the EAPS Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate from 2009 to 2012. He is co-founder of the MIT Lorenz Center, a climate think tank which fosters creative approaches to learning how climate works. Professor Emanuel is the author or co-author of over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and three books, including Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes, published by Oxford University Press, and What We Know about Climate Change, published by the MIT Press. 20170920T160000 20170920T170000 +42.360297;-71.089375 MIT, Cambridge, MA, Building 54-100 @ 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 0

Special Lecture: What Do Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Portend?

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