RES CONTINUING EDUCATION WEBINARS

Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025

Time: 12:00pm

Cost: $30 Members $45 Non-Members
Price includes two additional PDH sessions in February.  If attendee is unable to attend once February date(s) are released, RES credit will be given for future PDH's

Title: An Introduction to Weather & Climate Science

Spencer Ressel, 4th year PhD student at University of Washington

Abstract:

The course will present an overview of climate science, weather and the differences between them. Attendees will be introduced to the science that determines local weather patterns in the United States, as well as some of the history and physics behind global climate change. The course will end with a discussion on geo-engineering: large-scale technologies that aim to intentionally alter the Earth's climate to help reduce the effects of climate change.

Biography - Spencer Ressel is a 4th year PhD student in the Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science at the University of Washington. His research focuses on tropical meteorology, using a combination of linear modeling and statistical analysis to try and understand changes to global, sub-seasonal weather patterns under climate change. He is currently a Graduate Research Fellow of the National Science Foundation, and previously earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rochester. He is passionate about teaching and science communication and was awarded the 2022-2023 Department of Atmospheric Science’s “Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award”. Spencer is a Rochester native. 

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