Monthly Archives: February 2012

Amundsen’s dash to the South Pole – A detour with consequences

Posted on February 29, 2012 by swotherspoon

Cornelia Lüdecke, SCAR History EG, Munich, Germany Date/time: Wed 7th March, 15:30 – 16:30 Venue: IMAS Sandy Bay Seminar Room

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BOTES Taroona

Posted on February 16, 2012 by swotherspoon

The next BOTES drinks & nibbles will be held Friday Feb 17, at 4:30 at Taroona.  All welcome. The Bottom of the Earth Society (BOTES) is a student-based organisation at UTas, that aims to encourage and assist in social, academic and personal … Continue reading →

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Overplot

Posted on February 15, 2012 by swotherspoon

Overplotting is when one point in a plot obscures another, giving a misleading impression of the density of the data in that area.  Overplot is a common problem for larger data sets, or when the data are discrete.

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Seismic attenuation in glacial ice: A proxy for englacial temperature

Posted on February 15, 2012 by swotherspoon

Dr Leo E. Peters1,2 1Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University 2Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University Date/Time: Tuesday 21 Feb, 12:00 Venue: Centenary 205 (old IASOS seminar room)

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Distributed strain and temperature sensors – Opportunities for Earth and Ocean Sciences

Posted on February 14, 2012 by swotherspoon

Dr Lufan Zou Technical Director OZ Optics Ltd Thursday 23 Feb, 10:00 Centenary 205 (old IASOS seminar room)

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Seismic attenuation in glacial ice: A proxy for englacial temperature

Posted on February 14, 2012 by swotherspoon

Dr Leo E. Peters1, 1Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University 2Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University Tuesday 21 Feb, 12:00 Centenary 205 (old IASOS seminar room)

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Beyond El Nino: Drivers of Queensland rainfall variability and change

Posted on February 14, 2012 by swotherspoon

Dr Nicholas Klingaman, National Centre for Atmospheric Science-Climate Walker Institute for Climate System Research University of Reading Date/Time: Friday 17th Feb, 15:30 – 16:30 Location: IMAS Sandy Bay seminar room

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Sweave and TeXWorks

Posted on February 14, 2012 by swotherspoon

Sweave is a tool for incorporating R into LaTeX documents.  In essence, you write a LaTeX document that contains R code.  Sweave strips out this code and runs it, and places the results back in the LaTeX document, allowing you … Continue reading →

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Marine Data Literacy

Posted on February 10, 2012 by swotherspoon

TR has drawn our attention to the Marine Data Literacy site, a collection of resources pertaining to the processing of marine data.

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Local and Remote Forcing of the Ocean by the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Posted on February 10, 2012 by swotherspoon

Dr Eric Oliver IMAS Date/Time: Tuesday, 14th Feb, 2012 Location: IMAS Sandy Bay seminar room

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