
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><span>I am currently at the opening workshop on climate at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute. We are forming working groups on a variety of issues relevant to the atmospheric sciences. The working groups are composed of applied mathematicians, statisticians, and atmospheric scientists and are open to any grad students or postdocs who are interested. There will be weekly online meetings for each group that will last over the course of the year. We would like to have more atmospheric and climate scientists participate in the groups. </span></div><div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This SAMSI program will study the interrelations among climate data, climate models and impacts with a view towards projecting future climate change and its impact on earth systems and the human population. A tentative list of Working Groups for this program include:</span></p><ol style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CLIM-Remote-Sensing.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Remote Sensing</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Amy Braverman (JPL) and Jessica Matthews (NCEI/CICS) → </em><a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b4xC8B6Lk5Y9yYJ" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CLIM-Parameter-Estimation.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Parameter Estimation</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Peter Challenor (Exeter) → </em><a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d1gPriBMJXQsgkZ" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CLIM-Data-Assimilation.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Data Assimilation</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Chris Jones (UNC) and Erik Van Vleck (Kansas) </em>→ <a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9XLRd12MKNtjlUp" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SAMSI-CLIM-Climate-Informatics.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Data Analytics</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Doug Nychka (NCAR) and/or Vipin Kumar (Minnesota) </em>→ <a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7VzZXWFJpdwooMR" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CLIM-Climate-Prediction.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Climate Prediction</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Leonard Smith (London School of Economics) </em>→ <a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8Ies8k2KD1LBuQt" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CLIM-Extremes.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Extremes</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dan Cooley (Colorado State) and Richard Smith (UNC) </em>→ <a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8chowTmmE1I5OT3" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SAMSI-CLIM-Stochastic-Parameterization.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Stochastic Parameterizations</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Adam Monahan (Victoria) </em>→ <a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bBADfWSBRi7mRPD" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CLIM-Climate-and-Health.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Climate and Health</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Brian Reich (NCSU) </em>→ <a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3ek0VJpE0sbFcqN" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CLIM-Food-Systems.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Food Systems</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hans Kaper (Georgetown) and Mary Lou Zeeman (Bowdoin) </em><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">→ <a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6D4u8hsb9bwydRX" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">REGISTER</a></strong><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CLIM-Ice-Dynamics.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Ice Dynamics</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Chris Jones (UNC) , Alberto Carrassi (NERSC), Murali Haran (Penn State) </em>→ <a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0ct2EQhHDSP9Nid" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CLIM-Detection-and-Attribution.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Detection and Attribution</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dorit Hammerling (NCAR) and Matthias Katzfuss (Texas A&M) </em>→ <a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8hUGyIAc5AxAMxD" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CLIM-Risk-and-Coastal-Hazards.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Risk and Coastal Hazards</a>:</strong> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Brian Blanton (RENCI), Slava Lyubchich (Maryland), Richard Smith (UNC) </em>→ <a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eevHbl2wsFl0EjH" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.samsi.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SAMSI-CLIM-Stat-Oceanography.pdf" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Statistical Oceanography</a>: </strong>Michael Stein (University of Chicago) and Mikael Kuusela (SAMSI) <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">→ </em><a href="https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5APLnUcSwjHJQod" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">REGISTER</strong></a></span></li></ol><span></span>Please click on the links to find out more about each group and register. Please email me if you have any questions.</div><div><br>Thank you,<br>David John Gagne</div></body></html>