Weekly seminar course on atmospheric, oceanic, and climate sciences to broaden scientific horizon. Interaction with leading scientists and researchers in the field. | |
Formerly AOSC811. |
Preferred, but not strictly required, prerequisite: Atmospheric, oceanic, and/or climate sciences background. |
Students are responsible for checking the UMD Honor code. | ||
1 credit based on | ||
Weekly activities (seminar, Meet-the-Speaker sessions, and report) | ||
Special assignments, if any | ||
Term presentation & final report |
Speaker, title, and abstracts are available from AOSC Seminar Series |
Th 3:00-3:30pm | [CSS 2400 (Atrium)] | Pre-seminar refreshment | |
Th 3:30-4:30pm | [CSS 2400 (Auditorium)] | Seminar | |
Th 4:45-5:15pm | [CSS 3425 (Conf room)] | Meet the Speaker |
Th 3:10pm, September 2, 2010 | [CSS 2400 (Atrium)] | Organizational meeting | |
Th 3:20pm, September 9, 2010 | [CSS 2400 (Atrium)] | Follow-up organizational meeting | |
Th 3:20pm, November 11, 2010 | [CSS 2400 (Atrium)] | Mid-term meeting |
Preparation by reading | ||
abstract whenever available; | ||
speaker information (usually distributed by the Student Seminar Committee) | ||
Attendance and participation (seminar & Meet-the-Speaker session) | ||
Report due by 5pm, Fr. of the week, containing | ||
Self-report on attendance (seminar & Meet-the-Speaker session); | ||
Concise discussion of the seminar and the meeting (min: 1 paragraph; max: 2pages) | ||
Whenever possible, the presentation will be posted after the seminar. |
For the seminar by Prof. Ross Salawitch on September 23, 2010. [ abstract | assignment ] |
Logistics: Two sessions (attendance is required at least one full sessions) | |||
Th. 10:00am, December 2, 2010 [CSS 4301] - Group 1. | |||
Th. 10:00am, December 9, 2010 [CSS 4301] - Group 2. | |||
Presentation style: | |||
Topic must be related to AOSC 818, otherwise open. | |||
5:00pm, November 19, 2010, Friday: Proposed topic due. | |||
Each presentation is 10min. | |||
Suggested time split: 8min talk + 2min Q & A. | |||
Questions to the speaker is highly encouraged; two people will be pre-assigned for questions on each talk. | |||
Presentation should contain at least | |||
Title slide; | |||
Motivation/introduction/background slide - why you chose the topic; | |||
Summary/conclusion slide; | |||
Citations, whenever possible & appropriate. | |||
By 10min prior to own session, presentation file must be sent via email or hand-delivered on a USB stick. |
By Mon December 13, 2010: | ||
Am essay on what you have learned in AOSC 818 Fall 2010; | ||
Term presentation file, if update has been made. |
Kayo Ide at UMD | AOSC 818 | Fall 2010 |