Seminars

CGD Seminars are typically scheduled at 11:00 AM MST on Thursdays. Special times and dates are indicated on the schedule. The CGD Seminar Series occurs from September through May

For other details or to schedule a seminar, contact Elizabeth Faircloth [fair@ucar.edu] or Daniel Sena [dsena@ucar.edu]

You can also view the seminars live from the NCAR CGD Youtube page and sign up for the CGD seminar alias email list to be notified about upcoming seminars.

Seminar
How can we systematically and creatively push the limits of climate scenario design? In this seminar, I'll present work on structured futuring approaches that can be used to interrogate the plausibility of climate scenarios, expand the scope

Dr. Patrick Keys
Apr. 3, 2025
Mesa Lab- Main Seminar Room

Seminar
CGD Special Seminar- CISL Cyberinfrastructure: Empowering Earth System Science Research

Multiple Speakers
Mar. 11, 2025
Mesa Lab- Main Seminar Room 

Seminar
Drivers of Antarctic Extreme Precipitation Events

Rebecca Baiman
Mar. 6, 2025
Mesa Lab- Main Seminar Room

Seminar
Joint EOL/CGD Seminar: Evaluating gravity wave drag parameterizations in the middle atmosphere using wave-resolving simulations of observed events

Chris Kruse
Nov. 26, 2024
Foothills Laboratory Room FL2-1022 Large Auditorium

Seminar
Using Emissions-Driven CESM to Investigate Carbon and Climate Responses to Mitigation and Climate Intervention Scenarios

Peter Lawrence
Nov. 21, 2024
Mesa Lab- Main Seminar Room

Seminar
Our Evolving Understanding of Extreme Hydrological Cycle Related Natural Hazards and Proactive Mitigation and Adaptation

Diandong Ren
Nov. 7, 2024
Mesa Lab- Main Seminar Room

Seminar
The stability and variability of AMOC and its impacts on regional and global climate

Aixue Hu
Oct. 17, 2024
Mesa Lab- Main Seminar Room

Seminar
CGD Special Seminar- Why We Can Approximate Spheroidal Geopotential Surfaces as Spherical but Can’t Approximate True Geopotential Surfaces as Spheroidal in Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics

Peter Chu
Oct. 9, 2024
Mesa Lab- Main Seminar Room

Seminar
A New Paradigm for Principles-Based Adept Predictions of Global Warming from Climate Mean States

Ming Cai
Sep. 19, 2024
Mesa Lab- Main Seminar Room

Seminar
Studies of Extreme Weather using Machine Learning and Climate Emulators

William D. Collins
Jun. 18, 2024

Past seminar series