Seattle is home to a lot of self-described “weather geeks.” Even so, this week is exceptional. Thousands of scientists came to attend the , being held through Thursday at the Washington State Convention Center.
The ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ is well represented in the program. Keynote talks include John (Mike) Wallace, UW professor emeritus of atmospheric sciences, who gave a history of research on . Ian Joughin, a glaciologist the UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory, spoke about how in Greenland and Antarctica.
An was held Tuesday in honor of , a UW professor of atmospheric sciences. Former students and colleagues presented on topics from to reviewing some of Houze’s most memorable field campaigns, including a 2005 effort that .
A Thursday morning talk looks at how could be used to improve weather forecasts. A session that afternoon will give from OLYMPEX, a 2015 NASA field that measured precipitation on the Olympic Peninsula.
Some studies focus on local phenomena. A presentation Monday looked at quantifying the 2015 in Olympic National Park. Also close to home, UW researchers spoke Monday about taking crossing Admiralty Inlet. A presentation Wednesday will look at how the is likely to respond to climate change.
Other studies center on more far-flung locales. A UW civil and environmental engineering group discussed new methods for . Other UW research focuses on . Yet another uses ice cores from the Antarctic ice sheet to peer into Earth’s .
Researchers at the Applied Physics Laboratory presented work in the Arctic, including fall freeze-up , trends in and long-term for Arctic sea ice. Other ocean-focused talks include and what controls the Atlantic Ocean’s .
Cloud-gazers of all types will convene at the event. UW atmospheric scientists will look at , Pacific Ocean , daily , smoke-seeded , the complexity of , and over Oklahoma and Australia.
The conference lineup includes a few surprises, too. A Monday on communicating risk included Susan Joslyn, a UW psychology professor who looks at , and Kate Starbird, an assistant professor of human-centered design and engineering who studies how .
Other talks focus on human effects. A UW global health professor explained methods and challenges for such as Chikungunya and Zika virus. A UW School of Public Health presentation looked at measuring . A talk Wednesday afternoon featuring Kristie Ebi, a UW global-health researcher, will cover .
An invited talk Wednesday morning by Robert Peña, associate professor of architecture, is on the . The talk will focus on Seattle’s Bullitt Center, which was designed to respond to its surrounding climate.
UW participants in Sunday’s WeatherFest educational event included the Department of Atmospheric Sciences’ , the Washington state and research groups that measure and . And UW scientists will, of course, assist with the conference’s daily weather briefings.
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