Winter/Spring 2008


An Introduction to WebTide

Chad Gilbert

Department of Electrical Engineering
Dalhousie University

4:30 p.m., Thursday, January 17, 2008


No seminar this week

Thursday, January 24, 2008


No seminar this week

Thursday, January 31, 2008


The Canadian Hurricane Centre in the Eye of the Storm

Peter Bowyer

Canadian Hurricane Centre
Environment Canada

4:30 p.m., Thursday, February 7, 2008

Abstract: The Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC) has been providing tropical cyclone (TC) information to Canadians since 1987. The CHC is an operational forecast centre whose clients range from emergency operations centre (EOC) decision-makers to the media to weather sensitive special-interest groups to the general public ... and all others in-between.

This presentation will highlight Canada's operational TC forecast program, a brief climatology of Canadian TC's, Canada's threats and challenges with extratropical transition, some TC research initiatives within the Meteorological Service of Canada, and information sources available to the public ... by telling the story of Noel, a powerful post-tropical cyclone which had a significant impact on Atlantic Canada in November 2008.


The Canadian Hurricane Centre - Research, Training and Prediction

Chris Fogarty

Canadian Hurricane Centre
Environment Canada

4:30 p.m., Thursday, February 14, 2008

Abstract: This presentation will be a follow-up of Peter Bowyer's overview of the Canadian Hurricane Centre. This talk will focus on the research and development efforts at the CHC and how ongoing science and software development in our research division - the National Lab for Marine and Coastal Meteorology - are incorporated into the forecast program. I will begin with a summary of our experimental mesoscale atmospheric model, which was developed at Dalhousie during my PhD research. I will also provide a summary of recent work related to forecast performance measurement, which is part of efforts to improve forecasts and warnings of tropical storms affecting Canada. Training topics that are the focus of annual refresher workshops for staff will be summarized, and I will also discuss how the CHC and forecasters interact with various agencies through conferences and training programs to keep up to date with the science and technology. Staying "current" is necessary to not only provide accurate forecasts and warnings, but to improve our forecast skill and enhance service to end users and partners.


No seminar this week

Thursday, February 21, 2008


Winter break - No Seminar

Thursday, February 28, 2008


No seminar this week

Thursday, March 6, 2008


No seminar this week

Thursday, March 13, 2008


Recent Thermohaline Changes in the Northern North Atlantic

Igor Yashayaev

Bedford Institute of Oceanography

4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 20, 2008


Global Ocean and Sea-Ice Modelling with NEMO:
Initial Assessment in the Arctic
and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Youyu Lu

Bedford Institute of Oceanography

4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 27, 2008


Relation between absorption and phytoplankton cell size: Application to remote sensing of ocean colour

Emmanuel Devred

Bedford Institute of Oceanography

4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 3, 2008


Resonant modulation of the flow in a tidal channel

Julia Mullarney

Department of Oceanography
Dalhousie University

4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 10, 2008


No seminar this week

Thursday, April 17, 2008


High Resolution Wind Forecasting in Nova Scotia

Matthew Corkum

Department of Oceanography
Dalhousie University

4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 24, 2008


No seminar this week

Thursday, May 1, 2008


No seminar this week

Thursday, May 8, 2008


Title: TBA

Speaker

Institute

4:30 p.m., Thursday, May 15, 2008


Modeling circulation and sediment transport on Middle Ground sand shoal

Richard P. Signell

USGS, Woods Hole

4:30 p.m., Thursday, May 22, 2008