The Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres (POA) research discipline contains two core subdisciplines: Physical oceanography and atmospheric sciences.
Teaching and Research Faculty
Andrea Allan, Jack Barth, Jesse Cusack, Simon de Szoeke, Edward Dever, Melanie Fewings, Jonathan Fram, Amrapalli Garanaik, Jessica Garwood, Jennifer Hutchings, Andrea Jenney, Mike Kosro, Jim Lerczak, Ricardo Matano, Phil Mote, Jonathan Nash, Larry O'Neill, Tuba Özkan-Haller, Brodie Pearson, David Rupp, Roger Samelson, Andreas Schmittner, Kipp Shearman, Karen Shell, Emily Shroyer, Nick Siler, Eric Skyllingstad, Yvette Spitz, Justin Wettstein, Greg Wilson, Ed Zaron, Seth Zippel
POA Email Lists
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Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres Seminar Series
Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Burt 193 and on Zoom
Spring Term 2026
Information will be updated as it becomes available.
If you would like to present, are hosting a visitor, know someone who might be interested, or have speaker suggestions, please contact Jihun Jung who is organizing this term's POA seminars. Also welcome are suggestions for non-OSU visiting speakers. POA discipline seminar funds are available to provide partial travel support for external visitors if needed.
- April 14 – Christo Buizert (OSU CEOAS), The ocean heat valve: AMOC and planetary energy budget during abrupt glacial climate change
- April 21 – Nick Siler (OSU CEOAS), The mountains are getting shorter: orographic precipitation change in the western US
- May 5 – James Girton (University of Washington), The promise, potential, and pitfalls of globally-distributed subsurface internal wave and mixing measurements
- May 12 – J. Xavier Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz)
Title: On measuring the energy transfer at horizontal scales of ~10-100km with underwater gliders
- May 19 – Kyle Nardi (NCAR)
Note: This talk's time and location have been changed to 1:00 p.m. in the Wecoma Room.
Title: Leveraging a Variable-Resolution Earth System Model to Depict an Impactful Rain-on-Snow Flooding Event in Glacier National Park
Abstract: Public recreational lands protect vital ecosystems, encourage public wellness, and stimulate economic growth. Rain-on-snow (ROS) flooding events, which occur when heavy rainfall and warm temperatures induce snowmelt and surface water runoff, pose a significant threat to public recreational lands and their neighboring communities. Therefore, it is critical to understand the physical mechanisms driving ROS flooding events. Earth System Models, which aim to characterize the complex interactions between various components of the Earth System, serve as possible tools to help us understand future impacts of ROS events. In this study, we evaluate the adequacy of NSF NCAR’s Community Earth System Model version 3 (CESM3) in depicting key atmosphere, land, and hydrology processes that led to significant ROS flooding in Montana’s Glacier National Park during November 2006. We identify key model biases and discuss strategies to address these biases and adequately reproduce the key physical mechanisms driving the flooding event. We specifically evaluate the sensitivity of model output to parameterized (estimated) atmospheric and land surface processes. Through this analysis, we highlight several pathways toward making CESM3 adequate-for-purpose in the context of the November 2006 Glacier event. We also address how we can apply CESM3 to inform park managers, community leaders, and residents about how they can prepare their communities for the future impacts of ROS flooding events.
- May 26 – Inés Leyba, Title TBD
- June 2 – Open (If you are interested in giving a talk, contact Jihun Jung.)
- June 9 – Bethan Wynne-Cattanach, Title TBD