Slowly but surely, faculty are stating to get ready for the Fall 2013 semester. Starting to work on their greensheets (syllabi), and working on lecture notes. Thinking about what to teach, and about new ways to teach.

At the same time, we are all busy working on our various research projects – both faculty and grad students! These include: a lightning climatology for California; running the WRF model to simulate the Arizona monsoon and other phenomena; using GRACE satellite data to validate IPCC models; setting up instrument systems to measure wildfires; and examining future impacts of climate change. Although campus is quiet in summer, it’s a hive of activity up here in Duncan Hall!!!