2022 Symposium Information

Johnson Center Cinema, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030

Earth Day - April 22, 2022

9:00-9:15: Welcome - Organizing Committee & Dr. Natalie Burls

9:15-10:15: Keynote Speaker #1 - Dr. Emily Becker (U. Miami)

10:15-10:45: Poster Session

Austin Reed (GMU-AOES): Characterizing Long Island's Extreme Precipitation and its Relationship to Tropical Cyclones

Jake Campbell (GMU-AOES): Statistical Analysis for WAVEWATCH III Model Optimization Tools

Huiyu Liu (U. Virginia): Regional Characteristics of Variability in the Northern Hemisphere Wintertime Polar Front Jet and Subtropical Jet in Observations and CMIP6 Models

Nickolas Brand (GMU-ESP): The Mysticete Mystery: Combining Prominent Phylogenetic Matrices to Better Understand Relationships Among Stem Baleen Whales

Margot Nelson (GMU-ESP): Preliminary taxonomy of the genus Eosqualodon (Cetacea, Odontoceti): morphological comparisons and phylogenetic analysis

10:45-11:25: Session 1 Talks - Atmosphere

10:45-11:00 Janak Joshi (GMU-AOES): Seasonal Variability and Predictability of Atmospheric Dustiness over the Western United States

11:05-11:20 Amy Tal Rose (GMU-GGS): Case Study and Methodology for Validation of Aircraft-Induced Clouds from Hyperspectral Imagery using Threaded Track Data

11:25-12:25: Session 2 Talks - Ocean

11:25-11:40 Mahdi Hasan (NC State U.): Future Changes in the Role of Ekman Heat Flux on Pacific SST Variability

11:45-12:00 Ali Siddiqui (Johns Hopkins): Inter-Basin Exchanges Set Salinity Anomalies In The Eastern Sub-Polar North Atlantic

12:05-12:20 Douglas Nedza (GMU-AOES): Separating Internal and External Variability in North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature

12:25-1:25: Lunch

1:25-2:25: Keynote Speaker #2 - Dr. Kirsten Findell (NOAA/GFDL)

2:25-3:25: Session 3 Talks - Land Surface

2:25-2:40 Colin Chadduck (GMU-ESP): Landcover and Economic Opportunities, A Northern Virginia Case Study

2:45-3:00 Hsin Hsu (GMU-AOES): Shift in Soil Moisture Regime under a Warming Climate

3:05-3:20 Bradley Gay (GMU-GGS): Examination of Permafrost Thaw and Terrestrial Carbon Cycling Dynamics in the Arctic System with Earth Observation Data and AI

3:25-3:45: Break

3:45-4:15: Q&A Session w/ Dr. Suki Manabe - 2021 Nobel Prize Laureate

4:15-4:45: Career Panel

4:45-4:55: Closing Remarks

The ESOM Symposium will feature Dr. Manabe for a Q&A session with students:

Dr. Syukuro Manabe

Senior meteorologist in atmospheric and oceanic sciences at Princeton University and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Nobel Prize Recipient in Physics, 2021, for the physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming

The ESOM Symposium is also pleased to host two keynote speakers:

Dr. Emily Becker

Associate Scientist, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami Rosenstiel School
Lead writer for NOAA climate.gov’s ENSO Blog
Research specialties: Subseasonal and seasonal climate prediction and predictability, diagnostics and prediction of weather and climate extremes, large-scale climate variability, and public outreach

Dr. Kirsten Findell

Research Physical Scientist, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA
Co-chair of the Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX, a core project of WCRP) Global Land-Atmosphere System Studies (GLASS) Panel
Research specialties: Hydroclimatology; land-atmosphere interactions; impacts of land use change on climate; floods and droughts in a changing world

The ESOM Symposium will host 4 early- to mid-career panelists from the following categories:

postdoctoral, non-profit, national lab, & private sector

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