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Welcome to the 2008 PCC Summer Instituteand

Friday Harbor Labs Centennial Symposium

How Does Ocean Circulation Matter for Climate Change

Thanks:• LuAnne Thompson, David Battisti, Julian Sachs• Miriam Bertram and Alexandra Brewer• FHL (Ken Sebens, Director), esp. Rachel Anderson• All of you!

The rest of today

Welcome

3:00 PCC in the coming year: Chris Bretherton

3:15 PCC and the College of the Environment: Dennis Hartmann

3:30 Schedule and goals of this year’s SI: LuAnne Thompson

4:00-4:45 The ocean’s role in climate: Dennis Hartmann

6:00-6:30 Dinner served. (DINING HALL)

Reception and Poster Session (DINING HALL)

7:00 1-minute poster presentations

7:15-9:00 Reception and Poster Session

• The PCC, founded in 2001, facilitates UW interdisciplinary climate science research, graduate education and outreach.

• Joint effort of Atm. Sci., Earth & Space Sci., Oceanography, APL, JISAO-Climate Impacts Group, QRC and Civil Engr.

• PCC offers graduate climate courses, seminar series, public lectures and an annual summer institute, with a different climate theme each year (2008: Ocean Circ. & Climate).

• PCC offers a graduate certificate program in climate science (GCeCS) open to qualified grad students from all departments.

• PCC sponsors new climate science faculty hires and postdocs.

www.uwpcc.washington.edu

The PCC helped bring to UW

Academic Faculty

ESS: Gerard Roe (ice-water-landform-climate interactions)

Atm S: Becky Alexander (atm. isotope chemistry and paleo)

Cecilia Bitz (sea ice and climate)

Ocean: Julian Sachs (chemical paleo-oceanography)

2008 Incoming PCC Postdocs:

Ju-Zhi Hou (chemical oceanography)

Martin Vancoppenolle (sea-ice and climate)

PCC courses

Climate dynamics (Au)

Global carbon cycle (Wi)

Paleoclimate theory (alt. Sp, 2009)

Paleo proxies (alt. Au, 2009)

Climate modeling (alt. Sp, 2010)

PCC climate seminar (Au)

Capstone seminar: Communicating climate (Wi)

Team-taught, except seminars

Graduate Certificate in Climate Science (GCeCS)

Recognizes PCC training in interdiscipinary climate science.

Accepting qualified applicants starting October 2008

GCeCS Requirements (see PCC web site for details): • 3 PCC & related courses plus PCC seminar• Capstone: Communicating climate

Capstone seminar (Wi 2009)

Capstone project (5 credits)

Coordinator: Phil Mote (CIG)

A conference for graduate students, organized and run by graduate students-

70 – 80 Participants Expected-

Local, National, and International participation from UVic to Miami, Scripps to Maine-

Call for abstracts and applications to be released soon, due by 21 November 2008

2009 Theme: Pacific Northwest Climate

• Kick-off with spring public lecture• SI (again FHL Centennial Symposium) 14-17 Sept. 2009

You’re Invited!

PCC Fall Social, Tues. 7 October, WAC, 5-8 pm