BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//18.83.4.138//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:http://oceans.mit.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20181104T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9vmm93g6p7gf3u8an5pue6p2i4@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:David Battisti\nProfessor of Atmospheric Sciences\nUniv. of Was hington DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150508T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150508T153000 LOCATION:MIT\, 54-915 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Quantifying climate forcings and feedbacks in co upled climate simulations of the last millennium. URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-quantifying-climate-forcin gs-and-feedbacks-in-coupled-climate-simulations-of-the-last-millennium X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nDavid Battisti\n Professor of Atmospheric Sciences\nUniv. of Washington END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f9n7q1clvrqar5vn39me4mnrtk@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Dr. William Randel\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensin g\, Atmospheric Chemistry\nObservations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\n The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition r egion of strong dynamical and chemical variability\, with contrasts in cir culation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. T his region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical character istics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems . These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation\, transport and chemical variability\, as der ived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150519T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150519T120000 LOCATION:MIT\, 54-915 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Overview and Global Circulation URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-overview-and-global-circul ation X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nDr. William Rand el\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensing\, Atmospheric Chemistry\n Observations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\nThe global upper tropospher e - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical a nd chemical variability\, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behav ior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulatio n\, transport and chemical variability\, as derived from satellite measure ments combined with meteorological data sets. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:nomjqudjmlgo5l9q72orgmks5o@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Dr. William Randel\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensin g\, Atmospheric Chemistry\nObservations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\n The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition r egion of strong dynamical and chemical variability\, with contrasts in cir culation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. T his region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical character istics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems . These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation\, transport and chemical variability\, as der ived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150521T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150521T120000 LOCATION:MIT\, 54-915 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Stratospheric Temperature Trends URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-stratospheric-temperature- trends X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nDr. William Rand el\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensing\, Atmospheric Chemistry\n Observations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\nThe global upper tropospher e - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical a nd chemical variability\, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behav ior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulatio n\, transport and chemical variability\, as derived from satellite measure ments combined with meteorological data sets. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:t3bv4b3p5a7r3ke93mf97b0nm8@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Dr. William Randel\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensin g\, Atmospheric Chemistry\nObservations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\n The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition r egion of strong dynamical and chemical variability\, with contrasts in cir culation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. T his region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical character istics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems . These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation\, transport and chemical variability\, as der ived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150526T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150526T120000 LOCATION:MIT\, 54-915 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Asian monsoon anticyclone URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-asian-monsoon-anticyclone X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nDr. William Rand el\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensing\, Atmospheric Chemistry\n Observations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\nThe global upper tropospher e - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical a nd chemical variability\, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behav ior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulatio n\, transport and chemical variability\, as derived from satellite measure ments combined with meteorological data sets.\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:mm9hojplisf5pp3g1ptkpsfflk@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Dr. William Randel\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensin g\, Atmospheric Chemistry\nObservations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\n The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition r egion of strong dynamical and chemical variability\, with contrasts in cir culation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. T his region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical character istics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems . These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation\, transport and chemical variability\, as der ived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150528T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150528T120000 LOCATION:MIT\, 54-915 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Stratopheric water vapor URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-stratopheric-water-vapor X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nDr. William Rand el\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensing\, Atmospheric Chemistry\n Observations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\nThe global upper tropospher e - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical a nd chemical variability\, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behav ior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulatio n\, transport and chemical variability\, as derived from satellite measure ments combined with meteorological data sets.\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pvh55vrk3hj3fp22qqs9ptn7c0@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Dr. William Randel\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensin g\, Atmospheric Chemistry\nObservations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\n The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition r egion of strong dynamical and chemical variability\, with contrasts in cir culation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. T his region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical character istics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems . These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation\, transport and chemical variability\, as der ived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150601T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150601T120000 LOCATION:MIT\, 54-915 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Tropical tropopause layer URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-tropical-tropopause-layer X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nDr. William Rand el\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensing\, Atmospheric Chemistry\n Observations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\nThe global upper tropospher e - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical a nd chemical variability\, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behav ior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulatio n\, transport and chemical variability\, as derived from satellite measure ments combined with meteorological data sets.\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0s95uep1qshbtthh4mjo86v934@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Dr. William Randel\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensin g\, Atmospheric Chemistry\nObservations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\n The global upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition r egion of strong dynamical and chemical variability\, with contrasts in cir culation and chemical behavior between the troposphere and stratosphere. T his region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical character istics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems . These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulation\, transport and chemical variability\, as der ived from satellite measurements combined with meteorological data sets. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150603T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150603T143000 LOCATION:MIT\, 54-915 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Tropical variability observed in GPS data URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-tropical-variability-obser ved-in-gps-data X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nDr. William Rand el\nSenior Scientist and Head for Remote Sensing\, Atmospheric Chemistry\n Observations and Modeling Laboratory\, NCAR\n\nThe global upper tropospher e - lower stratosphere (UTLS) is a transition region of strong dynamical a nd chemical variability\, with contrasts in circulation and chemical behav ior between the troposphere and stratosphere. This region exhibits complex dynamical\, radiative\, and chemical characteristics that place stringent requirements on observing and modeling systems. These lectures will focus on a series of topics related to the observed behavior of UTLS circulatio n\, transport and chemical variability\, as derived from satellite measure ments combined with meteorological data sets.\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gnvb5p0kei47uaoqlvlq4n5tuo@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:MIT Seminar | PAOC Houghton Lectures CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The contemporary global carbon budget.\n\nThe global carbon cyc le plays a key role in regulating climate and climate change. Natural rese rvoirs on land and in the ocean hold large quantities of carbon\, which is exchanged with the atmosphere on time scales ranging from seconds to hund reds of thousands of years. This first lecture will explain what we know a bout the contemporary carbon cycle. It will detail the processes that regu late the storage of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere and in the ocean a nd present the latest data on the trends and variability in these ‘carbon sinks’. The observed changes in the carbon sinks will be discussed in the context of a changing climate. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161007T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161007T100000 LOCATION:54-915 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Houghton Lecture – Corrine Le Quere URL:http://oceans.mit.edu/event/houghton-lecture-corrine-le-quere-2 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThe contemporary global carbon budget.\n\nThe global carbon cycle plays a key role in regu lating climate and climate change. Natural reservoirs on land and in the o cean hold large quantities of carbon\, which is exchanged with the atmosph ere on time scales ranging from seconds to hundreds of thousands of years. This first lecture will explain what we know about the contemporary carbo n cycle. It will detail the processes that regulate the storage of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere and in the ocean and present the latest data on the trends and variability in these ‘carbon sinks’. The observed change s in the carbon sinks will be discussed in the context of a changing clima te. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:qeu1ldeocd0j7r30qpn9vin87s@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\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:hnppmp72jfa5kt129out5evpsg@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z 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:toa1t42k6tp04at5csb45hridc@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z 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:6bp5skbdjcmosblm18biliepgk@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nHumidity-cloud-p recipitation feedbacks and convective organization END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11nvqng7jvau2ap5u1ieapltuo@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nInsights from hi gh-resolution simulation of cloud feedbacks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gljvm978hngma95e8hb8m9lea8@google.com DTSTAMP:20180503T070751Z 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 END:VCALENDAR