NOAA Central Library News Brown Bag Seminars, News and More from the NOAA Central Library http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html en-us Tues, 23 June 2008 13:00:00 EST mary.lou.cumberpatch@noaa.gov Seminar Series Presented by Knauss Sea Grant Fellows The Knauss Sea Grant Fellows will present a series of thematic-based seminars on their work here at NOAA. Here are the dates and themes: July 24 - Marine Policy Issues, Aug 7 - Chesapeake Bay Studies, Aug 28 - Economic Perspectives/Ocean Senate Bills, Sept 4 - Legislative day, Sept 18 - Corals/Marine Protected Areas. All seminars will be held at 12 noon in the NOAA Central Library SSMC#3, 2nd floor. http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html Seminar: Wednesday, June 25th at 12 noon, Jack Harlan from NOS/ASTADM will discuss high frequency radar and mapping coastal currents. http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html#harlan_062508 Seminar: Thursday, June 26 at 12 noon, Dr. Jawed Hameedi of NOS/CCMA will present "We and Nitrogen: Explosives to Eutrophication". http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html#hameedi_062608 Seminar: Wednesday, July 2, Dr. Robert Simpson Will Be Honored as a NOAA Environmental Hero for 2008 Dr. Simpson will be presented the 2008 NOAA Environmental Hero Award for Longtime Achievement by Dr. Richard Spinrad, NOAA assistant administrator for oceanic and atmospheric research. Following the presentation, Dr. Simpson will give remarks "Remembering Mauna Loa". http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html#simpson_070208 Seminar: Thursday, July 17th, Zdenka Willis, Director of NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), will present program. http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html#willis_071708 Seminar: Thursday, July 24, Marine Policy Issues: First in a Series of Panel Presentations given by Knauss Sea Grant Fellows http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html#seagrant_072408 Seminar: Thursday, August 7, Chesapeake Bay Studies: Second in a Series of Panel Presentations given by Knauss Sea Grant Fellows http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html#seagrant_080708 Seminar: Wednesday, August 27, Dr. Jack Hayes, NOAA Assistant Administrator for Weather Services and Director, National Weather Service http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html#hayes_082708 Seminar: Wednesday, September 10, Anand Gnanadeskian, an oceanographer at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, N.J., will present "Carbon sequestration through ocean iron fertilization: A review of the major issues" http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html#gnanadeskian_091008 Seminar: Friday, September 12, Dr. Nancy Knowlton, holder of the Sant Chair, the first endowed ocean science chair at the Smithsonian Institution, will discuss her work on oceanic and coral reef ecology. http://www.lib.noaa.gov/about/news/brownbagseminars.html#knowlton_091208