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Atmospheric science

Join us in working to better understand our planet.

From simulating atmospheric temperature to explaining geological layers to tracing ocean circulation, the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences gives students new tools to explore our planet. You will benefit from the wide range of faculty expertise across undergraduate and graduate programs in AOES.

Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences News & Events

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Oct10

10 October (GEOL) Brian Jicha, Argon Geochronology

Oct 10, 2024, 4:30 - 5:45 PM

Exploratory Hall 1309

Dr. Brian Jicha University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience Title: New dating options: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of non-traditional minerals October 10th, 2024, 4:30-5:45 pm Exploratory Hall 1309 and via Zoom (for link, email bhupp@gmu.edu)
Oct15

The Beck Environmental Lecture: Chelsea Henderson

Oct 15, 2024, 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Grand Tier III, Center for the Arts, 4373 Mason Pond Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030

Researcher and policy advisor Chelsea Henderson discusses her new book Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politics, which examines the reasons why it took almost sixty years for the U.S. government to pass significant climate change legislation, and urges our elected officials to act in the face of the climate crisis.
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Oct16

16 October (CLIM) Compo, Niño and MJO from Data

Oct 16, 2024, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Planetary Hall 224

Gil Compo, University of Colorado, Boulder Title: Learning the Dynamics of El Nino and the Madden-Julian Oscillation from Data October 16 2024, 1:30pm Planetary Hall 224 and via Zoom (for link, email lortizur@gmu.edu ) Host: Tim Delsole We have performed a diagnosis of the tropical Indo-Pacific climate system using an

Graduate Symposium

2024 Earth System Observations and Modeling Graduate Symposium, March 22nd. Accepting Abstracts. 

 

Earth observation

Funding Graduate School

Financial support is available for graduate students

Climate Dynamics Students

A research powerhouse pushing boundaries of climate dynamics and prediction

Students learn the fundamentals of weather and atmospheric dynamics, participate in the research leadership of AOES in climate modeling, and benefit from the many facilities conducting atmosphere-related research and operations in the Washington, D.C. area.

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Visit Us On Campus

Contact our program coordinators or main office to learn more about the department or schedule a visit.

  • AOES Main Offices

    3451 Exploratory Hall and 109 Research Hall Phone: 703-993-5394

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Exploratory Hall at George Mason University Fairfax Campus

Support our department

Help us educate students and study the Earth with a gift to the department as a whole or to specific AOES programs:

Climate and Atmospheric Sciences Undergraduate Scholarship Fund 

Jagadish and Anastasia Shukla AOES Endowed Fellowship 

Climate Science Master's Fellowship

Geology Program 

 

Why AOES at Mason?

Over 80,000

Approximate number of times AOES faculty articles were cited in the scientific literature.

20

Average class lab size. 

5

Number of degree programs offered by the department to undergraduate and graduate students.