Physical Sciences Laboratory Seminars 2021

The PSL Seminar Series is typically held at 2:00 p.m. Mountain on Tuesdays and features a mix of internal and external speakers. The goal of the series is to facilitate collaboration between PSL and external scientists. The series is co-sponsored by partners at CIRES.

These seminars are currently only held virtually. Connection information can be found on the individual announcements. If you have any questions about the series or would like to be added to our email list, please contact the coordinators at: psl.seminars@noaa.gov.

All times Mountain Time (MT).


Date Seminar
07 Dec 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Melissa Breeden, CIRES and NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory
Identifying 2-meter temperature forecasts of opportunity over North America
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
23 Nov 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Kai-Chih Tseng, NOAA/GFDL and Princeton University
Are multiseasonal forecasts of atmospheric rivers possible?
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
09 Nov 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Kai Huang, Dept. Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University
The Roles of Westward-Propagating Waves and the QBO in Limiting MJO Propagation
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
12 Oct 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Dana M. Tobin, PhD, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations
Multi-Faceted View of Winter Precipitation: Societal Impacts, Polarimetric Radar Detection, and Microphysical Modeling of Transitional Winter Precipitation
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
28 Sep 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Tongtong Xu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwaves, Tropical Variability and Climate Change
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
14 Sep 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Justin M. Pflug, CIRES Post Doc, CU Boulder
Learning from the past: Using historic patterns to improve real-time and future simulations of mountain snowpack
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
31 Aug 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Paul Dirmeyer, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University
The Role of Land-Atmosphere Feedbacks in Weather-to-Subseasonal Predictability
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
17 Aug 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Aneesh Subramanian, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado
Exploring the impact of ocean data assimilation and use of machine learning for improving weather to subseasonal forecasts
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
03 Aug 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Matthew Shupe, CIRES and NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory
Building process-based understanding of the Central Arctic system through MOSAiC
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
20 Jul 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Dr. Lak Lakshmanan, Google
Infusing Machine Learning and Distributed Computing into Scientific Research
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
06 Jul 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Claire Pettersen, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Clouds and Blocking: Snowfall Processes Over the Greenland Ice Sheet
Webinar Only (Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
22 Jun 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Bor-Ting Jong, NRC Post Doc, NOAA Physical Sciences Lab
Subseasonal Meteorological Drought Development over the Central United States during Spring
Webinar Only (Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
08 Jun 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
[Special *FLASH* Seminar]
Hui Ding, NOAA/PSL
Seasonal to multi-year model-analog ENSO forecasts

Brandon Wolding, NOAA/PSL
Thermodynamic-Convection Coupling in Observations, Reanalyses, and Models
Webinar Only (Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
25 May 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
[Special *FLASH* Seminar]
Rochelle Worsnop, NOAA/PSL
Generation of week-2 fire-indicator forecasts for the Climate Prediction Center
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
11 May 2021
Tuesday, 2:30 pm
Byron Blomquist , NOAA/PSL
Surface Exchange of Climate-Active Trace Gases in a Sea Ice Environment during MOSAiC
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
27 Apr 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Cathy Smith, NOAA/PSL
Ocean Web-based Reanalysis Intercomparison Tool: Ocean
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
13 Apr 2021
Tuesday, 2:15 pm
[Special *FLASH* Seminar]
Laura Slivinski ,
Global Hourly-Updating Data Assimilation
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
06 Apr 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
Grey Nearing, University of California Davis
Hydrological Modeling with Deep Learning
Webinar Only (Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
29 Mar 2021
Monday, 2:00 pm
[Special *FLASH* Seminar]
Zachary Lawrence,
The Remarkably Strong Arctic Stratospheric Polar Vortex of Winter 2020: Links to Recordā€Breaking Arctic Oscillation and Ozone Loss
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)
16 Mar 2021
Tuesday, 2:00 pm
[Special *FLASH* Seminar]
William "Ryan" Currier,
Future climate and hydrologic variability in the Colorado River Basin

Robert Pincus,
Understanding radiative forcing by greenhouse gases
(Contact: psl.seminars@noaa.gov)