FAQ: Schools in Meteorology/Oceanography/Environmental Science
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Subject: FAQ: Schools in Meteorology/Oceanography/Environmental Science
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Changes (14):
Added (4):
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology (and oceanography)
Stockholm University, Department of Meteorology
North Carolina State University, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Rutgers University
Updated Entries (10):
Jackson State University
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
Florida Institute of Technology
Mississippi State University
Colorado State University
University of Delaware, Department of Geography
University of British Columbia, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences,
Cornell University
Purdue University
Dalhousie University
Notes:
The current version of this FAQ is available via via web at
http://www.radix.net/~bobg/
The main purpose of this FAQ is to list schools which are active in
one of the named or related fields AND for which someone is willing
to answer e-mail queries on. If you want a complete listing of schools,
you should locate publications like the American Meteorological Society's
biennial publication on the schools in Meterology and Oceanography. The
professional societies of the related disciplines should be able to assist
you.
A section lists schools which have programs in Meteorology/Oceanography
/Environmental Science, but for which nobody has yet volunteered to answer
e-mail questions. The list is compiled from various e-mail I've received
naming schools that are not on the main list. No attempt is made to make
this section complete. It is the e-mail volunteers who are the focus
of the FAQ.
Introduction:
This listing is international. The same university can (and we
already have one such listed) have more than one department that
would be relevant. Separate departments are listed separately.
Please note that the volunteers are not necessarily omniscient about
their departments and represent their own opinion rather than official
policy. i.e., the standard disclaimer still applies. Also: ONLY
schools from which a person has volunteered to answer e-mail queries
are listed. Many extremely good departments are not yet listed.
If you know someone at one of these departments, please recruit.
The following comment probably applies to many programs:
COMMENT [from Grant Petty, Purdue University]: In addition to students
with undergraduate meteorology degrees, we particularly welcome
inquiries/applications from other students with strong backgrounds in
math, classical physics (e.g, mechanics, electrodynamics, optics), other
physical or natural sciences, and/or computer science.
Please send additions, or deletions to me at
bobg@radix.net.
For most departments, longer descriptions have been
sent to me.
Robert Grumbine
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Added since last time (4):
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology (and oceanography)
Stockholm University, Department of Meteorology
North Carolina State University, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Rutgers University
Programs Listed (62):
California State University Long Beach
Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science
Cornell University, Atmospheric Sciences Program
Dalhausie University, Department of Oceanography
Florida Institute of Technology, Meteorology
Free University of Brussels (VUB), Programs in Human Ecology
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,
Space and Atmospheric Physics Group
Iowa State University, Department of Agronomy and
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Jackson State University, Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Lyndon State College, Department of Meteorology
Macquarie University, Australia, School of Earth Sciences
McGill University, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic sciences
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Physics
Mississippi State University, Department of Geosciences
North Carolina State University, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Northwestern University, Environmental Science
The Ohio State University, Atmospheric Sciences Program
The Ohio State University, Department of Geography (Climatology field)
Old Dominion University, Department of Oceanography
Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology (and oceanography)
Princeton University, Program in Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Purdue University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
Queens University Environmental Science and Technology, Research
Centre(QUESTOR), Belfast
Reading University (UK), Meteorology department.
Rutgers University
Saint Louis University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
San Francisco State University, Department of Geosciences
San Jose State University, Deparment of Meteorology
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Department of Meteorology
State University of New York, Albany, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Stockholm University, Department of Meteorology
Texas A&M University, Department of Meteorology <also Oceanography>
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Science
University of Bonn, Meteorologisches Institut
University of British Columbia, Dept. of Oceanography
University of California, Irvine
The University of Chicago, Department of the Geophysical Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Deleware, Newark, Deleware, College of Marine Studies
University of Delaware, Newark, Deleware, Department of Geography
University of East Anglia, U.K., School of Environmental Sciences
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., Department of Meteorlogy
University of Hawaii, Department of Meteorology
University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Liverpool, U.K., Department of Geography
University of Liverpool, U.K., Oceanography Laboratories
University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Dept. of Earth Science
University of Miami, Division of Meteorology and Oceanography
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology
University of Wales, Bangor, School of Ocean Sciences
University of Washington, Dept of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Washington, School of Oceanography
University of Western Ontario, Department of Geography
University of Wisconsin, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
US Naval Postgraduate School
Victoria University of Wellington, Institute of Geophysics
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California State University Long Beach offers a BSc in Earth Science
with emphasis in Engineering Geology, Exploration Geophysics, Earth
Materials or Oceanography.
I am an undergraduate in the oceanography program and would be happy
to field/forward any questions from interested parties.
Paul Skaar pskaar@csulb.edu
Colorado State University
Department of Atmospheric Science
Fort Collins, CO 80523
303-491-8360
Stephen K. Cox, Faculty
scox@vines.colostate.edu
Thomas B. McKee, Faculty
tom@ulysses.atmos.colostate.edu
Department Web Page
Faculty 14, Graduate Students 90
Degrees Offered: MS, PhD
Broad based graduate program emphasizing observations, analysis and
modeling on all scales. Research foci: Air Quality and Atmospheric
Chemistry; Atmospheric Water Resources and the Hydrologic Cycle;
Global, Regional and Local Climate; Tropical and Marine Meteorology;
Regional and Local Scale Analysis and Modelling; Remote Sensing and
Atmospheric Radiation.
Cornell University, Atmospheric Sciences Program
Bradfield Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Contact: Kerry H. Cook, 1110 Bradfield Hall kc@athena.cit.cornell.edu
Program: Graduate Program: 12 faculty members, with interests in
climate dynamics, turbulence, atmospheric dynamics,
statistical/agricultural meteorology, planetary
atmospheres, boundary-layer meteorology, upper atmospheric
physics, synoptic meteorology.
Undergraduate Program: 5 faculty in the Department of
Soil, Crop and Atmospheric Sciences. Broad course
offerings, including co-ordination with the Science of Earth Systems
Program, with small class sizes and excellent facitities.
Dalhousie University,
Department of Oceanography
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Contact: Ian Folkins folkins@atm.dal.ca, 902-494-3701
Our FAX is 902-494-3877.
The oceanography department is divided into five groups:
physical, chemical, biological, geological and the atmospheric
group (which is cross-listed with Physics). We collaborate
with scientists from the nearby Bedford Institute for Oceanography.
Some of these are adjunct faculty and supervise graduate students.
Our Atmospheric science group works on:
climate modeling, cloud physics, radiation, marine cyclones,
atmospheric chemistry, and paleoclimate.
The larger oceanography contingent works on problems
too numerous to list.
Florida Institute of Technology, Meteorology
Dr. Stephens stephens@fit.edu
We've added a Met program.
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida 32905
http://www.fit.edu
Free University of Brussels (VUB)
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Master's and PhD Programs in Human Ecology
Holistic, interdisciplinary orientation.
Aims to understand the ecological framework in terms of its broad
complexity and to stimulate thinking about solutions for environmental
problems.
International approach and atmosphere, currently involving students and
professors from twenty different countries.
Organized under the auspices of the World Health Organization and endorsed
by UNESCO (Man and the Biosphere Program).
Two year program leads to a 'Master in Human Ecology' from the
internationally recognized Vrije Universiteit Brussel as well as an
'International Certificate in Human Ecology' from the International Center
of Human Ecology (Geneva, Switzerland).
Taught in English, using lectures and extensive reading assignments
complimented by conferences, visits and case studies.
For more information, program brochure, admission application forms etc.,
contact:
Department of Human Ecology
The Admission Administrator
Free University of Brussels (VUB)
Tel: 32-2-477.42.82 Fax: 32-2-477.49.64
E-mail: gronsse@meko.vub.ac.be
Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
Free University Brussels
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
(Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie)
Human Ecology Department
(Eenheid Menselijke Ecologie)
Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels Belgium
Tel.: 32-2-477.42.81 Fax: 32-2-477.49.64
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Space and Atmospheric Physics Group
London SW7 2BZ
UK
Degrees offered: MPhil and PhD (also components of BSc and MSci in Physics)
Research areas: Atmospheric radiative transfer, satellite data analysis,
climate modelling, middle atmosphere modelling, instrument development. We have
strong links with other Physics Dept groups, notably Applied Optics and
Spectroscopy.
Contact: Dr J D Haigh email joanna@spva.ph.ic.ac.uk
phone 071 225 8837
fax 071 823 8250
Iowa State University
Department of Agronomy
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
3010 Agronomy Building, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
Contacts: Raymond Arritt, Associate Professor rwarritt@iastate.edu,
tel (515)294-9870, fax (515)294-3163)
Craig Clark, graduate student caclark@iastate.edu)
Iowa State University offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. programs in
Atmospheric Sciences and in Agricultural Meteorology. Strengths
include mesoscale meteorology, global-scale studies, atmospheric
linkages to surface hydrology, and crop-weather-climate interactions.
Both undergraduates and grad students are active participants in
sponsored research projects. Most grad students are supported
by teaching or research assistantships. Faculty are listed below.
R.W. Arritt: mesoscale modeling/analysis; land surface effects on convection.
R.E. Carlson: weather effects on crops and insects; climatology.
T.-C. Chen: climate variability; global hydrologic cycle; tropical meteorology.
W.J. Gutowski, Jr.: global/regional climate change, focus on hydrologic cycle.
E.S. Takle: mesoscale/microscale modeling and observations, with applications
to climate variability and environmental issues.
S.E. Taylor: crop-weather interaction with insects and disease; weed ecology;
extended forecasting.
D.N. Yarger: upper atmosphere; computer-based instructional techniques.
Jackson State University
Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences
Jackson, Mississippi 39217-0460
Contact: patrick@stallion.jsums.edu (Dr. Pat Fitzpatrick).
Others: dpas@stallion.jsums.edu (the official departmental
e-mail address) or Dr. Paul Croft at pcroft@stallion.jsums.edu.
The departmental phone is (601) 968-7012. The fax is (601) 968-8623.
Graduate: Ph. D. in environmental sciences
Undergraduate: B. S. in meteorology
The program consists of three faculty members who's main research
interests are tropical meteorology, mesoscale meteorology, Gulf Coast
meteorology, tropical cyclones, modelling, climatology, agricultural
meteorology, and air pollution. Computer facilities are very good, with
access to several Sun Sparcstations, IBM RISC computers, many PCs,
Silicon Graphic machines, and supercomputer connections to Ole Miss
and Minnesota. Available software includes a variety of PC packages,
plus McIdas, NCAR graphics, IDL, and IMSL.
Undergraduate meteorology students at Jackson State participate
in several activities which many similar programs do not offer. They
are included in faculty research with a salary, typically receive
summer employment in a professional meteorology position, and
attend conferences with the faculty.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
US Route 9w
Palisades, New York 10964
914-359-2900
914-359-2931 FAX
Part of the Geology Department of Columbia University
Oceanography (Physical, Chemical& Biological),
Marine Biology, Geology, Seismology, Magnetics,
Gravity, Marine Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry,
Tectonophysics, Climate, Paleomagnetics
e_mail name@lamont.ldeo.columbia.edu
William Haines whaines@eden.rutgers.edu will
try to forward enquiries to the appropriate people.
Lyndon State College, Department of Meteorology
Lyndonville, VT 05851
ph. (802) 626-9371
fax (802) 626-9770
contact: Dr. Bruce F. Berryman
phone: extension 178
e-mail: berrymanb@queen.lsc.vsc.edu
faculty: 4
staff: 2
students: ~75
The dept. offers a B.S. degree in meteorology. The degree program requires
the standard met (synoptics, dynamics, climate, remote sensing, etc.) and
support (physics, calculus, computer science, etc.) courses. The dept. has
modern wx data acquisition and display systems, is affiliated with an AF-ROTC
program, has a close working relationship with the College Communications
Dept., and has an active student chapter of the AMS and NWS. Graduates have
enjoyed success in the NWS, the private sector, media fields, and graduate
schools.
Macquarie University,
School of Earth Sciences,
Sydney, Australia
Contact: PhysGeog@mq.edu.au
Departmental Web Page
BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD and graduate diploma programmes in meteorology
and climatology. Research interests of staff include: biometeorology,
human/atmosphere interaction, thermal comfort/stress models,
ocean dynamics, ocean modelling, ocean-atmosphere interactions, El Nino,
tropical cyclones, radiative transfer, clouds, fog, haze, aerosols,
climate modelling, climate change and vegetation-atmospheric processes.
McGill University
Department of atmospheric & oceanic sciences
805 Sherbrooke St. W
Montreal, PQ, (Canada) H3A 2K6
Fax: 514-398-6115
Jacques Derome, Chairman, derome@zephyr.meteo.mcgill.ca
Degrees offered: B.Sc, graduate diploma, M.Sc and Ph.D
Fields of study: remote sensing, atmospheric radiation, atmospheric
chemistry, mesoscale met., synoptic met., radar met., microscale met.,
climate, physical oceanography, arctic studies, large scale circulation,
air-ocean interactions, cloud physics etc.
To enter the graduate studies, a degree in physics, meteorology,
oceanography or equivalent is required. A degree in mathematics
or computer sciences with some physics courses is also acceptable.
- teaching language is english
- first year of graduate studies is devoted to full time (12 credits)
lectures
- to pursue at the Ph.D level a cognitive exam must be passed.
- current tuition fees: about 1000 CA$ per trimester (summer is free)
for canadian citizens.
- assistanships are available.
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Department of Physics
St. John's, Newfoundland
A1B 3X7
Canada
Brad deYoung, Faculty, bdeyoung@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Phone:709-737-8839 FAX:709-737-8739
or via mail for more information
Richard Greatbatch, Faculty, rgreat@crosby.physics.mun.ca
MSc and PhD in Physical Oceanography
Areas of interest: North Atlantic circulation, internal waves,
acoustical oceanography, coastal upwelling, climate studies and
sediment transport. We carry out field programs and apply numerical
and analytical models.
Mississippi State University
Department of Geosciences
B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geoscience
3 meteorology / climatology faculty.
Approximately 30 M.S. students and 40 B.S. students
Also approximately 230 off-campus students
Most students in the program are interested in careers as broadcast
meteorologists or as consulting meteorologists. On-campus program currently
has a 100% placement record. Off-campus students are primarily television
weathercasters seeking to improve their meteorological knowledge.
Contact: Mark S. Binkley binkley@geosci.msstate.edu
(601)325-2908 phone
(601)325-2907 fax
Dept of Geosciences
P. O. Drawer 5448
MS State, MS 39762
Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
1125 Jordan Hall, Box 8208
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
fax: (919) 515-7802
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/meas/meas_home.html
The Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at North Carolina
State University is located in the state capital, Raleigh, a growing city
in a metropolitan area of over 900,000 residents. Situated in rolling
terrain between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain, the campus is a
two-hour drive from the ocean and a three-hour drive from the mountains.
The department is housed in Jordan Hall, an 110,000 square foot, 6 story
facility and a new 3 story building shared by the National Weather Service
on Centennial Campus. The department offers B.A. and B.S. degrees in
geology, atmospheric sciences, marine and coastal resources, and in several
marine sciences tracks. At the graduate level M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are
offered in Earth, Marine, and Atmospheric science. Scholarship and
workstudy support is available at the undergraduate level and Research and
Teaching Assistantships are available at the graduate level. There are
presently 350 students enrolled in MEAS programs and annual funding is
about $5M per year.
For further information and applications contact:
Leonard J. Pietrafesa, Chair
phone: (919) 515-7776 (919) 515-7802 (fax)
email: Leonard_Pietrafesa@ncsu.edu
Northwestern University
Environmental Sciences - Bachelor's
Craig R. Bina craig@earth.nwu.edu
Dept. of Geological Sci.
The Ohio State University
Atmospheric Sciences Program
John Arnfield, Faculty Member
aja+@osu.edu or aja+@ohstmail.bitnet
degrees offered - MS and PhD
The Ohio State University
Department of Geography (Climatology field)
John Arnfield, Faculty Member
aja+@osu.edu or aja+@ohstmail.bitnet
degrees - MA and PhD
Old Dominion University
Department of Oceanography
Proximity to the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, the Eastern Shore
of the DelMarVa peninsula and the Outer Banks of North Carolina makes the
Norfolk area an excellent place to live as well as to conduct oceanographic
research.
The Department of Oceanography has about 20 faculty members and 60 graduate
students involved in biological, chemical, geological and/or physical
oceanographic research. There is an undergraduate oceanography minor;
however, the program is geared towards the graduate (M.S. and Ph.D.) level.
For further information, contact Dr. Denny Kirwan via internet at
adk@ccpo.odu.edu.
Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
The College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State
University offers MS and PhD programs in Atmospheric Sciences,
Geophysics and in Oceanography with specializations in Biological,
Chemical, Geological and Physical Oceanography. We also offer the MS
in Marine Resource Management.
The College is a member of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, and
is an operator of one of the national scientific fleet ships, the R/V
WECOMA, which operates in all oceans. There are about 90 faculty in
the College and approximately 105 graduate students, most of whom are
supported financially by graduate research assistantships. Faculty of
the College operate research programs in all areas of oceanography and
most areas of marine geology and geophysics and atmospheric science.
Individual faculty and their research programs are too numerous and
changing for this list.
Contact the College Student Adviser or staff of the College Student
Services office for application materials and information about the
College, its faculty research and graduate programs.
Student Services Office
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5503
FAX (503) 737-2064
24 hour Message Phone: (503) 737-5190
J. J. Gonor, Student Adviser
gonorj@ccmail.orst.edu and
jgonor@oce.orst.edu
Donna Obert, Student Services Office
obertd@ccmail.orst.edu
The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Meteorology (and oceanography)
University Park, PA 16802 USA
Phone: (814) 865-0478; Fax: (814) 865-3663
Degrees: B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Faculty: 24; Research Staff, Postdocs, and Instructors: 30
Graduate Students: 80; Undergraduate Students: 180
Areas of interest: Synoptic analysis and forecasting, mesoscale
analysis and forecasting, convective storms, mountain meteorology,
radar meteorology, nonlinear dynamics and chaos, cyclogenesis and
frontal dynamics, dynamic meteorology, tropical meteorology,
physical meteorology, atmospheric radiation transfer, land surface
processes, climate and general circulation modeling, cloud
physics, numerical weather prediction, data assimilation,
atmospheric predictability, physical oceanography, global acoustic
mapping of ocean temperatures, cloud structure and radiative
impacts, precipitation and air chemistry, turbulence and profile
measurements in the surface boundary layer, large eddy simulation
of the boundary layer, and wind, temperature, and water vapor
atmospheric profiling.
For more information, send e-mail to:
meteograd@ems.psu.edu (graduate program)
meteoundergrad@ems.psu.edu (undergraduate program)
Princeton University
Program in Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Peter Rayner, research associate
pjr@splash.Princeton.EDU
Kevin Hamilton, Faculty
kph@phoenix.princeton.edu
Areas of interest - climate modelling; numerical weather prediction;
mesoscale meteorology; ocean general circulation modelling;
stratospheric modelling; modelling of planetary atmospheres etc.
We have no undergratuate program here and we only accept students
planning to complete our Ph.D. program.
Purdue University
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
Grant W. Petty, gpetty@rain.atms.purdue.edu (Faculty)
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
1397 CIVL Bldg.
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1397
Requests for department literature, grad. school applications should
be directed to Kathy Kincaid at the above address.
Departmental research interests in meteorology include: satellite
remote sensing (esp. microwave), atmospheric convection, atmospheric
radiative transfer, climate modeling, synoptic meteorology/dynamics
mesoscale modeling, air-sea interaction, general circulation, tropical
meteorology, and atmospheric chemistry.
Queens University Environmental Science and Technology
Research Centre(QUESTOR), Belfast
Tel.(0232) 335577 Fax (0232)661462
The QUESTOR CENTRE is an industry-university cooperative
research centre. Research programmes are interdisciplinary
bringing together chemistry, chemical engineering, computer
science, microbiology and agriculture.
Current projects include flocculation, applications of peat
and lignite/derived carbons in wastewater treatment, microbial
degradation of pollutants, use of parallel processing to improve
performance of three dimensional models for dispersion in
aqueous systems.
The Centre has international links and seeks to develop further
links through collaboration and participation in EC and other
programmes.
Reading University (UK).
Meteorology department.
Degrees offered : BSc,MSc,MPhil,PhD.
Research areas :
Analysis of atmospheric systems from mesoscale to general
circulation using diagnosis of observations, and idealised and more
complete models,
Paleoclimate modelling,
Biosphere-atmosphere interactions,
Applications of met satellite data,
Radiative transfer studies.
Contact: Roger Brugge brugge@met.reading.ac.uk
Rutgers University, New Jersey
William Haines
whaines@eden.rutgers.edu
Saint Louis University,,
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Offers BS, BA, MS, MProf Met; and PhD programs in meteorology, Geology, and
Geophysics.
For information on meteorology please call Dr. G. V. Rao at 314-658-3115;
Fax: 314-658-3117; address Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
St. Louis University, 3507 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103.
Currently the meteorology section of the Department has five full time
professors. The following is a brief description of their reseach interests.
Dr. Y. J. Lin: Doppler radar studies of tropical subtropical squall lines;
Dr. J. T. Mooore: Flash floods, isentropic analysis; Synoptic-dynamics;
Dr. C. E. Graves: Microwave inferences of climatic scale precipitaton;
Dr. A. J. Pallmann: Atmospheric transfer of radiation;
Dr. G. V. Rao: Tropical meteorology, convection and boundary layers .
There is also an adjunct professor Dr. W. Dale Meyer whose interest is
mesoscale meteorology.
The Department has reseach and teaching assistantships.
San Francisco State University
Department of Geosciences
Three faculty, approximately a dozen majors.
Bachelors and Master Degrees offered
Oswaldo Garcia, Associate Professor
ogarcia@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu
San Jose State University
Deparment of Meteorology
kmackay@sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu (that's a one in sjsuvm1)
Ken MacKay, professor
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Department of Meteorology
501 E. St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
Tel: (605) 394-2291
e-mail: horville@nimbus.ias.sdsmt.edu
John H. Helsdon, Department Head
B.S. Interdisciplinary Sciences (Meteorology)
M.S. Meteorology, Ph.D. Atmospheric Resources
Cooperative Ph.D. program with Colorado State Univ.
RESEARCH AREAS: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Severe
Storms, Cloud and Mesoscale Modeling, Air Quality,
Atmospheric Electricity/Lightning, Radar, Radiative
Transfer, Cloud Physics and Weather Modification.
The department has 10 faculty members and approximately
20 graduate students. There are excellent opportunities for
research through the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences (IAS).
Research is conducted in the IAS' four departments of Remote
Sensing, Data Analysis, Numerical Modeling, and the unique
Armored T-28 Research Aircraft. The M.S. program normally takes
2 years to complete with Ph.D. opportunities both here and
at Colorado State University.
State University of New York, Albany
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
BS, MS, PhD level program
via WWW at http://www.atmos.albany.edu/
We offer BS, MS, PhD in atmospheric science.
Broad program including synoptic, mesoscale, physical, chemistry,
climate etc. I would be happy to answer any questions you or
others might have. You can also see our home page at
Contact Person: David Knight
Department of Atmospheric Science Tel: (518)-442-4204
SUNYA ES-228 Fax: (518)-442-4494
Albany, NY 12222 Email: knight@atmos.albany.edu
Department of Meteorology
Patrick A. Haines, phaines@misu.su.se (Faculty)
Arrhenius Laboratory
Stockholm University
S 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
The department of Meteorology at Stockholm University dates from 1955
when Rossby, who had been appointed a professor in 1947, was successful
in persuading the Swedish parliament to establish an international
research center at the Higher School of Stockholm. The department
currently numbers 20 teaching and research faculty.
There are three main groups within the department: Atmospheric
Physics (AP), Chemical Meteorology (CM), and Dynamic Meteorology (DM).
It should be noted that physical oceanography is included in DM.
AP's main research is concentrated on improving our understanding of
the physical and chemical processes that govern the structure and
composition of the upper atmosphere. This is done using rocket and
satellite borne probes as well as groundbased instrumentation.
The overall research goal of CM is to study the occurrence and transfer
of chemical species in the atmosphere as dependent on meteorological
conditions: winds, clouds, precipitation etc. This is done by measuring
the chemical composition of air, aerosols, cloudwater and precipitation
and by theoretical modelling of transport, transformation and removal
processes.
The DM section continues to focus on two main areas: MESOSCALE
CIRCULATION and LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS. Mesoscale numerical weather
prediction, using the Higher Resolution Limited Area Model (HIRLAM)
system, continues in close collaboration with the research and
development section at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological
Institute (SMHI). Research on large scale phenomena continues to
center around the interplay between large scale quasi-stationary flow
and transient, baroclinic waves.
For more details concerning undergraduate studies contact Douglas
Nilssen dolan@misu.su.se; for post graduate studies at MISU please see
the MISU home page: http://www.misu.su.se/ or contact Ullah Hammarstrand
ullah@misu.su.se.
Texas A&M University
Department of Meteorology <also Oceanography>
College Station, TX 77843-3150 USA
phone: (409) 845-7671 fax: (409) 862-4466
Degrees: B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Faculty: 15; Staff: 18; Graduate Students: ~60
Areas of interest: Climate dynamics, mesoscale modeling,
microwave <satellite and radar> analysis techniques, general
circulation, cloud physics, severe storms analysis and prediction,
lightning, atmospheric radiative transfer, tropical meteorology,
dynamic meteorology, synoptic analysis and forecasting,
NASA's WetNet, Earth Observing System, TRMM, and TOGA COARE
For more info, you may contact:
Dr. Gerald North, Head of the Department of Meteorology
at the above address.
Or you can contact:
Pat Hayes, <tenured> Graduate Student, Meteorology
phayes@tamu.edu ... (409) 845-1680
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Degrees offered: B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Email contact: John Wilson jwilson@geog.ualberta.ca
(Professor)
Mail contact:
Graduate Chairman
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H4
FAX: (403) 492-7598
Research areas: turbulent flow near the ground; thunderstorm lightning;
Lagrangian stochastic dispersion modelling; surface energy balance
in permafrost regions; ice accretion on ships and aircraft; severe
convective storms; cloud and storm modelling; planetary-scale dynamics;
analysis of climate variability and dynamics; mesoscale weather systems.
University of Bonn, Meteorologisches Institut
Auf dem Huegel 20
D-53121 Bonn / Germany
Fax: ++49-228-735188
3 professors, fields of work:
- boundary layer
- extreme rain events
- climate diagnostics
- modeling of: - fronts
- polar lows
- mesoscale systems
Special equipment:
- weather radar
For further details contact:
Thomas Klodt Meteorologisches Institut
Auf dem Huegel 20 UNF422@DBNRHRZ1.BITNET
D-53121 Bonn/Endenich Thomas-Klodt@uni-bonn.de
++49-228-735182 (Radar-Lab.) Fax: ++49-228-735188
University of British Columbia, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences,
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4
World Wide Web: http://www.ocgy.ubc.ca/
Fax: 604 822-6091
Contact: William Hsieh, william@ocgy.ubc.ca
Graduate education and research in Oceanography have been carried out at
the University of British Columbia since 1949, the longest among
Canadian academic institutions. Oceanography has 15 Faculty, 7 Associate
Faculty members, 8 Adjunct Professors, about 10 post-docs and 50
graduate students doing research in physical, biological, chemical and
geological oceanography, with much emphasis on interdisciplinary
studies. Since 1988, Oceanography and the Department of Geography have
jointly offered a programme in Atmospheric Science. The physical
oceanography research is mainly on climate and interannual variability
in the northeast Pacific through modelling and data analysis, flow over
seamounts and submarine ridges, and circulation in fjords and inlets in
British Columbia. In 1996, Oceanography was combined with the other
earth sciences to form the new Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences.
University of California, Irvine
Bryan Hannegan, Graduate Student
hannegan@halo.ps.uci.edu
Our department currently covers atmospheric, biospheric, and oceanic
chemistry, physics and other related fields. It is a Ph.D. program which
has a diverse core curriculum including numerical modeling and fluid
mechanics, chemistry and thermodynamics, atmosperhic and ocean
circulations, and a variety of earth sciences. It is a relatively new
program, less than a year old.
The University of Chicago
Department of the Geophysical Sciences
Raymond Pierrehumbert, Faculty Member
rtp1@midway.uchicago.edu
Areas of faculty research include: Geophysical fluid dynamics, large
scale mixing processes, fractals and chos, dynamic meteorology,
stratospheric dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, radar meteorology, cloud
physics, glaciology, polar meteorlogy and oceanography, radiative transfer,
stratospheric ozone, chemical oceanography, carbon cycle modelling, and
paleoclimate.
Our web page is http://geosci.uchicago.edu/
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Campus Box 311
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0311
Tel: 303.492.7167
Fax: 303.492.3822
Welcome to PAOS. The Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences is an
interdisciplinary program that provides an educational and research
environment to examine the dynamical, physical and chemical structures of
the atmosphere and the ocean and the manner in which they interact. A major
theme is the establishment of a physical basis for understanding,
observing, and modelling
climate and global change.
For further information please see our web site at:
http://marigold.colorado.edu/
Robert Lambeth rlambeth@monsoon.colorado.edu
University of Deleware, Newark, Deleware
College of Marine Studies
wwmartin@mitre.org Wayne W. Martin, former student
University of Delaware
Department of Geography
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-2294
http://www.udel.edu/Geography/geog.html
Brian Hanson, Faculty, hanson@udel.edu
Degrees Offered:
B.S. in Environmental Science (Cooperative program with Biology
and Geology Departments)
M.S. in Geography/Climatology
Ph.D. in Climatology
(also, M.A. and B.A. in Geography)
Size: 7 core faculty, 5 affiliated faculty, 30 Climatology Graduate
students, 180 Undergraduate Environmental Science majors.
Surface processes in climate, including physical climatology, water
budgets, and glaciology. Also synoptic climatology. Strong emphasis
on applied climate. Technical focus in GIS and Remote Sensing
University of East Anglia,
School of Environmental Sciences,
Norwich, Norfolk, NR4-7TJ,
UNITED KINGDOM
Dr. Steve Dorling,
e-mail: s.dorling@uea.ac.uk
http://www.uea.ac.uk/~e870/dorling.html
Tel: +44 1603 592533
Fax: +44 1603 507719
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
Department of Meteorlogy
C N Duncan C.Duncan@ed.ac.uk
Degrees available: B.Sc in Physics with meteorology
M.Sc. in Remote Sensing and Imasge Processing Technology
M.Sc. in Atmospheric Science
M.Res. in the Natural Environment
M./Phil. and Ph.D.
Primary departmental interests are climate modelling, air pollution and
remote sensing. Further details at http://www.met.ed.ac.uk/
Dr Charles Duncan
Department of Meteorology
University of Edinburgh
Kings Buildings
Edinburgh EH9 3JZ
U.K.
University of Hawaii
Department of Meteorology
2525 Correa Road; Honolulu HI 96822 USA
Thomas A. Schroeder, Chairman Bin Wang, Graduate Chairman
tas@soest.hawaii.edu bwang@soest.hawaii.edu
Phone (808) 956-8775 FAX (808) 956-2877
Degrees offered: BS/MS/PhD; Faculty 9; Graduate Students 25.
Graduate program specialties are: tropical meteorology, air-sea interaction,
interannual climate variation(ENSO), mesometeorology, atmospheric chemistry.
Recent field programs in which students have participated include:
TOGA/COARE; CaPE Convection and Precipitation Initiation Experiment;
HaRP Hawaiian Rain Band Project; STORMFEST; Kuwait Oil Fires; ASTEX.
Other facilities which we cooperate with are:
The National Weather Service Forecast Office (moving to campus in 1995);
Department of Oceanography; Department of Geography (climatology);
The Mauna Loa Observatory.
University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
105 S. Gregory Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: (217) 333-2046
Number of Faculty: 10
Number of Graduate Students: 37
Degrees Offered: M.S. and Ph.D.
Areas of Research: climate dynamics, large-scale dynamics, mesoscale and
convective dynamics, numerical weather analysis and prediction, physical
meteorology, synoptic meteorology
Notable: highly respected research campus, close ties with the National
Center for Supercomputing Applications, highly networked computing
facility, location of the popular UofI Weather Machine
Contact: Dr. Mohan Ramamurthy
E-mail: mohan@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu
University of Liverpool, U.K., Department of Geography
We offer a M.Sc. Recent Environmental Change that offers units and
disseration oppertunities in boundary-layer meteorology, environmental
reconstruction (past climate and sea - level changes) and contemporary
sediment tracing techniques.
At Ph.D. level on the atmospheric side active in boundary-layer
meteorlogy research including the investigation of coherent structures,
the transport of heat, moisture and trace gases between the atmosphere
and vegetation (particularly trees) and energy partitioning.
Our undergraduate programmes cover a variety fields including meteorology
and climatology
Contact:
Dr. Andrew P. Morse,
Department of Geography,
Univeristy of Liverpool,
P.O. Box 147,
Liverpool L69 3BX,
U.K.
apmorse@liverpool.ac.uk
University of Liverpool, Oceanography Laboratories
University of Liverpool
Oceanography Laboratories
PO Box 147
Liverpool
L69 3BX
United Kingdom
Degrees Offered :-
BSc in Chemical Oceanography;
PhD in Physical or Chemical Oceanography
Research Areas :-
Dynamical modelling of ocean circulation, analysing observations of
the North Atlantic, marine chemistry, metal speciation, marine organic
geochemistry, marine pollution chemistry and atmospheric particles.
The Department has strong links with the neighbouring Proudman
Oceanographic Laboratory.
Contacts :-
Physical Oceanography : Dr Simon Hood
e-mail: simonh@liverpool.ac.uk
Chemical Oceanography : Dr Stan van den Berg
e-mail: sn35@liverpool.ac.uk
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Dept. of Earth Science
1 University Ave
Lowell, Mass 01854
B.S. Meteorology
B.S. Environmental Science (Geology option available)
Frank Colby, Faculty colby@cirrus.uml.edu
University of Miami
Division of Meteorology and Oceanography
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Enda O'Brien, Faculty, enda@bignay.rsmas.miami.edu, tel. 305-361-4032
Dean Churchill, Faculty, dean@coconut.rsmas.miami.edu, tel. 305-361-4048
The University of Miami offers a B.S. in meteorology and applied
mathematics. RSMAS is a graduate school only, and the meteorology component
of this division (MPO) specializes in tropical meteorology, cloud physics,
numerical modelling, climate dynamics and geophysical fluid dynamics.
There are graduate programs at the School in Biological
Oceanography,Chemical Oceanography, Marine Geology and Geophysics,
Marine Affairs, and Applied Marine Physics. While RSMAS is
a graduate school only, the University of Miami does offer an
undergraduate major in Marine Science.
Lots of good information on the school can be found at the RSMAS
Web page: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/ (Last two para. added
by Todd Spindler, TSpindler@rsmas.miami.edu.)
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Surveying Engineering runs an ocean mapping program.
Dale Chapman - former student
mailto:dchapman@vnet.ibm.com
University of Oklahoma
School of Meteorology
Bryan Hannegan, Former Undergraduate Student
hannegan@halo.ps.uci.edu
University of Wales, Bangor, School of Ocean Sciences
Menai Bridge
Gwynedd LL59 5EY
UK
Phone 44 +248 382846
Fax 44 +248 716367
Offers Master of Science Courses in
Applied Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Marine Environmental Protection
Shellfish Biology, Fisheries and Culture
Marine Geotechnics
- on a one year basis by teaching and research.
E-mail enquiries to
oss041@clss1.bangor.ac.uk
Written enquiries to Post-Graduate Adnissions Secretary at the above postal
address.
University of Washington
School of Oceanography
Box 357940
Seattle, WA 98195-7940
The UW School of Oceanography offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees with
specialization in biological, chemical and physical oceanography, and
marine geology and geophysics. There are ties with separate programs on
the UW campus in atmospheric sciences, geophysics, and geology and with
NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Complete information is
available from our World Wide Web server (its URL is
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/) or by e-mail request to our student
services office (drogers@ocean.washington.edu).
--Russ McDuff, Associate Director, mcduff@ocean.washington.edu
University of Washington, Dept of Atmospheric Sciences
both graduate and undergraduate programs
web site:
http://atmos.washington.edu/dep_announce.html
e-mail contact
kathryn@atmos.washington.edu (Kathryn Stout, Academic Counselor )
University of Western Ontario,
Department of Geography
London, Ontario N6A 5C2 CANADA
Contact: peter.jackson@uwo.ca (Peter Jackson) faculty
Fax: (519) 661-3750
Physical Geography BSc MSc and PhD in: Paleoenvironmental
reconstruction (dendrochronology and paleolimnology), Mesoscale
meteorology (numerical modelling and analysis of topographically
modulated flows), Fluvial geomorphology, Alpine hydrology/geomorphology,
Remote sensing, GIS.
For more information, contact the Graduate Coordinator at the above
address.
University of Wisconsin
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
1225 West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-2828
Our department is one of the largest and oldest programs in the country.
Current areas of work cover nearly all areas of atmospheric science,
including climate dynamics, paleoclimate, mesoscale dynamics, large scale
satellite applications, boundary layer meteorology and cloud physics.
UW-Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) shares a building with the
Space Science and Engineering Center, which has state of the art
remote sensing and computing facilities. In addition, there are ties
to the Institute for Environmental Studies for research in climate and
environmental change.
The department has Atmospheric Science degrees at the undergraduate,
M.S. (thesis or non-thesis option) and Ph.D. levels. It is hoped that
a Ph.D. minor in physical oceanography will be available soon.
foley@meteor.wisc.edu (Jon Foley) Faculty.
US Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943.
Civilians can attend under some circumstances. Have both masters and
PhD programs in both meteorology and physical oceanography, the Met
and Oceano departments are separate (but closely allied) at the present
time.
Josh Rovero (rovero@oc.nps.navy.mil)
Victoria University of Wellington
Institute of Geophysics
POBox 600
Wellington
New Zealand
Contact: Dr James McGregor, mcgregor@kauri.vuw.ac.nz
Diploma in Applied Science (Meteorology), B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. degrees in
meteorology.
Our department is a ten minute walk from the MetService of New Zealand with
which it has excellent links. We are also close to the National Institute of
Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. We cooperate with the Department of
Computer Science, VUW and the Department of Meteorology, Free University of
Berlin.
Current research activitities include:-
Artificial intelligence techniques in meteorology
Remote sensing using GMS data
Production of MetVUW video disc for fast data recovery
Ocean dynamics from GMS data
Mesoscale weather systems in the Tasman Sea
Meteorological studies using Global Positioning satellite (GPS) data
30-100 day variability in the atmosphere and tropical - mid latitude
interactions.
Our Institute holds extensive archives of ECMWF global scale data and
Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS) data together with NOAA AVHRR
data for research projects in meteorology.
Schools with no e-mail contact person, names forwarded to me by
people who know the schools. This list too is enormously incomplete.
It is also in no particular order.
Birmingham (UK)
Bristol (UK)
Cambridge (UK)
Cardiff (UK)
Durham (UK)
East Anglia (UK)
Lancaster (UK)
Leicester (UK)
Manchester (UK)
MIT-Ocean Engineering
Oxford (UK)
RHBNC and Imperial Colleges at London. (UK)
Southampton Oceanography Centre, (UK)
A major European centre for marine sciences.
All aspects of oceanography; marine biology; geology; marine technology.
http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/
University of London,
Glasgow as well as Edinburgh offer relevant courses, as does Heriot-Watt. (UK)
University of Rhode Island (US)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (joint program with)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Scripps Institute of Oceanography (joint program with)
University of California, San Diego (US)
Stanford University (US)
Harvard University (US)
The Univerisity of Houston at Clear Lake has undergraduate and graduate
programs in Environmental Science, Engineering, and Management. (US)
Penn State University (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D)
SUNY-Albany (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
SUNY-Oneonta (B.S.) Meteorology Program
SUNY-Brockport (B.S.)
Rutgers University (B.S. and M.S.)
Mississippi State University, Meteorology (US)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln (US)