Preliminary Program of Guest Lectures

(Extended abstracts and other links will be available by clicking on the lecturers' names)

Date(s)	Guest Lecturer	Affiliation	Tentative title
July 12	Dr. Antonio Busalacchi	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, USA	The ENSO phenomenon: Description, mechanisms and observations systems for monitoring.
July 13	Dr. Antonio Busalacchi	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, USA	Observing systems (in situ and space-based) for monitoring and forecasting ENSO. Evolution of the 1997-1998 El Niño and La Niña.
July 13	Dr. Barry Rock	University of New Hamphsire, USA	The Use of GLOBE Student Data as a Means of Developing a Large-Scale Observing Network
July 13	Dr. David Enfield	NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, USA	Extending predictability - Part I: Global and Atlantic-sector climate variabilities.
July 13	Dr. David Enfield	NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, USA	Extending predictability - Part II: Emerging plans for an extended Atlantic observation system?
July 14–16	Dr. Chester Ropelewski	International Research Institute for Climate Prediction	Diagnostic studies of ENSO signature on regional climates.
July 15–16	Dr. Carlos Nobre	Centro de Previsão do Tempo e Estudos Climáticos (CPTEC), Brazil	Numerical models for climate prediction: capabilities and limitations.
July 19–20	Dr. Jim Jones	Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Florida, USA	Capabilities and limitations of biophysical crop models. Linking crop models and climate forecasts for risk assessment and management.
July 20–22	Dr. Bradford Wilcox	Inter American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI	Overview of major issues related to water resources; linkages to climate variability.
July 21	Dr. Guillermo Berri	Depto. de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina	The effective use of climate forecasts. Lessons learned during the IRI Pilot Training Project.
July 22–23	Dr. James Mjelde	Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, USA	Climate variability and agricultural economics. Economic value of climate forecasts.
July 26–27	Dr. Roger Pulwarty	NOAA, Office of Global Programs, USA	Impediments or barriers for the effective use of climate information. Communicating climate information effectively.
July 26	Dr. Carlos Fernandez-Jáuregui	UNESCO, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean	The management of water resources in the Americas. Assessment of water supplies; multi-dimensional and multi-objective uses of water.
July 28	Dr. Paul Filmer	Directorate for Geosciences, National Science Foundation, USA	Developing successful scientific proposals. Management and evaluation of scientific projects.
July 28	Ms. Caitlin Simpson	NOAA, Office of Global Programs, USA	Science programs involving natural and social scientists: lessons learned.
July 28	Dr. Juan Pablo Sarmiento	USAID, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance	Vulnerability of human systems to climate variability. ENSO and natural disasters.
July 28	Dr. Christopher Landsea	NOAA, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, USA	Climate Variations of Atlantic Hurricanes.

Page Last Updated: July 6, 1999

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