Date: March 13, 2013 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm EDT

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Faculty Room

Speakers: Gavin Schmidt, Deputy Chief, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS); Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR), The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Richard Seager, Palisades Geophysical Institute/Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Jason Smerdon, Lamont Associate Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Adjunct Assistant Professor, the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Date: March 15, 2013 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EDT

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room

Speaker: Arnold Gordon,Associate Director, Division of Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Date: March 15, 2013 from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm EDT

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Speaker: Harold Brooks, Head, Mesoscale Applications Group, NSSL-NOAA