Overview: The Department of Meteorology (Atmospheric and Oceanic Science) and ESSIC (Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center) Russell Dickerson Chair.

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Overview: The Department of Meteorology (Atmospheric and Oceanic Science) and ESSIC (Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center) Russell Dickerson Chair August 6, 2003

Department of Meteorology Ranked 5 th in US (Gourman Rpt., 1996) Tenure Track Faculty: 13 (3 joint with ESSIC) Open TT Faculty slots: 1 Research Faculty:26 Postdocs: 7 Graduate Students:60 State Budget:$1M yr -1 Contracts & Grants:$7M yr -1

Research Areas Air Pollution Air/Sea Interactions Atmospheric Chemistry Biogeochemical Cycles Climate Modeling & Diagnostics Data Assimilation Numerical Weather Prediction & Dynamics Remote Sensing

New METO Curriculum Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics Climate and Earth System Science Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Productivity ~ 5 Ph.D.’s yr -1

Department’s Future Grow in parallel with ESSIC Treating ocean/land/atmosphere as system. Expanded collaboration with NOAA/NASA Outreach to private sector Remote sensing