Seminars
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Our seminars are open to all personnel at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and offer a variety of "bigger picture" viewpoints on climate change. They are designed to make people think, be accessible to a wide audience, and to touch upon important climate issues from the point of view of science, industry, economics, communication and other sectors. Our seminar speakers come from a variety of institutes, non-profits or industries.
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Distinguished Climate LectureImplications of GRACE data for Water Resources Management
Bridget Scanlon
July 12, 2023 | 180-101 conference room (in person) & WebEx, 11:00 am PT
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Distinguished Climate LectureJoanne Simpson and the Tropical Atmosphere
Jim Fleming
June 1, 2023 | 180-101 conference room (in person) & WebEx, 3:00 pm PT
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Distinguished Climate LectureHarnessing the Power of Geophysical Imaging to Recharge California’s Groundwater
Rosemary Knight
May 22, 2023 | 180-101 conference room (in person) & WebEx, 11:00 am PT
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Distinguished Climate LectureTackling the Security Implications of Climate Change
Erin Sikorsky
April 12, 2023 | 180-101 conference room (in person) & WebEx, 1:00 pm PT
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Distinguished Climate LectureCloud Physics from Space
Graeme Stephens
April 10, 2023 | 186 von Karman auditorium (in person) and Webex, 3:00 pm PT
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Distinguished Climate LectureNASA Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) Earth Venture Mission
Chris Ruf
March 17, 2023 | 180-101 conference room (in person) & WebEx, 2:30 pm PT
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Distinguished Climate LectureChallenges and future prospects for climate modeling
Gavin Schmidt
February 13, 2023 | Karman auditorium and Webex, 12:00pm PT (Pacific time)
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Distinguished Climate LectureStudying climate through a spectral lens
Xianglei Huang
January 19, 2023 | 180-101 conference room and Webex, 3:00pm PT (Pacific time)
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Distinguished Climate LectureClouds, precipitation, and organized convection: from land surface effect to a new satellite wind mission concept
Xubin Zeng
November 28, 2022 | 180-101 conference room and Webex, 4:00 pm (Pacific time)
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Mini-symposium SeriesThe Essential Role of Long-term Satellite Records for Climate Science and Monitoring
November 10, 2022 | WebEx, 9:00 – 11:30 AM (PST)
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Distinguished Climate LectureDevelopment of a Framework for Evaluating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making
Annmarie Eldering
October 24, 2022 | 180-101 conference room and Webex, 2:15 pm (Pacific time)
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Distinguished Climate LectureTowards a Worldwide Observing, Forecasting and Attribution System for Air Quality
Guy P. Brasseur
July 20, 2022 | 321 Pickering Auditorium and Webex, 2:00 pm (Pacific time)
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Distinguished Climate LectureSo What if Warm, Moist Air Rises - Why Should We Care?
Susan van den Heever
Septermber 20, 2021 | WebEx, 10:00 am (Pacific time)
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Distinguished Climate LectureWhy is it so hard to stop global warming?
A political and technical analysisDavid Victor
June 3, 2021 | WebEx, 3:00 pm (Pacific time)
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Distinguished Climate LectureA Machine Learning Approach Toward a “Seamless” Understanding Droughts, Heatwaves and Fire Weather from Sub-Seasonal to Decadal Scales
Rong Fu
May 19, 2021 | WebEx, 9:00am
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Distinguished Climate LectureOcean imprints: Small-scale air-sea interactions and ocean-weather climate connections
Carol Anne Clayson
April 27, 2021 | WebEx, 9:00am
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Mini-symposiumSpecial Carbon Symposium
David Schimel, Pierre Gentine, Sassan Saatchi, and John Worden
February 9, 2021 | WebEx, 9:00am-11:00am
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Distinguished Climate LectureThe GMAO High-Resolution Coupled Model and Assimilation System for Seasonal Prediction
Andrea Molod
December 10, 2020 | WebEx, 11:00am
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Distinguished Climate LectureAtmospheric electrification, lightning and convection: A tutorial
Steven Rutledge
November 18, 2020 | WebEx, 11:00am
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Distinguished Climate LectureThe Intersections between COVID and Climate Change
Andrew Gettelman
September 10, 2020 | WebEx, 11:00am
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Distinguished Climate LectureHydroterra – transforming temporal sampling of the water cycle
Stephen Hobbs
January 30, 2020 | 233-305E, 11:00am
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Distinguished Climate LectureMesoscale and Submesoscale Air-Sea Coupling
James C. McWilliams
November 13, 2019 | 167-151, 3:00pm
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Special SeminarIs cloud dynamics impossibly complex or fundamentally simple?
Tim Garrett
November 7, 2019 | 180-101, 2:15pm
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Distinguished Climate LectureUsing observations and models to understand the warming Arctic
Jennifer Kay
May 13, 2019 | 180-101, 3:30pm
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Distinguished Climate LectureArctic sea ice retreat and iceberg drift in a warming climate
Ian Eisenman
***NEW Date, Time and Location***
April 24, 2019 | 233-305E, 11:00am -
Distinguished Climate LectureIs terrestrial net primary production a planetary boundary for the carbon cycle?
Steven W. Running
February 13, 2019 | 186 - von Kármán Auditorium, 11:00 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureClimate Science and its Fundamental Role in 21st Century Challenges
Julia Slingo
January 11, 2019 | 321 Pickering Auditorium, 11:00 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureAnalysis and Prediction of the Earth System Using the GMAO’s GEOS Systems
Steven Pawson
December 19, 2018 | 180-101, 10:00 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureEnergetic constraints on climate model errors in precipitation
Christian Jakob
December 6, 2018 | 180-101, 10:00 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureSea Ice (and Snow) Influences on Climate
Paul Kushner
November 27, 2018 | 233-305E, 11:00 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureLand Water-Energy-Carbon Cycles Linkages Diagnosed From SMAP and Multi-Mission Data
Dara Entekhabi
November 8, 2018 | 180-101, 4:00 pm
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Distinguished Climate LectureCrop Variability and Global Food Insecurity in a Warmer World
Roz Naylor
October 17, 2018 | 180-101, 10:00 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureMethane in the Climate System: Monitoring Emissions from Satellites
Daniel J. Jacob
September 4, 2018 | 180-101, 11:30 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureModeling Mesoscale Convective Systems and their Large-scale Environments
L. Ruby Leung
June 12, 2018 | 167-151, 3:00 pm
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Distinguished Climate LectureUnanticipated future change in the land and ocean biosphere
James Randerson
May 15, 2018 | 321-Pickering Auditorium, 10:00 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureSevere Thunderstorms and Climate
Kerry Emanuel
March 28, 2018 | 321-Pickering Auditorium, 10:30 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureThe Circulation of the Antarctic Margins in a Changing Climate
Andrew Thompson
February 7, 2018 | 321-Pickering Auditorium, 10 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureEarth System Modelling at ECMWF
Dr. Nils Wedi
May 25, 2017 | 321-Pickering Auditorium, 2:30pm
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Distinguished Climate LectureClimate change & NASA
Erik Conway
March 1, 2017 - March 2, 2017 | 321-Pickering Auditorium, 11 am
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Distinguished Climate LectureSWOT: Tracking water on Earth from mountains to the deep sea
Lee-Lueng Fu
December 2, 2016 | 321-Pickering Auditorium, 11am
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Distinguished Climate LectureWhat can paleoclimate tell us about modern climate change?
Jess Adkins
November 17, 2016 | 180-101, 12 PM
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Distinguished Climate LectureEstimating climate sensitivity by comparing climate models to observations
Andrew Dessler , Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University
May 16, 2016 | 180-101, 11-Noon
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Distinguished Climate LecturePowering the Earth with 100% wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) for all purposes
Mark Jacobson , Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director, Atmosphere Energy Program, Stanford University
April 18, 2016 | von Karman Auditorium; 11:00am - 12:00 pm
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Distinguished Climate LectureEmergent Constraints on Future Climate Projections
Dr. Alex Hall , UCLA
January 19, 2016 | JPL - 321-Pickering Auditorium
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Distinguished Climate LectureDynamic and Physical Processes Related to Precipitation Anomalies over the US Great Plains and Gulf states.
Dr. Robert Dickinson , University of Texas, Austin
October 29, 2015 | 180-101, 10:30am
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Distinguished Climate LectureThe role of the stratosphere in climate and long-range prediction
Dr. M. Joan Alexander
September 14, 2015 | 321-Pickering Auditorium, 11am
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Distinguished Climate LectureExploring Tipping Points in Weather - Climate Interactions
Dr. Derek Posselt , Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan
June 25, 2015 | 321 Auditorium
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Distinguished Climate LectureWhy does summer rain fall over the Great Plains during the night, mainly?
Dr. David Parsons , Professor, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
March 27, 2015 | von Karman Auditorium
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Distinguished Climate LectureBathing the Amazon rainforest in carbon dioxide
Richard Norby , Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee
January 16, 2014 | 321 auditorium
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Distinguished Climate LectureWinners & Losers: Ecological & Biogeochemical Changes in the Future Ocean
Dr. Stephanie Dutkiewicz , Research Scientist, Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
September 12, 2013 | 233-305E
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Distinguished Climate LectureThe Climate Future of Los Angeles: What We Face
Dr. Alex Hall , University of California, Los Angeles
June 27, 2013 | 321 Auditorium, JPL, 3 pm – 4 pm
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Distinguished Climate LectureSimulating Deep Atmospheric Convection Over Large Tropical Domains
Dr. Christopher Holloway , University of Reading
May 10, 2013 | 1.00 PM – 2.00 PM 233-305E
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Distinguished Climate LectureThe Use of Satellite Data to Improve Interdecadal Climate Predictions
Dr. Stephen Leroy , Harvard University
February 5, 2013 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11 am-12 pm, JPL 233-305E
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Distinguished Climate LectureEarth System Modeling and Field Experiments in the Arctic Boreal Zone
Dr. Piers Sellers , NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
January 31, 2013 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 233–305E
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Distinguished Climate LectureiSeeChange: Crowdsourced Climate Change Reporting
Julia Kumari Drapkin , KVNF Public Radio & Localore, Colorado
August 23, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11.00 am-12.00 pm, 233-305E
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Distinguished Climate LectureWhat's Happening to Evapotranspiration? The Key to Understanding the Water Cycle in a Changing Climate
Professor Eric Wood , Princeton University
June 4, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11.00 am-12.00 pm, 180-101
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Distinguished Climate LectureGreenland's Ice Mass Change From Space Observations
Dr. Ingo Sasgen , German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
May 23, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11.00 am-12.00 pm, 180-101
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Distinguished Climate LectureWater Resources, Flooding and Drought in Snow-Dominated Austere Regions
Dr. Robert E. Davis , Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
May 17, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11.00 am-12.00 pm, von Karman Auditorium
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Distinguished Climate LectureForecasting Your Water Supply: Capabilities and Gaps for Colorado River Forecasting
Kevin Werner , Colorado River Basin Forecast Center
May 9, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 10.00-11.00 am, 233-305E
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Distinguished Climate LectureImaging Spectroscopy and the Future of Biodiversity Research
Dr. David Schimel , National Center for Atmospheric Research; National Ecological Observatory Network
May 7, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11.30 am-12.30 pm, 233-305E
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Distinguished Climate LectureLikelihood-Based Climate Model Evaluation
Dr. Amy Braverman , NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; University of California, Los Angeles
April 18, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2.00-3.00 pm, 180-101
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Distinguished Climate LectureWater Cycle Change and the Human Fingerprint on the Water Landscape of the 21st Century: Observations from a Decade of GRACE
Professor Jay Famiglietti , University of California, Irvine
April 9, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1.30-2.30 pm, 321-B20
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Distinguished Climate LectureAssessing the Likelihood and Risks of Global Changes and Local Responses
Dr. C. Adam Schlosser , MIT
April 3, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11.00 am-12.00 pm, 321 Auditorium
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Distinguished Climate LectureWater in a Changing Climate
Professor Christian Kummerow , Colorado State University
April 2, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2.00-3.00 pm, 321-B20
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Distinguished Climate LectureNephological Conjuring: Do Better Clouds Lead to Better Cloud Scores?
Dr. Cyril Morcrette , Met Office, United Kingdom
March 19, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2.00-3.00 pm, 233-305E
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Distinguished Climate LectureThe Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory's Latest-Generation Coupled Climate Model
Dr. Leo Donner , Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
March 19, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11.00 am-12.00 pm, 180-101
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Distinguished Climate LecturePromoting the Value of Water-Cycle Remote Sensing and Climate Studies to Non-Traditional Consumers
Dr. Faisal Hossain , Tennessee Tech University
March 12, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11.00 am-12.00 pm, 321 Auditorium
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Distinguished Climate LectureDust Storm Forecasting and a Pan-American Sand and Dust Storm System Center
Professor William Sprigg , Chapman University; University of Arizona
March 5, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11.00 am-12.00 pm, 180-101
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Distinguished Climate LectureThe Science and Applications of Precipitation and Atmospheric Rivers in the Western U.S.
Dr. F. Martin Ralph , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
February 16, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2.00-3.00 pm, 180-101
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Distinguished Climate LectureRecent Advances in Data Assimilation
Dr. Eugenia Kalnay , University of Maryland
February 15, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2.00-3.00 pm, von Karman Auditorium
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Distinguished Climate LectureLand Surface Hydrology Research at the University of Washington
Dr. Dennis Lettenmaier , George Washington University
February 13, 2012 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 10-11 am, 180-101
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Distinguished Climate LectureThe U.S. Navy's Task Force Climate Change
Rear Admiral David Titley , U.S. Navy
November 7, 2011 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
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Distinguished Climate LectureProcess-Oriented Evaluation of Chemistry-Climate and Earth System Models
Dr. Veronika Eyring , German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
September 26, 2011 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
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Distinguished Climate LectureAn Integrated Regional Climate Strategy: An Impossible Dream?
Will Travis , San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
August 25, 2011 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
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Distinguished Climate LecturePreparing For A Low Carbon Economy
Doug Smith , Village Green Global Inc.
June 21, 2011 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
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Distinguished Climate LectureWhat Would Have Happened to the Ozone Layer if CFCs Had Not Been Regulated?
Dr. Paul A. Newman , NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
May 17, 2011 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
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Distinguished Climate LectureThe Future Evolution of Earth's Reflected Shortwave Spectrum
Dr. William Collins , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; University of California, Berkeley
May 4, 2011 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
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Distinguished Climate LectureCommunicating Climate Change
Susan Hassol , Climate Communication
March 23, 2011 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
