GFDL - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Presentations on the topics of climate modeling and climate change research that I've made to audiences comprised of people who are not themselves climate researchers.

Upcoming Presentations

Selected Past Presentations

• 10 November 2009
  Invited seminar speaker at NOAA's Coastal Services Center.
  Location: North Charleston, South Carolina
  Presentation title: The Role of Global Climate Modeling in Climate Change Information & Knowledge Cycles
  ¤ NOAA Coastal Services Center home page
  
  
• 9 November 2009
  Invited keynote speaker at the Sea Grant Climate Network Workshop “Climate Adaptation in Coastal Communities: A Network Approach to Outreach”.
  Location: Charleston, South Carolina
  Presentation title: Perspectives on the Science of Climate Change - Global, Regional, & Local
  ¤ workshop web page
  
  
• 4 August 2009
  Invited speaker at the Café Scientifique Arlington Virginia.
  Location: The Front Page Restaurant, Arlington Virginia
  Presentation title: Five Things You Should Know About Climate Change Science
  ¤ event web page
  
  
• 21 June 2009
  Invited speaker at the American Meteorological Society’s Short Course on Understanding Climate Science: Essentials for Broadcast Meteorologists (associated with the AMS 37th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology).
  Location: Portland, Oregon
  Presentation title: The Atmosphere–Ocean Connection in the Earth's Climate System
  ¤ shortcourse description [pdf]
  ¤ shortcourse program agenda [pdf]
  
  
• 3 June 2009
  Invited speaker at the 2009 Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment (SHIE). Part of a weeklong workshop for about two dozen environmental journalists. (I also made presentations at the 2007 and 2008 SHIE workshops.)
  Location: Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, Florida.
  Presentation title: If you can't predict the weather two weeks out, why rely on computer climate models for 100-year projections?
  ¤ Institute home page
  
  
• 29 May 2009
  Invited speaker at the 2009 NOAA Student Scholar Orientation Training Program for nearly 200 students .who will be conducting summer internships at NOAA facilities across the nation.
  Location: NOAA Headquarters, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  ¤ Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program page
  
  
• 24 February 2009
  Invited speaker at the 2009 Annual Ocean and Coastal Program Manager's Meeting.
  Location: Washington, DC
  Presentation title: Climate Modeling 101: Computer modeling's contribution to the climate research challenge
  ¤ meeting web page
  
  
• 10 March 2008
  Delivered two Capitol Hill informational briefings for congressional staff as the first in a series of NOAA Research climate seminars.
  Location: Rayburn House and Russell Senate Office Buildings, Washington, DC
  Presentation title: Climate Modeling 101: The role of computer modeling in the climate change challenge
  ¤ slides and notes from the briefing
  
  
• 21 February 2008
  Inivited speaker at a National Weather Service (NWS) Media Workshop for television reporters and other media customers of the Philadelphia/Mount Holly Forecast Office.
  Location: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly Forecast Office, Mount Holly, NJ
  Presentation title: Climate Change Research: Some of NOAA's modeling efforts, assessments, and products
  
  
• 12 October 2007
  Plenary speaker at the IGLO - ASTC (Association of Science - Technology Centers) pre-conference workshop on climate change issues and the role of science centers and museums.
  Location: Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California
  Presentation title: Using Computer Models to Investigate the Ocean's Role in Climate Change
  ¤ workshop recap
  
  
• 7 March 2007
  Keynote speaker at the annual National Weather Service (NWS) Eastern Region Manager's Meeting.
  Location: Port Jefferson, New York
  Presentation title: Climate Change: A Scientific Briefing
  
  
• 28 February 2007
  Invited speaker at the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy (Pittcon 2007) special symposium on The Science of Global Climate Change .
  Location: Chicago, Illinois
  Presentation title: Computer Modeling of the Global Climate and its Role in the Assessment of Climate Change
  
  
• 2-3 October 2006
  Invited speaker and panel discussion member at Transatlantic Science Week 2006: Arctic Meltdown Global Effect, hosted by the Carnegie Institution and the Royal Norwegian Embassy.
  Location: Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC
  Presentation title: Simulating the Arctic in Global Climate Models: Successes and remaining challenges
  ¤ meeting web page
  
  

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