Kuehnast Lecture Series
Lectures in the Fields of Meteorology and Climatology
27th Annual Kuehnast Lecture
Nolan Doesken - Former State Climatologist for Colorado, established the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow network (CoCoRaHS)
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About the Series:
In 1992, the University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water, and Climate was honored by the establishment of an endowment provided by the family of former Minnesota State Climatologist, Earl Louis, and his wife, Leila (Newbrough) Kuehnast. The endowment is used to further teaching and research programs in climatology and meteorology. The Kuehnast Lecture Series is sponsored by this endowment.
Past Lectures:
27th Annual Lecture: "The Story of CoCoRaHS"
- Nolan Doesken, Former Colorado State Climatologist, founder of citizen science network of precipitation data collection, CoCoRaHS.
26th Annual Lecture: "Climate and Society - Lessons from Transportation"
- Marjorie McGuirk, Founder and President of CASE Consultants International
- Mark Seeley, University of Minnesota Extension and Department of Soil, Water, and Climate. Guest introductions by Dr. Benjamin Santer, Belinda Jensen, and Cathy Wurzer
- Bob Inglis, Former Congressman (R-SC) and Paul Douglas, Aeris Weather; Oct. 12, 2016
23rd Annual Lecture: The Story of Climate Data
- Dr. Thomas Peterson, November 12, 2015
22nd Annual Lecture: The New Communication Climate (.pdf)
- Andrew Revkin, October 7, 2014
21st Annual Lecture: The Race to Understand a Changing Planet
- Piers Sellers, October 17, 2013
20th Annual Lecture: A Mini-Climate School (.pdf)
- David Phillips, Sue Grimmond, Harold Brooks, November 8, 2012
19th Annual Lecture: What Are Climate Models Good For? (And How Do We Know?)
- Gavin Schmidt, October 13, 2011
18th Annual Lecture: Strengths/Weaknesses of Climate Models | Climate Services for Society
- Ben Santer | Eileen Seah, September 16, 2010
17th Annual Lecture: Breathing of the Biosphere: How Physics Sets the Limits and Biology Does the Work
- Dennis Baldocchi, October 15, 2009
16th Annual Lecture: A World of Change: Climate Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- Susan Solomon, November 5, 2008
15th Annual Lecture: Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes
- Kerry Emanuel, October 18, 2007
14th Annual Lecture: The Pileus Project: Climate Science in Support of Decision Making for an Intensively-Managed Agricultural Crop
- Julie Winkler, October 4, 2006
13th Annual Lecture: The State of Science Education and the American Meteorological Society
- Walt Lyons, October 14, 2005
12th Annual Lecture: The Role of Sea Ice in Global Climate
- Wallace Broecker, October 12, 2004
11th Annual Lecture: Climate Change: A View from Underground
- Henry N. Pollack, October 13, 2003
10th Annual Lecture: Global Climate Change: Uncertainties, Risks, and Values in Determining Public Policy
- Panel Discussion, October 11, 2002
9th Annual Lecture: An Idiosyncratic History of Climate
- Richard H. Skaggs, October 19, 2001
8th Annual Lecture: Beyond Global Warming Yes or No
- Roger Pielke, Jr., Ocober 6, 2000
7th Annual Lecture: Evapotranspiration: From Canopies to Continents
- John M. Norman, September 24, 1999
6th Annual Lecture: What's happening with El Nino and La Nina
- Kevin E. Trenberth, October 15, 1998
5th Annual Lecture: Global Nitrogen Cycling
- Elisabeth A. Holland, October 2, 1997
4th Annual Lecture: A Brief Excursion Into Three Agricultural Revolutions
- Donald G. Baker, October 11, 1996
3rd Annual Lecture: CO2 and the Biosphere
- Sherwood B. Idso, October 12, 1995
2nd Annual Lecture: How Much Land Can 10 Billion People Spare?
- Paul E. Waggoner, October 4, 1994
1st Annual Lecture: Is Climate Still Important?
- Stanley A. Chagnon, October 5, 1993
For more information, contact:
Dr. Tracy Twine
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate
439 Borlaug Hall
1991 Upper Buford Circle
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN 55108
(612) 625-7278
