1998 Student Research

During the 1998 Summer Institute, ICP participants (college and high school students and faculty) completed abstracts and papers of their research. Several of these are presented below:

Papers

El Niño and Winter Storms in Observations and the GISS GCM: Connections, Correlations, and Chaos - A. Estrella

Abstracts

Forcings and Chaos: Validation of the SI97 Version of the GISS General Circulation Model

• Can Computer Models Simulate Real World Climate Accurately? - R. Andujar and U. Kenis
• Testing the GISS GCM's predictability - S. Wallace

Oceans: Evaluation of the Trenberth Mechanism for Displacement of the Jet Stream Pattern During ENSO Events and Ensuing Weather Anomalies

• ENSO and Anomalous Weather in Eastern North America - M. Fox
• Reliability of Climate Models in Determining ENSO - D. Louis
• El Niño and Abnormal Weather: Exploring Connections - R. Rodriguez
• Dependence of Atmospheric Behaviour on Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies - M. Wittman

Radiation: Atmospheric Remote Sensing

• The Effect of Aerosols on Urban Climate Change - R. Cross
• Developing and Testing a Hand-held Sunphotometer - B. Curran
• Constructing Hand-held Sunphotometers - K. Finnerty
• The Sunphotometer Project - R. Gandolfo
• Improving the Design of the Hand-held Sunphotometer - C. Fleming

Clouds: Clouds Over Storm Lifecycles

• Displaying Cloud Data for Easy Interpretation - J. Alburquerque
• The Role of Clouds in Midlatitude Storms - A. Audry
• Is There a Relationship Between Cloud Properties and Storm Strength in Tropical Storms? - J. Clavijo
• The Significance of Clouds Produced by Midlatitude Storms - S. De La Oz
• Do Stronger Storms Occur Under Conditions Similar to Global Warming - C. Petersen and J. Tolentino

Impacts: Climate Change in the Northeastern United States and Caribbean Implications for Energy and Water Resources

• The Influence of Global Warming on Water Consumption in New York City - C. Giannetti
• The Influence of Global Warming on Water Supply in New York City - J. Hunt
• Present and Future Climate: Effects of CO₂ and Natural Variability in New York - A. Seivwright

Methane: Global Methane Inventory

• The Growth Rate of Atmosphere Methane Concentrations is Decreasing - H. Augenbraun, T. Smith, and E. Matthews

Aerosol Emissions: Trends in Tropospheric Aerosol Forcing 1950-1990

• Exploring the Trend in NO_x Emissions - S. Colasanti
• Estimating the Global Effects of Anthropogenic Aerosols, 1950-1990 Through the Use of Emissions Inventories - B. Lewis
• The Implications of a Comparison Between Carbon Monoxide and Nitrogen Oxide Emissions - C. St. Prix
• Sulfur and Black Carbon Aerosol Emissions From Fossil Fuel Use, 1950-1990: How Have the Optical Properties of Anthropogenic Aerosols Changed? - S. Colasanti, T. Ferede, T. Jones, B. Lewis, A. Luckett, C. St. Prix, and I. Tegen

Pollen: The Manhattan Pollen Signature and its Relationship to Weather

• The Manhattan Pollen Signature and its Correlation to Humidity and Temperature - K. Chance
• How Does Climate Variability Affect Pollen Production? - W. Gononsky
• The Manhattan Pollen Signature and its Relationship to Weather - M. Guzman