| Year |
Lecturer |
Title of Talk |
|
2008 |
Geoff Vallis |
Science in the Age of
Models: Is Theory Still Relevant in Climate Research? |
| 2007 |
Prof. George Philander |
Global Warming from
an African Perspective |
| 2006 |
Prof. Richard Alley |
Fraying at the
Edges--Ice Sheets, Climate and Sea Level |
| 2005 |
Prof.
Friedrich A. Schott |
Tropical-subtropical
Interactions in the Oceans |
| 2004 |
Prof. Meinrat
O. (Andi) Andreae |
Aerosols, Clouds, and Climate: Does a Cooler Past Imply
a Hotter (and Maybe Drier) Future? |
| 2003 |
Prof. Lance Bosart |
The Extratropical
Transition of Tropical Cyclones
|
|
2002 |
Dr.
Kirk Bryan |
The Search for a
Perfect Ocean Model: 1960 - 2020 |
| 2001 |
Prof Raymond Hide |
The Spinning Earth |
| 2000 |
Prof. Michael Bender |
Role of the Biosphere in Ice Age Climate
Change |
| 1999 |
Prof. Dr. Paul Crutzen |
The Major Role of the Tropics in
Atmospheric Chemistry: The Need for Strong Research Efforts |
| 1998 |
Dr. Joseph Tribbia |
The Quality and Uncertainty of
Meteorological Analyses: Implications Regarding our Knowledge of the Atmosphere and How
Accurately we can Predict its Future |
| 1997 |
Prof. Klaus Hasselmann |
Long-term Climate Change and Short-term
Mitigation Strategies: the Dilemma of Optimizing Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| 1996 |
Dr. Fred Sanders |
Atmospheric fronts |
| 1995 |
Dr. Joseph Pedlosky |
The Architecture of Venice and Ocean
Circulation Theory |
| 1994 |
Dr. Eugene Rasmusson |
The Global Hydrological Cycle: An
Atmospheric Perspective |
| 1993 |
Dr. Jose Pinto Peixoto |
Entropy and the Climate System |
| 1992 |
Dr. John Imbrie |
On the Structure and Origin of Major
Glaciation Cycles |
| 1991 |
Dr. Syukuro Manabe |
Modeling Study of Glacial Climates |
| 1990 |
Dr. William R. Holland |
Ocean Circulation Modeling - Past,
Present, and Future |
| 1989 |
Prof. Brian Hoskins |
The Dynamics of Storm-Tracks |
| 1988 |
Dr. Abraham H. Oort |
On Unity and Diversity in the Climatic
System |
| 1987 |
Prof. Edward N. Lorenz |
The Ideal Hadley Circulation: Fundamental
Flow or Fairy Tale? |
| 1986 |
Dr. Walter H. Munk |
Ships from Space |
| 1985 |
Dr. Michael McIntyre |
Some Key Concepts in Atmospheric Dynamics |
| 1984 |
Dr. Henry M. Stommel |
An Elementary Vortex Heat Engine |
| 1983 |
Prof. Richard J. Reed |
The Evolving View of the Extratropical
Cyclone |
| 1982 |
Dr. Robert E. Dickinson |
A View of Progress in Understanding
Atmospheric Planetary Waves over the Last Quarter Century |
| 1981 |
Prof. Jule G. Charney |
Prof. Charney passed away before the
lecture was delivered. |
| 1980 |
Prof. John M. Wallace |
The Southern Oscillation |
| 1979 |
Prof. Verner E. Suomi |
Venus Greenhouse Effect According to
Pioneer Probes |
| 1978 |
Prof. George W. Platzman |
The ENIAC Calculation of 1950 and 1951 |