A weekly seminar series in which graduate students present their latest research results and attend Departmental seminars. This course is required for all graduate students in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

• Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 12:50PM
• Instructor: Haine, Thomas
• Room: Olin 305
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 13/50
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course focuses on select regional geology or ecology sites and involves a weekend field trip to explore key locations. Students are required to prepare short presentations on field trip stops in advance of the weekend trip. Attendance at organizational meetings is required. Open to E&PS graduate students and upper level EPS or ENVS undergraduate majors/minors. The focus area will the Inner Piedmont and Blue Ridge of North Carolina. Two meetings to be scheduled prior to trip.

• Days/Times: W 4:30PM - 5:45PM
• Instructor: Burgess, Jerry
• Room: Olin 304
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 7/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This seminar will provide a review of the current state of urban systems science via weekly seminars and readings by current experts in the increasingly important field of urban environmental and social sciences research. The seminar is a joint offering being coordinated by Johns Hopkins, Penn State, and Morgan State Universities. Given the distance between campuses, the course will be held in hybrid mode. Students enrolled in the course for credit will write three reflections on seminar topics over the course of the semester.

• Days/Times: M 4:00PM - 4:50PM
• Instructor: Waugh, Darryn; Zaitchik, Benjamin Frederick
• Room: Olin 145
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

A sequel to AS.270.425 concentrating on planetary-scale atmospheric and oceanic circulation. Physical understanding of the underlying fluid dynamics will be emphasized.

• Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
• Instructor: Haine, Thomas; Waugh, Darryn
• Room: Olin 145
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 6/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Environmental data is often messy-contaminated with noise, fundamental nonlinear, potentially stationary. This course will build on Menke and menke's Environmental Data Analysis with Matlab to examine methods of analyzing environmental data that don't lead us to confuse noise with signal. Topics covered will include significance testing, spectral estimation, nonparametric methods, multivariate data analysis. Applications will be tailored to the student interest.

• Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Zaitchik, Benjamin Frederick
• Room: Olin 145
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 7/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

Thermodynamic basis for the modeling of irreversible chemical mass transfer involving minerals and aqueous species at elevated temperatures and pressures. Reading will start with classic papers by Helgeson and co-workers and proceed to applications in the literature involving hydrothermal ore deposits, subduction zones, and diamond formation in the upper mantle. The course focusses on developing specific projects of research interest to individual participants. Recommended Course Background: AS.030.101 and AS.030.102 or equivalent, AND AS.270.220 AND AS.270.221 or equivalent, AND AS.270.302 or equivalent.

• Days/Times: TTh 2:00PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Sverjensky, Dimitri Alexander
• Room: Olin 215
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/5
• PosTag(s): n/a

This is a discussion-based course in which students take turns leading the discussion of planetary science journal articles and other relevant publications.

• Days/Times: F 4:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Horst, Sarah
• Room: Olin 145
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 11/20
• PosTag(s): n/a

This seminar-style course will enable graduate students in Earth and Planetary Sciences to discuss issues and develop skills relevant to working in earth and planetary science fields. Topics will vary each iteration and may include graduate school expectations, research and communication methods, grant and funding procedures, stress management, organization and management methods, critical conversations, work-life balance, career paths, and JEDI issues and resources in the geosciences. Course open to EPS Graduate Students or by Instructor Permission

• Days/Times: W 10:30AM - 11:20AM
• Instructor: Smith, Emmy
• Room: Olin 203
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 13/20
• PosTag(s): n/a

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• Instructor: Gnanadesikan, Anand
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 49/50
• PosTag(s): n/a

A weekly seminar series in which graduate students present their latest research results and attend Departmental seminars. This course is required for all graduate students in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

• Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 12:50PM
• Instructor: Gnanadesikan, Anand
• Room: Olin 305
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 50/50
• PosTag(s): n/a

This course is an introduction to the use of remote sensing technology to study Earth’s physical and biochemical processes. Topics covered include remote sensing of the atmosphere, land and oceans, as well as remote sensing as a tool for policy makers. Also offered as 270.318.

• Days/Times: MF 10:00AM - 10:50AM, W 10:00AM - 10:50AM
• Instructor: Burgess, Jerry; Lewis, Kevin; Zaitchik, Benjamin Frederick
• Room: Krieger 108
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/12
• PosTag(s): n/a

Earth’s climate varies over a wide range of time scales. Some of these variations, like rainy or dry summers, are a familiar part of daily life. Others, like the ice ages, have profoundly shaped the evolution of culture and ecosystems, but are largely invisible to us today. Climate variability complicates our ability to detect and attribute changes due to anthropogenic impacts. However, building systems that are resilient to variability may also help with mitigating such impacts. This course covers a range of climate variations, focusing on understanding the mechanisms and impacts of particular modes of variability.

• Days/Times: TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
• Instructor: Gnanadesikan, Anand; Kurtakoti, Prajvala Kishore
• Room: Olin 247
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 15/15
• PosTag(s): n/a

This is a discussion-based course in which students take turns leading the discussion of planetary science journal articles and other relevant publications.

• Days/Times: F 4:00PM - 5:00PM
• Instructor: Horst, Sarah
• Room: Olin 145
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 20/20
• PosTag(s): n/a

A survey of core topics in atmospheric science, including dynamics, thermodynamics, radiative transfer, and chemistry. The course addresses both basic principles and applications to weather and climate. Recommended pre-requisites: General Calculus and Physics I and/or Oceans and Atmospheres.

• Days/Times: MW 1:30PM - 2:20PM
• Instructor: Waugh, Darryn
• Room: Olin 145
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 10/10
• PosTag(s): n/a

TA Course Study

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Gnanadesikan, Anand
• Room:  
• Status: Approval Required
• Seats Available: 25/25
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Gnanadesikan, Anand
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 45/45
• PosTag(s): n/a

• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Sing, David Kent
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 45/45
• PosTag(s): n/a

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• Instructor: Szlavecz, Katalin
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 45/45
• PosTag(s): n/a

This multidisciplinary course explores the origins of life, planet formation, Earth's evolution, extrasolar planets, habitable zones, life in extreme environments, the search for life in the Universe, space missions, and planetary protection. Recommended Course Background: Three upper level (300+) courses in sciences (Biophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Math, or Computer Science).

• Days/Times: MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM
• Instructor: DiRuggiero, Jocelyne; Norman, Colin
• Room: Krieger 180
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/5
• PosTag(s): n/a