INSTAAR Noon Seminar

INSTAAR Noon Seminars

12-1 PM Mondays, RL-3, 6th Floor Auditorium, Room 620
For directions to RL-3, see INSTAAR Map pages
These seminars are open to the public. All are welcome!

Spring 2009
Talks organized by Sarah Spaulding

16 Jan. Stephanie Kampf, INSTAAR/Geography Hydrology Candidate
"Decomposing the hydrograph: What runoff patterns reveal about hydrologic process from hillslope to watershed scale."
Note Special Day, Time, Location, and Event: Friday 3:30 pm Gugg 205

26 Jan. Noah Molotch, INSTAAR/Geography Hydrology Candidate.
"Climate change at the edge of the cryosphere: integrating observations and models to understand the mountain water cycle."
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30 Jan. Holly Barnard, INSTAAR/Geography Hydrology Candidate.
"Ecohydrology of forested watersheds: linking the hydrosphere and
biosphere in complex terrain."
Note Special Day, Time, Location, and Event: Friday 3:30 pm Gugg 205

02 Feb. Stanley Deetz, Director, Peace and Conflict Studies, Department of Communication.
"Communication design for collaborative interaction with diverse publics."
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06 Feb. Trent Biggs, INSTAAR/Geography Hydrology Candidate.
"Watershed processes and human activities in river basins: From the
Amazon to South Asia."
Note Special Day, Time, Location, and Event: Friday 3:30 pm Gugg 205

09 Feb. Simon Mudd, INSTAAR/Geography Hydrology Candidate.
"The coupled geochemical and geomorphic evolution of soil mantled landscapes."
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16 Feb. James Syvitski, INSTAAR.
“The Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) and what it means to INSTAAR."
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23 Feb. John Behrendt, INSTAAR.
"From IGY to IPY: Volcanism associated with the West Antarctic Rift System interpreted from geophysical observations, and possible effects on the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) ."
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27 Feb. Allegra LeGrande, ATOC/ INSTAAR Candidate.
"New insights into atmospheric hydrology from water isotope observations
(past and present) and modeling ."
Note Special Day, Time, Location, and Event: Friday 4:00 pm, Duane Physics 11th floor
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02 Mar. Nicole Lovenduski, NOAA Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow and ATOC/ INSTAAR Candidate.
"The future of the Southern Ocean carbon dioxide sink."
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09 Mar. Ben Cook, NOAA Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow and ATOC/ INSTAAR Candidate.
"Amplification of the North American ‘Dust Bowl’ drought through human induced land degradation."
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16 Mar. Tania Schoennagel, Dept of Geography.
"Causes and consequences of fire and insect outbreaks in Rocky Mountain Forests: implications for management and climate change."
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23 Mar. NO TALK, Spring Break

30 Mar. John Andrews, INSTAAR.
"Variations in ice rafting in the northern North Atlantic over the last 12,000 cal yrs (Iceland, East Greenland, and Baffin Bay/Labrador Sea)."
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06 Apr. John Hoffecker, INSTAAR.
"Starting over: Neanderthals and modern humans in Eastern Europe."
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13 Apr. Waleed Abdalati, CIRES Earth Science and Observation Center.
"Recent changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet: Are we waking a sleeping giant?."
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20 Apr. Christophe Randin, INSTAAR and Swiss National Scientific Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow.
"Modeling past and future changes in vegetation distribution in mountain regions."
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27 Apr. Cancellation.