ATOC 6020, Spring 2009 — Notes & Calendar

ATOC 6020: Oceanography Seminar

Or, The Ocean Left Colorado 60 Million Years Ago, but Oceanography Didn't! This is a weekly seminar covering topics in oceanography and ocean-focused climate science. Presentations will feature campus and Boulder scientists on notable developments in ocean science. University of Colorado graduate students can enroll in the ATOC 6020 seminar for 1 credit per semester.

Participation is not limited to enrolled students. All interested students (graduate and undergraduate), faculty, researchers, Boulder-area oceanographers, visitors, and alumni are encouraged to attend and present.

You can access the syllabus, class notes and calendar, and CULearn pages (for assignments).

Class Meetings and Notes

All meetings will be in Duane E126 at 4PM on Mondays, unless noted

Registered students are required to submit a writeup of each talk to me by Friday at 7PM on CULearn. The writeups should include a summary, strengths, weaknesses, and brainstorming sections.

In CULearn you can also view other students' writeups and post comments to a discussion board.

The calendar of talks is below; it is also available as a Google Calendar called "ATOC6020: Oceanography Seminar".

ATOC6020 Spring 2009 weekly schedule
Week Speaker Links & Presentation Slides Reading
11/12: Organizational MeetingSyllabus
21/19: MLK, Jr. Day
31/26: Baylor Fox-KemperTBA
42/2:
52/9:
62/16:
72/23 (Baylor's Birthday!):
83/2:
93/9:
103/16:
11Spring BreakSpring BreakSpring Break
123/30:
134/6:
144/13:
154/20:
164/27: Student Talks