2010-2011 Lecture Series
Last Updated on Sunday, 05 September 2010 11:57
2010/2011 Programme of Events
- September 30th 2010: (details)
"Up, Up & Away - Meteorology for Hot Air and Gas Balloons" by Claude Sales, Service Météorologique de Luxembourg
Venue and Time: Custom House, Dublin, 6.15pm
- October 9th & 10th 2010 (150th Anniversary of Valentia Weather Observing): (details)
Field Trip to Valentia Observatory, Caherciveen, Co. Kerry (lectures, tour of observatory, balloon launch, tour of Valentia Island, quiz).
- November 11th 2010: (details)
"An Audience with Dr Aidan Nulty" by Dr Aidan Nulty, retired forecaster, Met Éireann
Venue and Time: Custom House, Dublin, 6.15pm
- January 20th 2011: (details)
"Saving Lives with Sunlight" by Dr Kevin McGuigan, RCSI (joint lecture with the Institute of Physics)
Venue and Time: Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, 6.15pm
- One Day Conference 26th March 2011, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Speakers:
- Professor John Sweeney, Dept. of Geography, NUI Maynooth (details)
- Duncan Stewart, TV presenter and architect (details)
-"Climate History" by Richard Cotter, Met Éireann, Cork Airport (details)
- Katie Howard, Forecaster, UK Met Office, Exeter (details)
- Volcanoes by Professor Chris Bean, UCD
- Professor Peter Lynch, UCD Meteorology and Climate Centre
Also guided tours of the National Science Museum of Ireland and NUI Maynooth campus tour: http://www.nuim.ie/museum/
- April 14th 2011: (details)
"Numerical Weather Prediction" by Prof. Fedor Mesinger, University of Maryland
- May 12th 2011 (IMS 30th Anniversary Lecture, followed by wine reception): (details)
"The Greenhouse Effect & Global Warming" by Prof. Ray Bates, UCD Meteorology and Climate Centre
(Ray Bates founded the Irish Met Society in 1981)
Venue and Time: RDS, Dublin, 6.15pm