1225 W. Dayton Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Phone: (608) 262-2828
Fax: (608) 262-0166
Chair: Jonathan Martin

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Welcome!

Thank you very much for visiting our site, and a warm welcome from our department! Over the last 60 years, we have grown into one of the leading departments in our field of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. We have strong graduate and undergraduate programs which are nationally recognized. We pursue research with a combination of theory, modeling, and diagnostic studies. We support this work with a foundation of first-year graduate core courses, and an appealing range of electives for both graduate and undergraduate students. (more...)

Library Workshops in February for Graduate Students

Compiling a Literature Review: Atmospheric Sciences
Sessions will cover the literature search process and are intended for those starting a research project, dissertation, or publication. We'll cover resources, techniques, and key databases that are important for effectively searching the literature of the atmospheric sciences.
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1-2 PM in Room 823
*NEW TIME* Feb. 16, 11-12 in Room 1411
Thursday, Feb. 23, 3:30-4:30 PM in Room 823
For more information, Schwerdtfeger Library, Room 317

Professor Ackerman named Interim Associate Dean for the Physical Sciences

Steve Ackerman, Professor of atmospheric & oceanic sciences and the director of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) has been named interim associate dean for the physical sciences. He started with his new post in the UW Graduate School on Jan. 13.
Congratulations Steve!
For more information, http://www.news.wisc.edu/20263

Satellite Renamed to Honor Verner Suomi, UW Satellite Pioneer

(Photo Courtesy of NASA/Ball Aerospace)

NASA has renamed its newest Earth-observing satellite in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin who is widely recognized as "the father of satellite meteorology". The announcement was made Jan. 24 at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society in New Orleans.

For NASA Press Release: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/jan/HQ_12-026_NPP_Name.html

NASA Webiste for SuomiNPP: http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/photos.html

Professor Martin receives Vilas Distinguished Service Professorship

AOS Department Chair and Professor Jonathan Martin has been awarded the Vilas Distinguished Service Professorship. The award recognizes professors whose distinguished scholarship has advanced the confines of knowledge, and who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and/or service. He will carry the title of Vilas Distinguished Service Professor for the duration of his career at UW-Madison. Congratulations Jon!

AOS Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter

The AOS Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter (PDF) is now available. Alumni, look for yours in the mail in the coming days, or grab an electronic copy here!

AOS Adjunct Professor Recipient of NOAA Award

Dr. Jim Kossin, AOS adjunct professor, will be picking up his NOAA Gold Medal in DC "for excellence in research and data stewardship leading to a more confident assessment of the influence of human-induced climate change on hurricanes".

SSEC's Tim Schimit will also be receiving the NOAA Silver Medal "For revolutionizing NOAA Science Tests for geostationary satellites, significantly reducing the likelihood of a single satellite configuration."

Congratulations Jim and Tim!

Professor Steve Ackerman inducted as Fellow to the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters

On Sunday, November 6, 2011, Professor Ackerman was inducted as a fellow, along with six other inductees. The Wisconsin Academy of Science , Arts and Letters was founded in 1870 to "bring context, civilized discussion, and meaningful action to the most important issues and ideas of today". The Academy is also featuring Prof. Ackerman in their Member Spotlight. To read more about the induction ceremony, check out Dave Zweifel's column in the Capital Times.

Beyond the Edge of the Sea Exhibit and Reception with artist Karen Jacobson and Dr. Cindy Lee Van Dover, Director Duke University Marine Laboratory

Beyond the Edge of the Sea...will be showing at the Ebling Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from September 28, 2011-January 31, 2012.Beyond the Edge was brought to UW in conjunction with UW-Madison's Geology Museum, with funding provided by the NASA Astrobiology Institute. A reception featuring Dr. Cindy Lee Van Dover and Karen Jacobsen will be held Friday, November 11, 2010 from 3:00-6:00 in the Ebling's 3rd floor galleries. For information contact: Micaela at msullivan@library.wisc.edu.
For more about the exhibit: Link

Professor Desai's Outreach Class Featured by UW Communications Slideshow

Professor Desai, his graduate students, and participants from several Universities and labs conducted a field course, Forest and Climate Leaders in Menominee and the Environment, with Native American students from the College of Menominee Nation in Keshena, WI. The course was made possible with funding from National Science Foundation (NSF), Prof. Desai's Lab, and the Center for Climatic Research (CCR). It was held at both Professor Desai's field sites in Northern Wisconsin and at the UW-Madison Kemp Natural Resources Station in Woodruff, WI. UW Madison Communications featured the course in one of their slide shows:
  http://www.news.wisc.edu/slideshows/59/slides/447

Professor Liu selected as AMS Fellow

Professor Zhengyu Liu has been selected as a new Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. He and the other new Fellows will be inducted at a ceremony at the AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans on Sunday, January 22, 2012. Congratulations Professor Liu!

Schwedtfeger Library Photo Contest Winners

The Schwerdtfeger Library annouced the winners to the 2011 Photo Contest. Congratulations to Professor Grant Petty for winning first place, and AOS Graduate students, Dima Smirnov (2nd place) and Matt Sitkowski (3rd place). Visit Photo Contest website to view the winning photos and all of the beautiful entries: http://library.ssec.wisc.edu/photo_Contest/

Rooftop Camera images and movies

The AOSS building hosts three rooftop camera (currently facing west, northwest, and north.) The most recent images and time lapse quicktime movies are now available. Daily sunrise to sunset movies and highlights of particularly interesting phenomena will be coming soon.

Journal of the UW-AOS

This is an unofficial journal of working papers written by undergraduate and graduate students of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. These papers are not intended to be used as official references.
Check out their work in the Journal of the UW-AOS