Past Events
October 15, 2008
Prof. John Marshall to speak in the EAPS-PAOC Sack Lunch Seminar. Abstract: In this talk I will use inferences from text-book dynamics (the theory of linear Rossby waves, baroclinic instability and geostrophic turbulence) to discuss two topics inspired by satellite observations, and the connection between them:
(i) The interpretation of the propagation of surface altimetric observations in terms of linear planetary waves and geostrophic turbulence
October 14, 2008
Get involved by attending the Fall 2008 MIT Generator meeting. MIT Generator exists to unite and catalyze student groups working on local energy, environment, and sustainability projects with a campus focus.
October 10, 2008
MIT Energy Night is an MIT energy community showcase social event held annually by the MIT Energy Club and at the MIT Museum. This event aims to bring together the science, engineering, policy, and business energy communities at MIT and to showcase the most exciting energy activities at MIT. Energy Night will feature 40+ presenters representing MIT`s most exciting work in energy research, start-ups, and campus initiatives.
October 09, 2008
Speaker Christoph Ingenhoven, principal of Ingenhoven Architekten in Dusseldorf, Germany, will present "The Future is Green: Present Sustainable Projects" as part of this lecture series on climate change. About the Series: Sustainability has been long debated in schools of architecture while the profession, the industry, and even the outside world in general sometimes acted, at least in certain regions and countries. This lecture series showcases the state of practice in response to climate change, which is happening at an increasingly faster pace, and conveys a sense of urgency.
October 08, 2008
Prof. Carl Wunsch to speak in the EAPS-PAOC Sack Lunch Seminar. Abstract: Evaluation of the significance of apparent long-term trends in the ocean circulation and sea level, as well as the testing of the skill of time-varying models, requires a description of the background variability. As a step toward that end, the longest available truly global records (15 years of satellite altimetry plus fragmentary other bits) are examined in an effort to generalize about oceanic behavior below one cycle/year.
October 08, 2008
Geoffrey Vallis, Senior Scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, and Princeton University professor, will present the 2008 Victor P. Starr Memorial Lecture. Lecture Abstract: Numerous aspects of climate research are becoming dominated by models, in particular, by large General Circulation Models (GCM's), and theory in the traditional sense seems to be playing a smaller role. What should that role be, if any? Are theories now subsidiary to models? Do we need a theory of climate, and what would that be?