Join us for the next Baker Energy and Environmental Forum, which will take place on
Thursday, February 12 from 1:00-2:30 pm in the Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium.
Robert Dickinson, Professor of Geological Sciences at University of Texas, Austin, will
give a 45-minute presentation and then lead a discussion with participants. Professor
Dickinson’s talk is titled: Variability of Great Plains Precipitation – its Dependencies on
3D Circulation Systems.
Abstract: Precipitation varies diurnally, seasonally, and on inter-annual time scales. This
variability is connected to radiative and dynamical processes and to some extent captured
in climate model simulations. This talk looks at some aspects of precipitation variability
over the US Great Plains: a) why in the Eastern Great Plains is precipitation maximum at
night, b) what dynamical processes are responsible for variations from year to year, and
c) what are the linkages to external forcing and their connections to droughts?
Dr. Robert Dickinson joined the Department of Geological Sciences of University of Texas,
Austin in August of 2008. He has held previous positions including: Professor of
Atmospheric Sciences, with the Georgia Power/Georgia Research Alliance Chair at the
Georgia Institute of Technology; Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Regents Professor
at the University of Arizona; and Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research. He was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 1988, to the US
National Academy of Engineering in 2002, and a foreign member to the Chinese Academy
of Sciences in 2006. His research interests are in climate modeling, climate variability
and change, aerosols, the hydrological cycle and droughts, land surface processes, the
terrestrial carbon cycle, and the application of remote sensing data to modeling of land
surface processes.
The Baker Energy and Environmental Forum is an opportunity for academics to share
their research findings to a broad set of academics, researchers, and students from
outside their own discipline but who have a common interest in environmental and energy
issues.
Please join us for what promises to be a very interesting discussion and presentation.
Paul Armsworth, College of Arts and Sciences
Don Hodges, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Becky Jacobs, College of Law
Jacob LaRiviere, Haslam College of Business Administration and Baker Fellow
Charles Sims, Baker Faculty Fellow and Haslam College of Business Administration
Plus, these upcoming February events! Free and open to the public!
Feb. 17, 12:45 - 1:45 pm Baker Cafe - Interning in DC and Nashville! White House
Intern, Julia Ross, US Congressional intern Jacob Clark and TN Legislator intern Savannah
Dabney, will discuss their experiences and share tips on getting an internship. Rotunda
Reading Room
Feb. 22, 1:30 pm - Howard Baker Public Policy Challenge FINALS! Listen to the final 5
teams present their policy solutions to area issues. Toyota Auditorium
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