1. A few words about the AOES Dept and Climate Dynamics PhD Barry Klinger, April 2010 SAC COLA visit

2. July (2008), Merger of Climate Dynamics Department Geologists (in environmental Science And Policy Department) …Gave Birth To A New Creation… 6 full-time faculty, Including 4 tenure-stream, 2 term

3. Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences

4. George Mason University/COLA Climate Dynamics PhD Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences Understanding and Predicting Climate and its Variability www.aoes.gmu.edu Some key research components: Atmospheric Dynamics Physical Oceanography Land-Air Interactions Predictability Climate Modeling

5. Climate Dynamics PhD - Overview Started as concentration of Computational Sciences and Informatics PhD Separate program since Fall 2003

6. Climate Dynamics PhD - Overview Started as concentration of Computational Sciences and Informatics PhD Separate program since Fall 2003 Mission to help train the next generation of scientists in climate dynamics and related fields Builds on the great strengths in numerical modeling and predictability studies of GMU/COLA scientists Students take classes at GMU, collaborate with scientists at both GMU and COLA

7. Climate Dynamics PhD - Overview Started as concentration of Computational Sciences and Informatics PhD Separate program since Fall 2003 Mission to help train the next generation of scientists in climate dynamics and related fields Builds on the great strengths in numerical modeling and predictability studies of GMU/COLA scientists Students take classes at GMU, collaborate with scientists at both GMU and COLA 11 graduates from 2003-04 to 2008-09 Student enrollment 13-19 in recent years

8. PhD Program in Climate Dynamics Faculty [Name (Ph.D. Institution), Research Focus], Spring 2010: J. Shukla (M.I.T.) Climate variability and predictability Z. Boybeyi* (N Carolina State) Mesoscale, natural hazards, air quality T. DelSole (Harvard) Atmospheric dynamics B. Doty Computing for geophysical research; GrADS B. Huang (Univ. of MD) Coupled ocean-atmospheric system E. Jin (Seoul) Predictability of ocean-atmosphere-land system J. Kinter (Princeton) Climate variability B. Klinger (M.I.T.) Large-scale ocean circulation and climate V. Krishnamurthy (M.I.T.) Monsoons; nonlinear dynamics J. Lu (Dalhousie) Atmosphere-ocean dynamics; climate change dynamics E. Schneider (Harvard) Mechanisms of climate mean and variability P. Schopf (Princeton) Oceanography, ocean modeling, climate dynamics D. Straus (Cornell) Atmospheric dynamics; chaotic and forced variability *GMU only.

9. Climate Dynamics Students and Advisors, Spring 2010 (Currently 18 students) Arsenault, K.Houser Bucher, G.DelSole Chen, H.Schneider Colfescu, I.Schneider Cruz, C.Klinger Feng, X.Houser Hazra, A.Krishnamurthy Jang, Y.Straus Jia, L.DelSole Krishnamurthy, L. Krishnamurthy LaJoie, E.DelSole Li, J.Huang Narapusetty, B.Schopf (First Place poster presentation, AMS Annual Meeting 2009) Nattala, J.Kinter Palipane, E.Lu Stofferahn, E.Boybeyi Swenson, E.Straus (East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes Fellowship, 2009) Xu, L.Shukla

10. Some recent thesis topics: Jang: Interannual variability of Indian summer monsoon Li: SST diurnal variability and its influence on the tropical atmospheric intraseasonal variability Feng: Identifying the predictability of water cycle by detecting and attributing variability and change Narapusetty: Impact of Tropical Instability Waves on Atmospheric Boundary Layer Cruz: Global Circulation Variability Induced by Southern Ocean Winds Achuthavarier: Role of the Indian and Pacific Oceans in the Indian Summer Monsoon Variability Pan: The Influence of Mean Climate on the ENSO Simulation and Predictability Fan: Low Frequency Climate Variability in the North Atlantic: Stochastic Forcing and Coupled Response

11. Where do our graduates go? D. Achuthavarier (2009) COLA X. Pan (2009) NOAA NCEP M. Fan (2008) NESDIS NOAA D. Jin (2008) RSMAS, U. Miami, currently U. Maryland K. Pegion (2007) CIRES/ESRL L. Feudale (2006) ICTP, Trieste R. Burgman (2006) RSMAS, U. Miami S. Bates (2006) U. Washington, currently NCAR Y. Vikhliaev (2005) U. Maryland Baltimore County W. Anderson (2004) GFDL M. Manganello (2004) COLA

12. Curriculum Overview Core Climate Science Requirements Introduction to the Physical Climate System Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics Physical and Dynamical Oceanography Land-Climate Interactions Seminar (1 hour, repeated for 3 semesters) Core Computational Methods Requirements Numerical Methods Foundations of Computational Sciences Numerical Simulation of Weather and Climate

13. Selected Electives Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions Predictability of Weather and Climate General Circulation of the Atmosphere Ocean General Circulation Statistical Methods in Climate Research Data Assimilation and Advanced Statistical Methods Anthropogenic Climate Change High Performance Computing The Mathematics of the Finite Element Method Wavelet Theory Observations of the Earth and its Climate Earth Observing/Remote Sensing Data Systems