For the week: November 6 - 12, 2006
Did
You Know?
Pink flamingos are not born pink. It is their subsequent ingestion of
shrimp and plankton
that causes the flamingos to change color from gray to pink.
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Colloquium: This week's Department Colloquium will be The Terry and Carmen Tarbell Lecture in Meteorology, presented by John A. Dutton on Thursday, November 9 in 112 Walker Building at 4:00 p.m. The title of his talk will be "Buying Better Weather: Four Strategies for Managing Weather Risk." [View Announcement] The Department's weekly colloquium schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships: Call
for Applications M.S. Thesis Defenses: Monday, November 13, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. in 529 Walker Building. Chris Beatty will present a talk titled "A Study of Ozone Production in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer from Aircraft Measurements." Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in 529 Walker Building. Shannon Michaels will present a talk titled "A Trend Analysis in Mid-Atlantic Surface Ozone." The Weather Risk e-Symposium has now been
archived. You may log in at the link below to view the on-demand
presentations: Monday, November 13 is Birthday Monday in the Department. Stop by the Department Office on Monday morning to have some snacks in honor of anyone having a birthday in November. Water Bottles are on sale in the Weather Station. They are fantastic and make great gifts and great PSU Meteorology souvenirs. They are $8 each. Just look for one of the PSUBAMS officers to purchase one. Calendar sales will be starting up this week just in time for the holiday gift giving season! Wall calendars will be $23 each, and for only $30 you can get not only a lovely calendar but a fantastic PSUBAMS water bottle. Desk calendars will be $12 each. Sign ups will be posted around Walker and please pay in advance of pick up! Checks can be made payable to 'Penn State American Meteorological Society.' If you prefer to pay cash please put it in a sealed envelope with your name on it. Both the checks and the sealed envelopes can be places in a large manila envelope on the table in the Weather Station. Orders will be taken until November 15 and calendars are due in during the last week of classes (yes we are almost done with Fall Semester!!). How would you like to win two tickets to the Chi Epsilon Pi/Meteorology Department Spring Banquet? If you are an extraordinary chef, then you have a chance! Before Meteorology Department Colloquia on Thursday afternoons, refreshments are served at 3:30 p.m. in 529 Walker. Chi Epsilon Pi is sponsoring a bake-off. Each week, anyone interested can sign-up to bring a home-made dessert as a pre-colloquium treat to be shared. Each dessert will be judged on taste, appearance, freshness, and originality/uniqueness. At the conclusion of the contest, the individual with the highest score will win two free tickets to the spring banquet. If you are interested in participating in this contest, a sign-up sheet is located outside of 410 Walker. You may sign-up in teams; however, the maximum number of free tickets that will be given away is two. Any questions, please contact Zack Byko at zmb102@psu.edu. Chi Epsilon Pi will be selling unique Penn State Meteorology items this year to raise funds for activities we plan to hold in the future and spread Penn State Meteo spirit! The two items we will be selling are Penn State Meteorology window clings and magnets. The price is $3 per magnet and $2 per window cling. However, for those interested in purchasing several of each, we will offer a discount of 4 magnets for $10 and 3 window clings for $5. You may purchase these items from Rhonda Spychalski in the main office on the 5th floor of Walker, Zack Byko in 410 Walker, Victor Yannuzzi in 412 Walker, or Jared Lee in 405 Walker. A Chi Epsilon Pi officer will also be at several of the departmental organizational meetings at the start of the semester armed with window clings and magnets for sale as well. Any questions, contact Zack at zmb102@psu.edu. [View images of magnets and window clings.] On each Monday for the entire fall semester, forecast discussions will be held in the Weather Station Classroom at 12:30 p.m. These discussions will be informal, last about 30 minutes, and will be lead by a Penn State, AccuWeather, or National Weather Service forecaster. Everyone with an interest in weather forecasting is invited! Feel free to drop in on the discussions whenever possible, whether it is on a weekly basis or just once or twice all semester. It is our hope that the experts giving the discussions can teach us a little more about weather forecasting and the audience engage and question the forecast discussion leader. If you have any interest in leading a discussion, please contact me at zmb102@psu.edu. The Meteorology Department will be phasing in a new required three-credit course, Principles of Atmospheric Measurement, Meteo 440W, beginning in the Fall '06 semester. Meteo 440W will replace the two 1-credit courses, Meteo 445 and Meteo 446, but the total number of credits to graduate (121) will not change. Please view the announcement regarding the prerequisites and who should register for it and when. (This link will open in a separate window.) [440W Course Announcement]. Colloquium: This week's Department Colloquium will be The Terry and Carmen Tarbell Lecture in Meteorology, presented by John A. Dutton on Thursday, November 9 in 112 Walker Building at 4:00 p.m. The title of his talk will be "Buying Better Weather: Four Strategies for Managing Weather Risk." [View Announcement] The Department's weekly colloquium schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html Monday, November 13, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. in 529 Walker Building. Chris Beatty will present a talk titled "A Study of Ozone Production in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer from Aircraft Measurements." Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in 529 Walker Building. Shannon Michaels will present a talk titled "A Trend Analysis in Mid-Atlantic Surface Ozone." Earth and Mineral Sciences Film Series: For a list of films to be aired throughout the fall semester, please visit: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/emsl/videoseries.html The EMS United Way Silent Auction will take place on Wednesday, November 8 from 12-2 p.m. in the EMS Museum in Deike Building. Cost of a ticket is $5 for to participate in the bidding and for lunch. Head over and grab a bit to eat and shop! EMS United Way Candy Sale: Candy (and an assortment of other snack items) is for sale in most of the department offices throughout the College, and in the Weather Station. All candy is being sold $.75 each and proceeds benefit the EMS United Way. WxChallenge: Conference Room Calendar Change: The 529 and 511 Walker conference room calendars are now "view only" due to a scheduling issue. If you'd like to reserve one of these rooms, the staff in the main office will be glad to make the reservation for you. IN THE NEWS: The September 2006 issue of Geotimes features an article by Samuel C. Schon and Arthur A. Small titled "Climate Change and the Potential of Coal Gasification." [View article] Alumni Joel Gratz ('03 B.S.) and Erik Noble ('02 B.S.) have authored an article titled "Lightning Safety and Large Stadiums," which appears in the September 2006 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. [View article] Craig Bohren addresses the controversial topic of global warming in the August 7 issue of the USA Today in an article titled "How to get to the bottom of the global warming debate." [View article] On August 14, Millersville University PR Newswire published an article titled "Millersville University Professor Works to Make Sailing Safer," which features alumnus Todd Sikora ('90, '92, '96) and research collaboration with George Young. [View story] An August 9, 2006 article in Penn State Live titled, "To the Point, Penn State professor on effects of Alaska oil field shutdown," features Andrew Kleit. [View story]. A May 2006 PNL web publication in the Atmospheric Science & Global Change Division titled "Sharing Space for the Sake of Science," discusses collaborations with Anne Thompson's and Bill Brune's research teams. The article also includes quotes from PNNL scientist and Penn State alumnus, Jim Mather ('86, '90, '94). [View article]. Alumnus Henry Margusity ('90 BS), senior meteorologist for AccuWeather, and Prof. Michael Mann are interviewed for an article titled "A hurricane here could spell trouble" that appeared in the Hazelton Standard Speaker on July 16, 2006. [View Article] Geoff Cornish was interviewed for a story appearing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.com on July 9, 2006 titled "Where's the Most Perfect Climate" [View Story] A 2002 Penn State Meteorology alumnus, Manajit Sengupta, was featured in an article in the Wall Street Journal on June 27, 2006. The article, titled "Under a Cloud" is about the daunting backlog of visa applicants and the logistics and time involved in getting a long-term visa. [View Article]. Fred Gadomski is featured in a Penn State Live article on June 21, 2006 about the summer forecast. [View Article] Research done by Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley, and Malcom Hughes was in the spotlight in most national newspapers last week. For instance, visit, "Study: Earth 'likely' hottest in 2,000 years" from CNN.com. On May 29, The Toronto Star published an article titled "Weather matters to Wall Street," which discusses the increasing opportunities for meteorologists in financial markets. Andy Kleit was interviewed for the story. [Full Story] A story titled "Climate change responsible for increased hurricanes," featuring Michael Mann, was published in the May 31, 2006 issue of Penn State Live. [Full Story] Archived News: The weekly news is archived. See the link at the bottom of the page to access the archives.
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Colloquium: This week's Department Colloquium will be The Terry and Carmen Tarbell Lecture in Meteorology, presented by John A. Dutton on Thursday, November 9 in 112 Walker Building at 4:00 p.m. The title of his talk will be "Buying Better Weather: Four Strategies for Managing Weather Risk." [View Announcement] The Department's weekly colloquium schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html M.S. Thesis Defenses: Monday, November 13, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. in 529 Walker Building. Chris Beatty will present a talk titled "A Study of Ozone Production in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer from Aircraft Measurements." Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in 529 Walker Building. Shannon Michaels will present a talk titled "A Trend Analysis in Mid-Atlantic Surface Ozone." The Astrobiology Dual-Degree Ph.D. program has been approved by the Graduate Council. [Details on this program] New Commencement Schedule for Fall Commencement at University Park: For the announcement visit: http://live.psu.edu/story/19285 Congratulations to 2006/2007 AMS/Industry/Government Graduate Fellowship winners from Penn State! Zack Byko: NASA's Earth Science Enterprise Congratulations to Ben Root, who won "Best Graduate Oral Presentation" at the NWA 31st Annual Conference in Cleveland OH. The title of his presentation was "A Fingerprinting Technique for Major Weather Events." Monday, November 13 is Birthday Monday in the Department. Stop by the Department Office on Monday morning to have some snacks in honor of anyone having a birthday in November. Water Bottles are on sale in the Weather Station. They are fantastic and make great gifts and great PSU Meteorology souvenirs. They are $8 each. Just look for one of the PSUBAMS officers to purchase one. Calendar sales will be starting up this week just in time for the holiday gift giving season! Wall calendars will be $23 each, and for only $30 you can get not only a lovely calendar but a fantastic PSUBAMS water bottle. Desk calendars will be $12 each. Sign ups will be posted around Walker and please pay in advance of pick up! Checks can be made payable to 'Penn State American Meteorological Society.' If you prefer to pay cash please put it in a sealed envelope with your name on it. Both the checks and the sealed envelopes can be places in a large manila envelope on the table in the Weather Station. Orders will be taken until November 15 and calendars are due in during the last week of classes (yes we are almost done with Fall Semester!!). Fall 2006 Graduate Workshops on Writing: To sign up for one or many of these workshops, visit: January 2007 Candidacy Exam: The next PhD Candidacy Exam will next be given during the week of January 8-12, 2007, which is the week before spring classes start. Students who intend on taking this exam should sign up by Monday, November 13, 2006 by sending an e-mail to me at hns@psu.edu. In this e-mail, please include the following information: Name I will hold a meeting in late November, 2006 or early December, 2006 with those students taking the next exam to talk about logistics, including setting the dates for the two sections of the exam, and to answer any questions the students might have. Dr. Andrew Kleit, along with Dr. Anthony Kwasnica at the Smeal College of Business, will be running markets for weather this fall. The sites for these markets will be the same as those in the WxChallenge. The first market will be for the high temperature and precipitation amount in Orlando, Florida on September 25. This market will open for business on September 18. So if you want to make some money on your weather forecasts, please go to http://lema3.smeal.psu.edu/prediction/ and click on the "New User" link. (Don't worry, we give you the money for you to work with.) How would you like to win two tickets to the Chi Epsilon Pi/Meteorology Department Spring Banquet? If you are an extraordinary chef, then you have a chance! Before Meteorology Department Colloquia on Thursday afternoons, refreshments are served at 3:30 p.m. in 529 Walker. Chi Epsilon Pi is sponsoring a bake-off. Each week, anyone interested can sign-up to bring a home-made dessert as a pre-colloquium treat to be shared. Each dessert will be judged on taste, appearance, freshness, and originality/uniqueness. At the conclusion of the contest, the individual with the highest score will win two free tickets to the spring banquet. If you are interested in participating in this contest, a sign-up sheet is located outside of 410 Walker. You may sign-up in teams; however, the maximum number of free tickets that will be given away is two. Any questions, please contact Zack Byko at zmb102@psu.edu. Registration is now open for scheduling classes for spring 2007. If you need a drop/add form for restricted classes, see Linda Porta in 502 Walker. WxChallenge: The National Academies has announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2007 sessions of the Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program in Washington D.C. For more information, please visit: http://www.met.psu.edu/Jobs/Fellowships/fellowships.html 32nd Annual Northeastern Storm Conference Call for Papers. Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 12, 2007. The conference, sponsored by the Lyndon State College chapter of the AMS and the National Weather Association will be held March 9-11, 2007 at the Springfield Marriott in Springfield, MA. [More Info] The EMS United Way Silent Auction will take place on November 8 from 12-2 p.m. in the EMS Museum in Deike Building. Cost of a ticket is $5 for to participate in the bidding and for lunch. Head over and grab a bit to eat and shop! On each Monday for the entire fall semester, forecast discussions will be held in the Weather Station Classroom at 12:30 p.m. These discussions will be informal, last about 30 minutes, and will be lead by a Penn State, AccuWeather, or National Weather Service forecaster. Everyone with an interest in weather forecasting is invited! Feel free to drop in on the discussions whenever possible, whether it is on a weekly basis or just once or twice all semester. It is our hope that the experts giving the discussions can teach us a little more about weather forecasting and the audience engage and question the forecast discussion leader. If you have any interest in leading a discussion, please contact me at zmb102@psu.edu. Deadlines and Important Dates: Nov. 20 Monday—last date for fall graduate to submit final thesis to the Thesis Office or upload final eTD to the eTD Web site Nov. 22-24 Wednesday–Friday—Thanksgiving holiday SPRING 2007 COURSES
Colloquium: This week's Department Colloquium will be The Terry and Carmen Tarbell Lecture in Meteorology, presented by John A. Dutton on Thursday, November 9 in 112 Walker Building at 4:00 p.m. The title of his talk will be "Buying Better Weather: Four Strategies for Managing Weather Risk." [View Announcement] The Department's weekly colloquium schedule can be viewed by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html Congratulations to Audra Hennecke who won "Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation" at the 31st Annual Conference of the National Weather Association. Her poster was titled "Enhancements to Area-Specific Flash Flood Warnings." 32nd Annual Northeastern Storm Conference Call for Papers. Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 12, 2007. The conference, sponsored by the Lyndon State College chapter of the AMS and the National Weather Association will be held March 9-11, 2007 at the Springfield Marriott in Springfield, MA. [More Info] Monday, November 13 is Birthday Monday in the Department. Stop by the Department Office on Monday morning to have some snacks in honor of anyone having a birthday in November. The Weather Risk e-Symposium has now been
archived. You may log in at the link below to view the on-demand
presentations: Undergrads who would like to attend the AMS Conference with PSUBAMS please complete a bid by November 10 at NOON. More information can be found on our website (psubams.met.psu.edu). Calendar sales will be starting up this week just in time for the holiday gift giving season! Wall calendars will be $23 each, and for only $30 you can get not only a lovely calendar but a fantastic PSUBAMS water bottle. Desk calendars will be $12 each. Sign ups will be posted around Walker and please pay in advance of pick up! Checks can be made payable to 'Penn State American Meteorological Society.' If you prefer to pay cash please put it in a sealed envelope with your name on it. Both the checks and the sealed envelopes can be places in a large manila envelope on the table in the Weather Station. Orders will be taken until November 15 and calendars are due in during the last week of classes (yes we are almost done with Fall Semester!!). There is still time to apply for Spring 2007 co-op positions with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Interested Meteorology students should register with the College of Science Co-Op Program by visiting: http://www.science.psu.edu/coop. A permanent link to the College of Science Cooperative program has been added to the Department's "Employment" page and "Undergraduate" page.
Water Bottles are on sale in the Weather Station. They are fantastic and make great gifts and great PSU Meteorology souvenirs. They are $8 each. Just look for one of the PSUBAMS officers to purchase one. Congratulations to 2006/2007 AMS Scholarship winners from Penn State! Zack Lebo: Mark J. Schroeder Endowed Scholarship Steven Greybush: The Howard T. Orville Endowed Scholarship in Meteorology Matthew Porcelli: The AMS 75th Anniversary Endowed Scholarship Neil C. Myer: Freshman Undergraduate Scholarship sponsored by Enterprise Electronics Corporation Zachary Byko (Graduate Fellowship): NASA's Earth Science Enterprise Sixth Semester Advising Reminder: All sixth semester students should make an appointment with their advisor to review their academic progress and scheduling plans. IUG Open to All Students: The Graduate Council has recently approved the proposal to make the IUG program open to all students (as opposed to just Schreyer's Honors students). The new policy will go into effect in the Spring 2007. For those who aren't familiar with the IUG program, it is an integrated B.S./M.S. (IUG) program that is designed to allow academically superior students to obtain both the B.S. and the M.S. degree in Meteorology in five years of study. [More info] Meteorology students are participating in a number of on-air opportunities this semester. To see a list of the opportunities that students have to hone their meteorology, broadcasting, and communication skills, visit the following link. [View list of TV/media appearances] New Commencement Schedule for Fall Commencement at University Park: For the announcement visit: http://live.psu.edu/story/19285 Dr. Andrew Kleit, along with Dr. Anthony Kwasnica at the Smeal College of Business, will be running markets for weather this fall. The sites for these markets will be the same as those in the WxChallenge. The first market will be for the high temperature and precipitation amount in Orlando, Florida on September 25. This market will open for business on September 18. So if you want to make some money on your weather forecasts, please go to http://lema3.smeal.psu.edu/prediction/ and click on the "New User" link. (Don't worry, we give you the money for you to work with.) How would you like to win two tickets to the Chi Epsilon Pi/Meteorology Department Spring Banquet? If you are an extraordinary chef, then you have a chance! Before Meteorology Department Colloquia on Thursday afternoons, refreshments are served at 3:30 p.m. in 529 Walker. Chi Epsilon Pi is sponsoring a bake-off. Each week, anyone interested can sign-up to bring a home-made dessert as a pre-colloquium treat to be shared. Each dessert will be judged on taste, appearance, freshness, and originality/uniqueness. At the conclusion of the contest, the individual with the highest score will win two free tickets to the spring banquet. If you are interested in participating in this contest, a sign-up sheet is located outside of 410 Walker. You may sign-up in teams; however, the maximum number of free tickets that will be given away is two. Any questions, please contact Zack Byko at zmb102@psu.edu. Congratulations to Marcus Walter has recently been accepted into the Schreyer Honors College for the Fall 2006 semester. Marcus is a junior majoring in Meteorology with an option in Weather Forecasting and Communications. The 2006 National Weather Association (NWA) David Sankey Minority Scholarship in Meteorology has been awarded to Cho Hin (Richard) Lam of Wilmington, Delaware. This $1,000 scholarship will assist Richard with expenses throughout his junior year at Penn State in the Department of Meteorology. Richard was selected to receive this scholarship from a pool of outstanding applicants at seven different colleges/universities. Congratulations Richard! WxChallenge: Chi Epsilon Pi Tutoring Services: For every undergraduate meteorology class and Math 140/140G and Math 141, a tutor has been selected who has extensive background in the topic. The idea is that this is a person you can contact if you feel you need more assistance with a course than the instructor and TA can provide. Most importantly, this service is completely free of charge! If you are struggling with a class this fall, please use Chi Epsilon Pi's tutoring services. The best way to contact tutors is via email, even though an impromptu visit to a tutor's office may be fruitful on some occasions. The tutoring list can be viewed at http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/courses/tutoringlist.html On each Monday for the entire fall semester, forecast discussions will be held in the Weather Station Classroom at 12:30 p.m. These discussions will be informal, last about 30 minutes, and will be lead by a Penn State, AccuWeather, or National Weather Service forecaster. Everyone with an interest in weather forecasting is invited! Feel free to drop in on the discussions whenever possible, whether it is on a weekly basis or just once or twice all semester. It is our hope that the experts giving the discussions can teach us a little more about weather forecasting and the audience engage and question the forecast discussion leader. If you have any interest in leading a discussion, please contact me at zmb102@psu.edu. 2007 Student Career Experience Program positions at the Meteorological Development Lab located in Silver Spring, MD. Please visit the following website for details about this COOP opportunity: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/coop/coop.htm Plan Ahead for Meteo 414! I thought I would give you some advanced notice concerning our plans for Meteo 414, Mesoscale Meteorology. By Spring '07 we are planning to schedule the course in a newly renovated room on the first floor of Walker that will have a maximum capacity of 36 students. This spring we were able to accommodate 40 students in the course, but we will not be able to do so in the future. If you were planning to take the course in Spring '07, but could take it in Fall '06, then please do so as there are currently spaces available. We wish to make the course available to each of you who wants to take it, but to ensure that you are able to register for the course, we ask that you plan ahead and take it at the earliest possible time in which there are openings in the class. 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