X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:Car
X-TICKETS-URL:https://eapsweb.mit.edu/sixth-annual-john-h-carlson-lecture-n
ew-england-aquarium
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:qeu1ldeocd0j7r30qpn9vin87s@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Marine ecosystems and ocean acidification. \n\nThe ocean holds
50 times more carbon than the atmosphere. Because of its large buffer capa
city\, the ocean will eventually absorb 60 to 85% of the carbon dioxide em
itted to the atmosphere on a time scale of 1000 years or longer. However t
he uptake of carbon dioxide by the ocean has the side effect of acidifying
the water\, with negative consequences for marine ecosystems and unclear
implications for the functioning of the marine carbon cycle. This lecture
will detail the linkages between marine ecosystem processes (from bacteria
to jellyfish) and the carbon cycle. It will show how ecosystem processes
can be understood through their biogeochemical functionality\, and explain
the knowns and unknowns of the impacts of ocean acidification. The lectur
e will end with a discussion of how changes in marine ecosystems could hav
e knock on effects on climate regulation.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161014T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161014T100000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Corrine Le Quere
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-corrine-le-quere-4
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\\n\\nMarine ecosystem
s and ocean acidification. \n\nThe ocean holds 50 times more carbon than t
he atmosphere. Because of its large buffer capacity\, the ocean will event
ually absorb 60 to 85% of the carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere on
a time scale of 1000 years or longer. However the uptake of carbon dioxide
by the ocean has the side effect of acidifying the water\, with negative
consequences for marine ecosystems and unclear implications for the functi
oning of the marine carbon cycle. This lecture will detail the linkages be
tween marine ecosystem processes (from bacteria to jellyfish) and the carb
on cycle. It will show how ecosystem processes can be understood through t
heir biogeochemical functionality\, and explain the knowns and unknowns of
the impacts of ocean acidification. The lecture will end with a discussio
n of how changes in marine ecosystems could have knock on effects on clima
te regulation.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20161014T150000-7r1v9apia8c9p6k3dqpf2bq0u8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:A view of the Hadean Earth: petrogenesis of the oldest rocks wi
thin the Acasta Gneiss Complex
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161014T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161014T160000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 117
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Jesse Reimink (Carnegie)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-jesse-reimink-carnegie
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nA view of the Ha
dean Earth: petrogenesis of the oldest rocks within the Acasta Gneiss Comp
lex
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: The response of tropical low clouds to climate change\n
\nAbstract: Uncertainties in how tropical low clouds respond to climate ch
ange continue to dominate climate projections. They have resisted reductio
n for decades. Because of a convergence of what is feasible computationall
y on large scales (general circulation models) and small scales (large-edd
y simulations)\, and because of the wealth of detailed observations that a
re now available\, substantial progress on the low-cloud problem is now wi
thin reach. In this talk\, I will describe recent progress in: \n\n(a) con
straining the low-cloud response to climate change observationally\, \n(b)
understanding how the large-scale energy balance controls the low-cloud r
esponse\, and (c) simulating the low-cloud response with large-eddy simula
tions that are driven in a way that respects the large-scale energy balanc
e. \n\nThe results consistently indicate a positive feedback from tropical
low clouds on global warming.\n\nFor more information\, please see our PA
OC Colloquium event page at:\nhttps://paocweb.mit.edu/events/calendars/col
loquium
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161017T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161017T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Tapio Schneider (Caltech)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-tapio-schneider-caltech
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTitle: The respo
nse of tropical low clouds to climate change\n\nAbstract: Uncertainties in
how tropical low clouds respond to climate change continue to dominate cl
imate projections. They have resisted reduction for decades. Because of a
convergence of what is feasible computationally on large scales (general c
irculation models) and small scales (large-eddy simulations)\, and because
of the wealth of detailed observations that are now available\, substanti
al progress on the low-cloud problem is now within reach. In this talk\, I
will describe recent progress in: \n\n(a) constraining the low-cloud resp
onse to climate change observationally\, \n(b) understanding how the large
-scale energy balance controls the low-cloud response\, and (c) simulating
the low-cloud response with large-eddy simulations that are driven in a w
ay that respects the large-scale energy balance. \n\nThe results consisten
tly indicate a positive feedback from tropical low clouds on global warmin
g.\n\nFor more information\, please see our PAOC Colloquium event page at:
\nhttps://paocweb.mit.edu/events/calendars/colloquium
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:rdql31vrbpqiqslenbmvlupcj4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161018T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161018T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Chris Piecuch\, Atmospheric and Environmental Research. ‘Inter annu
al sea level changes on the North American Northeast Coast: Influence of l
ocal atmospheric forcing’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/chris-piecuch-atmospheric-and-environmental
-research-inter-annual-sea-level-changes-on-the-north-american-northeast-c
oast-influence-of-local-atmospheric-forcing-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:er737t0tcc2jp3q2kbke0fbopc@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Ocean Property Fluxes: a Pseudo-Lagrangian Approach\n\nLagrangi
an methods can provide insight into complex stirring and transport process
es. These methods can provide a skeleton or template that allows one to id
entify regions of rapid stirring\, transport\, and transport barriers. 'L
obe dynamics'\, one of the most beautiful techniques in the toolbox\, prov
ides for the measurement and visualization of transport and exchange acros
s moving boundaries. Other methods allow for the identification of natura
l barriers such as the material boundary of a coherent eddy. The focus is
entirely on fluid 'material' transport (volume transport) and fluxes of o
ceanographically important properties such as heat\, salt\, vorticity and
chemical and biological tracers are relevant only to the extent that they
are conserved following fluid motion. In addition\, lobe dynamics can bec
ome cumbersome when the flow field is complex. I will talk about a genera
lize approach that enables consideration of a variety of property fluxes\,
provides a simplified application to complex flow fields\, and attempts t
o preserves the beauty of the original approach.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161019T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161019T130000
LOCATION:54-209
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS – Larry Pratt (WHOI)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-larry-pratt-whoi
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nOcean Property F
luxes: a Pseudo-Lagrangian Approach\n\nLagrangian methods can provide insi
ght into complex stirring and transport processes. These methods can provi
de a skeleton or template that allows one to identify regions of rapid sti
rring\, transport\, and transport barriers. 'Lobe dynamics'\, one of the
most beautiful techniques in the toolbox\, provides for the measurement an
d visualization of transport and exchange across moving boundaries. Other
methods allow for the identification of natural barriers such as the mate
rial boundary of a coherent eddy. The focus is entirely on fluid 'materia
l' transport (volume transport) and fluxes of oceanographically important
properties such as heat\, salt\, vorticity and chemical and biological tra
cers are relevant only to the extent that they are conserved following flu
id motion. In addition\, lobe dynamics can become cumbersome when the flo
w field is complex. I will talk about a generalize approach that enables
consideration of a variety of property fluxes\, provides a simplified appl
ication to complex flow fields\, and attempts to preserves the beauty of t
he original approach.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:tii3h3gdpv5kcfvfff1f2jfato@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Trait-based modeling of larval dispersal in the Gulf of Maine\n
\nMr. Benjamin T. Jones\nDoctoral Candidate\, MIT/WHOI Joint Program\nWHOI
Biology Department\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161020T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161020T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Benjamin T. Jones
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/benjamin-t-jones
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTrait-based mode
ling of larval dispersal in the Gulf of Maine\n\nMr. Benjamin T. Jones\nDo
ctoral Candidate\, MIT/WHOI Joint Program\nWHOI Biology Department\n\n
\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:hnppmp72jfa5kt129out5evpsg@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Potential and risks of Carbon Geoengineerin. \n\nMultiple optio
ns have been proposed to deliberately enhance the storage of carbon in nat
ural reservoirs\, and thus reduce the magnitude of climate change and/or t
he efforts otherwise needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions directly. T
hese ‘Carbon Geoengineering’ options range from afforestation to bio-energ
y with carbon capture and storage to ocean iron fertilisation. But what is
their potential (and their costs!)\, and what are the possible unintended
consequences? This lecture will give an overview of the current understan
ding on this rapidly moving topic.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161021T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161021T100000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Corrine Le Quere
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-corrine-le-quere-3
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nPotential and ri
sks of Carbon Geoengineerin. \n\nMultiple options have been proposed to de
liberately enhance the storage of carbon in natural reservoirs\, and thus
reduce the magnitude of climate change and/or the efforts otherwise needed
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions directly. These ‘Carbon Geoengineering
’ options range from afforestation to bio-energy with carbon capture and s
torage to ocean iron fertilisation. But what is their potential (and their
costs!)\, and what are the possible unintended consequences? This lecture
will give an overview of the current understanding on this rapidly moving
topic.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20161021T150000-7r1v9apia8c9p6k3dqpf2bq0u8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Megeagravel on the move: storm\, waves\, boulder transport\, an
d the erosion of rocky coasts
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161021T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161021T160000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 117
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Rónadh Cox (Williams College)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-ronadh-cox-williams-college
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nMegeagravel on t
he move: storm\, waves\, boulder transport\, and the erosion of rocky coas
ts
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:06u3jhh47ojalv3ksfdf8qmeh4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Marine microbial diversity and nitrogen: does species diversity
matter?\n\nMarine microorganisms are responsible for half of the biologic
al productivity on Earth\, but are reliant on supplies of major nutrients
and trace elements. Biological availability of dissolved inorganic forms o
f nitrogen is one of the most critical factors that constrains productivit
y and biogeochemical cycling in ocean ecosystems. The nitrogen cycle is be
ing dramatically affected by anthropogenic activities leading to known and
undoubtedly as yet unknown impacts on the oceans. Marine microorganisms a
re key components of ocean ecosystems\, and are important in food webs\, a
s well as cycling elements\, such as nitrogen\, from one chemical form to
another. The species of marine microorganisms in the environment are still
poorly known\, because many of the important species have been difficult
to obtain in laboratory culture. Molecular biology and genomics approaches
have identified new species\, and also have shown that known taxa are com
prised of surprisingly great diversity of closely related subspecies that
have different ecological niches. Is this diversity important for the nitr
ogen cycle of the sea?\n\nOnly a few types of microorganisms are able to d
raw on the rich source of nitrogen in the atmosphere (78% of the atmospher
e)\; these organisms\, called nitrogen-fixing microorganisms (diazotrophs)
are very important components of oceanic ecosystems\, are very difficult
to study\, and are likely to be sensitive to changes in climate and nitrog
en perturbations. Technological advances have made it possible to study ho
w the complex microbial communities respond to changes in nitrogen availab
ility\, including the use of remotely deployed robotic laboratories. Onl
y within the past few decades\, using these cultivation-independent approa
ches\, a novel unicellular symbiosis between 2 single-celled microorganism
s was discovered that now appears to be one of the most abundant nitrogen-
fixing microorganisms\, and plays a key role in global oceanic nitrogen cy
cling. I will discuss how technological advances are needed to determine h
ow microbial communities respond to global climate change\, and whether sp
ecies diversity is important in how microbial communities respond to nitro
gen\, using the discovery of a very unusual nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria
called UCYN-A as an example.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161024T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161024T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Jonathan Zehr (UC Santa Cruz)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-jonathan-zehr-uc-santa-cruz
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nMarine microbial
diversity and nitrogen: does species diversity matter?\n\nMarine microorg
anisms are responsible for half of the biological productivity on Earth\,
but are reliant on supplies of major nutrients and trace elements. Biologi
cal availability of dissolved inorganic forms of nitrogen is one of the mo
st critical factors that constrains productivity and biogeochemical cyclin
g in ocean ecosystems. The nitrogen cycle is being dramatically affected b
y anthropogenic activities leading to known and undoubtedly as yet unknown
impacts on the oceans. Marine microorganisms are key components of ocean
ecosystems\, and are important in food webs\, as well as cycling elements\
, such as nitrogen\, from one chemical form to another. The species of mar
ine microorganisms in the environment are still poorly known\, because man
y of the important species have been difficult to obtain in laboratory cul
ture. Molecular biology and genomics approaches have identified new specie
s\, and also have shown that known taxa are comprised of surprisingly grea
t diversity of closely related subspecies that have different ecological n
iches. Is this diversity important for the nitrogen cycle of the sea?\n\nO
nly a few types of microorganisms are able to draw on the rich source of n
itrogen in the atmosphere (78% of the atmosphere)\; these organisms\, call
ed nitrogen-fixing microorganisms (diazotrophs) are very important compone
nts of oceanic ecosystems\, are very difficult to study\, and are likely t
o be sensitive to changes in climate and nitrogen perturbations. Technolog
ical advances have made it possible to study how the complex microbial com
munities respond to changes in nitrogen availability\, including the use o
f remotely deployed robotic laboratories. Only within the past few decad
es\, using these cultivation-independent approaches\, a novel unicellular
symbiosis between 2 single-celled microorganisms was discovered that now a
ppears to be one of the most abundant nitrogen-fixing microorganisms\, and
plays a key role in global oceanic nitrogen cycling. I will discuss how t
echnological advances are needed to determine how microbial communities re
spond to global climate change\, and whether species diversity is importan
t in how microbial communities respond to nitrogen\, using the discovery o
f a very unusual nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria called UCYN-A as an example
.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ai1ec-818240@oceans.mit.edu
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Special Events\,Symposia
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Kerry A. Emanuel\, Professor of Atmospheric Science at the Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology\, to speak at the Radcliffe Institute fo
r Advanced Study at Harvard. More about the event here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 4:4
5 p.m.\; lecture begins at 5 p.m. Part of the 2016–2017 Oceans Lecture Ser
ies. A larger\, one-day public symposium on the topic takes place on Frida
y\, October 28\, 2016.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161024T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161024T180000
GEO:+42.376218;-71.122349
LOCATION:Sheerr Room\, Fay House @ Fay House\, 10 Garden St\, Cambridge\, M
A 02138\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Kerry Emanuel–Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute Oceans Lecture Series
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/kerry-emanuel-harvards-radcliffe-institute-
oceans-lecture-series
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\n
\n
\n
\n
\n\n
Kerry A. Emanuel\, Professor of Atmospheric Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Tec
hnology\, to speak at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvar
d. More about the event here.\n\n\n
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UID:dodrmf8dhrhm3e1ubac371jveo@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161025T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161025T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Karl Helfrich\, WHOI. ‘Instabilities of internal solitary waves’. C
lark 507.
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/karl-helfrich-whoi-instabilities-of-interna
l-solitary-waves-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:0l8inq5v99j6i45p17dim1skj0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Redox chemistry and ecological dynamics as underlying mechanism
s for chemoautotrophic control of the primary nitrite maximum\n\nThe prima
ry nitrite maximum (PNM) – the accumulation of nitrite at the base of the
euphotic zone – is a ubiquitous but poorly understood oceanographic featur
e. I will discuss how ecological dynamics and redox chemistry can explain
the formation of the PNM by chemoautotrophic nitrifying microorganisms. Th
eoretical descriptions of nitrifying metabolisms\, reflecting their underl
ying redox chemistry\, results in the emergence of a PNM in a marine ecosy
stem model. I also discuss the implications for understanding rates of new
production using this more mechanistic representation of nitrification.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161026T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161026T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS – Emily Zakem (MIT)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-emily-zakem-mit
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nRedox chemistry
and ecological dynamics as underlying mechanisms for chemoautotrophic cont
rol of the primary nitrite maximum\n\nThe primary nitrite maximum (PNM) –
the accumulation of nitrite at the base of the euphotic zone – is a ubiqui
tous but poorly understood oceanographic feature. I will discuss how ecolo
gical dynamics and redox chemistry can explain the formation of the PNM by
chemoautotrophic nitrifying microorganisms. Theoretical descriptions of n
itrifying metabolisms\, reflecting their underlying redox chemistry\, resu
lts in the emergence of a PNM in a marine ecosystem model. I also discuss
the implications for understanding rates of new production using this more
mechanistic representation of nitrification.\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6tma5vcll8l79h7vi71vdu6lag@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Using acoustics to prioritize management\ndecisions to protect
coastal dolphins:\na case study using Hawaiian spinner dolphins\n\nDr. Hea
ther Heenehan\nNortheast Fisheries Science Center\, NOAA\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161027T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161027T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Heather Heenehan
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-heather-heenehan
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\\n\\nUsing acoustics
to prioritize management\ndecisions to protect coastal dolphins:\na case s
tudy using Hawaiian spinner dolphins\n\nDr. Heather Heenehan\nNortheast Fi
sheries Science Center\, NOAA\n\n
Abstract \n\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:toa1t42k6tp04at5csb45hridc@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Reaching net zero carbon balance in the 21st Century. \n\nThe P
aris Agreement on climate change has an ambition of balancing the global e
missions and sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century
in order to limit climate change and its impacts. This lecture will explai
n the scientific understanding behind the links between global temperature
change and cumulative carbon emissions\, and detail the underlying time s
cales\, amplitude of change\, and uncertainties. It will present a range o
f model projections of climate change this century and discuss their impli
cit assumptions about future carbon management and future response of the
natural carbon cycle to climate change. The lecture will also discuss the
risks of large and non-linear responses of the carbon cycle to a changing
climate (so-called ‘tipping points’) and their potential consequences. It
will conclude the full lecture series by suggesting ways to support societ
al responses to climate change that the students might like to pursue thro
ughout their careers.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161028T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161028T100000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Corrine Le Quere
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-corrine-le-quere
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nReaching net zer
o carbon balance in the 21st Century. \n\nThe Paris Agreement on climate c
hange has an ambition of balancing the global emissions and sinks of green
house gases in the second half of this century in order to limit climate c
hange and its impacts. This lecture will explain the scientific understand
ing behind the links between global temperature change and cumulative carb
on emissions\, and detail the underlying time scales\, amplitude of change
\, and uncertainties. It will present a range of model projections of clim
ate change this century and discuss their implicit assumptions about futur
e carbon management and future response of the natural carbon cycle to cli
mate change. The lecture will also discuss the risks of large and non-line
ar responses of the carbon cycle to a changing climate (so-called ‘tipping
points’) and their potential consequences. It will conclude the full lect
ure series by suggesting ways to support societal responses to climate cha
nge that the students might like to pursue throughout their careers.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20161028T150000-7r1v9apia8c9p6k3dqpf2bq0u8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Understanding microbial ecology in the deep terrestrial biosphe
re: a geochemical and metagenomic approach
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161028T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161028T160000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 117
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Lily Momper (MIT)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-lily-momper-mit
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nUnderstanding mi
crobial ecology in the deep terrestrial biosphere: a geochemical and metag
enomic approach
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:dkp31vb6t4shfmbdu93ro3rrqc@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:“Microbe-mediated trace gas fluxes—linking ecosystem genomics t
o atmospheric composition”\n\nMicroorganisms play a significant role in dr
iving biogeochemical cycles. These cycles include biosphere-atmosphere exc
hange of trace gases (e.g.\, CO2\, CH4) that influence atmospheric composi
tion and climate. Soils teem with microbial life that produce and consume
trace gases. Understanding microbe-environment interactions is critical fo
r predicting the response of terrestrial ecosystems to changes in land use
and climate.\n\nIn my research\, I quantify the microbial imprint on atmo
spheric composition and climate using an interdisciplinary set of methods\
, ranging from genomics to micrometeorology. My work focuses on resolving
the genomic underpinnings of microbe-mediated biogeochemical transformatio
ns in soils that drive significant atmospheric fluxes (e.g.\, H2\, COS\, 1
8O-CO2\, CO2\, CH4). The goal of my work is to determine when and how proj
ections of biogeochemical transformations are improved by better represent
ation of underlying biological drivers.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161031T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Laura Meredith (UofA)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-laura-meredith-uofa
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\\n\\n“Microbe-mediate
d trace gas fluxes—linking ecosystem genomics to atmospheric composition”
\n\nMicroorganisms play a significant role in driving biogeochemical cycle
s. These cycles include biosphere-atmosphere exchange of trace gases (e.g.
\, CO2\, CH4) that influence atmospheric composition and climate. Soils te
em with microbial life that produce and consume trace gases. Understanding
microbe-environment interactions is critical for predicting the response
of terrestrial ecosystems to changes in land use and climate.\n\nIn my res
earch\, I quantify the microbial imprint on atmospheric composition and cl
imate using an interdisciplinary set of methods\, ranging from genomics to
micrometeorology. My work focuses on resolving the genomic underpinnings
of microbe-mediated biogeochemical transformations in soils that drive sig
nificant atmospheric fluxes (e.g.\, H2\, COS\, 18O-CO2\, CO2\, CH4). The g
oal of my work is to determine when and how projections of biogeochemical
transformations are improved by better representation of underlying biolog
ical drivers.
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Scaling properties of Arctic sea ice deformation in high-resolu
tion viscous-plastic sea ice models\n\nMany climate models use a rheology
of the viscous-plastic type to simulate sea ice dynamics. With this rheolo
gy\, large scale velocity and thickness fields can be realistically simula
ted\, but the representation of small scale deformation rates and Linear K
inematic Features (LKF) is thought to be inadequate. However\, at high res
olution (< 5 km) the rheology starts to produce lines of localised deforma
tion rates. In this study we use results from a 1-km Pan-Arctic model to i
nvestigate the influence of these deformation features on the scaling prop
erties of sea ice deformation. For evaluation the EGPS satellite data set
of small-scale sea ice kinematics for the Central Arctic (successor of RGP
S) is used.\nThe modelled sea ice deformation shows multi-fractal spatial
scaling and\, in this sense\, agrees with the satellite data. In addition\
, the temporal coupling of the spatial scaling is reproduced as well. Furt
hermore\, we examine the regional and seasonal variations of spatial scali
ng properties and its dependence on the ice condition\, i.e. sea ice conce
ntration and thickness\, which are in agreement with previous RGPS studies
.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161031T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161031T160000
LOCATION:54-209
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS – Nils Hutter (Alfred Wegener Institute)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-nils-hutter-alfred-wegener-institute
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\\n\\nScaling properti
es of Arctic sea ice deformation in high-resolution viscous-plastic sea ic
e models\n\nMany climate models use a rheology of the viscous-plastic type
to simulate sea ice dynamics. With this rheology\, large scale velocity a
nd thickness fields can be realistically simulated\, but the representatio
n of small scale deformation rates and Linear Kinematic Features (LKF) is
thought to be inadequate. However\, at high resolution (< 5 km) the rheolo
gy starts to produce lines of localised deformation rates. In this study w
e use results from a 1-km Pan-Arctic model to investigate the influence of
these deformation features on the scaling properties of sea ice deformati
on. For evaluation the EGPS satellite data set of small-scale sea ice kine
matics for the Central Arctic (successor of RGPS) is used.\nThe modelled s
ea ice deformation shows multi-fractal spatial scaling and\, in this sense
\, agrees with the satellite data. In addition\, the temporal coupling of
the spatial scaling is reproduced as well. Furthermore\, we examine the re
gional and seasonal variations of spatial scaling properties and its depen
dence on the ice condition\, i.e. sea ice concentration and thickness\, wh
ich are in agreement with previous RGPS studies.
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UID:bpof1cjcge4mclu6vhgipc8hko@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161101T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161101T160500
LOCATION:Clark 201
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Henrik Soiland\, Inst. Marine Research. ‘The Lofoten Basin Eddy – a
permanent feature of the Norwegian Sea’. Clark 201
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/henrik-soiland-inst-marine-research-the-lof
oten-basin-eddy-a-permanent-feature-of-the-norwegian-sea-clark-201
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6bp5skbdjcmosblm18biliepgk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Humidity-cloud-precipitation feedbacks and convective organizat
ion
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161103T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161103T150000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Chris Bretherton (Univ. of Washington)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-chris-bretherton-univ-of-w
ashington-3
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\\n\\nHumidity-cloud-p
recipitation feedbacks and convective organization
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20161104T150000-7r1v9apia8c9p6k3dqpf2bq0u8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161104T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161104T160000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 117
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:NO COG3 Seminar
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-cog3-seminar-4
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: A metabolic constraint on the biogeography of marine spe
cies\n\nAbstract: Oxygen played a key role in the evolution of marine ecos
ystems. However\, oxygen has not generally been considered a major constr
aint on the contemporary biogeography of species outside regions of except
ionally low O2. I will present a combination of physiological\, climate\,
and species distribution data\, to argue that the limits of several diver
se species ranges are governed by the ratio of oxygen supply and demand\,
even in the well-oxygenated Atlantic Ocean. These limits correspond to an
energetic requirement for organismal activity of about 2-5 times that at
rest\, a ratio that is shared by most terrestrial species. This metaboli
c constraint is rapidly tightened in the presence of climate warming due t
o the combination of warmer water and less O2. I will use Earth System Mo
dels to investigate and compare the loss of aerobically viable habitat in
two periods of interest – the climate change projected for the 21st centur
y and the end-Permian mass extinction.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161107T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161107T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Curtis Deutsch (UW)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-curtis-deutsch-uw
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\\n\\nTitle: A metabol
ic constraint on the biogeography of marine species\n\nAbstract: Oxygen pl
ayed a key role in the evolution of marine ecosystems. However\, oxygen h
as not generally been considered a major constraint on the contemporary bi
ogeography of species outside regions of exceptionally low O2. I will pre
sent a combination of physiological\, climate\, and species distribution d
ata\, to argue that the limits of several diverse species ranges are gover
ned by the ratio of oxygen supply and demand\, even in the well-oxygenated
Atlantic Ocean. These limits correspond to an energetic requirement for
organismal activity of about 2-5 times that at rest\, a ratio that is shar
ed by most terrestrial species. This metabolic constraint is rapidly tig
htened in the presence of climate warming due to the combination of warmer
water and less O2. I will use Earth System Models to investigate and com
pare the loss of aerobically viable habitat in two periods of interest – t
he climate change projected for the 21st century and the end-Permian mass
extinction.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:rjr0jhqqa4vuokkj0ktj5bcago@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161108T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161108T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Xiaolin Zhang\, FSU. ‘On the Dynamical Relationship Between Equator
ial Pacific Surface Currents\, Zonally-Averaged Equatorial Sea Level and E
l Nino Prediction’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/xiaolin-zhang-fsu-on-the-dynamical-relation
ship-between-equatorial-pacific-surface-currents-zonally-averaged-equatori
al-sea-level-and-el-nino-prediction-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2mkb1gkqss0ulbueppk98dal4k@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161109T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Glenn Flierl (MIT)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/glenn-flierl-mit
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Temperate-subtropical transition of marine ecosystems: a synopt
ic case around the Ulleung Basin of the East/Japan Sea\n\nDr. Chang-Keun K
ang\nProfessor\, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering\,
\nGwangju Institute of Science and Technology\, Republic of Korea\n\nAbstr
act
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161110T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Chang-Keun Kang
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-chang-keun-kang
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\\n\\nTemperate-subtro
pical transition of marine ecosystems: a synoptic case around the Ulleung
Basin of the East/Japan Sea\n\n
Dr. Chang-Keun Kang\nProfessor\, School of
Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering\,\nGwangju Institute of Scie
nce and Technology\, Republic of Korea\n\n
Abstract
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161111T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161111T160000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 117
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:NO COG3 Seminar – Veteran’s Day
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-cog3-seminar-veterans-day
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
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CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:A Tale of Two Tracers: Radiocarbon and nitrous oxide isotopolog
ues\nand their sources and sinks from recent observations\n\nBoth CO2 and
N2O are long-lived atmospheric trace gases that\, coincidentally\, become
enriched in rare\, heavy isotopes in the stratosphere followed by return t
o the troposphere\, where the stratospheric enrichments are diluted by emi
ssions of isotopically light CO2 (e.g.\, fossil fuel combustion) and N2O (
e.g.\, microbial production). In this talk\, I will focus on measurements
of 14CO2 and of the oxygen and intramolecular nitrogen isotopic compositio
n of N2O in the stratosphere and troposphere. For CO2\, I will show how we
use new observations in the stratosphere (e.g.\, Ref 1) to estimate empir
ically the global annual mean production rate of 14C by cosmic rays and th
e net 14C flux from the stratosphere to the troposphere useful for carbon
cycle studies\, as well as to monitor stratospheric residence times to see
if they are changing in response to a predicted acceleration of the Brewe
r-Dobson Circulation as the climate warms. For N2O\, I will show how strat
ospheric and tropospheric isotope observations reveal a ‘smoking gun’ for
increases in agricultural emissions (similar to the Suess Effect for 14CO2
) and how N2O isotope measurements can be used to distinguish between the
influence of the stratospheric sink and oceanic and biospheric sources\, d
emonstrating that isotope measurements can help in the attribution and qua
ntification of surface sources in general (e.g.\, Ref. 2).\n1. Kanu\, A. M
.\, L. L. Comfort\, T. P. Guilderson\, P. J. Cameron-Smith\,D. J. Bergmann
\, E. L. Atlas\, S. Schauffler\, K. A. Boering\, “Measurements and modelin
g of contemporary radiocarbon in the stratosphere\,” Geophys. Res. Lett. 4
3\, 1399–1406\, doi:10.1002/2015GL066921\, 2016\n2. S. Park\, P. Croteau\,
K. A. Boering\, D.M. Etheridge\, D. Ferretti\, P. J. Fraser\, K.-R. Kim\,
P.B. Krummel\, R.L. Langenfelds\, T.D. van Ommen\, L.P. Steele\, and C.M.
Trudinger\, 'Trends and seasonal cycles in the isotopic composition of ni
trous oxide since 1940\,' Nature Geoscience 5\, 261-265\, doi:10/1038/NGEO
1421\, 2012.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161114T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161114T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Kristie A. Boering (UC Berkeley)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-kristie-a-boering-uc-berkel
ey
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\\n\\nA Tale of Two Tr
acers: Radiocarbon and nitrous oxide isotopologues\nand their sources and
sinks from recent observations\n\nBoth CO2 and N2O are long-lived atmosphe
ric trace gases that\, coincidentally\, become enriched in rare\, heavy is
otopes in the stratosphere followed by return to the troposphere\, where t
he stratospheric enrichments are diluted by emissions of isotopically ligh
t CO2 (e.g.\, fossil fuel combustion) and N2O (e.g.\, microbial production
). In this talk\, I will focus on measurements of 14CO2 and of the oxygen
and intramolecular nitrogen isotopic composition of N2O in the stratospher
e and troposphere. For CO2\, I will show how we use new observations in th
e stratosphere (e.g.\, Ref 1) to estimate empirically the global annual me
an production rate of 14C by cosmic rays and the net 14C flux from the str
atosphere to the troposphere useful for carbon cycle studies\, as well as
to monitor stratospheric residence times to see if they are changing in re
sponse to a predicted acceleration of the Brewer-Dobson Circulation as the
climate warms. For N2O\, I will show how stratospheric and tropospheric i
sotope observations reveal a ‘smoking gun’ for increases in agricultural e
missions (similar to the Suess Effect for 14CO2) and how N2O isotope measu
rements can be used to distinguish between the influence of the stratosphe
ric sink and oceanic and biospheric sources\, demonstrating that isotope m
easurements can help in the attribution and quantification of surface sour
ces in general (e.g.\, Ref. 2).\n1. Kanu\, A. M.\, L. L. Comfort\, T. P. G
uilderson\, P. J. Cameron-Smith\,D. J. Bergmann\, E. L. Atlas\, S. Schauff
ler\, K. A. Boering\, “Measurements and modeling of contemporary radiocarb
on in the stratosphere\,” Geophys. Res. Lett. 43\, 1399–1406\, doi:10.1002
/2015GL066921\, 2016\n2. S. Park\, P. Croteau\, K. A. Boering\, D.M. Ether
idge\, D. Ferretti\, P. J. Fraser\, K.-R. Kim\, P.B. Krummel\, R.L. Langen
felds\, T.D. van Ommen\, L.P. Steele\, and C.M. Trudinger\, 'Trends and se
asonal cycles in the isotopic composition of nitrous oxide since 1940\,' N
ature Geoscience 5\, 261-265\, doi:10/1038/NGEO1421\, 2012.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161115T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161115T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Sanjiv Ramachandran\, U. Mass Dartmouth. ‘Submesoscale processes in
shallow\, stratified layers: observations from the Bay of Bengal during t
he winter monsoon’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sanjiv-ramachandran-u-mass-dartmouth-submes
oscale-processes-in-shallow-stratified-layers-observations-from-the-bay-of
-bengal-during-the-winter-monsoon-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:9qn6emngpg2i831ratfv3u8p14@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Deciphering deep ocean circulation changes between the present
and the last glacial\n\nThe paleoclimate record indicates that the deep oc
ean circulation and water masses have undergone major rearrangements betwe
en glacial and interglacial climates\, which have likely played an importa
nt role in the observed atmospheric carbon dioxide swings by affecting the
partitioning of carbon between the atmosphere and ocean. The mechanisms b
y which the deep ocean circulation changed\, however\, are still unclear a
nd represent a major challenge to our understanding of past and future cli
mates.\n\nWe address this question using a hierarchy of numerical models o
f varying complexity\, ranging from a highly idealized ocean-only model to
coupled climate simulations from the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparis
on Project (PMIP). The results suggest that various inferred differences i
n the deep ocean circulation and stratification between glacial and interg
lacial climates can be attributed to increased Antarctic sea-ice formation
in a colder world. Colder temperatures lead to thicker ice\, which is exp
orted by winds. The associated increased freshwater export leads to saltie
r and denser Antarctic Bottom Water\, consistent with high abyssal salinit
ies inferred for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The enhanced deep ocean s
tratification moreover results in a weakening and shoaling of the inter-he
mispheric overturning circulation\, again consistent with proxy evidence f
or the LGM. \n\nThe results also highlight the importance to distinguish b
etween the equilibrium and transient response of the ocean circulation to
climatic changes. The adjustment of the deep ocean circulation is found to
be highly non-monotonic\, with the response on centennial time-scales dif
fering qualitatively from the equilibrium results. This distinction is rar
ely observable in complex coupled climate models\, which cannot be integra
ted for sufficiently long times.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161116T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS – Malte Jansen (University of Chicago)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-malte-jansen-university-of-chicago
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\\n\\nDeciphering deep
ocean circulation changes between the present and the last glacial\n\nThe
paleoclimate record indicates that the deep ocean circulation and water m
asses have undergone major rearrangements between glacial and interglacial
climates\, which have likely played an important role in the observed atm
ospheric carbon dioxide swings by affecting the partitioning of carbon bet
ween the atmosphere and ocean. The mechanisms by which the deep ocean circ
ulation changed\, however\, are still unclear and represent a major challe
nge to our understanding of past and future climates.\n\nWe address this q
uestion using a hierarchy of numerical models of varying complexity\, rang
ing from a highly idealized ocean-only model to coupled climate simulation
s from the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP). The resu
lts suggest that various inferred differences in the deep ocean circulatio
n and stratification between glacial and interglacial climates can be attr
ibuted to increased Antarctic sea-ice formation in a colder world. Colder
temperatures lead to thicker ice\, which is exported by winds. The associa
ted increased freshwater export leads to saltier and denser Antarctic Bott
om Water\, consistent with high abyssal salinities inferred for the Last G
lacial Maximum (LGM). The enhanced deep ocean stratification moreover resu
lts in a weakening and shoaling of the inter-hemispheric overturning circu
lation\, again consistent with proxy evidence for the LGM. \n\nThe results
also highlight the importance to distinguish between the equilibrium and
transient response of the ocean circulation to climatic changes. The adjus
tment of the deep ocean circulation is found to be highly non-monotonic\,
with the response on centennial time-scales differing qualitatively from t
he equilibrium results. This distinction is rarely observable in complex c
oupled climate models\, which cannot be integrated for sufficiently long t
imes.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:rt96r0ojhvmsvq6tud783hsbh0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Biology Department Special Seminar\n\nBiology All-Hands Meeting
\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161117T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Aud
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Biology All-Hands Meeting
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/biology-all-hands-meeting
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\\n\\nBiology Departme
nt Special Seminar\n\nBiology All-Hands Meeting\n\n
Abstract\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:11nvqng7jvau2ap5u1ieapltuo@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Insights from high-resolution simulation of cloud feedbacks
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161117T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161117T150000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Chris Bretherton (Univ. of Washington)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-chris-bretherton-univ-of-w
ashington-2
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\\n\\nInsights from hi
gh-resolution simulation of cloud feedbacks
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20161118T150000-7r1v9apia8c9p6k3dqpf2bq0u8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Chemical Controls on Calcite Dissolution Kinetics in Seawater
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161118T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161118T160000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 117
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Adam Subhas (Caltech)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-adam-subhas-caltech
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nChemical Control
s on Calcite Dissolution Kinetics in Seawater
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:3r1hc60nolila09bg1n4bqiujo@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: Inventing Atmospheric Science: Gordian Knots and the Que
st for Prevision\n \nAbstract: Atmospheric researchers have long attempted
to untie the Gordian Knot of meteorology—that intractable and intertwined
tangle of observational imprecision\, theoretical uncertainties\, and non
-linear influences—that\, if unraveled\, would provide perfect prevision o
f the weather for ten days\, of seasonal conditions for next year\, and of
climatic conditions for a decade\, a century\, a millennium\, or longer.
This presentation\, based on Inventing Atmospheric Science (The M.I.T. Pre
ss\, 2016)\, examines the work of three interconnected generations of scie
ntists and the influence of three families of transformative technologies
in the first six decades of the twentieth century\, from the dawn of appli
ed fluid dynamics to the emergence\, by 1960\, of the interdisciplinary at
mospheric sciences.\n\nAbout the speaker: Jim Fleming is the Charles A. Da
na Professor of Science\, Technology\, and Society at Colby College\, Main
e. He earned a B.S. in astronomy from Pennsylvania State University\, an M
.S. in atmospheric science from Colorado State University\,\nand a Ph.D.
in history from Princeton University. He has written extensively on the hi
story of weather\, climate\, technology\, and the environment including so
cial\, cultural\, and intellectual aspects. His books include Meteorology
in America (Johns Hopkins\, 1990)\, Historical Perspectives on Climate Cha
nge (Oxford\, 1998)\, The Callendar Effect (AMS\, 2007)\, Fixing the Sky (
Columbia\, 2010)\, and Inventing Atmospheric Science (MIT\, 2016). He is s
eries editor of Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology\
, a research associate of the Smithsonian Institution\, a fellow of the Am
erican Association for the Advancement of Science\, and a fellow of the Am
erican Meteorological Society. \n\nJim is a resident of China\, Maine (not
Mainland China!) He enjoys fishing\, good jazz\, good BBQ\, seeing studen
ts flourish\, and building the community of historians of science and tech
nology. 'Everything is unprecedented if you don't study history.'\n\nProfi
le: http://www.colby.edu/directory/profile/jfleming/
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161121T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161121T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: James Fleming (Colby)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-james-fleming-colby
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\\n\\nTitle: Inventing
Atmospheric Science: Gordian Knots and the Quest for Prevision\n \nAbstra
ct: Atmospheric researchers have long attempted to untie the Gordian Knot
of meteorology—that intractable and intertwined tangle of observational im
precision\, theoretical uncertainties\, and non-linear influences—that\, i
f unraveled\, would provide perfect prevision of the weather for ten days\
, of seasonal conditions for next year\, and of climatic conditions for a
decade\, a century\, a millennium\, or longer. This presentation\, based o
n Inventing Atmospheric Science (The M.I.T. Press\, 2016)\, examines the w
ork of three interconnected generations of scientists and the influence of
three families of transformative technologies in the first six decades of
the twentieth century\, from the dawn of applied fluid dynamics to the em
ergence\, by 1960\, of the interdisciplinary atmospheric sciences.\n\nAbou
t the speaker: Jim Fleming is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Science\, T
echnology\, and Society at Colby College\, Maine. He earned a B.S. in astr
onomy from Pennsylvania State University\, an M.S. in atmospheric science
from Colorado State University\,\nand a Ph.D. in history from Princeton U
niversity. He has written extensively on the history of weather\, climate\
, technology\, and the environment including social\, cultural\, and intel
lectual aspects. His books include Meteorology in America (Johns Hopkins\,
1990)\, Historical Perspectives on Climate Change (Oxford\, 1998)\, The C
allendar Effect (AMS\, 2007)\, Fixing the Sky (Columbia\, 2010)\, and Inve
nting Atmospheric Science (MIT\, 2016). He is series editor of Palgrave St
udies in the History of Science and Technology\, a research associate of t
he Smithsonian Institution\, a fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science\, and a fellow of the American Meteorological Socie
ty. \n\nJim is a resident of China\, Maine (not Mainland China!) He enjoys
fishing\, good jazz\, good BBQ\, seeing students flourish\, and building
the community of historians of science and technology. 'Everything is unpr
ecedented if you don't study history.'\n\nProfile: http://www.colby.edu/di
rectory/profile/jfleming/
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:The vertical structure of ocean eddies\n\nSince we began observ
ing the ocean surface with satellites\, \nit's been of interest to underst
and how the surface fields reflect motion\nat depth. A series of recent mo
deling studies suggest the vertical structure \nis fairly well-captured by
a single mode\, intensified near the surface and\ndecaying to zero with d
epth. A study of 69 globally-distributed current \nmeters supports this\,
in many locations outside of the tropics. The reason\nfor the dominance of
a surface is explored theoretically\, using a simple\ntwo layer model. Th
e latter predicts a wavenumber frequency spectra \nwhich resembles that in
the ocean\, except at small scales. The latter are \nshown to be more lik
ely to transfer energy to large scales\, leaving the\n(non-dispersive) lar
ge scale waves in tact. A similar conclusion was made \npreviously from id
ealized numerical experiments.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161122T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161122T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS – Joe Lacasce (University of Oslo)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-joe-lacasce-university-of-oslo
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nThe vertical str
ucture of ocean eddies\n\nSince we began observing the ocean surface with
satellites\, \nit's been of interest to understand how the surface fields
reflect motion\nat depth. A series of recent modeling studies suggest the
vertical structure \nis fairly well-captured by a single mode\, intensifie
d near the surface and\ndecaying to zero with depth. A study of 69 globall
y-distributed current \nmeters supports this\, in many locations outside o
f the tropics. The reason\nfor the dominance of a surface is explored theo
retically\, using a simple\ntwo layer model. The latter predicts a wavenum
ber frequency spectra \nwhich resembles that in the ocean\, except at smal
l scales. The latter are \nshown to be more likely to transfer energy to l
arge scales\, leaving the\n(non-dispersive) large scale waves in tact. A s
imilar conclusion was made \npreviously from idealized numerical experimen
ts. \n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:qsqa1mgrgh6pq3droobvhhr4g4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161122T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161122T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Cancelled
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cancelled-6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20161125T150000-7r1v9apia8c9p6k3dqpf2bq0u8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161125T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161125T160000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 117
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:NO COG3 Seminar – Thanksgiving Vacation
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-cog3-seminar-thanksgiving-vacation
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ca874dkiaemk7vqdgbq88fk3p4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: First results from year-around biogeochemical float obse
rvations in the Southern Ocean\n\nJorge L. Sarmiento\, Princeton Universit
y\n\nAbstract: Understanding of Southern Ocean biogeochemical and carbon s
ystem processes is severely hampered by the virtual absence of wintertime
observations over most of the region. I report on initial findings by the
Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) Proj
ect\, which will eventually deploy ~200 Argo type floats equipped with nit
rate\, oxygen\, pH and optical sensors\, of which >50 have already been la
unched. Initial analysis of a subset of these floats exhibits wintertime
behavior that differs dramatically from what had been inferred previously\
, with major implications for our understanding of the ocean carbon cycle.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161128T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Jorge Sarmiento (Princeton)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-jorge-sarmiento-princeton
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTitle: First res
ults from year-around biogeochemical float observations in the Southern Oc
ean\n\nJorge L. Sarmiento\, Princeton University\n\nAbstract: Understandin
g of Southern Ocean biogeochemical and carbon system processes is severely
hampered by the virtual absence of wintertime observations over most of t
he region. I report on initial findings by the Southern Ocean Carbon and
Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) Project\, which will eventually
deploy ~200 Argo type floats equipped with nitrate\, oxygen\, pH and opti
cal sensors\, of which >50 have already been launched. Initial analysis o
f a subset of these floats exhibits wintertime behavior that differs drama
tically from what had been inferred previously\, with major implications f
or our understanding of the ocean carbon cycle.\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:qn510o9eftfon0877oph272tj0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161129T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161129T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Mathieu Dever\, Dalhousie U. ‘Investigating the dynamics of a buoya
nt coastal current using observations and a simple conceptual model’. Clar
k 507.
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open-3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:pk0iqfejbpehn1plfruqhpea5o@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Stability and Internal Flow Variability of Ice Sheets\n\nIce st
reams are regions of fast-flowing ice embedded within ice sheets that acco
unt for the majority of mass transport from ice sheet interiors to the oce
an. Variability of ice stream flow on centennial to millennial time scales
plays an important role in the present mass balance of the West Antarctic
Ice Sheet. In this talk\, I show how a simple model of subglacial meltwat
er production coupled to ice flow explains the underlying physical mechani
sm for millennial-scale\, unforced ice stream variability and predicts the
transition to steady ice stream flow. The model equally well reproduces m
odern ice stream variability in the Siple Coast region of West Antarctica
and Heinrich events\, periods of increased ice discharge from the Laurenti
de Ice Sheet during the last glacial period. In a more realistic\, purpose
-built model\, the same mechanism produces variability and rapid migration
s of the ice stream grounding line. These migrations are always associated
with mass imbalance near the grounding line\, but not necessarily in the
ice stream at large\, which is important to consider when interpreting mod
ern observations of grounding line variability. Under certain conditions\,
this ice stream variability may cause the grounding line to slow down for
hundreds to thousands of years even as it retreats onto a reverse bed slo
pe\, before readvancing. Such behavior runs counter to the conventional th
eories predicting the instability of ice sheets on reverse bed slopes. Det
ermining if such behavior occurs in real ice sheets is important when eval
uating the likelihood of irreversible ice sheet collapse and rapid sea lev
el rise in the future.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161130T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161130T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS – Alexander Robel (California Institute of Technology & Univers
ity of Chicago)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-alexander-robel
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nStability and In
ternal Flow Variability of Ice Sheets\n\nIce streams are regions of fast-f
lowing ice embedded within ice sheets that account for the majority of mas
s transport from ice sheet interiors to the ocean. Variability of ice stre
am flow on centennial to millennial time scales plays an important role in
the present mass balance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. In this talk\,
I show how a simple model of subglacial meltwater production coupled to ic
e flow explains the underlying physical mechanism for millennial-scale\, u
nforced ice stream variability and predicts the transition to steady ice s
tream flow. The model equally well reproduces modern ice stream variabilit
y in the Siple Coast region of West Antarctica and Heinrich events\, perio
ds of increased ice discharge from the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the las
t glacial period. In a more realistic\, purpose-built model\, the same mec
hanism produces variability and rapid migrations of the ice stream groundi
ng line. These migrations are always associated with mass imbalance near t
he grounding line\, but not necessarily in the ice stream at large\, which
is important to consider when interpreting modern observations of groundi
ng line variability. Under certain conditions\, this ice stream variabilit
y may cause the grounding line to slow down for hundreds to thousands of y
ears even as it retreats onto a reverse bed slope\, before readvancing. Su
ch behavior runs counter to the conventional theories predicting the insta
bility of ice sheets on reverse bed slopes. Determining if such behavior o
ccurs in real ice sheets is important when evaluating the likelihood of ir
reversible ice sheet collapse and rapid sea level rise in the future.\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:tqeqb6c8rr4q8aj6gkpl9tk79c@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Microbial Community Assembly and Function on Model Marine Parti
cles\n\nDr. Otto X. Cordero\nDoherty Assistant Professor of Ocean Utilizat
ion\nDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering\nMassachusetts Inst
itute of Technology\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161201T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Otto X. Cordero
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-otto-x-cordero
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\\n\\nMicrobial Commun
ity Assembly and Function on Model Marine Particles\n\nDr. Otto X. Cordero
\nDoherty Assistant Professor of Ocean Utilization\nDepartment of Civil an
d Environmental Engineering\nMassachusetts Institute of Technology\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20161202T150000-7r1v9apia8c9p6k3dqpf2bq0u8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161202T160000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 117
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:No COG3 Seminar
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-cog3-seminar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:b96dpbmi2e321r9umguaqj1elk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: Understanding storm tracks shifts: From the seasonal cyc
le to future climate change\n\nAbstract: Storm tracks dominate weather and
climate in the extratropics. In response to forcing\, e.g. seasonal insol
ation\, ENSO\, ozone depletion\, increased CO2\, storm tracks exhibit robu
st meridional shifts. Here we develop an energetic framework for storm tra
ck position. We apply it across a range of timescales to reveal robust reg
imes that help to explain why storm tracks shift meridionally.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161205T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Tiffany Shaw (U Chicago)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-tiffany-shaw-u-chicago
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTitle: Understan
ding storm tracks shifts: From the seasonal cycle to future climate change
\n\nAbstract: Storm tracks dominate weather and climate in the extratropic
s. In response to forcing\, e.g. seasonal insolation\, ENSO\, ozone deplet
ion\, increased CO2\, storm tracks exhibit robust meridional shifts. Here
we develop an energetic framework for storm track position. We apply it ac
ross a range of timescales to reveal robust regimes that help to explain w
hy storm tracks shift meridionally.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:1vqdas7rpailo65d73688bl5c4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161206T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161206T160500
LOCATION:Clark 201
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Terry Joyce\, WHOI. ‘On the slowing of the Deep Western Boundary Cu
rrent southeast of Cape Cod: 2004-2014’. Clark 201
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open-5
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5g6bl6kgr3mktf5110aik0lplk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161207T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS – Oliver Andrews (Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research\,
University of East Anglia)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-oliver-andrews-tyndall-centre-for-clima
te-change-research-university-of-east-anglia
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:l53b7gdo69g7pn3luhdiajrd30@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Top-down control of coccolithophore populations during spring i
n a temperate shelf sea environment\n\nMr. Kyle Mayers\nPhD Student\, Mari
ne Biogeochemistry\, \nNational Oceanography Centre Southampton\n\n\nAbstr
act
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161208T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Mr. Kyle Mayers
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/mr-kyle-mayers
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTop-down control
of coccolithophore populations during spring in a temperate shelf sea env
ironment\n\nMr. Kyle Mayers\nPhD Student\, Marine Biogeochemistry\, \nNati
onal Oceanography Centre Southampton\n\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gljvm978hngma95e8hb8m9lea8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Ultraparameterization: Using large eddy simulation for global s
imulation of boundary layer clouds and climate
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161208T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161208T150000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Chris Bretherton (Univ. of Washington)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-chris-bretherton-univ-of-w
ashington
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nUltraparameteriz
ation: Using large eddy simulation for global simulation of boundary layer
clouds and climate
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20161209T150000-7r1v9apia8c9p6k3dqpf2bq0u8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161209T160000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 117
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:NO COG3 Seminar
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-cog3-seminar-2
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:sji490aa80k4cd6l4v0ttdtk38@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161213T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161213T160500
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Cancelled
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open-7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:enootj7h0g9qv4m68l1dpcr708@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161216T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161216T160000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 117
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:NO COG3 Seminar – Finals Week/AGU
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-cog3-seminar-finals-weekagu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:41na9ve8oeu1kk3je5sdgjnagg@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161220T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161220T160500
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Cancelled
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cancelled-10
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:nhrv0urv9c3lpmtbhugav1qbio@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161227T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161227T160500
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Cancelled
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cancelled-7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:dkrhgngl4lmoe03n3bqn1s1ssg@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170103T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170103T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Cancelled
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cancelled-5
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:n2a24r058dp3p713notb7hrm2g@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170110T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170110T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Young-Oh Kwon\, WHOI. ‘North Atlantic Blocking Variability and Role
of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/young-oh-kwon-whoi-north-atlantic-blocking-
variability-and-role-of-the-atlantic-multidecadal-oscillation-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:v2guutppqmq5fej597g9gsl9k8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Oceanographic influences on benthic fjord communities in the hi
gh Arctic\n\nDr. Kirstin Meyer\nPostdoctoral Scholar\nWoods Hole Oceanogra
phic Institution\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170112T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Kirstin Meyer
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-kirstin-meyer
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nOceanographic in
fluences on benthic fjord communities in the high Arctic\n\nDr. Kirstin Me
yer\nPostdoctoral Scholar\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:diijpup835rtbtl3bb36rfguso@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Lateral mixing by mesoscale eddies is widely recognized as a cr
ucial mechanism for the global ocean circulation and the associated heat/s
alt/tracer transports. The Salinity in the Upper Ocean Processes Study (SP
URS) confirmed the importance of eddy mixing for the surface salinity fiel
ds even in the center of the subtropical gyre of the North Atlantic. We fo
cus on the global salinity maxima due to their role as indicators for glob
al changes in the hydrological cycle as well as providing the source water
masses for the shallow overturning circulation.\nWe introduce a novel app
roach to estimate the contribution of eddy mixing to the global sea surfac
e salinity maxima. Using a global 2D tracer experiments in a 1/10 degree M
ITgcm setup driven by observed surface velocities\, we analyze the effect
of eddy mixing using a water mass framework\, thus focussing on the diffus
ive flux across surface isohalines. This enables us to diagnose temporal v
ariability on seasonal to inter annual time scales\, revealing regional di
fferences in the mechanism causing temporal variability.Sensitivity experi
ments with various salinity backgrounds reveal robust inter annual variabi
lity caused by changes in the surface velocity fields potentially forced b
y large scale climate.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170117T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170117T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Julius Busecke\, LDEO. ‘Temporal variability in eddy mixing in the
global subtropics’. Clark 507.
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/julius-busecke-ldeo-temporal-variability-in
-eddy-mixing-in-the-global-subtropics-clark-507
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nLateral mixing b
y mesoscale eddies is widely recognized as a crucial mechanism for the glo
bal ocean circulation and the associated heat/salt/tracer transports. The
Salinity in the Upper Ocean Processes Study (SPURS) confirmed the importan
ce of eddy mixing for the surface salinity fields even in the center of th
e subtropical gyre of the North Atlantic. We focus on the global salinity
maxima due to their role as indicators for global changes in the hydrologi
cal cycle as well as providing the source water masses for the shallow ove
rturning circulation.\nWe introduce a novel approach to estimate the contr
ibution of eddy mixing to the global sea surface salinity maxima. Using a
global 2D tracer experiments in a 1/10 degree MITgcm setup driven by obser
ved surface velocities\, we analyze the effect of eddy mixing using a wate
r mass framework\, thus focussing on the diffusive flux across surface iso
halines. This enables us to diagnose temporal variability on seasonal to i
nter annual time scales\, revealing regional differences in the mechanism
causing temporal variability.Sensitivity experiments with various salinity
backgrounds reveal robust inter annual variability caused by changes in t
he surface velocity fields potentially forced by large scale climate.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5903rc7990lu7h5jpi81q0r0jg@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Insights into zooplankton behavior from the largest anoxic basi
n\, the\nBlack Sea: Observations with multifrequency scientific echosounde
r\n\nDr. Serdar Sakinin\nPostdoctoral Fellow\nWHOI Biology Department\n\nA
bstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170119T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Serdar Sakinan
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-serdar-sakinan
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\\n\\nInsights into zo
oplankton behavior from the largest anoxic basin\, the\nBlack Sea: Observa
tions with multifrequency scientific echosounder\n\nDr. Serdar Sakinin\nPo
stdoctoral Fellow\nWHOI Biology Department\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:0c6arp1d01o746e526qphr8ntk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170119T140500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170119T150500
LOCATION:Clark 201
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Carina Bringedal\, U. Bergen. ‘Idealized models for wind driven var
iations in an overturning circulation’. Clark 201.
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/carina-bringedal-u-bergen-idealized-models-
for-wind-driven-variations-in-an-overturning-circulation-clark-201
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:b2cucnmv3pe11dr4k3lgc1nj1c@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170124T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170124T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:David Nieves\, WHOI. ‘Non-hydrostatic\, rapidly rotating and stably
stratified flows’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/david-nieves-whoi-non-hydrostatic-rapidly-r
otating-and-stably-stratified-flows-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:vvvsv61b64js9fn60mlps8itoo@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Diurnal movement\, diving and activity patterns of\njuvenile gr
een and hawksbill sea turtles in\nBrewers Bay St Thomas US Virgin Islands
\n\nDr. Paul Jobsis\nAssociate Professor and Director of\nthe Center for M
arine & Environmental\nStudies\, University of the Virgin Islands \n\nAbst
ract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170126T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Paul Jobsis
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-paul-jobsis
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nDiurnal movement
\, diving and activity patterns of\njuvenile green and hawksbill sea turtl
es in\nBrewers Bay St Thomas US Virgin Islands\n\nDr. Paul Jobsis\nAssocia
te Professor and Director of\nthe Center for Marine & Environmental\nStudi
es\, University of the Virgin Islands \n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:nol9amv4bcuebgiunj177dn9q0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170131T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170131T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Rhys Parfitt\, WHOI. ‘To what extent do oceanic frontal zones affec
t mid-latitude weather and climate?’. Clark 507.
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/rhys-parfitt-whoi-to-what-extent-do-oceanic
-frontal-zones-affect-mid-latitude-weather-and-climate-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:vug5k5n1o0vt2tcu6ik60s3vh4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Connections between aquaculture\,\nour food system and climate
\n\nMr. Scott Lindell\nVisiting Investigator\nWHOI Biology Department\n\nA
bstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170202T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Mr. Scott Lindell
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/mr-scott-lindell
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\\n\\nConnections betw
een aquaculture\,\nour food system and climate\n\n
Mr. Scott Lindell\nVisiting Investigator\nWHOI Biolog
y Department\n\n
Abstract\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:4976enni5i3j1pu5nflav90cs0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Chasing Water: Lagrangian tracking of tracers\, plastic and pla
nkton through the global ocean\n\n\n\nThe ocean is in constant motion\, wi
th water circulating within and flowing between basins. As the water moves
around\, it caries heat and nutrients\, as well as larger objects like pl
anktonic organisms and litter around the globe.\n\nThe most natural way to
study the pathways of water and the connections between ocean basins is u
sing particle trajectories. The trajectories can come from either computin
g of virtual floats in high-resolution ocean models\, or from the paths of
free-flowing observational drifters (surface buoys or Argo floats) in the
real ocean.\n\nIn this seminar\, I'll give an overview of some recent wor
k with Lagrangian particles. I will show applications to dynamical oceanog
raphy\, marine ecology\, palaeoclimatology and marine plastic pollution. C
entral to each of these studies is the question on how connected the diffe
rent ocean basins are\, and on what time scales water flows between the di
fferent regions of the ocean.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170207T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170207T010000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS — Erik van Sebille (Imperial College London)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-erik-van-sebille-imperial-college-londo
n
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\\n\\nChasing Water: L
agrangian tracking of tracers\, plastic and plankton through the global oc
ean\n\n\n\nThe ocean is in constant motion\, with water circulating within
and flowing between basins. As the water moves around\, it caries heat an
d nutrients\, as well as larger objects like planktonic organisms and litt
er around the globe.\n\nThe most natural way to study the pathways of wate
r and the connections between ocean basins is using particle trajectories.
The trajectories can come from either computing of virtual floats in high
-resolution ocean models\, or from the paths of free-flowing observational
drifters (surface buoys or Argo floats) in the real ocean.\n\nIn this sem
inar\, I'll give an overview of some recent work with Lagrangian particles
. I will show applications to dynamical oceanography\, marine ecology\, pa
laeoclimatology and marine plastic pollution. Central to each of these stu
dies is the question on how connected the different ocean basins are\, and
on what time scales water flows between the different regions of the ocea
n.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:t5ke92ulk1dnd2rbqjqu41l4as@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170207T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170207T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Tom Rossby\, URI. ‘Currents\, fluxes and the MOC between Cape Farew
ell and Scotland’. Clark 507.
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/tom-rossby-uri-currents-fluxes-and-the-moc-
between-cape-farewell-and-scotland-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170210T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Linking fault-zone geology\, fluid flow and seismicity at ocean
ic transform faults
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170210T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170210T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Jessica Warren (University of Delaware)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-jessica-warren-university-of-d
elaware
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\\n\\nLinking fault-zo
ne geology\, fluid flow and seismicity at oceanic transform faults<
/HTML>
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170210T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170210T110000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170210T100000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170217T100000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170224T100000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170303T100000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170324T100000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170331T100000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170414T100000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170421T100000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170505T100000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170512T100000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20170512T140000Z;BYDAY=FR
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Speaker ()
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-speaker
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170213T120000-8ccmb0ifths3ko79iorelr6vsk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: Monsoon circulations and tropical heterogeneous chlorine
chemistry in the stratosphere\n\nAbstract: This seminar presents novel fi
ndings that expand the range of latitudes over which heterogeneous chemist
ry operates in the stratosphere. It has long been thought that heterogen
eous chlorine chemistry would only be important in the Antarctic and Arcti
c. Our new work shows that tropical heterogeneous chemistry is also imp
ortant. Transport processes associated with the summer monsoons bring i
ncreased abundances of hydrochloric acid into contact with liquid sulfate
aerosols in the cold tropical lowermost stratosphere\, leading to heteroge
neous chemical activation of chlorine species. The calculations indicate
that the spatial and seasonal distributions of chlorine monoxide and chlo
rine nitrate near the monsoon regions of the northern hemisphere tropical
and subtropical lowermost stratosphere could provide indicators of heterog
eneous chlorine processing. In the model\, these processes impact the lo
cal ozone budget and decrease ozoneabundances\, implying a chemical contri
bution to longer-term northern tropical ozone profile changes at 16-19 km.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170213T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:**CANCELLED** PAOC Colloquium: Susan Solomon\, MIT
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-susan-solomon-mit
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\\n\\nTitle: Monsoon c
irculations and tropical heterogeneous chlorine chemistry in the stratosph
ere\n\nAbstract: This seminar presents novel findings that expand the rang
e of latitudes over which heterogeneous chemistry operates in the stratosp
here. It has long been thought that heterogeneous chlorine chemistry wou
ld only be important in the Antarctic and Arctic. Our new work shows th
at tropical heterogeneous chemistry is also important. Transport proces
ses associated with the summer monsoons bring increased abundances of hydr
ochloric acid into contact with liquid sulfate aerosols in the cold tropic
al lowermost stratosphere\, leading to heterogeneous chemical activation o
f chlorine species. The calculations indicate that the spatial and seaso
nal distributions of chlorine monoxide and chlorine nitrate near the monso
on regions of the northern hemisphere tropical and subtropical lowermost s
tratosphere could provide indicators of heterogeneous chlorine processing.
In the model\, these processes impact the local ozone budget and decrea
se ozoneabundances\, implying a chemical contribution to longer-term north
ern tropical ozone profile changes at 16-19 km.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:8ccmb0ifths3ko79iorelr6vsk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144620Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170213T130000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170227T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170306T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170313T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170320T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170327T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170403T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170410T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170417T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170424T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170501T120000
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;COUNT=12;BYDAY=MO
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:me9klcq795qiesh92ut2brjc4g@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170214T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170214T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Kate Lowry\, WHOI. ‘The influence of sea ice and hydrography on phy
toplankton bloom dynamics in the Chukchi Sea’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open-9
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5admdpcsqbl9p2c7admptacdk8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Building a tool kit to assess reproductive performance of sea s
callop populations\n\nMs. Skylar Bayer\nPh.D. Candidate in Marine Biology
\nSchool of Marine Sciences\nUniversity of Maine\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170216T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170216T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Ms. Skylar Bayer
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/ms-skylar-bayer
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\\n\\nBuilding a tool
kit to assess reproductive performance of sea scallop populations\n\nMs. S
kylar Bayer\nPh.D. Candidate in Marine Biology\nSchool of Marine Sciences
\nUniversity of Maine\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:usev2apv2hqk7s86sv039o2bf4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170216T140500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170216T150000
LOCATION:Clark 201
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Steingrimur Jonsson\, U. Akureyri. ‘Study of water exchange\, circu
lation and oxygen levels in a small fjord in Iceland following the death o
f 52 thousand tons of herring’. Clark 201
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/steingrimur-jonsson-university-of-akureyri-
tbd-clark-201
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170217T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Life under ice: Exploring the microbial landscape of Antarctic
lakes
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170217T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170217T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Tyler Mackey (MIT)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-tyler-mackey-mit
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nLife under ice:
Exploring the microbial landscape of Antarctic lakes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170220T120000-8ccmb0ifths3ko79iorelr6vsk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: A few new perspectives on humanity and Earth’s climate\n
\nAbstract:\n\nWhen fossil fuel energy was discovered\, the timing and int
ensity of the resulting climate impacts depended on what the natural CO2 c
oncentration in the atmosphere was at that time\, which could have been an
ything. The radiative forcing scales as the ratio of the fossil fuel CO2
in the atmosphere to the background\, natural CO2 concentration. Assuming
continued exponential growth in the fossil carbon in the atmosphere\, alt
ering the background concentration has the effect of dialing the radiative
forcing and climate response back and forth in time. If the natural conc
entration had been a factor of two or more lower\, the climate impacts of
fossil fuel CO2 release would have occurred about 50 or more years sooner\
, making it much more challenging for the developing human society to scie
ntifically understand the phenomenon of anthropogenic climate change in ti
me to prevent it.\n\nNow that we understand the situation\, much of our de
cision-making progress involves money. The costs of cutting CO2 emissions
(mitigation) can be balanced against a construct called the Social Cost o
f Carbon\, which is formulated to represent future costs as their present-
day equivalents using discounting\, in order to compare fairly against the
immediate costs of mitigation. U.S. EPA valued the SCC at about $40 / to
n of CO2. I will show the derivation of a different but complementary num
ber\, the potential Ultimate Social Cost of Carbon to 5000 future human ge
nerations of the climate impacts from fossil CO2 release. Long term sea l
evel rise of 50 meters provides the clearest impact. I get about $40k / t
on CO2. The formulation treats humanity as any other component of the ter
restrial biosphere\, in an end-member case where we do not transcend biolo
gical limitations such as by soil and water availability. Costs are integ
rated through time based on the assumption that each generation of humanit
y values its world (whatever it may look like) equally to any other genera
tion\, in particular to our own.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170221T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170221T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: David Archer (U Chicago)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-david-archer-u-chicago
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTitle: A few new
perspectives on humanity and Earth’s climate\n\nAbstract:\n\nWhen fossil
fuel energy was discovered\, the timing and intensity of the resulting cli
mate impacts depended on what the natural CO2 concentration in the atmosph
ere was at that time\, which could have been anything. The radiative forc
ing scales as the ratio of the fossil fuel CO2 in the atmosphere to the ba
ckground\, natural CO2 concentration. Assuming continued exponential grow
th in the fossil carbon in the atmosphere\, altering the background concen
tration has the effect of dialing the radiative forcing and climate respon
se back and forth in time. If the natural concentration had been a factor
of two or more lower\, the climate impacts of fossil fuel CO2 release wou
ld have occurred about 50 or more years sooner\, making it much more chall
enging for the developing human society to scientifically understand the p
henomenon of anthropogenic climate change in time to prevent it.\n\nNow th
at we understand the situation\, much of our decision-making progress invo
lves money. The costs of cutting CO2 emissions (mitigation) can be balanc
ed against a construct called the Social Cost of Carbon\, which is formula
ted to represent future costs as their present-day equivalents using disco
unting\, in order to compare fairly against the immediate costs of mitigat
ion. U.S. EPA valued the SCC at about $40 / ton of CO2. I will show the
derivation of a different but complementary number\, the potential Ultimat
e Social Cost of Carbon to 5000 future human generations of the climate im
pacts from fossil CO2 release. Long term sea level rise of 50 meters prov
ides the clearest impact. I get about $40k / ton CO2. The formulation tr
eats humanity as any other component of the terrestrial biosphere\, in an
end-member case where we do not transcend biological limitations such as b
y soil and water availability. Costs are integrated through time based on
the assumption that each generation of humanity values its world (whateve
r it may look like) equally to any other generation\, in particular to our
own.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:hn0vrl3v3khlk6nb701l05d7ac@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170221T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170221T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Matthew Falder\, U. Birmingham. ‘Sharp transition from internal wav
es to stratified turbulence observed in seismic reflection images’. Clark
507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/matthew-falder-u-birmingham-sharp-transitio
n-from-internal-waves-to-stratified-turbulence-observed-in-seismic-reflect
ion-images-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:t6tjald4oboucoglctjbv2mqss@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Copepod biogeography in a changing Arctic Ocean\n\nDr. Zhixuan
Feng\nPostdoctora Investigator\nWHOI Biology Department\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170223T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170223T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Zhixuan Feng
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-zhixuan-feng
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nCopepod biogeogr
aphy in a changing Arctic Ocean\n\nDr. Zhixuan Feng\nPostdoctora Investiga
tor\nWHOI Biology Department\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170224T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:The Mars Mantle: Insights from Rover Missions and Terrestrial A
nalogues\n\nBasaltic igneous rocks represent samples of a planet’s\ninteri
or and give insight to the degree of heterogeneity or\nhomogeneity of the
interior. This talk will focus on the\norigins of geochemical diversity an
d estimates of oxygen\nfugacity among igneous and least altered sedimentar
y rocks\nmeasured by rover missions. Relative influences of partial\nmelti
ng\, fractional crystallization\, and mantle metasomatism\nwill be explore
d. Terrestrial mantle xenoliths from alkaline\nprovinces are considered as
analogues to the Martian\nmantle\, including cumulate xenoliths from post
-shield\nHawaiian volcanoes and metasomatized xenoliths from\nMount Taylor
Volcanic Field (New Mexico). Such a\ncomparison is worthwhile because the
Martian upper\nmantle is likely a mixture of primary\, residual\,\nmetaso
matized\, and cumulate mantle.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170224T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170224T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Mariek Schmidt (Brock University)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-mariek-schmidt-brock-universit
y
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nThe Mars Mantle:
Insights from Rover Missions and Terrestrial Analogues\n\nBasaltic igneou
s rocks represent samples of a planet’s\ninterior and give insight to the
degree of heterogeneity or\nhomogeneity of the interior. This talk will fo
cus on the\norigins of geochemical diversity and estimates of oxygen\nfuga
city among igneous and least altered sedimentary rocks\nmeasured by rover
missions. Relative influences of partial\nmelting\, fractional crystalliza
tion\, and mantle metasomatism\nwill be explored. Terrestrial mantle xenol
iths from alkaline\nprovinces are considered as analogues to the Martian\n
mantle\, including cumulate xenoliths from post-shield\nHawaiian volcanoes
and metasomatized xenoliths from\nMount Taylor Volcanic Field (New Mexico
). Such a\ncomparison is worthwhile because the Martian upper\nmantle is l
ikely a mixture of primary\, residual\,\nmetasomatized\, and cumulate mant
le.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:70s03f34m8abqg7qu8bai18etg@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Eddy-driven subduction of carbon and oxygen from the upper ocea
n\n\nHow organic carbon and oxygen produced through photosynthesis in the
upper ocean make their way in to the stratified interior is of relevance f
or the biological pump. Sinking of particulate organic matter contributes
to exporting carbon and nitrogen. But\, oxygen necessarily relies on an ad
vective flux that feeds the bacterial demand for decomposing organic matte
r at depth. Glider profiles of oxygen\, backscatter and chlorophyll are an
alyzed following the spring phytoplankton bloom in the subpolar North Atla
ntic and show signatures of subducting water features intertwined within t
he eddy field. A numerical model reveals how eddies subduct surface waters
rich in carbon and oxygen during the phase of mixed layer stratification
that follows the onset of the spring bloom. The downward flux can be quant
ified in terms of the horizontal and vertical gradients of buoyancy and tr
acer. Evaluation of the scaling estimate over the global oceans shows that
eddy-driven subduction following the spring bloom makes a sizable contrib
ution to the export of carbon and oxygen from the high-latitude oceans.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170227T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170227T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium – Amala Mahadevan (WHOI)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-amala-mahadevan-whoi-2
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\\n\\nEddy-driven subd
uction of carbon and oxygen from the upper ocean\n\nHow organic carbon and
oxygen produced through photosynthesis in the upper ocean make their way
in to the stratified interior is of relevance for the biological pump. Sin
king of particulate organic matter contributes to exporting carbon and nit
rogen. But\, oxygen necessarily relies on an advective flux that feeds the
bacterial demand for decomposing organic matter at depth. Glider profiles
of oxygen\, backscatter and chlorophyll are analyzed following the spring
phytoplankton bloom in the subpolar North Atlantic and show signatures of
subducting water features intertwined within the eddy field. A numerical
model reveals how eddies subduct surface waters rich in carbon and oxygen
during the phase of mixed layer stratification that follows the onset of t
he spring bloom. The downward flux can be quantified in terms of the horiz
ontal and vertical gradients of buoyancy and tracer. Evaluation of the sca
ling estimate over the global oceans shows that eddy-driven subduction fol
lowing the spring bloom makes a sizable contribution to the export of carb
on and oxygen from the high-latitude oceans.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:vt5avemev1nv2u36npr0hkdqg4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:The Brewer-Dobson circulation\, the meridional overturning of m
ass in the stratosphere\, is important for the distribution of gases in th
e stratosphere\, such as ozone and water vapor\, which impact surface clim
ate. I will present a theory that relates the ideal tracer 'age of air' to
this circulation strength. Age can be determined from certain trace gases
\, and I have applied the theory to obtain the first data-based estimate o
f the global meridional overturning circulation of the stratosphere. When
I compare this to models and reanalysis data\, I find substantial disagree
ment. I will then show how age of air provides enough information to deter
mine the full circulation by deriving a quantitative relationship between
the age distribution and the adiabatic component of the circulation.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170228T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170228T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Marianna Linz\, MIT/WHOI. ‘A theory for calculating the strength of
the stratospheric circulation from age’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/marianna-linz-mitwhoi-a-theory-for-calculat
ing-the-strength-of-the-stratospheric-circulation-from-age-clark-507
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\\n\\nThe Brewer-Dobso
n circulation\, the meridional overturning of mass in the stratosphere\, i
s important for the distribution of gases in the stratosphere\, such as oz
one and water vapor\, which impact surface climate. I will present a theor
y that relates the ideal tracer 'age of air' to this circulation strength.
Age can be determined from certain trace gases\, and I have applied the t
heory to obtain the first data-based estimate of the global meridional ove
rturning circulation of the stratosphere. When I compare this to models an
d reanalysis data\, I find substantial disagreement. I will then show how
age of air provides enough information to determine the full circulation b
y deriving a quantitative relationship between the age distribution and th
e adiabatic component of the circulation.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:pjlef2grif27kg8g886drvn09k@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Warm-route versus cold-route interbasin exchange in the meridio
nal overturning circulation - Why is the Atlantic saltier than the Pacific
?\n\nThe interbasin exchange of the meridional overturning circulation (MO
C) is studied in an idealized domain with two basins connected by a circum
polar channel in the southernmost region. Gnanadesikan’s (1999) conceptual
model for the upper branch of the MOC is extended to include two basins o
f different widths connected by a re-entrant channel at the southern edge
and separated by two continents of different meridional extents. Its analy
sis illustrates the basic processes of interbasin flow exchange either thr
ough the connection at the southern latitude of the long continent (cold
route) or through the connection at the southern latitude of the short con
tinent (warm route). A cold-route exchange occurs when the short continent
is poleward of the latitude separating the sub-polar and sub-tropical gyr
e in the southern hemisphere\, otherwise there is warm-route exchange. The
predictions of the conceptual model are compared to primitive equation co
mputations in a domain with the same idealized geometry forced by wind-str
ess\, surface temperature relaxation and surface salinity flux. A visualiz
ation of the horizontal structure of the upper branch of the MOC illustrat
es the cold and warm routes of interbasin exchange flows. Diagnostics of t
he primitive equation computations show that the warm-route exchange flow
is responsible for a substantial salinification of the basin where sinking
occurs. This salinification is larger when the interbasin exchange is via
the warm route\, and it is more pronounced when the warm-route exchange f
lows from the wide to the narrow basin.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170301T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170301T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS — Paola Cessi (Scripps)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-paola-cessi
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\\n\\nWarm-route versu
s cold-route interbasin exchange in the meridional overturning circulation
- Why is the Atlantic saltier than the Pacific?\n\nThe interbasin exchang
e of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is studied in an idealiz
ed domain with two basins connected by a circumpolar channel in the southe
rnmost region. Gnanadesikan’s (1999) conceptual model for the upper branch
of the MOC is extended to include two basins of different widths connecte
d by a re-entrant channel at the southern edge and separated by two contin
ents of different meridional extents. Its analysis illustrates the basic p
rocesses of interbasin flow exchange either through the connection at the
southern latitude of the long continent (cold route) or through the conne
ction at the southern latitude of the short continent (warm route). A cold
-route exchange occurs when the short continent is poleward of the latitud
e separating the sub-polar and sub-tropical gyre in the southern hemispher
e\, otherwise there is warm-route exchange. The predictions of the concept
ual model are compared to primitive equation computations in a domain with
the same idealized geometry forced by wind-stress\, surface temperature r
elaxation and surface salinity flux. A visualization of the horizontal str
ucture of the upper branch of the MOC illustrates the cold and warm routes
of interbasin exchange flows. Diagnostics of the primitive equation compu
tations show that the warm-route exchange flow is responsible for a substa
ntial salinification of the basin where sinking occurs. This salinificatio
n is larger when the interbasin exchange is via the warm route\, and it is
more pronounced when the warm-route exchange flows from the wide to the n
arrow basin.\n
END:VEVENT
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UID:b2thnvnd9joejech1tsch4021g@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Patterns and consequences of kinship in marine populations\n\nD
r. Cassidy D'Aloia\nPostdoctoral Scholar\nWHOI Biology Department\n\nAbstr
act
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170302T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170302T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Cassidy D’Aloia
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cassidy-daloia
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\\n\\nPatterns and con
sequences of kinship in marine populations\n\nDr. Cassidy D'Aloia\nPostdoc
toral Scholar\nWHOI Biology Department\n\n
Abstract\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170303T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Dust in the Wind: Investigating Past and Present Dust Depositio
n in the Uinta Mountains\, Utah\n\nEolian delivery of mineral dust impacts
soil development\, contributes to soil fertility\, influences surface wat
er chemistry\, and alters snowpack albedo in high mountain ecosystems. Thi
s study focuses on past and present deposition of mineral dust in the alpi
ne zone of the Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah. Alpine soil profiles
in the Uintas feature a ubiquitous layer of silt ~20 cm thick\, indicating
that dust deposition has been a significant long-term process in this env
ironment. Four passive dust collectors were deployed in June\, 2011\, and
an additional four were deployed in October\, 2015. These collectors docum
ent an average dust flux of ~4 g/m2/yr\, similar to values measured from s
nowpack samples in the Wind River (Wyoming) and San Juan (Colorado) Mounta
ins. XRD analysis reveals that the dust is dominated by quartz\, potassium
feldspar\, plagioclase\, and illite. Some samples contain amphibole and c
hlorite. The dust is very well-sorted\, with a median size of 8 μm. Geoche
mical records from lacustrine sediment cores reveal that the flux and prop
erties of dust arriving in the Uinta Mountains have varied over the post-g
lacial period\, likely in response to regional changes in aridity. A speci
ally designed active sampler deployed at an elevation of 3700 m collects s
eparate samples of NNW and SSE provenance. Differences in grain size distr
ibution\, mineralogy\, and geochemistry of samples from contrasting wind d
irections indicate the importance of regional dust sources.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170303T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170303T110000
LOCATION:Building 54\, Room 915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Jeff Munroe (Middlebury College)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-jeff-munroe-middlebury-college
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\\n\\nDust in the Wind
: Investigating Past and Present Dust Deposition in the Uinta Mountains\,
Utah\n\nEolian delivery of mineral dust impacts soil development\, contrib
utes to soil fertility\, influences surface water chemistry\, and alters s
nowpack albedo in high mountain ecosystems. This study focuses on past and
present deposition of mineral dust in the alpine zone of the Uinta Mounta
ins in northeastern Utah. Alpine soil profiles in the Uintas feature a ubi
quitous layer of silt ~20 cm thick\, indicating that dust deposition has b
een a significant long-term process in this environment. Four passive dust
collectors were deployed in June\, 2011\, and an additional four were dep
loyed in October\, 2015. These collectors document an average dust flux of
~4 g/m2/yr\, similar to values measured from snowpack samples in the Wind
River (Wyoming) and San Juan (Colorado) Mountains. XRD analysis reveals t
hat the dust is dominated by quartz\, potassium feldspar\, plagioclase\, a
nd illite. Some samples contain amphibole and chlorite. The dust is very w
ell-sorted\, with a median size of 8 μm. Geochemical records from lacustri
ne sediment cores reveal that the flux and properties of dust arriving in
the Uinta Mountains have varied over the post-glacial period\, likely in r
esponse to regional changes in aridity. A specially designed active sample
r deployed at an elevation of 3700 m collects separate samples of NNW and
SSE provenance. Differences in grain size distribution\, mineralogy\, and
geochemistry of samples from contrasting wind directions indicate the impo
rtance of regional dust sources.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170306T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170306T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Open House
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open-house
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:lora794199g0vou53mqqarjl7k@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170307T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170307T160500
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Jake Gebbie\, Irina Rypina and Amala Mahadevan\, WHOI. From Circula
tion to Mixing — Some Vignettes of Physical Oceanography. Clark 201
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/reserved-3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:lmlhi8pt0d9au0c0m4m7tg5ke0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Barotropic turbulence above topography: form stress and eddy sa
turation\n\nWind is an important driver of large-scale ocean currents\, im
parting momentum into the ocean at the sea surface. This force is almost e
ntirely balanced by topographic form stress (that is the correlation of bo
ttom pressure and topographic slope). The direct effect of bottom or skin
friction in turbulent boundary layers is almost negligible for the momentu
m balance. We use a one-layer barotropic model to study the effect of a ra
ndom monoscale bottom topography on beta-plane geostrophic turbulence. The
model forcing is a uniform steady wind stress that produces both a unifor
m large-scale flow and smaller-scale macroturbulence. The macroturbulence
is characterized by both standing and transient eddies and the large-scale
flow is retarded by a combination of bottom drag and domain-averaged topo
graphic form stress produced by the standing eddies. \n\nA main control pa
rameter is the ratio of beta to the root mean square gradient of the topog
raphic potential vorticity (PV). We derive asymptotic scaling laws for the
strength of the large-scale flow in the limiting cases of weak and strong
forcing. If beta is comparable to\, or larger than\, the topographic PV g
radient there is an “eddy saturation” regime in which the large-scale flow
is insensitive to large changes in the wind stress. We show that eddy sat
uration requires strong transient eddies that act effectively as PV diffus
ion. This diffusion does not decrease the strength of the standing eddies
but it does increase the topographic form stress by enhancing the correlat
ion between topographic slope and the standing eddy pressure field.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170308T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170308T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS — William Young (Scripps)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-william-young
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\\n\\nBarotropic turbu
lence above topography: form stress and eddy saturation\n\nWind is an impo
rtant driver of large-scale ocean currents\, imparting momentum into the o
cean at the sea surface. This force is almost entirely balanced by topogra
phic form stress (that is the correlation of bottom pressure and topograph
ic slope). The direct effect of bottom or skin friction in turbulent bound
ary layers is almost negligible for the momentum balance. We use a one-lay
er barotropic model to study the effect of a random monoscale bottom topog
raphy on beta-plane geostrophic turbulence. The model forcing is a uniform
steady wind stress that produces both a uniform large-scale flow and smal
ler-scale macroturbulence. The macroturbulence is characterized by both st
anding and transient eddies and the large-scale flow is retarded by a comb
ination of bottom drag and domain-averaged topographic form stress produce
d by the standing eddies. \n\nA main control parameter is the ratio of bet
a to the root mean square gradient of the topographic potential vorticity
(PV). We derive asymptotic scaling laws for the strength of the large-scal
e flow in the limiting cases of weak and strong forcing. If beta is compar
able to\, or larger than\, the topographic PV gradient there is an “eddy s
aturation” regime in which the large-scale flow is insensitive to large ch
anges in the wind stress. We show that eddy saturation requires strong tra
nsient eddies that act effectively as PV diffusion. This diffusion does no
t decrease the strength of the standing eddies but it does increase the to
pographic form stress by enhancing the correlation between topographic slo
pe and the standing eddy pressure field.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:03odrjl8abvla790h9pqe6ihbc@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:The Sound of Fury? Drivers of snapping shrimp sound production
and their domination\nof marine acoustic environments\n\nDr. Ashlee Lillis
\nPostdoctoral Scholar\nWoods Holde Oceanographic Institution\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170309T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170309T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Ashlee Lillis
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-ashlee-lillis-2
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\\n\\nThe Sound of Fur
y? Drivers of snapping shrimp sound production and their domination\nof ma
rine acoustic environments\n\n
Dr. Ashlee Lillis\nPostdoctoral Scholar
\nWoods Holde Oceanographic Institution\n\n
Abstract\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170310T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Generation of Arc Crust Requires Oxidation of the Mantle\n\nCon
tinental crust forms uniquely on Earth. High water and oxygen activities l
ead to the generation of continental crust\, but the location\, mechanism\
, and pathway by which oxygen activity increases remains elusive. I¹ll pre
sent recent work mapping oxygen activity in space and time during subducti
on zone initiation in the Western Pacific\, a story told by basalts and fo
rearc peridotites.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170310T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170310T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Elizabeth Cottrell (Smithsonian Institution National
Museum of Natural History)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-elizabeth-cottrell-smithsonian
-institution-national-museum-of-natural-history
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\\n\\nGeneration of Ar
c Crust Requires Oxidation of the Mantle\n\nContinental crust forms unique
ly on Earth. High water and oxygen activities lead to the generation of co
ntinental crust\, but the location\, mechanism\, and pathway by which oxyg
en activity increases remains elusive. I¹ll present recent work mapping ox
ygen activity in space and time during subduction zone initiation in the W
estern Pacific\, a story told by basalts and forearc peridotites.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:a8pluujhk0955eqltsvjq6pob8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: Changes in the statistics of U.S. tornado reports\n\nAbs
tract: Tornadoes damage property and kill people each year. Recent observa
tional studies have noted changes in the statistics of tornadoes reported
in the U.S. While there is believed to have been no changes in the annual
number of reliably reported tornadoes\, year-to-year variability has incre
ased and more tornadoes are occurring in clusters (outbreaks). A natural q
uestion is whether a changing climate might be responsible for these trend
s. The length\, variability and quality of the U.S. tornado record make an
swering that question difficult. An alternative approach is to examine lar
ge-scale meteorological features such as vertical wind shear and convectiv
e available potential energy that are associated with increased likelihood
of severe thunderstorm activity. These associations can be summarized in
indices which are functions of the local environment and whose values indi
cate the likelihood of severe thunderstorms. Here we compare variability i
n tornado reports to observed changes in meteorological environments\, as
well as those expected under climate change.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170313T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170313T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, MIT\, Cambridge\, MA\
, United States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Prof. Michael Tippett (Columbia University)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-prof-michael-tippett-columb
ia-university-2
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\\n\\nTitle: Changes i
n the statistics of U.S. tornado reports\n\nAbstract: Tornadoes damage pro
perty and kill people each year. Recent observational studies have noted c
hanges in the statistics of tornadoes reported in the U.S. While there is
believed to have been no changes in the annual number of reliably reported
tornadoes\, year-to-year variability has increased and more tornadoes are
occurring in clusters (outbreaks). A natural question is whether a changi
ng climate might be responsible for these trends. The length\, variability
and quality of the U.S. tornado record make answering that question diffi
cult. An alternative approach is to examine large-scale meteorological fea
tures such as vertical wind shear and convective available potential energ
y that are associated with increased likelihood of severe thunderstorm act
ivity. These associations can be summarized in indices which are functions
of the local environment and whose values indicate the likelihood of seve
re thunderstorms. Here we compare variability in tornado reports to observ
ed changes in meteorological environments\, as well as those expected unde
r climate change.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:390i4j6i57kb0bgdtfr5hhp1sk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:**SPECIAL BIOSEMINAR**\n\nLong Term Shift in Cod Phenology Link
ed to Water Clarity and Delayed Spring Bloom Onset\n\nDr. Anders Frugård
Opdal\nPostdoctoral Researcher\nUniversity of Bergen\, Norway\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170314T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170314T160000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Anders Frugård Opdal – cancelled
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/special-bioseminar
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\\n\\n**SPECIAL BIOSEM
INAR**\n\nLong Term Shift in Cod Phenology Linked to Water Clarity and Del
ayed Spring Bloom Onset\n\nDr. Anders Frugård Opdal\nPostdoctoral Researc
her\nUniversity of Bergen\, Norway\n\n
Abstract\n\n\n\n\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:di3t8ip1keifimq60bi5cjnl2s@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170314T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170314T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Bernadette Sloyan\, CSIRO. ‘Sustained Ocean Observations: the role
of the OOPC (Ocean Observations Physics and Climate panel)’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/bernadette-sloyan-csiro-tbd-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:282jnfvshnuoiapnbkcm8bf17g@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Southern Ocean eddies: generation\, propagation and decay\n\nTh
e Southern Ocean has high concentrations of eddy kinetic energy\, but anal
ysis of altimeter data and an ocean state estimate show that the generatio
n of relatively large amplitude eddies is not a ubiquitous feature of the
Southern Ocean but rather a phenomenon that is constrained to isolated\, w
ell-defined regions. Five “hotspots” of high probability of eddy generatio
n are identified using altimeter data. These hotspots are located downstre
am of major topographic features\, with their boundaries closely following
f/H contours. Eddies generated in these locations do not propagate far bu
t decay within the boundaries of the generation area. The anisotropy of th
e dispersion of eddy tracks in geographical coordinates versus a rotated c
oordinates system aligned with f/H contours\, shows that eddies tend to fo
llow f/H contours rather than f. Maps of buoyancy and shear production ter
ms computed from a state estimation model show enhanced values of both con
version terms inside the hotspots\, with buoyancy production two orders of
magnitude larger than shear production. The mean potential density field
estimated from Argo floats shows that inside the hotspots isopycnal slopes
are steep\, indicating availability of potential energy and providing fur
ther evidence of the main generation mechanism. The hotspots identified in
this paper overlap with previously identified regions of standing meander
s. We hypothesize that hotspot locations can be explained by the combined
effect of topographic features\, standing meanders which enhanced baroclin
ic instability and availability of potential energy to generate eddies via
baroclinic instabilities.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170315T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170315T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS — Uriel Zajaczkovski (Scripps)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-uriel-zajaczkovski
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\\n\\nSouthern Ocean e
ddies: generation\, propagation and decay\n\nThe Southern Ocean has high c
oncentrations of eddy kinetic energy\, but analysis of altimeter data and
an ocean state estimate show that the generation of relatively large ampli
tude eddies is not a ubiquitous feature of the Southern Ocean but rather a
phenomenon that is constrained to isolated\, well-defined regions. Five “
hotspots” of high probability of eddy generation are identified using alti
meter data. These hotspots are located downstream of major topographic fea
tures\, with their boundaries closely following f/H contours. Eddies gener
ated in these locations do not propagate far but decay within the boundari
es of the generation area. The anisotropy of the dispersion of eddy tracks
in geographical coordinates versus a rotated coordinates system aligned w
ith f/H contours\, shows that eddies tend to follow f/H contours rather th
an f. Maps of buoyancy and shear production terms computed from a state es
timation model show enhanced values of both conversion terms inside the ho
tspots\, with buoyancy production two orders of magnitude larger than shea
r production. The mean potential density field estimated from Argo floats
shows that inside the hotspots isopycnal slopes are steep\, indicating ava
ilability of potential energy and providing further evidence of the main g
eneration mechanism. The hotspots identified in this paper overlap with pr
eviously identified regions of standing meanders. We hypothesize that hots
pot locations can be explained by the combined effect of topographic featu
res\, standing meanders which enhanced baroclinic instability and availabi
lity of potential energy to generate eddies via baroclinic instabilities.
\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5ejrbo74o0qejme6sc4vhqf0sc@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Water and War: Hydropolitics in the Middle East\n\nDr. Darlene
Ketten\nAssistant Clinical Professor\, Harvard Medical School\nSenior Rese
arch Scientist\, Boston University\nDesignated Expert\, Environment-Scienc
e-\nTechnology-Health\, U.S. Department of State\nBureau of Near Eastern A
ffairs/Iraq (NEA/I/ECON/ESTH)\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170316T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170316T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Darlene Ketten
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-darlene-ketten
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\\n\\nWater and War: H
ydropolitics in the Middle East\n\nDr. Darlene Ketten\nAssistant Clinical
Professor\, Harvard Medical School\nSenior Research Scientist\, Boston Uni
versity\nDesignated Expert\, Environment-Science-\nTechnology-Health\, U.S
. Department of State\nBureau of Near Eastern Affairs/Iraq (NEA/I/ECON/EST
H)\n\n
A
bstract\n\n
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Seeing Through the Haze: Using Sulfur-Isotope Systematics to Pr
obe the Composition of Earth's Early Atmosphere\n\nReconstructing the evol
ution of atmospheric chemistry has long been the focus of geochemical rese
arch\; however\, the utility of our geochemical toolbox is rarely without
inference. Introducing quadruple S-isotope systematics\, we’ll take a ramb
le through the Archean sulfur-isotope record and take a glimpse at the evo
lution of our atmosphere. Focusing on newer\, high-resolution\, approaches
I will present recent and [maybe] emerging data that constrains the first
irreversible rise in atmospheric oxygen—The Great Oxidation Event—as well
as a mechanism that may have expedited the accumulation of oxygen and the
biological innovations that followed.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170317T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170317T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Gareth Izon (MIT)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-tba
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\\n\\nSeeing Through t
he Haze: Using Sulfur-Isotope Systematics to Probe the Composition of Eart
h's Early Atmosphere\n\nReconstructing the evolution of atmospheric chemis
try has long been the focus of geochemical research\; however\, the utilit
y of our geochemical toolbox is rarely without inference. Introducing quad
ruple S-isotope systematics\, we’ll take a ramble through the Archean sulf
ur-isotope record and take a glimpse at the evolution of our atmosphere. F
ocusing on newer\, high-resolution\, approaches I will present recent and
[maybe] emerging data that constrains the first irreversible rise in atmos
pheric oxygen—The Great Oxidation Event—as well as a mechanism that may ha
ve expedited the accumulation of oxygen and the biological innovations tha
t followed. \n
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: Why does climate sensitivity go up as ocean heat uptake
declines? A linear systems perspective.\n\nTransient climate sensitivity t
ends to increase on multiple timescales in climate models subject to an ab
rupt CO2 increase\, which suggests that:\n(1) we may be systematically und
erestimating equilibrium sensitivity\nin the models\, and\n(2) constrainin
g equilibrium sensitivity from observations is a\ntricky business at best.
\nI will argue that the radiative feedback and ocean heat uptake processes
governing transient sensitivity are intimately connected. Idealized GCM e
xperiments show that the global climatic impact of spatially localized oce
an heat uptake patterns are very sensitive to their geographical distribut
ion. I will discuss these results in terms of the efficacy concept and a l
inear systems perspective in which responses to individual climate forcing
agents are additive. Heat uptake can be treated as a slowly varying forci
ng on the atmosphere and surface\, whose efficacy is strongly determined b
y its spatial pattern. An illustrative linear model demonstrates the emerg
ence of increasing climate sensitivity as a simple consequence of the slow
decay of high-efficacy sub-polar heat uptake. Shortwave cloud feedbacks a
re a key player in this increasing climate sensitivity\, both in idealized
and CMIP5-type models. I propose a causal physical mechanism linking sub-
polar heat uptake to a global-scale increase in lower-tropospheric stabili
ty.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170320T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170320T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Brian Rose\, U Albany
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-brian-rose-u-albany-2
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\\n\\nTitle: Why does
climate sensitivity go up as ocean heat uptake declines? A linear systems
perspective.\n\nTransient climate sensitivity tends to increase on multipl
e timescales in climate models subject to an abrupt CO2 increase\, which s
uggests that:\n(1) we may be systematically underestimating equilibrium se
nsitivity\nin the models\, and\n(2) constraining equilibrium sensitivity f
rom observations is a\ntricky business at best.\nI will argue that the rad
iative feedback and ocean heat uptake processes governing transient sensit
ivity are intimately connected. Idealized GCM experiments show that the gl
obal climatic impact of spatially localized ocean heat uptake patterns are
very sensitive to their geographical distribution. I will discuss these r
esults in terms of the efficacy concept and a linear systems perspective i
n which responses to individual climate forcing agents are additive. Heat
uptake can be treated as a slowly varying forcing on the atmosphere and su
rface\, whose efficacy is strongly determined by its spatial pattern. An i
llustrative linear model demonstrates the emergence of increasing climate
sensitivity as a simple consequence of the slow decay of high-efficacy sub
-polar heat uptake. Shortwave cloud feedbacks are a key player in this inc
reasing climate sensitivity\, both in idealized and CMIP5-type models. I p
ropose a causal physical mechanism linking sub-polar heat uptake to a glob
al-scale increase in lower-tropospheric stability.
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170321T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170321T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Cancelled
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open-2
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Disentangling bottom-up and top-down effects on\nCalanus dynami
cs in high latitude systems\n\nDr. Kristina Kvile\nPostdoctoral Scholar\nB
iology Department\, WHOI\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170323T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170323T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Kristina Kvile
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-kristina-kvile
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\\n\\nDisentangling bo
ttom-up and top-down effects on\nCalanus dynamics in high latitude systems
\n\n
Dr. Kristina Kvile
\nPostdoctoral Scholar\nBiology Department\, WHOI\n\n
Abstract
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Cave records from Southeast Asia: Windows to past hydroclimate
variability\n\nDespite significant advances in our understanding of tropic
al Australasian monsoon climate variability over the past decade(s)\, we s
till know very little about the range and mechanisms of rainfall variabili
ty in Southeast Asia on orbital (~100\,000-year) to millennial (~1000-year
) timescales. As a result\, state-of-the-art general circulation models ha
ve little data with which to validate simulations of past climate\, thereb
y placing much uncertainty on future projections of monsoon variability. G
iven the large population of SE Asia who rely on the monsoon rains for agr
iculture and economic development\, it is critical that we gain a better u
nderstanding on the factors that influence the monsoon climate. Over the p
ast decade\, my\ncolleagues and I have explored a host of cave systems in
remote regions of SE Asia installing data-loggers and collecting stalagmit
es\, with the overarching goals being to: i) better constrain modern proce
sses controlling speleothem growth\, and in particular\, how they preserve
above-cave climate changes\; and ii) to build high-resolution and long re
cords of past monsoon behavior from the geochemical signals preserved in t
hese deposits. In this talk\, I will discuss the utility of speleothems to
accurately preserve past changes in regional SE Asian hydroclimate\, and
their strong potential in addressing current uncertainties in tropical cli
mate variability over a range of timescales (i.e. glacial-interglacial to
millennial)\, particularly with respect to how the Asian monsoon responded
to past changes in Earth’s boundary conditions.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170324T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170324T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Michael Griffiths (William Paterson University)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-michael-griffiths-william-patt
erson-university
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\\n\\nCave records fro
m Southeast Asia: Windows to past hydroclimate variability\n\nDespite sign
ificant advances in our understanding of tropical Australasian monsoon cli
mate variability over the past decade(s)\, we still know very little about
the range and mechanisms of rainfall variability in Southeast Asia on orb
ital (~100\,000-year) to millennial (~1000-year) timescales. As a result\,
state-of-the-art general circulation models have little data with which t
o validate simulations of past climate\, thereby placing much uncertainty
on future projections of monsoon variability. Given the large population o
f SE Asia who rely on the monsoon rains for agriculture and economic devel
opment\, it is critical that we gain a better understanding on the factors
that influence the monsoon climate. Over the past decade\, my\ncolleagues
and I have explored a host of cave systems in remote regions of SE Asia i
nstalling data-loggers and collecting stalagmites\, with the overarching g
oals being to: i) better constrain modern processes controlling speleothem
growth\, and in particular\, how they preserve above-cave climate changes
\; and ii) to build high-resolution and long records of past monsoon behav
ior from the geochemical signals preserved in these deposits. In this talk
\, I will discuss the utility of speleothems to accurately preserve past c
hanges in regional SE Asian hydroclimate\, and their strong potential in a
ddressing current uncertainties in tropical climate variability over a ran
ge of timescales (i.e. glacial-interglacial to millennial)\, particularly
with respect to how the Asian monsoon responded to past changes in Earth’s
boundary conditions.
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170328T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170328T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Sylvia Cole\, WHOI. ‘Momentum transfer in the Arctic marginal ice z
one’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open-14
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170330T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170330T130000
LOCATION:Redfiled Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:No Biology Seminar
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/tba-4
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Special Events
CONTACT:http://www.neaq.org/learn/lectures/upcoming-lectures/
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \nRobert Vincent\, Ph.D.\, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology\, Sea Grant College Program\nRose M. Martin\, Ph.D.\, Oak Ridg
e Institute for Science and Education\, Postdoctoral Researcher at EPA Atl
antic Ecology Division\n\n\nThe MIT Sea Grant College Program and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency have been working with the National Park
Service to study carbon cycling in coastal dune habitats\, as well as the
effects of historic peat deposits on the establishment and persistence of
invasive plants (Phragmites australis). With the increased risk of erosion
from coastal storms exposing the once-buried peat deposits\, and the chal
lenge of controlling an aggressive invasive species\, this dynamic system
faces an uncertain future. The research findings from this study will info
rm future conservation efforts in the region as well as provide a deeper u
nderstanding of carbon cycling in coastal dunes.\n\nInformation here. Regi
stration is required.\nTickets: http://support.neaq.org/site/Calendar?id=1
07028&view=Detail.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170330T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170330T210000
GEO:+42.359131;-71.049581
LOCATION:Simons IMAX Theatre @ 1 Central Wharf\, Boston\, MA 02110\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:New England Aquarium Lecture: Invasive Species and Carbon Cycling i
n Coastal Dunes of Cape Cod
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/new-england-aquarium-lecture-invasive-speci
es-and-carbon-cycling-in-coastal-dunes-of-cape-cod
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Speakers:
\n
Robert Vincent\, Ph.D.\, Ma
ssachusetts Institute of Technology\, Sea Grant College Program\nRose M. Martin\, Ph.D.\, Oak Ridge Ins
titute for Science and Education\, Postdoctoral Researcher at EPA Atlantic
Ecology Division
\n
\n
\n
The MIT Sea Grant College Program an
d the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have been working with the Nati
onal Park Service to study carbon cycling in coastal dune habitats\, as we
ll as the effects of historic peat deposits on the establishment and persi
stence of invasive plants (Phragmites australis). With the increase
d risk of erosion from coastal storms exposing the once-buried peat deposi
ts\, and the challenge of controlling an aggressive invasive species\, thi
s dynamic system faces an uncertain future. The research findings from thi
s study will inform future conservation efforts in the region as well as p
rovide a deeper understanding of carbon cycling in coastal dunes.\n
\n
\n
Tickets: http://s
upport.neaq.org/site/Calendar?id=107028&view=Detail.
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170331T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170331T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:No COG3 Seminar – Spring Break
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-cog3-seminar-spring-break
END:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: Monsoon circulations and tropical heterogeneous chlorine
chemistry in the stratosphere\n\nAbstract: This seminar presents novel fi
ndings that expand the range of latitudes over which heterogeneous chemist
ry operates in the stratosphere. It has long been thought that heterogen
eous chlorine chemistry would only be important in the Antarctic and Arcti
c. Our new work shows that tropical heterogeneous chemistry is also imp
ortant. Transport processes associated with the summer monsoons bring i
ncreased abundances of hydrochloric acid into contact with liquid sulfate
aerosols in the cold tropical lowermost stratosphere\, leading to heteroge
neous chemical activation of chlorine species. The calculations indicate
that the spatial and seasonal distributions of chlorine monoxide and chlo
rine nitrate near the monsoon regions of the northern hemisphere tropical
and subtropical lowermost stratosphere could provide indicators of heterog
eneous chlorine processing. In the model\, these processes impact the lo
cal ozone budget and decrease ozone abundances\, implying a chemical contr
ibution to longer-term northern tropical ozone profile changes at 16-19 km
.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170403T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170403T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium – Susan Solomon (MIT)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-susan-solomon-mit-2
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\\n\\nTitle: Monsoon c
irculations and tropical heterogeneous chlorine chemistry in the stratosph
ere\n\nAbstract: This seminar presents novel findings that expand the rang
e of latitudes over which heterogeneous chemistry operates in the stratosp
here. It has long been thought that heterogeneous chlorine chemistry wou
ld only be important in the Antarctic and Arctic. Our new work shows th
at tropical heterogeneous chemistry is also important. Transport proces
ses associated with the summer monsoons bring increased abundances of hydr
ochloric acid into contact with liquid sulfate aerosols in the cold tropic
al lowermost stratosphere\, leading to heterogeneous chemical activation o
f chlorine species. The calculations indicate that the spatial and seaso
nal distributions of chlorine monoxide and chlorine nitrate near the monso
on regions of the northern hemisphere tropical and subtropical lowermost s
tratosphere could provide indicators of heterogeneous chlorine processing.
In the model\, these processes impact the local ozone budget and decrea
se ozone abundances\, implying a chemical contribution to longer-term nort
hern tropical ozone profile changes at 16-19 km. \n
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170404T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170404T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Joseph LaCasce\, University of Oslo. ‘The vertical structure of Ros
sby waves’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/joseph-lacasce-university-of-oslo-the-verti
cal-structure-of-rossby-waves-clark-507
END:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:High-resolution observations of internal wave induced turbulenc
e in the deep ocean \n\nAn overview is presented of high-resolution temper
ature observations above underwater topography in the deep\, generally sta
bly stratified ocean. The Eulerian mooring technique is used to monitor te
mperature variations by typically 100 sensors distributed over lines betwe
en 40 and 400 m long. The independent sensors sample at a rate of 1 Hz for
up to one year with a precision better than 0.1 mK. This precision and sa
mpling rate are sufficient to resolve the large\, energy containing turbul
ent eddies and all of the internal waves and their breaking above underwat
er topography. Such underwater wave breaking is the key mechanism for the
redistribution of nutrients and heat (to maintain the ocean stably stratif
ied)\, and the resuspension of sediment.\n\nUnder conditions of tight temp
erature-density relationship\, the temperature data are used to quantify t
urbulent overturns. These observations show two distinctive turbulence pro
cesses that are associated with different phases of a large-scale\, mainly
tidal\, internal gravity wave: i) highly nonlinear turbulent bores during
the upslope propagating phase\, and ii) Kelvin-Helmholtz billows\, at som
e distance above the slope\, during the downslope phase. While the former
may be associated in part with convective turbulent overturning following
Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities\, the latter are mainly related to shear-ind
uced instabilities. Under weaker stratified conditions\, away from boundar
ies\, free convective mixing appears more often\, but a clear inertial sub
range in temperature spectra is indicative of dominant shear-induced turbu
lence. With stratification\, turbulence is seen to increase in dissipation
rate and diffusivity all the way to the bottom\, which challenges the ide
a of a homogeneous bottom boundary layer. With a newly developed five-line
s mooring\, the transition from isotropy (full turbulence) to anisotropy (
stratified turbulence/internal waves) is revealed.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170405T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS — Hans van Haren (NIOZ)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-hans-van-haren
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\\n\\nHigh-resolution
observations of internal wave induced turbulence in the deep ocean \n\nAn
overview is presented of high-resolution temperature observations above un
derwater topography in the deep\, generally stably stratified ocean. The E
ulerian mooring technique is used to monitor temperature variations by typ
ically 100 sensors distributed over lines between 40 and 400 m long. The i
ndependent sensors sample at a rate of 1 Hz for up to one year with a prec
ision better than 0.1 mK. This precision and sampling rate are sufficient
to resolve the large\, energy containing turbulent eddies and all of the i
nternal waves and their breaking above underwater topography. Such underwa
ter wave breaking is the key mechanism for the redistribution of nutrients
and heat (to maintain the ocean stably stratified)\, and the resuspension
of sediment.\n\nUnder conditions of tight temperature-density relationshi
p\, the temperature data are used to quantify turbulent overturns. These o
bservations show two distinctive turbulence processes that are associated
with different phases of a large-scale\, mainly tidal\, internal gravity w
ave: i) highly nonlinear turbulent bores during the upslope propagating ph
ase\, and ii) Kelvin-Helmholtz billows\, at some distance above the slope\
, during the downslope phase. While the former may be associated in part w
ith convective turbulent overturning following Rayleigh-Taylor instabiliti
es\, the latter are mainly related to shear-induced instabilities. Under w
eaker stratified conditions\, away from boundaries\, free convective mixin
g appears more often\, but a clear inertial subrange in temperature spectr
a is indicative of dominant shear-induced turbulence. With stratification\
, turbulence is seen to increase in dissipation rate and diffusivity all t
he way to the bottom\, which challenges the idea of a homogeneous bottom b
oundary layer. With a newly developed five-lines mooring\, the transition
from isotropy (full turbulence) to anisotropy (stratified turbulence/inter
nal waves) is revealed.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Microbiology of the anoxic pelagic ocean: emerging insights fro
m contemporary oxygen minimum zones\n\nDr. Frank Stewart\nGeorgia Institut
e of Technology\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170406T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170406T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Frank Stewart
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-frank-stewart
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\\n\\nMicrobiology of
the anoxic pelagic ocean: emerging insights from contemporary oxygen minim
um zones\n\nDr. Frank Stewart\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170407T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Biostratigraphy and Glaciations in the Neoproterozoic: Updates
from Re-Os geochronology\n\nSedimentary strata from the Neoproterozoic Era
(1000-541 Ma) host evidence for widespread glaciations\, major fluctuatio
ns in geochemical proxy records\, and numerous biological innovations asso
ciated with the diversification of eukaryotes that culminated with the eme
rgence of Metazoans. Understanding the drivers and rates of change through
this critical transition has been limited by the lack of a robust chronol
ogy. Here I will present multiple new Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology data fr
om Neoproterozoic strata in an attempt to refine global correlation scheme
s and further constrain this critical interval of Earth history.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170407T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170407T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Alan Rooney (Yale)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-alan-rooney-yale
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\\n\\nBiostratigraphy
and Glaciations in the Neoproterozoic: Updates from Re-Os geochronology\n
\nSedimentary strata from the Neoproterozoic Era (1000-541 Ma) host eviden
ce for widespread glaciations\, major fluctuations in geochemical proxy re
cords\, and numerous biological innovations associated with the diversific
ation of eukaryotes that culminated with the emergence of Metazoans. Under
standing the drivers and rates of change through this critical transition
has been limited by the lack of a robust chronology. Here I will present m
ultiple new Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology data from Neoproterozoic strata i
n an attempt to refine global correlation schemes and further constrain th
is critical interval of Earth history.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: Can we finally balance the marine nitrogen budget?\n\nAb
stract: The marine fixed nitrogen budget is widely thought to be out of ba
lance\, losing enough bio-available nitrogen that the oceans would be devo
id of life within 3\,000 years. But is such a apocalyptic scenario realist
ic? Surely not. This talk will present nuances of the cycling of marine ni
trogen\, expanding specifically on the anaerobic metabolisms within the ox
ygen deficient “shadow” zones of the ocean. I’ll present a hypothesis for
attempting to balance the nitrogen budget calculation by incorporation of
a novel but potentially significant pathway: anaerobic nitrite oxidation.
This metabolism would further help resolve another long-standing debate am
ong the nitrogen community\, i.e.\, the respective roles of anammox and de
nitrification in regulating fixed nitrogen loss. In all\, a lunchtime full
of nitrogen is to be expected.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170410T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge (9th Floor)\, Building 54\, Cambridge\, MA\, Unit
ed States
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Andrew Babbin\, EAPS MIT
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-andrew-babbin-eaps-mit-2
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTitle: Can we fi
nally balance the marine nitrogen budget?\n\nAbstract: The marine fixed ni
trogen budget is widely thought to be out of balance\, losing enough bio-a
vailable nitrogen that the oceans would be devoid of life within 3\,000 ye
ars. But is such a apocalyptic scenario realistic? Surely not. This talk w
ill present nuances of the cycling of marine nitrogen\, expanding specific
ally on the anaerobic metabolisms within the oxygen deficient “shadow” zon
es of the ocean. I’ll present a hypothesis for attempting to balance the n
itrogen budget calculation by incorporation of a novel but potentially sig
nificant pathway: anaerobic nitrite oxidation. This metabolism would furth
er help resolve another long-standing debate among the nitrogen community\
, i.e.\, the respective roles of anammox and denitrification in regulating
fixed nitrogen loss. In all\, a lunchtime full of nitrogen is to be expec
ted.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:89gv4i0rhdeo0bse4sf5f2elmg@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170411T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170411T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Thomas Kilpatrick\, SIO. ‘Satellite observations of convection–wind
coupling’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open-6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:herj10d2s4ks4mlk4tl3p2i95o@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Multi-scale physical-biological interactions with harmful algal
populations\n\nDr. Lourdes Velo-Suárez\nLaboratoire de Microbiologie des
Environnements Extrêmes\, CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Rese
arch)\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170413T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170413T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Lourdes Velo-Suárez
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-lourdes-velo-suarez
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nMulti-scale phys
ical-biological interactions with harmful algal populations\n\nDr. Lourdes
Velo-Suárez\nLaboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes\, C
NRS (French National Center for Scientific Research)\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170414T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:The What\, When\, Where\, and Why of Supereruptions\n\nSupereru
ptions are gigantic volcanic eruptions (�450 km^3 of magma) the likes of w
hich we have never witnessed. Yet\, this does not mean that we will never
experience one. Such\nenormous eruptions have the potential to wreak havoc
on life\, infrastructure\, travel\, and the\nenvironment. Consequently\,
it is critical that we study past supereruptions to understand how\, when\
, where\, and why one might happen in the future. In addition\, supererupt
ion deposits are evidence that large volumes of magma existed in the crust
multiple times in Earth’s history\; thus\, studying these systems can inf
orm on the magmatic construction of Earth’s crust.\n\nIn this talk\, I wil
l address several outstanding and strongly debated questions regarding\nsu
pereruptive systems: Where in the crust do these magmas reside? What shape
do they take? How long do they persist in the crust before erupting? When
\, why\, and over what timescales does the eruptive process occur? How are
the giant volumes of crystal-poor high-silica rhyolite magma involved in
supereruptions generated? Answering these questions is important both for
practical reasons (e.g.\, hazards preparation and mitigation) and intellec
tual ones (e.g.\, understanding crustal processes). \n\nTo address these q
uestions\, I combine information from multiple scales and perspectives (fi
eld studies\, geochemistry\, textural relations of crystals in rocks and m
elt inclusions in crystals\, geochronology\, geobarometry\, phase-equilibr
ia modeling\, and diffusion modeling). Results from this work suggest that
we can make some broad generalizations about supereruptive systems\, but
these systems have notable variability as well (e.g.\, their shape in the
crust). This work also illustrates the power in using a multi-faceted\, mu
lti-disciplinary approach to addressing questions in the Earth Sciences.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170414T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170414T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Ayla Pamucku (Princeton)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-ayla-pamucku-princeton
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nThe What\, When\
, Where\, and Why of Supereruptions\n\nSupereruptions are gigantic volcani
c eruptions (�450 km^3 of magma) the likes of which we have never witnesse
d. Yet\, this does not mean that we will never experience one. Such\nenorm
ous eruptions have the potential to wreak havoc on life\, infrastructure\,
travel\, and the\nenvironment. Consequently\, it is critical that we stud
y past supereruptions to understand how\, when\, where\, and why one might
happen in the future. In addition\, supereruption deposits are evidence t
hat large volumes of magma existed in the crust multiple times in Earth’s
history\; thus\, studying these systems can inform on the magmatic constru
ction of Earth’s crust.\n\nIn this talk\, I will address several outstandi
ng and strongly debated questions regarding\nsupereruptive systems: Where
in the crust do these magmas reside? What shape do they take? How long do
they persist in the crust before erupting? When\, why\, and over what time
scales does the eruptive process occur? How are the giant volumes of cryst
al-poor high-silica rhyolite magma involved in supereruptions generated? A
nswering these questions is important both for practical reasons (e.g.\, h
azards preparation and mitigation) and intellectual ones (e.g.\, understan
ding crustal processes). \n\nTo address these questions\, I combine inform
ation from multiple scales and perspectives (field studies\, geochemistry\
, textural relations of crystals in rocks and melt inclusions in crystals\
, geochronology\, geobarometry\, phase-equilibria modeling\, and diffusion
modeling). Results from this work suggest that we can make some broad gen
eralizations about supereruptive systems\, but these systems have notable
variability as well (e.g.\, their shape in the crust). This work also illu
strates the power in using a multi-faceted\, multi-disciplinary approach t
o addressing questions in the Earth Sciences.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gqmj288uuud086l5qkrkenescs@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170417T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Patriots day vacation: No PAOC Colloquium
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/patriots-day-vacation-no-paoc-colloquium
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:j6njfjc73iuk9abfq9qde001tg@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170418T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170418T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Allan Clarke\, FSU. ‘On the relationship of near-surface flow\, Sto
kes drift and wind stress’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/allan-clarke-fsu-tbd-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:asmkr42urnv29bn7kehvf58q8s@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Oceanography and Climate Sack
Lunch
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Modeling iceberg drift and decay in modern and glacial climates
\n\nUnder global warming\, the calving of icebergs into the polar oceans i
s expected to increase. As a result\, the role that icebergs play in Earth
's climate system has received a recent surge of interest\, and efforts ar
e underway to explicitly represent icebergs in GCMs. A better understandin
g of how icebergs drift and decay will help facilitate an accurate represe
ntation of icebergs and guide the interpretation of GCM results. In this t
alk I will present an idealized analytical model that we developed to aid
this effort. I will use the model to address (i) which climate model varia
bles are most important to accurately model iceberg evolution and (ii) whe
ther climate models do a good job simulating these variables. I then will
turn to episodes of massive iceberg discharge\, called Heinrich Events\, w
hich occurred during the last glacial period. These events are believed to
have had large-scale impacts on the global climate system. However\, mode
ling icebergs that lived and melted more than 10\,000 years ago comes with
its own challenges\, as we will see.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170419T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170419T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:SLS — Till Wagner (Scripps)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sls-till-wagner-scripps
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nModeling iceberg
drift and decay in modern and glacial climates\n\nUnder global warming\,
the calving of icebergs into the polar oceans is expected to increase. As
a result\, the role that icebergs play in Earth's climate system has recei
ved a recent surge of interest\, and efforts are underway to explicitly re
present icebergs in GCMs. A better understanding of how icebergs drift and
decay will help facilitate an accurate representation of icebergs and gui
de the interpretation of GCM results. In this talk I will present an ideal
ized analytical model that we developed to aid this effort. I will use the
model to address (i) which climate model variables are most important to
accurately model iceberg evolution and (ii) whether climate models do a go
od job simulating these variables. I then will turn to episodes of massive
iceberg discharge\, called Heinrich Events\, which occurred during the la
st glacial period. These events are believed to have had large-scale impac
ts on the global climate system. However\, modeling icebergs that lived an
d melted more than 10\,000 years ago comes with its own challenges\, as we
will see.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:5b6evueqgene0f1j1g65v0ti9s@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:New Paradigms in Microbial Sulfur Metabolism\n\nDr. Karthik Ana
ntharaman\nPostdoctoral Scholar\nUniversity of California\, Berkeley\n\nAb
stract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170420T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170420T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Khartik Anantharaman
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-khartik-anantharaman
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nNew Paradigms in
Microbial Sulfur Metabolism\n\nDr. Karthik Anantharaman\nPostdoctoral Sch
olar\nUniversity of California\, Berkeley\n\n
Abstract\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170421T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:The role of grain size on the seismic structure of the oceanic
upper mantle and melt migration beneath midocean ridges\n\nGrain size is a
key microstructural property of the Earth's mantle\, because it influence
s rheology\, deformation mode (e.g.\, diffusion vs. dislocation creep)\, s
eismic attenuation and wave-speeds\, electrical conductivity\, and the per
meability of the mantle to melt migration. In\nthis talk I will discuss mo
dels for grain size evolution in the oceanic upper that combine composite
grain-size dependent rheology with the Wattmeter [Austin & Evans\, 2007] m
odel for how grain size changes in response to the evolving deformation fi
eld. These results will be interpreted in the context of the seismic low v
elocity zone beneath the ocean basins and the origin of the lithosphere as
thenosphere boundary. Finally\, I will discuss the implications of grain s
ize variability on the patterns of melt migration beneath mid-ocean ridges
and subduction zones and show the results of preliminary two-phase flow m
odels that couple melt migration with the predicted grain-size field.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170421T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170421T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Mark Behn (WHOI)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-mark-behn-whoi
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nThe role of grai
n size on the seismic structure of the oceanic upper mantle and melt migra
tion beneath midocean ridges\n\nGrain size is a key microstructural proper
ty of the Earth's mantle\, because it influences rheology\, deformation mo
de (e.g.\, diffusion vs. dislocation creep)\, seismic attenuation and wave
-speeds\, electrical conductivity\, and the permeability of the mantle to
melt migration. In\nthis talk I will discuss models for grain size evoluti
on in the oceanic upper that combine composite grain-size dependent rheolo
gy with the Wattmeter [Austin & Evans\, 2007] model for how grain size cha
nges in response to the evolving deformation field. These results will be
interpreted in the context of the seismic low velocity zone beneath the oc
ean basins and the origin of the lithosphere asthenosphere boundary. Final
ly\, I will discuss the implications of grain size variability on the patt
erns of melt migration beneath mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones and s
how the results of preliminary two-phase flow models that couple melt migr
ation with the predicted grain-size field.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:t046l603eq5d44tkp0v760gue8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:A new perspective on an old problem: understanding the observed
variability of the South Asian monsoon\n\nRecent theoretical advances ind
icate that the South Asian monsoon (SAM) should be viewed as an energetica
lly-direct cross-equatorial Hadley circulation\, with the monsoonal precip
itation primarily occurring in its ascending branch\, rather than as a lar
ge land-sea breeze circulation. In this talk\, we explore the implications
of these emerging theories for the observed variability of the SAM on sea
sonal and longer time scales. We start by using the atmospheric moisture b
udget to introduce a novel objective index for the onset and retreat of th
e SAM\, which robustly captures the expected seasonal transitions in preci
pitation and winds and eliminates the need for arbitrarily selected thresh
olds. Using this index\, we show how the SAM onset and retreat are associa
ted with a coherent set of seasonal transitions in circulation\, jet strea
ms\, precipitation\, energetics\, and momentum balance throughout the SAM
sector. We also use the atmospheric moisture budget to define a new index
for the SAM strength on interannual time scales. We show that interannual
variability in SAM net precipitation is primarily caused by variations in
winds rather than variations in humidity\, and that strong monsoons are as
sociated with a northward expansion of the overturning circulation and a d
ecreased near-surface land-sea thermal contrast\, in disagreement with the
traditional view of the SAM as a sea-breeze circulation. We also find tel
econnections between SAM strength and temperatures\, winds\, and momentum
and energy transports in the southern hemisphere extra tropics\, which sug
gest new directions for future research to improve our understanding of th
e mechanisms involved in SAM variability.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170424T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170424T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Simona Bordoni (Caltech)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-simona-bordoni-caltech-2
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nA new perspectiv
e on an old problem: understanding the observed variability of the South A
sian monsoon\n\nRecent theoretical advances indicate that the South Asian
monsoon (SAM) should be viewed as an energetically-direct cross-equatorial
Hadley circulation\, with the monsoonal precipitation primarily occurring
in its ascending branch\, rather than as a large land-sea breeze circulat
ion. In this talk\, we explore the implications of these emerging theories
for the observed variability of the SAM on seasonal and longer time scale
s. We start by using the atmospheric moisture budget to introduce a novel
objective index for the onset and retreat of the SAM\, which robustly capt
ures the expected seasonal transitions in precipitation and winds and elim
inates the need for arbitrarily selected thresholds. Using this index\, we
show how the SAM onset and retreat are associated with a coherent set of
seasonal transitions in circulation\, jet streams\, precipitation\, energe
tics\, and momentum balance throughout the SAM sector. We also use the atm
ospheric moisture budget to define a new index for the SAM strength on int
erannual time scales. We show that interannual variability in SAM net prec
ipitation is primarily caused by variations in winds rather than variation
s in humidity\, and that strong monsoons are associated with a northward e
xpansion of the overturning circulation and a decreased near-surface land-
sea thermal contrast\, in disagreement with the traditional view of the SA
M as a sea-breeze circulation. We also find teleconnections between SAM st
rength and temperatures\, winds\, and momentum and energy transports in th
e southern hemisphere extra tropics\, which suggest new directions for fut
ure research to improve our understanding of the mechanisms involved in SA
M variability.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:dcvaefdedl9v3knqs5dl1celbo@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)\, also known as the d
oldrums\, is the area just north of the equator where the northeast and so
utheast trade winds converge. We discuss the role of the ocean in pushing
the ITCZ northwards away from the equator and in modulating its meridional
migrations.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170425T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170425T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:John Marshall\, MIT. ‘Inter-hemispheric asymmetries in climate: Oce
ans and the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nThe Intertropica
l Convergence Zone (ITCZ)\, also known as the doldrums\, is the area just
north of the equator where the northeast and southeast trade winds converg
e. We discuss the role of the ocean in pushing the ITCZ northwards away fr
om the equator and in modulating its meridional migrations.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170428T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Why magma stall in the Earth’s crust?\n\nThe emplacement depth
of magmas plays a key role in determining the chemical stratification of t
he crust\, and on the probability of magma to reach the surface to\nfeed v
olcanic eruptions. While mechanical discontinuities within the crust have
been shown to lead to the arrest of propagating dykes\, in a section of a
volcanic island arc in Kohistan\, the depth of emplacement of granitoids d
oes not seem to correspond to any particular mechanical discontinuity. I w
ill focus on the evolution of crystallinity and temperature as function of
magma chemistry and depth to show how magma chemistry can strongly affect
the depth at which magma stall in the crust to form magma reservoirs.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T110000
LOCATION:Building 54\, Room 915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Luca Caricchi (University of Geneva)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-luca-caricchi-university-of-ge
neva
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nWhy magma stall
in the Earth’s crust?\n\nThe emplacement depth of magmas plays a key role
in determining the chemical stratification of the crust\, and on the proba
bility of magma to reach the surface to\nfeed volcanic eruptions. While me
chanical discontinuities within the crust have been shown to lead to the a
rrest of propagating dykes\, in a section of a volcanic island arc in Kohi
stan\, the depth of emplacement of granitoids does not seem to correspond
to any particular mechanical discontinuity. I will focus on the evolution
of crystallinity and temperature as function of magma chemistry and depth
to show how magma chemistry can strongly affect the depth at which magma s
tall in the crust to form magma reservoirs.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2umjefanmpiuh12g27hfr4acp4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:The dark side of the ocean: understanding the microbiome of the
ocean’s aphotic realm\n\nDr. Maria Pachiadaki\nBigelow Laboratory for Oce
an Sciences\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Maria Pachiadaki
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-maria-pachiadaki
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nThe dark side of
the ocean: understanding the microbiome of the ocean’s aphotic realm\n\nD
r. Maria Pachiadaki\nBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:4m78i0hvt3vuqsl9qd3hqonuhk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Novel insights into harmful algal bloom ecology through deploym
ents of robotic in situ biosensors\n\nDr. Michael L. Brosnahan\nVisiting I
nvestigator\, Biology Department\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution\n\n
Abstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170501T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170501T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Michael L. Brosnahan
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-michael-brosnahan
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nNovel insights i
nto harmful algal bloom ecology through deployments of robotic in situ bio
sensors\n\nDr. Michael L. Brosnahan\nVisiting Investigator\, Biology Depar
tment\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170502T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170502T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170502T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170502T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Jack Whitehead\, WHOI. ‘Dimensions of continents and oceans – water
has carved a perfect cistern’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/reserved-7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170502T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170502T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20170502T190459Z;BYDAY=TU
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:OPEN
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open-4
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170502T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170502T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170502T160500
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170502T150500
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170509T150500
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170516T150500
LOCATION:Clark 507
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20170530T190459Z;BYDAY=TU
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Reserved.
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/reserved-2
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:vulj98h6p78vouutf2ol16b9uk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170504T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170504T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:No Bioseminar Today
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-bioseminar-today-7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170505T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170505T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170505T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – No Seminar
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-vanja-klepac-ceraj-wellesley-c
ollege
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170509T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170502T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170509T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170509T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Viviane Menezes\, WHOI. ‘Air-Sea Interaction\, Water Mass Formation
and Ocean Circulation — From warm-salty (Red Sea) to cold-fresh waters (S
outhern Ocean)’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/reserved-6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:36u65tqgprfiaungp82o6bngjs@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Collective phenomena in living matter - a case study on emperor
penguins\n\nDr. Daniel Zitterbart\nPostdoctoral Scholar\nApplied Ocean Ph
ysics & Engineering\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170511T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170511T131500
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Daniel Zitterbart
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-daniel-zitterbart
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nCollective pheno
mena in living matter - a case study on emperor penguins\n\nDr. Daniel Zit
terbart\nPostdoctoral Scholar\nApplied Ocean Physics & Engineering\nWoods
Hole Oceanographic Institution\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170512T100000-n91e8qdrst0dg1c0kqh59dudk0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Identifying Traces of Primitive Life in Ancient Rocks\n\nThe ea
rly life fossil record is based upon a limited\nnumber of often controvers
ial graphitic microfossils.\nThe main complication resides in the poor\npr
eservation of organic biosignatures in the\n(meta)sedimentary rock record.
Biodegradation and\nfossilization processes\, as well as the increase of
\ntemperature and pressure conditions during\ndiagenesis and metamorphism
inevitably alter the\noriginal biochemical signatures of organic molecules
.\nThus\, at a certain stage\, biogenic and abiotic organics\nmay become v
ery difficult to distinguish.\nDuring this talk\, I will show how combinin
g\ncharacterization of natural samples using advanced\nspectroscopic techn
iques (STXM-based XANES &\nRaman microspectroscopies) and simulation of\nf
ossilization processes in the laboratory sheds new\nlight on the potential
preservation of microorganism\nmolecular biosignatures in ancient rocks.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170512T110000
LOCATION:Building E25\, Room 119
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Julien Alleon (MIT)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-julien-alleon-mit
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nIdentifying Trac
es of Primitive Life in Ancient Rocks\n\nThe early life fossil record is b
ased upon a limited\nnumber of often controversial graphitic microfossils.
\nThe main complication resides in the poor\npreservation of organic biosi
gnatures in the\n(meta)sedimentary rock record. Biodegradation and\nfossil
ization processes\, as well as the increase of\ntemperature and pressure c
onditions during\ndiagenesis and metamorphism inevitably alter the\norigin
al biochemical signatures of organic molecules.\nThus\, at a certain stage
\, biogenic and abiotic organics\nmay become very difficult to distinguish
.\nDuring this talk\, I will show how combining\ncharacterization of natur
al samples using advanced\nspectroscopic techniques (STXM-based XANES &\nR
aman microspectroscopies) and simulation of\nfossilization processes in th
e laboratory sheds new\nlight on the potential preservation of microorgani
sm\nmolecular biosignatures in ancient rocks.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:o78sv9b1rrjbpf94egm1pvc3d4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Ms. Alexis Fischer\nPh.D. Candidate\, WHOI Biology Department\n
\nDissertation Defense
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170512T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170512T143000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Ms. Alexis Fischer
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/ms-alexis-fischer-2
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nMs. Alexis Fisch
er\nPh.D. Candidate\, WHOI Biology Department\n\nDissertation Defense
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gvl9cjpdltk6bgnu6rnhjbeqng@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Title: Western Boundary Currents in a Changing Climate\n\nAbstr
act: Western boundary currents—such as the Agulhas Current in the Indian O
cean—carry heat poleward\, moderating Earth’s climate and fuelling the mid
-latitude storm tracks. They could exacerbate or mitigate warming and extr
eme weather events in the future\, depending on their response to anthropo
genic climate change. Climate models show an ongoing poleward expansion an
d intensification of the global wind systems\, most robustly in the Southe
rn Hemisphere\, and linear dynamical theory suggests that western boundary
currents will intensify and shift poleward as a result. Observational evi
dence of such changes comes from accelerated warming and air–sea heat flux
rates within all western boundary currents\, which are two or three times
faster than global mean rates. Here we show that\, despite these expectat
ions\, the Agulhas Current has not intensified since the early 1990s. Inst
ead\, we find that it has broadened as a result of more eddy activity. Rec
ent analyses of other western boundary currents—the Kuroshio and East Aust
ralia currents—hint at similar trends. These results indicate that intensi
fying winds may be increasing the eddy kinetic energy of boundary currents
\, rather than their mean flow. This could act to decrease poleward heat t
ransport while increasing cross-frontal exchange of heat (and nutrients an
d pollutants) between the coastal ocean and the deep ocean. Sustained in s
itu measurements are needed to properly understand the role of these curre
nt systems in a changing climate.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170515T130000
LOCATION:54-915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Lisa Beal (RSMAS: U Miami)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-lisa-beal
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTitle: Western B
oundary Currents in a Changing Climate\n\nAbstract: Western boundary curre
nts—such as the Agulhas Current in the Indian Ocean—carry heat poleward\,
moderating Earth’s climate and fuelling the mid-latitude storm tracks. The
y could exacerbate or mitigate warming and extreme weather events in the f
uture\, depending on their response to anthropogenic climate change. Clima
te models show an ongoing poleward expansion and intensification of the gl
obal wind systems\, most robustly in the Southern Hemisphere\, and linear
dynamical theory suggests that western boundary currents will intensify an
d shift poleward as a result. Observational evidence of such changes comes
from accelerated warming and air–sea heat flux rates within all western b
oundary currents\, which are two or three times faster than global mean ra
tes. Here we show that\, despite these expectations\, the Agulhas Current
has not intensified since the early 1990s. Instead\, we find that it has b
roadened as a result of more eddy activity. Recent analyses of other weste
rn boundary currents—the Kuroshio and East Australia currents—hint at simi
lar trends. These results indicate that intensifying winds may be increasi
ng the eddy kinetic energy of boundary currents\, rather than their mean f
low. This could act to decrease poleward heat transport while increasing c
ross-frontal exchange of heat (and nutrients and pollutants) between the c
oastal ocean and the deep ocean. Sustained in situ measurements are needed
to properly understand the role of these current systems in a changing cl
imate.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:flstovv4lnrvgo4mdv6gd931qg@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:The origin of the eukaryote cell\n\nEukaryotes have a fundament
ally different cell\nstructure from bacteria and archaea\, and possibly\ne
volved from the latter. This possibility: an archaeal\norigin of eukaryote
s has been a bit of a distraction in\nthat it has led to models that try a
nd explain\neukaryote origins from modern archaea lacking any\neukaryotic
features. In this talk I will summarise what\nwe know about eukaryote orig
ins\, and argue that\nways of thinking now more common in\npalaeontology c
an help us to understand eukaryote\norigins. By focusing on known biologic
al processes\,\nand ecological drivers\, key events in the origin of\neuka
ryotes can be understood without needing to\nappeal to special or rare eve
nts.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170516T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170516T110000
LOCATION:Building 54\, Room 915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Anthony Poole (The University of Auckland)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-anthony-poole-the-university-o
f-auckland
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nThe origin of th
e eukaryote cell\n\nEukaryotes have a fundamentally different cell\nstruct
ure from bacteria and archaea\, and possibly\nevolved from the latter. Thi
s possibility: an archaeal\norigin of eukaryotes has been a bit of a distr
action in\nthat it has led to models that try and explain\neukaryote origi
ns from modern archaea lacking any\neukaryotic features. In this talk I wi
ll summarise what\nwe know about eukaryote origins\, and argue that\nways
of thinking now more common in\npalaeontology can help us to understand eu
karyote\norigins. By focusing on known biological processes\,\nand ecologi
cal drivers\, key events in the origin of\neukaryotes can be understood wi
thout needing to\nappeal to special or rare events.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170516T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170502T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170516T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170516T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Robert Todd\, WHOI. ‘New views of the Gulf Stream’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/reserved
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:fk5ja28aab6c21d6k2igk755nk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Chemical Oceanography and Biog
eochemistry
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170518T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170518T110000
LOCATION:Building 54\, Room 915
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:COG3 Seminar – Cathy Busby (UCSB)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/cog3-seminar-cathy-busby-ucsb
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:omn3uftf5itvjiuth72obmn2s4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Avenues of coral acclimatization in response to rapid environme
ntal change\n\nDr. Hollie M. Putnam\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Bi
ological Sciences\nUniversity of Rhode Island\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170518T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170518T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Hollie M. Putnam
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-hollie-putnam
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nAvenues of coral
acclimatization in response to rapid environmental change\n\n
Dr. Hollie M. Putnam\nAssistant Professor\nDepartm
ent of Biological Sciences\nUniversity of Rhode Island\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:tppvk273p2r05lu0r0cm8ogbl4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Role of Seasonal Transitions and the Westerlies on the Rainfall
Climate of East Asia\n\nThe East Asian Summer Monsoon is unique amongst s
ummer monsoonal systems in in northward extent as well as in its complex s
easonality\, exhibiting dynamically distinct rainfall stages and abrupt tr
ansitions between them. Previous studies have alluded to the seasonally-va
rying downstream influence of the westerlies flowing around the Tibetan Pl
ateau as central to the rainfall seasonality. I propose a hypothesis that
the East Asian summer rainfall variability and change arise through modula
tion in the meridional position of the westerlies impinging on the Plateau
\, which in turn altered the timing and duration of its seasonal transitio
ns. The viability of this hypothesis is demonstrated through examples fro
m observed modern-day variability and from paleoclimatic changes. I will e
nd with a discussion on the basic ingredients controlling East Asian summe
r monsoon seasonality.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170522T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170522T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: John Chiang\, UC Berkeley
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-john-chiang-uc-berkeley
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nRole of Seasonal
Transitions and the Westerlies on the Rainfall Climate of East Asia\n\nTh
e East Asian Summer Monsoon is unique amongst summer monsoonal systems in
in northward extent as well as in its complex seasonality\, exhibiting dyn
amically distinct rainfall stages and abrupt transitions between them. Pre
vious studies have alluded to the seasonally-varying downstream influence
of the westerlies flowing around the Tibetan Plateau as central to the rai
nfall seasonality. I propose a hypothesis that the East Asian summer rainf
all variability and change arise through modulation in the meridional posi
tion of the westerlies impinging on the Plateau\, which in turn altered th
e timing and duration of its seasonal transitions. The viability of this
hypothesis is demonstrated through examples from observed modern-day varia
bility and from paleoclimatic changes. I will end with a discussion on the
basic ingredients controlling East Asian summer monsoon seasonality.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170523T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170502T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170523T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170523T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Nick Beaird\, WHOI. ‘Production\, Export\, and Oceanic Impacts of G
reenland’s glacial meltwater’. Clark 201
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/reserved-4
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:01cvc1g9jpi15sm2e4kup01gmc@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Pint of Science\n\nDr. Stephanie Jenouvrier\nAssociate Scientis
t\, WHOI Biology Department\nInfluence of dispersal processes on the globa
l dynamics of the Emperor penguin\, a species threatened by climate change
\n\nDr. Carin Ashjian\nSenior Scientist\, WHOI Biology Department\nMesozoo
plankton are not herbivores: the importance of microzooplankton in mesozoo
plankton diets\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170525T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170525T163000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Pint of Science
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/pint-of-science
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nPint of Science
\n\nDr. Stephanie Jenouvrier\nAssociate Scientist\, WHOI Biology Departmen
t\nInfluence of dispersal processes on the global dynamics of the Emperor
penguin\, a species threatened by climate change\n\nDr. Carin Ashjian\nSen
ior Scientist\, WHOI Biology Department\nMesozooplankton are not herbivore
s: the importance of microzooplankton in mesozooplankton diets\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:s2q2or0gn8g18vb04ugd3hu2c8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Dante’s 9th Circle of Hell is Ice (a fact that is not unrelated
to the study of light and algae in polar ocean ecosystems)\n\nDr. Samuel
R. Laney\nAssociate Scientist\nWHOI Biology Department\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170530T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170530T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Samuel R. Laney
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-samuel-laney
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nDante’s 9th Circ
le of Hell is Ice (a fact that is not unrelated to the study of light and
algae in polar ocean ecosystems)\n\nDr. Samuel R. Laney\nAssociate Scienti
st\nWHOI Biology Department\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170530T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170530T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170530T160500
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T150500
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170627T150500
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170704T150500
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170711T150500
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171226T150500
LOCATION:Clark 507
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20171226T200500Z;BYDAY=TU
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:OPEN
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/open-24
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170530T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170530T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170530T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170530T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Ruth Musgrave\, MIT. ‘ The generation of Rossby waves and wake eddi
es by small islands’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/reserved-5
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:tm94g0t9lu61us095noc5f534g@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:A statistical problem concerning the\nhistorical Jesus\n\nDr. A
ndrew Solow\nSenior Scientist and Director\nMarine Policy Center\, WHOI\n
\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170601T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170601T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Andrew Solow
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-andrew-solow
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nA statistical pr
oblem concerning the\nhistorical Jesus\n\nDr. Andrew Solow\nSenior Scienti
st and Director\nMarine Policy Center\, WHOI\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170606T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170530T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170606T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170606T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Christopher Piecuch\, AER. ‘A Bayesian Perspective on Recent Mean S
ea Level Changes along the United States East Coast’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/robert-todd-whoi-tbd-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:bbulb7tajailsp5rpcel7qqetk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Coastal pollution\, next-generation sequencing\,\nand the evolu
tion of marine populations\n\nDr. Jon Puritz\nPostdoctoral Research Associ
ate\nNortheastern University\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170608T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170608T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Jon Puritz
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-jon-puritz
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nCoastal pollutio
n\, next-generation sequencing\,\nand the evolution of marine populations
\n\n
Dr. Jon Puritz\nPostdoctoral Re
search Associate\nNortheastern University\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:0o6l8uh32k8iu2p22cd5ggjhks@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:I will demonstrate the tools that allow to perform analytic\, i
.e. mathematically rigorous\, proofs of chaos in various models. This incl
udes the proof of the birth of the Lorenz attractor in the Lorenz model. I
n future\, the further development of such tools and criteria will be very
useful for the study of applied problems.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170608T140500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170608T150500
LOCATION:Clark 201
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Ivan Ovsyannikov\, U. Bremen. ‘Analytic proof of chaotic regimes in
dynamical models’. Clark 271
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/ivan-ovsyannikov-u-bremen-analytic-proof-of
-chaotic-regimes-in-dynamical-models-clark-201
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nI will demonstra
te the tools that allow to perform analytic\, i.e. mathematically rigorous
\, proofs of chaos in various models. This includes the proof of the birth
of the Lorenz attractor in the Lorenz model. In future\, the further deve
lopment of such tools and criteria will be very useful for the study of ap
plied problems.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:bminvuuk1b0rka91ashk6g2lu4@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Making MSE algorithms 'user friendly' - the a4a standard MSE\n
\nErnesto Jardim\, Finlay Scott and Iago Mosqueira\nEuropean Commission Jo
int Research Centre\, Ispra\, Italy\n\nAbstract\n\n**Sponsored by NMFS/NEF
SC\, CINAR\, and WHOI Biology Department**
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170612T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170612T110000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Ernesto Jardim\, Finlay Scott and Iago Mosqueira
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/ernesto-jardim-finlay-scott-and-iago-mosque
ira
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nMaking MSE algor
ithms 'user friendly' - the a4a standard MSE\n\nErnesto Jardim\, Finlay Sc
ott and Iago Mosqueira\nEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre\, Ispra\
, Italy\n\n
Abstract\n\n**Sponsored by NMFS/NEFSC\, CINAR\, and WHOI Biology D
epartment**
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:iefqf67ftj7cgfcdjlu9ueutu8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Paulik revisited: Statistical framework and estimation performa
nce of multistage recruitment functions\n\nLiz Brooks\nNortheast Fisheries
Science Center\, NOAA\, Woods Hole\, MA\n\nAbstract\n\n**Sponsored by NMF
S/NEFSC\, CINAR\, and WHOI Biology Department**
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T110000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Liz Brooks
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/liz-brooks
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nPaulik revisited
: Statistical framework and estimation performance of multistage recruitme
nt functions\n\nLiz Brooks\nNortheast Fisheries Science Center\, NOAA\, Wo
ods Hole\, MA\n\n
Abstract\n\n**Sponsored by NMFS/NEFSC\, CINAR\, and WHOI Bio
logy Department**
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ekep1sp13fpgdbgt2q6a6t0r60@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Causal Drivers of Barents Sea Capelin Population Dynamics on Di
fferent Time Scales\n\nSam Subbey\nInstitute of Marine Research\, Bergen\,
Norway\n\nAbstract\n\n**Sponsored by NMFS/NEFSC\, CINAR\, and WHOI Biolog
y Department**
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T143000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Sam Subbey
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/sam-subbey
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nCausal Drivers o
f Barents Sea Capelin Population Dynamics on Different Time Scales\n\nSam
Subbey\nInstitute of Marine Research\, Bergen\, Norway\n\n
Abstract\n\n**Spons
ored by NMFS/NEFSC\, CINAR\, and WHOI Biology Department**
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170613T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170530T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170613T160500
LOCATION:Clark 201
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Georgy Manucharyan\, CalTech. ‘The role of mesoscale eddies in the
Ekman-driven variability of the Beaufort Gyre’. Clark 201
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/xinfeng-liang-u-south-florida-tbd-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:1496843675295@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Process studies to quantify ecosystem dynamics in the Californi
a Current\n\nBrian Wells\nSouthwest Fisheries Science Center\, NOAA\, Sant
a Cruz\, California\n\nAbstract\n\n**Sponsored by NMFS/NEFSC. CINAR\, and
WHOI Biology Department**
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170614T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170614T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Brian Wells
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/brian-wells
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nProcess studies
to quantify ecosystem dynamics in the California Current\n\nBrian Wells\nS
outhwest Fisheries Science Center\, NOAA\, Santa Cruz\, California\n\n
Abstract\n\n**Sponsored by NMFS/NEFSC. CINAR\, and WHOI Biology Department**
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:nqstnj8au5ru9f33enq8q3o9to@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Ecology and evolution of Prochlorococcusviewed through the lens
of marine nitrogen cycling\n\nDr. Paul M. Berube\nResearch Scientist\nMas
sachusetts Institute of Technology\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170615T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170615T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Paul M. Berube
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-paul-berube
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nEcology and evol
ution of Prochlorococcusviewed through the lens of marine nitrogen cycling
\n\nDr. Paul M. Berube\nResearch Scientist\nMassachusetts Institute of Tec
hnology\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170620T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170530T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Observations show that the upper ocean has been warming since t
he 1970s\, and it is usually attributed to global warming that is associat
ed with the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
. The global ocean is implicitly considered as a passive heat reservoir\,
and it is assumed that the ocean was in equilibrium with the atmosphere be
fore the anthropogenic global warming had occurred. However\, the global o
cean is a dynamically active heat exchanger involving processes of various
temporal and spatial scales and has a memory of thousands of years. Not o
nly the heat exchange between ocean and atmosphere but the vertical heat f
lux passing the lower face of the upper ocean contribute to the changes in
the observed upper ocean heat content. In this talk\, I will present the
mean and the bidecadal change of the ocean vertical heat flux as well as t
he related physical processes from a dynamically consistent and data-const
rained ocean state estimate - ECCO (Estimating the Circulation & Climate o
f the Ocean). Implications of the vertical redistribution of ocean heat on
the changes of the upper and deep ocean heat contents\, particularly the
recently much-debated global warming 'hiatus'\, will also be discussed.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170620T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170620T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Xinfeng Liang\, U. South Florida. ‘Vertical Redistribution of the G
lobal Oceanic Heat Content’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/xinfeng-liang-u-south-florida-tbd-clark-507
-2
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nObservations sho
w that the upper ocean has been warming since the 1970s\, and it is usuall
y attributed to global warming that is associated with the increasing conc
entration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The global ocean is impli
citly considered as a passive heat reservoir\, and it is assumed that the
ocean was in equilibrium with the atmosphere before the anthropogenic glob
al warming had occurred. However\, the global ocean is a dynamically activ
e heat exchanger involving processes of various temporal and spatial scale
s and has a memory of thousands of years. Not only the heat exchange betwe
en ocean and atmosphere but the vertical heat flux passing the lower face
of the upper ocean contribute to the changes in the observed upper ocean h
eat content. In this talk\, I will present the mean and the bidecadal chan
ge of the ocean vertical heat flux as well as the related physical process
es from a dynamically consistent and data-constrained ocean state estimate
- ECCO (Estimating the Circulation & Climate of the Ocean). Implications
of the vertical redistribution of ocean heat on the changes of the upper a
nd deep ocean heat contents\, particularly the recently much-debated globa
l warming 'hiatus'\, will also be discussed.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:imq5slu016d692hdj362g90ih8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Integrating multiple techniques to study pinniped diets: a tale
of two species\n\nMr. Keith M. Hernandez\nGraduate Student\nDept. of Ocea
nography & Coastal Sciences\nLouisiana State University\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170621T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170621T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Mr. Keith M. Hernandez
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/keith-hernandez
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nIntegrating mult
iple techniques to study pinniped diets: a tale of two species\n\n
Mr. Keith M. Hernandez\nG
raduate Student\nDept. of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences\nLouisiana State
University\n\n
Abstract\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:k48kjln2o9ea2n54b18jrvcrj8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Model systems for marine mixotrophs: bridging lab\, field\, and
theory\n\nDr. Matthew Johnson\nAssociate Scientist\nWHOI Biology Departme
nt\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170622T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170622T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Matthew Johnson
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/tba-5
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nModel systems fo
r marine mixotrophs: bridging lab\, field\, and theory\n\n
Dr. Matthew Johnson\nAssociate S
cientist\nWHOI Biology Department\n\n
Abstract
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170627T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170530T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170627T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170627T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Alison Macdonald\, WHOI. ‘A 2011-2015 Fukushima Tracer Perspective
on North Pacific Mode Water Circulation’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/alison-macdonald-whoi-a-2011-2015-fukushima
-tracer-perspective-on-north-pacific-mode-water-circulation-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:s1f4qds90mgc2focbfpsknse1g@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:Biomass estimates of euphausiids in the Georges Bank region fro
m 1999 – 2012\n\nDr. Michael Jech\nResearch Fishery Biologist\nNOAA/Northe
ast Fisheries Science Center\n\nAbstract
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170628T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170628T131500
LOCATION:NEFSC Stephen H. Clark Conference Room\, NOAA Aquarium Building
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Michael Jech
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-michael-jech
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nBiomass estimate
s of euphausiids in the Georges Bank region from 1999 – 2012\n\nDr. Michae
l Jech\nResearch Fishery Biologist\nNOAA/Northeast Fisheries Science Cente
r\n\n
Ab
stract\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:lmjnv96q4mk8liuhsh1vpkc4vs@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170629T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170629T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:No Bioseminar Today
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-bioseminar-today-3
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:lkesstjn8205ioc4aknguoemgo@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170706T020500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170706T030500
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Takashi Ijichin\, University of Tokyo. ‘Evaluation of mixing coeffi
cients in the deep ocean’. Clark 201
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/takashi-ijichin-university-of-tokyo-evaluat
ion-of-mixing-coefficients-in-the-deep-ocean-clark-201
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:mvfqhaiecidnn26gavuqdin224@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170706T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170706T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Peter Tyack
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/tba-6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170711T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170530T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170711T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170711T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Tom Farrar\, WHOI. ‘TBD’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/tom-farrar-whoi-tbd-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:jaq2g6n73ljmhg1513qu8ue7d0@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:TBA \n\nDr. John Hare \nNortheast Fisheries Science Center\nNOA
A
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170713T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170713T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Jon Hare – NOAA
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-jon-hare-noaa
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTBA \n\nDr. John
Hare \nNortheast Fisheries Science Center\nNOAA\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170718T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170530T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170718T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170718T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Andreas Thurnherr\, LDEO. ‘TBD’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/andreas-thurnherr-ldeo-tbd-clark-507
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:unk3p7n7ijrva84ftaci6o06ng@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:TBA\n\nDr. Dale Kiefer
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170720T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170720T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Dale Kiefer
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-dale-kiefer
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTBA\n\nDr. Dale
Kiefer\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:uuvh70g3tlchlo4hdgv7ckruvs@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170720T140500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170720T150500
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Lisa Beal\, U. Miami. ‘TBD’. Clark 201.
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/lisa-beal-u-miami-tbd-clark-201
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:g7mfpftpqlt6vjckbuh92a0te8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:TBA
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170727T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170727T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Caroline Ummenhoffer
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/caroline-ummenhoffer
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTBA\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:bkm5rpdofo7qrkm5dlv8r374io@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170727T140500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170727T150500
LOCATION:Clark 201
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Christopher Wolfe\, Stony Brook University. ‘TBD’. Clark 201
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/christopher-wolfe-stony-brook-university-tb
d-clark-201
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20170801T150500-02mm6q7uplh244fa4f7at8slfk_R20170530T190500@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Physical Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170801T150500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170801T160500
LOCATION:Clark 507
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Alexey Fedorov\, Yale University. ‘TBD’. Clark 507
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/alexey-fedorov-yale-university-tbd-clark-50
7
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:rg70gamr6b466doait2cpfdslk@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:TBA
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170810T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170810T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:MIT International Science & Technology Inititative
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/mit-international-science-technology-initit
ative
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTBA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:bpcjoqpsnsjdpnggspqu79rs50@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:TBA
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170817T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170817T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Andrew Solow
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-andrew-solow-2
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTBA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:n1f1j3s5oihqdg0je32oicgn4s@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:TBA\n\nDr. Anne Cohem
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170824T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170824T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Anne Cohen
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-anne-cohen
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
\\n\\nTBA\n\nDr. Anne
Cohem
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:v97rftdk6jatf3qkmjtmquq4i8@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170831T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170831T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:No Bioseminar Today
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-bioseminar-today-6
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:1496258289478@google.com
DTSTAMP:20180502T144621Z
CATEGORIES:
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170911T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170911T130000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171002T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171009T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171016T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171023T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171030T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171113T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171120T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171211T120000
EXDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20171218T120000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge
RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;COUNT=15;BYDAY=MO
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-2
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ai1ec-827531@oceans.mit.edu
DTSTAMP:20180502T144622Z
CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Special Events
CONTACT:MIT's Department of Earth\, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences\; ht
tps://eapsweb.mit.edu/what-do-hurricanes-harvey-and-irma-portend
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Kerry A. Emanuel\, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmo
spheric Science\, Co-Director of the Lorenz Center\nDate: Wednesday\, Sept
ember 20\, 4:00pm to 5:00pm\nLocation: MIT Campus\, 54-100\n\nSpecial Lect
ure: 'What Do Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Portend?'\n\nNatural disasters ar
e the result of the interaction of a natural phenomenon with human beings
and their built environments. Globally and in the U.S.\, large increases i
n coastal populations are causing corresponding increases in hurricane dam
age and these are now being compounded by rising sea levels and changing s
torm 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 probabilit
ies of hurricanes like Harvey and Irma have already changed and are likely
to continue to do so.\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nKerry Emanuel is a prominen
t 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\, wate
r vapor\, and upper-ocean mixing in regulation of climate\, and advanced m
ethods of sampling the atmosphere in aid of numerical weather prediction.
\n\nEmanuel 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 Univ
ersity of California at Los Angeles where he remained for three years\, wi
th a brief hiatus filming tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas.\n\nIn 1981 he j
oined 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 Ear
th\, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS). In 1989 he assumed directo
rship 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 Lore
nz Center\, a climate think tank which fosters creative approaches to lear
ning how climate works.\n\nProfessor Emanuel is the author or co-author of
over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers\, and three books\, including Di
vine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes\, published by Oxford Uni
versity Press\, and What We Know about Climate Change\, published by the M
IT Press.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170920T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170920T170000
GEO:+42.360297;-71.089375
LOCATION:MIT\, Cambridge\, MA\, Building 54-100 @ 77 Massachusetts Ave\, Ca
mbridge\, MA 02139\, USA
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Special Lecture: What Do Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Portend?
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/special-lecture-what-do-hurricanes-harvey-a
nd-irma-portend
X-COST-TYPE:free
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\\n\\n[caption id='att
achment_827533' align='aligncenter' width='576']
Kerry Emanuel: What
Do Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Portend?[/caption]\n\n
Speaker: Kerry A. Emanuel\, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science\
, Co-Director of the Lorenz Center\nDate: Wednesday\, Sep
tember 20\, 4:00pm to 5:00pm\nLocation: MIT Campus\, 54-1
00\n\nSpecial Lecture: 'What Do Hurricanes Harv
ey and Irma Portend?'\n\nNatural 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 popula
tions are causing corresponding increases in hurricane damage and these ar
e now being compounded by rising sea levels and changing storm characteris
tics 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 hurricane
s like Harvey and Irma have already changed and are likely to continue to
do so.\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nKerry Emanuel is a prominent meteorologist and cl
imate scientist who specializes in moist convection in the atmosphere\, an
d tropical cyclones. His research interests focus on tropical meteorology
and climate\, with a specialty in hurricane physics. His interests also in
clude cumulus convection\, the role of clouds\, water vapor\, and upper-oc
ean mixing in regulation of climate\, and advanced methods of sampling the
atmosphere in aid of numerical weather prediction.\n\nEmanuel received an
S.B. degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences and a Ph.D. in Meteorology (1
978) 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 filmi
ng tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas.\n\nIn 1981 he joined the faculty of th
e Department of Meteorology at MIT and was promoted to Full Professor in 1
987 in what had since becomes the Department of Earth\, Atmospheric and Pl
anetary Sciences (EAPS). In 1989 he assumed directorship of EAPS Center fo
r Meteorology and Physical Oceanography\, a post he held until 1997. Subse
quently 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 t
hink tank which fosters creative approaches to learning how climate works.
\n\nProfessor 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 Wha
t We Know about Climate Change\, published by the MIT Press.
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harvey\,hurricane\,irma\,kerry emanuel\,lorenz center\,meteorolgy\,modelin
g\,ocean\,paoc\,prediction\,sea level\,storm\,weather
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LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Allison Wing
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-allison-wing
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SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Bess Ward (Princeton)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-bess-ward
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:TBA \n\nDr. Gerhard Herndl\nUniversity of Vienna
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171005T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171005T130000
LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Gerhard Herndl
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-gerhard-herndl
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ard Herndl\nUniversity of Vienna
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SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Lynne Talley (Scripps)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-lynne-talley-scripps
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171023T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171023T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Yohai Kaspi
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-yohai-kaspi
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171026T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171026T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:No Bioseminar today
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/no-bioseminar-today-5
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DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171030T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171030T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Nathan Steiger (LDEO)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-nathan-steiger-ldeo
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CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:WHOI Seminar | Biological Oceanography
CONTACT:
DESCRIPTION:
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171102T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171102T130000
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dr. Jennifer Francis – Rutgers University
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/dr-jennifer-francis-rutgers-university
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171106T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Jim McWilliams (UCLA)
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-jim-mcwilliams-ucla
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171113T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Clara Deser
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-clara-deser
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171120T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Charles Ichoku
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-charles-ichoku
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171211T130000
LOCATION:Ida Green Lounge
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:PAOC Colloquium: Alison Gray\, Princeton University
URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/paoc-colloquium-alison-gray-princeton-unive
rsity
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\n\nThe Forum for Arctic Ocean M
odeling 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 a
ctivities starting from generating hypotheses\, to planning research inclu
ded both observations and modeling\, and to finalizing analyses synthesizi
ng major results from the field studies and coordinated numerical experime
nts.\n\nFAMOS motivation and approach\n\nFAMOS project is
motivated by and a logical continuation of more than 10-years of AOMIP (A
rctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project\, www.whoi.edu/projects/AOMIP) work demonstrating that th
at the arctic marine science community needs an informal forum to discuss\
, coordinate\, plan and synthesize scientific activities. The AOMIP approa
ch has been to leverage the existing financial support of each project par
ticipant for a comparative analysis of different models and scientific res
ults. This approach has provided a unique opportunity to coordinate studie
s nationally and internationally via a set of carefully-planned numerical
experiments covering the most important processes and interactions. A cle
ar advantage is that each participant is able to work with her/his specifi
c research theme using simulation results from more than a single model an
d to analyze differences and test hypotheses using a multi-model suite of
outputs. The result is a synthesis that integrates observational and mode
ling efforts toward the overall goal of developing advanced Arctic models
able to accurately reconstruct past\, describe current\, and predict futur
e Arctic conditions. In this regard\, FAMOS’s approach will be similar AOM
IP’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 unde
rstanding of the Arctic climate system.\n\nParticipants include several sp
eakers from MIT and WHOI.\n\nMore information here and here.
\n\nAbout the Speak
er\n\nDr. Richard Alley is an Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences
in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. His research intere
sts focus on glaciology\, sea level change and abrupt climate change\, and
he frequently discusses earth sciences on major media outlets\, including
NPR\, BBC and PBS. He is widely credited with showing that the earth has
experienced abrupt climate change in the past—and likely will again\, base
d on his meticulous study of ice cores from Greenland and West Antarctica.
\n\nFor more information contact: Allison Provaire\, provaire@mit.edu\n\nMore about previous Carlson L
ectures here.\n\n