Weekly Seminar
Location: The Center for Earth Observation at Environmental Science Center
Address: 21 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT 06511
August 1, 2013
- Topic: Contribution of Background Climate to Urban Heat Islands
- Presentation by Lei Zhao
July 25, 2013
- Topic: Sensitivity of WRF Microphysics to Aerosol Concentration
- Presentation by Azusa Takeishi
July 18, 2013
- Topic: Google Earth Engine
- Presentation by Larry Bonneau
July 11, 2013
- Topic: A Detailed Look at the MOD16 ET Algorithm
- Presentation by Natalie Schultz
July 3, 2013
- Topic: Landsat 8 - Thermal Bands
- Presentation by Frieda Fein
June 27, 2013
- Topic: A Comparison of Ice Nucleating Efficiencies of Smoke, Unpolluted and Polluted Dust Aerosols in Mixed-Phase Clouds Based on CALIOP Measurements
- Presentation by Ivy Tan
June 20, 2013
- Topic: Introduction to Landsat 8 Satellite Image Analysis
- Presentation by Lucia Woo
June 13, 2013
- Topic: Using Satellite Observations to Measure the Direct Climate Impacts of Oil Palm Expansion in Indonesia
- Presentation by Natalie Schultz
June 6, 2013
- Topic: Evapotranspiration in the Congo River Basin
- Presentation by Neol Aloysius
May 23, 2013
- Topic: The Contribution of Local Background Climate to Urban Heat Islands
- Presentation by Lei Zhao
May 16, 2013
- Topic: The 2011 Texas Drought and Heat Wave: Surface Heat Budget Anomalies
- Presentation by Dea Doklestic
Sep 1, 2011
- Topic 1: Upscaling the Impact of Root System Architecture on Transpiration
- Presentation by Martin Bouda
Aug 25, 2011
- Topic 1: The Impact of Urbanization on Surface Albedo in the Yangtze River Delta - Final Presentation
- Presentation by Melanie Bourre
Aug 18, 2011
- Topic 1: Analysis of the Surface Albedo of Brookings, SD
- Presentation by James Deng
Aug 11, 2011
- Topic 1: Prospects for Combining Desert Food Production with Solar Energy Harvesting
- Presentation by Chris Mackey
Jul 20, 2011
- Topic 1: The Impact of Urbanization on Surface Albedo in the Yangtze River Delta
- Presentation by Melanie Bourre
- Topic 2: Modeling of Urban Heat Island – Looking through More Cities
- Presentation by Lei Zhao
Jun 30, 2011
- Topic: Transfer coefficients of momentum, heat and water vapor in the atmospheric surface layer of a large freshwater lake
- Presentation by Wei Xiao
Jun 23, 2011
- Topic: Radiative forcing at local to national scale associated with urbanization in China
- Presentation by Yang Tian
Jun 16, 2011
- Topic: Influence of Clouds on Surface Heat Fluxes in an Energy Deficient Regime
- Presentation by Dea Doklestic
Jun 9, 2011
- Topic: Offline Test of CLM4.0 Lake Model at Taihu
- Presentation by Bin Deng
Jun 2, 2011
- Topic: The Impact of Urbanization on Surface Albedo in the Yangtze River Delta - Introduction
- Presentation by Melanie Bourre
May 26, 2011
- Topic 1: Urban Heat Island policy by Chris Mackey
- Presentation by Chris Mackey
- Topic 2: Modeling of Surface Energy Balance
- Presentation: A Brief Introduction of Modeling the UHI by Lei Zhao
May 18, 2011
- Topic: On Modeling of Lake-Air Processes
- Presentation by Prof. Jiming Jin
Apr 14, 2011
- Topic: Modeling of Surface Energy Balance
- Presentation: On Improving Sensible Heat Flux Estimate from Radiative Surface Temperature by Lei Zhao
Apr 7, 2011
- Topic: Regional and Global Urbanization Dynamics from Multi-temporal Nocturnal Lights Data
- Presentation by Qingling Zhang
Mar 24, 2011
- Topic: Climate Feedback in Arizona
- Presentation: Monitoring Global Land Surface Drought by Dea Doklestic
Mar 3, 2011
- Topic 1: Urban Heat Island policy by Chris Mackey
- Presentation 1 on the UHI page
- Topic 2: Radiative forcing at local to national level by Yang Tian
- Presentation 2: Radiative forcing at local to national level
Feb 24, 2011
- Topic: Lake Tai by Wei Xiao
- Presentation
Feb 17, 2011
- Guest Lecture: Satellite retrieval of surface albedo by Prof. Shunlin Liang
- Presentation
Feb 10, 2011
- Paper discuss “Global estimates of evapotranspiration for climate studies using multi-sensor remote sensing data: Evaluation of three process-based approaches” lead by Dea Doklestic
- Presentation
- Paper Link on Science Direct
Feb 3, 2011
- Topic 1: Modeling of Surface Energy Balance
- Presentation: Parameterization of Heat Roughness Length using Fluxnet by Lei Zhao
- Topic 2: Relating Satellite-Retrieved Reflectance to Hemispheric Surface Albedo by Qingling Zhang
- Presentation 2
Jan 20, 2011
- Forests and Climate: Spatial Patterns in Exchange Coefficient by Ziyan Chu
Jan 13, 2011
- Topic 1: Radiative forcing associated with urbanization in China by Yang Tian
- Presentation 1
- Topic 2: Urbanization Dynamics and Global Scales Using Muti-temporal DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Data by Qingling Zhang
- Presentation 2
Dec 9, 2010
- Close up seminar
Dec 2, 2010
- Paper discussion: 1990 paper by Daughtry and Kustas on estimation of ground flux by Ronald Smith
- Presentation: Paper discussion
- Link to the paper: Daughtry et al. 1990
- Topic 2: Forest and Climate
- Summary 2: Updated presentation on spatial distribution pattern in CT and AZ by Ziyan Chu
Nov 17, 2010
Nov 11, 2010
- Topic 1: Climate Feedback Mechanism in Arizona by Dea Doklestic
- Presentation:
- Topic 2: Forests and Climate by Ziyan Chu
Oct 28, 2010
- Topic 1: Climate Feedback Mechanism in Arizona by Dea Doklestic
Oct 14, 2010: Seasonal Changes in Surface Exchange Coefficient
- Speaker: Ronald Smith
- Topic: heat exchange coefficient in Connecticut and Arizona
Oct 7, 2010: Modeling of Surface Energy Balance
- Speaker: Lei Zhao
- Topic: Fluxnet Radiation vs. NARR
Sep 30, 2010: Urban Heat Policy in Chicago
Sep 23, 2010: Progress Report
- Speaker: Ronald Smith
Aug 18, 2010: Liang’s paper review
- Liang 2000. Narrowband to broadband conversions of land surface albedo. by Ziyan Chu
- Liang 1999. by Aaron Judah.
- Links to the papers: Liang et al. 2000, Liang et al. 1999.
Aug 11, 2010: Preliminary results presentation
- Urban Heat Policy by Chris Mackey
- Simulation with NOAH by Lei Zhao
- Climate Feedback in South California by Aaron Judah
- Forests and climate by Ron Smith and Ziyan Chu
Aug 4, 2010
- Summer Course in Flux Measurement and Advanced Modeling by Dea Doklestic
July 28, 2010
- Topic 1: Sensitivity of Tropical Land Climate to Leaf Area Index by Lei Zhao (Paper discussion)
- Other reference: Juang et al. 2007. Separating the effects of albedo from eco-physiological changes on surface temperature along a successional chronosequence in the southeastern United States. Geophysical Research Letters 34: L21408, doi: 10.1029/2007GL031296.
- Topic 2: Forests and Climate by Ziyan Chu
July 21, 2010
- Topic 1: Urban Heat Policy by Chris Mackey
- Summary 1: reflective roofs may be more powerful to decrease urban heat in about 15 years rather than vegetation policy. Positive Albedo change decrease temperature dramatically than single image comparison.
- Topic 2: Climate Feedback in California by Aaron Judah
- Summary 2: compare seasonal Albedo between MODIS and measured results, and also compare the NDVI vs. Albedo, NDVI vs. CO2 flux for different Flux Tower sites.
- Topic 3: Impact of biogenic source on greenhouse gas concentration by Xin Zhang
- Summary 3: Biogenic source should be included when consider the concentration of greenhouse gas.
- Topic 4: Forests and Climate by Ziyan Chu
July 14, 2010
- Topic 1: Mini Project in 2009 by Dea Doklestic
- Summary 1: Measure energy flux over different surfaces
- Topic 2: Climate Feedback in Arizona by Dea Doklestic
- Topic 3: Forests and Climate by Ronald Smith and Ziyan Chu
- Summary 3: Temperature differences and force coupling in different land covers
July 7, 2010
- Topic: Modeling of Surface Energy Balance
- Speaker: Lei Zhao
- Summary: introduce Noah and WRF
- Update presentation: Aaron Judah on Climate Feedback in California, Chris Mackey
June 30, 2010
- Topic 1: Forest and Climate by Ziyan Chu
- Summary 1: compare climatic variables among different land cover types (Albedo, Temperature, NDVI, etc.)
- Topic 2: by Xin Zhang
- Summary 2: Charatuerizing CH4 flux in a soybean and Corn Dominated Landscape
- Presentation 2
June 23, 2010
- Topic: Urban Heat Island Policy in Chicago
- Speaker: Chris Mackey
June 16, 2010
- Topic: Forest Paradox in topic of Forest and Climate
- Speaker: Xuhui Lee
June 9, 2010
- Topic: Climate Feedback Mechanism in Semi-arid area.
- Speaker: Aaron Judah
June 4, 2010
- Topic: Remote Sensing of The Hydrological Cycle
- Speaker: Joshua B. Fisher
June 2, 2010
- Topic: Modeling of Surface Energy Balance
- Speaker: Lei Zhao
May 26, 2010
- Topic: Flux Tower Data Quality_Climate Feedback in Arizona
- Speaker: Dea Doklestic