Overview

A seminar course for students and faculty to discuss current research and technical literature on environmental problems. Graded pass/fail. 3 units.

 

Instructor: Xun Jiang< xjiang7@uh.edu>

When: 10:00-11:00 AM Friday

Where: Hybrid (Online or MH113)

Website: http://easd.geosc.uh.edu/xjiang/GEOL6396.html

Topics

Students can discuss their own research or review recent papers. The following are some journals that you can refer to.

Nature, Science, Journal of Climate, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Dynamics, Monthly Weather Review, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, and Global Biogeochemical Cycles, etc.

Schedule

Week Date Topic Speaker Reference
1 Jan 23 Plan Jiang [Plan]
2 Jan 30 Recent Advances in Satellite Remote sensing of Fire Combustion Efficiency and Smoke Transport at Night Prof. Jun Wang (SR1 223) [PDF]
3 Feb 6 Human-induced biospheric carbon sink: Impact from the Taklamakan Afforestation Project Salma Noor (Online) [Noor et al., 2026]
4 Feb 13 Source Apportionment of Secondary Sulfate, Nitrate, and Ammonium Pollutants from Five Power Plants Using the Coupled WRF-CMAQ Model Ensieh Sharafkhani (Online)  
5 Feb 20 Model Sensitivity Evaluation for 3DVAR Data Assimilation Applied on WRF with a Nested Domain Configuration Arman Abdipour (Online) [Lam et al., 2021]
6 Feb 27 Long Term Impacts of Aerosols on the Vertical Development of Clouds and Precipitation Olanrewaju Soneye-Arogundade (Online) [Li et al., 2011]
7 Mar 6 A global overview of marine heatwaves in a changing climate Qiongrui Zhu (Online) [Capotondi et al., 2024]
8 Mar 13 Environmental Threats to Louisiana's Future: Climate Change Julissa Rivas (Online) [Holland, 2015]
9 Mar 20 No Class (Spring Break)    
10 Mar 27 No Class    
11 Apr 3 Correcting the Forecast, Quantifying the Burden: Deep Learning for PM2.5 in Seoul, South Korea; Integrating surface-based in-situ and satellite observations to characterize CO2 and CH4 emission hotspots in Houston, USA Rashik Islam (Online); Saeed Tavakhsh (Online)  
12 Apr 10 Vegetation Dynamics and Atmospheric Glyoxal in Houston, Texas (2018-2022) Salma Bibi (Online) [Bibi et al., 2026]
13 Apr 17 Two Decades of Air Pollution Assessment in Lahore, Pakistan (2001-2023): Sources, Trends, Meteorological Influences and Model-Based Insights Mehtabidah Ali (Online)  
14 Apr 24 No Class    
*Please send me some references (e.g. papers or website) one week before your presentation. I will post the papers on the website. Then everyone can read the papers before the class. Please also send me a copy of your presentation afterwards, so I can add it to the website.

 

 

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