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Upcoming Colloquium

There are no current colloquia scheduled at this time.

In The News

May 16, 2013: Congratulation to all the Spring 2013 Graduates [more]

May, 2013: Two CSU Atmospheric Science students win NASA graduate fellowships [more]

May, 2013: CSU Student and Post-doc named CSU Sustainability Fellows [more]

March 4, 2013: Paul DeMott on Saharan, Asian dust contribute to U.S. precipitation [more]

Feb 7,2013: Hans Verlinde, the latest alumni to receive a 50th anniversary clock [more]

Jan 11, 2013: Richard Johnson received the Verner E Suomi Award [more]

Jan, 2013: Noel Hilliard receives 1st place in student poster competition [more]

Dec 14, 2012: Congratulations to all Fall Graduates[more]

Dec 7, 2012: Steve Miller discusses power outages and recovery after hurricane Sandy[more]

Dec, 2012: Aryeh Drager wins Outstanding Student Paper Award at AGU {more]

Oct 23, 2012: The Department gets its own local chapter of the American Meteorological Society[more]

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Congratulations to this year's Department of Atmospheric Science student paper award winners.

Riehl Award Winners

Two winners were selected for this year's Riehl Memorial Award, given to a current M.S. student or recent M.S. graduate for a paper based on her/his M.S. research: Adele Igel (Sue van den Heever, advisor) was selected for her paper entitled The role of latent heating in warm frontogenesis. Nick Davis (Thomas Birner, advisor) was selected for his paper entitled Seasonal to multi-decadal variability of the width of the tropical belt.

Alumni Award Winner

James Ruppert (Dick Johnson, advisor) received the Alumni Award for his paper on the diurnal cycle of monsoon precipitation over Taiwan during the 2008 Terrain-Influenced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (TiMREX). His work finds that there is a strong diurnal cycle of precipitation in Taiwan even on disturbed days when considerable cloud shading exists over the island. Rainfall tends to be shifted to higher elevations during disturbed periods in association with stronger southwesterly monsoon flow.

Each recipient receives an engraved plaque and a cash prize. Congratulations to all of this year's winners!

A view into the history of the Department of Atmospheric Science

1962

Bill Marlatt

Bill Marlatt was a member of our faculty from 1962 to 1970 when he retired

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Defenses

Biljana Orescanin
Location: ATS West Seminar Room (ATSW 121)
Date: May 24, 9:00am
Adviser: Prof. Denning
Masters Defense
Defense Title: SEASONAL GREENING IN GRASSLANDS

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