Atm Sci Seminar: Scharf
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences
Contact: Karen Ryba/Phone: 701-777-4761
November 27, 2007
Scharf to Speak at Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
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“Using Paleorecords to Evaluate the Relative Roles of Climate, Land Use, Fire, Vegetation, and System History in Eastern Washington”
(Grand Forks, North Dakota): Dr. Elizabeth Scharf, Assistant Professor from UND’s Anthropology Department, will present a seminar entitled “Using Paleorecords to Evaluate the Relative Roles of Climate, Land Use, Fire, Vegetation, and System History in Eastern Washington” on Thursday, November 29 at 3:00 p.m. in Ryan Hall, Room 128. The seminar is free and open to the public. All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.
Abstract:
Oxygen isotopes, archaeological data, charcoal, and pollen serve as valuable proxies for reconstructing past climate, land use, fire, and vegetation over the past thousand years in the Columbia Basin in eastern Washington. Time series analysis reveals the complex interaction and feedback between these variables, which simultaneously operate at different time scales ranging from 50 to 350 years. Topics explored include the influence of prehistoric human action on the environment and the influence of system history on the functioning of ecosystems in the present and future.
About Atmospheric Sciences: In addition to the Ph.D. program, the Department of Atmospheric Sciences offers a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science, and an undergraduate minor program in Atmospheric Sciences. Research areas of interest include atmospheric chemistry, surface transportation meteorology, radar meteorology, climate analysis, cloud physics, radiation, ground- and satellite-based remote sensing, aviation meteorology, hydrometeorology, mesoscale meteorology, data assimilation, numerical weather prediction, and weather modification. The Atmospheric Sciences department has played a major role in research for a number of Federal and state agencies, including the DOE, NASA, NDARB, FHWA, USDA, and DOD.
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